Los Angeles-based modern era indie singer-songwriter Julia Holter performs songs from her magnificent new record, "Have You In My Wilderness", live on KEXP's The Midday Show with Cheryl Waters. Recorded 10/13/2015 - 4 songs: Sea Calls Me Home , Silhouette, Feel You, Have You In My W…
Punk Icon and founding member of The Jam and The Style Council Paul Weller and his band perform songs from his brilliant album "Saturns Pattern" live on KEXP with Stevie Zoom. Recorded 09/30/2015 - 4 songs: Have You Ever Had It So Blue?, I'm Where I Should Be, These City Streets, Ghosts.
Los Angeles psychedelic tropical-soul group Chicano Batman deliver a wild live studio session of songs from their new record "Cycles of Existential Rhyme" on KEXP's El Sonido with DJ Chilly. Recorded 08/07/2015 - 4 songs: Magma, Cycles of Existential Rhyme, Black Lipstick, Soniatl.
Birmingham, Alabama based honky-tonk, rock 'n' roll group Banditos deliver an outstanding performance of songs from their new self-titled record live in the KEXP studio on The Roadhouse with Greg Vandy. Recorded 07/14/2015 - 4 songs: Still Sober (After All These Beers), Waitin', Long Gone, Anyway,…
Northwest roots rock troubadour Brandi Carlile and band stop by the KEXP studio and deliver a breathtaking performance of songs from her new album "The Firewatcher's Daughter" live on the Morning Show with John Richards. Recorded 05/07/2015 - 4 songs: Mainstream Kid, Wherever Is You…
Northwest band Chastity Belt stops by the KEXP studio to deliver a strong set of guitar-heavy songs from their latest release, "Time To Go Home", plus an unreleased song called "Dull". Recorded 03/28/2015 - 4 songs: Dull, Time to Go Home, Drone, Joke.
Chimurenga Renaissance explores the melody of jazz, the synthesis of electronic music and the soul of dub to create their fantastic world hip-hop. Listen to their dazzling performance live on KEXP's Wo' Pop. Recorded 02/26/2015 - 4 songs: Proud To Be Afrikan, Imi Vechidiki Zivai, The Tas…
Legendary Louisiana country singer-songwriter Lucinda Williams stops by The Afternoon Show for a set of tunes from her 2015 album "Down Where the Spirit Meets the Bone" live in the KEXP studio. Recorded 02/11/2015 - 4 songs: East Side of Town, West Memphis, Protection, It's Gonna Rain.
British-born Americana singer-songwriter Pete Molinari performs a live set in the KEXP Studio, featuring songs from 2014's "Theosophy" and a Billy Childish cover to close out the set. Recorded 09/24/2014 - 4 songs: Evangeline, You Will Be Mine, What I Am I Am, I Don't Like The Man I Am.
Brooklyn-via-Denton lo-fi slacker post-punk quartet Parquet Courts deliver a live performance in the KEXP Studio featuring songs from 2014's "Sunbathing Animal." Recorded 08/05/2014 - 4 songs: Ducking & Dodging, Black & White, Vienna II, Dear Ramona.
Swedish singer-songwriter Lykke Li serenades Cheryl Waters and the KEXP listeners during a live in-studio performance on The Midday Show, playing songs from her 2014 album, "I Never Learn." Recorded 05/22/2014 - 4 songs: I Never Learn, No Rest For The Wicked, Never Gonna Love Again, Guns…
Zimbabwe-inspired hip-hop project Chimurenga Renaissance delivers an outstanding live in-studio performance featuring songs from their 2014 full-length debut album, "riZe vadZimu riZe" on KEXP. Recorded 06/14/2014 - 4 songs: The B.A.D. Is So Good, Lean, It's Bigger Than You, They Pray In…
Legendary singer-songwriter Mark Lanegan performs live at the KEXP studio with a set including two new tracks from his upcoming full length album, Phantom Radio, interspersed with a reworked 15th century ballad and an Irving Berlin tune. Recorded 07/03/2014 - 4 songs: Judgement Time, The Cherry Tr…
Virginia based brothers Pontiak have released a new album of heavy hitting psych rock called "INNOCENCE", out now on Thrill Jockey. The band stops by the KEXP studio to perform a selection of their new songs. Recorded 2/16/2014 - 4 songs: Surrounded By Diamonds, Lack Lustre Rush, It's Th…
Real Estate return to KEXP to play songs from their new LP "Atlas" on The Midday Show. The New Jersey/Brooklyn indie rockers deliver a dreamy set of upbeat tunes and discuss recording their latest effort at Wilco's Loft Studio. Recorded 3/6/2014 - 4 songs: The Bend, Talking Backwards, Cr…
That fantastic 60's British rock we all know and love has a new face and revitalized sound. Temples, performed live in the KEXP Studio with songs from their 2014 album, "Sun Structures". Recorded 4/9/2014 - 5 songs: Sun Structures, Move With the Season, Keep in the Dark, A Question Isn't…
Today's Song of the Day, as chosen by Kevin Cole, host of The Afternoon Show on KEXP, is "Space Is the Place (Reprise)" by Ezra Collective, from the 2019 album You Can't Steal My Joy on Enter The Jungle.
Today's Song of the Day, as chosen by John Richards, host of The Morning Show on KEXP, is "We Can Get Together (feat. Tilson XOXO)" by SISTERS, from the 2019 EP We Can Get Together on Tender Loving Empire.
Today's Song of the Day, as chosen by John Richards, host of The Morning Show on KEXP, is "She Knows" by Graham Coxon, from the 2019 self-released album The End of The F***ing World 2 (Original Songs and Score).
Today's Song of the Day, as chosen by Kevin Cole, host of The Afternoon Show on KEXP, is “New year, new me” by Sløtface, from the 2020 album Sorry for the Late Reply on Propeller Recordings/Nettwerk Music Group.
