If you missed the announcement on The Morning Show on KEXP earlier today, we're excited to share the initial line-up for the 2017 Timber! Outdoor Music Festival! Celebrating its fifth year, Timber! invites you to the rural splendor of Carnation, Washington July 13th-14th for another fun, family-fri…
Hey, are you going to be in Austin, TX, during SXSW next week? If you are, come join KEXP at Mellow Johnny's Bike shop for three days of free music. During the 2014 South by Southwest Music Conference, KEXP is teaming up with our friends Distiller Promo, Sub Pop + Hardly Art, and Merge Records for …
This Valentine's Day, Friday, February 14th, show your love for KEXP’s Community Partnerships Initiative by attending our benefit show for Jumpstart Seattle, featuring XVIII Eyes, Fox and the Law, and SEACATS.
When you're a band as big as Pearl Jam, do you really need to do interviews? Nah, probably not. What if you've got a new album titled Lightning Bolt, due out October 14th on their own label Monkeywrench? Well, okay, fine then.
Starting on Monday, August 14th, KEXP will celebrate National Radio Week, featuring a variety of special programming dedicated to beloved radio stations largely no longer on the dial. National Radio Day, officially celebrated on August 20th, will be stretched to an entire week to give over the KEXP…
Every Monday through Friday, we deliver a different song as part of our Song of the day podcast subscription. This podcast features exclusive KEXP in-studio performances, unrealeased songs, and recordings from independent artists that our DJ’s think you should hear. Today’s song, featured on the …
You'll be running to stand still this Sunday, May 14th, as Irish rock legends U2 celebrate the 30th anniversary of their critically-acclaimed album The Joshua Tree here in Seattle. It is the first time in the band's history that they've toured an album from their back catalogue, rather than a new r…
Now in its 14th year, the Summer Meltdown Music Festival in Darrington, WA is always a great time, and 2014 is an especially good year to make the 90-minute trip up north for it. Back in March, a mudslide in nearby Oso killed 43 people. The Stillaguamish Valley area is still working towards economi…
While we wait for a new Parquet Courts full-length, the boys from Brooklyn tease fans with two split 7" releases instead. Today, they unveil a collaboration with Vermont artist Joey Pizza Slice (which is a GREAT name, btw): only 500 copies will be pressed of this August 11th release via Wharf Cat.…
Every Monday through Friday, we deliver a different song as part of our Song of the day podcast subscription. This podcast features exclusive KEXP in-studio performances, unreleased songs, and recordings from independent artists that our DJ’s think you should hear. Today’s song, featured on the Mid…
This Friday, May 13th and Saturday, May 14th, Seattle’s Debacle Records brings the ninth edition of Debacle Fest to the beautiful Columbia City Theatre for two nights of transportive experimental, ambient, drone, noise, psych, and get-lost-in-your-head-I’m-floating-in-space music from artists acros…
We've got new music to share from local fave Manatee Commune: check out the single "Clay" below, featuring gorgeous guest vocals from Marina Price. The track will be released on 7" single tomorrow, November 6th via Bastard Jazz. Manatee Commune plays Saturday, November 14th at The Showbox with Blo…
Give yourself the gift of Christmas songs you haven't heard a million times before!
On Christmas Day, join KEXP DJs Lisa LeClair and Brian Foss for an all-day Christmas special, 5AM-7PM Pacific.
First, Lisa LeClair takes over Early, 5-7AM Pacific, for Crooner Christmas - Classic sounds from the 5…
On any given day, The Junction in West Seattle is home to some of the most vibrant sights and scenes in the city: the mom and pop shops, Easy Street Records, and delicious local food. During the 35th annual West Seattle Summer Fest, all of this gets heightened to another level by throwing in live m…
Gilligan Moss is an emerging NYC-via-Chicago electronic producer that recently was invited to open up for Glass Animals on tour after the band heard his hotly-tipped remix of their track "Gooey." He just released his colorful debut EP, Ceremonial, on August 14th and he'll be playing Seattle's Decib…
Scottish trio CHVRCHES share a track from their highly-anticipated sophomore release Every Open Eye. Stream the opening cut from the album below. Every Open Eye hits stores on September 25th via Glassnote, and the band are playing an all-ages show Wednesday, October 14th at The Paramount. [Spin]
The alias of Austin, TX-based musician Spencer Stephenson, Botany is a creator of transportive, free-flowing music that's carried by a strong psychedelic streak. Since his 2011 debut EP, Feeling Today, his sound has evolved from shimmery beats towards a more metaphysical sound that defies simple ca…
It's time to take your mama out all night. No, really, 'cause it's Mother's Day, Sunday, May 14th, and moms don't get the props they deserve for what has to be one of the most thankless jobs on the planet. Plus, they physically pushed you out of their body. That in itself deserves a bouquet of flow…
We've always known Seattle band Tangerine were sweet, but as if to prove it, they've got a new EP titled Sugar Teeth coming out in February on Swoon Records. Swoon, indeed! Check out the first single, "Tender," below. Sugar Teeth hits the streets on February 19th, and the trio play Neumos on Thurs…