We're excited to unveil the lineup for the 2017 Bumbershoot Music & Arts Festival, held right here on the Seattle Center campus from Friday, September 1st through Sunday, September 3rd. This year's lineup is bolder than ever, with headlining sets from Flume, Lorde and ODESZA. Among a wide rang…
Beloved Brooklyn band The National are back with their seventh album. KEXP Music Director Don Yates calls it "another masterful set of brooding rock that injects a bit more electronic experimentation along with an occasional welcome return to rock aggression. As beautifully crafted and intricately …
Host Kevin Cole features some of his current favorites on this edition of KEXP's Music That Matters podcast. Why? Purely because he loves them and hopes you will too! Includes new songs from Jen Wood, Goat, The Juan MacLean and more! 1. Jessica Hernandez & The Deltas - Caught Up 2. Ex He…
Today's Song of the Day, as chosen by John Richards, host of the Morning Show on KEXP, is "In the Rain" by ODESZA, a 2023 single on Foreign Family Collective.
Nordic Soul, the DJ and production alias of Decibel Festival founder/director Sean Horton, kicks off Midnight In A Perfect World with a brilliant mix inspired by the thrilling and mysterious roller coaster known as LOVE. Launching off with a beautiful a capella from The Beatles, Nordic Soul's mix s…
Today's Song of the Day, as chosen by DJ John Richards is "Heavier" by Odesza and Yellow House from the 2023 album Flaws In Our Design on Foreign Family Collective/Ninja Tune
DJ Kevin Cole looks back at musical highlights of 2017 and ahead with anticipation and great expectations! 1. Alvvays - In Undertow 2. Wolf Parade - You're Dreaming 3. Žen - Žal (Strand) 4. Mammút - Breathe Into Me 5. Ride - Charm Assault 6. ГШ (Glintshake) - Убожество 7. Oligarkh - Maria Devo, …
Audioasis host DJ Sharlese continues the two-part 2014 Pacific Northwest Roundup. Featuring more local sounds from 2014 by Secret School, Shabazz Palaces, Jen Wood and many more! 1. Wimps - Couches 2. Childbirth - I Only Fucked You as a Joke 3. The Murder City Devils - Cruelty Abounds 4. King Du…
The Afternoon Show's Kevin Cole presents a final year-in-review podcast featuring some of the best local releases of 2013. Excellent choices! 1. Big Eyes - Nothing You Could Say 2. Cumulus - Hey Love 3. La Luz - Sure As Spring 4. Mudhoney - Slipping Away 5. Pearl Jam - Mind Your Manners 6. ODESZ…
Toro y Moi kicked off his world tour with a performance at Sasquatch to the increasingly tired but never lacking in excitement crowd (see exhausted dancing). His set was between the PNW's Odesza in the morning and Disclosure's in the afternoon - a line-up of three amazing and impossible to not danc…
Afternoon Show host Kevin Cole shares some of his favorites of 2014. Relish in the best of the year and hopefully discover something new and awesome! 1. Júníus Meyvant - Color Decay 2. Mac DeMarco - Blue Boy 3. Temples - Shelter Song 4. Ty Segall - Feel 5. Parquet Courts - Black and White 6. BRO…
Today's Song of the Day, as chosen by Cheryl Waters, host of The Midday Show on KEXP, is " The Last Goodbye (feat. Bettye LaVette)" by ODESZA, from the 2022 album The Last Goodbye on Foreign Family Collective/Ninja Tune
The Washington-born duo ODESZA is now out with their fourth studio album, The Last Goodbye.
Seattle electronic duo, ODESZA has teamed up with Australian EDM artist, Golden Features on a project called BRONSON.
KEXP's own DJ Kevin Cole (our Afternoon Show host and Senior Director of Programming) has curated a special mix for Nordic Playlist, a site that devoted to the best sounds from the North. As he explains to the site, "I went with a mix of mostly newer releases, like the Samaris track, which I love, …
Sunday at festivals is always entertaining - there are those festival goers who haven't slept the whole time, there are those who just came for the "chill day," and there are those who are so exhausted they no longer care about anything ("Who are the Flaming Lips?" I overheard). And of course, ther…
Beloved New York dance-punks LCD Soundsystem have announced their first show of 2017: headlining the Forecastle Festival, taking place July 14-16 in Louisville, Kentucky. Also on the bill are Weezer, Odesza, PJ Harvey, Run the Jewels, to name just a few. Founder/frontman James Murphy announced ear…
Bumbershoot 2016's middle day was an interesting one. With a line management fiasco at the Key Arena the day before, police ran the line down the main drag, roping off necessary crosswalks and rerouting people trying to get their chicken burrito on at Chipotle into tree beds and bushes. And while s…
