Experimental folk compositions created for an acoustic string band performed by Christian Asplund (bass, piano, vocals), Stuart Wheeler (guitar, vocals) and Tari Nelson-Zagar (violin.)
New jazz music from this tight band, featuring Rik Wright (electric guitar), Jim DeJoie (clarinet), Geoff Harper (bass) and Greg Campbell (drums).
Cynthia Mullis leads this bass heavy band on tenor sax, Chris Symer (upright bass), Steve Kim (electric bass), Chris Icasiano (drums) and Chad McCullough (trumpet).
Cynthia Mullis leads this bass-heavy band on tenor sax, Chris Symer (upright bass), Steve Kim (electric bass), Chris Icasiano (drums), and Chad McCullough (trumpet).
Jam on this with Dennis Jolin (guitar), Brett Sokolowsky (sax and percussion), Scott Humphreys (keys and samples), Michael Perry (drums) and Michael McDermott (bass).
In that fine Seattle tradition of the jazz, new music jam band with Scott Morning (trumpet), Aaron Jenkins (sax), Adam Kessler (drums), Nate Omdal (bass), and Rich Pellegrin (keys).
Five-piece livetronica band Theoretics perform an energetic set of songs on The Morning Show. Recorded 07/17/2015 - 4 songs: Exit Signs, Without A View, New Svalbard, Passionate Paradise.
Filling the KEXP stage with a full band, young rapper Travis Thompson spits his flows gracefully and effortlessly like a seasoned pro.
On the show this time, cha cha cha with the '60s and '70s Latin rock of Mexican band Enjambre.
On the show this time, it's the fairy goth-psych of Swedish band Den Der Hale.
If their lyrics give any sense of how tough the ladies of Warpaint are, the Los Angeles quartet aren't a band so much as they are a gang. Not in the organized crime sense, but in the "don't mess with us" sense. Case in point: On "Elephants", the second track on the band's 2008 debut EP Exquisite C…
The Drums played a packed Neumos on July 17th, with frontman Jonny Pierce giving a spirited rendition of tracks from across The Drums discography. The Seattle show was the kickoff to an extensive tour for the band, which goes on until the end of the year, and includes a lengthy stint in Europe. A h…
They may not have made the majors like The Replacements and Hüsker Dü did, but Minneapolis-based band Arcwelder were more than a perennial local favorite, cracking John Peel's Festive Fifth countdown in 1992 and getting crowned NME's "Punk Rock Single of the Week" by none other than guest editors, …
If you were listening to the Morning Show with John Richards on Monday, you heard the world premiere of the latest single from Seattle band Motopony. "Daylights Gone" is the first glimpse from their upcoming sophomore LP, Welcome You, due June 23rd on Fast Plastic / eOne Music, and it's glimmering …
It's enough to make you curl up screaming in the fetal position – the number of amazing Icelandic releases in 2013, that is. As if 2012 wasn't already such a great year, but damn, 2013 proves there's no end to the wealth of talent on the arctic island. Since they're each so great in different ways,…
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 DJs think you should hear. Today’s song, featured on the Afte…
At some point as an art-rock outfit, a band surpasses the need to surpass themselves. The Flaming Lips have just released a pared down and grainy video for the immersive "Turning Violet" from their latest album, The Terror. Primordial vocals emerge from deep in a Turrell-esque white room before lin…
A few days after releasing their excellent debut album Amok, Atoms For Peace have revealed the first live dates behind their new LP. In addition to the DJ sets Thom York and Nigel Godrich announced for last week, the whole band has been confirmed for three European festivals in mid-July. According …
You won't be surprised to that members of Song Sparrow Research have roots in jazz and choir. As friends and classmates, Hamilton Boyce and David Balatero were both in school bands at Seattle's Garfield High, and now make lush folk-tinged chamber pop as together in this five member band. Equally a…
