Produced by drummer Don Berman, this session features 10 players performing "Ascension NW", based on John Coltrane's "Ascension."
Drawing from The Ventures, country and western and jazz influences, this band is making some highly cinematic music for the radio. Jason Goessl (guitar), Ethan Sobotta (bass), Tom Zgonc (drums) and Robb Davidson (space processing).
In that fine Seattle tradition of the jazz, new music jam band, Doomsday Device features Scott Morning (trumpet), Aaron Jenkins (sax), Adam Kessler (drums), Nate Omdal (bass) and Rich Pellegrin (keys).
Drawing from The Ventures, country western, and jazz influences, this band is making some highly cinematic music for the radio. Featuring Jason Goessl (guitar), Ethan Sobotta (bass), Tom Zgonc (drums), and Robb Davidson (space processing).
Eli Rosenblatt leads a band through combinations of klezmer, cuban and swing music, with Eli on vocals and guitar, Timba Harris on violin, Hadi Asil on tar, and Ahamefule J. Oluo on trumpet, bass clarinet and clarinet.
Symphonic drums, massive bass, soundscapes and elegant melodies - a band from the daydream nation with Greg Ferguson (drums), James Kay (keys, guitar), Christian Taylor (keys, guitar, percussion), and Jason Kopec (bass, keys, melodica).
Eight-piece Seattle band Polyrhythmics perform a tight set of funk instrumentals live on the Afternoon Show with Kevin Cole. Recorded 03/24/2016 - 4 songs: Maruken, Fairweather Fiends, Chingador, Lord Of The Fries.
Ghanaian-American Hip Hop artist Blitz the Ambassador performs live with a full band on KEXP's Wo'Pop. Recorded 05/31/2015 - 4 songs: Wahala, Africa Is The Future, Success, Best I Can.
Highly revered U.K. indie-shoegaze band Swervedriver stop by KEXP and perform an energetically-driving set live on KEXP. Recorded 03/08/2015 - 4 songs: Autodidact, Setting Sun, Last Rites, I Wonder?
The Comettes, local Seattle dreamy indie rock band, dazzle the airwaves with a live in-studio concert from the KEXP Studio. Recorded 4/25/2014 - 4 songs: Zenith, I'll Be the One, You Should Know, Los Angeles.
London based dance-rock band CYMBALS perform on the Morning Show, live from the Cutting Room Studio in NYC. Recorded 3/7/2014 - 4 songs: Winter '98, The Natural World, No Bad Decisions, Erosion.
In this session, Aurora and her backing band perform five songs from her EP Infections of a Different Kind – Step 1.
The new album by the feminist hardcore punk band, War on Women takes on issues of race, gender and politics. It’s called 'Wonderful Hell.'
It's time to add another band from the KEXP stacks to the long list of fascinating artists I should really become more familiar with - and would happily read a book about. Scritti Politti began 40 years ago in Leeds, and have been intermittently making music in various lineups ever since (with the …
Have you ever wondered how to prove your undying loyalty to your favorite band? If the answer is year, The Kills have got you covered. Last month, the band asked fans for 15 participants to get tattoos of symbols inspired by each song for their album Ash & Ice. The call was easily answered and…
Scott Weiland, the frontman for Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver, died yesterday while on tour with his new band, The Wildabouts. The dynamic singer had a much publicized tumultuous life, but as VR bandmate Duff McKagan posted on the band’s Instagram, “It’s just so sad and brutal from any p…
When Australian band Crayon Fields first formed, they were scrappy high school students with a love for jangle-pop music. After two excellent full-lengths, many worldwide tours, and one KEXP performance from SXSW, the band took a five-year hiatus that ends this September with the release of their t…
There's over 20 live videos from Canadian bands listed below, and that's just scratching the surface of how many of our neighbors to the North have stopped by KEXP. And, whaddya know, our very own DJ Cheryl Waters just happens to also book these in-studios... coincidence? Cheryl has long championed…
This week's post is actually, completely by coincidence, somewhat timely! I had somehow missed the news that the English punk/post-punk heroes Wire had just released a new album called Wire (because once you've been a band for almost forty years, why not go the self-titled route at long last?). The…
It's scary how many great albums are coming out on this Halloween week! Highlights include the fourth album from Scottish band The Twilight Sad. KEXP Music Director Don Yates says the band, "brings back the loud, shoegazerish guitars that were mostly absent from their last release (2012’s No One Ca…
