This Saturday, KEXP presents Reykjavik Calling, the sister city showcase featuring some of the best bands and artists emerging from Seattle and Reykjavik. It's our seventh year featuring this cross-cultural musical exploration, and one of the two acts traveling here from Iceland is long-time KEXP f…
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New music for a piano trio featuring Tim Kennedy (piano), Geoff Harper (bass), and Brad Gibson (drums.)
On the show this time, it’s the Indonesian funk of Ali.
On the show this time, we’re celebrating our 500th episode!
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It was one of the most highly-anticipated sessions of our Musicfest NW broadcast: Scottish electropop group CHVRCHES had been blowing up the music blogs for months, yet their debut album, The Bones of What You Believe hadn't hit stores at the time. From the packed audience of the Doug Fir Lounge t…
On the show this time, it’s the immaculately tailored imagery of Heartworms.
On the show this time, it’s the timeless freedom and fearlessness of Feist.
2023 is coming to a close, and it's time for the KEXP DJs to share their Top Albums of the year.
2024 is coming to a close, and it's time for the KEXP DJs to share their Top Albums of the year.
2025 is coming to a close, and it's time for the KEXP DJs to share their Top Albums of the year.
On the show this time, it’s jazz, it's Afrobeat, it’s KOKOROKO.
DJ Abbie reflects on her time in Glasgow and the mix the Frightened Rabbit songwriter shared with a friend
The song is the latest in a series of singles from the Brooklyn band
Chastity Belt - Different Now - from the 2017 album I Used to Spend So Much Time Alone on Hardly Art.
Now is the time for some industrial atmospheres to sink into. Dean Moore (electro-acoustic percussion) and Noisepoetnobody (modular synth and voice).
KEXP’s Sharlese Metcalf spent some time at CHOP last week and brought back an audio postcard.
On the show this time, it’s the danceable darkwave of Danish musician Trentemøller.
