Over the past eight years of celebrating International Clash Day, KEXP has spotlighted a wealth of artists who were influenced by The Clash. But what bands mattered to the “only band that matters”?
Seattle's own Delvon Lamarr of the Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio shares a guest DJ mix for Midnight In A Perfect World showcasing the timeless soul, funk, and R&B songs that have influenced him as an artist.
We will be attending the 2022 edition of Isle of Light, the Dominican festival, which will take place next March 12 in Santo Domingo with performances by Jungle, C. Tangana, Sublime with Rome, Yendry, Tokischa, and more. These are our outstanding Ibero-American acts from their lineup.
Fresh off the release of hipernatural, Indonesian-born, NYC-based artist Melati ESP shares a dreamy bioluminescent guest DJ mix full of dreamy breaks, blissful ambient, and cerebral club rhythms.
Fresh off the release of her 8th studio album Big Anonymous, versatile Swedish artist El Perro del Mar shares a beautiful, haunting, and hypnotic guest DJ mix.
Fresh off her stellar debut album Bodhiria and ahead of her live US debut at Coachella this year, rising Spanish artist Judeline showcases some of her contemporary faves on her guest DJ mix.
Not many artists - if any - besides Hot Snakes can say they’ve blown the power during a KEXP session and the ferocious energy that both powers their latest album, Jericho Sirens, and and overloads the power infrastructure of Little London Plane is on full display in this session live with DJ Evie f…
Today's Song of the Day, as chosen by Darek Mazzone, host of Wo'Pop on KEXP, in celebration of the Persian New Year, is “Farewell, Warden” by SarrSew, from the 2018 album Girih: Iranian Sound Artists on Zabte Sote.
This week's picks for Song of the Day were chosen by Kevin Cole, host of The Afternoon Show on KEXP, highlighting standout artists from the 2020 Eurosonic Festival in Groningen, Netherlands. Today's Song of the Day is “Zalina” by Balkan Taksim, a 2019 self-released single.
Today's Song of the Day, as chosen by Cheryl Waters, host of The Midday Show on KEXP, is "Off My Mind" by Hazel English, from the 2020 album Wake UP! on Polyvinyl / Marathon Artists.
Cheryl Waters talks about Swedish group Goat and their collaboration with African rap artist MC Yallah.
Jyoti B. Fly talks about Peruvian artist Sofia Kourtesis and her new collaboration with Daphni of Caribou fame on the song "Unidos."
Dusty Henry, Associate Director of Editorial, talks about two of his favorite artists – Laurie Torres and Nailah Hunter – and their new collaboration.
KEXP DJ Goyri, co-host of El Sonido, joins host Evie Stokes to talk about Mexico City’s bursting music scene and unperro andaluz’s new song “malabares” featuring another Mexican artist – Manuel Ávila – off their record tragaperras on ERiZO.
It’s not hard to imagine a chandelier once hanging from the gold, grated circle located smack dab in the middle of The Neptune ceiling. What’s considerably tougher is spotting the marks of an elaborate and ornate paint job that once encompassed the gold center’s edge but has now faded into the stru…
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. This week’s featured songs come fr…
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. This week’s featured songs come fr…
The EMP Pop Conference covers a lot of ground in its panels, discussions, and presentations – where else could you find programming covering both a Missy Elliott retrospective and a roundtable seeking to find out what the worst song ever is? – so it only makes sense that for its Seattle artist show…
