The Flaming Lips are offering some pretty amazing material in honor of this month's Record Store Day Back To Black Friday. One album is a complete cover of Stone Roses' debut album that features contributions from Foxygen, Poliça, Spaceface, Peaking Lights, Stardeath, and several others. The other…
KEXP's Don Slack plays some of his favorite new Swingin' Doors jams for summer. Heavy doses of Northwest and Nashville. Recommended pairings: lawn chairs and margaritas. 1. Nikki Lane - Seein' Double 2. Country Lips - Black Water 3. Rodney Crowell - Frankie Please 4. Rod Melancon - Duck Fest…
Local duo Shabazz Palaces have announced a new album on the way, Quazarz: Born on a Gangster Star out July 14th via Sub Pop. Check out the first single "Shine a Light (feat. Thaddillac)" below, via a lyric video directed by Cristina T. Bercovitz and Jonathan Snipes of clipping. In addition to Thad…
Their forthcoming third full-length, titled Impossible Weight, will be released October 16, 2020 via High Beam Records (distributed by ATO Records).
In today’s episode, KEXP DJ Kevin Cole discusses Joy Division’s legacy with Jon Savage, author of This Searing Light, the Sun, and Everything Else: Joy Division: The Oral History.
Faith Healer, out of Edmonton, Alberta, released their latest release Try;) ahead of our trip out to Montreal so I was able to spend some time with it before they did their session. This was one that I was most looking forward to seeing. Jessica Jalbert, the primary songwriter and guitar player, ha…
Jenn Taranto of Seattle band Medejin puts together a festive Christmas Eve guest DJ mix for Midnight in a Perfect World that's "a little heavy and light, a little dark and bright" and full of seasonal indie gems.
Jordan Lee's Mutual Benefit shares two new songs, "Come To Pass" and "Shedding Skin"
It's the second record since their 2012 reunion, following 2017's Did I Find Myself Here?
Today’s song, featured on The Midday Show with Cheryl Waters, is “Mind Hijacker's Curse” by Chad VanGaalen from his album Light Information, available now via Sub Pop.
Looking for something to soundtrack your holiday party that isn't holiday music? Troy Nelson's latest collection of certified smash hits will light up any occasion with new songs from Toro Y Moi, El Ten Eleven, and Foxxxy Mulder.
Beloved cable network Adult Swim have been putting out some amazing music over the years, and today's contribution ranks among the coolest releases yet: Seattle's own Shabazz Palaces team up with Flying Lotus and Thundercat under the name WOKE. Stream their first single "The Lavishments of Light L…
When it comes to whimsical multi-instrumentalist Kishi Bashi, we should've known we had nothing to worry about. A couple of years had passed since his beloved debut release, 151a, and as DJ Cheryl Waters said to a co-worker a few months before the release of his latest, Lighght (pronounced "Light")…
The two Pacific Northwest rappers deep dive into the lyrics of their song "Solidarity," discuss the importance of acknowledging our shared racial history as resistance, and shed light on how if oppression is collaborative, then our freedom has to be.
KEXP is excited to present an intimate session with legendary singer/songwriters Billy Bragg & Joe Henry in the KEXP Gathering Space at Noon. The duo will present tracks from their new collaboration Shine A Light: Songs From The Great American Railroad, an album inspired by the culture of American …
Hanukkah kicked off yesterday evening, and KEXP has your playlist of songs for the season. The eight-day festival of lights will run through Monday, December 14th, so spin these tracks while you spin the dreidel. Happy Hanukkah from everyone at KEXP!
Jilian Medford sheds light on being back in LA, how she’s shifting shapes as a musician and human, how Björk played a role on Crush Crusher, and her go-to pizza toppings.
DJ Cheryl Waters' latest mix is the perfect cosmic soundtrack to stargazing on late summer nights. With energetic new tracks from Broken Social Scene, Moon Duo, Kishi Bashi, and King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, you might even get a glimpse into another world.
Jack White's Third Man Records is teaming up with Seattle's own Light in the Attic Records for the children's compilation, This Record Belongs To __________. As the press release boasts, "You won’t find boy bands, princesses, or purple dinosaurs here." Instead the collection features tracks from N…
Afternoon Show host Kevin Cole shines a light on some of the best new music from around the world, including songs from Iceland's Júníus Meyvant and Vök, Sweden's Tallest Man on Earth, Santiago, Chile's The Holydrug Couple, Seattle's The Flavr Blue, and many more hot jams that…
