Seattle's Jason Baxter & Kyle Hargus craft colorful electronic music under the moniker USF, rising up with the pioneering chillwave album Ocean Sunbirds in 2009 as Universal Studios Florida. They've been unleashing more club-inspired jams on a string of EPs under the shortened alias, most recen…
Simon Stålhamre may be the creative force behind Small Feet, but it was not until he found the assistance of his band mates Jacob Snavely and Christopher Cantillo along with the inspiration of an island cabin residence that he was able to create music without self-sabotaging. It's a good thing he f…
Today's Song of the Day, as chosen by John Richards, host of The Morning Show on KEXP, is "Oceans" by TARA, a 2020 self-released single.
Today's Song of the Day, as chosen by Kevin Cole, host of Drive Time on KEXP, is "Once More For the Ocean" by Slothrust, a 2021 single on Dangerbird Records.
Today's Song of the Day, as chosen by John Richards, host of the Morning Show on KEXP, is "Ocean Shores" by Smokey Brights, a 2022 single on Freakout.
Firing on all cylinders, Patterson Hood and Mike Cooley of Drive-By Truckers zipped over to the KEXP studio to play a couple of their songs off their newest album, English Oceans. With an eight-string, robust Kay Vintage guitar and silvery crooning, the two displayed their stripped-down prowess, il…
Today's Song of the Day, as chosen by DJ Kevin Cole, host of Drive Time on KEXP, is "Beach Days (Alive Again)" by Oceanator, from the 2022 album Nothing's Ever Fine on Big Scary Monsters.
Today's Song of the Day, as chosen by John Richards, host of The Morning Show on KEXP, is "The Ocean Life" by Moriah Bailey, from the 2022 album i tried words on Keeled Scales..
Back in 2014, legendary shoegaze greats Slowdive reunited for a performance at Barcelona’s Primavera Sound Festival. With their peers Ride and Lush both reuniting after two years and writing new music, it's no surprise that Slowdive have done the same. Stream the track "Star Roving" below, their f…
Luminescent electronic lady Julianna Barwick shares her new album, Will, next Friday, May 6th via Dead Oceans, but you can stream it now in its entirety via NPR Music. The latest from this Brooklyn-based songstress features guest appearances from Thomas Arsenault (Mas Ysa), Dutch cellist Maarten V…
Folk rock musician Kevin Morby (of The Babies and Woods) put out City Music in June via Dead Oceans and today he's shared the video for the song "Downtown's Lights." Directed by Hugo Jouxtel of La Blogothéque, the clip features Morby watching himself perform and then wandering the streets of Paris …
Tori Amos talks about her new album, 'Ocean to Ocean,' and how she experiences visual trips of synesthesia when playing and listening to music.
