DJs freaking love a good transition from one song to another. When a DJ nails a segue, you can just feel it in your bones. There are many differences between an algorithm and an actual human programming your music, but magic segues is a big one—they really bring the art of DJing to light.
It's Hanukkah time, and KEXP has your playlist of songs for the season! The eight-day festival of lights kicks off Saturday, December 24th and ends Sunday, January 1st, so spin these tracks while you spin the dreidel. Happy Hanukkah from everyone at KEXP!
Check out some of the KEXP DJ’s favorite artists from the Pacific Northwest and around the world on-the-go. KEXP’s Music That Matters weekly podcast brings you an exclusive mix of new music from the world’s best independent artists.
Sound & Vision host Emily Fox spoke with The New Pornographers' A.C. Newman about their eighth studio album and the anxiety of living in the United States.
Neo psychedelic-pop group Mercury Rev perform songs from their beautiful record "The Light in You" live on KEXP's The Morning Show with John Richards from The Cutting Room Studios in New York City. Recorded 10/15/2015 - 4 songs: Autunm's In The Air, Endlessly, Central Park East, Holes.
Born in Ethiopia but raised in Espoo Finland, Mirel Wagner and her acoustic guitar treat the Midday Show to a sparse set of quiet songs from the album, "When The Cellar Children See the Light of Day." Recorded 11/20/2014 - 4 songs: 1 2 3 4, What Love Looks Like, The Dirt, Taller Than Tal…
Melbourne, Australia, natives Cut Copy stop by the Cutting Room Studios for a set of psych-tinged dance-pop before embarking on a world tour in support of their fourth full length album, Free Your Mind. Recorded 11/18/2013 - 4 songs: We Are Explorers, In Memory Capsule, Meet Me In A House Of Love,…
The Audioasis Youth Initiative is a new project, fostering creative collaboration between KEXP and its Seattle Center neighbors, The Center School. The ability to facilitate educational partnerships like this one was an important consideration in KEXP’s long-term vision for its new home at Seattle …
Check out some of the KEXP DJ’s favorite artists from the Pacific Northwest and around the world on-the-go. KEXP’s Music That Matters weekly podcast brings you an exclusive mix of new music from the world’s best independent artists.
London based neo-psychedelic art rock group Django Django perform songs from their 2015 record, "Born Under Saturn", live on KEXP's The Midday Show with Cheryl Waters. Recorded 10/20/2015 - 4 songs: First Light, Shake & Tremble, Love's Dart, Slow West.
Check out some of the KEXP DJ’s favorite artists from the Pacific Northwest and around the world on-the-go. KEXP’s Music That Matters weekly podcast brings you an exclusive mix of new music from the world’s best independent artists.
UPDATE: Light in the Attic write "due to circumstances out of our control, the listening party has been re-scheduled for Sunday, June 25th at Noon." More info here.
In the spirit of Halloween, KEXP asked Dave Segal from The Stranger and Brad Tilbe of Light in the Attic Records to share their Top 5 Favorite Horror Movie Soundtracks.
Black Friday is upon us, and nothing makes us happier than the blackest black of a vinyl record! This year's Black Friday is extra special for us, as local label Light In The Attic Records will be opening a store in the KEXP Gathering Space, bringing the exclusive, limited-edition releases right to…
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 …
