Benjamin Booker's second album, Witness, finds the musician rallying his blues rock sound to call for respect and justice in troubling times while retaining the sharp musicianship that made his debut stand out. On his return to the KEXP Live Room, Booker joins Troy Nelson for four Witness son…
“I'm just writing to write and to let that be heard.” Luz Elena Mendoza says she processes events and experiences pretty quickly, and it shows in her songs, full of musical ideas with vibrant energy. The Y La Bamba leader clearly has a lot to say, and in this session with DJ Sharlese on Audio…
After a few years off, Beach Fossils returned earlier this year with Somersault, the band's finest set of songs to date and also the first to be written and recorded as a band. Dustin Payseur and co. bring four new tracks to the KEXP Live Room with Kevin Cole and talk about Somersault, peopl…
Seven years is a long time between albums, but Land of Talk's Liz Powell took that time to walk away from music and recharge, returning with some of her most affecting songs yet on this year's Life After Youth. Joining John Richards in the KEXP Live Room, Powell plays four new songs and …
With their latest album HeartTones, Julia Massey and the Five Finger Discount have sharpened their kinetic pop-rock more than ever before, building their latest batch of songs with an agile energy that belies their emotional resonance. The Seattle trio return to KEXP on a cold February day for a s…
Greta Morgan went into an “intense headspace” for her latest album as Springtime Carnivore, and the result was Midnight Room, her most finessed and melodic set of songs to date. Morgan returns to the KEXP studios for a semi-acoustic session featuring four Midnight Room tracks and a conversation wi…
Grant Eadie's loping, colorful electronic compositions have been bubbling on tastemaker radars for some time now, but with his self-titled debut LP, the Bellingham-via-Seattle musician has crafted his most kinetic set of songs to date. Accompanied by vocalist Moorea Masa, Eadie joins Cheryl W…
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 DJ’s think you should hear. Today’s song, featured on the Mor…
Every Monday through Friday, we deliver a different song as part 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, we are featuring artists p…
Every Monday through Friday, we deliver a different song as part 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, we are featuring artists p…
Matthew Dear announces the first album under his name in six years and shares two new songs, "Bunny's Dream" and "Echo"
The London-based act shares a new song from their upcoming Cuckoo Spit EP, out this December on PNKSLM Recordings
The song comes from the band's 15th studio album King's Mouth: Music and Songs
Seattle soul singer-songwriter Allen Stone performs songs from his third album, Radius on the Midday Show with Cheryl Waters. Recorded 01/20/2016 - 5 songs: Upside, American Privilege, Million, Voo Doo, Perfect World.
LA's Dum Dum Girls return to the KEXP studio to perform songs from their 2014 Sub Pop release, “Too True”. Recorded 4/5/2014 - 4 songs: Are You Okay?, In The Wake Of You, Coming Down, Trouble Is My Name.
Marissa Nadler returns to the KEXP studio with a set of hauntingly beautiful songs from her latest album "July." Recorded 2/15/2014 - 4 songs: Dead City Emily, Drive, Was It A Dream, Anyone Else.
Hazy melodies from legends and upstarts alike flow through Cheryl Waters' latest mix of her favorite songs, featuring new songs from Johnny Marr, J Mascis, Menace Beach, and Boy Azooga.
KEXP's John Richards takes you along the full journey of a long run with songs of inspiration and fun including the one song he played 13-straight times while running the NY Marathon.
There are very few artists who can pull off what Stephin Merritt did this night at Benaroya Hall: a 26-song set with the song titles performed alphabetically, from A ("Andrew in Drag") to Z ("Zombie Boy"). Songs were culled from his extensive catalog of not only his most well-known project, The Mag…
Portland natives The Decemberists debuted the lyric video for their new song "Lake Song." The warm and stunning track will be featured on their forthcoming, seventh studio album What A Terrible World, What A Beautiful World (out January 20.) [CoS]
