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 “La Plage” by La colère, from the 2020 self-released album La Vague.
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 “Suite No. 2” by L’éclair, from the 2019 album Sauropoda on Beyond Beyond Is Beyo…
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 “Taking On Time” by Sinead O’Brien, from the 2019 album Speedy Wunderground - Yea…
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 “Dystopian Boy” by Sólveig Matthildur, from the 2019 album Constantly In Love on …
Emily Fox speaks with the trio about how they met sharing a wall in a New York apartment building, their reflections on women’s rights in their song "She Who Dares" and about the racist history of Chicago’s 1979 Disco Demolition Night that shows up in their song, "Disco Life."
In 2013 Laura Marling starred in a short film called Woman Driver,as part of a 72-hour National Film Challenge in Marfa, Texas. Marling debuts three new songs in the film, in which she portrays a hitchhiker. One of the songs may even appear on her upcoming album Short Movie (out March 24). Check o…
The last time we saw Ólafur Arnalds was at 2010's Iceland Airwaves where he played our Hostel KEXP. In that show, he demonstrated his continued desire to engage in experimental recording practices by asking the audience to help him sing a loop for a song. Since his first album, Found Songs, back i…
Swedish rockers Peter Bjorn and John have been proselytizing their pro-60s pop prowess since 1999, but the trio really took the indie world by storm back in 2006 with their dance-floor hit “Young Folks.” Ten years later, they're still artfully writing their whistle-catchy songs like the title…
Anticipation for physical copies of the new album by Car Seat Headrest will have to last a bit longer. The CDs and LPs of Teens Of Denial, originally due in stores on May 20, were recalled due to a misunderstanding, of sorts. The track "Just What I Needed / Not Just What I Needed", containing parts…
Popular Manipulations, The Districts' followup to 2015's breakout A Flourish and a Spoil, is a massive leap forward for the mature-beyond-their-years quartet. Ragged and emotional but with plenty of songwriting sharpness, the band's newest batch of songs goes forth boldly into the K…
Loud and proud, Seattle queer punk band waste no time with introductions, blasting out hardcore tales of love, loss, and queer life in Seattle at a hundred miles a minute. Joining DJ Larry Rose in the KEXP Live Room, the Seattle quartet thrash through four songs from their forthcoming debut with e…
Channeling sounds both neon and nocturnal, NAVVI's precisely languid take on electronic pop tempers its dark undercurrents with a subtle pop sensibility. The Seattle duo of Brad Boettger and Kristin Henry perform four songs from their debut, 2016's Omni, and explain the genesis of the project on t…
Oxnard, California-based power-pop singer-songwriter Nic Hessler and his band perform songs from his brand new record ‘Soft Connections' live on KEXP's The Midday Show with Cheryl Waters. Recorded 07/13/2015 - 5 songs: Intro/Expel Me, (Please) Don't Break Me, Soon You'll See, Kristi…
Castillos, Uruguay based indie-folk group Molina y Los Cósmicos perform songs from their debut record, "El Desencanto", live on KEXP's El Sonido. Recorded 06/22/2015 - 4 songs: En El Camino Del Sol, Pequeñas Cosas (Que Jamás Te Contaré), Y.T.C. En El Fin Del Mundo, Gallos De Kentucky.
Australian psych-rock band Pond blow the doors off the KEXP studio in this heavy performance on The Midday Show. Pond sound simultaneously out-of-control and perfectly tight in this performance including a debut song from their forthcoming 2015 release “Man, It Feels Like Space Again.” Recorded 10…
Austin indie pop-rock powerhouse Spoon treats KEXP listeners to a career spanning set, including songs from their 2014 album, "They Want My Soul." Recorded 07/24/2014 - 9 songs: Knock Knock Knock, Rent I Pay, Who Makes Your Money, Rhthm & Soul, The Ghost Of You Lingers, Rainy Taxi, S…
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 “Падло (feat. Alina Pash)” by alyona alyona, from the 2019 album ПУШКА on HitWond…
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, as chosen by DJ Kevin Cole, is "Run" by Jesse Markin from the 2019 album FOLK on VI…
