Retro-future circus music, transforming baroque sounds into a strange music box. Harlan Glotzer (english concertina), Dana Wen (toy piano) and Nate Lee (tuba).
A Giant Dog - Bendover - from the 2017 album Toy on Merge Records.
Sonic shape-shifters and processors of collective experience with Beth Fleenor (clarinets, voices, electronics and toys) and Paris Hurley (violin, voices and tape recorders).
As major labels continue to exist behind the times, artists and labels with little capital and lesser reputations are producing some of the most innovative, interesting, and inspiring music. Whether it’s creating a new niche in digital technology or looking to once obsolete formats, Agitated Atmosp…
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 DJs think you should hear. Today’s song, featured on the Morn…
Employing fantastical storytelling with the goal of activating the audience's imagination, featuring Byron (erhu, voice), Tari Nelson-Zagar (violin), Tiffany Lin (piano, toy piano), and Paul Kikuchi (percussion).
Hollow Earth Radio founders, Amber Kai Morgan and Garrett Kelly use phone machine tapes and found sounds to make the real world more real. Joined by Doug Arney and Olie Eshleman on guitars, toys and effects.
Hollow Earth Radio founders, Amber Kai Morgan and Garrett Kelly use phone machine tapes and found sounds to make the world the way they want it. Joined by Doug Arney and Olie Esheleman on guitars, toys and effects.
If you've ever wanted to put Nick Cave in your pocket, now's your chance! LA-based toy company Plasticgod will release six different variations of a mini-figurine based on the iconic frontman, each named after a different song of his. Just check out the detail in the "Red Right Hand" model! Each l…
Not New York City. Not Los Angeles. Lush’s first U.S. show in 20 years was right here in Seattle. The honor was not lost on the hundreds of fans who lined up early outside the venue to get closer to the stage, and who swarmed the merchandise table immediately upon entering The Showbox, like ravenou…
Guests Erika Schreder, Staff Scientist, and Ivy Sager-Rosenthal, Campaign Director, for the Washington Toxics Coalition, speak with Diane Horn about the 2011 Healthy Holiday Gift Guide, choosing less-toxic toys, and the Toxic-Free Kids Act, a bill proposed for the 2012 Washington State Legislative…
Big Thief perform material from their latest albums 'U.F.O.F.' and 'Two Hands' live on KEXP.
With his eighth album, Infinity, on store shelves, international sensation Yann Tiersen, with his current collaborative outfit and a dazzling array of multicolored bells, toy pianos, and obscure woodwinds, cleverly crammed themselves into the studio for a cinematic live set, bringing the highly-acc…
The Morning Show's John Richards makes sure no songs in 2013 were missed and looks ahead to new music in 2014. 1. Gambles - Angel 2. Golden Gardens - The Ghost of a Total Stranger 3. Fey Moth - Inside 4. Azure Blue - Time Is On Our Side 5. Big Deal - In Your Car 6. Title Fight - Be a Toy 7.…
For the past decade, The Coathangers have been scrapping their way out of Atlanta's indie punk scene and pull no punches on Nosebleed Weekend, their fifth release, and fourth on Seattle label Suicide Squeeze. Live in-studio, the heavy hitting trio, who originally formed as a joke, have serious fun …
Snuggle your fur babies close: it's National Pet Day, a celebration founded in 2006 "to celebrate the joy pets bring to our lives and to create public awareness about the plight of many different kinds of animals awaiting a forever home in shelters and rescues all around the globe." You can celebra…
Snuff Redux has burst on the scene, wooing the hearts of KEXP DJs, with their EP, Toy Kingdom. Comprised of Daniel Chesney (bass), Dylan Arlick (guitar), Alex Paulino (drums) and Ford (guitar, vocals), this young, fresh-faced four-piece seems ready to take on the world. KEXP caught up the group to …
The fabulous Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings share a new track today, in celebration of their first ever Grammy Award nomination. Stream "Little Boys with Shiny Toys" below, a song that shimmers with soul and reverberates with a fantastic horn section. Tune in to the Grammys on February 8th to see …
