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Monday, Feb 5 2018, 2PM
London four-piece Wolf Alice were live in the KEXP studio last October - up now on our YouTube channel!
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Up on the KEXP YouTube channel now! - footage from the legendary UK shoegaze quartet's October in-studio! Check it out! youtu.be
Dreamy pop from Portland, OR. Read about the Chromatics Twin Peaks appearance: bit.ly
Check out the video for "Since I Left You" from the Melbourne electro band's 2000 debut (which contains an estimated 3,500 samples). youtu.be
Mux Mool was born in Minnesota, but began his career in Brooklyn. The song comes from the soundtrack for the video game Nidhogg II. Check out the official website for the game here: nidhogggame.com
New music off debut from Swedish garage band Spice Boys spiceboysume.bandcamp.com
We have live video of Ohio-born Jessica Lea Mayfield singing Elliott Smith songs with Seth Avett in a special 2105 in-studio. Check it out on the KEXP blog: blog.kexp.org
Portland-based band The Dandy Warhols cover Blondie's "Call Me."
Check out a 2016 KEXP in-studio performance: youtu.be
Check out a 2016 KEXP in-studio performance: youtu.be
How To Solve Our Human Problems, Pt. 2 is the second in a trio of new mini-albums to be released from December through February, each EP built around a flagship single. bit.ly
The New Pornographers was formed more than twenty years ago in Vancouver, B.C., by players from a handful of then-burgeoning indie bands.
Seven albums later, with their core eight-person lineup mostly intact, the band played live in the KEXP studio last April, we've got video of that performance up on our YouTube channel: youtu.be
Seven albums later, with their core eight-person lineup mostly intact, the band played live in the KEXP studio last April, we've got video of that performance up on our YouTube channel: youtu.be
Mercury Prize-winning Edinburgh art-rock trio Young Fathers were in the KEXP studio in 2015 - check out a recap on our blog: bit.ly
Washed Out is Ernest Greene, "a young guy from Georgia (via South Carolina) who makes bedroom synthpop that sounds blurred and woozily evocative, like someone smeared vaseline all over an early OMD demo tape, then stayed up all night trying to recreate what they heard." washedout.net
Released with an accompanying film, Mister Mellow is described as a ‘visual album.’
Released with an accompanying film, Mister Mellow is described as a ‘visual album.’
Talib Kweli’s eighth solo release - as he celebrates the 15th anniversary of his debut album Quality.
See Talib Kweli perform "The One I Love" on The Late Show last week. rol.st
See Talib Kweli perform "The One I Love" on The Late Show last week. rol.st
Title track from the Baltimore band's forthcoming fifth album - due out April 6th.
In Seattle July 15th at Neumos.
In Seattle July 15th at Neumos.
‘Hug of Thunder’ comes seven years after their last release. All 15 original members are featured on the album, including Feist, Metric’s Emily Haines and James Shaw, Stars’ Amy Millan and Evan Cranley, Brendan Canning.
The band played LIVE on KEXP back in October - video is up now on the KEXP YouTube channel! youtu.be
The band played LIVE on KEXP back in October - video is up now on the KEXP YouTube channel! youtu.be
Frontman of influential UK post-punk band The Fall, Mark E. Smith, passed away in late January. See our KEXP tribute: bit.ly
Forthcoming third release, Adult Fear, from the Austin-based psychedelic-surf garage band.
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holywave.bandcamp.com
Big John Patton cover. Learn more about the funky blend of soul and jazz put out by Seattle’s Delvon Lamarr Trio in our local artist spotlight: bit.ly
Founded in late '60s San Francisco, the first fully integrated band - men and women, black and white - Sly & the Family Stone fused soul, rock, R&B, psychedelia, and funk.
This is the only release from this San Jose, CA 60s garage rock band. Check out a rare 1960s TV performance: www.youtube.com
The band's sophomore release, Twentytwo In Blue is set to drop March 23. Back in 2016, the Brooklyn trio performed live with Troy in the KEXP studio - watch now on our YouTube channel: youtu.be
The latest release (his 8th!) from DJ-electronic music composer George Evelyn, his first in five years.
Raised on soul music artists, and a big fan of hip-hop and techno, his finest songs since starting Nightmares on Wax in 1991 combine a lush electronic landscape with warm, slow hip-hop beats and soulful emotional singers.
Raised on soul music artists, and a big fan of hip-hop and techno, his finest songs since starting Nightmares on Wax in 1991 combine a lush electronic landscape with warm, slow hip-hop beats and soulful emotional singers.
On her sophomore album, young DC-based artist Sneaks (aka Eva Moolchan) brings “a potent set of hypnotic post-punk with a minimalist sound featuring stark bass guitar lines and drum-machine beats accompanying her deadpan vocals and often-enigmatic lyrics.”
“Jukebox Babe” is the Portland space rockers’ cover of a 1980 song from Suicide frontman Alan Vega song.
Tune in THIS Wednesday February 7 for the 6th annual International Clash Day on KEXP!
All day long, all across the globe, we're celebrating music as a tool for social consciousness - and a band that made it sound so damn good!
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All day long, all across the globe, we're celebrating music as a tool for social consciousness - and a band that made it sound so damn good!
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For a “meet the local artist” interview with Portland duo Helio Sequence head over to the KEXP website: bit.ly
Stockholm-based HOLY - the garage-psych brainchild of Hannes Ferm of Umeå, Sweden - provided a December song-of-the-day from their sophomore release All These Worlds Are Yours - download it now from the KEXP blog: bit.ly
Devonté Hynes aka Blood Orange just released two new tracks for Black History Month. The tracks will not appear on the new album (his fourth) Hynes is currently working on. bit.ly
Portland DIY dark-pop four-piece The Prids will be playing hometown shows Friday, March 30th and Saturday, March 31st at the Doug Fir Lounge.
Yep, she covered the ENTIRE Cure record!
The Brooklyn/LA artist was an original member of Crystal Stilts, Dum Dum Girls, Vivian Girls and Beverly.
The Brooklyn/LA artist was an original member of Crystal Stilts, Dum Dum Girls, Vivian Girls and Beverly.
From a 1994 album of Carpenters covers. Brother-sister duo The Carpenters' original song was released in 1971.
Finished in 16 days, the Toronto duo’s third full-length release, Habitat, was produced and engineered by Beliefs’ Josh Korody and mixed by Holy Fuck’s Graham Walsh, who has also worked with METZ and Alvvays. beliefsmusic.com
In a 2012 KEXP in-studio session, eight-piece LA-based soul/funk band Orgone displayed their perfect combination of tight refinement raw gut-punching power that makes them one of the baddest funk bands around. Check it out on on the KEXP YouTube channel: youtu.be
Check out this great doc about the life and music of Nigerian psych-funk legend (and current born-again businessman): youtu.be
Monday March 26 at the Sunset.
Illinois-born, Toronto-based artist Meghan Remy - aka U.S. Girls - drops her sixth studio album In a Poem Unlimited this month.
Illinois-born, Toronto-based artist Meghan Remy - aka U.S. Girls - drops her sixth studio album In a Poem Unlimited this month.
Humanz - the virtual band’s fourth full-length LP - includes guest appearances by Jehnny Beth, De La Soul, Vince Staples, Pusha T, Mavis Staples and Anthony Hamilton, in addition to the legendary Grace Jones.
Friday March 23 at Chop Suey.
The Montreal post-punk quartet's third studio album is due to drop this month - February 16.
The Montreal post-punk quartet's third studio album is due to drop this month - February 16.
Based out of LA, Roses have been playing together since 2013. The band consists of "just three bros hanging out," including ex-Abe Vigoda member Juan Velazquez.
Todd Rundgren played marimba on this track, (and also produced). originally released in 1982 on the Furs' 3rd album Forever Now.
Check out the Sidney-based trio's KEXP in-studio performance from last year: youtu.be
Seattle duo - Ishmael Butler and multi-instrumentalist Tendai “Baba” Maraire -
will be playing this year's Fisherman's Village Music Fest in Everett - March 30 - April 1. Check out the full lineup! bit.ly
The modern soul collective from London performed "Time" and other songs in a great live in-studio performance: blog.kexp.org
A previously unreleased B-side from The Toronto trio's 2017 release, Future Politics.
Light in the Attic Records has reissued funk diva Betty Davis' three released studio albums (Betty Davis, They Say I'm Different, and Nasty Gal) and her previously unreleased 1976 recording, Crashin' from Passion, as Is This Love or Desire?
Seattle band Unlikely Friends - founded by BOAT's D. Crane and Charles Bert of Math & Physics Club - will be holding a record release sometime in February . . . watch for it!
Founding member of the pioneering psychedelic band Soft Machine in the mid-1960s, the English singer-songwriter was a major influential force in the English psychedelic movement.
Franz Ferdinand's new album is out THIS Friday - February 9! Find out more, including tour info, at www.franzferdinand.com/
Wednesday February 28 and Thursday March 1 at the Triple Door
Busted Jukebox Volume 2 is the second volume of covers with guests from SC husband/wife duo Cary Ann Heart and Michael Trent. "Joey" is a Concrete Blonde cover.
Busted Jukebox Volume 2 is the second volume of covers with guests from SC husband/wife duo Cary Ann Heart and Michael Trent. "Joey" is a Concrete Blonde cover.
Tickets on sale THIS Saturday! www.sasquatchfestival.com