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Thursday, Jul 12 2018, 2PM
The secret to Jim James’ solo album “Uniform Distortion”: “Turn off your phone and open your heart” www.salon.com
Friday August 24 The Moondoggies will be performing LIVE at KEXP Mural Amphitheater the outdoor concert series at Seattle Center www.kexp.org
Angelique Kidjo is an iconic cross genre, Grammy award winning singer, songwriter and activist, hailing from Cotonou, Republic of Benin. Kidjo's Remain in Light recreates the 1980 LP as an authentic Afrobeat record that dives head-on into the Fela Kuti-inspired aesthetic of the Talking Heads original.
Renowned for their globe spanning influences and sounds Thievery Corporation are an American electronic music duo hailing from Washington DC. Watch them perform LIVE in KEXP studio from 2017 www.youtube.com
Fear of a Brown Planet, a reimagining of music by Public Enemy, finds the band tying in elements of hip-hop and the urban angst of the ’90s with current-day xenophobia and anti-immigration rhetoric. It’s a terrific follow up to their earlier updates of the Black Sabbath catalog. Watch them preform LIVE in KEXP studios from 2017 www.youtube.com
Hip hop duo formed in Long Island, New York. Let the Rhythm Hit ’Em is the third album by rap duo Eric B. & Rakim, released on June 19, 1990.
You can catch All Them Witches rock band from Nashville this Saturday JULY 14 performing LIVE at The Ballard SeafoodFEST seafoodfest.org
Super cool punk band from Portland performing LIVE in KEXP studios from last year www.youtube.com
Gang of Four is an English post punk/dance punk band from Leeds.
Entertainment! is the debut album released in September 1979. Very influential release in the burgeoning post-punk movement.
Although it’s the rawest and most primal of Kings of Leon’s four albums to date, Youth & Young Manhood is no cheap, haphazardly compiled collection of demos. For a start, this debut’s 11 tracks were mostly recorded at Sound City, the Californian studio where Fleetwood Mac mixed Rumours and Nirvana made Nevermind.
Dream pop band from Baltimore will be performing LIVE Saturday, August 11 at ( SPF30 ) Sub Pop's FREE 30th Anniversary Festival and Party at Alki Beach! From noon to 10pm spf30.subpop.com
Bob Moses Canadian electronic duo, originally from Vancouver performing LIVE at KEXP studio from 2016 www.youtube.com
Listen to KEXP interview with Moby recorded during International Clash Day www.kexp.org
Maria Uzor and Gemma Cullingford, the pair behind post-punk-meets-Chicago-House-meets-vintage-dance outfit Sink Ya Teeth, produced and recorded the new album in their living rooms.
Josh Tillman AKA Father John Misty singer-songwriter from Seattle, WA will be performing LIVE Sunday July 22 at the Capitol Hill Block Party ( Main Stage ) www.capitolhillblockparty.com
Laura Pauline Veirs is an American singer-songwriter. She is known for her folk/alternative country records and live performances www.youtube.com
Cold Roses is the sixth studio album by alt-country singer-songwriter Ryan Adams, released on May 3, 2005 on Lost Highway. The album is his first with backing band The Cardinals, and the first of three albums released in 2005.
Haling for Missouri, Nash is a man born out of time. Imagine seventies Laurel Canyon hanging with Joni, Crosby, Jackson and the rest of the gang when in comes Nash (not Graham) and starts playing and singing like Neil Young. Performing LIVE Tuesday, October 16 at The Tractor Tavern www.youtube.com
Milwaukee's Jaill's third album Traps is their second for Sub Pop following 2010's That's How We Burn. Traps largely covers similar ground to their previous work, mixing power pop with elements of psychedelia to create oddball pop music. SP0994
Check out beloved Cincinnati-based band Wussy, performing LIVE in KEXP studio www.youtube.com
Formed in Perth, Australia, Kevin Parker’s Tame Impala have helped to bring psychedelic sounds floating back into the 21st century. The band began as a home-recording project for Parker, who writes, records, performs, and produces the music.
On June 8, Oakland, California’s Howlin Rain return with The Alligator Bride, their fifth LP of swampy, ragged, unapologetic rock ’n roll. It’s their first major release on Silver Current Records.
Bill Janovitz is the singer, guitarist, and songwriter of alternative rock band Buffalo Tom, and has also released three solo albums.
The band have shared a trippy new video for the track www.youtube.com
Guided by Voices indie rock band formed in 1983 in Dayton, Ohio will be performing LIVE in Seattle Wednesday Nov 14 at The Crocodile
Let’s Eat Grandma will be part of this year Bumbershoot festival that runs from Friday August 31 to Sunday September 2nd here at Seattle Center www.bumbershoot.com make sure you tune in August 29 at noon to hear Let's Eat Grandma LIVE on KEXP
dubnobasswithmyheadman is the third album by British electronic music group Underworld, released in the UK January 1994. It was the first Underworld album after the 1980s version of the band that had made the transition from synthpop to techno and progressive house.
The Juan MacLean the duo of John MacLean and LCD Soundsystem’s Nancy Whang, an experimental electronic musician from Providence, Rhode Island, US, blending elements of post-punk with early electro house.
Request for Seattle art punk outfit The Gods Themselves!
check out indie rock band from Los Angeles Warpaint performing live in the KEXP studio from back in 2016 www.youtube.com
Canadian indie pop band ALVVAYS will be part of Capitol Hill Block Party festival this year performing Friday July 20 ! Until then check them out LIVE in KEXP studio from last year www.youtube.com
Request for JOSH Stay Positive Because It Will Get Better!
Brooklyn post-punk band Bodega is performing LIVE in Seattle Monday, August 13 at the Barboza
Principally known for his work as guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter for alternative rock bands Hüsker Dü in the 1980s and Sugar in the 1990s. Watch Bob Mould performing live in the KEXP studio from back in 2016 www.youtube.com
Seattle blues-rock duo The Grizzled Mighty performing LIVE at Ballard Seafood Fest Saturday, July 14th seafoodfest.org
Request for Camera Obscura, band hailing from Glasgow, Scotland who formed in 1996. They have released five studio albums since their debut in 1998 and have made a reputation for themselves as one of the most beloved cult acts in Scottish indie rock.
John Grant, singer-songwriter and former member of the Denver based alternative rock band The Czars. In 2010 he embarked on a solo career and has since released 3 critically acclaimed albums. Watch him perform LIVE in KEXP studio from 2016 www.youtube.com
Cumulus is the Seattle's indie pop project of Alexandra Niedzialkowski. New single, 'Retreat', out now on Trans Records! www.youtube.com
Purity Ring are an electronica duo hailing from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada who formed in 2010.
SP995 Live at KEXP is the second release on US label Sub Pop Records by Seattle, Washington based band, Shabazz Palaces. Watch Shabazz Palaces perform "Bop Hard" live in the KEXP studio www.youtube.com
Fire Flies is taken from the brand new album THE NOW NOW. Out Now. Gorillaz are an English virtual band www.youtube.com
George Evelyn, better known by his stage name Nightmares on Wax or DJ E.A.S.E., is a DJ and electronic music composer from Leeds, England. His music is released on Warp Records and was one of the first releases on the label.
The Sea and Cake is an American indie rock band with a jazz influence, based in Chicago!
Finally Woken is the debut studio album by Welsh singer-songwriter Jem, released initially in the United States on 23 March 2004, with ATO Records.
Bryan Ferry CBE is an English singer and songwriter. His voice has been described as an "elegant, seductive croon.
The new rock duo made of Grammy nominated singer-songwriter Joseph Arthur and R.E.M. guitarist Peter Buck, unveiled their first music video for the bluesy single, “Are You Electrified?” www.youtube.com