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Tuesday, Nov 21 2023, 10PM
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Upbeat sets of electronic, rock, soulful and global. Messages and requests to dj@kexp.org, 206-903-5397 and Instagram @djmichelemyers.
Kelela said about the new release, "Raven," "I started this process from the feeling of isolation and alienation I’ve always had as a Black femme in dance music, despite its black origins. RAVEN is my first breath taken in the dark, an affirmation of Black femme perspective in the midst of systemic erasure and the sound of our vulnerability turned to power." kelela.bandcamp.com
Jessie Ware is a London-based artist who makes dance-friendly electronic music.
www.jessieware.com
According to Charli XCX, this song "...is about finding the people you truly love and connect with through wild nights out and partying in magical places, It’s about feeling accepted, the magnificence of being welcomed into queer spaces and those once in a lifetime people you get to meet when you’re there.”
inthecity.charlixcx.com
www.samsmithworld.com
Slowdive are a psychedelic rock band from Reading, Berkshire.
www.slowdiveofficial.com
Tame Impala is the psychedelic pop/rock music project of Australian multi-instrumentalist Kevin Parker.
tameimpala.com
Peruvian producer and melodically-gifted electronic musician based in Berlin. sofiakourtesis.bandcamp.com IG @sofiakourtesis
Originally known for her work with The xx, Romy's solo album "Mid Air" is a breathtaking debut album.
www.romyromyromy.com
Bruk Rogers is a London-based Irish producer who works in the fields of D&B and electronica.
brukrogersmusic.bandcamp.com
Everything but the Girl are an English musical duo formed by Ben Watt and Tracey Thorn.
ebtg.com
Check out her Live at KEXP studio performance here.
www.youtube.com
Mon Laferte is a Chilean and Mexican musician, actress, and visual artist.
The Bamboos are a soul and funk group from Melbourne, Australia.
www.thebamboos.com
The Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio are a Seattle-based funk/soul trio.
delvonlamarrorgantrio.bandcamp.com
Butcher Brown are a jazz/hip-hop group from Richmond, Virginia.
butcherbrown.com
jayprince.bandcamp.com
W.I.T.C.H. are a Zambian band who blend psychedelic funk with African textures.
weintendtocausehavoc.com
Check them out live in the KEXP Studio here. youtu.be
Maggie Rogers is soulful singer-songwriter and record producer from Easton, Maryland.
www.maggierogers.com
Arlo Parks is monumentally talented indie pop singer/songwriter and poet.
arloparks.bandcamp.com
Continuing our Dance Music Style series with this feature on K-Pop! K-Pop originated in Korea and is now a global dance music phenomenon bridging many countries and languages.
ibighit.com
Our Dance Music Style series feature on K-Pop! kprofiles.com
Tove Lo is a Swedish indie-pop artist.
Brand New Music!
www.tove-lo.com
Tkay Maidza is a singer/rapper born in Zimbabwe, based in Australia who fuses pop and R&B in their music.
4ad.com
A collaboration with French psych-pop singer Halo Maud, this collaboration finds The Chemical Brothers creating yet another memorable dance track.
www.thechemicalbrothers.com
heavenlyrecordings.com
Nashville-based Bully will be playing a show at the Showbox Sodo on Feb 28th, 2024!
bullythemusic.bandcamp.com
Paris-based El Búho is known for his Latin American rhythms and digital manipulation of found sounds.
elbuho.bandcamp.com
FLO are an R&B trio hailing from London, England.
www.flolikethis.com
New York-based Eli Escobar is an electronic musician who crafts melodic house.
New.
eliescobar.bandcamp.com
A dreamy, groovy track dropped earlier this year by Nashville-based singer Devon Gilfillian. In a statement, he elaborated on the new release.
“'All I Really Wanna Do' is an anthem for living in the moment. It’s a song about taking a chance on love, on life, and on exploring yourself. It’s about being weird with the one you love and knowing that being yourself is enough."
Comprised of Harrison Mills and Clayton Knight, Odesza create melodically-unique electronic music.
odesza.com
www.bettyelavette.com
Kenya Grace is a South African-born electronic soul artist based in the U.K.
www.unitedtalent.com
Fusing electronica with traditional Venezuelan textures, Mito y Comadre released their debut album this week!
mitoycomadre.bandcamp.com
By request. Have a suggestion or want to say hi? DJ@kexp.org or @djmichelemyers.
www.blackpumas.com
Jazz quintet Ezra Collective covers Fela Kuti's "Lady." The track is a tribute to the Afrobeat pioneer and a celebration of his enduring legacy.
ezracollective.bandcamp.com
Belfast-based producer and soundtrack creator David Holmes, his first LP since 2008 - he calls the album "a 14-track interrogation of the last decade, time spent watching a decaying, fraying Britain visibly buckling in real time."
david-holmes.bandcamp.com
Listen to her Live at KEXP session here. www.kexp.org
The song Try Me is about “putting yourself out there, in front of a world that has many opinions, as it only ever used to be me really being my own critic.”
www.jorjasmith.com
According to Sampha, the experience of fatherhood really influenced his work on the album "Lahai".
www.sampha.com
Landmark Afrobeat artist Burna Boy from Nigeria just released his seventh studio album "I Told Them...".
www.onaspaceship.com
CARRTOONS is a multi-instrumentalist and producer from New York whose music brings the electric bass to the forefront.
carrtoons.bandcamp.com
L'Rain plays Madame Lou's in Seattle on Wednesday, December 6th, 2024.
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L'Rain performed live on KEXP - listen here. www.youtube.com
These PNW superheroes' forthcoming album, Little Rope drops January 19th. See them at the Showbox Apr 2nd and Apr 3rd 2024. www.sleater-kinney.com
This is the final song for DJ Michele Myers, stay tuned for DJ Abbie!
jaydag.bandcamp.com