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Tuesday, Feb 27 2018, 2PM
Otis Redding, Funkadelic, The Meters, Aretha Franklin, Betty Wright, and Booker T are just a few of the artists Orgone cover on this mixtape collection with some help from friends, including Terin Ector, Kelly Finnigan and Adryon de León.
Rich with bold brass and hypnotic percussion, Polyrhythmics' latest album, Caldera, showcases the instrumental eight-piece's impossibly tight grooves and virtuosic musicianship as they tear through a singular blend of funk, soul, psychedelic rock, R&B, progressive jazz, and Afrobeat.
Featuring Schoolboy Q. Anderson .Paak & The Free Nationals will play Sasquatch this year!
New album from Richard Russell, head of XL Recordings. This track features Sampha & Owen Pallett.
From the new album 'Cocoa Sugar' out March 9th! // “There’s no way that we could ever be normal. We’re always gonna be weird as f*ck.” bit.ly
This track was included on Pitchfork's list of '10 Songs That Defined The Fall and Mark E. Smith' bit.ly
Playing LIVE on KEXP on March 23rd before their show that night at Chop Suey! // Recorded at Rare Book Room in Brooklyn with producer Nicolas Vernhes (Deerhunter, Animal Collective, Silver Jews), 'Room Inside the World' explores themes that have always concerned the band—identity, connection, survival in a precarious world—but with a bolder, more nuanced sound palette.
As Hookworms return with their much-anticipated third record Microshift, the title of the record evokes more than just the intended nod to the audio plug-in their vocalist MJ regularly uses; it could also be an understatement of a three-year narrative that’s brought about changing circumstances, influences and subsequent evolution.
Happy 57th Birthday to OMD's Paul Humphreys! // Check out the band performing this song live on KEXP back in 2011.
New album 'The Future and The Past' out June 1st! // Check out the video for this new track here: bit.ly
Check out this feature from Paste on the origin of this song: bit.ly
Revisit this live session with Charlotte Gainsbourg from 2010: bit.ly
By request, in remembrance of Skip.
Playing the Fisherman's Village Music Festival, March 30th through April 1st in downtown Everett.
Title track from the new album, out April 6th! // 'Louder' arrives at a time of immense doubt, when our personal problems are infinitely compounded by a world that seems in existential peril. But these songs answer the challenge by radiating self-reflection and resolve, wielding hooks and musical intricacy as a shield against the madness of the moment. bit.ly
The Black Keys had a mini-reunion last night at Dan Auerbach's show in Nashville: bit.ly
Alabama Shakes performed this song live on KEXP back in 2011: bit.ly
Check out the band's in-studio from back in September: bit.ly
Request for Andy. He writes, "For me, hearing Death was like hearing the Stooges or the The Saints for the first time as a young teenager. Totally off the radar (to my ears anyway) and way ahead of their time."
From the Black Panther soundtrack, curated by Kendrick Lamar, which held its spot at #1 on the Billboard album chart for a second week.
Check out this Stereogum article on 20 years of 'Bitter Sweet Symphony' bit.ly
Debut album out this Friday! // Playing live on KEXP on Friday, March 23rd at noon before a sold out show at Barboza that night.
From the upcoming album 'The Lookout' out April 13th on Raven Marching Band Records.
Julien Baker will play this year's Sasquatch Festival, May 26-28.
Buffalo Tom will be live on KEXP this Thursday, March 1st at 9am!
Courtney Barnett recently talked to Pitchfork about the process behind her upcoming album 'Tell Me How You Really Feel' out May 18th! bit.ly
Check out Big Thief's live in-studio performance from last summer: bit.ly
Playing at Real Art Tacoma on April 12th!
Remembering the late Peter Christopherson (aka Sleazy) who would have been 63 today. Christopherson was a founding member of the experimental rock and visual art groups Throbbing Gristle and Psychic TV, and keyboardist of the experimental band Coil.
Fever Ray (aka Karin Dreijer from The Knife) will play The Showbox on May 21st!
Nikita Oliver spoke with KEXP about the importance of supporting and celebrating black artists and activists year-round. Oliver listed Billie Holiday as an example of an artist who has inspired her work as an artist and activist.
Janelle Monáe worked with Prince on this track from her upcoming album 'Dirty Computer' bit.ly
First album in 14 years, Jericho Sirens, will be out March 16th via Sub Pop!
Check out this in-studio performance with the band from back in 2011: bit.ly
Puerto Rico. Residente is a Grammy- and Latin Grammy-award winning musician, rapper, writer and filmmaker.