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Monday, Nov 23 2020, 10AM
Waxahatchee's Katie Crutchfield discusses how her struggle with addiction and codependency influenced her latest record, Saint Cloud. Crutchfield has been sober for two years now, and although sobriety presented new challenges to her songwriting process, the result is her truest and most hopeful record to date. kexp.org
KEXP and Starbucks present 'And to All a Good Home', starting Monday December 7 at 11am PT: a week-long musical series premiering five unique Live on KEXP sessions (including Bartees Strange!) that benefit Mary's Place and their No Child Sleeps Outside campaign. You can donate to the campaign through the premieres on KEXP's YouTube channel. 100% of donations go directly to families in need. kexp.org
Check out Dylan Cartlidge's performance of this song during his recent Live on KEXP at Home session with Cheryl Waters: bit.ly.
This is the Philadelphia band's latest - and a double album. lowcutconnie.com
New York-born Elvis Perkins stopped by the KEXP studios in 2015. Enjoy Live Video from the performance: bit.ly.
The inimitable Rufus Wainwright has some upcoming virtual shows: rufuswainwright.com.
Plain White T's formed in the late 1990s in Lombard, IL by high school pals Tom Higgenson, Dave Tirio and Ken Fletcher. plainwhitets.com
Adam Schlesinger of Fountains of Wayne passed away earlier this year due to complications from COVID-19. He was 52 years old. kexp.org
Speaking of "prolific"... don't miss Live Video from King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard's 2019 KEXP In-Studio: bit.ly.
Check out Live Video from Car Seat Headrest's 2018 KEXP In-Studio: bit.ly.
Hailing from New Orleans, LA. www.tankandthebangas.com
Kai Asa Savon Wright aka Sango, was born in Bremerton and is a producer in Seattle. On this album, he pays tribute to Funk Carioca (aka Baile Funk), the hip hop style of music that originated in Rio de Janeiro. sangobeats.com
Producer/electronic musician Yves Tumor (aka Sean Bowie) was born in Miami, FL and is now based in Italy. torturedmind.help
Have you seen KEXP's "Fashion Flashback: A Brief History of Prince’s Briefs (and Other Articles of Clothing)"? If not, you should! bit.ly
Check out KEXP's Interview: 'Chali 2na Dives Into Early Beginnings, Jurassic 5, and Finding His Voice': bit.ly.
Enjoy Live Video from Israel Nash's beautiful KEXP In-Studio in 2018: bit.ly.
Here's Live Video from Sharon Van Etten's 2014 KEXP In-Studio performance: bit.ly.
Hard to believe Elliott Smith has been gone for more than 17 years. More about this beloved and mythical artist (including video of his cover of Big Star's "Thirteen"): bit.ly.
Merle Haggard cover - proceeds from this single go to Downtown Women's Center (www.instagram.com). Check out Phoebe Bridgers (Live on KEXP at Home) from a few months back: bit.ly.
Debut album from English band Black Country, New Road is due to arrive on February 5th 2021. Find this new single and pre-orders for 'For the First Time' here: blackcountrynewroad.bandcamp.com.
Check out Live Video from Dry Cleaning's KEXP In-Studio back in March (that seems like SUCH a long time ago!): kexp.org. It includes a performance of this song.
Here's Live Video from the entire 2017 Mogwai KEXP In-Studio: bit.ly.
English songwriter Nilüfer Yanya's 'Feeling Lucky' EP will be out on December 11th. "Crash," co-written with Nick Hakim, is the first single from that release. This was also KEXP's Song of the Day just last week: www.kexp.org.
Going back a few years - enjoy Live Video from Yo La Tengo's 2013 KEXP In-Studio: bit.ly.
Formed in Sheffield, England in 1978, by Jarvis Cocker (who was only 15 at the time): bit.ly.
Here's Live Video from Swervedriver's 2019 KEXP In-Studio: bit.ly.
TV on the Radio's Tunde Adebimpe released a powerful protest song, "People", earlier this year - listen and learn more here: kexp.org.
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Do you miss live music? We do too. Here's KEXP's review of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds' 2013 Paramount Theatre performance: kexp.org.
Sisters of Mercy cover. Speaking of missing live music, Superchunk is amazing live! You can see it for yourself, Live Video from the band's 2018 KEXP In-Studio: bit.ly.
You must not miss Live Video from Meatbodies' 2017 KEXP In-Studio (including this tune): bit.ly.
Hope you're up and rocking for this one! Enjoy Live Video from Ty Segall and the Freedom Band's 2017 KEXP In-Studio: bit.ly.
Can't get enough of King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard? Neither can we! Their latest, 'K.G.', dropped just a few days ago. Here's a link to the video for this very groovy track: bit.ly.
Jupiter & Okwess performed in the KEXP studio in October 2018. Here's the Live Video: bit.ly.