Stephen Steinbrink - Impossible Hand - from the 2016 album Anagrams on Melodic Records.
Úlfur Eldjárn - Hands Up In The Air - from the 2017 self-released album The Aristókrasía Project.
David Bazan - Both Hands (Over My Eyes) - from the 2016 album Blanco on Barsuk Records.
Today's Song of the Day, as chosen by DJ Cheryl Waters, is Hollis' "Heavy Hands" - from the 2020 half-life EP on Hollis.
Bilal Live on KEXP. Recorded February 14, 2019 Photo by Carlos Cruz
With songwriter Meg Duffy at the helm, Hand Habits' sophomore album Placeholder explores ambiguity and the undefinable on a bed of lush folk instrumentation.
The Portland duo release the video for the single from their recent album, Picture Him Protecting You, a hand-drawn homage to anime and crushing heartbreak.
Today's song, featured on The Midday Show with Cheryl Waters, is "placeholder" by Hand Habits, from the 2019 album placeholder on Saddle Creek.
If the gender politics of the Raunch Hands were controversial 30+ years ago (and they were, as you will see below), I'm not surprised you don't hear them much on the air these days. In fact, I can't find reference to a single Raunch Hands spin on KEXP in recent years - even on Shake the Shack, whic…
Meg Duffy had a long chat with KEXP about their latest Hand Habits record Fun House and the desire to be challenged, with many twists and turns along the conversation
KEXP presents Jessica Lea Mayfield performing live at KEXP Studio (NW Rooms). Recorded February 02, 2018.
Celebrating the 10 year anniversary of their stellar self-titled debut album, Indie-rock outfit Clap Your Hands Say Yeah perform a quartet of songs from that 2005 release live on KEXP.
Every Monday through Friday, we deliver a different song as part of our Song of the day podcast subscription. This podcast features exclusive KEXP in-studio performances, unrealeased songs, and recordings from independent artists that our DJ’s think you should hear. Today’s song, featured on the Af…
Photo by Carlos Cruz
The gaudy, sterile synths, the contrapuntal guitar and bass, the party ready drums, and especially the high-ranging, free-wielding, devil-may-care vocals - if you were there in 2005 when Clap Your Hands Say Yeah rose to indie-stardom with their self-titled, self-released debut, you remember it all.…
A large ensemble improvised collage structure that combines hand cues, graphic scores, memory-based improvisation and fully notated works. Created and conducted by Gino Robair.
Avant-primitive blues that takes the psychedelic fork in the road from Jeffery Taylor (guitar), John Seman (contrabass), and Mark Ostrowski (drums.)
Every Monday through Friday, we deliver a different song as part our Song of the Day podcast subscription. This podcast features exclusive KEXP in-studio performances, unreleased songs, and recordings from independent artists that our DJs think you should hear. Today’s song, featured on The Midday …
