Today's Song of the Day, as chosen by DJ Kevin Cole, is Bee Bee Sea's "Daily Jobs," a 2020 single on Wild Honey Records.
Today’s song, featured on The Afternoon Show with Kevin Cole, is "Sonic Boomerang” by Bee Bee Sea, from the 2017 album Sonic Boomerang on Wild Honey Records.
Today’s song, featured on The Afternoon Show with Kevin Cole, is "Ruins" by Collections of Colonies of Bees, from the 2018 album HAWAII on Polyvinyl Records.
Sylvan Esso and Collections of Colonies of Bees recorded a cover of Califone's "Funeral Singers" while on tour together this summer.
Today’s song, featured on The Morning Show with John Richards is "Bee Kind To The Bugs" by Culture Abuse, from the 2018 album Bay Dream on Epitaph Records.
Following their 2014 release of "Animals With Religion" Bee Caves perform live from The Cutting Room Studios in New York City. Recorded 10/23/2014 - 4 songs: Orion, Running Home To You, Black Mason Hills, Animals With Religion.
Guest Thor Hanson speaks with Diane Horn about his book “Buzz: The Nature and Necessity of Bees.”
Guest Rowan Jacobsen speaks with Diane Horn about his book "Fruitless Fall: The Collapse of the Honey Bee and the Coming Agricultural Crisis".
Guest Rich Hatfield, Senior Conservation Biologist, Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation, speaks with Diane Horn about bumble bee conservation and the Pacific Northwest Bumblebee Atlas Project.
There's a low-key nuance to Haley Heynderickx's silvery guitar-based songs, but their brilliance radiates through stronger at a quieter level. That's to say nothing of the Portland-based artist's positivity-seeking outlook (“We saw a bald eagle and five rainbows on the way up …
It's only June, and already indie rock veterans Guided By Voices have two new albums out, because of course they do. Not only are the band touring in support of their self-released full-lengths Motivational Jumpsuit and Cool Planet, but they're also celebrating the 20th anniversary of their lo-fi m…
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, unreleased songs, and recordings from independent artists that our DJs think you should hear. Today’s song, featured on the Midd…
Cheryl Waters' final mix of 2017 is a wild one, with dreamy and heavy sounds taking you on a looping, rollicking ride with new tunes from A Giant Dog, Mister Heavenly, and Nick Hakim. 1. Nick Hakim feat. Jesse and Forever - Miss Chew 2. Nearby - Breakers 3. Gordi - Heaven I Know 4. Mister Heaven…
If Thao and the Get Down Stay Down and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs were related and they had a uniquely uncompromising third sibling it would be vocal-and-guitar-wailing Weaves. The Toronto four-piece isn't afraid to push the envelop in an free form, experimental effort to expand their own style of …
Happy Sibling Day, everyone! In today's Video Roundup, KEXP is bringing you a slough of bands comprised of brothers and sisters. Our list includes: HAIM, The Jackson Five, The National, Kings of Leon, The Bee-Gees, Radiohead, CocoRosie, and First Aid Kit. It's a wonderful demonstration of the poten…
The southeast region of the US is home to the highest percentage of LGBTQ people in the country. KEXP's Bee Egan spoke with three LGBTQ musicians from the south to find out how southern culture and their sexuality impacted their upbringing and ultimately their music. Musician and poet Jamila Woods …
Can you believe it's been over a year since our last David Sylvian post? My, how time flies. Back in 2012, we looked at his 1986 album, Gone to Earth, so it seems only fitting to move forward in time by another year and see how KCMU reacted to its followup, 1987's Secrets of the Beehive, his last s…
It's hard to imagine a better indie pop dream team than this – a multi-Grammy winning producer Danger Mouse (a.k.a. Brian Burton) and a beloved singer-songwriter James Mercer (of the Shins), each responsible for some of the most infectious songs you've heard in the past ten years, joining to create…
