Today’s song of the day, featured on The Midday Show with Cheryl Waters, is "American Guilt" by Unknown Mortal Orchestra from the 2018 album Sex and Food on Jagjaguwar.
KEXP DJ and musician Noel Brass Jr. joins host Evie Stokes to talk about his own band Afrocop, Eddie Chacon, and Unknown Mortal Orchestra.
Unknown Mortal Orchestra follow-up this year's Sex & Food with an instrumental album recorded partially in Hanoi, Vietnam and share lead single "Hanoi 6"
Too stuffed from holiday treats to get up and change the record? Why not put on this 22-minute-long new track from Portland psych-rockers Unknown Mortal Orchestra! Grandma will love it! [Pitchfork]
For Christmas, PDX-via-NZ group Unknown Mortal Orchestra gave us the gift of song: stream the track "SB-03" below, written by frontman Ruban Nielson and his brother, Kody Nielson (aka Silicon). The twelve-minute-long track was released on December 25th, following the singles "SB-01" and "SB-02," r…
New tracks from PJ Harvey, Frankie Cosmos, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, and more
New music from Yo La Tengo, Courtney Barnett, Laura Veirs, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, and more
Remixes of songs by Spoon and St. Vincent plus new music videos from Amine and Unknown Mortal Orchestra.
Unknown Mortal Orchestra is a bit of a conundrum, at least when it comes to classifying them. Not really a "band," UMO is really the project of Ruban Nielson, who wrote and recorded songs in his bedroom and even posted the insanely catchy "Ffunny Ffrends" first online anonymously. Not really a loca…
Over the past few years, we've heard an R&B and soul music revival bubbling up from within everything from electronic to rock - and on the psychedelic end of that revival comes Unknown Mortal Orchestra. First grabbing attention in 2010 with an anonymously posted track “Ffunny Ffrends” as the pr…
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…
KEXP is teaming up again with Starbucks and STG for the fourteenth edition of Little Big Show, a special concert series created to benefit our city’s arts organizations! On Friday, January 29th, we're happy to present Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Lower Dens, and Hibou at The Neptune Theatre.
Larry Rose brings you a fun, genre-hopping mix that is the perfect soundtrack for enjoying warm summer days or heading out on your latest Pokemon Go adventure. 1. Unknown Mortal Orchestra – First World Problem 2. Alice Bag – He's So Sorry3. Blood Orange – Augustine4. The Amazing – Ambulance5. Croc…
Wild Nothing announces new album, Unknown Mortal Orchestra shares new video, Chromatics release a new vinyl-only EP, Grimes teases new music, and SZA performs at her high school alma mater.
Portland-via-New Zealand band Unknown Mortal Orchestra stopped by Late Night With Seth Meyers last night. From atop a white piano, frontman Ruban Nielson delivered a soulful rendition of the title track from their latest release Multi-Love below, out now on Jagjaguwar. Watch their performance belo…
A dizzying new video from Jack White, a movie score from Neil Young & Promise of the Real, plus new music from Unknown Mortal Orchestra.
Portland-via-New Zealand band Unknown Mortal Orchestra share a fantastically animated clip for the track "Necessary Evil," off their latest Jagjaguwar release Multi-Love. Artist and director Sean Solomon says, "The video is an abstract love story about two characters whose insecurities and paranoi…
Earlier this year, Bryce and Aaron Dessner of The National curated the compilation Day of the Dead, a whopping 59 song, 5 and a ½ hour long tribute to the Grateful Dead. Today, NW-via-NZ band Unknown Mortal Orchestra share a video to go with their rendition of the 1978 track "Shakedown Street." Di…
Music Director Don Yates shares brief insights on new and upcoming releases for KEXP's rotation, including this week's new releases from Yves Tumor, M83, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, and more.
