On her fifth full-length, Dallas-bred, New York-based artist St. Vincent (aka Annie Clark) "successfully combines bigger production with some of her most personal songs to date," notes KEXP Music Director Don Yates. "The album's diverse sound ranges from frenetic New Wave and slinky funk-pop to lus…
Throughout February, MoPop's annual under-21 competition Sound Off! brought together twelve of the region's most promising young artists. This Saturday, March 3, four finalists will battle it out at MoPop's Sky Church stage for a chance to be crowned the 2018 winner, and Audioasis on KEXP will be b…
DJ Sharlese hosts a podcast featuring bands competing in the 2015 Sound Off! competition, the premiere Northwest battle of the bands hosted by the Experience Music Project (EMP) Museum. 1. Bleachbear - Astoria 2. Champagne Babylon - Lost In Eden 3. Nightspace - Insecure 4. Super Soaked - Wannabe…
Tonight, Audioasis and the Vera Project will round up EMP Sound Off! Battle Of The Bands alumni as part of KEXP's Community Partnerships Initiative. Each month, KEXP highlights a local non-profit and hosts a concert. All proceeds from each event benefits the non-profit. This installment features …
It goes without saying that David Bowie was an inspiration to generations: his influence can be heard in every genre from grunge to new wave to classical. Bowie transcended every style over the past 50 years, and there will truly be no one else like him in music history. As KEXP pays tribute to Dav…
Chicago writer and Sound Opinion co-host Jim DeRogatis discusses the legacy of The Clash for International Clash Day.
J'Von performs Oct. 11 in the KEXP Gathering Space with Parisalexa for Street Sounds Live
Watch the band's performance from Iceland Airwaves 2019.
Carl Lierman explores textures, tones and mass with analog electronics (modular synthesizer), and heavily layered and processed recordings and digital sound sources.
This pianist asks what a Bach masterpiece would sound like played backwards and then does it. Inside the music time travels backwards.
Jeph Jerman and Dave Knott create a remarkable radioscape with guitar, piano, materials from nature, battery amps, objects and various inexplicable sound sources.
Naomi Siegel and Kate Olson start with trombone and soprano sax and finish with a deep electric sound informed by jazz and folk music traditions.
Carl Lierman explores textures, tones and mass with analog electronics (modular synthesizer), and heavily layered and processed recordings and digital sound sources.
With pedal-powered bass violin and bugle, Eric unleashes the sound pressure in this free-noise performance with King Frog.
A unique blend of jazz, chamber music and sound art with Jesse Canterbury (clarinets), Tiffany Lin (piano), Brian Cobb (bass) and Paul Kikuchi (drums).
Jeph Jerman and Dave Knott create a remarkable radioscape with guitar, piano, materials from nature, battery amps, objects and various inexplicable sound sources.
Midday Show host Cheryl Waters is back with another dynamic mix of her latest favorites in global and local sounds.
It's that time of year again: MoPOP’s Sound Off! has been pitting local bands against each other for 16 years now. The all-ages "battle of the bands" have introduced us to acts like The Lonely Forest, Naked Giants, Manatee Commune, and more. The 2017 competition kicks off tonight, Friday, February …
This week sees the return of L.A.-based artist Aimee Mann. KEXP Music Director Don Yates calls her ninth solo album, "a consistently strong set of intimate, smartly crafted folk-pop, combining a dark, acoustic-oriented sound with her plaintive vocals and often-poignant lyrics reflecting upon lost l…
“I don’t care what you think,” sings the red-dressed Portland native Sallie Ford. The lyric is definitely in line with the spirit of her newest album, which has as much to do with the idea of freedom, of not being captured in any genre box, as it does with the huge punching sound of Sallie Ford and…
