Midday Show host Cheryl Waters is back with another dynamic mix of her latest favorites in global and local sounds.
Of the sessions we've presented so far in our weekly series of Polish bands KEXP recorded while at the OFF Festival in Katowice, the music so far has been either experimental (Kristen and Olo Walicki Kaszebe II) or re-interpretations of traditional sounds (Hańba and Sutari), but as terrific as thos…
A study from USC’s Annenberg School of Communication and Journalism found the ratio of male to female music producers is 49 to 1.
The U.S. Postal Service and media mail are critical to independent labels and musicians. What happens if that goes away?
An improvised music/sound art performance by Christopher Yohmei Blaudel (shakuhachi) and Byron Au Yong (performing with water, chinese percussion, er-hu, voice and piano.)
Massive sound pressure in the exploration on new terrain. Clifford Kimbrel-Dunn (flute, piccolo, sax, custom supercollider driven electronics) and Dio Jean-Baptiste (drums).
An ambient soundtrack of night on the playa. This utterly unique soundscape develops from countless sound systems sending their message into miles of desert air.
Sounds like the internet, funerals and government conspiracies. Tyler Coray (guitar), William Hayes (guitar, prepared guitar), Bret Gardin (electronics), Jordan Rundle (electronics).
Oregon guitarist and percussionist Mike Gamble draws from many traditions leading to a very contemporary electric sound. Joined by cellist Lori Goldston for the second half.
Guest Jeremy Smithson, owner of Puget Sound Solar and a Seattle homeowner, speaks with Diane Horn about the 2012 Green Home Tour.
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 Morn…
Brooklyn band Caveman continues to evolve on their third album, updating the harmonic indie-folk of 2011's CoCo Beware and the expansive space-prog of their 2013 self-titled LP for a larger, more atmospheric, '80s-steeped pop-rock sound. While the concept story behind Otero War is vaguel…
Their latest LP may be Most Messed Up, but Old 97's are sounding their most fired up yet. Over 20 years in and now on their 10th studio album, the veteran Dallas band continues to fuel their raucous country rock sound with elements of twang-punk, power pop, and psych-tinged folk-rock while featurin…
K-vicker? No, K-vaker! Today's release of Sigur Rós' 2013 album, Kveikur, may seem like a speedy turn-around on the heels of their 2012 LP, Valtari, but the ground-shaking sound on the new LP is what the Icelandic band has been building toward over the past few years. While the relatively placid Va…
"Corfu" steps away from the band's signature sound
Our first non-Icelandic act of the festival at KEX hostel gives us a world tour or sounds and heavy doses of psychedlia.
From the invigorating sounds of Shamstep to elegiac folk arrangements and electronic brooders, the Denmark festival left us with plenty to gush about on its first day.
In the early 1970s this troupe of gay, glam singers and performers made their home base in the basement of the Smith Tower downtown.
Cherry Glazzer performs Friday, Aug. 9 at KEXP and Seattle Center's Concert at the Mural series.
