Tim Held invites us into his off-kilter world of IDM. His sound explores warm and crunchy textures as they loosely evolve around an anchored beat.
Drummer and MC Peter Schmeeckle brings contemporary music influences to a core jazz sound. Phil Sparks (bass), Leif Totusek (guitar) and Bob Antolin (sax and flute).
Improvised soundscapes from this visual and sound artist from LA who often works in the Seattle area. This performance was made during a Jack Straw Productions artist residency in 2003.
Drummer and MC Peter Schmeeckle brings contemporary music influences to a core jazz sound with Phil Sparks (bass), Leif Totusek (guitar) and Bob Antolin (saxes and flute).
Live electronic sound collage featuring Malaki Stahl (guitar, loops, effects), Jeff Gardiner (drums, synth, loops) and Mark Shepherd (sequencing, samples, loops and synth).
The interior world of gongs and metal revealed by Dean Moore are enhanced by the ambient textures of fretless electric guitar played by Tom Baker for this complex meditation in sound.
Fish Out Of Water: masterful free-improvisation create a unique listening experience. Toshi Makihara - percussion, Elizabeth Falconer - koto, Suzie Kozawa - sounds and textures.
Underground hip hop artist P.O.S stops by KEXP to perform on Street Sounds with Larry Mizell Jr. Recorded 02/13/2016 - 3 songs: Lock Picks, All Of It, Sleepdrone.
Guest Lisa Stiffler, journalism fellow for Sightline Institute, speaks with Diane Horn about the threat of stormwater runoff to Puget Sound waterways and stormwater solutions.
Guest Dave Reid, Sail Transport Company, speaks with Diane Horn about petroleum-free delivery of local organic produce in the Puget Sound area.
In this week's Sound & Vision, KEXP explore the stories of three musicians who work day jobs to supplement their work as artists.
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…
The Yakima duo finds inspiration from vocalist Jen Borst's childhood memories of her grandmother and the sounds of wolves
The True Loves return with a b-side to their "The Dapper Derp" 7-inch single, out Sept. 14
From Iron Butterfly and Pink Floyd to Brandi Carlile and Pearl Jam, the Seattle mayor discusses her favorite songs.
Randall discusses what she hopes to achieve in Washington state and the Tracy Chapman song she looks to for inspiration
KEXP talks to the co-host of Vox’s podcast “Switched on Pop” and musicology professor at Southern California University.
