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Sound & Vision: Kate Wallich on Taking Dance Church Online

Amid a global pandemic, the Seattle arts program has found massive success bringing their work to an online audience.

The Light at the End of the Tunnel is a Train: A Critical Overview of Unwound

Two decades after their breakup, Martin Douglas explores the history of the influential South Sound punk band through their music.

Conscious Creations: Examining the Sonics of Black Spirituality

Sound & Vision contributor Mia Imani reflects on Black Spirituality in music across generations, from Sun Ra and Alice Coltrane to Flying Lotus and Solange.

Midnight In A Perfect World: Max Tundra

London's Max Tundra showcases his influential synth-pop sound on his colorful exclusive guest DJ mix for Midnight In A Perfect World.

Throwaway Style: Jake One's Homegrown Sound

Martin Douglas speaks with Seattle's top hip-hop producer about the journey his career has taken him on so far.

Midnight in a Perfect World: Contour

Charleston, SC-based artist Contour shares an intimate guest DJ mix that reflects his own amorphous sound.

Steve Roden

Improvised soundscapes from Steve Roden, visual and sound artist from LA who often works in the Seattle area. This performance was made during a Jack Straw Productions artist residency.

Sue Ann Harkey

A unique and beautiful sound from this artist.  Sue Ann Harkey (guitars and vocals), Tari Nelson-Zagar (violin), Angelina Baldoz (trumpet, voice and bass) and Steve Peters (field recordings).

Existence Habit

3 sonic adventurers from Astoria, OR bring the sound of the Columbia river. Gregg Skloff (bass process, objects), Roger Hayes (guitar, object processing) and Derek Ecklund (voice, keys, samples).

White Lady

A dense, interesting sound from 2004 with Alex Guilbert and Paul Moore (keys), Stuart MacDonald (sax), Ari Zucker (guitar), Jeff Norwood (electric bass) and Phil Parisot (drums).

Toy Box Trio

Retro-future circus music, transforming baroque sounds into a strange music box. Harlan Glotzer (english concertina), Dana Wen (toy piano) and Nate Lee (tuba).

Sustainability Segment: Howard Garrett

Guest Howard Garrett, Co-founder, Director, and President of the Board, Orca Network, speaks with Diane Horn about the status of Puget Sound orcas and Orca Month.

Sustainability Segment: Chris Wilke

Guest Chris Wilke, Executive Director, Puget Soundkeeper Alliance, speaks with Diane Horn about the work of the Puget Soundkeeper Alliance to protect and preserve the waters of Puget Sound.

Ovlov - Fast G

Today’s song, featured on The Afternoon Show with Kevin Cole, is "Fast G" by Ovlov, from the 2018 album TRU on Exploding in Sound.

Music That Matters, Vol. 650 - Drowning In The Sound

Start off your year by surrounding yourself with new aural experiences when you dive into Cheryl Waters' latest mix of her current favorites.

Mokoomba

Zimbabwe's Mokoomba merges traditional Tonga rhythms with modern Afro-fusion for a brimming sound that's at once energizing and emotionally evocative.

Live Video: Old 97's

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…

Out This Week 6/18

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…

Monsterwatch Recontextualize the Classic "Seattle Sound" with Z O T (KEXP Premiere)

Seattle rock outfit copes with mental health using furious riffs and shrieking distortion

Sound & Vision: Writer Paul de Barros on How Seattle's Jazz Scene was a New Musical Frontier

Plus how the Northwest influenced artists like Quincy Jones and Ray Charles

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