You needn’t be an audiophile snob to conclude that today’s MP3 downloads, or their streaming counterparts, sound worse than 1965’s LPs - MP3s are designed to sound worse. It’s a crucial part of what enables them to be so portable, cheap (if not free), and ubiquitous.
If you are dancing while wearing…
L.A. based rap trio clipping., one of Sub Pop's newest artists, switched up the pace backstage at The Stables during the Sub Pop Silver Jubilee. Living up to their name, the trio employs discordant sounds to create the backdrop for Daveed Diggs' sharp flow of words. For a group whose sound comes ac…
Every Monday through Friday, we deliver a different song as part 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 Afterno…
Afternoon Show host Kevin Cole brings you a stellar mix of new sounds spanning the musical spectrum, from raw rockers to fist-pumping anthems, cosmic RnB, jangly indie pop and gentle folk sounds. 1. Zebra Hunt - Half Right 2. Made Violent - Two Tone Hair 3. The Popguns - If You Ever Change Your …
When's the last time you listened to a record and thought to yourself, "Wow, that's a sound you don't hear every day". Calgary based post-punk quartet Viet Cong (featuring members of now-defunct Calgary act Women) drop their self-titled first LP this week on Jagjaguwar, and it's one of those record…
Bay Area musician SPELLLING shares an enchanting guest DJ mix of deep, cosmic, and clever cuts from her record collection that have influenced her own captivating experimental pop sound.
Parypa discusses sound proofing with egg cartons, recording "The Witch," and navigating Tacoma's early club scene.
The Seattle band's debut album explores the strain of depression and deteriorating relationships (mostly) from behind a wall of sound. Martin Douglas investigates.
It's the fourth single from their upcoming album Doko Mien
KEXP looks into the protests against the Drag Queen Story Time events at the Seattle Public Library.
Catch Rodrigo y Gabriela in the KEXP Gathering Space on July 14 at 12 PM PT
Lindsey Kaghan of the band Salt Lick on her day job at a barber shop.
KEXP DJ Evie Cooke spoke with the Seattle musician about trauma and the healing power of music.
Kiwanuka plays at the Showbox in Seattle on Wednesday, January 29th.
Watch the Icelandic songwriter's performance from Iceland Airwaves 2019.
Extreme sound pressure leading to a sonics-induced psychedelic experience, featuring Nathan Smurthwaite, Arran McInnis and Dan Larochelle on guitars, Dorando Hodous (bass), Benjamin Thomas-Kennedy (drums), and Sam Yoder (percussion).
With influences ranging from The Meters, John Scofield, Galactic and Robert Walters, OSC do it their own way, with Damien Aitken (sax), Nathan Spicer (Hammond B-3), Mike Saskor (guitar) and Charlie Workman (drums).
A major tectonic wave of freely improvised music and sound with Chris Corsano (drums, percussion), Wally Shoup (alto sax), C. Spencer Yeh (violin, voice) and Bill Horist (electric guitar).
A fierce new music duo that projects into the sound art world through the jazz music portal, featuring Chris Icasiano (drums) and Neil Welch (tenor and soprano saxes, live loops and pedals).
John Farrell (buddha guitar, mixer, radios and effects) and John Fisher (computers and midi controllers) make intricately brutal sound structures evocative of outer space, apocalypse, forgotten lullabies and the music of the spheres.
