PJ Harvey - The Wheel - from the 2016 album The Hope Six Demoliton Project on Vagrant Records.
Guest Sarah Bergmann speaks with Diane Horn about the Pollinator Pathway project.
Little Big Shows tend to sell out - that much is true. But with Little Big Show #10, Seattle broke a ground speed record, as tickets were gone almost before they even appeared. Every few months, KEXP joins Starbucks Seattle Theater Group to spotlight a Seattle charity with a show at the Neptune The…
Úlfur Eldjárn - Hands Up In The Air - from the 2017 self-released album The Aristókrasía Project.
Improvised music is where surprises from Steve Griggs (saxophone), Ben Griggs (synthesizer) and Greg Campbell (percussion) are hiding.
It just wouldn’t be Airwaves without seeing one of Jófríður Ákadóttir’s many musical projects, and today we’re being treated to some of her new solo work, produced under the moniker JFDR, live from Kex Hostel in Reykjavík. A local songwriting prodigy, Jófríður has been playing music since she was 1…
Solo electronics from this Seattle-based musician, producer and sound designer. Jason's other projects include Machmen and Teledubgnosis.
Solo electronics from this Seattle-based musician, producer and sound designer. Jason's other projects include Machmen and Teledubgnosis.
First heard in May 2005, this is a quintet project from bassist and composer Evan Flory-Barnes. Unique settings for strings, vibes and rhythm section.
A set of this remarkable composer's music delivered with the creative stamp of seven members of the Monktail Creative Music Concern.
The duo are releasing their debut self-titled album in January
Any excuse is a good one for a weekend road trip to Portland, so far as we're concerned. This weekend is something of a no-brainer, in more ways than one, with the debut music festival Project Pabst. On September 26th through 28th, celebrate the PBR-PDX love affair that went public more than a deca…
There’s no sleep for The Flaming Lips this year. After releasing the uncharacteristically dark (but well received) concept album The Terror in the first half of the year and playing a string of supporting dates (including a headliner spot at this year’s Capitol Hill Block Party), the Lips went back…
Across the last three years, Project Pabst has quietly become one of the more reliably interesting festivals in the Pacific Northwest, which is no small feat considering its large-scale competition to the north of its site in Portland, Oregon. It's essentially the Room on Fire of Northwestern music…
Guest Dave Chameides speaks with Diane Horn about his project "365 Days of Trash."
Rounding out night three of the Iceland Airwaves broadcast live from Kex Hostel is prolific Icelandic songwriter Högni Egilsson. Known for Hjaltalín and GusGus (and his incredible head of hair), Högni is no stranger to KEXP, having performed for us with all of his major musical projects. Högni desc…
The Zimbabwean, Tendai Maraire, who also plays in the well-known Shabazz Palaces, recently released a new album with Hussein Kalonji under the band name Chimurenga Renaissance. Their 2014 project is a boom-bap-centric, thoughtful album that experiments with sounds and genres. The record is a journe…
Guest Dave Lochbaum, Director of the Nuclear Safety Project, Union of Concerned Scientists, speaks with Diane Horn about safety in US nuclear plants.
Altin Gün is the Amsterdam-based psych-folk project that crosses borders between cultures, genres and time.
The Josh Tillman-helmed project also shares a glitched out, synth-pop version of “Mr. Tillman”
