Analog synthesizers, beats and effects in service of the ambient drone.
Analog synthesizers, beats and effects in service of the ambient drone.
True to style, every year, there are one or two bands that manage to navigate the Sasquatch! Music Festival contracts and squeeze in a Seattle date right before they head east. For 2015, that band was UK electronic showcase Jungle. While they absolutely wowed crowds with their Sasquatch! set on Day…
Despite what Dramarama say, today is Earth Day! All day long, KEXP DJs John Richards, Cheryl Waters, and Kevin Cole will spotlight recycling and reuse with a day of music featuring sampled music, re-using beats and recycling old songs to create new ones.
Seattle's Beat Connection seem to evolve with grace. As is the case with most young bands, they've had plenty of that evolution in the last three years. Their journey from the early house-driven days of 2010's Surf Noir to the vast, green sound of their 2012 debut LP Palace Garden and even through …
All day long for Earth Day, KEXP DJs John Richards, Cheryl Waters, and Kevin Cole have been showcasing recycling and reuse with a day of music featuring sampled music, re-using beats and recycling old songs to create new ones. (Check out some examples on the KEXP Blog here.)
Noise and beats in service of the drone experience, with Jason Bledsoe (drums) and Lea Bledsoe (bass, keys and samples).
A NYC/Seattle hybrid featuring the deep beat driven sounds of electronica mixed into expansive orchestral soundscapes.
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…
It's a strong week for new albums, including the long-awaited solo debut from Blur frontman (and Gorillaz leader) Damon Albarn. KEXP Music Director Don Yates describes the release as "a mostly dark, brooding set of eclectic, beat-driven pop with a stripped-down, dub-influenced sound combining haunt…
The prolific vocalist died after a long fight with cancer. He was 56.
The Mountain Goats have announced a new release today: Beat the Champ, a concept album about pro-wrestling. In a press release, frontman John Darnielle writes, "It is, as any fan of the band will expect, a heartbreaking and heartreviving album about imperfect people described perfectly, with melod…
Deep psychedelic electronic explorations come from Garek Druss (vocals, beats), David Golightly (Moog), Aubrey Nehring (guitar, vocals) and Jamie Potter (Jupiter).
Afternoon Show Host Kevin Cole brings you the perfect soundtrack for your dream city, including new faves from Pets, The Sugar Stems, Conor Oberst, French Style Furs, and Cold Beat. 1. Prom Body - My Paradise 2. Pets - Dream City 3. Cold Beat - Mirror 4. Sugar Stems - We Only Come Out At Night 5.…
Dallas songwriter explores the intersection of spirituality and femininity with looming, methodical beats and an entrancing confidence.
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.
Seattle's own Beat Connection make their Anti- Records debut with an album KEXP's Music Director Don Yates describes as, a "first-rate set of sleek electro-pop inflected with New Wave, R&B, funk and other styles, with consistently strong songs featuring bright synths, jangly guitars, shimmering…
Writing these pieces often causes me to reflect on how lucky I am to have grown up in a town with multiple college radio stations playing obscure, often difficult, music. It didn't hurt that it was also a town that produced brilliant bands such as Mission of Burma, Morphine, and today's subject, Bi…
It was a busy weekend for Jamie xx: not only did he bring the beats to the Capitol Hill Block Party, but he also released a mix for Apple Music's Beats 1 featuring tracks from The War on Drugs, The Persuasians, Deadboy, Apparat, The Durutti Column, The Doors, and more. You can listen to it here. J…
