With one more day of paradise ahead of them, Pickathon attendees spend the day diversifying their interests. Sure, there is plenty of incredible music to take part in later on, but throughout the experience, it's the culture of Pickathon that dominates, winning over those who don't regularly partic…
I was talking to KEXP engineer extraordinaire Kevin Suggs the other day, and the band Diamond Fist Werny came up in conversation. Having moved to Seattle in 2001, well after their heyday, I had never even heard the name, but apparently they were a pretty big deal around here in the '90s, doing thei…
It's a big week for new releases, so let's get right into it. First thing on your shopping list: Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds' latest, Push The Sky Away. Fifteen albums in and Cave & Co. still create unique stunners. As our Music Director, Don Yates, says, it's "a masterful set of brooding, mi…
Today's Song of the Day, as chosen by Cheryl Waters, host of The Midday Show on KEXP, is "U&ME" by alt-J, from the 2022 album The Dream on Atlantic.
We know you're probably hoping to catch your breath, and rest your wallet, after last week's budget-busting list of new releases, but we can't wait for you to hear the killer albums out this week. Topping the list are four albums already in KEXP's heavy rotation, including the anticipated debut LP …
Today's Song of the Day, as chosen by John Richards, host of The Morning Show on KEXP, is "I Love Only You" by Smokescreens, from the 2020 album A Strange Dream on Slumberland Records.
Today's Song of the Day, as chosen by Kevin Cole, host of Drive Time on KEXP, is "아름다운 세상 (Beautiful World)" by 파란노을 (Parannoul), from the 2021 album To See the Next Part of the Dream on POCLANOS.
Today's Song of the Day, as chosen by Kevin, host of Drive Time on KEXP, is "TECH-YES" by Sean Beaver, from the 2020 self-released album Electric Turtle Dreams.
Today's Song of the Day, as chosen by Gabriel Teodros, host of Early on KEXP, is "Here, Alive (Spirits High)" by Mystic, from the 2022 album Dreaming In Cursive: The Girl Who Loved Sparklers on Beautifull Soundworks.
Today's Song of the Day, as chosen by John Richards, host of the Morning Show on KEXP, is "I Will Wait For You" by Lydia Ramsey, from the 2022 self-released album Like A Dream.
If Brooklyn producer The Range and Atlanta rapper Rome Fortune have any one thing in common, it's an unfettered line of sight towards a marvelous horizon. Both artists make music that is wrought with present-tense turmoil, but the future always looks brighter - and not only that, it looks magnanimo…
