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 comes from Pennsylvan…
After Red Fang had totally shredded the Bigfoot Stage, punk rock Vancouver-based duo Japandroids jumped on stage and after fairly minimal sound checking, started their sweaty and awesome set. Though the sound was a bit strange (it would later cut out during a Vampire Weekend song), their energy was…
With their ridiculous number of side projects and other interests, it's amazing that songwriters and multi-instrumentalists Rob Crow and Armistead Burwell Smith IV continue to make killer albums together as Pinback. As ever, on Information Retrieved, their fifth LP, the San Diego duo expertly craft…
KEXP's stellar lineup at Bumbershoot continues with festival heavy-hitter Michael Franti & Spearhead live on the Secret Stage. Franti has his fingers in many pots. He’s a poet, rapper, and singer-songwriter, who has been spreading positivity all over the world since 1994 with his current projec…
Sound & Vision’s Roddy Nikpour brings us the story of two Seattle-based composers, Eric Barone and Andrew Rohrmann, and talks with sound designer Akash Thakkar.
As the streets of Seattle and Tacoma were scorched by an unprecedented heatwave, Martin Douglas wrote a grouchy heatwave diary to the sounds of Ripley Johnson's latest opus.
A newly adopted alias of the artist formerly known as Frank Dukes, Ging shares a dreamy guest DJ mix that showcases the wide-ranging inspirations behind his own eclectic sound.
Sound & Vision's Rachel Stevens looks back at the group's landmark sophomore album and reflects on her childhood memories.
South African DJ, electronic producer, and vocalist Muzi dives into his joyful sound with a smooth survey of his standout album cuts on his exclusive guest DJ mix.
Seattle-based trio mega cat share an eclectic, enthusiastic, and funky guest DJ mix featuring artists that have influenced the groovy sounds of their recent self-titled debut album.
Baltimore-bred, London-based musician Marcus Brown reveals the funky and eclectic sounds that inspire his genre-blurring project Nourished By Time on his unpredictable guest DJ mix.
British DJ, producer, and Crosstown Rebels Records founder Damian Lazarus delivers a hypnotic guest DJ mix that journeys firmly into his deep, hypnotic, refined house sound.
Fresh off releasing his excellent sophomore album 'Mentalized,' Sydney-based artist Skeleten shares a blissful guest DJ mix that floats through ambient, downtempo, trip-hop, and other dreamy late-night sounds.
Reginald Omas Mamode IV shares a guest mix featuring soul, jazz, hip-hop, R&B, and folk artists that have influenced his own cross-cultural sound.
The 2017 Sound Off! winner hold together an array of musical ideas while he sings about breaking apart on new LP
The most recent album from the one-time Sound Off! competitors is a lush, emotional journey of dissolving relationships and the lingering depression that comes from it. If you're looking for a cathartic cry with your festival experience, be sure to catch their performance on June 2nd.
Singer-songwriter Shara Nova shares how her move back to Detroit has made her think about race in a whole new way.
KEXP DJs John Richards, Sharlese Metcalf, and Morgan Chosnyk, as well as Cumulus' Alex Niedzialkowski, discuss how to Seattle community can create safer spaces.
Hozoji Mathison-Margolis of Helms Alee tells KEXP about her day job as an independently contracted shellfish biology diver.
KEXP's Owen Murphy talks to the shoegaze/goth/rock Seattle duo The Black Ferns.
