La Mala Noche delivers a thrilling guest DJ mix that celebrates the global rise of Latin dance music and the one-year anniversary of the popular monthly dance party 'Sazón Seattle.'
Sistas Rock the Arts is a collective that presents weekly open mic and jam sessions at Rumba Notes in Columbia City. Co-founder La Tanya Horace, aka SistahLuv, talks to KEXP about creating community and black future.
Before the recording of their latest LP, Floating Features, La Luz packed up from Seattle and moved to Los Angeles. That city’s vivid warmth and never-ending rush was baked into the group’s newest batch of songs, highlighted in this session in the KEXP Live Room with Cheryl Waters.
Today's Song of the Day, as chosen by Cheryl Waters, host of The Midday Show on KEXP, is "Holding Pattern" by Allah-Las, from the 2019 album LAHS on Mexican Summer.
DJ Troy “La Troix” Nelson picks out his favorite musical flavors in this bubbly mix that washes down like a fancy beverage. Sample new tracks from Weyes Blood, Julia Shapiro, and Diane Coffee in this twelve-pack of melodic refreshments.
This year brought us unforgettable artists and albums. KEXP highlights 24 gems from 2024 in Latin American alternative music. From Alcalá Norte's rebellious debut redefining Spanish rock to Amaro Freitas' jazz homage to the Amazon, Ana Tijoux's long-awaited Vida, and Verraco's electrifying and futu…
The Los Angeles band, Las Cafeteras, named themselves after a community space in El Sereno, L.A. where group members met one another and started to learn and play Son Jarocho music together, influenced by regional Mexican folk music. The band feminized the name to honor women, they note. Modern day…
Valerie and Veronica Tapacio left their corporate day jobs to dedicate their time to their Seattle band La Fonda and their vintage clothing shop, Delusional Bird.
El Sonido: Cancioneros es el podcast original de KEXP que comenzó en 2023, recorriendo la migración de la música a través de fronteras, idiomas y generaciones.
Seattle surf-rock quartet La Luz drops into the KEXP studio to perform songs from their brilliant brand new record "Weirdo Shrine" live on KEXP. Recorded 08/06/2015 - 4 songs: Sleep Till They Die, With Davey, Don't Wanna Be Anywhere, You Disappear.
Today's Song of the Day, as chosen by John Richards, host of The Morning Show on KEXP, is "ADMSDP (feat. LA Warman)" by DJ Python, from the 2020 album Mas Amable on Incienso.
While we'd naturally prefer you to keep listening to KEXP, there's several great full album streams out today, too. Yo La Tengo share their forthcoming full-length, Stuff Like That There, which hits stores August 28th via Matador Records (stream here). Much like the band's 1990 release Fakebook, t…
Their name spoofs the The Shangri-Las, their songs check the sounds of the 60's, from British Invasion to West Coast country rock -- the record store rats of Allah-Las have long been interested in contextualizing the history of rock with the music of today, both with their on-going, lost classics-u…
Seattle band La Luz debuted a new track today from their upcoming album, It's Alive on Hardly Art. "Pink Slime" is full of deliciously eerie organs and perfectly synced four part doo-wops. Combine a plot about a cool girl gang and a spooky beach party and you would probably end up with La Luz as th…
Veteran indie rock trio Yo La Tengo tackle iconic goth-poppers The Cure on their forthcoming covers album Stuff Like That There, out August 28th on Matador Records. Check out their rendition of the 1990 hit "Friday, I'm in Love" in this video directed by Jason Woliner. As drummer/vocalist Georgia …
KEXP digs into our archives for this 2016 interview with De La Soul founding members Kelvin Mercer (aka Posdnuos aka Plug One) and David Jude Jolicoeur (aka Trugoy the Dove aka Dave).
Today's Song of the Day, as chosen by DJ Chilly in celebration of Mexican Independence Day, is "Té de Malvón" by La Bruja de Texcoco, from the self-released 2019 album De Brujas, Peteneras y Chachalacas.
