Alda Agustiano on her (former) job as a line cook and the sounds you can only find in a kitchen.
Deep psychedelic electronic explorations from these Translinguistic Other associates, featuring Garek Druss (vocals, beats), David Golightly (Moog synthesizer), Aubrey Nehring (guitar, vocals), and Jamie Potter (Jupiter).
Every Monday through Friday, we deliver a different song as part 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 Midday …
Every Monday through Friday, we deliver a different song as part 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 Afterno…
pianist Victor Noriega and producer Robert D. Nelson (e.r.d.on) explore improv jazz forms imbued with inscrutable mpc-triggered samples. Grand piano with beats and samples will take us into a new territory.
There's this interview reel with Rod Serling that plays over the intro of Flight Facilities opening dance number "Two Bodies" on their debut LP, Down To Earth. Here, the famous Twilight Zone narrator reconciles the ideas of commercialism and creativity as the house beat fades in and Emma Louise sin…
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 DJ’s think you should hear. Today’s song, featured on the Aft…
Formed on the campus of the University of Washington, the young men of Beat Connection play dance music infused with a bit of magical realism. With digital production, live guitar and drums, their songs slink, jump and dive. Accompanied on Portland’s MusicFest Northwest stage for a few songs by the…
Every Monday through Friday, we deliver a different song as part 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 Midday …
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…
Philadelphia-based electronic musician Kilamanzego shares a genre-blurring DJ mix featuring magnetic beats and provocative productions from Black creatives.
Funk and afro-beat explorations with Ben Bloom (guitar), Grant Schroff (drums), Jason Gray (bass), Lalo Bello (percussion), Scott Morning (trumpet), Eli Clark (trombone) and Art Brown (alto sax).
Every Monday through Friday, we deliver a different song as part 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 Morning…
Northwest trio Beat Happening are celebrating their 30th anniversary with the career-spanning retrospective collection Look Around, out November 20th via Domino. The 23-track compilation will be released on CD, gatefold double LP, limited edition royal blue cassette, and an exclusive LP edition wh…
Shing02 shares his story and how it intertwines with Japanese jazz hip-hop pioneer Nujabes ahead of tribute show March 7 at The Crocodile.
Serendipitously aligned with a real-life Pacific Northwest heat wave, the Portland band captures the feeling of the beating sun in Cascadia with jagged riffs and shot-along melodies.
Baauer (IRL the now Brooklyn-based moniker of Harry Rodrigues) never stopped producing infectious, mood-elevating cuts of mutant beats, trap ’n’ electronica.
Funk and afro-beat explorations with Ben Bloom (guitar), Nate Spicer (keys), Grant Schroff (drums), Jason Gray (bass), Lalo Bello (percussion), Scott Morning (trumpet), Eli Clark (trombone), and Art Brown (alto sax).
I've covered Beat Happening records in this space before, but it's been just over six years, so I figure the time is ripe to go back to that well. For my previous post, I compared the reactions to the Oly DIY heroes' first and fourth albums. Today we'll split the difference (sort of) and go back to…
The alias of Austin, TX-based musician Spencer Stephenson, Botany is a creator of transportive, free-flowing music that's carried by a strong psychedelic streak. Since his 2011 debut EP, Feeling Today, his sound has evolved from shimmery beats towards a more metaphysical sound that defies simple ca…
