Welcome to BabexHouse, a new music and artist collective in Seattle made up of POC/LGBTQ (People Of Color/Lesbian, Gay, Bi, Trans, Queer) DJs and artists who are dedicated to creating safer spaces in dance music.
On the 25th anniversary of an album called In Gods You Lust, KEXP's Eva Walker talks to the all-black rock-grunge-reggae fusion band from Seattle that almost made it in the '90s until a national record deal went sour.
Melbourne-based rapper Sampa The Great shares an eclectic mix of hip-hop, R&B, Afro-beats, reggae, and more on her guest DJ mix that illuminates the diverse global sounds that influenced her recent breakout debut album The Return.
Enigmatic Montreal-based artist Chiiild showcases the diverse addictive influences that helped fuel the magnetic sound of his debut EP Synthetic Soul on his guest DJ mix for Midnight In A Perfect World.
KEXP's Owen Murphy reached the band via ZOOM from his home just outside Seattle. Read the interview below or listen to a clip that previously aired on KEXP's Sound & Vision.
Packed with originals and a few unreleased tracks, emerging South African electronic musician Sun-El Musician delivers a guest DJ mix for Midnight In A Perfect World that proudly showcases his warm, soulful, and universally infectious house sound.
Kevin Erickson, Director of the Future of Music Coalition, speaks to KEXP's Sound & Vision about some of the problems plaguing Spotify.
To help introduce DJ Jewel to our listeners, KEXP's Sound & Vision host Emily Fox caught up with the Astral Plane host to learn more about her background in psych music and tech as well as three songs as three songs to get to know her
In this week's Sound & Vision, KEXP talks to Bikini Kill, and to Yuuki Matthews about his side project with the late Richard Swift called Teardrops.
LA-via-San Francisco band Thee Oh Sees return with their 11th album, a release KEXP Music Director Don Yates calls, "a more jam-oriented take on the band's adventurous blend of raw garage-rock, trippy psych-rock and motorik prog." Veteran Minneapolis duo Atmosphere release "a potent set of emotive …
Plum Creek Sound at Dripping Springs in Texas Hill Country - it sounds like the setting of a story too idyllic to be true. And it almost is. There, in a Quonset hut studio on his own 15-acre ranch about 20 miles outside of Austin, Israel Nash has recorded a work of heart-swelling beauty. The lushly…
It's another jam-packed week of new releases! Highlights include the latest from London-based artist Adam Bainbridge (aka Kindness). KEXP Music Director Don Yates notes the relase "finds him toning down the disco influences of his promising debut album in favor of an often-gorgeous set of ‘80s R&am…
Seattle is hot with football fever as the Seattle Seahawks head to Super Bowl XLVIII this Sunday, February 2nd! To show our hometown pride, DJs John Richards, Cheryl Waters, and Kevin Cole will be playing nothing but local music on Friday from 6:00 AM to 6:00 PM PT. Seahawks coach Pete Carroll re…
If drama is the key to art, then look no further than Austin band The Black Angels. The group is a collection of eerie organs, guitar riffs and vocals that, when combined, sound like a mash-up of Tame Impala, Jefferson Airplane, The Doors and DJ Shadow. Their recent live set at The Triple Door was …
This week, Sound & Vision host Rachel Stevens shares songs from MIA, Clairmont the Second, and LIVt
This story is about two parents who made music when their daughter was in the womb.
Disclosure is not a new face to Sasquatch! Music Festival, having played the El Chupacabra stage in 2013. Since then they’ve garnered worldwide fame and accolades and influenced the sound of pop music as a whole. So when their 2015 release Caracal was not received with as much universal praise as t…
Check out some of the KEXP DJ’s favorite artists from the Pacific Northwest and around the world on-the-go. KEXP’s Music That Matters weekly podcast brings you an exclusive mix of new music from the world’s best independent artists.
Check out some of the KEXP DJ’s favorite artists from the Pacific Northwest and around the world on-the-go. KEXP’s Music That Matters weekly podcast brings you an exclusive mix of new music from the world’s best independent artists.
