Australia’s federal government will spend more than three times as much money on artists and musicians as the U.S. will this year. Sound and Vision contributor Celine Teo-Blockey talks to the Australian group Haiku Hands about how that money is allowing them to break out internationally.
KEXP interviews John Dwyer about championing other artists, the duality of running a label and running a band, and burnout while debating the age-old question: how many drummers is too many drummers?
Sound & Vision host Emily Fox spoke with Ben London, executive director of the non-profit Black Fret in Seattle, about new ways to support musicians.
Seattle's own renaissance artist Rudy Willingham wraps up a massive year with a party-starting mix featuring a bunch of his own originals mash-ups and remixes that combine classic disco tracks with modern-day rap and pop tracks.
Brooklyn-based artist Russell E.L. Butler takes the listener on a cerebral journey through hypnotic techno rhythms and hazy ambient passages on their guest DJ mix for Midnight In A Perfect World.
Over the past eight years of celebrating International Clash Day, KEXP has spotlighted a wealth of artists who were influenced by The Clash. But what bands mattered to the “only band that matters”?
Not many artists - if any - besides Hot Snakes can say they’ve blown the power during a KEXP session and the ferocious energy that both powers their latest album, Jericho Sirens, and and overloads the power infrastructure of Little London Plane is on full display in this session live with DJ Evie f…
Today's Song of the Day, as chosen by Darek Mazzone, host of Wo'Pop on KEXP, in celebration of the Persian New Year, is “Farewell, Warden” by SarrSew, from the 2018 album Girih: Iranian Sound Artists on Zabte Sote.
This week's picks for Song of the Day were chosen by Kevin Cole, host of The Afternoon Show on KEXP, highlighting standout artists from the 2020 Eurosonic Festival in Groningen, Netherlands. Today's Song of the Day is “Zalina” by Balkan Taksim, a 2019 self-released single.
Today's Song of the Day, as chosen by Cheryl Waters, host of The Midday Show on KEXP, is "Off My Mind" by Hazel English, from the 2020 album Wake UP! on Polyvinyl / Marathon Artists.
Cheryl Waters talks about Swedish group Goat and their collaboration with African rap artist MC Yallah.
Jyoti B. Fly talks about Peruvian artist Sofia Kourtesis and her new collaboration with Daphni of Caribou fame on the song "Unidos."
Dusty Henry, Associate Director of Editorial, talks about two of his favorite artists – Laurie Torres and Nailah Hunter – and their new collaboration.
KEXP DJ Goyri, co-host of El Sonido, joins host Evie Stokes to talk about Mexico City’s bursting music scene and unperro andaluz’s new song “malabares” featuring another Mexican artist – Manuel Ávila – off their record tragaperras on ERiZO.
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. This week’s featured songs come fr…
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. This week’s featured songs come fr…
It’s not hard to imagine a chandelier once hanging from the gold, grated circle located smack dab in the middle of The Neptune ceiling. What’s considerably tougher is spotting the marks of an elaborate and ornate paint job that once encompassed the gold center’s edge but has now faded into the stru…
The EMP Pop Conference covers a lot of ground in its panels, discussions, and presentations – where else could you find programming covering both a Missy Elliott retrospective and a roundtable seeking to find out what the worst song ever is? – so it only makes sense that for its Seattle artist show…
In anticipation of the release of his debut album Born A Loser, Parisian artist Myd shares an infectious DJ mix for Midnight In A Perfect World that's bound to incite a joyful dance party.
Trailblazing LA-based transgender artist Mykki Blanco shares a brilliantly eclectic guest DJ mix for Midnight In A Perfect World featuring a pair of unreleased tracks alongside timeless tracks from all over the musical spectrum.
