This week, we welcome Troy Nelson, Variety Mix DJ and host of the KEXP podcast, Live on KEXP.
Cheryl Waters, host of the Midday Show on KEXP, talks about the evolution of one of her favorite local bands – Great Grandpa .
Kevin Sur, co-host of Sounds of Survivance, talks about UK artist Martin Luke Brown's new single.
Will Toledo, of Seattle-based Car Seat Headrest, talks to DJ Cheryl Waters about The Scholars.
KEXP is proud to partner with the Upstream Music Fest + Summit, June 1 through 3 in Seattle’s Pioneer Square neighborhood.
We may never know what 1984 KCMU DJs thought of Joe Jackson's Body and Soul, the follow up to Night and Day (on which we have plenty of input from the contemporaneous DJs). It's pretty likely that many of those who loved his early stuff remained less than pleased with his doubling-down on the highl…
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. All this week we are celebrating Seat…
Detroit's Zach Saginaw, a.k.a. Shigeto, has been crafting immaculate and unique music over the past half-decade, most notably and consistently for revered American electronic music label Ghostly International. With a heavy jazz background, a strong love for hip-hop, and prodigious skills as an elec…
Seattle's Megan "Emecks" Xaybanha is a triple threat as a musician, DJ and professional dancer and may be best known as a core member of the wildly fun and genre-smashing local group Don't Talk To The Cops! In addition to her work in DTTTC! (be on the lookout for their new album, Forevers, dropping…
The DJ comments on this LP call us back to a dark time when not every album was available everywhere in the world instantly upon its release. Many well-loved bands could only be heard by spending way too much money on physical objects that had been transported in small batches from another country …
We woke up Kex Hostel this morning with a surprise dorm room performance by DJ flugvél & geimskip, who rolled in all her equipment on a cart equipped with a speaker, lit incense, turned on some DJ lights, and greeted the sleepy travelers with charming electronic backed songs about evil cats, ma…
At the epicenter of some of the most exciting current local hip-hop, R&B, and cutting-edge club music, there's a solid chance you'll find LUNA GOD, the alias of Seattle's Caleb Talbert. A chameleonic musician, he's recently turned his attention to wildly diverse and unpredictably vibrant produc…
Just ahead of releasing her new project Sweet To Me, JusMoni shares an exclusive guest DJ mix for Midnight in a Perfect World and it's an intoxicating journey through R&B, hip-hop, and soul jams that includes local cuts, new anthems, and old favorites.
KEXP is excited to be a part of the 2018 Northwest Folklife Festival! Learn more about the "Indie Roots" series of shows, and check out our schedule of Gathering Space showcases, curated by KEXP DJs.
As part of KEXP's Music Heals series, Macklemore talks with DJ Kevin Cole about his struggles with addiction and recovery.
Alicia J.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.
The alias of Atlanta-based electronic producer, vocalist, and skateboarder Ryan Park, Fit Of Body showcases a supremely diverse and thoroughly leftfield mix of favorites on his exclusive guest DJ mix for Midnight in a Perfect World.
This week's Review Revue spotlights the album Mask by Bauhaus. See what KCMU DJs thought back in the day.
Each week, KEXP’s Music Director Don Yates shares brief insights on new and upcoming releases (joined this week by DJ Alex Ruder). See what's coming up this week, including reviews for new releases from Nao, Robyn, boygenius, and more.
