Today's Song of the Day, as chosen by Eva Walker, host of Early on KEXP, is "Stainless" by Alex Vile, a 2023 self-released single.
Today's Song of the Day, as chosen by Eva Walker, host of Early on KEXP, is "WannaBe" by Autogramm, a 2023 single on Stomp Records.
Today's Song of the Day, as chosen by John Richards, host of the Morning Show on KEXP, is "In the Rain" by ODESZA, a 2023 single on Foreign Family Collective.
Today's Song of the Day, as chosen by Sharlese, host of Mechanical Breakdown on KEXP, is "Осеньs" by Stepan i Meduza, a 2018 self-released single.
Today's Song of the Day, as chosen by John Richards, host of the Morning Show on KEXP, is "Robrash" by TR/ST, a 2023 single on Dais.
Today's Song of the Day, as chosen by Sharlese, host of Mechanical Breakdown, is "Rabenschwarz" by Anja Huwe, a 2024 single on Sacred Bones.
Today's Song of the Day, as chosen by Sharlese, host of Mechanical Breakdown, is "Labyrinths" by The KVB, a 2024 single on Invada Records UK.
Today's Song of the Day, as chosen by Sharlese, host of Mechanical Breakdown, is "Seeing Red" by Ortrotasce, a 2023 self-released single
Today's Song of the Day, as chosen by DJ Morgan, host of the Variety Mix on Saturday afternoons, is "Bilboquet" by Championne, a 2024 self-released single.
It's hard enough to make money nowadays as a musician, let alone when you have to ditch all momentum you've gained thus far and start again. But watching the bands the make the cut and bottle lightning a second time is like watching a boxer come off a loss stronger than ever. It's not just good - i…
Some gigs feel like a secret you have all to yourself. The first time Savages played in Seattle, the band had released one song and the room was half full. Half a year later, they sold out Neumos months in advance of the date. The first time HAIM played Seattle, their Neumos date sold out a week be…
Seattle’s Leeni Ramadan (aka the glitter-gloom pop singer, Prom Queen) has established herself as a singular-voiced, bouffant-boasting player in the Emerald City music scene. If the ultimate goal of any creative person is to establish an immediately recognizable style, Ramadan has done that already…
Lemolo has a knack for nostalgic imagery in their videos. Earlier this year, we premiered the video for the dream-pop act's "One to Love", which featured songwriter Meagan Grandall walking the eerie streets of her hometown of Poulsbo, Washington. With "Casting Call", Grandall ventures even further …
Most bands start by writing songs at home and recording in their basements. For David Bazan, it took nearly two decades to get there. The former Pedro the Lion bandleader and subsequent solo artist has long been a local treasure, appealing to a generation of Northwest indie kids in the 90s and 2000…
Opening this year’s live broadcast from Kex Hostel at Iceland Airwaves Music Festival is Icelandic experimental electro-pop band East of My Youth. Formed just last year, East of My Youth created a lot of buzz with their first single “Lemonstars” at the end of last summer, and have since been on a s…
The forthcoming Kurt Vile album may be titled b’lieve i’m goin down..., but the songs on this release only reveal an artist on the rise. KEXP is excited to premiere the streaming debut of Vile's sixth (and strongest) full-length, out September 25th on Matador Records. The Philadelphia-based art…
When I’ve seen Nils Frahm in the past, it’s been during Decibel Festival, an annual electronic music and visuals festival in Seattle which KEXP covers every year. Because of the event’s interest in creative collaborations, Frahm has been given ample attention to look and sound his best, often paire…
It's almost summer 2014, and that means we get to see the indie pop scene evolve once again. Back at the beginning of 2012, Grimes dropped a bomb with Visions that didn't stop shaking up the synth pop scene for nearly an entire year. The post-modern (or post-Internet, if you prefer) aesthetic and m…
Today's Song of the Day, as chosen by Kevin Cole, host of Drive Time on KEXP, is "Porque Yo (feat. Eva de Marce)" by Pahua, a 2023 single from Nacional Records.
Today's Song of the Day, as chosen by Kevin Cole, host of Drive Time on KEXP, is "Little Butterfly" by Nina Kohout, a 2023 single on Deadred Records.
