Each week, KEXP’s Music Director Don Yates (joined this week by DJs Alex and Abbie) shares brief insights on new and upcoming releases. See what's coming up this week below, including reviews for new releases from Big Thief, Danny Brown, Elbow, and more.
Each week, KEXP’s Music Director Don Yates (joined this week by DJ Abbie) shares brief insights on new and upcoming releases. See what's coming up this week below, including reviews for new releases from FKA twigs, Brother Ali, Earl Sweatshirt, and more.
Each week, KEXP’s Music Director Don Yates (joined this week by DJs Alex) shares brief insights on new and upcoming releases. See what's coming up this week below, including reviews for new releases from Taylor Swift, Blimes & Gab, Fontaines D.C., and more.
Each week, KEXP’s Music Director Don Yates (joined this week by DJs Alex and Gabriel Teodros) shares brief insights on new and upcoming releases. See what's coming up this week below, including reviews for new releases from Kelly Lee Owens, Tkay Maidza, Bright Eyes, and more.
KEXP is welcoming a new, but to some familiar, name as the host of Sunday Soul. Supreme La Rock was once the host of KEXP’s hip hop show, now heard on Friday nights. Midday host Larry Mizeell, Jr. (who is also a former host of Street Sounds), reintroduced Supreme to KEXP audiences in an interview o…
Each week, KEXP’s Music Director Don Yates (joined this week by DJs Alex and Gabriel Teodros) shares brief insights on new and upcoming releases. See what's coming up this week below, including reviews for new releases from Julien Baker, Nick Cave & Warren Ellis, Cloud Nothings, and more.
DJ Troy hosts the newest addition to our Music That Matters series, featuring new music from Jacuzzi Boys, Porcelain Raft, and Crocodiles. 1. Crocodiles - I Like It in the Dark 2. The So So Glos - Everything Revival 3. Jacuzzi Boys - Double Vision 4. Friends and Family - Green & Yellow Basket…
“In order to be big, we need a lot of players.” Jungle Fire guitarist bassist Joseph Reina lays it out pretty clear: to be able to create muscular afro funk workouts, the Los Angeles outfit need at least ten musicians. But even with a guitarist missing, the nonet sound bold and kinetic when they j…
“If the book you want to read doesn't exist, write it.” Quoting the inimitable Toni Morrison, Jamila Woods crafts a story worth diving into on her debut album HEAVN. Joining DJ Morgan in the KEXP Live Room, the Chicago poet and songwriter tells the tale of how she went from singing in her ch…
Discover luminous waves of song on DJ Kevin Cole's latest Music That Matters mixtape featuring new tracks from Still Corners, Tunng, Spiritualized, Shy Boys, Desert Mountain Tribe, and many more!
The fragrance of adventure and poetry endlessly pervades DJ Kevin Cole’s new music mix featuring new sounds from Vanishing Twin, KOKOKO!, Khruangbin, girl in red, Sleater-Kinney, and more bands to delight and inspire.
Sound & Vision’s series, “Northwest Classics,” dives into the stories behind iconic records from the Pacific Northwest. In today’s edition, KEXP DJ Marco Collins and music journalist and author, Charles R. Cross discuss Heart’s album Dreamboat Annie, and Soundgarden’s record Superunknown.
Being that I was quite young and on the other side of the country in the heyday of Seattle's The Visible Targets, I was not familiar with the band or their legacy until quite recently (I was more of a Moving Targets kid). But fortunately, I didn't have to go far to find a wealth of information on t…
Minneapolis must have been a magical place in the '80s with bands like Hüsker Dü breaking through the mainstream, and venues like First Avenue and the 7th Street Entry helping hone these rising new stars. A little bit of that magic was in the KEXP studios this day as Hüsker Dü's former frontman, Bo…
Today marks the birthday of James Yancey, better known as J Dilla, one of the most influential hip-hop artists of this century. Just days after his 32nd birthday, back in 2006, the Detroit-based DJ and producer passed away, leaving an enduring legacy for others to follow. Above the nine albums he p…
"Holy shit." That's what DJ Cheryl Waters exclaimed as Scottish hip-hop trio Young Fathers finished their KEXP session. Thanks to Cheryl's booking, KEXP gets hundreds of in-studio sessions a year, but it's rare when our entire staff is unanimously blown away like we were that day. DJ Larry Rose, a …
Each week, Music Director Don Yates (joined this week by DJ Alex) shares brief insights on new and upcoming releases for KEXP's rotation. See what we added this week below (and on our Charts page), including new releases from Japanese Breakfast, Mustafa, Islands, and more.
As part of KEXP's 50 Years of Music celebration, we've dug through the archives to unearth this 2005 interview with DJ Kevin Cole and musical legends Patti Smith and Lenny Kaye.
For the rest of the year, we'll be spotlighting our KEXP DJs Top Albums of 2016 here on the KEXP Blog. You can also check out lists from staff and volunteers, plus check out KEXP Listener's Top 90.3 Albums of 2016, too!
