M. Ward - Girl from Conejo Valley - from the 2016 album More Rain on Merge Records.
Guests Alberto Rodriguez, Duwamish Valley Advisor, Office of Sustainability and Environment, City of Seattle, and Paulina Lopez, South Park resident and Manager, Duwamish Valley Youth Corps, speak with Diane Horn about the Duwamish Valley Action Plan: Advancing Environmental Justice & Equitable Dev…
Wolf Parade - Valley Boy - from the 2017 album Cry Cry Cry on Sub Pop.
Los Angeles quartet Death Valley Girls combines the volume and fury of proto-punk, desert mysticism, with a dash of spacey psych and freewheeling garage-rock fun.
Emerald Valley is out May 3 via Kill Rock Stars
Today's Song of the Day, as chosen by Cheryl Waters, host of The Midday Show on KEXP, is "Dream Cleaver" by Death Valley Girls, a 2019 single on Suicide Squeeze Records.
Guest Paulina Lopez, Community Engagement and Outreach Manager of the Duwamish River Cleanup Coalition/Technical Advisory Group, speaks with Diane Horn about the work of the Coalition's Duwamish Valley Youth Corps to support restoration and revitalization of Duwamish Valley neighborhoods.
KEXP Producer Roddy Nikpour talks about the soundtrack to the popular video game Stardew Valley, and the Seattle creator behind it.
Ahead of the release of his fourth Valley Maker record, Austin Crane shares a live version of new single "Branch I Bend" and chats with KEXP about the new record, moving from Seattle to South Carolina, and how he's balancing careers in both music and education.
Though named for a popular British toy company, Chad Valley is more than just a plaything Oxford, UK's Hugo Manuel. Also the frontman for the group Jonquil, Manuel has turned a couple of lo-fi solo EPs into a fully realized project of lush, summery synth-pop. Like Jonquil, Chad Valley features Manu…
Carter Tanton - Twentynine Palms - from the 2016 album Jettison the Valley on Western Vinyl Records.
The Pittsburgh rapper and producer was found in his San Fernando Valley home after an apparent drug overdose. He was 26.
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. Today’s song, featured on The Mid…
M Ward, the Oregon based singer-songwriter and half of the duo She & Him, will release his new solo LP More Rain on March 4. The album features collaborations with the Secret Sisters, k.d. lang, Nekko Case, and many more. Listen to the album's breezy track "Girl From Conejo Valley" below. [Pit…
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. Today's selection, featured on the Mi…
The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival will be held April 12 to 14 and 19 to 21.
All the way from a remote valley in the North Cascades, listener Ana Maria Spagna tells us why she & her wife Laurie power KEXP.
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. Today’s song, featured on the Mid…
The experimental New York band went through a real creepy period in the mid-'80s.
