The albums & artists we've had on repeat all week 🔁
Did you vote for your faves in our Best of 2025? See if your top picks made the list as we count down the top 100 albums of the year on Friday, Dec 19! Download the KEXP app to listen live 📲📻
12/12/2025
Our DJs have opinions. Check out a massive list of DJ Top 10s at KEXP.ORG and stick around at to share your list! Our listener-powered countdown of the Best of 2025 will be revealed live on-air on Friday 12/19.
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12/12/2025
Iceland pop experimentalists Múm explore sonic spaces through subtle yet gripping songwriting. Oscillating around a carefully curated palette of electronic and analogue sounds, the collective share a performance of "We Have A Map Of The Piano" and more.
Montreal-based, Anishinaabe-led outfit Ribbon Skirt offer up a mesmerizing blend of melodic post-punk, shoegaze, and grunge. With host Kevin Sur, the group share a performance of "Off Rez" and more Live on KEXP.
The almighty Rival Schools plaster the KEXP Live Room with nostalgic hardcore in our latest in-studio session. With host Troy Nelson, the band share a performance of "Used For Glue" and more from their stacked discography.
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12/09/2025
Belgian four-piece Stavroz invites listeners to let their minds adrift with the group's gentle blend of acoustic and electronic sounds. In-studio with Wo'Pop host Jyoti B. Fly, the band share a performance of "The Wild" and more from across their discography.
Returning with their most immersive and haunting work to date, Bambara course through love and loss with hypnotic loops, cinematic textures, and rhythmic intensity. With host Troy Nelson, the band share a performance of "Loretta" and more from their latest release 'Birthmarks'.
Top albums on your radio dial this week! Are you ready to share your faves of the year? You still have time to submit your Best of 2025 at KEXP.ORG/best.
12/05/2025
English rock band Kula Shaker reemerge with high spirits and an infectious psychedelic sound. With Astral Plane host Jewel Loree, the band explore their decades spanning discography with a performance of "Tattva" and more.
Manchester-based artist jasmine.4.t transfixes listeners with raw lyricism, layered emotions, and punk bombast. In our latest in-studio session, she shares the title track & more from her debut album 'You Are The Morning'.
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