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11/28/2022

Our nonprofit music community depends on your participation. For GivingTuesday, we’re looking for at least 150 music lovers to join us as monthly donors, and if we can reach this participation goal, KEXP will receive $15,000 in additional challenge funds! If you’re already an Amplifier, you can participate too when you up your monthly gift by any amount. Thanks so much to KEXP donors Doug, Margie, and Skyler, together with some anonymous Amplifiers, for offering our community this special challenge!

Become an Amplifier or up your monthly gift now: https://bit.ly/3Ev9yMR

11/26/2022

With Thanksgiving behind us, we know the year end is right around the corner – which means the end of KEXP's 50th year.

Thank you so much to all of the donors who have allowed us to reach this incredible milestone! And especially to the Amplifiers who give monthly and who sustain us through both the best and the worst times.

is coming up on November 29 and we'd like to thank new Amplifiers or existing Amplifiers who up their giving amount with a special KEXP Music Heals enamel pin! These words and the community that we've built around them have brought us to our half-centennial and we can't wait for what we'll build together in the decades to come.

Get the enamel pin by making your monthly donation here: https://bit.ly/3Ev9yMR. Limited quantities, through Giving Tuesday only.

11/25/2022

Live at KEXP Vol. 10 Vinyl is HERE!

Live at KEXP Vol. 10 Vinyl has ARRIVED! Fresh pressed and now served up at record stores in Washington. Head to a participating record store to grab yours or get it online if you're out of state! This delicious deluxe LP is going fast – order now: https://www.kexp.org/volume10/

11/24/2022

Unboxing Live at KEXP Vol. 10 VINYL!

Live at KEXP Vol. 10 vinyl will be available at select record stores across Washington on November *25th – but it won't last long! Preorder now to make sure you get this compilation, which is our latest collaboration with BECU, on wax ➡️ https://www.kexp.org/volume10/

11/24/2022

Unboxing Live at KEXP Vol. 10 VINYL!

Live at KEXP Vol. 10 vinyl will be available at select record stores across Washington on November *25th – but it won't last long! Preorder now to make sure you get this compilation, which is our latest collaboration with BECU, on wax ➡️ https://www.kexp.org/volume10/

11/24/2022

For Your Consideration: Soul-Searching with Sault's UNTITLED (God)

"This album is SAULT’s most diverse, all-encompassing work to date. While the first two-thirds of the 21-track album feels consistent with being in church (wherever that is to you) and praying to god (whatever that is to you), the last third is a vibey tour through all that SAULT is capable of."

The latest in our For Your Consideration series is a reflection on SAULT's 'UNTITLED (God)' from KEXP's Rachel Stevens. One of the five albums SAULT dropped on November 1, UNTITLED (God) is an expansive offering from the elusive UK project – one that reflected the many prayers Rachel said this year and soundtracked her return to faith.

Before you vote on your favorite albums of 2022 for our Best of 2022 Countdown, read the piece below. We'll be counting down your picks in the Countdown on Friday, December 16.

KEXP is counting down the best records of the year with our annual Best of 2022 Countdown. Ahead of the countdown, KEXP staff make the case for some of their favorite albums from 2022. Make sure to vote for your favorites by December 9 at 7 PM PT and tune in to hear what makes the list on December 1...

11/23/2022

50 Years of Music: 1990 – Jane's Addiction - "Three Days"

Each week of , we're celebrating the music of a different year in our 50-year history. For 1990, Dusty Henry pays tribute to the glory of the guitar solo and Jane's Addiction's "Three Days." Listen below.

The end of 2022 marks the end of KEXP’s 50th anniversary celebration. Each week, we’re looking back at one year over the last 50 years of music. This week, we’re celebrating the year 1990. KEXP’s Dusty Henry pays tribute to the glory of the guitar solo by way of the Jane’s Addiction song, ...

11/23/2022

Get into the 90's spirit as we take a trip back to 1990 on the airwaves this week. Tune into 90.3 FM Seattle or on the site / app for the best and forgotten tracks of the year. Info: kexp.org/50/

11/22/2022

This week on the Sound & Vison podcast, Martin Douglas digs into the intersecting histories of independent music and independent wrestling. Listen to how the art, ethos, and business of professional wrestling and music have always walked hand-in-hand: https://bit.ly/3OuVEyO

11/22/2022

New Music Reviews (11/21)

The latest release we have on repeat this week: How the Light Felt by s**t

Read this week's New Music Reviews roundup and tune into the broadcast for the best of latest releases: https://bit.ly/3GEz6tE

Each week, Music Director Don Yates shares brief insights on new and upcoming releases for KEXP's rotation. These reviews help our DJs decide on what they want to play. See what we added this week below (and on our Charts page), including new releases from Fousheé, Homeboy Sandman, Fievel Is Glauqu...

11/22/2022

OSEES Live on KEXP

Here to save you from Tuesday: OSEES. The John Dwyer-led quintet delivered another searing set of felt-melting tracks in the Live Room. Watch them storm through six songs in a new listener-powered session hosted by DJ Troy Nelson: https://bit.ly/3AFiM8a

11/18/2022

For Your Consideration: Traversing the Multiverse Within Makaya McCraven’s Masterful In These Times

Ahead of our Best of 2022 countdown, when we'll be counting down the best albums of the year voted on by KEXP listeners, our writers are making the case for some of their favorite releases. Dusty Henry digs deep into Makaya McCraven's multiverse jazz odyssey, 'In These Times.'

“The fears of the last few years still weigh heavily. And yet, I find myself lurching toward hope. The world is different now; I am different now. The issues and worries haven’t resolved themselves. But I’m feeling ready to build new habits. To take this period of uncertainty and reform the ideas I’ve mulled over again and again to forge a fresh start. It’s what I hear McCraven doing all over ‘In These Times.’ Our future depends on our past. We have the choice to take the fragments of our histories and imagine something new for ourselves. Maybe it’s a kaleidoscopic jazz masterpiece. Or maybe it’s holding my daughter close to my chest while we watch a band together. What is the present if not just an amalgamation of our past? We have no choice but to live “in these times.””

Read the article at the link in our bio and make sure to vote for your top albums before Dec. 9.

KEXP is counting down the best records of the year with our annual Best of 2022 Countdown. Ahead of the countdown, KEXP staff make the case for some of their favorite albums from 2022. Make sure to vote for your favorites by December 9 at 7 PM PT and tune in to hear what makes the list on December 1...

11/18/2022

Amyl and The Sniffers Live on KEXP

Aussie pub rockers Amyl and The Sniffers are back with another can't-miss Live on KEXP session, this time in the Live Room with DJ Cheryl Waters. Kick your Friday into overdrive and watch the listener-powered performance now: https://bit.ly/3Arm1jq

11/18/2022

Vote for the Best of 2022 now!

Every year, we build a listener-powered list of the best albums of the year. Now through December 9, vote for your top ten favorite albums released in 2022 and then join us on Friday, December 16 as we count down the KEXP community's picks.

VOTE HERE: https://www.kexp.org/countdowns/best-of-2022/

11/18/2022

Living Singles is a Sound & Vision series all about the best in new music, curated by KEXP writers, producers, and staff. In this week's episode, our Social Media intern Leah Capindo shares three new tracks that usher in autumn: https://bit.ly/3GrH0Xg

11/17/2022

Iranian American producer Maral reinterprets Persian folk, classical, and pop music, filtering them through her sonic prism of dub and anarcho-punk. The result: "folk club" that has captured artists and fans alike within Maral's ever-unfolding world of raw, experimental sound.

This week on the Sound & Vision podcast, KEXP's Isabel Khalili reunites with Maral for another conversation about her latest album 'Ground Groove,' the Persian classical music philosophy that guides her approach to sampling, and how her music reflects the resilience of Iranian culture and people.

Listen: https://bit.ly/3EHb3sD

11/17/2022

King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard on Stamina, (Many!) New Albums, and Keeping it Together During Lockdown

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard's latest KEXP session is a torrential blitz of prog-psych. The prolific group share three tracks from one of their three October 2022 releases, the jam-based Ice, Death, Planets, Lungs, Mushrooms and Lava. Check out their session or read a transcript of their conversation with DJ Cheryl Waters below.

"Can anyone in the band actually name all the records?," challenged DJ Cheryl Waters. "I got $100 right here for anyone who can do it."

11/17/2022

50 Years of Music: 1978 – X-Ray Spex - "Identity"

As we celebrate the music of 1978 this week for , Martin Douglas reflects on X-Ray Spex's "Identity," the iconic Poly Styrene, and how he finally conquered a lifelong struggle identifying as a Black punk rocker.

As KEXP celebrates its 50th anniversary, we're looking back at the last half-century of music. Each week in 2022, KEXP pays homage to a different year and our writers are commemorating with one song from that year that resonates with them. This week, Martin writes about the band's 1978 single, the i...

11/16/2022

Eydís Evensen Live on KEXP

Icelandic composer Eydís Evensen transports with post-classical piano arrangements, creating wistful atmosphere inspired by the landscapes of her home country. Watch her latest KEXP in-studio session, the first in our Live Room with DJ Cheryl Waters: https://bit.ly/3g8H0AB

11/16/2022

Eydís Evensen Live on KEXP

Icelandic composer Eydís Evensen transports with post-classical piano arrangements, creating wistful atmosphere inspired by the landscapes of her home country. Watch her latest KEXP in-studio session, the first in our Live Room with DJ Cheryl Waters: https://bit.ly/3g8H0AB

11/16/2022

New Music Reviews (11/14)

The new release we've had on repeat this week: And in the Darkness, Hearts Aglow by Weyes Blood

Bringing us the second album in a planned trilogy on Sub Pop Records, Weyes Blood delivers lush, orchestral folk-pop beautifully infused with a balance of celestial instrumentation and crystalline vocals, all while in search for hope and connection during troubled times.

Read this week's New Music Reviews to discover new music recs from your friends at KEXP.

Each week, Music Director Don Yates shares brief insights on new and upcoming releases for KEXP's rotation. These reviews help our DJs decide on what they want to play. See what we added this week below (and on our Charts page), including new releases from Weyes Blood, The Winston Brothers, Chancha....

11/16/2022

KEXP Events

Join us for SMooCH on Saturday, December 3! This year featuring performances from GROUPLOVE, Visqueen, and Sera Cahoone (during VIP portion).

Every year, we join forces with Sub Pop Records for a special evening of music and food to support Seattle Children's Uncompensated Care Fund. As usual, you can purchase general admission tickets or VIP tickets, which will include early access, food from Seattle's top chefs curated by Ethan Stowell, and a special performance from Sera Cahoone.

Purchase tickets and party boxes for this 21+ event before they sell out! And thank you for helping the patients and families in our region receive the quality care they deserve.

Dec. 3, 2022 6 p.m. SMooCH 2022 The Showbox // 1426 1st Ave, Seattle, WA 98101 TICKETSwww.smoochforkids.com Share Twitter   Facebook   Copy Link   Add to Calendar 12/03/2022 18:00 12/03/2022 23:59 America/Los_Angeles SMooCH 2022 The Showbox // 1426 1st Ave, Seattle, WA 98101 MM/DD/YYYY

11/16/2022

It's 1978 week! Tune into the station at 90.3 FM Seattle or on the app / site for the best and forgotten grooves of the year. Info: kexp.org/50/

11/15/2022

BTS of the THRIVING PEOPLES. THRIVING PLACES. mural going up in our Gathering Space! Thank you Amplifier + Nia Tero for collaborating with us on this installment and our Indigenous Peoples Day programming this year.

This project celebrates Indigenous women who are leading ecological conservation efforts and protecting biodiversity to promote collective thriving, rooted in their ancestral homelands around the world.

Drop by KEXP to get your free poster of the mural before they're gone!

11/15/2022

THRIVING PEOPLES. THRIVING PLACES.

BTS of the THRIVING PEOPLES. THRIVING PLACES. mural going up in our Gathering Space! Thank you Amplifier + Nia Tero for collaborating with us on this installment and our Indigenous Peoples Day programming this year.

Drop by KEXP to get your free poster of the mural before they're gone!

11/15/2022

BSÍ Live on KEXP

BSÍ flourish in the intersection of punk, indie, and surf, generating a punchy lo-fi rock that they brought from Iceland to our Live Room not too long ago. Watch the duo Live on KEXP hosted by DJ Larry Mizell, Jr. in a new listener-powered session: https://bit.ly/3Ec6Rzn

11/15/2022

Thank you to everyone who joined DJ John Richards and Dr. Amy Lindsey for this year's Death & Music event, when we honored our loved ones, felt their loss, and reminded each other that we're not alone in our grief. We're so honored to share moments like this with our community 💛

📸: Jim Bennett

11/14/2022

Arny Margret Live on KEXP

In the Westfjords of Iceland, Arny Margret has been distilling her crystalline vocals and finger-picked guitar into folk music that stores power in its overwhelming gentleness. Watch her Live on KEXP session hosted by DJ Troy Nelson: https://bit.ly/3g0eG3n

11/14/2022

The KEXP listener impact survey is live for just a few more days!

We're moving into our second half-century, and we want you to help shape it. Through this survey, you can share what kind of impact KEXP has had on your life – and how we can do better. We want to hear from everyone, but particularly followers who aren't as familiar with us, or who just started listening!

Fill out the ten minute survey and help us serve you more music discovery, whether you're new to our community or a long-time listener: https://bit.ly/3DwGBiV

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11/14/2022

Bret McKenzie and fall foliage.

That's all.

📸: Brady Harvey

11/13/2022

Montréal musician TDJ has been serving up addictive, BPM-pushing remixes and TONIGHT she brings that energy to . Tune in at midnight PT at 90.3 FM or on the site / app.

11/13/2022

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Get your Gizz-loving eyeballs over here: https://bit.ly/3Usl3eA

11/12/2022

Injecting rave-ready elements of trance with tender songwriting sensibilities into her intoxicating blend of pop music, Montréal musician TDJ takes over the airwaves for . Tune in this Sunday, Nov 13th midnight PT at 90.3 FM or on the site / app.

11/12/2022

Two of the most played albums on the KEXP broadcast this week are SAULT releases

11/11/2022

This week on the Sound & Vision podcast, KEXP features writer Martin Douglas shares three new singles In his heavy rotation:

"Oh Henry!" by Almond Joy
"Delusions" by Bella and the Bizarre
"Pollo Rico" by billy woods

Listen to Living Singles: https://bit.ly/3to0DYo

11/11/2022

Wipe the Slate Clean for the Umpteenth Time: A Beat Happening Critical Overview

"All in all, [Music to Climb the Apple Tree By is] a compilation that is a fitting last salvo for one of America’s most significant bands. Not just in terms of format or a necessity to make sure their work is kept in print, but as evidence of the band being unwitting innovators of the indie rock format in general. A call to create first and worry about the fu***ng rules later. What punk rock was meant to be."

Beat Happening fans rejoice! Today, Domino Recording Company has reissued the beloved Olympia band's entire catalog as individual LPs for the very first time. Over the summer, Martin Douglas wrote an exhaustive critical overview on the DIY pioneers.

As KEXP celebrates 50 years of bringing our love of music to the community, we find ourselves this week extolling the virtues of all things 1985. For the occasion, KEXP features writer, local music columnist, and veteran music critic Martin Douglas takes a deep dive into yet another one of the Pacif...

11/11/2022

King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard Live on KEXP

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard return to the KEXP studio for another blistering set, this time showcasing their October release Ice, Death, Planets, Lungs, Mushrooms and Lava. Watch their latest listener-powered session with DJ Cheryl Waters now: https://bit.ly/3Usl3eA

11/10/2022

On Grief, Humor, and the Power of the Do-Rag: An Interview With Thundercat

"I think it’s inevitable [to process grief through music]. You can tell so many stories with the music. You can tell somebody else’s story and make up a story. A lot of the time it’s still your story. Music can be healing and therapeutic to abrasive and harsh. It could be any and everything, for the most part. And I think as a spectrum for creating sometimes, it’s not off the spectrum. It’s definitely everything from a coping mechanism to jokes to car crash music to ... yeah, it’s all of that. It’s all of that in there."

As we honor : Grief today, revisit Thundercat's conversation with KEXP's Martin Douglas on the 2020 album 'It Is What It Is,' the death of his close friend and rapper Mac Miller, and using music as a way to cope with loss.

📸: Eric Tra

Hyperbole is strongly discouraged when you've spent your life obsessing over music, but is it really that much of a reach to call Thundercat a once in a lifetime talent?

11/10/2022

50 Years of Music: 2019 – Helado Negro - “Two Lucky”

Today we honor those we've lost with the music they loved and the music that helps us grieve for . Revisit Dusty Henry's reflection on the role of Helado Negro's This Is How You Smile in both his grandmother's passing and his daughter's birth.

All this year, KEXP is celebrating our 50th anniversary. Each week, we’re picking a year from the last half-century to remember that moment in music. This week, we’re celebrating the year 2019. KEXP’s Dusty Henry reflects on how Helado Negro’s “Two Lucky” guided him through grief and new...

11/10/2022

Today is Music Heals: Grief, a day when we dedicate our broadcast to sharing your songs and stories about music's power to lift our spirits in the face of loss. All day long, you can tune in to hear reflections from our global community as well as songs that helped them in healing – including yours. If you would like to share your story and song, please send them to [email protected] now and tune in.

Please be aware that we will be sharing sensitive stories throughout the day on air, online, and on our social channels, and that we will resume our normal programming tomorrow.

We're streaming worldwide on our site and on our app. Find more information about our Music Heals programming here: https://www.kexp.org/musicheals/

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