Listen to Arcade Fire live on KEXP
Song of the Day Podcasts
Live Video: Best Coast
KEXP at CMJ 2013
KEXP And The UW
Specialty Shows
Streetsounds is Seattle's longest running mixshow. You'll hear the hottest hip hop first along with classics and local music. We're known for breaking the new music first. Streetsounds plays all kinds of hip hop and appeals to a wide audience.
Fast forward to 2008 and you have one of the best hip hop radio shows in the world. National and regional guests are always coming through and keeping things interesting. Past guests include Devin The Dude, Acealone, Talib Kweli, Rhymefest, Pharoah Monche Tech N9Ne, Paul Wall, Dyme Def, Parker Brothaz, D-Black, Grynch, & Redskin to name some.
KEXP Features
KEXP LIVE from Iceland Airwaves
Join KEXP in the land of fire and ice, broadcasting live from KEX Hostel in Reykjavik for the Iceland Airwaves Music Festival! KEXP’s international broadcast will feature 15 exclusive live performances from October 30th through November 1st.
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KEXP's Non-Profit of the Month
This month, KEXP's featured Non-Profit of the Month is Urban ArtWorks, whose mission is to empower young people and restore communities through public art. ArtWorks was developed in 1995 as a result of the SODO Business Association's desire to clean up trash and graffiti along the busway in Seattle's industrial zone.
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KEXP Halloween Kids Dance Party
KEXP invites you and your family to the 2013 Halloween Kids Dance Party, hosted by John Richards, on Sunday, October 27th at The Tractor Tavern in Ballard. There will be activities, crafts, dancing with Darek Mazzone, and a Halloween parade led by Grand Marshall DJ El Toro.
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Live at KEXP, Volume 9 Out Now!
Live at KEXP, Vol. 9 is out now! Featuring 18 exclusive from live in-studio recordings and remote broadcasts across the country. Artists include Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, feat. Ray Dalton, Charles Bradley & Menahan Street Band, Alt-J, Dirty Projectors, Beach House, METZ and many more. For more information, click here.
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Little show. Big effect.
KEXP, STG and Starbucks presented the seventh show in our Little Big Show concert series with The Joy Formidable and Feral Children, at The Neptune on Thursday, October 17th. 100% of ticket sales benefitted Seattle Music Partners. Click here to find out more about our Little Big Show series and the local charity beneficiaries.
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KEXP LIVE from CMJ
This October, KEXP returned once again to New York City to broadcast live from Judson Memorial Church during the 2013 CMJ Music Marathon, with live performances from The Dismemberment Plan, Eleanor Friedberger, The Helio Sequence, and more. Made possible in part by TuneIn.
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KEXP's Bumbershoot Music Lounge
KEXP was live from the Bumbershoot Music & Arts Festival with 15 bands live on air, including Bob Mould, Superchunk, The Joy Formidable, Beats Antique and many others. Check out tons of photos and videos here. Sponsored in part by TuneIn.
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Podcasts
This week, we are featuring all Icelandic artists performing Iceland Airwaves festival and our live brodast from KEX Hostel in Reykjavik through both our Music That Matters and Song of the Day podcasts. Our Live Performances podcast features Iska Dhaaf and Jason Isbell. And our Video of the Week podcast features Bob Mould.
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In Studio Performances
Don't miss upcoming in-studio performances by the great artists you hear everyday on KEXP. Our schedule is updated weekly, so check back often. You can also subscribe to weekly podcasts that bring you a series of complete live in-studio sessions.
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KEXP Video Podcasts
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Song of the Day Podcasts
A free song every day
- Oct/28Snorri Helgason - Calling
> > (mp3) - Oct/25Lazer Kitty - Dino Wipeout
> > (mp3) - Oct/24Wishbeard - Strawberry '79
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Music That Matters
DJ curated mixes
- Oct/25 - Iceland Airwaves 2013 Preview (#379)
featuring: Kevin Cole
> > (mp3) - Oct/18 - Fall In Love (#378)
featuring: John Richards
> > (mp3) - Oct/11 - CMJ Preview 2013 (#377)
featuring: Mel Trejo
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Recent Reviews
View our most recent album reviews
- Arcade Fire: Reflektor - 10/25/2013
- Wooden Shjips: Back To Land - 10/25/2013
- Bottomless Pit: Shade Perennial - 10/25/2013
- Ryan Hemsworth: Guilt Trips - 10/25/2013
- Active Child: Rapor - 10/25/2013
- Polica: Shulamith - 10/25/2013
- Jonathan Wilson: Fanfare - 10/25/2013
- Cults: Static - 10/18/2013
- Gringo Star: Floating Out To See - 10/18/2013
- White Denim: Corsicana Lemonade - 10/18/2013
- Courtney Barnett: The Double EP: A Sea of Split Peas - 10/18/2013
- La Luz: It's Alive - 10/18/2013
- Mind Spiders: Inhumanistic - 10/11/2013
- Kelela: Cut 4 Me - 10/11/2013
- Lucius: Wildewoman - 10/11/2013
- Sleigh Bells: Bitter Rivals - 10/4/2013
- Anna Calvi: One Breath - 10/4/2013
- Crystal Antlers: Nothing Is Real - 10/4/2013
- Best Coast: Fade Away - 10/4/2013
- Glasser: Interiors - 10/4/2013
The KEXP Variety Chart (9/27/2013 - 10/03/2013)
More Music Charts | Top 90.3 of '12 | Top 903 Albums- 1.
(Various) - Live at KEXP Volume Nine
- 2.
Mazzy Star - Seasons of Your Day
- 3.
Delorean - Apar
- 4.
Bill Callahan - Dream River
- 5.
Washed Out - Paracosm
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Frankie Rose - Herein Wild
- 7.
Deltron 3030 - Event II
- 8.
Neko Case - The Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight, The Harder I Fight, The More I Love You
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Chvrches - The Bones Of What You Believe
- 10.
Volcano Choir - Repave
- 11.
Cloud Control - Dream Cave
- 12.
Janelle Monae - The Electric Lady
- 13.
Franz Ferdinand - Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action
- 14.
Nine Inch Nails - Hesitation Marks
- 15.
Blouse - Imperium
- 16.
Mark Pickerel and His Praying Hands - Tess
- 17.
Fuzz - Fuzz
- 18.
Man Man - On Oni Pond
- 19.
Yuck - Glow & Behold
- 20.
The Night Beats - Sonic Bloom
KEXP Recommended Events
- 10/28/2013 The Sadies, Mark Pickerel and His Praying Hands
- 10/29/2013 William Todd Schultz & Mark Baumgarten: The Life of Elliott Smith
- 10/29/2013 Tangerine, Maiah Manser, Lures, Lady the Beard
- 10/30/2013 Charli XCX, Kitten, Liz
- 10/30/2013 Martha Scanlan, Cahalen Morrison & Eli West
- 10/30/2013 Janelle Monáe
- 10/31/2013 Coconut Coolouts, The Unlimited Horrors
- 10/31/2013 Halloween Party with Blowfly, Ronald McFondle, The Fabulous Downey Brothers, The Blue Ribbon Boys
- 11/1/2013 Pete Rock & CL Smooth, Camp Lo, Porter Ray, Supreme La Rock
- 11/1/2013 Slayer, Gojira, 4ARM
- 11/1/2013 Terakaft
- 11/1/2013 White Lung, Antwon
- 11/1/2013 Case Studies, Waxing Hearts
- 11/1/2013 Earshot Jazz Festival - Bill Frisell with Cuong Vu & Robin Holcomb
- 11/2/2013 Rubblebucket, The Hoot Hoots, Dana Buoy
- 11/2/2013 Glasser, The Tempers, Dutty Wilderness
- 11/2/2013 Ayron Jones and the Way & Sir Mix-a-Lot, Tomeka Williams
- 11/2/2013 Mike Doughty (3:00 pm)
- 11/2/2013 Polyrhythmics & Picoso, DJ Chilly
- 11/2/2013 Lake Street Drive, Miss Tess & The Talkbacks
- 11/2/2013 DEATH, Unnatural Helpers, Magic Mouth
- 11/2/2013 Red Jacket Mine, The 66ers
- 11/3/2013 Earshot Jazz Festival - Bill Frisell with Ted Poor & Luke Bergman
- 11/4/2013 Iron & Wine, Laura Mvula
- 11/4/2013 Mazzy Star, Mariee Sioux
- 11/5/2013 Emmylou Harris, Rodney Crowell, Richard Thompson
- 11/6/2013 of Montreal, La Luz
- 11/6/2013 Earshot Jazz Festival - Omar Sosa Afri-Lectric Sextet
- 11/7/2013 Radiation City, Tomten, Smokey Brights
- 11/7/2013 Deerhoof, LXMP, Jarv Dee
- 11/7/2013 Barsuk Records 15th Anniversary Celebration - Nada Surf, Mates of State
- 11/8/2013 Minus the Bear, Constant Lovers, Slow Bird
- 11/8/2013 Mad Professor with Ragga MCs General Levy and Joe Ariwa, Mighty High, Ras Chiba, Selecta Element, Dub Champ
- 11/8/2013 Barsuk Records 15th Anniversary Celebration - The Long Winters, David Bazan, Chris Walla, Minor Alps
- 11/8/2013 Cass McCombs, Michael Hurley
- 11/9/2013 The Fratellis, The Ceremonies, Conway
- 11/9/2013 The Lonely Forest, Cumulus, BellaMaine
- 11/9/2013 Barsuk Records 15th Anniversary Celebration - Phantogram, Menomena, Maps & Atlases, Yellow Ostrich, Cymbals Eat Guitar, Say Hi
- 11/9/2013 Red Fang, Helms Alee, Bison B.C., Drunk Dad
- 11/9/2013 Earshot Jazz Festival - Dave Douglas with The Cuong Vu Trio, UW Jazz Students
- 11/9/2013 Warren Miller's "Ticket to Ride"
- 11/10/2013 Warren Miller's "Ticket to Ride"
- 11/10/2013 Vanessa Carlton
- 11/10/2013 Barsuk Records 15th Anniversary Celebration - Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter, Rocky Votolato, Laura Gibson and More
- 11/10/2013 Earshot Jazz Festival - Bill Frisell’s Big Sur Quintet, Jim Woodring, Eyvind Kang
- 11/11/2013 Atlas Genius, Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr.
- 11/11/2013 Crystal Antlers, This Blinding Light, Kingdom of the Holy Sun
- 11/12/2013 Ben Harper
- 11/12/2013 Slaid Cleaves
- 11/12/2013 Toro Y Moi, Classixx
KEXP.ORG Seattle: Upcoming In-studio Performances
- Arcade Fire LIVE on KEXP 10/28/2013 7:00pm
- Picoso session on KEXP 10/29/2013 7:00pm
- Samúel Jón Samúelsson Big Band (LIVE on KEXP from Iceland Airwaves) 10/30/2013 6:00am
- Emilíana Torrini (LIVE on KEXP from Iceland Airwaves) 10/30/2013 8:00am
- Caveman (LIVE on KEXP from Iceland Airwaves) 10/30/2013 10:00am
- Valdimar (LIVE on KEXP from Iceland Airwaves) 10/30/2013 11:30am
- Borko (LIVE on KEXP from Iceland Airwaves) 10/30/2013 1:30pm
- Snorri Helgason (LIVE on KEXP from Iceland Airwaves) 10/31/2013 6:00am
- My Bubba (LIVE on KEXP from Iceland Airwaves) 10/31/2013 8:00am
- Mono Town (LIVE on KEXP from Iceland Airwaves) 10/31/2013 10:00am
- Pétur Ben (LIVE on KEXP from Iceland Airwaves) 10/31/2013 11:30am
- Boogie Trouble (LIVE on KEXP from Iceland Airwaves) 10/31/2013 1:30pm
- John Grant (LIVE on KEXP from Iceland Airwaves) 11/1/2013 6:00am
- Vök (LIVE on KEXP from Iceland Airwaves) 11/1/2013 8:00am
- Grísalappalísa (LIVE on KEXP from Iceland Airwaves) 11/1/2013 10:00am
- Moses Hightower (LIVE on KEXP from Iceland Airwaves) 11/1/2013 11:30am
- Ásgeir (LIVE on KEXP from Iceland Airwaves) 11/1/2013 1:30pm
- The Revolutionary Hydra LIVE on KEXP Barsuk 15th Anniversary Audioasis Takeover! 11/2/2013 6:30pm
- Wooden Shjips LIVE on KEXP 11/3/2013 2:00pm
- Federico Aubele session on KEXP 11/4/2013 7:00pm