We see some familiar faces here so thought we'd introduce ourselves.
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🚨 THE KEXP BBQ IS BACK!!!! 🚨
Join us Saturday, August 22 at Seattle Center for a live music lineup we guarantee you won't want to miss…
The full lineup will be announced Thursday, May 21 at 9AM PST on The Morning Show with @djjohnrichards . Tickets will go on sale shortly after.
Along with live music, we'll have activities for the whole family to enjoy, great food for purchase from local vendors, exclusive merch for sale, and a bar (with ID).
For KEXP donors, be sure to keep an eye on your inbox for more information! 👀
🎨: Artwork by @sptsam
mclusky #LiveonKEXP | The intrepid noise-rock trio mclusky (@_shit_rock_ ) return with renewed intensity and their signature raw sound. In-studio with host @djjohnrichards , the Welsh band share a performance of "people person" and more.
Watch the full Live on KEXP performance and interview at the link in our bio.
📸: thumbnail image by @knechtcreative
Remember last summer in the courtyard at the KEXP BBQ? You were wearing your raincoat, we swayed to the beat of the True Loves together. It was all so perfect. *sigh* What a beautiful memory…😌
📸: @knechtcreative & @morgenschulerphoto
Plash #LiveonKEXP | On 'i live alone,' Seattle-based four-piece @plashband debut with a dynamic set of guitar-heavy indie-rock featuring vocals in both English and Korean. Led by Jeseul Oh, the band joins us in the KEXP Live Room to share a performance of "sona" and more from the album.
Watch the full in-studio session at the link in our bio.
📸: thumbnail image by @morgenschulerphoto
The Bures Band #LiveonKEXP | Western Australia's @bures_band unleash a capsule of cosmic folk rock in our latest in-studio session. Live on KEXP, the Perth-based band share a performance of "Birds Nest" and more.
Watch the full performance on our listener-powered YouTube channel.
📸: thumbnail image by @erictra
Home Front #LiveonKEXP | Canadian post-punk band @arewenothomefront reaches new depths with their anthemic, synth-infused sophomore release 'Watch It Die.' Live on KEXP, the Edmonton-based group share a performance of the album's title track and more.
Watch their full listener-powered in-studio session at the link in our bio.
📸: thumbnail image by @morgenschulerphoto
6 new albums to check out this week! 💿
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Have you entered our King Gizzard Flyaway contest yet??? There’s just a few days left until it closes!
The winner will receive:
✈️ Airfare for two (2) from within the continental US
🎟️ Two (2) floor tickets to each night of King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard’s 3-night residency at Forest Hills Stadium in NYC
🛏️ A four (4) night stay at Hotel on Rivington
🎁 One (1) special merch item signed by the band
👜 Two (2) Filson All Weather Totes provided by Filson NYC
☕ A private tour and coffee tasting at Caffe Vita’s Brooklyn Roastery
🔗 Enter today at the link in our bio. This contest closes on Friday, May 15 at 7PM PST.
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📸: KGATLW Live at Sasquatch! 2016 by Matthew B. Thompson
Sotomayor join @albinacabrera on the El Sonido: Cancioneros podcast this week 🎧
After exploring separate paths through projects like @pahuamusic and @tongaconga , the duo returns with WABI SABI, their first album in six years and a record that closes a cycle shaped by the pandemic, and opens a new one.
WABI SABI moves between the club and the Caribbean, a journey that begins in Mexico and ends in Puerto Rico.
In this podcast episode—recorded in Mexico City—they open their cancionero and trace their sound through Nortec Collective, Bomba Estéreo, Deep Dish, Everything But the Girl, and Aurita Castillo.
📺 Watch the full video podcast on the KEXP Podcasts YouTube channel (subtitles in English & Spanish), or listen wherever you get your podcasts.
An original KEXP production in Spanish.
