KEXP has always been about discovering new music and sharing it far and wide. That’s nothing new, and staffers are now returning to Mexico City this October. This time, KEXP is hosting two live events ...

Though the slots to see the shows live are all full, they do let more people in if people that signed up don’t show. That’s kind of a hassle though. The easiest way to hear all of the live sessions ...

Ribbon Skirt have recorded a KEXP live session. The band performed “Off Rez”, “Cut”, and “Earth Eater” off their debut album ...

The War On Drugs’ new Lost In The Dream is one of the best albums of the year, not to mention one of our favorites, as you might have surmised from our Premature Evaluation of the album and our ...

KEXP has discovered a lot of amazing bands at Iceland Airwaves festival, but this video with Of Monsters and Men in their living room in 2010 helped launch a major career for them. Their third album ...

Scowl have recorded a KEXP live performance. The session was recorded on March 31, 2025 and finds the band performing four tracks from their album Are We All Angels which was released earlier this ...

Kevin Suggs arrived in Seattle just in time for the ’90s grunge-era gold rush, when the city was bursting with bands looking to score a record deal. Spending a decade of 12-hour-plus days pushing ...

Boy Genius, the project between Julien Baker, Lucy Dacus, and Phoebe Bridgers, passed through Avast! Recording Co. for KEXP back in November of last year for an old fashioned tear-jerking session. It ...

Just as stars illuminated skies for journeys to new lands, a background of string lights has become a familiar touchstone for fans of Seattle-based radio station KEXP, where they discover new music ...