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Five KEXP staff members of Asian descent embrace the imperfections of heritage months, using this May’s celebration of "Pushing Boundaries" to spotlight music and stories from the continent of Asia, the Pacific Islands, and the diaspora. Enjoy these sets featuring sounds ranging from locally based pop and R&B innovators to Lebanese folk pioneers and Thai psych rockers. 1. Yuk . - oasis o...

Eva Walker guides us through the 20th annual (virtual!) Sound Off! Learn more about this 21-and-under Northwest music showcase and how MoPOP is “empowering tomorrow’s visionaries” (and get your tickets to the livestream) at mopop.org/soundoff . 1. Aurelio Valdez - Rent Money 2. Aurora Avenue - Wind 3. Brenna Bruce - Move 4. CANNXN - Uncomfortable 5. Kiddus Fecto - Senorita 6. Lex...

John Gilbreath, host of Jazz Theater, curates an expansive mix from artists bending and shaping the ever-evolving art form that is jazz. Join us in celebrating International Jazz Day with music from Kamasi Washington, Kris Davis, Jeff Parker, Makaya McCraven, and more.  1. Brandee Younger & Dezron Douglas - The Creator Has A Masterplan 2. Kamasi Washington - The Rhythm Changes 3. Kris Dav...

Your insomniac overnight host, Abbie, takes you on a virtual road trip to her home away from home, Vancouver BC! Despite the border closure, we can still tour these amazing artists to your ears, bursting with yearning indie, R&B, pop, leftfield dance music, industrial techno, chillwave, and nostalgic folk. With mostly Vancouver-based artists, and a few who have since relocated internationally,...

We're taking a week off from posting podcasts and other online content, but you can always find a live DJ streaming on KEXP.org, the KEXP App, or 90.3 FM in Seattle. New episodes will return to your The Weekly Mix feed on Friday, April 23rd! Until then, visit old episodes or explore our other podcasts, Sound & Vision, Live on KEXP, and Song of the Day. And if you haven't had the chance yet, th...

Things are happening! Bands are scheduling fall tours! But until enough people get vaccinated and concert-going is a reality, DJ Kevin Cole takes you on a musical journey featuring artists and songs from all over the world including Australia, Georgia (the country!), Spain, Senegal, Turkey, Trinidad, Mexico, Japan, and beyond. 1. Morningwhim - Talking to Myself 2. Flyying Colours - Goodtimes 3. Ma...

Pacific Notions host DJ Alex shares a new meditative springtime mix of ambient, neo-classical, and new age songs to welcome the new season and provide a calming soundtrack for these transitional times. 1. Rhian Sheehan - Toward The Sun (feat. Levi Patel) 2. Sweatson Klank - Light Bridge 3. The Green Kingdom - Morning Walk 4. Tiny Leaves - The Sweetness of the Morning 5. Hideyuki Hashimoto - Breath...

DJ Evie delivers a mix of fresh cuts that will put a spring in your step, no matter the season. Tune in for new music from Claud, Ya Tseen, Django Django, Ocean Hope and more. 1. Field Music - Orion from the Street 2. Claud - Falling with the Rain (feat. Shelly) 3. RINSE - Back Into Your Arms (feat. Hatchie) 4. Japanese Breakfast - Be Sweet 5. Keep Shelly In Athens - You (feat. Georgia Hurd) 6. Dj...

Jenn from KEXP’s Sonic Reducer brings you a spring awakening of punk songs from the past year, including The Serfs, Shopping, Futuro, Taqbir and more. 1. Brontez Purnell - Forgive Me, Phillip 2. Spodee Boy - Rides Again… 3. The Serfs - Vanishing Act 4. Gen Pop - Me Alive 5. Shopping - Follow Me 6. Current Affairs - Draw the Line 7. Silicone Prairie - Dance to the Beat 8. All Hits - Bl...

This Weekly Mix finds John Richards explaining why he had to burn Mark Lanegan's book and the reason his son Henry, age 8, interrupted the recording. Plus, a Morning Show hitlist that is not to be missed. 1. Peter Matthew Bauer - Mountains on Mountains 2. Middle Kids - Questions 3. Mogwai - Ritchie Sacramento 4. Morcheeba - Sounds of Blue 5. Wax Tailor - Just a Candle (feat. Mark Lanegan) 6. Barba...

DJ Morgan hosts KEXP's International Women's Day mix with conversation and original songs from Rain City Rock Camp in Seattle whose mission is to empower girls, women, and gender nonconforming individuals to engage their creative potential through music, champion equity, and thrive in a community of allies and activists. Women rock! 1. Amplified Youth Voices Interns - Rain City Rock Camp Song&nbsp...

As host of the Northwest music show, Eva Walker made this mix locals-heavy, with artists you need to know! She also sprinkled in some of her non-local favorites, both old and new. Artists include Beverly Crusher, Danny Denial, P.R.O. and more. 1. Beverly Crusher - Pills 2. Danny Denial - Everything Is Terrible 3. White Mystery - Party 4. Vanna Oh! - Chaperone 5. New Track City - Pride 6. SAULT - F...

Drive Time host Kevin Cole dives into Bandcamp to bring you songs from Black artists innovating today. This mix of music discovery from all over the world will have you dancing, thinking, dreaming, and celebrating.  1. Yazmin Lacey & Congi - Follow Me 2. Jasik - Black Sands 3. R.A.P. Ferreira & Scallops Hotel - Yamships, Flaxscript 4. Kaiya Crawford - How Do I? 5. Navy Blue - Pressure...

Afternoon Show host Larry Mizell, Jr. brings a collection of new to newish music from Black artists you may not know! The taste is jazz-forward with notes of punk, hiphop and other, including Alfa Mist, Jahari Massamba Unit, Madison McFerrin and Wizard Apprentice. 1. Moses Boyd - Stranger Than Fiction 2. Alfa Mist - Run Outs 3. Gary Bartz, Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Adrian Younge - Spiritual Ideation 4...

New mix, same damn luck! Cheryl Waters is back with another selection of goodies that's bound to help you find your new musical obsession. Settle in for tracks from Sevdaliza, Anjimile, Cherry Glazerr, BIIANCO and more. 1. Sevdaliza - Wallflower 2. The Weather Station - Atlantic 3. Knox Fortune - Come Over 4. The Besnard Lakes - Our Heads, Our Hearts On Fire Again 5. Anjimile - In Your Eyes 6. Jas...

KEXP Early host Gabriel Teodros brings you an hour of new music to help calm the nerves and focus your energy in the new year. Featured artists include Navy Blue with Yasiin Bey, Ivy Sole, Native Dancer and Seba Kaapstad. 1. Navy Blue - Breathe (feat. Yasiin Bey) 2. Ivy Sole - HEAVY 3. Mumu Fresh - A Healing 4. Toni Banx - Chanel No. 5 5. Ciscero - Beautiful Mind (feat. Oddisee) 6. Seba Kaapstad -...

Join KEXP’s daytime DJ line-up, Gabriel Teodros, John Richards, Cheryl Waters, Larry Mizell, Jr. and Kevin Cole, as they reflect on the 2020 releases that got them through the year that felt like a decade. They share standout tracks from KEXP favorites like SAULT, IDLES and Deep Sea Diver, as well as gems from Sa-Roc, Arlo Parks, Bartees Strange, Nappy Nina and more. 1. Sa-Roc - The Black Re...

Morning Show host John Richards presents a mix to wake up to, to take on the day and burn brightly when it feels like the world is already on fire. 1. Jeff Tweedy - Love Is The King 2. El Perro Del Mar - Dreamers Change the World 3. Lea Porcelain - Choirs to Heaven 4. Laura Veirs - Burn Too Bright 5. Pom Poko - Like a Lady 6. Nancy - 7 Foot Tall Post-Suicidal Feel Good Blues 7. Viagra Boys - Creat...

Larry Rose kicks off 2021 on a hopeful “up”-beat note (see first song), bringing you a mix of some of his recent favorites while covering a wide variety of genres, including electro-pop, R&B, hip hop, Afro-Caribbean grooves, and melancholic guitar-pop. Featuring music from Iska Dhaaf, The Notwist, Chromatics, Ghetto Kumbé, Park Hye Jin, Oneohtrix Point Never and more. ...

For this New Year’s mix, Reverend Dollars brings the club to you. In her words, "For this podcast, I wanted to create a mix more reflective of the sets I would play at clubs and parties than what I do on the radio. Obviously, those kinds of spaces have been short on existence this year, but I really miss those type of environments. I've been able to do the occasional party mix here and there...

Sonic Reducer & Christmas day DJ Brian Foss compiles 17 tracks of non-standard holiday tunes. 2020 has been a hard year so hopefully these mostly goofy songs will bring a smile to your face. Every year there are hundreds of new Christmas songs recorded and Brian did his best to find the good ones. We have tracks from bands from Portland, the UK & beyond. 7 songs are from Seattle bands incl...

Overnight Afrobeats host Lace Cadence takes us on a journey through current African pop music, along with a bit of old-school, featuring Rema, Burna Boy, Niniola, Ras-I, Fela Kuti and many more. 1. DopeBwoy - Jamaica (feat. Yxng Bane, SRNO) 2. Rema - Iron Man 3. Buju - Lenu Remix (feat. Burna Boy) 4. Riky Rick - UNGAZINCISHI (feat. Focalistic & Tyler ICU) 5. Kabza De Small - Ndofaya (feat. Dal...

The virtual world and its computer-generated algorithms can be tiring. Cheryl Waters offers us something real, a hand-picked selection of some of her favorite new releases from MorMor, Bartees Strange, Blimes and Gab, Naked Giants and more. 1. Kevin Morby - Campfire 2. Slow Pulp - Falling Apart 3. MorMor - Don’t Cry 4. Moses Hightower - Þetta Hjarta  5. Gabriel Teodros - The World...

On December 1st, 2006, Rahwa and Asmeret Habte took over Hidmo on 20th & Jackson. In a very short amount of time, Hidmo became known as a community center cleverly disguised as an Eritrean restaurant in Seattle's Central District, and a mecca for Seattle hip-hop. The space Rahwa and Asmeret helped create along with their family and friends became a safe space for youth in the neighborhood, an...

With an introduction from friends and fellow Australians King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, this mix was curated for KEXP by the groundbreaking Indigenous, all-women Ripple Effect Band. They bring us a sampling of the music currently being made by Australia's First Nations People, specifically from the region referred to as the “Top End” in the Northern Territory. Through many languag...