Live on KEXP

Seattle's Among Authors create spacious, enrapturing rock that strikes as hard in its quiet moments as it does in its most turbulent. The quartet join DJ Kevin Cole in the KEXP Live Room for a set of four songs from their self-titled debut LP. Recorded 08/24/2018. 4 songs - Noble Eyes, Radio Signals, Imitation House, LureSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Although they reunited in 2016, it took another two years for Dove, the third album from Belly, to emerge. The Tanya Donnelly-fronted band enter the KEXP Live Room with John Richards to play two Dove songs and two Belly classics. Recorded 08/13/2018. 4 songs - Human Child, Gepetto, Shiny One, Super ConnectedSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Tokyo, Japan quintet Kikagaku Moyo (English: “geometric patterns”) paint psychedelic pictures with a deft heaviness that shines through their latest album Masana Temples. Joining DJ Troy Nelson in the KEXP Live Room, the band play two songs off Masana Temples and an old favorite. Recorded 08/01/2018. 3 songs - Dripping Sun, Tree Smoke, Fluffy KosmischSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Freedom, Damon McMahon's fifth album as Amen Dunes, feels like a beautiful dream - its silvery songwriting glide across bold sonic rock landscapes. Joining Troy Nelson in the KEXP Live Room, McMahon and his band perform four songs from Freedom. Recorded 08/14/2018. 4 songs - Blue Rose, Calling Paul The Suffering, Believe, Miki DoraSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On their third album, Garbage People, Wimps remain as raucous, sardonic, and incisive as ever. In their latest trip to the KEXP Live Room, the Seattle trio join Cheryl Waters for a quintet of songs from the decidedly not-garbage LP. Recorded 08/24/2018. 5 songs - Garbage People, Quitter, O.P.P., Mope Around, InsomniaSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Spiky and smooth, the kinetic guitar playing of Bombino weaves through the buoyant rhythms that his band produces. The Tuareg guitarist returns to the KEXP Live Room for a set of four songs from his new album Deran in this session hosted by Troy Nelson. Recorded 07/21/2018. 4 songs - Chatahad, Takamba, Tehigren, AfriqueSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Razor-sharp and bristling with intent, Washington D.C.'s Flasher exude an energy that belies their relatively short lifespan as a band. The trio join John Richards in the KEXP Live Room for a session featuring songs from their debut album, Constant Image. Recorded 07/20/2018. 4 songs - Pressure, Skim Milk, Who's Got Time?, DestroySupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

DIY lifer Jeff Rosenstock has been shredding basements (and his vocal chords) for years, and his pointed, purposeful songwriting reflects the experience of a man who wants to change the world for the better one singalong at a time. Along with his band, Rosenstock joins Cheryl Waters in the KEXP Live Room for a set of three songs from his 2018 album POST- and an older gem. Recorded 08/20/2018. 4 songs - USA, Yr Throat, All This Useless Energy, The Trash The Trash The TrashSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Vivid and direct, The Make It All Show, the fifth album from the Oklahoma outfit Skating Polly, is perhaps the band's most vibrant and incisive set of songs to date. In this session, the trio play four songs from the album in the KEXP Live Room with Troy Nelson. Recorded 08/16/2018. 4 songs - Little Girl Blue and the Battle Envy, Free Will At Ease, Hollywood Factory, They're Cheap (I'm Free)Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Wand's gauzy psych-outs can range from crushing to calming but the constant in their chaos is just how fluidly they can move to strength to strength. The Los Angeles quintet join Troy Nelson in the KEXP Live Room for a massive set featuring four songs from their latest LP, Plum, and their 2018 EP, Perfume. Recorded 08/02/2018. 5 songs - High Rise, White Cat, The Gift, Bee Karma, Blue CloudSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

With their 2014 sophomore effort, Painted Shut, Hop Along went from Philadelphia's best kept secret to one of the most feverishly beloved bands on their circuit. Frances Quinlan & co.'s follow up, this year's Bark Your Head Off, Dog, is just as heartfelt and brilliant, with four of its songs on display in this session with Stevie Zoom in the KEXP Live Room. Recorded 08/13/2018. 4 songs - How Simple, Somewhere a Judge, What the Writer Meant, Prior ThingsSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Comprising some of the most vital players in the last decade of the Seattle music scene, Knife Knights' astral plane-traveling hip-hop moves with a heady momentum. Making their live debut in the KEXP Live Room with Cheryl Waters, the Ishmael Butler-fronted group perform three tracks from their debut LP, 1 Time Mirage. Recorded 07/19/2018. 3 songs - Give You Game, My Dreams Never Sleep, Seven Wheel MotionSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Phoebe Bridgers' debut LP, 2017's Stranger In The Alps, is a set of affecting, intimate songs that turned into one of the year's biggest sleeper hits. A year from its release, Bridgers and her band remain the vital engine behind the Los Angeles' songwriter's work in this session with Hans in the KEXP Live Room. Recorded 07/13/2018. 4 songs - Smoke Signals, Motion Sickness, Waiting Room, Scott StreetSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Six albums into the band's discography, Wye Oak's Andy Stack and Jenn Wasner continue to experiment with both their electronic and rock tendencies, resulting in this year's finessed The Louder I Call, The Faster It Runs. The Baltimore-founded band join Cheryl Waters in the KEXP Live Room for a session of four new songs. Recorded 07/16/2018. 4 songs - Lifer, It Was Not Natural, You of All People, The Louder I Call, The Faster It RunsSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Magic Gone, Kiley Lotz's second full-length as Petal is a massive leap forward for the Scranton songwriter. Written both before and after a turbulent time in Lotz's life, this session with Troy Nelson highlights four songs capturing the struggle and the triumph that Lotz experienced in 2017. Recorded 07/02/2018. 4 songs - Tightrope, Shine, Shy, Magic GoneSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Shane Butler and Caity Shaffer's collaboration as Olden Yolk is full of shimmering, crisp songs that reflect with a little bit of psychedelic shine. The NYC group make their debut in the KEXP Live Room with Cheryl Waters and perform four songs from their self-titled debut. Recorded 06/19/2018. 4 songs - Cut to the Quick, Vital Sign, After Us, Takes One To Know OneSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

How To Socialise & Make Friends, the brilliant sophomore album from Camp Cope, finds Georgia McDonald and co.'s sharp, incisive songs hit harder and with more aplomb than on their debut. Joining Cheryl Waters in the KEXP Live Room, the Melbourne trio perform four songs from one of the year's finest rock albums. Recorded 07/02/2018. 4 songs - UFO Lighter, How To Socialise & Make Friends, The Face of God, The OpenerSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Chicago indie rock greats The Sea And Cake have had a career with a consistency that few other groups rival, as their stellar eleventh album Any Day shows. Sam Prekop and co. join Troy Nelson in the KEXP Live Room for a session of four Any Day songs. Recorded 06/09/2018. 4 songs - Circle, Day Moon, Any Day, These Falling ArmsSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Issaquah, Washington's Whitney Ballen writes quietly disarming songs that twist and crush with each new verse. Ahead of the release of her debut album, You're A Shooting Star, I'm A Sinking Ship, Ballen and her band join DJ Sharlese on Audioasis for a performance of four tracks from the record. Recorded 07/24/2018. 4 songs - Everything, Go, Rainier, Black CloudSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Zola Jesus has performed live on KEXP a number of times, and each time, she's a tour de force of vocal and physical energy, often roaming the room with the same unbridled energy she brings to her shows. Joining Kevin Cole on the Afternoon Show, Zola performs six fantastic songs live from Little London Plane during the Upstream Music Festival. Recorded 06/01/2018. 6 songs - Veka, Soak, Witness, Siphon, Bound, RemainsSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Horrors' fifth LP, the aptly-titled V, is among their most immediate and bracing work. Channeling a more muscular and dynamic style of their gauzy haze, the English quartet join Cheryl Waters in the KEXP Live Room for a set of four new songs. Recorded 06/27/2018. 4 songs - Machine, Weighed Down, Ghost, Something To Remember Me BySupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Josiah Wise's music as serpentwithfeet is rapturous and revelatory, often conjuring considerable emotional heft with the quietest sounds. Performing four tracks off his debut album, soil, Wise joins Cheryl Waters in the KEXP Live Room. Recorded 06/22/2018. 4 songs - bless ur heart, messy, mourning song, waftSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Emerging with a wave of buzz in 2016, Middle Kids took their time working on their debut album, this year's Lost Friends, and the result is some of the year's most affecting rock songs. The Sydney trio join Cheryl Waters in the KEXP Live Room for a set of four Lost Friends tracks. Recorded 06/29/2018. 4 songs - Bought It, Mistake, Don't Be Hiding, On My KneesSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sweet To Me, the Seattle artist JusMoni's latest project, is a thrilling, aqueous set of groove-inflected music, vibrant and beguiling at every turn. Joining DJ Sharlese in the KEXP Live Room, JusMoni (with DJ Stas THEE Boss) performs new music from Sweet To Me. Recorded 05/11/2018. 4 songs - Sweet To Me (Interlude) / 80 MPH, Linked In, Second BestSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As sharp as ever going into their sixteenth year, the British post-punk outfit Editors' sixth studio album, Violence, finds them channeling a stark, angular darkness with magnetic aplomb. The quintet perform four Violence tracks in the KEXP Live Room with DJ Troy Nelson. Recorded 05/07/2018. 4 songs - Magazine, Darkness At The Door, Nothingness, Hallelujah (So Low)Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Preoccupations' dark energy belies a desire to rise above their struggles, and on their latest album, New Material, they remain as sharp and determined as ever. Joining Stevie Zoom in the KEXP Live Room, the Calgary outfit perform four songs from New Material Recorded 05/11/2018. 4 songs - Disarray, Solace, Zodiac, DecomposeSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The spaced-out, desert-breathing songs on Loma's self-titled debut showcase a band whose strength lies in capturing a shadowy mystique. Playing songs from their debut, Jonathan Meiburg, Emily Cross, and Dan Duszynski join Cheryl Waters in the KEXP Live Room for this session on the Midday Show. Recorded 4/16/2018. 4 songs - Who Is Speaking?, Dark Oscillations, White Glass, Relay RunnerSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Not many artists - if any - besides Hot Snakes can say they've blown the power during a KEXP session and the ferocious energy that both powers their latest album, Jericho Sirens, and and overloads the power infrastructure of Little London Plane is on full display in this session live with DJ Evie from the Upstream Music Fest and Summit. Recorded 06/02/2018. 5 songs - Why Don't It Sink In?, Six Wave Hold-Down, Death Doula, I Need A Doctor, Having Another?Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The sun-soaked punk of Hinds has only gotten sharper since their 2016 debut, and their garage-baked rock sounds more thrilling than ever in this session with Cheryl Waters in the KEXP Live Room highlighting 4 songs from their sophomore effort, I Don't Run. Cheryl Recorded 5/22/2018. 4 songs - The Club, Soberland, Linda, New For YouSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Con Todo El Mundo, Khruangbin's dazzling second album of psychedelic grooves, has emerged as one of 2018's sleeper hits and on their debut session on KEXP, it's easy to see why so many listeners have dived into the Texas trio's cosmic rhythm. Joining Cheryl Waters in the KEXP Live Room, the band perform four tracks from Con Todo El Mundo. Recorded 4/27/2018. 4 songs - Maria Tambien, August 10, Lady and Man, Evan Finds The Third RoomSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bursting with raucous energy, the Toronto outfit led by Melanie St. Pierre and Neil Bednis bring the fiery tunes from their debut album Mercy Works to life in this session on the Morning Show with John Richards. Recorded 4/27/2018. 4 songs - The Science of Dichotomies, Primeval, Colour of the Outside, Lingua FrancaSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Before the recording of their latest LP, Floating Features, La Luz packed up from Seattle and moved to Los Angeles. That city's vivid warmth and never-ending rush was baked into the group's newest batch of songs, highlighted in this session in the KEXP Live Room with Cheryl Waters. Recorded 5/7/2018. 4 songs - Cicada, Mean Dream, Floating Feature, California FinallySupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It might have been a five-year gap between solo records, but Dessa stayed plenty busy during that time, both in her various writing endeavors and her output with, among other collaborations, the Minnesota hip-hop collective Doomtree. The Minneapolis musician-writer-poet drops by the Afternoon Show with Kevin Cole for a chat and a blistering set of four Chime songs. Recorded 04/27/2018. 4 songs - Fire Drills, Velodrome, Half of You, 5 Out Of 6Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hiss Spun, the fifth album from Chelsea Wolfe, was written as a “personal exorcism” from the events of the prior few years in the California musician's past. Filled with a cataclysmic fury, Wolfe and her band join DJ Abbie in the KEXP Live Room for a session of four howling Hiss Spun tracks. Recorded 05/05/2018. 4 songs - The Culling, Vex, 16 Psyche, SpunSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

To celebrate the release of longtime Morning Show favorite Damien Jurado's thirteenth album, The Horizon Just Laughed, John Richards sat down with Jurado with a live audience in the KEXP Live Room for an extended chat about the album - played here in its entirety, including three live songs. Recorded 05/04/2018. 11 songs - Allocate, Dear Thomas Wolfe, Percy Faith, Over Rainbows And Rainier, The Last Great Washington State, Cindy Lee, 1973, Marvin Kaplan, Lou-Jean, Florence-Jean, Random FearlessSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Five albums into their career, Brighton's The Go! Team remain as vibrant and hard to pin down as ever. Ninja and co.'s kaleidoscopic fifth album, Kaleidoscope, weaves hip-hop beats, vivid horns, and a kinetic energy that shines through in this performance in the KEXP Gathering Space. Recorded 03/30/2018. 4 songs - Mayday, Chain Link Fence, Everyone's A V.I.P. To Someone, All The Way LiveSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Durand Jones and The Indications' earliest beginnings showed a band with a ragged passion for playing soul music, and with a debut album under their belt and plenty of road-tested performance experience, they're still the same hungry band. Joining Cheryl Waters in the KEXP live room, the band discuss their formation and perform four songs from their debut album. Recorded 04/03/2018. 4 songs - Can't Keep My Cool, Make A Change, Is It Any Wonder, SmileSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Seattle folk rock band's latest LP still brims with rootsy splendor, but The Moondoggies' latest LP, A Love Sleeps Deep, also has a frustrated bite previously unseen in the band's lyrics. Kevin Murphy and co. join Cheryl Waters in the KEXP Live Room for four songs from A Love Sleeps Deep and a conversation about the record's origins. Recorded 04/13/2018. 4 songs - Easy Coming, Underground (A Love Sleeps Deep), Sick In Bed, Cinders/MatchSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Performing one of their most beloved albums in what might be the longest session in the KEXP Live Room to date, Nada Surf run through their 2002 opus Let Go with DJ Morgan, including Nada Surf classics like Happy Kid, The Way You Wear Your Head, and Paper Boats. Recorded 05/09/2018. 12 songs - Blizzard of '77, Happy Kid, Inside of Love, Fruit Fly, Blonde on Blonde, Hi-Speed Soul, Killian's Red, The Way You Wear Your Head, Neither Heaven Nor Space, Là pour ça, Treading Water, Paper BoatsSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

There's a precision to the songwriting of Soccer Mommy's Sophie Allison - her songs are vivid, moving snapshots executed with silvery guitar licks and deceptively brilliant choruses. Joining Cheryl Waters in the KEXP Live Room, Allison and her bandmates perform four songs off her studio debut LP, Clean. Recorded 04/05/2018. 4 songs - Your Dog, Flaw, Cool, Scorpio RisingSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Superorganism's brilliantly colored songs sound like the pieces of a clockwork pop song executed by a Rube Goldberg machine - it's intricate, fascinating, and loads of fun. The band perform three songs from their self-titled debut in this session with Cheryl Waters. Recorded 03/23/2018. 3 songs - It's All Good, Everybody Wants To Be Famous, Something For Your M.I.N.D. Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The members of the long-running Boston outfit Buffalo Tom may have aged, but their melodic scratch still channels a vintage passion. Bill Janovitz and co. step into the KEXP Live Room with John Richards to discuss their children not noticing when they go on tour and perform a set of Buffalo Tom songs old and new. Recorded 03/01/2018. 5 songs - All Be Gone, Taillights Fade, Kitchen Door, I'm Allowed, The Least That We Can DoSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mint Field's debut album, Pasar De Las Luces, found sisters Amor Amezcua and Estrella Sánchez spending two years crafting its beautiful, gauzy shoegaze tones, and in their debut appearance in the KEXP Live Room, the Tijuana, Mexico group's shimmering tones echo with an aqueous glow. Joining DJ Chilly, the group perform four songs from the album and discuss the process of making the record. Recorded 03/25/2018. 4 songs - Quiero Otoño De Nuevo, Cambios Del Pasar, Ojos En El Carro, Boötes VoidSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Starting a new chapter in her career, Lee Ann Womack's The Lonely, The Lonesome, & the Gone is a stunning slice of rich country that underscores her status as one of the finest singers East Texas has produced. Joining Don Slack in the KEXP Live Room, Womack and her band run through four songs and discuss returning to country clubs and the value of making records at a slow pace. Recorded 03/08/2018. 4 songs - Someone Else's Heartache, Mama Lost Her Smile, Hollywood, All The TroubleSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Brandi Carlile's seventh LP, By The Way, I Forgive You, is among her most intense recordings, but it also contains some of her most affecting songs, centering in on family dynamics, turbulent times, and addiction. Joining Kevin Cole in the KEXP Live room, Carlile and longtime collaborators Tim & Phil Hanseroth perform four songs from the new album. Recorded 02/27/2018. 4 songs - Most of All, The Joke, The Mother, Whatever You Do, The Times They Are A Changin'Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Twenty years into their existence, Antibalas is still a vessel for beautiful grooves and vibrant sounds, and to quote the band, a sanctuary for listeners. Performing songs from Where The Gods Are In Peace, the Brooklyn outfit join DJ Miss Ashley in the KEXP Live Room for some music and a discussion on creating music that serves as a healing space and a tool to change society. Recorded 03/16/2018. 3 songs - Tombstone Pt. 1, Hook & Crook, Gold RushSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What A Time To Be Alive, the latest album from independent stalwarts Superchunk, is easily the band's most politically-charged work, so it's no surprise it ranks among their most furious. Joining Cheryl Waters in the Live Room, Mac McCaughan and co. rip through three tunes reflecting on tumultuous times and a Superchunk classic. Recorded 02/27/2018. 4 songs - Break The Glass, Lost My Brain, What A Time To Be Alive, Throwing ThingsSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

"All the way from Seattle, Tacoma, and the Pacific Northwest,” is how DJ Troy Nelson cleverly introduces Unlikely Friends, the group of PNW musicians featuring members of Math & Physics Club and BOAT whose glimmering, powerful rock outshines the KEXP Live Room's ample lighting. The group join Nelson for this session featuring five songs from their latest LP, Crooked Numbers.. Recorded 02/08/2018. 5 songs - The Strangest Kind, Broken Again, Kool-Aid Smell, Fifteen Rounds, 39 StepsSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Losing, Bully's second full-length album, is more ragged and furious than its predecessor, but the heart of the band - Alicia Bognanno's reflective lyrics and fiery howl - remain front and center despite the increase in intensity. Joining Cheryl Waters in the KEXP Live Room, the band perform four Losing songs that sound best turned up. Recorded 02/27/2018. 4 songs - Either Way, Feel The Same, Guess There, RunningSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

While the sometimes New Pornographer is always steady for a clever pop tune or two on that group's records, Dan Bejar's primary project remains excitingly difficult to pin down. On Destoyer's latest album, ken, Bejar's synth-soaked set of songs is full of side-eyed bewilderment and cutting turns of phrase, all of which is on display in this session with DJ Cheryl Waters in the KEXP Live Room. Recorded 02/08/2018. 4 songs - Stay Lost, Tinseltown Swimming In Blood, Saw You At The Hospital, Sky's GreySupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.