Maajo - Esukey (feat. Ismaila Sané)
Maajo - "Esukey (feat. Ismaila Sané)" from the 2020 album Kuru Kuru on Queen Nanny. Though hailing from Tampere, Finland, Maajo find influence in traditional African music, combining it with modern el...
3 Aug 20205min
Black Ends - Monday Mourning
Black Ends - "Monday Mourning" from the 2020 self-released Stay Evil EP. With today's Song of the Day, Seattle's Black Ends contend with acceptance against a grunge-y backdrop. Frontperson Nicolle Swi...
31 Jul 20204min
Braids - Snow Angel
Braids - "Snow Angel" from the 2020 album Shadow Offering on Secret City Records. Today's Song of the Day was written by Montreal-based band Braids in the wake of the 2016 election, "as our collectiv...
30 Jul 20209min
Chong the Nomad - Take Two (feat. Hollis)
Chong the Nomad - "Take Two" (feat. Hollis), a 2020 self-released single. Seattle-based artist Chong the Nomad (real name: Alda Agustiano) returns this summer with the soulful jam "Take Two," a collab...
29 Jul 20203min
Nick Hakim - QADIR
Nick Hakim - "QADIR" from the 2020 album WILL THIS MAKE ME GOOD on ATO Records. On today's KEXP Song of the Day, New York-based artist Nick Hakim shares a deeply personal tribute to his childhood frie...
28 Jul 20207min
King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard - Honey
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - "Honey," a 2020 single on Flightless Records. Earlier this month, Australian psych-rock royalty King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard shared their first new material of 2...
27 Jul 20204min
Eggshells - Unknown
Eggshells - "Unknown," a 2020 self-released single. Seattle trio Eggshells brings together the talents of the Verdoes siblings (Peter of In Praise of Folly, Can the Boy Tell Time, and Benjamin of Iska...
24 Jul 20203min
The Jayhawks - This Forgotten Town
The Jayhawks - “This Forgotten Town” from the 2020 album XOXO on Sham/Thirty Tigers. On their 11th LP, the members of long-running Americana band The Jayhawks all share songwriting duties for the firs...
23 Jul 20203min
