KEXP Live Performances Podcast

Portland-based Blind Pilot made quite a stir with their 2008 iTunes free download of the week and their West Coast tour by bicycle. The full band bring their charming harmonies and Northwestern folk-pop blend to the KEXP studio. No, they didn't arrive ...

Put your sepia-toned glasses on for this KEXP live set folks, and take a trip back to the roots of American music with young California-based "old-time folk" musician Frank Fairfield. He joins Greg Vandy in "The Roadhouse" armed with banjo, fiddle and ...

This young West Palm Beach, Florida band made a big splash months before their debut album "Astro Coast" was even released. Surfer Blood turns a mix of power-pop, retro-garage, surf, and more into something fresh and exciting. Recorded on 12/1/2009 - 3...

It's soul. It's funk. It's garage rock. It's The Heavy. This British group pummels the KEXP airwaves with this exclusive live performance featuring tracks from their sophomore LP, "The House That Dirt Built." Recorded on 10/30/09 - 4 songs: Sixteen, Wh...

San Francisco-based Chuck Prophet returns to the KEXP studio with this smokin' hot live set of his signature bluesy, cheeky roots-rock twang featuring songs from his latest album "¡Let Freedom Ring!" and some searing guitar work. Come get burned! Reco...

With their 5th full-length record "Sing Along To Songs You Don't Know" Icelandic collective múm give their songs a lot more room to breathe while still maintaining their wonderfully dynamic blend of leftfield pop. Check some of the tracks from the rele...

From Bogota, Colombia, Bomba Estéreo drop on KEXP like an a-bomb, performing tracks from their record "Blow Up," which mixes traditional cumbia and champeta with hip-hop, Afropop, psychedelic rock and anything else that will make you groove. Recorded 1...

The Frames frontman Glen Hansard and Czech pianist and singer Markéta Irglová, a.k.a The Swell Season, perform a stripped down and intimate set of songs, mostly from their new album, "Strict Joy," along with a brand new untitled song and a cover of Tim...

Check out a fab live set of orchestral indie-pop from London's Fanfarlo recorded exclusively for KEXP at The Cutting Room studios in NYC. Features tracks from their debut LP 'Reservoir'. Recorded on 9/24/09 - 4 songs: Finish Line, I'm A Pilot, Luna, Th...

Los Angeles-based band Fool's Gold is quite a unique experience, blending a heavy dose of African music with some other rock styles. Oh, and did I mention most of the lyrics are in Hebrew? Trust me it really works - you can see for yourself with this K...

Join us for a special live performance by Icelandic instrumental post-rock band For A Minor Reflection, recorded exclusively for KEXP at RUV Radio in Reykjavík during the Iceland Airwaves Music Festival 2009. Recorded on 10/16/09 - 4 Songs: Kastljos, A...

Brooklyn, NY ambassadors of noise A Place to Bury Strangers bring their cascading sheets of distortion and feedback into the KEXP studios for this ferocious live set of shoegazerish psych-rock featuring songs from their 2nd album "Exploding Head." Rec...

Join KEXP for a special live performance with the kings of desert psych-rock Meat Puppets. Curt and Chris Kirkwood (now with Ted Marcus on drums) play tracks from their LP "Sewn Together" and throw in "one of those Nirvana songs" for good measure. Reco...

CéU once again stops by KEXP for a lovely live set. This singer-songwriter from Sao Paulo, Brazil mixes Brazilian flavor with jazz, pop and some subtle electronics. And, of course, the vocals are quite dreamy. Recorded on 7/15/09 - 4 songs: Cangote, Ma...

British singer-songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Ed Harcourt stops by KEXP with a guitar and a handful of his wonderfully varied pop tracks for a lovely acoustic live performance. Recorded on 7/10/09, 4 songs: Killed By The Morning Sun, Church Of No Re...