Song of the Day

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KEXP's Song of the Day podcast features exclusive in-studio performances, unreleased songs, and recordings from independent musicians that KEXP thinks listeners should hear along with songs from more well-known artists.

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Mia Day - Rosie

07.30.2021

Mia Day - "Rosie," a 2021 self-released single. A self-described "groovy, fairy, cowgirl witch," Seattle singer/songwriter Mia Day recorded today's featured track in a barn outside of Seattle, with some of her closest friends. "It's a reverse perspective song that ...

Song of the Day episodes:

07.30.2021 Mia Day - Rosie Mia Day - "Rosie," a 2021 self-released single. A self-described "groovy, fairy, cowgirl witch," Seattle singer/songwriter Mia Day recorded today's featured track in a barn outside of Seattle, with some of her closest friends. "It's a reverse perspective song that ...
07.29.2021 The Suburbs - Summertime The Suburbs - "Summertime" from the 2021 album Poet’s Party on Suburbs Music. The Suburbs have been crafting their unique brand of pop-punk joy since 1977. They've been credited as one of the godfathers of the "Minneapolis Sound,” a scene ...
07.28.2021 The Vega Bodegas - All My Fish Are Dead The Vega Bodegas - "All My Fish Are Dead," a 2021 self-released single. Cardiff post-punk band The Vega Bodegas is led by Jimmy Watkins, formerly of Future Of The Left and Strange News From Another Star. They've been laying low ...
07.27.2021 Polar Noir - If Everybody Listened Polar Noir - "If Everybody Listened," a 2021 single on Polarness. June 8th marked World Oceans Day, a day designated to "inform the public of the impact of human actions on the ocean." German radio show host Sandra Gern seized ...
07.26.2021 Chicano Batman - Pastel Sunrise Chicano Batman - "Pastel Sunrise," a 2021 single on ATO. Psych/funk/soul band Chicano Batman return with a new single, featuring the powerful track "Dark Star" on the A-Side, and today's Song of the Day on the B-Side. It's the L.A. ...
07.23.2021 Hallows - All That Is True Dies Hallows - "All That Is True Dies" from the 2021 album All That Is True on Cold Transmission Music. Formed in Minneapolis in 2018, and now based in Seattle, darkwave duo HALLOWS incorporate post-punk influences into their atmospheric synthpop on ...
07.22.2021 Yves Tumor - Jackie Yves Tumor - "Jackie," a 2021 single on Warp. Enigmatic, experimental artist Yves Tumor returns with their new single "Jackie," a fierce glam-rock stomp with squalling guitars and an '80s dance beat. It's their first new solo work since their ...
07.21.2021 Ric Wilson - Fight Like Ida B & Marsha P Ric Wilson - "Fight Like Ida B & Marsha P," a 2020 single on Free Disco / EMPIRE. On his latest single, released days before Juneteenth 2020, Chicago rapper Ric Wilson pays tribute to civil rights leader Ida B. Wells ...
07.20.2021 Pixel Grip - Pursuit Pixel Grip - "Pursuit," a 2021 single on Feeltrip Records. Chicago darkwave trio Pixel Grip return with their sophomore full-length ARENA, a soundtrack for the misfits out there. “Being in an audience of freaks, queers, fetish people, all in the ...
07.19.2021 Emma-Jean Thackray - Say Something Emma-Jean Thackray - "Say Something," a 2021 single on Movementt. An active artist and producer in South London’s nu-jazz scene, multi-instrumentalist Emma-Jean Thackray has just shared her latest LP Yellow on July 2nd via her own Movementt imprint. “It’s a ...
07.16.2021 Ya Tseen - Knives (feat. Portugal. The Man) Ya Tseen - "Knives (feat. Portugal. The Man)" from the 2021 album Indian Yard on Sub Pop. Originally from Sheet’ka (Sitka, Alaska), artist Nicholas Galanin brings the influence of his Tlingit and Unangax̂ heritage to his spacey dance pop. Under ...
07.15.2021 The Joy Formidable - Into the Blue The Joy Formidable - "Into the Blue" from the 2021 album Into The Blue on Enci Records. Welsh band The Joy Formidable return with their first new music in three years. Today's Song of the Day is the title track ...
07.14.2021 Glüme - The Internet Glüme - "The Internet" from the 2021 album The Internet on Italians Do It Better. When Glüme first heard the Chromatics come up on Spotify Shuffle, she knew that frontman Johnny Jewel was her sonic soulmate. It was destiny that ...
07.13.2021 Lightning Bug - The Right Thing Is Hard To Do Lightning Bug - "The Right Thing Is Hard To Do" from the 2021 album A Color of the Sky on Fat Possum Records. On today's Song of the Day, Audrey Kang — lead vocalist for shoegaze sensations Lightning Bug — ...
07.12.2021 Mochipet - Godzilla League of Legends Mochipet - "Godzilla League of Legends" from the 2021 self-released album Godzilla Resurgence. David Wang has long had an obsession with dinosaurs, from wearing a purple costume of the prehistoric creatures in his musical alias of Mochipet, to the recent ...
07.09.2021 Hollis - Grace Lee Hollis - "Grace Lee," a 2021 self-released single. Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
07.08.2021 Essam - Free Palestine Essam - "Free Palestine," a 2021 self-released single. South Seattle-based rapper/poet and community organizer Essam wrote his first rap at the age of eight. “I wrote a personal narrative essay – it was the first time it wasn’t research – ...
07.07.2021 Little Simz - Woman (feat. Cleo Sol) Little Simz - "Woman (feat. Cleo Sol)," a 2021 single on AGE 101 MUSIC / AWAL. U.K. rapper Little Simz returns with her fourth full-length this fall, the relatably-titled Sometimes I Might Be Introvert, out September 3rd. In a press ...
07.06.2021 Mara TK - Grew Up Inna Chaos (feat. 2MY) Mara TK - "Grew Up Inna Chaos (feat. 2MY)" from the 2021 album Bad Meditation on Extra Soul Perception. Scottish-Māori artist Mara TK has lent his velvety vocals to neo-soul trio Electric Wire Hustle for years, and with his deeply ...
07.05.2021 Children of Zeus - No Love Song Children of Zeus - "No Love Song" from the 2021 album Balance on First Word Records. Manchester duo Children Of Zeus return with their first new music in three years, since the release of their acclaimed debut Travel Light. Today's ...
07.02.2021 Shine - Stare Into The Sun Seattle shoegaze band Shine combines the talents of band members from Regional Justice Center and Seattle’s New Gods. This new project, they say, "channels the noise and driving aggression of these bands, but through a more playful, Britpop-tinged lens." Support ...
07.01.2021 Cold Cave - Psalm 23 Darkwave duo Cold Cave deliver their distinctive synth-driven psychedelic sound on their latest EP, Fate In Seven Lessons. Today's Song of the Day finds the long-running project of Wesley Eisold drawing influence from their former tour mates The Jesus and ...
06.30.2021 Yola - Stand For Myself With her sophomore LP Stand For Myself, Grammy-nominated artist Yola reclaims her crown as the self-described "queen of country soul." She teams up again with producer Dan Auerbach in his studio and on his record label, both named Easy Eye ...
06.29.2021 Quivers - Hold You Back On their new album Golden Doubt, Melbourne-via-Tasmanian quartet Quivers honor their resilience. Vocalist Sam Nicholson breaks down the LP title. “Golden, because musically we daydream with the guitars of Teenage Fanclub and The Cure, the singing of The Roches’ sisters, ...
06.28.2021 José González - Head On After six years, Swedish singer-songwriter José González will return with his new album Local Valley, recorded in his home studio outside Gothenburg during quarantine. On today's Song of the Day, González taps into his hardcore past from the '90s. "I ...
06.25.2021 Sleater-Kinney - Worry With You Sleater-Kinney - "Worry With You" from the 2021 album Path of Wellness on Mom + Pop. Iconic Northwest duo Sleater-Kinney returned with the album Path of Wellness earlier this month, their tenth album overall, but their first that they've produced ...
06.24.2021 Elohim - Strut (feat. Big Freedia) Elohim - "Strut (feat. Big Freedia)," a 2021 self-released single. Los Angeles-based producer Elohim has spoken publicly in the past about her struggles with anxiety. On today's Song of the Day, she encourages herself and others to confront those feelings, ...
06.23.2021 Mykki Blanco - Free Ride Mykki Blanco - "Free Ride," a 2021 self-released single. Innovative rapper Mykki Blanco returned last week with the EP Broken Hearts & Beauty Sleep, their first new release in five years and their first for Transgressive Records. On today's Song ...
06.22.2021 MAN ON MAN - It’s So Fun (To Be Gay) MAN ON MAN - "It's So Fun (To Be Gay)" from the 2021 album MAN ON MAN on Polyvinyl. While others were baking banana bread or binging shows on Netflix, Faith No More keyboardist Roddy Bottum and his boyfriend Joey ...
06.21.2021 Fred again.. & The Blessed Madonna - Marea (We’ve Lost Dancing) Fred again.. & The Blessed Madonna - “Marea (We’ve Lost Dancing)” from the 2021 album Actual Life (April 14 - December 17 2020) on Atlantic. When the clubs shut down during the pandemic, London producer Fred again.. wrote today's Song ...
06.18.2021 Shabazz Palaces - 20 Gear Science Shabazz Palaces - "20 Gear Science," a 2021 self-released single. Seattle's Shabazz Palaces share "20 Gear Science," the first single from their forthcoming LP The Lost Vibes Of Shabazz: The Skrilla Scrolls, a collection of rarities and previously unreleased songs. ...
06.17.2021 DAM - Hada yid'ie sitna DAM - "Hada Yid’ie Sitna" from the 2019 album Ben Haana Wa Maana on Cooking Vinyl. Formed in the late '90s, DAM have been called "the first Palestinian hip hop crew and among the first to rap in Arabic." Since ...
06.16.2021 Thee Sacred Souls - Give Us Justice Thee Sacred Souls - "Give Us Justice," a 2020 single on Daptone Records. With today's Song of the Day, San Diego-based trio Thee Sacred Souls reflect on the deaths of George Floyd and Ahmaud Arbery, singing "there'll be no peace ...
06.15.2021 Al-Bara'em - Ishraq Al-Bara’em - "Ishraq" from the 2021 Al-Bara'em EP on SMNTCS. A few years ago, Houston-based music journalist Sama'an Ashrawi found out a surprising fact about his Dad: back in the 1960s-'70s, his father and all but one of his aunts ...
06.14.2021 Mndsgn - Hope You're Doin' Better Mndsgn - "Hope You’re Doin’ Better," a 2021 single on Stones Throw Records. On his latest LP Rare Pleasure, L.A.-based producer Mndsgn (real name: Ringgo Ancheta) finds influence in the soundtracks of the '70s and '80s, stating the repetitions "echo ...
06.11.2021 Damien Jurado - Tom Damien Jurado - "Tom" from the 2021 album The Monster Who Hated Pennsylvania on Field Painting Music. On his 17th album, The Monster Who Hated Pennsylvania, Seattle singer/songwriter Damien Jurado introduces the listener to ten stories filled with characters confronting ...
06.10.2021 Yee Loi - Be Like Johnny Yee Loi - "Be Like Johnny" from the 2021 self-released album No One Eats For Free. Taking their name from the Cantonese translation of "two girls," Yee Loi is just that: two sisters from Liverpool, England. Guitarist/bassist Rose is 13-years-old, ...
06.09.2021 Split Single - (Nothing You Can Do) To End This Love Split Single - "(Nothing You Can Do) To End This Love" from the 2021 album Amplificado on Inside Outside Records. Jason Narducy can often be found playing bass for Superchunk and Bob Mould’s band; on his own, the Chicago-based musician ...
06.08.2021 SPELLLING - Boys at School SPELLLING - "Boys at School" from the 2021 album The Turning Wheel on Sacred Bones. Bay Area-based artist Chrystia Cabral, who records as SPELLLING, returns with her third full-length, The Turning Wheel, out June 25th via Sacred Bones. In a ...
06.07.2021 Nasimiyu - Watercolor Nasimiyu - "Watercolor" from the 2021 album P O T I O N S on Figureight. Brooklyn-based musician and dancer Nasimyu Murumba (who records as nasimiYu) returns with P O T I O N S, her first new solo album ...
06.04.2021 Enumclaw - Free Drop Billy Enumclaw - "Free Drop Billy" from the 2021 album Jimbo Demo on Youth Riot. On their debut EP Jimbo Demo, Tacoma-based quartet Enumclaw channel the '90s Northwest sound, with lyrics addressing growing up and finding your place in the world. ...
06.03.2021 Curtis Harding - Hopeful Curtis Harding - "Hopeful," a 2021 single on Anti-. Atlanta-based singer/songwriter Curtis Harding returns with his first new music in three years with a powerful anthem for these times. “I wrote [“Hopeful”] some time ago but in theory it goes ...
06.02.2021 Ambar Lucid - Get Lost in the Music Ambar Lucid - "Get Lost in the Music," a 2021 single on 300 Entertainment. Dominican/Mexican artist Ambar Lucid exhibits a worldliness beyond her 20 years of age with her latest single “Get Lost in the Music,” the title track from ...
06.01.2021 Faye Webster - Cheers Faye Webster - "Cheers" from the 2021 album I Know I'm Funny haha on Secretly Canadian. With today's Song of the Day, Atlanta-based singer/songwriter Faye Webster says she finally gets to feel "like a badass for once.” “This song has ...
05.31.2021 TORRES - Don't Go Puttin Wishes in My Head TORRES - "Don't Go Puttin Wishes in My Head" from the 2021 album Thirstier on Merge Records. On her forthcoming full-length, Thirstier, TORRES (real name: Mackenzie Scott) exudes a newfound happiness. “I’ve been conjuring this deep, deep joy that I ...
05.28.2021 Pronoun - I WANNA DIE BUT I CAN’T (CUZ I GOTTA KEEP LIVING) Pronoun - "I WANNA DIE BUT I CAN’T (CUZ I GOTTA KEEP LIVING)" from the 2021 OMG I MADE IT EP on Wax Bodega. Brooklyn bedroom pop artist Alyse Vellturo (who records as Pronoun) follows her 2019 lowercase'd debut album, ...
05.27.2021 Gary Louris - Almost Home Gary Louris - "Almost Home" from the 2021 album Jump For Joy on Sham/Thirty Tigers. It's been a while since Gary Louris has released a solo album, but The Jayhawks frontman returns on June 4th with the full-length Jump For ...
05.26.2021 A Place to Bury Strangers - End of the Night A Place to Bury Strangers - "End of the Night" from the 2021 Hologram EP on Dedstrange. Long-running Brooklyn-based psych-rock band A Place To Bury Strangers return this summer with the new EP, Hologram, and a new line-up. Frontman and ...
05.25.2021 Sofia Kourtesis - Dear George Sofia Kourtesis - "Dear George," a 2020 self-released single. Today's Song of the Day was chosen in honor of It's Still Going on Day, recognizing the one year anniversary of the murder of George Floyd, playing songs of hope, justice, ...
05.24.2021 Bachelor - Stay in the Car Bachelor - "Stay in the Car" from the 2021 album Doomin' Sun on Polyvinyl. Bachelor — the new project from friends Jay Som (Melina Duterte) and Palehound (Ellen Kempner) — will release their debut album this Friday, titled Doomin’ Sun. ...

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Song of the Day episodes:

Mia Day - Rosie

The Suburbs - Summertime

The Vega Bodegas - All My Fish Are Dead

Polar Noir - If Everybody Listened

Chicano Batman - Pastel Sunrise

Hallows - All That Is True Dies

Yves Tumor - Jackie

Ric Wilson - Fight Like Ida B & Marsha P

Pixel Grip - Pursuit

Emma-Jean Thackray - Say Something

Ya Tseen - Knives (feat. Portugal. The Man)

The Joy Formidable - Into the Blue

Glüme - The Internet

Lightning Bug - The Right Thing Is Hard To Do

Mochipet - Godzilla League of Legends

Hollis - Grace Lee

Essam - Free Palestine

Little Simz - Woman (feat. Cleo Sol)

Mara TK - Grew Up Inna Chaos (feat. 2MY)

Children of Zeus - No Love Song

Shine - Stare Into The Sun

Cold Cave - Psalm 23

Yola - Stand For Myself

Quivers - Hold You Back

José González - Head On

Sleater-Kinney - Worry With You

Elohim - Strut (feat. Big Freedia)

Mykki Blanco - Free Ride

MAN ON MAN - It’s So Fun (To Be Gay)

Fred again.. & The Blessed Madonna - Marea (We’ve Lost Dancing)

Shabazz Palaces - 20 Gear Science

DAM - Hada yid'ie sitna

Thee Sacred Souls - Give Us Justice

Al-Bara'em - Ishraq

Mndsgn - Hope You're Doin' Better

Damien Jurado - Tom

Yee Loi - Be Like Johnny

Split Single - (Nothing You Can Do) To End This Love

SPELLLING - Boys at School

Nasimiyu - Watercolor

Enumclaw - Free Drop Billy

Curtis Harding - Hopeful

Ambar Lucid - Get Lost in the Music

Faye Webster - Cheers

TORRES - Don't Go Puttin Wishes in My Head

Pronoun - I WANNA DIE BUT I CAN’T (CUZ I GOTTA KEEP LIVING)

Gary Louris - Almost Home

A Place to Bury Strangers - End of the Night

Sofia Kourtesis - Dear George

Bachelor - Stay in the Car

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