Song of the Day

By KEXP

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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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King Khazm - "Superpowerz (feat. Kane Smego & Jessica Care Moore)" from the 2021 album Pangea: Hip Hop Heals on MADK Productions. King Khazm has a long history as an emcee, artist, and community organizer in Seattle's underground hip-hop scene, ...

Song of the Day episodes:

12.22.2020 Kelly Finnigan - Santa's Watching You Kelly Finnigan - "Santa's Watching You" from the 2020 album A Joyful Sound on Colemine Records. This week, we are featuring Christmas-themed songs selected byBrian Foss, one of the hosts of KEXPs punk showSonic Reducer, lover of off-brand holiday tunes, ...
12.21.2020 Michael M - Humans Are Not Worth Saving (Merry Christmas) Michael M - "Humans Are Not Worth Saving (Merry Christmas)" from the 2020 self-released album A Digital Christmas Gift For You. This week, we are featuring Christmas-themed songs selected byBrian Foss, one of the hosts of KEXPs punk showSonic Reducer, ...
12.18.2020 Draze - The Main Thing Draze - "The Main Thing," a 2020 self-released single. Earlier this year, attorney, CNN political commentator, and activist Angela Rye launched a new series for TIDAL titled The Main Thing, where Rye sits down with "high-profile celebrities, entertainers, history makers, ...
12.17.2020 Mystic - We Are the People (All Around the World) Mystic - "We Are The People (All Around The World)," a 2020 single on Beautifull Soundworks. Bay Area-based hip-hop artist Mystic (real name: Mandolyn Wind Ludlum) is a veteran of the scene, from participating in rap battles in the early ...
12.16.2020 Astu - Source of Her (feat. Salami Rose Joe Louis) Astu - "Source of Her (feat. Salami Rose Joe Louis)" from the 2020 album ALTARS on Boyish Records. On her debut full-length ALTARS, Eritrean-American artist ASTU combines soul and synth-pop to craft her confident and thought-provoking grooves. Astu now resides ...
12.15.2020 Ivy Sole - BITTERSWEET Ivy Sole - "BITTERSWEET" from the 2020 album SOUTHPAW on Les Fleurs Records. Ivy Sole wasn't even sure she wanted to release a new album this year, but thankfully, she did, with her brand new release SOUTHPAW. "Me and my ...
12.14.2020 Ego Ella May - Girls Don't Always Sing About Boys Ego Ella May - "Girls Don't Always Sing About Boys" from the 2020 album Honey For Wounds on UpperRoom Records. On her debut album Honey For Wounds, South London-based artist Ego Ella May provides sweet relief from troubling times with ...
12.11.2020 Byland - Mine Byland - "Mine" from the 2020 self-released album Gray. For her latest LP Gray, Albuquerque-based artist Alie Renee Byland (who records under the name Byland) immersed herself in the Seattle music scene, collaborating with producer and multi-instrumentalist Nathan Yaccino (known ...
12.10.2020 The Weather Station - Tried To Tell You The Weather Station - "Tried To Tell You" from the 2020 album Ignorance on Fat Possum. The Weather Station (a project of Toronto-based artist Tamara Linderman) returns early next year with her fifth full-length, titled Ignorance, out February 5, 2021 ...
12.09.2020 GDRN - Vorið GDRN - "Vorið" from the 2020 album GDRN on Les Freres Stefson. When GDRN (real name: Guðrún Ýr Eyfjörð Jóhannesdóttir) played KEXP Iceland Airwaves broadcast last year, she had just swept the Iceland Music Awards with her debut Hvað Ef, ...
12.08.2020 Molchat Doma - Discoteque / Дискотека Molchat Doma - "Discoteque" from the 2020 album Monument on Sacred Bones. Belarusian trio Molchat Doma (a phrase that translates to “Houses Are Silent”) formed in 2017, crafting darkwave synth-pop from their hometown of Minsk. Their just-released third full-length Monument ...
12.07.2020 Young Jesus - Faith Young Jesus - "Faith" from the 2020 album Welcome to Conceptual Beach on Saddle Creek. Earlier this year, Los Angeles-based quartet Young Jesus released their fifth full-length Welcome to Conceptual Beach; turns out, it's a sandy shore frontman John Rossiter ...
12.04.2020 SassyBlack - Therapy SassyBlack - "Therapy" from the 2020 self-released EP Stuck. Throughout her career, Seattle's own SassyBlack has tackled the topic of mental health, from her 2019 song “Depression” and the accompanying short film released early in 2020. On her latest EP ...
12.03.2020 Nailah Hunter - Black Valhalla Nailah Hunter - "Black Valhalla," a 2020 self-released single. With "Black Valhalla", Los Angeles-based composer/harpist Nailah Hunter imagines a place where Black people "are safe and exalted." In this interview with KEXP's Dusty Henry, Hunter explains: I mean, again, Valhalla ...
12.02.2020 Kassa Overall - Darkness in Mind Kassa Overall - “Darkness In My Mind” from I THINK I’M GOOD on Brownswood Recordings. Originally hailing from Seattle and now based out of New York, Kassa Overall has used his inimitable blend of jazz, hip-hop, and experimental leanings to ...
12.01.2020 Orion Sun - mama's baby Orion Sun - “mama’s baby,” a 2020 self-released single. Philadelphia-based songwriter Orion Sun’s latest single, “mama’s baby,” was written after experiencing police brutality during a protest earlier this year in late May. Thrown into the ground multiple times and her ...
11.30.2020 Sampa the Great - Time's Up (Remix) feat. Junglepussy Sampa The Great - “Time’s Up (Remix) feat. Junglepussy,” a 2020 single on Ninja Tune. While music can be healing, oftentimes the industry is quite the opposite. As Sampa The Great (aka Sampa Tembo) addresses on “Time’s Up,” it can ...
11.27.2020 Stas THEE Boss - Rotary Style Stas THEE Boss - “Rotary Style” from the 2020 EP Sang Stasia! on LucidHaus. Sang Stasia!, one of two outstanding EPs from the former Seattle resident and host of KEXP’s Street Sounds, was crafted from beats made for other singers ...
11.26.2020 Seth Bogart - Men on the Verge of Nothing Seth Bogart - “Men on the Verge of Nothing” from Men on the Verge of Nothing on Wacky Wacko Records. Inspired in equal measure by Pedro Almodóvar and Poly Styrene, the artist formerly known as Hunx spins the former’s classic ...
11.25.2020 STR4TA - Aspects (Demus Dub) STR4TA - "Aspects (Demus Dub)," a 2020 single on Brownswood Recordings. While 2020 and the COVID-19 pandemic have kept us from dancing out our sorrows, artists and producers around the globe are still holing up in their studios to give ...
11.24.2020 Nubya Garcia - The Message Continues Nubya Garcia - "The Message Continues" from the 2020 album SOURCE on Concord. British jazz wunderkind Nubya Garcia made an awe-inspiring debut this year with her LP, ‘SOURCE.’ Her jazz bona fides and prowess are in full view with “The ...
11.23.2020 Blue Hawaii - Not My Boss! Blue Hawaii - "Not My Boss!" from the 2020 EP Under 1 House on Arbutus Records. With one member in Berlin and one in Montreal, Blue Hawaii fuses together a globe-spanning dance party with each new record. “Not My Boss” ...
11.20.2020 Antonioni - Malcomer Antonioni - "Malcomer," a 2020 self-released single. Seattle’s Antonioni are on their way up! With a couple EPs under their belt, the indie band recently signed with Lauren Records and are on the verge of releasing their debut album. The ...
11.19.2020 Julia Jacklin - to Perth, before the border closes Julia Jacklin - "to Perth, before the border closes," a 2020 single on Sub Pop. For some artists, the idea of being on the road and the constant change is a high unlike any other. Which would make the current ...
11.18.2020 MorMor - Don't Cry MorMor - "Don't Cry," a 2020 single on Don't Guess Inc. For the past couple of years, Toronto’s MorMor (musician Seth Nyquist) has been crafting spellbindingly evocative music that has the power to cut your heart in two. Following up ...
11.17.2020 Nilüfer Yanya - Crash Nilüfer Yanya - “Crash” from the 2020 Feeling Lucky? EP on ATO Records. After a momentous 2019 with her excellent, critically acclaimed debut ‘Miss Universe,’ Nilüfer Yanya is coming back for more. The English songwriter recently announced the ‘Feeling Lucky?’ ...
11.16.2020 Loma - Half Silences Loma - “Half Silences” from the 2020 album Don’t Shy Away on Sub Pop. Loma never anticipated going this far. The project began as an impromptu collaboration with songwriter Emily Cross, recording engineer Dan Duszynski, and Shearwater’s Jonathan Meiburg, converging ...
11.13.2020 Weep Wave - Bury the Bones Weep Wave - "Bury the Bones," a 2020 self-released single. If you've been missing the casual acquaintanceship of neighborhood pups during the quarantine, you are not alone. Local psych-rock trio Weep Wave feel your pain. “I started missing it being ...
11.12.2020 Beabadoobee - Sorry Beabadoobee - "Sorry" from the 2020 album Fake It Flowers on Dirty Hit. Last month, British-based singer/songwriter Beabadoobee (real name: Bea Kristi) released her full-length debut Fake It Flowers, and it fulfilled all the anticipation that began brewing with her ...
11.11.2020 The Churchhill Garden - birds The Churchhill Garden - "birds," a 2020 self-released single. Under the stay-at-home order, many bands have taken to the internet in order to create and record new music, e-mailing each other files and rehearsing via Zoom calls. But for shoegaze ...
11.10.2020 TV Priest - This Island TV Priest - "This Island" from the 2021 album Uppers on Sub Pop. With today's Song of the Day, London-based post-punk quartet TV Priest share an early look at their forthcoming full-length Uppers, out February 5th via Sub Pop. In ...
11.09.2020 Ghost of Vroom - Rona Pollona Ghost of Vroom - "Rona Pollona" from the 2020 Ghost of Vroom 2 EP on Mod y Vi Records. Back in the '90s, NYC-based band Soul Coughing combined improvisational jazz with samples and the stream-of-consciousness poetry of frontman Mike Doughty. ...
11.06.2020 J'Von - cnn J'Von - "cnn" from the 2020 album THUNDERBOY on PLZCOMEAGAIN. Seattle's own J'Von returned last month with his latest LP of lo-fi hip-hop titled Thunderboy. True to his history of multidisciplinary approach, J'Von wrote, arranged, produced, recorded, and mixed the ...
11.05.2020 Dave B - Worthy Dave B - "Worthy," a 2020 self-released single. With his single "Worthy," Renton, WA-based rapper Dave B wanted to remind the Black community that they are worthy of love and respect. "A lot of people post their black squares and ...
11.04.2020 Quetzal - Justice Never Dies Quetzal - "Justice Never Dies," a 2020 self-released single. As we rebuild the world around us As others still fight and die We keep doing all we can “We don’t just survive We wanna thrive!” Since forming in the early ...
11.03.2020 Tiffany Wilson - America (feat. Lady Tasz & Vitamin D) Tiffany Wilson - "America (feat. Lady Tasz & Vitamin D)," a 2020 single on Loosegroove Records. You know a song is good when it brings a record label out of a twenty year hiatus, which is just what happened with ...
11.02.2020 Sa-Roc - The Black Renaissance (feat. Black Thought) Sa-Roc - "The Black Renaissance (feat. Black Thought)" from the 2020 album The Sharecropper's Daughter on Rhymesayers. The first time Sa-Roc met Black Thought of The Roots, he was pulling her up on stage at the 2014 A3C Hip Hop ...
10.30.2020 Rell Be Free - Paythefeee Rell Be Free - "Paythefeee" from the 2020 self-released album P.T.F.D. Rell Be Free (real name: Jerrell Davis) is a self-described "musician, underground educator, and multifaceted entrepreneur" from the South End of Seattle. A rapper since the age of 12, ...
10.29.2020 Harleighblu x Bluestaeb - Queeen Dem (feat. Janne Robinson) Harleighblu & Bluestaeb - "Queeen Dem (feat. Janne Robinson)" from the 2019 self-released album She. British R&B vocalist Harleighblu teams up with German producer Bluestaeb on the collaborative album She. On today's Song of the Day, the duo find inspiration ...
10.28.2020 Fugazi - Burning Too Fugazi - "Burning Too" from the 1989 album 13 Songs on Dischord Records. We have a responsibility / To use our abilities to keep this place alive / Right here right now / Do it. Now. Do it. Since forming ...
10.27.2020 Stella Donnelley - Beware of the Dogs Stella Donnelly - "Beware of the Dogs" from the 2019 album Beware of the Dogs on Secretly Canadian. Following the breakout success of her debut EP Thrush Metal, Australian artist Stella Donnelly knew she wanted to use her first full-length, ...
10.26.2020 Noname - Song 33 Noname - "Song 33," a 2020 self-released single. With her first single of 2020, Chicago artist Noname works with producer Madlib to craft a track referencing the murder of George Floyd, Black Lives Matter activist Oluwatoyin Salau, and to, well, ...
10.23.2020 Sango - Eu Vou Passando (feat. Jé Santiago) Sango - "Eu Vou Passando (feat. Jé Santiago)" from the 2020 album Da Rocinha 4 on Soulection Records. Former Seattleite, current Michigander, Kai "Sango" Wright continues his Da Rocinha series, described as his "love letter to Rio De Janeiro Funk ...
10.22.2020 Working Men's Club - A.A.A.A. Working Men's Club - A.A.A.A. from the 2020 album Working Men's Club on Heavenly Recordings. Yorkshire band Working Mens Club was formed by a bunch of Working Teens last year. Eighteen-year-old frontman Sydney Minsky-Sargeant explains in a press release, "We ...
10.21.2020 Jessica Winter - Sad Music Jessica Winter - "Sad Music" from the 2020 Sad Music EP on Roya Records. Brixton-based artist Jessica Winter stuns with her debut EP Sad Music, a perfect blend of introspective lyrics and infectious synth beats. “Music helps me realise that ...
10.20.2020 Dark Tropics - Moroccan Sun Dark Tropics - "Moroccan Sun," a 2020 single on Quiet Arch. Self-described "pop-noir" duo Dark Tropics return with their second single "Moroccan Sun," just in time to stretch out summer just a little bit longer. While the musicians, Rio and ...
10.19.2020 Adia Victoria - South Gotta Change Adia Victoria - "South Gotta Change," a 2020 single on Atlantic Records. 'Cause I love you, I won't leave you Won't let you slip away Come what may We're gonna find a way Nashville-based artist Adia Victoria takes an introspective ...
10.16.2020 Of Mexican Descent - All Turn Native Of Mexican Descent - "All Turn Native" from the 2006 self-released album Exitos Y Mas Exitos (Edicion De Lujo). Of Mexican Descent is a collaboration between Los Angeles-based artists, rapper 2Mex (real name: Alejandro Ocana) and Xololanxinxo (real name: Daniel ...
10.15.2020 Dioganhdih - Native New Yorker Dioganhdih - "Native New Yorker," a 2019 self-released single. A self-described "queer, non-binary, indigenous rapper, activist, and diversity consultant", Dioganhdih uses their music to celebrate the Haudenosaunee culture. On their latest single, they explain, "this single release details the life ...
10.14.2020 Ill-ēsha - Como la Chicha (feat. Fabian Arias & Dakota Camacho) Ill-ēsha - "Como la Chicha (feat. Fabian Arias & Dakota Camacho)" from the 2020 self-released album Songs from the Sweat Shed. Last year, veteran DJ/producer Ill-ēsha helped create the Tribal Gathering Festival Recording Studio in the middle of the jungle ...

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Song of the Day episodes:

Kelly Finnigan - Santa's Watching You

Michael M - Humans Are Not Worth Saving (Merry Christmas)

Draze - The Main Thing

Mystic - We Are the People (All Around the World)

Astu - Source of Her (feat. Salami Rose Joe Louis)

Ivy Sole - BITTERSWEET

Ego Ella May - Girls Don't Always Sing About Boys

Byland - Mine

The Weather Station - Tried To Tell You

GDRN - Vorið

Molchat Doma - Discoteque / Дискотека

Young Jesus - Faith

SassyBlack - Therapy

Nailah Hunter - Black Valhalla

Kassa Overall - Darkness in Mind

Orion Sun - mama's baby

Sampa the Great - Time's Up (Remix) feat. Junglepussy

Stas THEE Boss - Rotary Style

Seth Bogart - Men on the Verge of Nothing

STR4TA - Aspects (Demus Dub)

Nubya Garcia - The Message Continues

Blue Hawaii - Not My Boss!

Antonioni - Malcomer

Julia Jacklin - to Perth, before the border closes

MorMor - Don't Cry

Nilüfer Yanya - Crash

Loma - Half Silences

Weep Wave - Bury the Bones

Beabadoobee - Sorry

The Churchhill Garden - birds

TV Priest - This Island

Ghost of Vroom - Rona Pollona

J'Von - cnn

Dave B - Worthy

Quetzal - Justice Never Dies

Tiffany Wilson - America (feat. Lady Tasz & Vitamin D)

Sa-Roc - The Black Renaissance (feat. Black Thought)

Rell Be Free - Paythefeee

Harleighblu x Bluestaeb - Queeen Dem (feat. Janne Robinson)

Fugazi - Burning Too

Stella Donnelley - Beware of the Dogs

Noname - Song 33

Sango - Eu Vou Passando (feat. Jé Santiago)

Working Men's Club - A.A.A.A.

Jessica Winter - Sad Music

Dark Tropics - Moroccan Sun

Adia Victoria - South Gotta Change

Of Mexican Descent - All Turn Native

Dioganhdih - Native New Yorker

Ill-ēsha - Como la Chicha (feat. Fabian Arias & Dakota Camacho)

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