What is the Black Constellation? If you know, you'll want to listen to this podcast. If you don't, you'll want to listen, too.

"Fresh off the Spaceship" is the newest podcast from KEXP, telling the story of the highly influential yet scarcely documented artist collective. The Black Constellation has included such varied musical acts as Shabazz Palaces, THEESatisfaction, Ya Tseen and Porter Ray.

Hosted by KEXP's Larry Mizell Jr. and Martin Douglas, each episode in this 10-part series takes listeners on an audio journey connecting the stars of the Constellation, shedding light on their art and their ethos along the way.

New episodes come out every Friday from March 18 - May 27, 2022. Find out more at KEXP.org/fresh-off-the-spaceship.

Watch a video version of the trailer and explore more work from the artists of the Constellation on KEXP's Fresh off the Spaceship YouTube playlist.

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Today, we bring you an episode of KEXP's Live on KEXP podcast featuring an exclusive session with Japanese Breakfast.

There are many negative ways one could sum up 2021 but one shining bright positive title we can give it is "The Year of Michelle Zauner." The Oregon-born artist is probably best known as Japanese Breakfast and released the stellar album Jubilee this June but is also now an acclaimed author with the release of the New York Times bestseller Crying in H Mart in April. 

For this episode of Live on KEXP we share a clip of Zauner’s conversation with Cheryl Waters about how writing the book exorcised the pain and trauma so that she could portray the joy felt on Jubilee. Zauner then plays four tracks from Jubilee plus one from her side project with Crying’s Ryan Galloway, BUMPER.

Recorded June 21, 2021.

Songs performed:

1. Kokomo, IN

2. Tactics

3. Be Sweet

4. Savage Good Boy

5. Ballad O

Watch the full Live on KEXP session on YouTube

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Today, we bring you an exclusive interview with Tori Amos, from KEXP's Sound & Vision podcast.

Tori Amos talks about her new album, 'Ocean to Ocean,' and how she experiences visual trips of synesthesia when playing and listening to music. She also discusses how the pandemic impacted her mental health, strengthened her connection to nature, and influenced songs on the album.

For more stories like these, including recent interviews with The War On Drugs, Damon Albarn, and Wet Leg, check out KEXP's Sound & Vision wherever you listen to podcasts.

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Follow his advice and subscribe to KEXP's Song of the Day wherever you get your podcasts.

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A message from John Richards about some changes to come on this feed. Stay subscribed for something new coming to this feed in 2022!

In the meantime:

• Listen to previous episodes of The Weekly Mix here on this feed (they’re not going anywhere!)
• Explore the rest of KEXP's podcasts here. 
• Listen to your favorite DJs on-demand via the KEXP app for iOS and Android or KEXP.ORG.
• Listen to artist-curated mixes through KEXP's Midnight in a Perfect World series.
• And of course, you can always listen to live DJ curation on KEXP radio at KEXP.ORG, the KEXP mobile app, or 90.3 FM in Seattle.

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In his final Runcast of the year – and KEXP's final episode of The Weekly Mix – John goes freeform to create a very personal Runcast just for you. Listen for advice, motivation, inspiration, and incredible music to power your run.

1. The Antlers - Solstice
2. Big Red Machine - Phoenix (feat. Fleet Foxes & Anaïs Mitchell)
3. Big Red Machine - The Ghost of Cincinnati
4. Public Service Broadcasting - Blue Heaven (feat. Andreya Casablanca)
5. The Shivas - Undone
6. The Parrots - You Work All Day And Then You Die
7. Tycho & Benjamin Gibbard - Only Love
8. Fort Romeau - Control
9. Tycho - Pink & Blue
10. Bad Bad Hats - Walkman
11. Mac McCaughan - Dawn Bends
12. Dummy - Daffodils
13. The Violent Hearts - Everything and Nothing
14. Lord Huron - Time to Run

John Richards is the host of The Morning Show on KEXP, weekdays from 7-10am PT on KEXP.org, the KEXP app or 90.3 FM in Seattle.

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DJ Kevin Cole curates tracks from some of the best albums of the year so far, songs from highly anticipated upcoming releases, and a few mind-benders from artists playing one of the best music festivals of the year, Iceland Airwaves. You’ll hear Arlo Parks, Ty Segall, Courtney Barnett, Hollis, Wet Leg and more!

1. No-No Boy - The Best God Damn Band in Wyoming
2. Wet Leg - Chaise Longue
3. Nation of Language - This Fractured Mind
4. Durand Jones & The Indications - Witchoo (feat. Aaron Frazer)
5. Arlo Parks - Hurt
6. Little Simz & Cleo Sol - Woman
7. Emma-Jean Thackray - Say Something
8. Ty Segall - Harmonizer
9. Sleigh Bells - Locust Laced
10. The Vega Bodegas - All My Fish Are Dead
11. Squid - Narrator (feat. Martha Skye Murphy)
12. TORRES - Thirstier
13. The Weather Station - Tried To Tell You
14. Mogwai - Ritchie Sacramento
15. Ya Tseen - Knives (feat. Portugal. The Man)
16. Yola - Stand for Myself
17. Courtney Barnett - Rae Street
18. HOLLIS - Less Like
19. Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio - Aces
20. Black Pumas - Colors
21. El Michels Affair - Murkit Gem
22. Madlib & Four Tet - Road of the Lonely Ones
23. Bicep - Sundial

Kevin Cole is the host of Drive Time on KEXP, Tuesdays through Fridays from 4-7pm PT on KEXP.org, the KEXP app or 90.3 FM in Seattle.

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Summon your inner goth with this episode of The Weekly Mix, in celebration of World Goth Day (((Extended))). Guided by KEXP DJs Sharlese, Kevin, Abbie and Jenn, this mix is a dark and glorious sonic trip around the globe.

1. Beastial Mouths - Industrial Waste (Light Asylum Remix)
2. ХВОРЬ (Ailments) - Аня Носова
3. Szaio - W Naszym Domu
4. Hante. - Insanity
5. PIXEL GRIP - Pursuit 
6. Ditta Perdita - Ilegalidad Impuesta
7. Kælan Mikla - Sólstöður
8. Molchat Doma - Удалил Твой Номер / Udalil Tvoy Nomer 
9. Hallows - Shallow Waters
10. Margarita Quebrada - Luces 
11. Minuit Machine - Basic Needs
12. Arnaud Rebotini - Shiny Black Leather 
13. Filmmaker - New Dark Ages
14. The Mall - An Answer
15. Nun - Turning Out
16. Cry Out - Garden Song

DJ Sharlese is the host of Mechanical Breakdown, every Monday from 1-2am PT on KEXP.org, the KEXP app or 90.3 FM in Seattle.

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DJ Miss Ashley provides a sampling of some of her favorite new tunes to fit this hot, late summer vibe. You'll hear the latest from Jamaican artist Jesse Royal, Australian producer Logic1000, and two of Argentina's biggest stars, Nicki Nicole and Dread Mar I...just to name a few!

1. Marcus Gad - Brave New World
2. Alborosie - The System
3. Jesse Royal - High Tide or Low (feat. Samory I)
4. Nicki Nicole & Dread Mar I - Verte
5. Ambar Lucid - The Door
6. Deekapz - Margarida
7. Gilligan Moss - GM from GM :)
8. Duke Hugh - Common Ground (feat. Renato Paris)
9. Logic1000 - Safe In My Arms
10. João Donato, Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad - Forever More
11. Nina Kraviz - Skyscrapers
12. Moorea Masa & the Mood - Will It Be The Same

DJ Miss Ashley hosts a Variety Mix every Sunday from 12-3pm PT on KEXP.org, the KEXP app or 90.3 FM in Seattle.

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It's the latest edition of the Runcast, hosted by John Richards and powered by incredible music and quotes from the likes of Confucius, Danny Rojas from Ted Lasso, and Ralph Waldo Emerson. As Emerson said, "Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising which tempt you to believe that your critics are right. To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires courage."

1. Bartees Strange - Going Going
2. Dinosaur Jr - Garden
3. TORRES - Thirstier
4. The Joy Formidable - Chimes
5. Film School - Superperfection
6. Flyying Colours - Big Mess
7. Foxing - Where the Lightning Strikes Twice
8. Songhoy Blues - Worry
9. Kele - Between Me and My Maker 
10. Yves Tumor - Jackie
11. Binki - Clay Pigeon
12. Lala Lala - DIVER
13. Shamir - Running
14. Wet Leg - Chaise Longue
15. Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio - Cold as Weiss
16. Geowulf - Round and Round

John Richards is the host of The Morning Show on KEXP, weekdays from 7-10am PT on KEXP.org, the KEXP app or 90.3 FM in Seattle.

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