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In Our Headphones

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From independent music station KEXP, In Our Headphones brings you the songs DJs, artists, and others just can't get enough of. Join host Evie Stokes and guests as they introduce you to new music, with added insight into the artists behind the records.

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In Our Headphones
Contour - Hearing Voices
Contour – “Hearing Voices” from the 2022 album Onwards! on Touching Bass Limited. Recording under the name Contour, Khari Lucas combines tradition and…
Jan 2, 2023·2m
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Stas THEE Boss - DON'T CRASH
Stas THEE Boss is no stranger to KEXP. The former host of our station’s beloved weekly hip-hop show, Street Sounds, Stas has been a fixture of Seattle since…
Dec 30, 2022·2m
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Nick Hakim - Vertigo
Nick Hakim - “Vertigo” from the 2022 album COMETA on ATO / PIAS. Nick Hakim has been making amorphous psych-soul since 2014 that hones in on his gorgeous…
Dec 29, 2022·3m
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Dina Ögon - Oas
Dina Ögon - "Oas," a 2022 single on Playground Music Scandinavia. Stockholm-based songwriter Dina Ögon captures the warmth of Laurel Canyon with her…
Dec 28, 2022·3m
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SHIRT - Dave Chappelle Is Wrong (Beef With God)
SHIRT - "Dave Chappelle Is Wrong (Beef With God)" from the 2022 album I Turned Myself into Myself on Mello Music Group. Queens-based artist Shirt carries many…
Dec 27, 2022·2m
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SAULT - Money
SAULT - "Money" from the 2022 album Today & Tomorrow on Forever Living Originals. Ever-mysterious and always reliably great, SAULT capped off 2022 by dropping…
Dec 26, 2022·2m
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Zahara Elan - Dear Santa (NAUGHTY)
Zahara Elan - “Dear Santa…(NAUGHTY),” a 2022 self-released single. This week, we are continuing a long-held tradition of featuring Christmas-themed songs…
Dec 23, 2022·3m
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We Are the Union - Yr Always Alone (On Christmas)
We Are The Union - “Yr Always Alone (On Christmas)” from the 2022 album I Surrender Sleighs on I Surrender Records. This week, we are continuing a long-held…
Dec 22, 2022·2m
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BumbleWasps - I'll Be at Work for Christmas
BumbleWasps - "Ill Be at Work for Christmas" from the 2021 self-released album F U Xmas. UK-based BumbleWasps describe themselves as “cute like a bee, scary…
Dec 21, 2022·2m
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Bat Hearse - Coffin for Christmas
Bat Hearse - “Coffin for Christmas,” a 2021 self-released single. This week, we are continuing a long-held tradition of featuring Christmas-themed songs…
Dec 20, 2022·3m
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James Kochalka Superstar - Christmas Muffin
James Kochalka Superstar – “Christmas Muffin,” a 2017 self-released single. This week, we are continuing a long-held tradition of featuring Christmas-themed…
Dec 19, 2022·1m
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Kennebec - Tall Tales (feat. Hemlock Ernst and Sudan Archives)
Kennebec - Tall Tales (feat. Hemlock Ernst and Sudan Archives) from the 2022 album Without Star or Compass on Night Time Stories. While Eric Phillips has only…
Dec 16, 2022·3m
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Archie Roach - One Song
Archie Roach - One Song from the 2022 album My Songs: 1989 – 2021 on Bloodlines. Indigenous Australian singer-songwriter, activist, and author Archie Roach…
Dec 15, 2022·6m
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Weyes Blood - Grapevine
Weyes Blood - "Grapevine" from the 2022 album And In The Darkness, Hearts Aglow on Sub Pop. Los Angeles-based artist Weyes Blood (real name: Natalie Mering)…
Dec 14, 2022·5m
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Bleached - Flip It
Bleached - "Flip It" a 2022 self-released single. Los Angeles-based sibling duo Bleached return with a pop-punk pep talk, inspired by television dialogue and…
Dec 13, 2022·3m
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Hannah Jadagu - Say It Now
Hannah Jadagu - "Say It Now" a 2022 single on Sub Pop. As we eagerly await a full-length debut from Hannah Jadagu, the 20-year-old artist gives us a sneak peek…
Dec 12, 2022·3m
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Field School - Jennifer Valentine
Field School - "Jennifer Valentine" from the 2022 album When Summer Comes on Bobo Integral / Small Craft Advisory. It can be rare for a new band to immediately…
Dec 9, 2022·3m
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Peak Park - Need Your Love
Peak Park - Need Your Love a 2022 self-released single. Naarm/Melbourne-based trio Peak Park make groovy multi-facted art rock that blends genres to make music…
Dec 8, 2022·3m
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Death of the High Street - Chancer
Death of the High Street - "Chancer" a 2022 single on Bubblebrain. Post-punk quartet Death Of The High Street return with their second KEXP Song of the Day…
Dec 7, 2022·5m
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Cliché Cult - Slippy
Cliché Cult - "Slippy" a 2022 single on Blaggers. Post-punk band Cliché Cult formed in the height of the pandemic, but the lockdown hasn't hampered their rise…
Dec 6, 2022·3m
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Fever Ray - Carbon Dioxide
Fever Ray - "Carbon Dioxide" from the 2023 album Radical Romantics on Mute. Swedish artist Fever Ray (aka Karin Dreijer) returns early next year with their…
Dec 5, 2022·4m
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Tona - Triple Crown (feat. Shad & Drezus)
Tona - Triple Crown (feat. Drezus & Shad) a 2022 single on District Entertainment. Toronto rapper Tona has been churning out a massive amount of high-level…
Dec 2, 2022·3m
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SoulChef & Uptown Swuite - Bless The Child
SoulChef & Uptown Swuite - Bless The Child a 2022 single on SoulSwuite Music. New Zealand-based rapper SoulChef has been churning out soul and jazz-inspired…
Dec 1, 2022·2m
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Danielle Ponder - Some Of Us Are Brave
Danielle Ponder - "Some Of Us Are Brave" from the 2022 album Some Of Us Are Brave on Future Classic. After working as a Public Defender for five years…
Nov 30, 2022·3m
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Arima Ederra - Steel Wing
Arima Ederra - "Steel Wing" from the 2022 album An Orange Colored Day on Arima's Lab. Today's Song of the Day came to singer/songwriter Arima Ederra in a…
Nov 29, 2022·4m
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Carsen Gray - Cracks
Carsen Gray - "Cracks" a 2022 single on Nettwerk Music Group. Canadian singer/songwriter Carsen Gray brings the beauty of her homeland of Haida Gwaii, BC to…
Nov 28, 2022·3m
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Among Authors - Fears We Hold
Among Authors - Fears We Hold, a 2022 single on Squaremoss. Five years after releasing their debut album I AM BECOME, atmospheric art-rock outfit Among Authors…
Nov 25, 2022·4m
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Martha - Every Day the Hope Gets Harder
Martha - Hope Gets Harder from the 2022 album Please Don't Take Me Back on Specialist Subject. British pop-punkers Martha have been spreading messages of…
Nov 24, 2022·2m
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Metronomy x Jessica Winter - I lost my mind
Metronomy x Jessica Winter - “I lost my mind,” a 2022 single on Because Music. Following the release of their seventh LP Small World, Metronomy return with a…
Nov 23, 2022·4m
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Fanfara Station - Lafoo
Fanfara Station - “Lafoo” from the 2022 album Boussadia on Garrincha Edizioni Musicali. On their latest LP Boussadia, the trio Fanfara Station aim to celebrate…
Nov 22, 2022·3m
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Mykki Blanco - French Lessons (feat. ANOHNI and Kelsey Lu)
Mykki Blanco - “French Lessons (feat. ANOHNI and Kelsey Lu)” from the 2022 album Stay Close to Music on Mykki Blanco/Transgressive. On today's Song of the Day…
Nov 21, 2022·3m
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Multiplayer - Cosmic Quest
Multiplayer - Cosmic Quest from the 2022 self-released album Multiplayer. Matt Williams is a Seattle-based, Phoenix-bred, Kansas City-born pianist and…
Nov 18, 2022·4m
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Yves Tumor - God Is A Circle
Yves Tumor - "God Is A Circle," a 2022 single on Warp. Shortly after the end of spooky season, Yves Tumor dropped the chilling single “God Is A Circle” to the…
Nov 17, 2022·3m
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Kelela - Happy Ending
Kelela - "Happy Ending" a 2022 single on Warp It's been five years since we last heard from L.A.-based artist Kelela. Her 2017 debut LP Take Me Apart was a…
Nov 16, 2022·4m
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Floating Points - Problems
Floating Points - "Problems" a 2022 single on Pluto / Ninja Tune Throughout the year, British electronic musician Floating Points (aka Sam Shepherd) has been…
Nov 15, 2022·4m
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Empress Of - Dance For You
Empress Of - "Dance For You" from the 2022 Save Me EP on Major Arcana Brooklyn-based artist Empress Of (the electro-pop recording project of Lorely Rodriguez)…
Nov 14, 2022·3m
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Jason McCue - Kingdom
Jason McCue - "Kingdom" from the 2022 album Screen, Turn On on Fluff & Gravy. KEXP has long been supporters and fans of local artist Jason McCue. First…
Nov 11, 2022·4m
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Glüme - Do Me a Favor
Glüme - "Do Me a Favor," a 2022 single on Italians Do It Better. Describing Glüme could be easy - a wide-eyed chanteuse who channels equal parts Marilyn Monroe…
Nov 10, 2022·3m
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WITCH - Waile
WITCH - "Waile" a 2022 single on Desert Daze/Partisan. It's been almost 40 years since WITCH (which stands for "We Intend To Cause Havoc") caused some havoc…
Nov 9, 2022·5m
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Cuffed Up - 10 for 10
Cuffed Up - "10 for 10," a 2022 single on Corduroy Recordings. Los Angeles-based trio Cuffed Up return with a punk-pop pep-rally anthem for anyone struggling…
Nov 8, 2022·4m
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Winter - sunday
Winter - "sunday" from the 2022 album What Kind of Blue Are You? on Bar/None. Songwriter Samira Winter (who records as Winter) returns with her sophomore…
Nov 7, 2022·4m
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Lydia Ramsey - I Will Wait For You
Lydia Ramsey - “I Will Wait For You” from the 2022 self-released album Like A Dream. Lydia Ramsey is an Indianola, WA-born, Seattle-based Americana artist…
Nov 4, 2022·4m
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Rival Consoles - World Turns
Rival Consoles - “World Turns” from the 2022 album Now Is on Erased Tapes. Ryan Lee West has been making electronic music under the name Rival Consoles since…
Nov 3, 2022·5m
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Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs - When the Lights Go
Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs - “When the Lights Go” from the 2022 album When the Lights Go on Nice Age. Over the past decade, Orlando Higginbottom has…
Nov 2, 2022·4m
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United Freedom Collective - MERCY (feat. FACESOUL)
United Freedom Collective - “MERCY (feat. FACESOUL)” from the 2022 Am Ta EP on Dama Dama. At the core of the United Freedom Collective are three musicians…
Nov 1, 2022·4m
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Bill Callahan - Coyotes
Bill Callahan - “Coyotes” from the 2022 album YTI⅃AƎЯ on Drag City. Singer/songwriter Bill Callahan is shaking up reality — literally, with the backwards title…
Oct 31, 2022·6m
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Grynch - Paper Route (feat. Sir Mix‐A‐Lot)
Grynch Paper Route (feat. Sir Mix‐A‐Lot) from the 2022 self-released album Born in '86. Nearly fifteen years after dropping his debut full-length, My Second…
Oct 28, 2022·3m
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Bosq - Song for Ehi (feat. The Ibibio Horns and Kaleta)
4348 Kevin Cole Thursday 10/27/22 Bosq Song for Ehi (feat. The Ibibio Horns and Kaleta) a 2022 single on Canopy Limited. Bosq is the musical pseudonym for…
Oct 27, 2022·7m
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You Said Strange - So Sorry
You Said Strange - "So Sorry" from the 2021 album Thousand Shadows Vol.1 on Le Cèpe Records / Modulor. For their debut album, Salvation Prayer, the French band…
Oct 26, 2022·3m
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Love’n’Joy - Psy Summer
Love'n'joy - "Psy Summer" from the 2022 self-released album Half Home. Kyiv-based band Love’n’Joy completed their latest album Half Home just three days before…
Oct 25, 2022·5m
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Elsy Wameyo - River Nile
Elsy Wameyo - "River Nile" from the 2022 Nilotic EP on Music in Exile. Over the past few years, Nairobi-born, Adelaide-based artist Elsy Wameyo has made a name…
Oct 24, 2022·3m
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Enumclaw - Jimmy Neutron
Enumclaw - "Jimmy Neutron" from the 2022 album Save the Baby on Luminelle Recordings. It can often be tough to trace exactly where and when a band “broke” but…
Oct 21, 2022·3m
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Cheekface - I Feel So Weird!
Cheekface - "I Feel So Weird!" from the 2022 album Too Much To Ask on New Professor. In times like we’ve been living through the past handful of years, humor…
Oct 20, 2022·2m
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PVA - Untethered
PVA - "Untethered" from the 2022 album BLUSH on Ninja Tune. South London trio PVA have gained a reputation for their live sets, with their dark…
Oct 19, 2022·3m
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Benedek - Emotional (feat. Devin Morrison)
Benedek - "Emotional (feat. Devin Morrison)" from the 2022 Zebrano EP on Apron Records. Los Angeles-based producer/musician Benedek (real name: Nicholas…
Oct 18, 2022·3m
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STR4TA - Turn Me Around
STR4TA - "Turn Me Around" from the 2022 album STR4TASFEAR on Brownswood. Just before the world shut down in 2020, renowned DJ/record label owner Gilles…
Oct 17, 2022·5m
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Snotty Nose Rez Kids, Taabu, Shad - Red Sky at Night - Remix
Snotty Nose Rez Kids, Taabu, Shad - Red Sky at Night - Remix a 2022 single on Distorted Muse. Snotty Nose Rez Kids are a Polaris and Juno Award-nominated…
Oct 14, 2022·3m
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Bobby Sanchez - Trans 101 (Scarim)
Bobby Sanchez - Trans 101 (Scarim) from the 2022 Prophecy EP on Harawiq Records. Bobby Sanchez carries a plethora of identities on their shoulders - poet…
Oct 13, 2022·2m
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Byron Nicholai - Tengauryugtua (I Want To Fly)
Byron Nicholai - "Tengauryugtua (I Want To Fly)" from the 2022 album Ayagnera (The Beginning) on Tuallu Entertainment. Back in 2014, a young Byron Nicholai…
Oct 12, 2022·3m
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Digging Roots - Tall Grass
Digging Roots - "Tall Grass" from the 2022 album Zhawenim on Ishkōdé Records. Canadian duo Digging Roots returned this summer with their fourth LP Zhawenim…
Oct 11, 2022·3m