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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
Dijon - Talk Down
Dijon - "Talk Down" from the 2021 album Absolutely on Warner. LA-based artist and former half of the alt R&B duo Abhi//Dijon, Dijon released his debut album…
Feb 2, 2022·2m
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Parris - Skater's World (feat. Eden Samara)
Parris - "Skater's World (feat. Eden Samara)" from the 2021 album Soaked In Indigo Moonlight on Can You Feel The Sun. Parris is a London-born-and-raised…
Feb 1, 2022·3m
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serpentwithfeet - Down Nuh River
serpentwithfeet - "Down Nuh River" from the 2021 EP DEACON'S Grove on Secretly Canadian. In March of 2021, Los Angeles-via-Baltimore experimental soul artist…
Jan 31, 2022·2m
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Friedberg - Yeah
Friedberg - "Yeah" from the 2021 album YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH on Marathon Artists. Indie pop quartet Friedberg is named after frontwoman Anna…
Jan 28, 2022·2m
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Qlowski - Folk Song
Qlowski - "Folk Song" from the 2021 album Quale Futuro? on Maple Death Records. London-by-way-of-Italy art-punk outfit Qlowski is led by Michele Tellarini and…
Jan 27, 2022·3m
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Amelie Siba - hold on to me
Amelie Siba - "hold on to me" from the 2021 self-released EP when is our time. Prague-based singer-songwriter Amelie Siba makes quiet, intimate songs that are…
Jan 26, 2022·3m
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Meskerem Mees - Joe
Meskerem Mees - "Joe" from the 2021 album Julius on Mayway Records. Belgium-based singer-songwriter Meskerem Mees first appeared on the scene in 2020 with her…
Jan 25, 2022·3m
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LADANIVA - Vay Aman
LADANIVA - "Vay Aman" from the 2020 EP Ladaniva on Planete B. Ladaniva is the musical partnership between Armenian singer Jacqueline Baghdasaryan and French…
Jan 24, 2022·3m
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Jayomi - Julia
Jayomi - "Julia" from the 2021 self-released album Midnight Love Note. Local band Jayomi has been wowing underground audiences with their dreamy take on…
Jan 21, 2022·3m
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Parcels - Somethinggreater
Parcels - "Somethinggreater" from the 2021 album Day/Night on Because Music. Australia-born, Berlin-based five-piece Parcels make groovy electropop, blending…
Jan 20, 2022·3m
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Bully - Just for Love
Bully - "Just For Love," a 2021 single on Sub Pop. If you somehow missed SUGAREGG, the third studio album from Nashville’s Bully, when it was released a…
Jan 19, 2022·3m
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Ibibio Sound Machine - Electricity
Ibibio Sound Machine - "Electricity," a 2021 single on Merge. Just about three years ago, when the world was in a very different place, KEXP celebrated…
Jan 18, 2022·4m
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Beach House - Once Twice Melody
Beach House Once - "Twice Melody" from the 2022 album Once Twice Melody on Sub Pop. As longtime fans and champions of Baltimore-based band Beach House, the…
Jan 17, 2022·4m
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Floored Faces - I'd Be Broke
Floored Faces - "I'd Be Broke" from the 2021 self-released album Kool Hangs. Floored Faces are the latest to emerge from Seattle’s heavy rock scene…
Jan 14, 2022·3m
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Constant Smiles - Run To Stay
Constant Smiles - "Run to Stay" from the 2021 album Paragons on Sacred Bones. Since 2009, Constant Smiles have been churning out roughly an album a year…
Jan 13, 2022·2m
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Lætitia Sadier - New Moon
Lætitia Sadier - "New Moon," a 2021 single on Drag City. Laetitia Sadier’s heavenly croons became familiar to us via Stereolab back when they…
Jan 12, 2022·4m
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Bonobo - Rosewood
Bonobo - "Rosewood" from the 2022 album Fragments on Ninja Tune. Since the late ‘90s, Simon Green has been sharing his sweeping electronic grooves as…
Jan 11, 2022·4m
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Carrie Biell - Come By
Carrie Biell - "Come By" from the 2022 self-released album We Get Along. As one-quarter of Moon Palace, which she founded with her twin sister Cat Biell…
Jan 10, 2022·3m
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Eternia & Rel McCoy - Home (feat. Shad & SHEAL)
Eternia & Rel McCoy - "Home (feat. Shad & SHEAL)" from the 2021 album FREE on Fat Beats. This past September saw two of Toronto’s hip hop stars team up…
Jan 7, 2022·3m
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NeONE the Wonderer - Nose Dive
NeONE the Wonderer - "Nose Dive" from the 2021 album Future Bubblers 5.0 on Brownswood Recordings. Nathan Lawrence might have a limited body of work at NeONE…
Jan 6, 2022·4m
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Earl Sweatshirt - Tabula Rasa (feat. Armand Hammer)
Earl Sweatshirt - "Tabula Rasa (feat. Armand Hammer)" from the 2022 album Sick on Tan Cressida, inc/Warner. Former Odd Future member Earl Sweatshirt is gearing…
Jan 5, 2022·4m
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Waahli - DERIVE (feat. Webz)
Waahli - "DERIVE (feat. Webz)," a 2021 single on Wyzah Musk Prod. Born and raised in Montreal to a Haitian family, Waahli is one of the leading members of Hip…
Jan 4, 2022·3m
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The Midnight Hour - Jazz Is Dead (Georgia Anne Muldrow Geemix)
The Midnight Hour - "Jazz Is Dead (Georgia Anne Muldrow Geemix)" from the 2021 album Remixes JID010 on Jazz Is Dead. As The Midnight Hour, Ali Shaheed Muhammad…
Jan 3, 2022·2m
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Alina Pash - Bosorkanya
Alina Pash - "Bosorkanya" from the 2019 album PINTEA:GORY on Bitanga LLC. Alina Pash will be performing at this year's virtual Eurosonic (ESNS) Music Festival…
Dec 31, 2021·2m
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Дeva - Unglitched
Дeva - "Unglitched," a 2020 single on Move Gently Records. Дeva will be performing at this year's virtual Eurosonic (ESNS) Music Festival and Conference…
Dec 30, 2021·5m
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Denise Chaila - CHAILA
Denise Chaila - "CHAILA" from the 2020 album GO Bravely on narolane. Denise Chaila will be performing at this year's virtual Eurosonic (ESNS) Music Festival…
Dec 29, 2021·3m
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Takeshi's Cashew - Sterndüne (Kosmodr∞m)
Takeshi’s Cashew - "Sterndüne (Kosmodr∞m)" from the 2021 album Humans In A Pool on Laut & Luise. Takeshi’s Cashew will be performing at…
Dec 28, 2021·7m
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Anna B Savage - Corncrakes
Anna B Savage - "Corncrakes" from the 2021 album A Common Turn on City Slang. Anna B Savage will be performing at this year's virtual Eurosonic (ESNS) Music…
Dec 27, 2021·3m
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Mike Farris - Havana Santa
Mike Farris - "Havana Santa," a 2021 single on Compass Records. This week, we are continuing a long-held tradition of featuring Christmas-themed songs selected…
Dec 24, 2021·4m
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India Ramey - Cocktail Christmas
India Ramey - "Cocktail for Christmas" from the 2021 album Christmas Times A'Comin' 2021 on Medicine Show Records. This week, we are continuing a long-held…
Dec 23, 2021·3m
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Phone Jerks - !Christmas on the Floor!
Phone Jerks - "!Christmas on the Floor!," a 2020 self-released single. This week, we are continuing a long-held tradition of featuring Christmas-themed songs…
Dec 22, 2021·2m
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Attendant - Roll on May (Misery Christmas)
Attendant - "Roll On May (Misery Christmas)," a 2021 self-released single. This week, we are continuing a long-held tradition of featuring Christmas-themed…
Dec 21, 2021·3m
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SS-20 - (No) War Toys On Christmas
SS-20 - "(No) War Toys On Christmas" from the 1987 EP Daddy's Drunk On Christmas on No Pretense Records. This week, we are continuing a long-held tradition of…
Dec 20, 2021·1m
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Advertisement - The Matador
Advertisement - "The Matador," a 2021 single on Fire Talk. Hot off the heels of their 4-song EP, Freedom, that came out last month, Seattle quintet…
Dec 17, 2021·3m
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Bartees Strange - Free Kelly Rowland (feat. Armand Hammer)
Bartees Strange - "Free Kelly Rowland (feat. Armand Hammer)" from the 2021 album Live Forever (Deluxe Edition) on Memory Music. Last year, DC-based musician…
Dec 16, 2021·3m
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Otis McDonald - Keep it Sexy
Otis McDonald - "Keep It Sexy," a 2020 single on TrackTribe. Otis McDonald began as a studio experiment, where San Francisco-based producer and artist Joe…
Dec 15, 2021·4m
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Sweeping Promises - Pain Without a Touch
Sweeping Promises - "Pain Without A Touch," a 2021 single on Feel It Records / Sub Pop. On last year's debut LP Hunger for a Way Out, Sweeping Promises…
Dec 14, 2021·2m
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Dina Ögon - Ficktjuven
Dina Ögon - "Ficktjuven" from the 2021 album Dina Ögon on Sing a Song Fighter. Self-described as the "bastard love child of Eric B. & Rakim…
Dec 13, 2021·4m
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Live on KEXP with Arlo Parks
Today, we bring you an episode of KEXP's Live on KEXP podcast featuring an exclusive session with Arlo Parks. With two EPs and a seemingly endless number of…
Dec 10, 2021·29m
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Sea Lemon - Sunday
Sea Lemon - "Sunday," a 2021 self-released single. Seattle artist Sea Lemon (aka 26-year-old singer/songwriter Natalie Lew) shares a shimmery slice of dreampop…
Dec 10, 2021·3m
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Nilüfer Yanya - Stabilise
Nilüfer Yanya - "Stabilise" from the 2022 album Painless on ATO. British singer-songwriter Nilüfer Yanya will release her highly-anticipated…
Dec 9, 2021·3m
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Hatchie - This Enchanted
Hatchie - "This Enchanted," a 2021 single on Secretly Canadian. Brisbane, Australia-based artist Hatchie (real name: Harriette Pilbeam) has signed to the label…
Dec 8, 2021·3m
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Hand Habits - More Than Love
Hand Habits - "More Than Love" from the 2021 album Fun House on Saddle Creek. It was a "fun house" indeed: during the pandemic, singer/songwriter Meg Duffy…
Dec 7, 2021·4m
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BLK ODYSSY - MURDA
BLK ODYSSY - "MURDA" from the 2021 album BLK VINTAGE on After School. “I want to create something that will be culturally impactful for my people. I want…
Dec 6, 2021·2m
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Smokey Brights - Honey Eye
Smokey Brights - "Honey Eye," a 2021 single on Freakout. Today's Song of the Day — from Seattle's own Smokey Brights — is a love song for uncertain…
Dec 3, 2021·4m
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Just Mustard - I Am You
Just Mustard - "I Am You," a 2021 single on Partisan. Irish quintet Just Mustard caught our ears with their powerful noise rock debut Wednesday, an album that…
Dec 2, 2021·3m
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Spiritualized - Always Together With You
Spiritualized - "Always Together With You" from the 2022 album Everything Was Beautiful on Fat Possum. If today's Song of the Day sounds a little familiar…
Dec 1, 2021·3m
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Mandy, Indiana - Bottle Episode
Mandy, Indiana - "Bottle Episode" from the … EP on Fire Talk. Mandy, Indiana aren't from Indiana at all — the post-rock quartet actually hail from…
Nov 30, 2021·4m
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Chris Carroll - Blue (feat. Gabriel Teodros)
Chris Carroll - "Blue (feat. Gabriel Teodros)," a 2021 single on Raindrop Sound. Seattle-based artist Chris Carroll made a name for himself with his impressive…
Nov 29, 2021·3m
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Snotty Nose Rez Kids - Change (feat. ebonEmpress & Jenny Lea)
Snotty Nose Rez Kids - "Change (feat. ebonEmpress & Jenny Lea)" from the 2021 album Life After on Distorted Muse. Vancouver-based duo Snotty Nose Rez Kids live…
Nov 26, 2021·4m
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Jelly Cleaver - Black Line
Jelly Cleaver - "Black Line," a 2021 single on Gearbox Records. On today's Song of the Day, South London-based artist/activist Jelly Cleaver uses her bluesy…
Nov 25, 2021·5m
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Ivy Sole - One More Night (feat. Topaz Jones)
Ivy Sole - "One More Night (feat. Topaz Jones)," a 2021 single on Les Fleurs Records. With her new single "One More Night", Philadelphia-based artist Ivy Sole…
Nov 24, 2021·3m
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Coco Peila - Pretty Girls (feat. Taj Mahal)
Coco Peila - "Pretty Girls (feat. Taj Mahal)," a 2021 single on JuixeGRL Records. With her latest single "Pretty Girls," Bay Area-based artist Coco Peila has…
Nov 23, 2021·3m
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Ruth B. - Moments in Between
Ruth B. - "Moments in Between" from the 2021 album Moments in Between on Reb Music Productions / Downtown Records. Ethiopian-Canadian singer/songwriter Ruth B…
Nov 22, 2021·3m
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Maiah Manser - Walking Faster
Maiah Manser - "Walking Faster," a 2021 self-released single. It’s been four years since Los Angeles-via-Seattle-via-Oregon musician Maiah Manser…
Nov 19, 2021·3m
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Combo Chimbita - Babalawo
Combo Chimbita - "Babalawo," a 2021 single on Anti-. Combo Chimbita is the project for four first-generation New Yorkers who make tropical futurism inspired by…
Nov 18, 2021·5m
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JOHN - Šibensko Powerhouse
JOHN - "&Scaron;ibensko Powerhouse" from the 2021 album Nocturnal Manoeuvres on Brace Yourself Records / Pets Care Records. As one YouTuber comically remarked…
Nov 17, 2021·2m
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Trentemøller - All Too Soon
Trentemøller - "All Too Soon" from the 2022 album Memoria on In My Room. Danish producer Anders Trentemøller has been making cinematic electronic…
Nov 16, 2021·4m
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Mr Twin Sister - Polvo
Mr Twin Sister - "Polvo" from the 2021 album Al Mundo Azul on Twin Group. For over a decade now, Mr Twin Sister have been constantly reinventing their sound in…
Nov 15, 2021·4m
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Tina Bell: Unsung Goddess of Grunge
Today, we bring you the story of Tina Bell, from KEXP's Sound & Vision podcast. Bam Bam was a Black woman-fronted grunge band in Seattle in the early '80s…
Nov 12, 2021·26m