
Live on KEXP
Live on KEXP brings you the very best of KEXP’s world-renowned live in-studio and remote performances. Each week, we’ll bring you a new live session, from emerging artists to well-established acts, spanning styles, genres and cultures. Full video of all Live on KEXP performances available at youtube.com/kexp.
Latest episodes

Apr 4, 2023 • 24min
beabadoobee [Performance & Interview Only]
beabadoobee, a Filipino-British artist with an unabashedly pop sound, discusses her latest album 'Beatopia' and her first-person lyrics about love, breakups, and magical matters of the heart. The podcast includes a musical performance, an interview about her music career and inspiration, the process of creating the album, and the joy of making music at home. She emphasizes the importance of supporting artists and the platform.

Mar 28, 2023 • 30min
Say She She [Performance & Interview Only]
On the show this time — try saying this band’s name ten times fast. It’s a downright disco revival with… Say She She. Say She She is a seven-piece group based in Brooklyn, and it's led by three women with awesomely powerful vocals. Their album 'Prism,' which host Larry Mizell Jr called "one of the best debuts of the year," came out last year on Karma Chief Records. Recorded 11/17/2022. Fortune Teller Blow My Mind Forget Me Not NORMA Watch the full Live on KEXP session on YouTubeSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mar 28, 2023 • 25min
Say She She
On the show this time — try saying this band’s name ten times fast. It’s a downright disco revival with… Say She She. Say She She is a seven-piece group based in Brooklyn, and it's led by three women with awesomely powerful vocals. Their album 'Prism,' which host Larry Mizell Jr called "one of the best debuts of the year," came out last year on Karma Chief Records. Recorded 11/17/2022. Fortune Teller Blow My Mind Forget Me Not NORMA Watch the full Live on KEXP session on YouTubeSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mar 21, 2023 • 27min
Xenia Rubinos
On the show this time, it’s the power and the drama of Hartford, Connecticut’s producer-composer, Xenia Rubinos. Her album 'Una Rosa' came out in 2021 on ANTI- Records and is much more than an audio experience. You can see it for yourself on our full Live on KEXP session on YouTube. Xenia joins DJ Albina Cabrera for this session. They discuss the choreography and performance aspects of the album, as well as how she tapped into her cultural heritage when composing. Recorded 11/04/2022. Ay Hombre Working All The Time Sacude Did My Best Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mar 21, 2023 • 32min
Xenia Rubinos [Performance & Interview Only]
On the show this time, it’s the power and the drama of Hartford, Connecticut’s producer-composer, Xenia Rubinos. Her album 'Una Rosa' came out in 2021 on ANTI- Records and is much more than an audio experience. You can see it for yourself on our full Live on KEXP session on YouTube. Xenia joins DJ Albina Cabrera for this session. They discuss the choreography and performance aspects of the album, as well as how she tapped into her cultural heritage when composing. Recorded 11/04/2022. Ay Hombre Working All The Time Sacude Did My Best Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mar 14, 2023 • 29min
Spellling
Spellling, an Oakland, California artist with a future-soul solo project, discusses her latest album 'The Turning Wheel' and its theme of the Karmic Circle of Life. She explores her musical evolution, desire to collaborate and experiment, and performs unique vocal harmonies and genre-defying sounds.

Mar 14, 2023 • 32min
Spellling [Performance & Interview Only]
Spellling, the Oakland artist with a future-soul sound, discusses her latest album 'The Turning Wheel.' She combines airy vocals, mischievous harmony, synths, and orchestral elements. Topics include mystical and futuristic themes. Songs like 'Under The Sun' and 'Boys At School' are highlighted.

Mar 7, 2023 • 32min
Preoccupations [Performance & Interview Only]
On the show this time, it’s the potent post-punk predilections of Preoccupations. Preoccupations is a post-punk rock quartet from Calgary, Alberta. Their latest album - “Arrangements” - is a bleak indictment of the human race, having wasted opportunities to change - now facing its own inevitable, self induced destruction. There is no escape - “everything tastes like the bitter end.” We are hopelessly awaiting death. Self-loathing. Staring at the ash and the dust, with “catastrophe eyes.” This music is relentlessly compelling, begging the question - Why is ruin so beautiful? The record is available on Flemish Eye / Jagjaguwar. Recorded 10/28/2022. 1. Death Of Melody2. Ricochet3. Advisor4. Tearing Up The Grass Watch the full Live on KEXP session on YouTubeSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mar 7, 2023 • 29min
Preoccupations
On the show this time, it’s the potent post-punk predilections of Preoccupations. Preoccupations is a post-punk rock quartet from Calgary, Alberta. Their latest album - “Arrangements” - is a bleak indictment of the human race, having wasted opportunities to change - now facing its own inevitable, self induced destruction. There is no escape - “everything tastes like the bitter end.” We are hopelessly awaiting death. Self-loathing. Staring at the ash and the dust, with “catastrophe eyes.” This music is relentlessly compelling, begging the question - Why is ruin so beautiful? The record is available on Flemish Eye / Jagjaguwar. Recorded 10/28/2022. 1. Death Of Melody2. Ricochet3. Advisor4. Tearing Up The Grass Watch the full Live on KEXP session on YouTubeSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Feb 28, 2023 • 22min
Otoboke Beaver
On the show this time, it’s the infectious & ferocious power punk of Japan’s Otoboke Beaver. Otoboke Beaver is a punk rock quartet from Kyoto, Japan. They’ve got a sense of humor to complement their freak-flag feminism, and an awareness of their growing global audience. Their latest album is named 'Super Champon.' You might misread it as Super Champion - but Champon means “mixed” like the pork and seafood ramen of the same name. The self-described “Japanese girls 'knock out or pound cake' band” are incredible musicians, with a super fun inclusive energy. The record is available on Damnably and Bandcamp. Recorded 10/14/2022. I am not maternal (アイドンビリーブマイ母性) YAKITORI (ヤキトリ) I checked your cellphone (携帯みてしまいました) datsu . hikage no onna PARDON? (パードゥン) I don’t want to die alone (孤独死こわい) Watch the full Live on KEXP session on YouTubeSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.