On the show this time, it’s the multi-genre dance music of London’s Ibibio Sound Machine.

Ibibio Sound Machine is one of our favorite bands. We met them when they first played on our live broadcast for International Clash Day from London. They are high energy, multi-cultural, groove focused and danceable. They bring the fashion; they bring the fun. Their latest records are the 'Black Notes' EP and their full-length 'Pull the Rope,' both available on Merge Records.

Recorded October 10, 2024.

1. Electricity
2. The Talking Fish (Asem Usem Iyak)

3. The Chant (Iquo Isang)

4. Fire
5. Protection From Evil

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On the show this time, it’s the multi-genre dance music of London’s Ibibio Sound Machine.

Ibibio Sound Machine is one of our favorite bands. We met them when they first played on our live broadcast for International Clash Day from London. They are high energy, multi-cultural, groove focused and danceable. They bring the fashion; they bring the fun. Their latest records are the 'Black Notes' EP and their full-length 'Pull the Rope,' both available on Merge Records.

Recorded October 10, 2024.

1. Electricity
2. The Talking Fish (Asem Usem Iyak)

3. The Chant (Iquo Isang)

4. Fire
5. Protection From Evil

Watch the full Live on KEXP session on YouTube.

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On the show this time, it’s New York indie rockers Been Stellar.

Been Stellar formed when Michigan high school buddies Sam Slocum and Skyler Knapp decided to be in a band together. In the tradition of bands like the Dandy Warhols, Trashcan Sinatras, and Gnarls Barkley they named themselves after a celebrity, here it's (duh) actor Ben Stiller. As Skyler put it in an interview with NYU's student paper the Washington Square News - “How’ve you been? Well, I’ve been stellar thank you.” Since they made the move to New York they’ve managed to build a solid audience in the Brooklyn scene. They’ve also filled out the band with some superb players, recording and touring as a 5 piece. Their 2nd, and latest album is called 'Scream From New York, NY' and is available on Dirty Hit Records.

Recorded September 19, 2024.

1. Scream From New York, NY
2. Passing Judgment
3. Pumpkin
4. I Have The Answer

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On the show this time, it’s New York indie rockers Been Stellar.

Been Stellar formed when Michigan high school buddies Sam Slocum and Skyler Knapp decided to be in a band together. In the tradition of bands like the Dandy Warhols, Trashcan Sinatras, and Gnarls Barkley they named themselves after a celebrity, here it's (duh) actor Ben Stiller. As Skyler put it in an interview with NYU's student paper the Washington Square News - “How’ve you been? Well, I’ve been stellar thank you.” Since they made the move to New York they’ve managed to build a solid audience in the Brooklyn scene. They’ve also filled out the band with some superb players, recording and touring as a 5 piece. Their 2nd, and latest album is called 'Scream From New York, NY' and is available on Dirty Hit Records.

Recorded September 19, 2024.

1. Scream From New York, NY
2. Passing Judgment
3. Pumpkin
4. I Have The Answer

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On the show this time, it's the Japanese art-punk rock trio TsuShiMaMiRe. 

TsuShiMaMiRe is a triple-punch-kick of a rock band, celebrating their 25th anniversary together.  Their latest album is called “Mizumono” translated as “the band is like water”.  The trio made up the phrase to describe themselves - they say “It roughly means that being a band is a gamble; a matter of chance, unpredictable and out of anyone's control. No one knows what the future holds!"  The album is available on Bandcamp and their imprint Mojor Records.

Recorded September 26, 2024.

1. SHOW YOU MY SOY SAUCE
2. 24030
3. Sex On The Beach
4. MEIKYOKU
5. Double Punch Kick

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On the show this time, it's the Japanese art-punk rock trio TsuShiMaMiRe. 

TsuShiMaMiRe is a triple-punch-kick of a rock band, celebrating their 25th anniversary together.  Their latest album is called “Mizumono” translated as “the band is like water”.  The trio made up the phrase to describe themselves - they say “It roughly means that being a band is a gamble; a matter of chance, unpredictable and out of anyone's control. No one knows what the future holds!"  The album is available on Bandcamp and their imprint Mojor Records.

Recorded September 26, 2024.

1. SHOW YOU MY SOY SAUCE
2. 24030
3. Sex On The Beach
4. MEIKYOKU
5. Double Punch Kick

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On the show this time, Charlotte Adigéry and Bolis Pupul slap some bass and get downright funky. 

Cultural appropriation and racism. Social media vanity. Post-colonialism and political correctness. These are not talking points that you’d ordinarily hear on the dancefloor but Charlotte and Bolis have ripped up the rulebook with their debut record. All four songs from this set come from the album, which came out earlier this year on Deewee Records. It’s called “Topical Dancer”—and that’s not a typo. The album is as danceable as it is topical. KEXP DJ Larry Mizell Jr. put it this way: Adigery and Pupul “deal with colonialism and race with unsparing wit.

1. Blenda
2. Making Sense Stop
3. Haha
4. Ceci n’est pas un cliché

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On the show this time, Charlotte Adigéry and Bolis Pupul slap some bass and get downright funky. 

Cultural appropriation and racism. Social media vanity. Post-colonialism and political correctness. These are not talking points that you’d ordinarily hear on the dancefloor but Charlotte and Bolis have ripped up the rulebook with their debut record. All four songs from this set come from the album, which came out earlier this year on Deewee Records. It’s called “Topical Dancer”—and that’s not a typo. The album is as danceable as it is topical. KEXP DJ Larry Mizell Jr. put it this way: Adigery and Pupul “deal with colonialism and race with unsparing wit.

1. Blenda
2. Making Sense Stop
3. Haha
4. Ceci n’est pas un cliché

Watch the full Live on KEXP session on YouTube.

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On the show this time, we replay our vaguely holiday-themed traditional episode - the dual-drum druid jazz of King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard. The Melbourne, Australia based psych-rockers released five albums in 2017, and played at the KEXP studios in support of the releases: “Polygondwanaland” and “Gumboot Soup."

1. Crumbling Castle
2. The Fourth Colour
3. Deserted Dunes Welcome Weary Feet
4. The Castle In the Air
5. Muddy Water
6. The Wheel

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On the show this time, we replay our vaguely holiday-themed traditional episode - the dual-drum druid jazz of King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard. The Melbourne, Australia based psych-rockers released five albums in 2017, and played at the KEXP studios in support of the releases: “Polygondwanaland” and “Gumboot Soup."

1. Crumbling Castle
2. The Fourth Colour
3. Deserted Dunes Welcome Weary Feet
4. The Castle In the Air
5. Muddy Water
6. The Wheel

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On the show this time, from Bogota, Columbia - the birthplace of Cumbia - it's the energetic joy of Frente Cumbiero. 

Frente Cumbiero has been making cumbia music since 2006, bringing their nuanced take on the music of the Latin-American people all over the world.  They’ve worked with dub magician and producer Mad Professor.  They’ve worked with avant-classical string players the Kronos Quartet.  More recently they made a record with Japanese folk revivalists the Minyo Crusaders.  All this to say, these are musicians musicians, who can play with anyone, and who always bring the party with them.  Their music is available on Bandcamp.

Recorded September 13, 2024.

1. Por Sacar un Sonido a la Calle Me Quieren Meter Preso
2. Jaley Jaley
3. Cumbia Trosky
4. Bestiales 77

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