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Grimes - Full Performance (Live on KEXP)YouTubeRecorded in the KEXP studio, February 20, 2012.
The appeal here is watching the songs get built. Grimes stacks loops of her own voice over drum machines and keyboards, so "Genesis" and "Be a Body" come together layer by layer instead of simply playing back. It is a short three-song set, and it…0 - 2
Bomba Estéreo - Full Performance (Live on KEXP)YouTubeRecorded in the KEXP studio, April 3, 2013.
Colombia's Bomba Estéreo mix cumbia rhythms with electronic beats, and the studio turns that mix into a dance party with no dance floor. Li Saumet's vocals carry "Bailar Conmigo" and "Pájaros" with real swagger, and the band keeps the grooves loose…0 - 3
The War on Drugs - Full Performance (Live on KEXP)YouTubeRecorded in the KEXP studio, March 28, 2014.
Ten days after Lost in the Dream came out, the band brought four of its songs into the studio, including "Red Eyes" and "An Ocean in Between the Waves." That album went on to top a lot of year-end lists, and this session catches the songs while they…0 - 4
Mac DeMarco - Full Performance (Live on KEXP)YouTubeRecorded in the KEXP studio, April 23, 2015.
Mac DeMarco at the height of his goofy, laid-back Salad Days era, with a band that plays the woozy guitar lines perfectly and clowns around in between. "Salad Days," "Let Her Go" and "Chamber of Reflection" sound as relaxed as they do on record, but the…0 - 5
Charles Bradley & His Extraordinaires - Full Performance (Live on KEXP)YouTubeRecorded at KEXP, May 23, 2016.
Charles Bradley sings like every line costs him something, and the closing song is the reason to watch. "Changes" is his cover of the Black Sabbath ballad and the title track of his 2016 album, and he turns it into a raw soul confession. He died of cancer the…0 - 6
Lee Scratch Perry & Subatomic Sound System - Full Performance (Live on KEXP)YouTubeRecorded in the KEXP studio, September 18, 2016.
Lee "Scratch" Perry was 80 when he made this session, and he is exactly as unpredictable as his reputation promises. Subatomic Sound System lay down heavy dub while the man who helped invent the style ad-libs his way through "Dread Lion" and "Black…0 - 7
Thee Oh Sees - Full Performance (Live on KEXP)YouTubeRecorded at KEXP, November 25, 2016.
John Dwyer's band is famous for its shows, and this is the closest thing to one you can watch from a couch. Six songs, from "I Come From the Mountain" to a pile-driving "Gelatinous Cube" and "Encrypted Bounce," arrive with barely a breath between them. KEXP…0 - 8
Tinariwen - Full Performance (Live on KEXP)YouTubeRecorded in the KEXP studio, April 4, 2017.
The Tuareg guitar band from Mali plays four songs, among them "Assàwt (The Voice of Tamashek Women)," and the hypnotic, interlocking guitars sound as good here as on any of their records. It has become one of the most-watched sessions on KEXP's channel,…0 - 9
Run The Jewels - Full Performance (Live on KEXP)YouTubeRecorded in the KEXP studio, July 21, 2017.
A standout among the archive's rap sessions. Killer Mike and El-P trade verses on "Legend Has It," "Early" and "Down" with the easy chemistry that made them one of the great duos of the decade, and the studio's close cameras catch how much they are…0 - 10
ODESZA - Full Performance (Live on KEXP)YouTubeRecorded in the KEXP studio, September 8, 2017.
The Washington electronic duo recorded this on the day their album A Moment Apart came out, which gives it the feel of a home-state release party. Guest singers Naomi Wild and Wynne join for "Higher Ground" and "Line of Sight," and the set is a good…0