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Rather, it’s the beginning of an important dialogue with a close loved one vocalist Julia Steiner finds herself estranged from. The music on the band’s sixth studio album – its first for New West Records – fills the space that person left behind with 11 songs showcasing Ratboys at the peak of their powers — twangy, effervescent, as confident as they’ve ever been, and perhaps more emotionally interrogative than ever before.\"\n\nhttps://ratboys.bandcamp.com/album/singin-to-an-empty-chair", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3622635, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3622635/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-02-26T17:00:01-08:00", "show": 66037, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66037/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://dn711108.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-99581850-91e1-328f-ac75-788c3e7dd681/mbid-99581850-91e1-328f-ac75-788c3e7dd681-21224266519_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://dn711108.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-99581850-91e1-328f-ac75-788c3e7dd681/mbid-99581850-91e1-328f-ac75-788c3e7dd681-21224266519_thumb250.jpg", "song": "New Town", "track_id": "4a3972b3-ae10-3bfd-8bf4-ee8adb989553", "recording_id": "a18f8236-781b-496a-be3d-61006fe1d92c", "artist": "Life Without Buildings", "artist_ids": [ "f2fc3767-1688-4a84-be35-38b7928a1fcc" ], "album": "Any Other City", "release_id": "5f011174-ec6e-4573-a422-880ef5044c42", "release_group_id": "b6ec1503-cc55-348c-9086-858bb71d0696", "labels": [ "DC Baltimore 2012" ], "label_ids": [ "8c318116-a6b6-4c00-b3fa-8d7bbf3a519a" ], "release_date": "2001-02-26", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "On this day in 2001, Life Without Buildings release their first and only studio album Any Other City! \n\nNamed after a track by the influential English band Japan, this Glaswegian band featured visual artist Sue Tompkins on vocals. 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It translates to \"I am not going to miss you\" and its meaning reflects the courage to break away from people, worldly attachments and expectations, and move forward freely on your own path. \n\nStaying true to her values, Emi Pop has chosen not to participate in Spotify, encouraging listeners to support artists directly through grassroots and independent channels. “No Te Voy a Extrañar” is available online and on \nBandcamp:\nhttps://emipop.bandcamp.com/album/no-te-voy-a-extra-ar \n--\nPlaying at this year's Capitol Hill Block Party in Seattle!\nCheck here for the lineup and info: https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/music/capitol-hill-block-party-2026-lineup-announced/", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3622629, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3622629/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-02-26T16:47:34-08:00", "show": 66037, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66037/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://dn720700.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-1c40c989-5d6b-4041-ad22-85b8b9dd3a4c/mbid-1c40c989-5d6b-4041-ad22-85b8b9dd3a4c-42152419415_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://dn720700.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-1c40c989-5d6b-4041-ad22-85b8b9dd3a4c/mbid-1c40c989-5d6b-4041-ad22-85b8b9dd3a4c-42152419415_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Life Signs", "track_id": "4aa63cb9-73e4-4a99-9e06-15330be60942", "recording_id": "071baed3-f3a8-43f2-8bd3-ebb300cce126", "artist": "Water From Your Eyes", "artist_ids": [ "09f91305-e193-48af-92e3-252b3dd5e718" ], "album": "It's A Beautiful Place", "release_id": "1c40c989-5d6b-4041-ad22-85b8b9dd3a4c", "release_group_id": "9398c054-a0d2-4fd4-a95b-9afc02012827", "labels": [ "Matador" ], "label_ids": [ "229bd4be-8cd7-442c-85b0-5007ea353abc" ], "release_date": "2025-08-22", "rotation_status": "Library", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Touring!\n\n-May 7th, 9th, 10th @ Oakland's Fox Theater\n-May 8th @ SF's Bottom Of The Hill\n\nMore dates & locales here: https://www.waterfromyoureyes.com/tour\n--\n#59 on KEXP Listeners' Top Voted Albums of 2025! See full list here: https://www.kexp.org/countdowns/best-albums-of-2025/\n--\n\"The first single from the [forthcoming] album 'It’s a Beautiful Place' operates like language poetry, preserving the band’s freneticism and oddity in doomscroll onomatopoeia.\" \nHere's a review of this new single: https://tinyurl.com/4rs9n2du", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3622626, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3622626/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-02-26T16:39:54-08:00", "show": 66037, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66037/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://dn710807.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-6a40a635-d7cb-4fc2-8bd5-f9f852d93e4c/mbid-6a40a635-d7cb-4fc2-8bd5-f9f852d93e4c-11167911445_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://dn710807.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-6a40a635-d7cb-4fc2-8bd5-f9f852d93e4c/mbid-6a40a635-d7cb-4fc2-8bd5-f9f852d93e4c-11167911445_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Beautiful Blue Sky", "track_id": "1111de1b-2635-4071-9491-e607579e3e6d", "recording_id": "ca1ce69c-5416-4c84-81ab-d70f449f3681", "artist": "Ought", "artist_ids": [ "a039f1f1-e664-4aee-a917-426514734aa0" ], "album": "Sun Coming Down", "release_id": "6a40a635-d7cb-4fc2-8bd5-f9f852d93e4c", "release_group_id": "ffa2d4a1-cd45-438a-be58-97c428d40844", "labels": [ "Constellation" ], "label_ids": [ "3496ee09-46bf-4bfd-92f1-38593e24d987" ], "release_date": "2015-09-18", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Montreal quartet Ought began in 2011, taking heavy cues from their city's thriving scene of underground politics, loft parties, and D.I.Y. culture. Formed by singer/guitarist Tim Darcy, bassist Ben Stidworthy, keyboardist Matt May, and drummer/violinist Tim Keen, the band melded unlikely influences from both high-energy mid-'90s emo bands and airy, early college rock acts like the Feelies and Talking Heads.\n\nhttps://www.mergerecords.com/artist/ought\nhttps://ought.bandcamp.com/\n--\nCheck out this video from their 2015 Live on KEXP studio session, including \"Beautiful Blue Sky\".\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSna2APlZ4I", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3622624, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3622624/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-02-26T16:36:35-08:00", "show": 66037, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66037/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/fbfaf4d4-4587-4fcb-9255-8b0565605d04/13479659454-500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/fbfaf4d4-4587-4fcb-9255-8b0565605d04/13479659454-250.jpg", "song": "Beautiful World", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "b4df68cb-6f30-463e-88ed-0a356d67ac7a", "artist": "DEVO", "artist_ids": [ "d2db1078-c170-4e22-b261-14f3ad60a690" ], "album": "New Traditionalists", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "04103c21-91d1-3172-95e2-b80544e238b3", "labels": [], "label_ids": [], "release_date": "1981-08-01", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Jerry Casale of Devo said of this song: \"We wanted to get everybody into a mood where people thought Devo was saying the world was really nice and saying the world was beautiful, then it turns out to be one man's opinion, which is mine, which is, while the world could be beautiful, it's not for me because of what I'm seeing.\"\n\nDevo was founded by Jerry Casale and Mark Mothersbaugh, who were both at Kent State University when four unarmed students were shot to death by the US National Guard. This had a profound effect on Jerry and Mark, who developed the idea of \"De-evolution,\" meaning that humans were devolving rather than evolving.\n--\nWatch the official video here: https://youtu.be/E-gbYjLd93g?si=NMmrbemh92HYEH62", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3622621, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3622621/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-02-26T16:34:36-08:00", "show": 66037, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66037/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://dn710409.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-49b39079-0b92-4de7-9f18-c64bd83fb9a8/mbid-49b39079-0b92-4de7-9f18-c64bd83fb9a8-44451329349_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://dn710409.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-49b39079-0b92-4de7-9f18-c64bd83fb9a8/mbid-49b39079-0b92-4de7-9f18-c64bd83fb9a8-44451329349_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Cool Job", "track_id": "a4cfc1eb-c50a-42af-8693-5357cea9ebbd", "recording_id": "41e208f4-487e-42ec-99bb-cde873354ef2", "artist": "Telehealth", "artist_ids": [ "c94f22ca-0965-4dee-aa71-8e15620a3779" ], "album": "Green World Image", "release_id": "49b39079-0b92-4de7-9f18-c64bd83fb9a8", "release_group_id": "d8f78af6-a017-4cc1-be41-539955e5446a", "labels": [ "Sub Pop Records" ], "label_ids": [ "38dc88de-7720-4100-9d5b-3cdc41b0c474" ], "release_date": "2026-05-15", "rotation_status": "Medium", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "The new Telehealth song just dropped yesterday! Album to be released on May 15th on Sub Pop Records.\n\nTelehealth will have hometown release show at Neumos on May 14th.\n\nFor more info about Telehealth, their partnership with Sub Pop, and more tour dates, read here: \nhttps://www.subpop.com/news/2026/02/25/sub_pop_enters_into_creative_partnership_with_seattle_band_telehealth\n\nhttps://telehealth.bandcamp.com", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3622620, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3622620/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-02-26T16:26:28-08:00", "show": 66037, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66037/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "comment": "Stay tuned! Kevin's got new music to play for you on Drive Time!\n\nWe'd love to hear from you!\nRequest a song or say hello...\nemail dj@kexp.org\ntext (206) 903-5397", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "airbreak" }, { "id": 3622619, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3622619/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-02-26T16:22:12-08:00", "show": 66037, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66037/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://ia601609.us.archive.org/28/items/mbid-267a2f67-85ac-4297-9021-40b832e9de3b/mbid-267a2f67-85ac-4297-9021-40b832e9de3b-43163945275_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://dn721608.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-267a2f67-85ac-4297-9021-40b832e9de3b/mbid-267a2f67-85ac-4297-9021-40b832e9de3b-43163945275_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Enemy", "track_id": "2318d1fc-094b-4975-ad62-02b4c8738732", "recording_id": "b4a1a6d4-88d3-4ce3-824c-61e49fd2435b", "artist": "Sassy 009", "artist_ids": [ "00d394c8-09be-41b5-bc52-f37f0fa7cfb7" ], "album": "Dreamer+", "release_id": "267a2f67-85ac-4297-9021-40b832e9de3b", "release_group_id": "830db12a-eed1-4243-abff-f7819dce3c12", "labels": [ "[PIAS] Électronique" ], "label_ids": [ "e5321339-436c-4929-a5cb-26b35e17d416" ], "release_date": "2026-01-16", "rotation_status": "Medium", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "The Oslo-based producer reveals, “I didn’t really sing until I started making beats. That was the first time I heard my own voice, so I was kind of scared of it.\n\n\"But I was so free at the time. I didn’t have any expectations on who was going to listen to it. It was just ‘la la la’ and then upload, the process was not complicated. I could use a bit of that mindset now, for sure.\"\n\nOf the reality of releasing music today, she advises, \"You have to try to break through the noise. It’s impossible to be free from that pressure if your ambition is to make a living from music, which is such a cursed blessing to be able to do.\n\n\"I’ve been lucky not to have thought too much about that while I’m creating, but it is definitely distorting the relationship I have with my craft. 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Here’s hoping it sees its way to a few dance floors in 2026.\" --Bandcamp\n\nhttps://nationoflanguage.bandcamp.com\nhttps://www.nationoflanguage.com/", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3622608, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3622608/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-02-26T16:04:43-08:00", "show": 66036, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66036/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "Weak Heart", "track_id": null, "recording_id": null, "artist": "Ruts D.C. vs Mad Professor", "artist_ids": [], "album": "Rhythm Collision Dub", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": null, "labels": [ "Echo Beach" ], "label_ids": [ "d314e1a4-d7be-47e6-b5f0-3e1d5445638c" ], "release_date": "1997-01-01", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "The Ruts (later known as The Ruts D.C.) are an English reggae-influenced punk rock band, notable for the 1979 UK top 10 hit single \"Babylon's Burning\", and an earlier single \"In a Rut\", which was not a hit but was highly regarded and regularly played by BBC Radio 1 disc jockey John Peel. \nhttps://rutsdc.com/", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3622607, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3622607/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-02-26T16:00:36-08:00", "show": 66036, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66036/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://dn721502.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-c15ccbbb-39d8-4473-8370-4906fe84b8aa/mbid-c15ccbbb-39d8-4473-8370-4906fe84b8aa-44107715228_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://dn721502.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-c15ccbbb-39d8-4473-8370-4906fe84b8aa/mbid-c15ccbbb-39d8-4473-8370-4906fe84b8aa-44107715228_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Lovin n Affection", "track_id": "83ce519d-ca63-476c-8b8e-baf1b928c02e", "recording_id": "88143d97-043d-43a2-a55a-c90444bec457", "artist": "L’Éclair feat. 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This track includes Inès Mouzoune, known for her work with projects like Amami, Roshâni, and Baby Volcano.\nhttps://ebbmusic.eu/artists/leclair/\n--\nWatch L'Eclair perform live in the KEXP studio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jz060HkfwE\n\nhttps://leclairband.bandcamp.com/album/lagniappe-sessions", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3622617, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3622617/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-02-26T15:58:24-08:00", "show": 66037, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66037/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "comment": "", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "airbreak" }, { "id": 3622605, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3622605/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-02-26T15:56:32-08:00", "show": 66036, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66036/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/6bba9caf-ef84-4d24-830d-5df0b463a070/16742835743-500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/6bba9caf-ef84-4d24-830d-5df0b463a070/16742835743-250.jpg", "song": "Laisse tomber les filles", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "87d4798e-93c6-4a10-b2cd-0ffc0581dcd1", "artist": "France Gall", "artist_ids": [ "385966f0-b912-4755-bad6-4780ebf3f4cd" ], "album": "Laisse tomber les filles / Christiansen", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "eb7de002-bee0-491a-878d-3688a2c4eb3d", "labels": [ "Philips" ], "label_ids": [ "6d38d6d2-bea8-46cf-b48e-a6195fd85f12" ], "release_date": "1964-01-01", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Laisse tomber les filles\" (transl. \"Drop it with the girls\") is a French song written by Serge Gainsbourg and originally performed by France Gall in 1964. The song was a major hit in France.\n--\nWant to watch some awful lip-synching?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWRCJhsz5t4", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3622604, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3622604/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-02-26T15:53:47-08:00", "show": 66036, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66036/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/bd0ae5a6-d649-4315-a363-9f85ddbb1827/16831508964-500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/bd0ae5a6-d649-4315-a363-9f85ddbb1827/16831508964-250.jpg", "song": "These Boots Are Made for Walkin’", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "ccba168d-bcfe-4564-a9e1-8cacc3307545", "artist": "Nancy Sinatra", "artist_ids": [ "c2e36518-9c3b-4dcb-82ad-a3fc7fe99c67" ], "album": "Boots", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "931e62e5-6cbf-3a36-a54f-c230e67d7b6b", "labels": [ "Reprise Records" ], "label_ids": [ "af6d6f49-2b4d-40fe-86d4-241906772b59" ], "release_date": "1966-01-01", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Did you know that, on February 26th, 1966, Nancy Sinatra went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'These Boots Are Made For Walking'?\n--\nToday, Nancy Sinatra posted: \"Sixty years ago today, “These Boots Are Made for Walkin’” became my very first #1 record. After six years of hard work and hits around the world, everywhere except the United States, I suddenly became an “overnight success.” Funny how that works.\nWhen “Boots” hit the charts, it took off like a rocket and it has never really come back down. Over the years, it’s taken on a life of its own. I don’t think it’s immodest for me to say it’s iconic. Is there anyone who doesn’t know “Boots”? Is there anyone who doesn’t recognize Chuck Berghofer’s equally iconic bassline?\" : https://www.facebook.com/NancySinatra/posts/sixty-years-ago-today-these-boots-are-made-for-walkin-became-my-very-first-1-rec/1491177399035382/", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3622603, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3622603/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-02-26T15:51:50-08:00", "show": 66036, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66036/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/a1a0d09a-3ee4-4f21-ab43-0b744444f15c/35269412042-500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/a1a0d09a-3ee4-4f21-ab43-0b744444f15c/35269412042-250.jpg", "song": "Heebie Jeebies", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "5d1372f3-778a-4419-9fe2-e9488a695443", "artist": "Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five", "artist_ids": [ "cfedde14-91c5-46cb-b087-9f2da9bec194" ], "album": "Heebie Jeebies / Muskrat Ramble", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "26d322f4-6445-49f0-8e4a-4775d23bfbe6", "labels": [ "OKeh" ], "label_ids": [ "968ea5bb-1662-4bcd-beea-9a97ba8b30ca" ], "release_date": "1926-03-01", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Recorded in Chicago on this day (February 26) in 1926, Louis Armstrong’s “Heebie Jeebies” is said to contain the first example of scat singing in jazz history. As legend has it, Satchmo dropped his song sheet during the recording session and resorted to inserting nonsense syllables in place of lyrics.\nArmstrong comes in around the 1:25-minute mark, but the scatting really starts to heat up around 1:45. When it was released on OKeh Records later that year, “Heebie Jeebies” would become an instant sensation, inspiring countless jazz vocalists to adopt Armstrong’s unique vocal technique and make it their own.", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3622601, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3622601/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-02-26T15:47:47-08:00", "show": 66036, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66036/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/98369e2a-1021-4cae-b429-1a49cb9a5816/27869677219-500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/98369e2a-1021-4cae-b429-1a49cb9a5816/27869677219-250.jpg", "song": "Manteca", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "514206b7-8803-41b6-ba99-aa669f6446f8", "artist": "The Chico O'Farrill Orchestra", "artist_ids": [ "4e89c8fc-2892-4e4d-8d4f-61c4bad10ef2" ], "album": "More Than Mambo: The Introduction to Afro-Cuban Jazz", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "6b8d5998-7aa7-425f-9284-e6a8ea46177c", "labels": [ "Verve" ], "label_ids": [ "99a24d71-54c1-4d3f-88cc-00fbcc4fce83" ], "release_date": "1995-01-01", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Manteca is an instrumental jazz standard co-written in 1947 by American trumpeter and bandleader Dizzy Gillespie, Cuban percussionist and composer Chano Pozo and arranger Gil Fuller. Chico O'Farrill famously expanded Dizzy Gillespie and Chano Pozo's 1947 classic \"Manteca\" into the acclaimed \"Manteca Suite\" in 1954. O'Farrill’s work, which blended bebop with Afro-Cuban rhythms.", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" } ] }
