On the show this time, it’s the soul-filling songs of Choctaw Nation story-teller Samantha Crain.

Shawnee, Oklahoma native Samantha Crain is foremost a writer. She’s got characters to introduce, stories to tell, and an original take on country-folk singer-songwriter music. She has been making recordings since the mid 2000s, putting out her first EP The Confiscation herself, a collection based on five of her own short stories. Her way with words has united a community of musicians who collaborate and contribute to her sound. Now seven full albums in, her latest is 2025’s Gumshoe, available on Real Kind Records.

Recorded June 27, 2025
Dragonfly
Gumshoe
Dart
B-Attitudes

Watch the full Live on KEXP session on YouTube.

On the show this time, it&rsquo;s the soul-filling songs of Choctaw Nation story-teller Samantha Crain.
Shawnee, Oklahoma native Samantha Crain is foremost a writer. She&rsquo;s got characters to introduce, stories to tell, and an original take on country-folk singer-songwriter music. She has been making recordings since the mid 2000s, putting out her first EP The Confiscation&nbsp;herself, a collection based on five of her own short stories. Her way with words has united a community of musicians who collaborate and contribute to her sound. Now seven full albums in, her latest is 2025&rsquo;s&nbsp;Gumshoe,&nbsp;available on Real Kind Records.
Recorded June 27, 2025
<ol>
<li>Dragonfly</li>
<li>Gumshoe</li>
<li>Dart</li>
<li>B-Attitudes</li>
</ol>
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tS_mgJcz6ZU">Watch the full Live on KEXP session on YouTube.</a>

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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.

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On the show this time, it’s the Northwest dream-pop of Sea Lemon.

Sea Lemon is the Seattle-based solo project of musician Natalie Lew. The songs inhabit the deep, lush, reverb-drenched spaces of shoegaze, but carry the bright hooks of true pop music into those depths.  Her debut album Diving for a Prize was released in May of 2025.

Recorded July 14, 2025
Stay
Sunken Cost
Cynical
Crystals

Watch the full Live on KEXP session on YouTube.

On the show this time, it&rsquo;s the Northwest dream-pop of Sea Lemon.
Sea Lemon is the Seattle-based solo project of musician Natalie Lew. The songs inhabit the deep, lush, reverb-drenched spaces of shoegaze, but carry the bright hooks of true pop music into those depths. &nbsp;Her debut album Diving for a Prize was released in May of 2025.
Recorded July 14, 2025
<ol>
<li>Stay</li>
<li>Sunken Cost</li>
<li>Cynical</li>
<li>Crystals</li>
</ol>
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnJfUiidtcc">Watch the full Live on KEXP session on YouTube.</a>

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Sea Lemon

On the show this time, it’s the epic long-form rock of Texas band THIS WILL DESTROY YOU.The obnoxiously named Texas quartet, THIS WILL DESTROY YOU, started recording music in 2005 to have something to sell at shows.  Their first record which they were burning to CD-R themselves, was called Young Mountain. They released 4 more records, recorded with the brilliant producer John Congleton. 

Musical and personal differences led to members leaving, and eventually to the current situation, where there are two versions of the band, each with one of the original guitarists.  This performance at KEXP features original member Jeremy Galindo, and songs from Young Mountain, S/T, and Another Language.  There’s one song from Jeremy and original bass player Raymond Brown’s new project - You, Infinite, available on Pelagic Records.

Recorded July 16, 2025.
THIS WILL DESTROY YOU
A Three-Legged Workhorse 
The World Is Our ____ 
Dustism 

Watch the full Live on KEXP session on YouTube.

On the show this time, it&rsquo;s the epic long-form rock of Texas band THIS WILL DESTROY YOU.The obnoxiously named Texas quartet, THIS WILL DESTROY YOU, started recording music in 2005 to have something to sell at shows.&nbsp; Their first record which they were burning to CD-R themselves, was called Young Mountain. They released 4 more records, recorded with the brilliant producer John Congleton.&nbsp;
Musical and personal differences led to members leaving, and eventually to the current situation, where there are two versions of the band, each with one of the original guitarists.&nbsp; This performance at KEXP features original member Jeremy Galindo, and songs from Young Mountain, S/T,&nbsp;and Another Language.&nbsp; There&rsquo;s one song from Jeremy and original bass player Raymond Brown&rsquo;s new project - You, Infinite, available on Pelagic Records.
Recorded July 16, 2025.
<ol>
<li>THIS WILL DESTROY YOU</li>
<li>A Three-Legged Workhorse&nbsp;</li>
<li>The World Is Our ____&nbsp;</li>
<li>Dustism&nbsp;</li>
</ol>
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3J2_8fQVShI">Watch the full Live on KEXP session on YouTube.</a>

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