Evie Stokes: Remi Wolf, Crumb, MRCY
In Our Headphones
KEXP
4.4 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 29 July 2024
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
Evie Stokes joins us to talk about what she has in store for listeners as KEXP’s new Drive Time host (Tuesdays through Fridays), then shares three standout tracks she’s had in her headphones lately. Ranging from art-pop to psychedelic jazz and soul, every recommendation deals with some heavy themes while being completely danceable.
Plus, Music Director Chris Sanley shares an emotional track from the artist she calls one of the greatest songwriters of our time.
Songs featured:
- Remi Wolf - "Cinderella"
- Crumb - "Genie"
- MRCY - "Flowers In Mourning"
- Björk - "Army of Me"
- Cassandra Jenkins - "Omakase”
Listen to the full songs on KEXP's "In Our Headphones 2024" playlist on Spotify or the “What's In Our Headphones” playlist on YouTube.
Listen to Evie Stokes Tuesdays through Fridays from 4-7pm PT, or anytime on the 2-week archive, at KEXP.org or the KEXP App.
Hosted and produced by: Janice Headley and Isabel Khalili
Mixed by: Emily Fox
Mastered by: William Myers
Editorial director: Larry Mizell Jr.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to In Our Headphones. |
| 0:06.0 | Your chance to discover the songs K-E-X-P-Djes don't want you to miss. |
| 0:11.0 | I'm Janice Hedley and I'm Isabel Kelly and this is your |
| 0:15.9 | never-ending source for new music discovery from listener-powered K-E-X-P. |
| 0:22.4 | I'm Isabel Kalele and today on in our headphones I'm joined by Evie Soaks who as of this |
| 0:30.4 | week is the new Tuesday through Friday host of Drive Time on |
| 0:33.9 | K-E-X-P. |
| 0:35.3 | Evie, welcome to In Our Headphones. |
| 0:37.8 | Thanks, Isabel. |
| 0:39.2 | Good to be here. |
| 0:40.0 | Yeah. |
| 0:41.0 | First, can you talk about your history with KEXP? |
| 0:43.6 | Sure. Okay, so I started as a DJ assistant back in 2007. |
| 0:50.0 | I had just moved back from Los Angeles to Seattle and I was listening remotely, you know, through the internet stream from LA. |
| 1:00.0 | And when I came back, I just really wanted to be a part of KEXB,B I wanted to be a part of music but I didn't know what I want to do. I think it was 22 at the time. |
| 1:06.2 | So I was still a baby, I wanted to be, I loved music so much and had my whole life. |
| 1:10.6 | So I reached out to Michelle Myers who did at the time the Friday night show on my space and was like I want to work with you I'll do anything like do you want me to pull your records or get you T you whatever you need and she |
| 1:24.1 | hired me on as her DJ assistant so I worked with her off and on for several years did another move |
| 1:31.5 | back to LA and then came back to Seattle again. |
| 1:34.4 | And when I did, I started assisting for her again, and she, at one point was like, |
| 1:40.4 | you know, you have what it takes to be, like you're're great at music selection you should just do a demo like let's check with John Richards and you know at the time he was a DJ manager and the program director and so |
| 1:50.4 | We she talked to John I submitted a demo he loved it and they hired me on as a fill-in |
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