Songs of the Summer with KEXP's Editorial Team
In Our Headphones
KEXP
4.4 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 12 August 2024
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
On this special edition of In Our Headphones, KEXP’s Editorial Team comes together to share their contenders for this year’s “Song of the Summer.” From synth pop and breezy yacht rock to UK garage and the diss track to end them all, each contributor brings their own take on what makes the perfect summer track.
Songs featured:
- Buscabulla - “11:11” (Albina Cabrera’s pick)
- Mt Fog - “Drifting” (Roddy Nikpour’s pick)
- Chris Cohen - “Night or Day” (Janice Headley’s pick)
- Empress Of - “Kiss Me (feat. Rina Sawayama)” (Emily Fox’s pick)
- J.P. - “Bad Bitty” (Larry Mizell Jr’s pick)
- Kendrick Lamar - “Not Like Us" (Dusty Henry and Martin Douglas’ pick)
- Bklava - “all around me” (Isabel Khalili’s pick)
Send your own "Song of the Summer" to [email protected].
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.
Explore the work of KEXP’s Editorial Team on https://www.kexp.org/podcasts/ .
Hosted and produced by: Janice Headley and Isabel Khalili
Mixed by: Roddy Nikpour
Mastered by: William Myers
Editorial director: Larry Mizell Jr.
Our theme music is “好吗 (Hao Ma)” by Chinese American Bear
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| 0:00.0 | Support for KEXP streaming comes from the Seattle Public Library. |
| 0:04.4 | Presenting their new exhibit, Seattle Gay News celebrates 50 years. |
| 0:08.5 | Patrons can explore the history of this LGBTQ Plus newspaper at the Central Library's level 8 gallery. |
| 0:15.0 | More information on the exhibit at spiel.org slash exhibits. |
| 0:20.0 | You're listening to In Our Headphones. |
| 0:26.0 | Your chance to discover the songs KEXP DJ's don't want you to miss. |
| 0:31.0 | I'm Janice Hedley and I'm Isabel Kelly and this is your never ending |
| 0:36.4 | source for new music discovery from listener-powered K-E-X-P. |
| 0:42.0 | Hey it's Isabel and this is a special episode of in our headphones because I'm joined by not only one guest but six guests and we're talking about our songs of the summer. |
| 0:55.6 | So with me today is almost everyone from KEXP's editorial team which my co-host Janice and I are both part of, |
| 1:02.8 | so we are both here with you today. |
| 1:04.1 | And we're gonna share our own music picks a little later. |
| 1:06.9 | And the editorial team is behind K-E-X-P's podcasts. |
| 1:11.5 | Our director happens to be afternoon show host Larry Myzel Jr who is also with us today |
| 1:16.9 | Larry do you have anything to add about the editorial team before we jump into the music? |
| 1:22.2 | Yeah our editorial team here at K-X-P is an incredibly dynamic team of folks. |
| 1:30.0 | We are creative, I don't want to say content creators, but we're creative folks that aren't |
| 1:37.5 | DJ. We're telling the stories behind the music, connecting the music to, I don't know, life and what's happening in the world. |
| 1:48.0 | And we do so over a range of incredible podcasts and on-air programming and I'm damn proud to be here with you all today. |
| 1:57.0 | Thank you for that Larry. |
| 2:00.0 | Yes! |
| 2:02.0 | And listeners can find all of our work on K-E-X-P.org slash podcasts or just search for |
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