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Both of Us / Are U Down EP last summer, the Grand Forks, BC-bred DJ and producers paean to vintage Chicago and early house was the call to the dance floor that a glum world needed — even if we couldnt dance together. Almost a year and a historic Grammy nomination later, the artist born Jayda Guy remains a beam of soulful energy, a spirit that resonates throughout her invigorating and well-deserved mix for the 78th instalment of the revered DJ-Kicks series. Music sites like Napster were Guys ...

Published Apr 09, 2021Jayda G is the latest artist to land an entry in the long-running  DJ-Kicks series. The Canadian producer/DJ will release her mix album on May 14 through !K7 Records. The 21-track comp features cuts from DJ Koze, Benny Sings, KOKOROKO and more, while exclusives come from DJ BORING, LNS, Fred Again, HAAi and Jennifer Loveless. Ahead of time, Jayda G has shared an exclusive of her own in "All I Need," which you can hear alongside a video below. She becomes the second Can...

International Womens Day: KEXP DJs Share Their Bandcamp Friday Picks KEXP Being a woman is complicated. As a woman in mostly dude-dominated industries, I’ve tried to hide the fact that I’m a person who could maybe procreate one day for my whole adult career. So when I showed up nine months pregnant for my third (but first in-person) interview at KEXP, I thought “Well, here goes nothing!”    Spoiler: They hired me! I had a baby in March 2020 (amidst not much other stress, ...

25 Tracks That Defined 2020 Its been a journey... If 2020 produced nothing else of positivity in our lives, it provided ample time to soak up new music. With gigs, club nights, and festivals largely shuttered, our evenings were instead spent seeking out new artists, and re-visiting releases that might otherwise have passed us by. When the Clash team began collating our Albums Of The Year list, it quickly became apparent just how fertile 2020 had really been - virtually eve...