Music·Curated by Richard

The flat line

Nine live sets where the vocal never changes register, no matter what the song admits.

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#01
Wednesday - Pick Up That Knife (Live on KEXP)delivers the threat like she's reading a grocery list
#01
Wednesday - Pick Up That Knife (Live on KEXP)
KEXP
delivers the threat like she's reading a grocery list
#02
Maya Hawke - Slacker In The Rye (Live on KEXP)barely raises her voice, barely needs to
#02
Maya Hawke - Slacker In The Rye (Live on KEXP)
KEXP
barely raises her voice, barely needs to
#03
Getdown Services - The Radiator (Live on KEXP)monotone as a coping mechanism
#03
Getdown Services - The Radiator (Live on KEXP)
KEXP
monotone as a coping mechanism
#04
Getdown Services - Caesar (Live on KEXP)same flat delivery, a different kind of falling apart
#04
Getdown Services - Caesar (Live on KEXP)
KEXP
same flat delivery, a different kind of falling apart
ALSO IN The class of 2026
#05
Gurriers - Des Goblin (Live on KEXP)shouting, somehow, without ever sounding urgent
#05
Gurriers - Des Goblin (Live on KEXP)
KEXP
shouting, somehow, without ever sounding urgent
#06
Cabaret Voltaire - Sensoria (Live on KEXP)the original blueprint for not caring out loud
#06
Cabaret Voltaire - Sensoria (Live on KEXP)
KEXP
the original blueprint for not caring out loud
ALSO IN The loudest thing in the room
#07
Cabaret Voltaire - 24-24 (Live on KEXP)industrial, mechanical, entirely unbothered
#07
Cabaret Voltaire - 24-24 (Live on KEXP)
KEXP
industrial, mechanical, entirely unbothered
ALSO IN One band, two genres
#08
Telehealth - Donor Country (A gOoD cAuSe) (Live on KEXP)reads bad news like a weather report
#08
Telehealth - Donor Country (A gOoD cAuSe) (Live on KEXP)
KEXP
reads bad news like a weather report
ALSO IN Circuits, played live
#09
Yeah NO - Suggestible (Live on KEXP)deadpan as a genre unto itself
#09
Yeah NO - Suggestible (Live on KEXP)
KEXP
deadpan as a genre unto itself