9/28 at 7:30 PM | Journalist @ruwithsonali.bsky.social documents the national resistance movement against ICE and MAGA from the front lines in her new book, "Breaking ICE." In conversation with Josefina Mora-Cheung. 🎟️ Get tickets: buff.ly/eBVSK9d Media Sponsor: @kbcs.bsky.social

Happy 60th birthday to Australian composer Liza Lim. We celebrate tonight on Flotation Device with an exclusive interview and retrospective. Plus the latest from Threadgill, Nabatov, Hanes, Min Xiao-Fen and Visible Cloaks. Sunday 10pm PDT 91.3fm kbcs.fm @kbcs.bsky.social @nmcrecordings.bsky.social

Happy Podcast Monday! This week brings premiere recordings of Saariaho, Sorabji, Heiner Goebbels (for his 74th birthday today) and Heinz Winbeck. Plus Feldman, Gibbs, Min Xiao-Fen on pipa w/Julian Kytasty on bandura & more. www.mixcloud.com/FlotationDev... @melvingibbs.bsky.social @kbcs.bsky.social

Happy Podcast Monday! John Seman explores progressive proclamations w/2 new Gentle Giant reissues and a lineage w/mssv, CSTMR, Phil Minton, Nmperign & others. Plus more from our Blood Ulmer tribute www.mixcloud.com/FlotationDev... @kbcs.bsky.social @mphonic.bsky.social @eiderdownrecords.bsky.social

Flotation Device 2026-08-09 - More Blood by Flotation Device

Progressive Proclamations, Free Jazz Gestures, Intentions, and more Blood with your host John Seman.

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It's that time of year when you notice the days are getting shorter and darker...for me, the best distraction is 2 hours of sweet 80s music with tunes by #softCell #lordsOfTheNewChurch #Pretenders #spandauBallet #theEnglishBeat & more! The fun starts at 9 pm on @kbcs.bsky.social - see you there!

Now available in podcast format. Einstein on the Beach at 50 in four recordings. tinyurl.com/EinsteinAt50 @philipglass.bsky.social @bambrooklyn.bsky.social @ictusensemble.bsky.social @kbcs.bsky.social @elbphilharmonie.de

Flotation Device 2026-07-26 - Einstein on the Beach at 50

Flotation Device celebrates the 50th birthday of Einstein on the Beach, the iconoclastic opera by Philip Glass and Robert Wilson that was first performed on July 25, 1976. It became a worldwide hit, d

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It's #Seafair weekend in #Seattle, so between the pirates and angels, it'll going to be busy. But, there's always time for sweet 80s music - that time is 9 pm tonight on @kbcs.bsky.social featuring tunes from #REM #ramones #bowWowWow #ninaHagen #theClash & more! See you there!

Tonight we celebrate the 90th BD of Stuart Dempster, the 100th of Kenneth Gaburo, and the 50th of Cage's Apartment House 1776 & Sun Ra's great Montreux gig. Sun 10pm PDT 91.3fm kbcs.fm @kbcs.bsky.social @imprec.bsky.social @neumarecords.bsky.social @johncagetrust.bsky.social @andrewdrury.bsky.social

I hope everyone has a safe and fun July 4th weekend, celebrate responsibly and keep your fingers where they belong: on your hands. I'll be on the air at 9 pm on @kbcs.bsky.social with 2 hours of sweet 80s music, with #theJam #peterGabriel #theCars #blondie #japan & more! See you there!

I hope everyone has a safe and fun #Pride weekend in #Seattle; I'll be on the air tonight at 9 pm on @kbcs.bsky.social with 2 hours of sweet #80sMusic, with #visage #bowWowWow #hazelOconnor #tearsForFears #duranDuran & lots more! See you tonite!

My recent favorite radio programs on @kbcs.bsky.social are their 9pm Thursday Reggae Party and 11pm The Dub Side. I am on board!

Our new podcast takes us back to June '76 and gems by Zappa, Braxton and The Residents. Plus John Luther Adams finds a new home and a new piece in Australia and Donnacha Dennehy has a new opera. www.mixcloud.com/FlotationDev... @kbcs.bsky.social @frankzappa.bsky.social @crashensemble.bsky.social

Everyone has #WorldCup fever and the only cure is "GOOOOOOOAAAAAAAALLLLLLL!!" After the game, join me at 9 pm on @kbcs.bsky.social for 2 hours of sweet #80smusic with tunes by #theSmiths #splitEnz #roxyMusic #midnightOil #siouxsieAndTheBanshees & more! See you there!

A week past our Mother's Day Zappathon we explore post-Zappa themes in this podcast w/contributions by Zorn, Frith, Paxton, Cheer-Accident and more. Plus Xenakis, Ligeti & Nancarrow gems turn 50. www.mixcloud.com/FlotationDev... @kbcs.bsky.social @frankzappa.bsky.social @skingraftrecords.bsky.social

It's Saturday so you know what that means; I'll be on the 91.3 @kbcs.bsky.social airwaves at 9pm tonight with 2 hours of awesome #80sMusic, featuring tunes by #Pretenders #DEVO #cocteauTwins #theFixx #kateBush & so much more. See you tonight!

Get your two-hour Zappa fix whenever you want with our 2026 Mother’s Day extravaganza featuring four new archival releases that showcase Frank and the Mothers of Invention at their iconoclastic best www.mixcloud.com/FlotationDev... @frankzappa.bsky.social @ensembleinter.bsky.social @kbcs.bsky.social

For 80 years, Seattle’s coop preschools have been a place for both parents and kids to learn alongside each other. Now the program, which has been under the Seattle Community College umbrella, is up against a tight deadline to raise funds or close its doors: www.kbcs.fm/2026/04/28/s...

Senate Republicans refused to convict Trump after Jan 6. Republican SCOTUS appointees gave him immunity. Republicans in Congress today stand idly by as he unleashes death and destruction across the globe. We are now at the whims of a mad king because GOP leaders have refused to constrain him.

Happy Podcast Monday! This week we preview four Northwest new music events, with new works by Tower & Theofanidis at Seattle Symphony, a new version of Canto Ostinato at Emerald City Music, plus Frith, Harriet Tubman & more. www.mixcloud.com/FlotationDev... @kbcs.bsky.social @melvingibbs.bsky.social

Flotation Device 2026-04-05 - New by Northwest

Flotation Device previews several enticing Northwest new music events, with Seattle Symphony premiering works by Joan Tower and Christopher Theofanidis, Seattle Modern Music tackling Ligeti’s Piano Co...

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This week's podcast brings the latest from Roscoe Mitchell, Craig Taborn, Yowie, Moon Ha & Quinsin Nachoff. Plus Ichiyanagi's last composition and Wukir Suryadi & the late Richard Felciano mixing Western/Javanese instruments. www.mixcloud.com/FlotationDev... @kbcs.bsky.social @yowie-band.bsky.social

Flotation Device 2026-03-29 - Mitchell, Felciano, Ichiyanagi

Flotation Device checks in with one of the OGs of creative music, Roscoe Mitchell, and his new album of duets with drummer Michele Rabbia. His legacy touches multiple generations, as can be deduced by...

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@kbcs.bsky.social Ginger Roger’s’ theme on the Our Saturday Tradition show today was a delightful bunch of songs about dogs. I really enjoyed it! Thank you, Ginger!

Freedom Sounds with DJ Mikey O is on @kbcs.bsky.social KBCS.FM right now. They're a small public radio station and are running their pledge drive right now. Please donate! www.kbcs.fm/donate/

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Make a donation to 91.3 KBCS today to support the diverse music, news, and public affairs programs you count on the Bellevue-Seattle metro.

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Happy Podcast Monday! Missy Mazzoli revisits channels Lot's wife, Domenica Diavoleria does PNW dark ambient, and Endlings, Lukas Ligeti and Nick Fraser have new albums. www.mixcloud.com/FlotationDev... @diavoleria.bsky.social @kbcs.bsky.social @eiderdownrecords.bsky.social @newworlddram.bsky.social

Tonight on Flotation Device: -Missy Mazzoli gives Lot's wife a new voice -New albums from Endlings, Lukas Ligeti & Domenica Diavoleria -Pärt, Ferneyhough, Yun gems at 50 Sunday 10pm PDT 91.3fm kbcs.fm @kbcs.bsky.social @missymazzoli.bsky.social @newworlddram.bsky.social @eiderdownrecords.bsky.social

This week's podcast bids farewell to Éliane Radigue with a survey of her slow, audacious, tantric-informed music with help from Quatuor Bozzini and Robert Ashley. Plus Taborn, Frith, Murail, Oswald, Cortiñas & Stockhausen www.mixcloud.com/FlotationDev... @kbcs.bsky.social @quatuorbozzini.bsky.social

Flotation Device 2026-03-08 - Éliane Radigue (1932–2026)

​Flotation Device bids farewell to Éliane Radigue with a look at her audacious and beautiful music built from complex, slowly-transforming drones. Our survey of her electronic landmarks of the 20th ce...

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Tonight we celebrates Morton Feldman at 100 with Joan La Barbara, John Cage, Michael Tilson Thomas, and composers like Sorey, Sciarrino and Andriessen that were influenced by Feldman. Sunday 10pm PST 91.3fm kbcs.fm @kbcs.bsky.social @philipthomas.bsky.social @alarmwillsound.bsky.social @nonesuch.com

Tonight Flotation Device continues its review of the best new albums of 2025 with Pärt, Jarrett, Gubaidulina, Zorn, Laubrock, Halvorson, Monk, Andres and more Sunday 10pm PST 91.3fm kbcs.fm @kbcs.bsky.social @nonesuch.com @timoandres.bsky.social @ingridlaubrock.bsky.social @maryhalvorson.bsky.social

Tonight Flotation Device begins its annual review of the year's top new releases of exploratory music. Reich, Rzewski, Paxton, Mitchell, Serpa, Gentile, Alberga and Wayne Horvitz's Pigpen are among the headliners Sunday 10pm PST 91.3fm kbcs.fm @kbcs.bsky.social @stevereich.bsky.social @nonesuch.com

Happy 100th BD to Wozzeck, the most iconic modern opera. We'll celebrate in English & German and hear its influence in Mary Kouyoumdjian's Adoration. Plus Jacob Garchik, Zorn, Rzewski, Monk & more. Sunday 10pm PST 91.3fm kbcs.fm @jacobgarchik.bsky.social @maryhalvorson.bsky.social @kbcs.bsky.social