A Tribe Called Red talks about how the issue of Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women and Girls comes up in their music.
LA's Dum Dum Girls return to the KEXP studio to perform songs from their 2014 Sub Pop release, “Too True”. Recorded 4/5/2014 - 4 songs: Are You Okay?, In The Wake Of You, Coming Down, Trouble Is My Name.
Today's Song of the Day, as chosen by Cheryl Waters, host of The Midday Show on KEXP, is "Dream Cleaver" by Death Valley Girls, a 2019 single on Suicide Squeeze Records.
The second installment of Sixteen Again delves into the stories behind the soundtrack of Gilmore Girls
Local duo Chimurenga Renaissance (aka Tendai Maraire of Shabazz Palaces and Hussein Kalonji) debut a new track today titled "Girls With Gunz," a song they say was inspired by African assassin Grace Maseva, a woman who fought in the Second Chimurenga, the war that ended white rule in Zimbabwe. Loca…
Sallie Ford perform songs from their punchy garage-pop album Slap Back, including “Coulda Been”, “Dive In”, and “Hey Girl” live on KEXP’s Audioasis.
Today's Song of the Day, as chosen by DJ Kevin Cole, is "i'll die anyway." by girl in red from the self-released 2019 EP Chapter 2.
Sometimes, random happenstance can lead to wonderful things - the entire existence of Got A Girl exists as a testament to this. While on set during the filming of the Edgar Wright film adaption of Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, actress Mary Elizabeth Winstead got a chance to meet Dan The Automator, w…
Fresh off the release of their disco-focused album Prestige, British trio Girl Ray slow things down on their guest DJ mix as they spotlight some of their favorite late-night pop gems.
Hell and heartbreak run deep through Dum Dum Girls' End Of Daze, perhaps the band's finest work. As a part of the Sub Pop 30 count-up, we revisit this landmark EP in the band's catalog.
Quickly ascending 20 year-old Norwegian musician girl in red (aka Marie Ulven) celebrates her new EP Chapter 2 and a sold-out North America headlining tour with a guest DJ mix for Midnight in a Perfect World.
Strictly Sacred: The Story of Girl Trouble(Directed by Isaac Olsen, USA, 2014)
Originally from Oakland, CA but Currently calling PDX home, power punk band Clorox Girls perform a whole bunch of their super-rad songs live on KEXP’s Sonic Reducer with Mr. West.
Nashville heavy rockin’ duo JEFF The Brotherhood stop by to perform a couple songs from their recent album ‘Wasted On The Dream’, plus a cover of Neil Young’s ‘Cinnamon Girl’ and Flower Travel Band’s ‘Satori Part II’ live in the KEXP studio.
Boston punk band The Real Kids had a surprise hit in 1977 with the track "All Kindsa Girls," and now all-girl trio Ex Hex give it a modern spin with their rendition, shared below. Lead vocalist Mary Timony described it to NME as, "just a great song, the kind of song that you wish you wrote." The c…
KEXP is proud to sponsor Girls That Shred, a benefit concert for local grassroots organization Skate Like a Girl, on Friday, January 10th at the Vera Project with Chastity Belt, TacocaT, Atomic Bride, Summer Babes, Lures, and our own KEXP DJ Sean.Proceeds from the night will go towards the Youth Em…
Australia’s federal government will spend more than 3 times what the US will on artists and musicians this year. We hear how the Australian-based band, Haiku Hands is benefiting from their country’s funding model. Chastity Belt and Vivian Girls talk about their new albums. We hear why four Seattle …
Chemtrails - Deranged - from the 2017 EP Headless Pin Up Girl on PNKSLM Recordings.
Colin Meloy of The Decemberists talks to KEXP about expanding their sound on the new album, I'll Be Your Girl, favorite synth bands, and how "we're all watching the ballistic missile coming in and the only thing we can do is keep playing through."
