On the heels of the new stripped-down piano version of The Sophtware Slump, Grandaddy frontman Jason Lytle opens up about the making of the album, the death of Grandaddy bassist Kevin Garcia, and the future of the band
KEXP presents Grandaddy performing live at KEXP. Recorded October 17, 2003.
We are heartbroken to report on the passing of Kevin Garcia, founding member and bassist for Grandaddy. Garcia suffered a massive stroke on Monday, leaving him with a brain injury described by doctors as "catastrophic." Sadly, he died from complications of his stroke on Tuesday afternoon. He was on…
The new song was initially inspired by the Cars' track "Drive" and comes about after years of tinkering
The Grandaddy frontman teams up with Kramies and Little Wings for a three-song split single titled 3ingle
They say great art can come from sadness, and that seems to be true for the new album from Grandaddy. KEXP Music Director Don Yates notes, "the fifth album (and first in 11 years) from this reunited Modesto, CA-bred band led by Jason Lytle is an impressive return to form featuring consistently stro…
Former Grandaddy frontman Jason Lytle shares a new live album today via Bandcamp. The release — appropriately titled House Show — was recorded back in May at his friend Stephan Bayley’s home in Portland. It's an intimate, casual affair, with great in-between song banter left in the recording. Stre…
Grandaddy released their first album in over a decade, Last Place, back in March and today they've shared a video for the track "Brush with the Wild." The video, directed by Aaron Beckum, follows the story of a heartbroken man who tries to throw out all the things that remind him of his ex, only to…
Today's Song of the Day, as chosen by John Richards, host of the Morning Show on KEXP, is "The Town Where I'm Livin Now" by Grandaddy, from the 2023 album Sunday: Excess Baggage on Dangerbird Records.
South Carolina-via-Seattle group Band of Horses galloped on to The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon last night. Watch the guys perform the track "Casual Party" off their latest, Why Are You OK, out now on Interscope/American Recordings, and produced by Jason Lytle of Grandaddy. KEXP was lucky to…
Now in its third season, the Amazon.com original series The Man in the High Castle has an excellent soundtrack thanks to Danger Mouse and producer Sam Cohen. This spring, those songs are being collected for Resistance Radio, a compilation featuring tracks from Angel Olsen, Beck, the Shins, MGMT’s …
During KEXP’s Spring Fundraising Drive, we counted down the most-played albums in KEXP’s history, going back over a decade of airplay. See the list.
KEXP listeners voted for their top 666 albums of all time in coordination with our Fall donor drive.
KEXP counts down the top albums of the last 50 years as voted on by our listeners in conjunction with our 2022 fall fundraising drive.
