More than a band, Savages is an idea. Guitarist Gemma Thompson said it herself during an in-studio session at KEXP: "We had the idea originally and wanted to put everything we'd all accumulated individually into creating a performance that had a sonic representation of the name Savages." Their deli…
At KEXP, our love for post-punk sirens Savages knows no bounds. Their debut LP Silence Yourself is without a doubt one of the best introductions of the year. These four women have put together a sound and a vision whose fury and vigil have no equal. Listening to Savages is an experience - it goes p…
London post-punk band Savages made an explosive entrance onto the American scene last year at CMJ (and then this year at SXSW) and have quickly become one of the most anticipated new acts of year. And after witnessing them live for the first time on Seattle soil, all this writer can say is this: no…
Prolific Canadian left-field pop musician Sean Nicholas Savage goes on a nostalgic sonic journey through dreamy, romantic, groovy international pop jams on his exclusive guest DJ mix for Midnight in a Perfect World.
Savages members Fay Milton and Ayse Hassan have created a "continuously morphing supergroup" called 180dB and shared the first song featuring Perfect Pussy frontwoman Meredith Graves and Yeah Yeah Yeahs guitarist Nick Zinner
There is a short monologue printed on the front cover of the Savages debut LP Silence Yourself. It serves as both a synopsis for the record and a conceptual becoming. You can read it below:
Post-punk gods Savages have done the unthinkable with their second outing: they made their sophomore record an unabashed anthem to embracing life and love. "Love is the answer" - this is the message of Savages' first single off of Adore Life, their second LP and follow up to the highly acclaimed 20…
It's only 73 seconds long, but this mini-trailer has us very excited for the eagerly-awaited sophomore release from UK group Savages. In the clip, none other than Henry Rollins (??!!) reads from Phyllis Rose’s Jazz Cleopatra: Josephine Baker In Her Time as new music from the band plays in the back…
Interstellar soul-jazz featuring James DeJoie (reeds, flute), Jim Knodle (trumpet), Ryan Berg (bass), Everett Sarono (guitar), and Dylan Savage (drums).
In quite possibly the best music news of the day (IMHO), Parquet Courts have unveiled the music video to the track "Sunbathing Animal," starring the inspiration for that song, Frida, beloved cat companion to frontman Andrew Savage. The song is also the title track of the band's forthcoming album, …
And then every once in a while you find a record that garners unfettered adoration from seemingly all corners. Going through the comments on Savage Republic's 4th LP (please don't make me type the title again), I kept waiting for the other shoe to drop - for someone to cry "overrated" or "pretentio…
It's Jehnny Beth's world, we just live in it. Or at least it was for fifty minutes, when Savages commanded the Bigfoot stage and the massive crowd in front of it. A post-punk band with an unapologetically austere aesthetic and ethos, anyone who thought the English quartet wouldn't seem like prime c…
Shelby Earl - The Man Who Made Himself A Name - from the 2017 album The Man Who Made Himself a Name on Savage Man / Nine Mile / Redeye.
Every Monday through Friday, we deliver a different song as part our Song of the Day podcast subscription. This podcast features exclusive KEXP in-studio performances, unreleased songs, and recordings from independent artists that our DJs think you should hear. Today’s selection, featured on the Mi…
Denver three-piece The Yawpers stop by KEXP to sound their barbaric yawp live on Swingin' Doors with Don Slack. Recorded 02/26/2016 - 4 songs: Tied, Savage Blue, 3 Days Sober, Walter.
Guest James McWilliams, Ingram Professor of History, Texas State University, speaks with Diane Horn about his most recent book “The Modern Savage: Our Unthinking Decision to Eat Animals”.
Denver three-piece The Yawpers stop by KEXP to sound their barbaric yawp live on Swingin' Doors with Don Slack.
I would've loved to see the faces on the suburban stay-at-home parents when UK post-punk band Savages took the stage on Ellen yesterday afternoon. "I love finding new, interesting, unique music, and I love this next band," Ellen said in her introduction. Watch them perform the track "Adore" below.…
In today’s episode, KEXP DJ Kevin Cole discusses Joy Division’s legacy with Jon Savage, author of This Searing Light, the Sun, and Everything Else: Joy Division: The Oral History.
As Cheryl Waters jokes, it's taken over ten years to get Trevor Powers' band Youth Lagoon in the KEXP studio. Really, the band has only been around since 2010 - it just feels like we've all been waiting that long. We were all happy finally to have wrangled Youth Lagoon come grace us, and the timing…
