Martin Douglas kicks off the series by diving into Raw Power by The Stooges.
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In the inaugural roundtable of our series, Dusty Henry, Martin Douglas, and Albina Cabrera dive into Kurt Cobain's list.
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Martin Douglas dives into the legacy of the Swiss band Kleenex, later known as LiLiPUT.
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Dusty Henry, Martin Douglas, Albina Cabrera, and Janice Headley discuss the idea of "punk" through the lens of four bands.
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Martin Douglas dives into Jamboree by Beat Happening. Hailing from Olympia, Washington, the trio lived and breathed the punk rock ideology
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Dusty Henry and Martin Douglas revisit 1995 with the track “Shook Ones, Pt. II” by Mobb Deep, who we’ll hear from in this episode.
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Dusty Henry, Martin Douglas, Albina Cabrera, and Larry Mizell Jr. explore four albums on Kurt's list that challenged the politics of their time through the lenses of punk and hip-hop.
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Martin Douglas dives into Cut by The Slits (written in Kurt's list as "Typical Girls," the lead single from the album).
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Martin Douglas and Janice Headley dive into Shonen Knife’s 1983 album Burning Farm, which was released in America by Olympia, WA’s own K Records.
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Martin Douglas dives into Rock for Light by Bad Brains. It's a story of how Black punks from one Washington (D.C.) influenced punk in the other Washington (state).
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Dusty Henry and Martin Douglas dive into the three albums by the Portland band Wipers, the band with the most entries on Kurt's list (unless you count "anything by Kleenex").
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For our series, Mix & Match, Jasmine Albertson creates a cocktail inspired by a Seattle band. This week she features Linda From Work alongside Martin Douglas.
Martin Douglas revisits a Clipse classic and digs into the legacy of production team The Neptunes
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KEXP’s Martin Douglas reflects on travel, mortality, and life through his favorite rap album of the year, Maps by billy woods.
Martin Douglas revisits 2018 with “Vindaloo” by Armand Hammer. ELUCID and billy woods approach rap from two very different creative workflows
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Martin Douglas revisits 1991 with the track “Mind Playing Tricks on Me” by Geto Boys.
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Dusty Henry and Martin Douglas team up to revisit the 2003 double album Speakerboxxx/The Love Below by Outkast.
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Seattle’s Da Qween is probably best described by KEXP’s own Martin Douglas as “simply is what they are. A very good rapper, a queer-identifying person, too talented and too stubborn to allow straight people to view them as a gimmick, and as the title of their 2019 album suggests, a renaissance bitc…
Martin Douglas revisits 2001 to unpack the legendary rivalry between Jay-Z and Nas, a story that starts with an empty throne for the king of New York hip-hop.
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Kathleen Hanna of the Olympia feminist punk riot grrrl band, Bikini Kill, talks with KEXP’s Martin Douglas about her career, activism and why she wanted to write her new memoir, Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk.
