KEXP Music Director Don Yates and DJ Alex Ruder share reviews of new and upcoming releases from Hookworms, Rhye, Field Music, Groundislava, and more!
KEXP Music Director and DJ share reviews of new and upcoming releases.
The harsh cold air bites at my hands as I walk toward the Tractor Tavern to see Pedro The Lion play their first Seattle show in 11 years. The harshness of freezing breeze turns my thoughts to Pedro The Lion's "The Longest Winter." "In time memories fade, senses numb," the young David Bazan sings on…
Pixies had little to say, but lots to play at the Paramount Theatre on Sunday, December 3. The alt-rock pioneers, who formed in Boston in 1986, blazed through a 33 song set in just over an hour and a half, speaking a grand total of two words to the crowd between songs. Fans didn’t seem to care abou…
Reviews by Dusty Henry (DH), Gabe Pollak (GP)
Reports from Kaitlin Frick (KF), Dusty Henry (DH), Gabe Pollak (GP)
Five songs into Hamilton Leithauser’s headlining set at the Neptune Theatre last week, a man got down on one knee and proposed to his sweetheart. The news didn’t reach the stage until after the former frontman for The Walkmen howled the last refrain of “A 1000 Times,” from his latest studio LP, I H…
All photos and review by Alan Lawrence (view set)

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