Notable adult punk rocker Martin Douglas speaks with the Olympia "adult-punk" band about their past life together, the spiritual drain of having to work for a living, and what being punk means to them.
To culminate KEXP's Punk Month, Martin Douglas explores his life through the cracked prism of punk rock music.
To commemorate 2004 Week and the inception of KEXP's punk show Sonic Reducer, Martin Douglas has resurrected his punk essay collection for an explosive sequel.
Brian Foss, one of the hosts of KEXP’s punk show Sonic Reducer, talks about the British punk band that just won’t quit: Mekons.
Olympia based minimalist post-punk trio Naomi Punk perform an aggressive set of grunge-influenced songs from their 2014 album, "Television Man." Recorded 08/22/2014 - 4 songs: Rodeo Trash Pit, Linoleum Tryst #19, Firehose Face, Television Man.
Essential viewing for anyone interested in the marbled history of punk culture, Queercore: How to Punk a Revolutionscreens this week at the Northwest Film Forum.
Beach Slang - Punks in a Disco Bar - from the forthcoming 2016 album A Loud Bash of Teenage Feelings on Polyvinyl Records.
Iconoclastic music journalist Martin Douglas salutes the "the most reliably great punk label in North America today."
The Punk SingerDirected by Sini Anderson(USA, 2013, 80 minutes)
On their new album, the Portland band breaks their signature post-punk with a hammer and glues it back together with dissonance.
Wildfire haze hangs over Olympia on the first day of August. Naomi Punk is stowed away in their lofted practice space in the back of Dumpster Values, a thrift shop in the center of town. It's 89 degrees but the air in the room feels even more ghastly and claustrophobic.
KEXP’s Dr. West from Sonic Reducer talks to The Gotobeds frontman about five punk tracks that influenced the recording of what he calls their “accidental rap album.”
As a coda of sorts for his time co-hosting The Cobain 50, Martin Douglas resurrects his "Requiem for a Fake Punk" series to pay tribute to the band that steered the direction of his love for music.
Mariachi and punk don’t seem like harmonious ingredients for palatable, let alone outstanding, music, but hardcore punk band The Bronx were creative (and brave) enough to try it out. The unprecedented hybrid punk/mariachi band they formed, named Mariachi El Bronx, had enough talent, appeal and nice…
KEXP DJ Lace Cadence talks about his love of Californian hardcore punk Drain and their song “Stealing Happiness from Tomorrow.”
The Vancouver punk quartet's debut album is 18 minutes of hysterical and endlessly catchy punk music with a sometimes blistering, sometimes melancholy feminist spirit.
KEXP writer Zach Frimmel explores the different iterations of the song "Sonic Reducer," the namesake for KEXP's Punk Show which celebrates its 15th anniversary this weekend.
Staff Reporter Martin Douglas talks about fake British accents, art school kids, and Cincinnati’s fun, post-punk band Artificial Go’s “Lasso.”
Our second day at Kex Hostel represented the diverse array of music and nations represented at the festival – from American feminist hip-hop and Finnish post-punk to teenage Icelandic punk and a fiery slowcore act with members from all around the world.
The second act up for our live streaming broadcast from Kex Hostel at Iceland Airwaves was rock and post-punk band Börn. They have a darker, gloomier sound influenced by the Icelandic punk movement of the 80s. Lead singer Alexandra is a total badass. She came adorned in black lipstick, a bright gre…
