Today's Song of the Day, as chosen by John Richards, host of The Morning Show on KEXP, is "When I’m Free" by Death Valley Girls, a 2022 single on Suicide Squeeze.
Today's Song of the Day, as chosen by John Richards, host of The Morning Show on KEXP, is "react (react)" by Fan Girl, a 2022 self-released single.
Today's Song of the Day, as chosen by Cheryl Waters, host of the Midday Show on KEXP, is "A Reprise (That Girl)" by ĠENN, a 2023 single on Liminal Collective.
'90s-revivalists Speedy Ortiz go all the way back to the '70s for their cover of the Sibylle Baier song "Lost Something In The Hills." The obscure German folk-singer had recorded songs at home on a reel-to-reel recorder, and when none other than J Mascis got his hands on a copy, he helped Baier's …
DJ Miss Ashley celebrates Women's History Month, featuring new tracks from some very talented female artists, including Madrid-based, all-female quartet Hinds, sister duo Bleached, local reggae singer and multi-instrumentalist Chava Mirel of Clinton Fearons Boogie Brown Band, and many other leadin…
I've covered a few Australian bands in this space over the years, the majority of whom appear to have been related to this Australian band. The Eastern Dark, the Internet tells me, contained ex-members of both The Celibate Rifles (Eastern Dark founder and singer James Darroch) and The Lime Spiders …
It’s always interesting when you learn about an artist’s path to recognition – and it’s even more captivating when it involves details and arcs you’d never expect. This is the intriguing life of singer-songwriter Laura Veirs: she was raised in Colorado in the 70s, where she studied geology and Mand…
Today's Song of the Day, as chosen by Larry Mizell, Jr., host of The Afternoon Show on KEXP, is "Jump the Turnstile" by TV Girl x Jordana, from the 2021 album Summer's Over on Summer's Over.
Today's Song of the Day, as chosen by John Richards, host of The Morning Show on KEXP, is "What Are the Odds" by Death Valley Girls, from the 2023 album Islands in the Sky on Suicide Squeeze.
Today's Song of the Day, as chosen by Larry Mizell, Jr., host of the Afternoon Show on KEXP, is "Everybody's Saying That" by Girl Ray, from the 2023 album Prestige on Moshi Moshi.
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.
Metric frontwoman and Broken Social Scene collaborator Emily Haines is releasing the first Emily Haines & The Soft Skeleton album in over a decade on September 15 via Last Gang/eOne. Entitled Choir of the Mind, it follows 2006's Knives Don't Have Your Back, which reached number 28 on the Canadi…
Things haven't always been sunny for Radiation City. The Portland band may not have been able to illuminate our days with another album had founding couple Cameron Spies and Lizzy Ellison not set aside their differences to reignite their songwriting process. Their third LP, Synesthetica (out this F…
2016 is off to a great start for M. Ward. The beloved Northwest singer/songwriter made a surprise appearance at the Sasquatch! 2016 Launch Party earlier this week, and today, he shares a video for "Girl From Conejo Valley," a single from his upcoming release, More Rain. The clip, directed by Ward …
