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Grandaddy Share New Song "Bison on the Plains"

The new song was initially inspired by the Cars' track "Drive" and comes about after years of tinkering

Live Review: Meklit at Columbia City Theater (11/29)

Meklit and Diana Gameros bring a powerful night of music to Seattle and Wo Pop DJ Assistant Emily Slider was on the scene.

Wild Nothing Shares New Single "Blue Wings"

The song was initially intended to be included on last year's Indigo.

Mikal Cronin Shares First Song in Four Years, "Undertow"

Cronin's last record was 2015's MCIII

Kyle Ledford from Soniphone Records on the Everett Music Scene

With the Fisherman's Village Music Festival happening this weekend, KEXP talks to Kyle Ledford of Soniphone Records about his home of Everett, WA.

R.I.P. Phil May of The Pretty Things

Lead vocalist of the iconic British rock group The Pretty Things, has died due to complications from hip surgery following a bicycle accident. He was 75.

R.I.P. Groundbreaking Seattle Filmmaker Lynn Shelton

Accomplished Seattle filmmaker Lynn Shelton passed away yesterday evening, May 15, in Los Angeles at a University of Southern California hospital. She was 54.

R.I.P. DJ Luvva J

Jose “DJ Luvva J” Salvador Gutierrez, Jr. died from COVID-19 complications on Friday, November 5th, in Lacey, WA.

Steve Roden

Improvised soundscapes from Steve Roden, visual and sound artist from LA who often works in the Seattle area. This performance was made during a Jack Straw Productions artist residency.

Uncovering the 'Summer of Soul'

KEXP’s Larry Mizell, Jr. catches up with one of the film’s producers, Joseph Patel, to learn more about the festival and how its story was told.

Album Review: Classixx - Hanging Gardens

In the summer of 2009, if you had only one dance tune to soundtrack your adventures to day and night, you could do a lot worse than Classixx tune "I'll Get You". With a gloriously upbeat vibe and Jeppe Laursen of Junior Senior on the joyful bass-loving vocals, "I'll Get You" was a song you could pu…

Album Review: Broken Bells - After The Disco

"Oh London moon, help me stumble home, help me lose myself along the way." So begins the return of Broken Bells, the all-too-perfect team up between now legendary producer Danger Mouse (Brian Burton) and the genius songwriter who gave us the Shins, James Mercer. After The Disco is the soundtrack to…

Sasquatch 2015, Day 2: Benjamin Booker

Benjamin Booker has earned himself a bit of a reputation 'round these parts for his wild music and even wilder on stage antics. Born in Tampa, Booker now lives in New Orleans, though his band is based in Nashville. His rootsy, southern-steeped sound erupts intro overdriven garage and even punk rock…

Sasquatch 2014, Day 1: Phosphorescent

At nearly every day of any festival, there's an artist who's set time becomes a casualty to equipment changeover delays, and on Friday, that artist was Phosphorescent. But maybe it was a blessing in disguise, because those who waited through the nearly 20-minute delay at Sasquatch were rewarded wit…

Scribes Sounding Off: Richard Hell's Dream... and Interview in Seattle 3/21

I Dreamed I Was A Very Clean Tramp is exactly the succulently-written, shit-talking, salty dog memoir you’d want from the man who dreamed and ignited punk. Richard Hell was a fun-loving little Kentucky cowboy as a kid, loving TV, growing up with peak period 60s Stones and Dylan LPs, dreaming of tak…

Kamasi Washington Shares Video For Heaven and Earth Track "Hub-Tones"

The Jenn Nkiru-directed video was inspired by the ideology of Pan-Africanism

Sound & Vision: Writer Paul de Barros on How Seattle's Jazz Scene was a New Musical Frontier

Plus how the Northwest influenced artists like Quincy Jones and Ray Charles

The Black Keys Share First New Music in 5 Years, "Lo/Hi"

The duo's last album was 2014's Turn Blue.

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