Local duo Chimurenga Renaissance (aka Tendai Maraire of Shabazz Palaces and Hussein Kalonji) debut a new track today titled "Girls With Gunz," a song they say was inspired by African assassin Grace Maseva, a woman who fought in the Second Chimurenga, the war that ended white rule in Zimbabwe. Loca…
The second installment of Sixteen Again delves into the stories behind the soundtrack of Gilmore Girls
Sometimes, random happenstance can lead to wonderful things - the entire existence of Got A Girl exists as a testament to this. While on set during the filming of the Edgar Wright film adaption of Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, actress Mary Elizabeth Winstead got a chance to meet Dan The Automator, w…
Today's Song of the Day, as chosen by DJ Kevin Cole, is "i'll die anyway." by girl in red from the self-released 2019 EP Chapter 2.
Janice Headley dives into the 1981 album Beach Party by the band Marine Girls, who were just teenagers when they first formed.
Fresh off the release of their disco-focused album Prestige, British trio Girl Ray slow things down on their guest DJ mix as they spotlight some of their favorite late-night pop gems.
Hell and heartbreak run deep through Dum Dum Girls' End Of Daze, perhaps the band's finest work. As a part of the Sub Pop 30 count-up, we revisit this landmark EP in the band's catalog.
Quickly ascending 20 year-old Norwegian musician girl in red (aka Marie Ulven) celebrates her new EP Chapter 2 and a sold-out North America headlining tour with a guest DJ mix for Midnight in a Perfect World.
Strictly Sacred: The Story of Girl Trouble(Directed by Isaac Olsen, USA, 2014)
KEXP is proud to sponsor Girls That Shred, a benefit concert for local grassroots organization Skate Like a Girl, on Friday, January 10th at the Vera Project with Chastity Belt, TacocaT, Atomic Bride, Summer Babes, Lures, and our own KEXP DJ Sean.Proceeds from the night will go towards the Youth Em…
Boston punk band The Real Kids had a surprise hit in 1977 with the track "All Kindsa Girls," and now all-girl trio Ex Hex give it a modern spin with their rendition, shared below. Lead vocalist Mary Timony described it to NME as, "just a great song, the kind of song that you wish you wrote." The c…
Australia’s federal government will spend more than 3 times what the US will on artists and musicians this year. We hear how the Australian-based band, Haiku Hands is benefiting from their country’s funding model. Chastity Belt and Vivian Girls talk about their new albums. We hear why four Seattle …
I was pleasantly surprised by the reaction from our occasionally snobbish friends at KCMU circa 1989 to the eponymous major label debut by Indigo Girls (who I'm assuming need no introduction, but maybe millennials have no idea who I'm talking about; well, I guess this record is as good a place to s…
Chemtrails - Deranged - from the 2017 EP Headless Pin Up Girl on PNKSLM Recordings.
Colin Meloy of The Decemberists talks to KEXP about expanding their sound on the new album, I'll Be Your Girl, favorite synth bands, and how "we're all watching the ballistic missile coming in and the only thing we can do is keep playing through."
Our third rocking set from Iceland Airwaves at Kex Hostel was Dublin droning noise act Girl Band. This younger Irish band has no girls, nor do they sound anything like the poppy sound their name might suggest. Instead, this four piece is driven by Adam Faulkner's fast, energetic drums and loud, Dan…
The Decemberists have announced a new album to be released this March entitled I'll Be Your Girl. The album is said to be a departure from their signature indie folk and takes on a synth pop, glam sound courtesy of super-producer John Congleton, who the band is working with for the first time. In a…
The Cure's Robert Smith covered the Twilight Sad's Nobody Wants To Be Here and Nobody Wants To Leave track "There's a Girl in The Corner." The cover will be featured as the B-side of the Twilight Sad's new single "It Was Never The Same," which drops on June 15. [Pitchfork]
Working with the textural limits of sound, Jim Evans and Kurt Delaney deliver some hard love to the politics of listening.
