The song comes from their forthcoming queer concept album Drone Butch Blues, out April 19
Influential Brussels-based composer Adam Wiltzie shares a sublime guest DJ mix spotlighting his exquisite ear for soothing ambient, classical, and drone music.
Ah, it's time for another dip into the "Bands Levi Really Should Have Been Paying Attention to at the Time" file. I can't tell you how many Red Lorry Yellow Lorry records I flipped past in my teenaged record-store-digging days, and I'm sure I heard them on one of our fine local college radio statio…
In celebration of the release of their fourth full-length album 'Masana Temples,' Tokyo's Kikagaku Moyo shares some of their favorite songs spanning psychedelic rock, drone rock, acid folk, and more on their hypnotic guest DJ mix for Midnight in a Perfect World.
Northwest band Chastity Belt stops by the KEXP studio to deliver a strong set of guitar-heavy songs from their latest release, "Time To Go Home", plus an unreleased song called "Dull". Recorded 03/28/2015 - 4 songs: Dull, Time to Go Home, Drone, Joke.
Today’s song, selected by DJs Larry Rose, Stas THEE Boss, Brit Hansen, and DJ Riz in honor of Pride, is "Somewhere in Between" by Your Heart Breaks, from the 2019 album Drone Butch Blues on Sofa Burn Records.
Montreal's Suuns make a particular kind of low-drone heavy but never "drone music" - they walk the fine line between being experimental and being simply loud rock music. There's never really been the kind of rock n roll vibes you get from other bands walking that line, but instead an industrial syn…
Cincinnati indie outfit Wussy return to the KEXP studio to deliver an impressive set of pop-rock. Fuzzy, droning guitars are balanced by folk inspired song craft and topped with back and forth vocal melodies from Chuck Cleaver (former Ass Ponys frontman) and Lisa Walker. Recorded 06/20/2014 - 5 so…
August is closing out with some seriously highly-anticipated new albums. Highlights include the fifth album from Baltimore duo Beach House, which KEXP Music Director Don Yates describes as "another beautifully crafted set of atmospheric dream-pop with a floating, reverb-drenched sound combining dro…
Throwaway Style is a weekly column dedicated to examining all aspects of the Northwest music scene. Whether it’s a new artist making waves, headlines affecting local talent, or reflecting on some of the music that’s been a foundation in our region; this space celebrates everything happening in the …
Named for the famed BBC DJ John Peel, Peel Dream Magazine is a new shoegaze drone noise project out of Brooklyn from the mind of Joe Stevens. Now a four piece, their latest album, Agitprop Alterna, was just released last week and was recorded in a freezing practice space near his home.
Something new's going on in Seattle. Well, something new and something old. This city's musical past is already peppered with its fair share of country rock, folk, psychedelic and metal bands, but several up and coming bands are tapping into those genres and styles with renewed vigor. Ballard was a…
DJ Larry Rose (host of Larry's Lounge) brings you a fun genre hopping mix of memorable songs mostly from debut releases. 1. Mike Pace and the Child Actors - Summer Lawns 2. Snuff Redux - E-Drone 3. Diet Cig - Harvard 4. Boxed In - Mystery 5. Tkay Maidza - U-Huh 6. Shad & DJ T.LO - Fire 7. F…
KEXP's broadcast from Pioneer Square as part of Upstream Music Fest + Summit continues with Seattle-based group MASZER, who brought a expansive, droning set to our stage at Little London Plane. Built on the propulsive dual percussion of Joseph Braley and Emilio Muniz, resonant guitar from Tomer-Dav…
This Friday, May 13th and Saturday, May 14th, Seattle’s Debacle Records brings the ninth edition of Debacle Fest to the beautiful Columbia City Theatre for two nights of transportive experimental, ambient, drone, noise, psych, and get-lost-in-your-head-I’m-floating-in-space music from artists acros…
From hard hitting hip-hop to hard hitting punk rock, with a little psychedelic drone rock thrown in for good measure, DJ Kevin Cole brings you a mind bending mix on Freak Reaction. 1. All Them Witches - Bruce Lee 2. Tim Darcy - Tall Glass of Water 3. The Afghan Whigs - Demon In Profile 4. Broth…
It's only a matter of time before Saint Rich, the musical brainchild of Steve Marion and Christian Peslak, becomes a household name. Beyond the Drone, their debut full-length album, was released earlier this month on Merge Records, and it'll blow you away. Before becoming a part of Saint Rich, Mari…
Droning feedback. Static. The mechanical thrust of distorted, blown out drums. These are the first few sounds you hear on CHARMS’ debut album, Human Error, out June 16 on Killroom Records (which you can stream below). Even before the song descends into a flurry of manic, sharp riffs and guttural sy…
As major labels continue to exist behind the times, artists and labels with little capital and lesser reputations are producing some of the most innovative, interesting, and inspiring music. Whether it’s creating a new niche in digital technology or looking to once obsolete formats, Agitated Atmosp…
