From IDLES and Priests to Downtown Boys and Young Fathers, we look at bands who are continuing the fight started by The Clash.
Aoife O’Donovan of the bluegrass bands Crooked Still and I’m With Her released a solo album this year about the suffrage movement.
Every Monday through Friday, we deliver a different song as part of our Song of the Day podcast subscription. This podcast features exclusive KEXP in-studio performances, unreleased songs, and recordings from independent artists that our DJs think you should hear. Today’s song, featured on the Afte…
Every Monday through Friday, we deliver a different song as part our Song of the Day podcast subscription. This podcast features exclusive KEXP in-studio performances, unreleased songs, and recordings from independent artists that our DJs think you should hear. This week we have some special holida…
Today’s song, featured on The Midday Show with Cheryl Waters, is "Wait" by Hi Crime, from the 2018 self-released album The Kids Still Got It.
Every Monday through Friday, we deliver a different song as part of our Song of the Day podcast subscription. This podcast features exclusive KEXP in-studio performances, unreleased songs, and recordings from independent artists that our DJs think you should hear. Today’s song, featured on the Afte…
Neko Case will drop her new album, The Worse Things Get, the Harder I Fight, the Harder I Fight, the More I Love You, on September 3 via ANTI- Records. She previously shared the track "Man", but today we have the lyric video for a haunting new song called "Night Still Comes." Her beautiful voice a…
Every Monday through Friday, we deliver a different song as part of our Song of the Day podcast subscription. This podcast features exclusive KEXP in-studio performances, unreleased songs, and recordings from independent artists that our DJs think you should hear. Today's song, featured on the Morn…
DJ Atticus takes you on a journey through love - a series of emotions caused by serotonin and anxiety - featuring thirteen first-hand stories of love and heartbreak from Still Corners, Whitney, The Faint, Xenia Rubinos, and more. 1. Still Corners - Lost Boys2. Golden Gardens - Extrasolar Heartbea…
Twin sisters Kehinde and Yeye Taiwo Lijadu performed as The Lijadu Sisters from the 1960s to the 1980s in Nigeria, but their influence is still felt globally today.
Martin Douglas reevaluates the British Columbia band's sterling debut album.
In 2008, a new generation of garage rock bands exploded from the Bay Area. Nearly 15 years later, their influence is still felt. Martin Douglas explores.
Every Monday through Friday, we deliver a different song as part our Song of the Day podcast subscription. This podcast features exclusive KEXP in-studio performances, unreleased songs, and recordings from independent artists that our DJs think you should hear. Today’s featured song, selected by Mo…
Nearly a decade removed from being courted by mainstream music media, the Tacoma rap trio continues to utilize what brought them to the mosh pit. Martin Douglas explores.
In the wake of their 2013 full-length Folly, the first new album from Kitchens of Distinction in 19 years, the UK trio celebrates Record Store Day with the limited-edition 10-inch single "Extravagance," featuring two B-sides culled from the band's KEXP in-studio session last year. I asked Patrick F…
Songwriter Lucy Dacus talks about her new album, Forever Is A Feeling.
Adrian Quesada talks about an old song he still takes inspiration from — Junip’s “Always.”
Before Loveless, My Bloody Valentine was already creating the template for shoegaze and sleepless nights with their debut album.
The song comes from his score for The Sun Still Burns Here, his collaboration with choreographer Kate Wallich and her company YC.
Instant dance music at your service, provided by Sean Horton (laptop), Daniel Spils (synthesizers), Stev Scalfati (synthesizers), Reggie Watts (synthesizers and vocals). Recorded March 2005 and still in its original stay-fresh container.
