Marie Davidson's latest album, Renegade Breakdown, is a conscious departure from the club sound. It explores her process of detachment from commercial ideals and “industry in general."
This year marks the 30th anniversary of Alice in Chains' debut album, Facelift. On December 1st, the band will be presented Seattle's Museum of Pop Culture's Founders Award.
Dirty Projectors released five markedly different EPs in 2020, jumping between sonic realms of folk, classical, avant garde, bossa nova, and soulful pop. Frontman Dave Longstreth joins Sound & Vision to discuss the band's collaborative songwriting process.
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Pearl Jam guitarist Stone Gossard talks about his new side project, Painted Shield, a collaboration including singer/songwriter Mason Jennings.
Seattle independent artist Mark Diamond was surprised when he was able to pay his rent through song streams on Spotify. He later got picked up by a subsidiary label of Universal Music, only to realize he was making less money with the support of a label.
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Bartees Cox Jr., AKA Bartees Strange, released his debut album this year, entitled Live Forever. His sound traverses art-rock, emo, folk, R&B and even trap rap.
Calexico released a Christmas album for 2020 called Seasonal Shift. But rather than the typical holiday songs about good tidings and cheer, the band paints a more realistic picture.
2020 brought a national conversation around race in America. KEXP Audioasis host Eva Walker talks with her friend and fellow musician Rani Weatherby of the band Champagne Honeybee about how her race, background and upbringing has impacted her music.
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Entertainment attorney Dina LaPolt talks about her recent opinion piece in Variety titled, “Rap Lyrics Now Admissible in Court Evidence: A Dangerous Precedent.”
Pearl Nelson, also known as Pearl Dragon of the band Champagne Champagne, talks about idolizing Kurt Cobain and Jimi Hendrix, falling into addiction on tour, and his path to recovery.
KEXP’s Cheryl Waters talks with Sharon Van Etten about epic Ten and has her break down some of the covers on the record.
London Grammar frontwoman Hannah Reid talks about how misogyny in the music industry inspired her band’s latest album, Californian Soil.
KEXP’s Gabriel Teodros caught up with authors Davey D and Jeff Chang about the new edition of Can’t Stop Won’t Stop and the power of hip-hop.
It’s been 50 years since the release of Marvin Gaye’s record, What’s Going On. KEXP’s Larry Mizell Jr. talks with Emily Fox about the history of the record, and more.
In this conversation between Kassa Overall and his former teacher, we hear how Mr. Robert Knatt learned aspects of his teaching philosophy from his own high school band teacher.
Mustafa recently released his debut album, When Smoke Rises. At its core, the album is an expression of love – love for friends he lost to gun violence, and love for his community in Regent Park, Toronto.
David McGraw of The True Loves is an acupuncturist by day. Reporter Sararosa Davies caught up with the band’s drummer to hear how his day job informs his music.
The band Garbage is out with their seventh album, No Gods No Masters. Frontwoman Shirley Manson discusses the album’s themes of racism and sexism.
MCs Prometheus Brown (aka Geo of Blue Scholars) and El Dia (co-founder of Youth Speaks Seattle) about how local arts collective isangmahal was foundational in the work they did
Jungle’s single “Keep Moving” has been the top played song on KEXP so far in 2021. The British duo has just released their third album, Loving in Stereo.
