Working with the textural limits of sound, Jim Evans and Kurt Delaney deliver some hard love to the politics of listening.
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]
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 yuletide cover is the A-side of a 7-inch benefiting the Girls Rock Camp Foundation
Martin Douglas takes a deep dive into the punk trio's four full -lengths.
M Ward, the Oregon based singer-songwriter and half of the duo She & Him, will release his new solo LP More Rain on March 4. The album features collaborations with the Secret Sisters, k.d. lang, Nekko Case, and many more. Listen to the album's breezy track "Girl From Conejo Valley" below. [Pit…
Five years ago, Belle and Sebastian frontman Stuart Murdoch dropped God Help the Girl, an album of songs that he planned to use for a musical movie. Well the film, which stars Emily Browning (Sucker Punch) finally has the release date of September 5 in the US. Listen to Browning sing the film's dr…
Autumn calls for fuzzy sweaters and fuzzy music. Listen to Midday Veil, Blank Realm and more with fuzzy songs, feedback drenched guitars and lo-fi indie rock on this latest mix that emotes the dark days of the season. 1. Pony Boy - When Tomorrow Never Comes 2. Midday Veil - Babel 3. Ms. John Sod…
En este episodio, nos sumergimos en el lado más melódico de Kurt Cobain a través de tres álbumes esenciales en su lista de favoritos: Get The Knack de The Knack, Green de R.E.M., y Beach Party de Marine Girls.
The song comes the first of Adams' three studio albums intended to be released this year.
It is nothing short of bewildering that it took Belle and Sebastian almost twenty years before they named an album with a title as on-the-nose as Girls In Peacetime Want To Dance. As a songwriter, band leader Stuart Murdoch is famously as self aware as he is garrulous, and despite being fascinated …
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 DJ’s think you should hear. Today’s song, featured on the Mid…
Music is the perfect companion. It comes in all shapes and sizes and fits every occasion. Here is a smattering of Midday Show host Cheryl Waters' favorite new songs for your listening pleasure. 1. Black Lips - Boys in the Wood 2. Rare Monk - Splice 3. Gap Dream - Fantastic Sam 4. Dum Dum Girls - …
Dee Dee, songwriter and main force behind the Dum Dum Girls, stopped by the KEXP studio to chat with Stevie Zoom and perform alone with just her heavy-tremolo-ed guitar. Her Girls-less performance is a throwback to the early 2008 to 2010 years, which saw Dee Dee's first CDR release on her own label…
Watch Marie Ulven's performance from Iceland Airwaves 2019 and read an interview.
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…
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 DJ’s think you should hear. Today’s song, featured on the Aft…
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 DJ’s think you should hear. Today’s song, featured on The Mid…
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 song, featured on The Midday …
