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Live Review: Nada Surf w/ Prism Tats at The Neptune 5/18/16

Next month we celebrate the 20th birthday of High/Low, the timeless full-length debut from New York indie rock stalwarts Nada Surf. The band celebrated the milestone in great fashion, reissuing the record on beautiful orange vinyl through Vinyl Me Please and giving it a fantastic packaging makeover…

Midnight in a Perfect World: Melenas

Pamplona, Spain-based band Melenas share a mix of influential songs that inspire their own addictive indie pop on their exclusive guest DJ mix.

Midnight in a Perfect World: TAMTAM

Fresh off the release of their breakthrough 'Ramble in the Rainbow' EP, Tokyo-based four-piece band TAMTAM offer up a trippy and groovy guest DJ mix for Midnight in a Perfect World.

Throwaway Style: On the Gits and What It Means to Puke the Blues

Mia Zapata, vocalist for the Gits, was one of the best singers to ever call Seattle home. Martin Douglas dives into her talent and the albums the band released in the early 1990s.

Exclusive Interview: Alex Kapranos of Franz Ferdinand

On their forthcoming fifth full-length Always Ascending, Scottish band Franz Ferdinand reach new heights. Frontman Alex Kapranos talks to KEXP about the lyrical influences on the new release.

Monday Music News

Arcade Fire teams up with Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Blood Orange drops two new songs, plus tracks from of Montreal and Titus Andronicus all in today's music news round-up.

KEXP at Trans Musicales: Gloria

Today, we kick off sharing our discoveries from the Trans Musicales festival in Rennes, France, where last December we captured twelve exclusive sessions. This week’s feature is of psychedelic girl-group inspired band Gloria.

Dr. Dog Finds Power with Peace on Latest LP Critical Equation (KEXP Premiere)

The Philadelphia band's new album drops this Friday, April 27 via Thirty Tigers.

MoPOP Celebrates 28 Years of Pearl Jam with Upcoming Exhibit

Dubbed Pearl Jam: Home and Away, the exhibit will open on August 11th to coincide with the band’s Seattle Home Shows at Safeco Field

Moon Human Experience a "Rebirth" on Their New Single (KEXP Premiere)

A moonlit drive away from the trio's basement-murky art-punk, "Rebirth" is a foray into spacious, resplendent territory for the band.

Portland’s Loose Offer a Relentless Summer Parable with “Heatstroke” (KEXP Premiere)

Serendipitously aligned with a real-life Pacific Northwest heat wave, the Portland band captures the feeling of the beating sun in Cascadia with jagged riffs and shot-along melodies.

Musicians Band Together To Save The Showbox In Open Letter, Including Sleater-Kinney, Run The Jewels, The xx, Death Cab and more

Ben Gibbard, Mike McCready, Duff McKagan, and Macklemore lead a group of artists to help save The Showbox

R.I.P. James Werle of Math & Physics Club

James Werle, guitarist for Northwest indie-pop band Math & Physics Club has passed away at 47-years-old.

Cloud Nothings’ Dylan Baldi Breaks Down Every Song on Last Building Burning

Produced by Randal Dunn, the band's latest release is their most intense and raw version of themselves yet.

Beirut Announce New Album Gallipoli

The record will be the band's fourth studio album and first since 2015's No No No

Trans Musicales 2018: Day One

The KEXP road crew and DJ Morgan are excited to be back in Rennes, France for our third year of filming bands at the 40th Annual Trans Musicales Festival!

My Phoenix Will Rise: David Bazan Goes Back to the Start with Pedro The Lion’s First Album in 15 Years

The Seattle band returns with a new album examining childhood loneliness and the weight carried around from the lead singer's former hometown.

Broken Social Scene Premiere Two New Songs on The Strombo Show

Alongside the two new songs, “Can’t Find My Heart” and “1972,” the band cover "Total Eclipse of the Heart."

The Antlers Announce Hospice 10th Anniversary Reissue and Tour

The long-dormant band will play Hospice in its entirety on the 16-date tour.

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