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.
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.
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.
The Philadelphia band's new album drops this Friday, April 27 via Thirty Tigers.
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
A moonlit drive away from the trio's basement-murky art-punk, "Rebirth" is a foray into spacious, resplendent territory for the band.
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.
Ben Gibbard, Mike McCready, Duff McKagan, and Macklemore lead a group of artists to help save The Showbox
James Werle, guitarist for Northwest indie-pop band Math & Physics Club has passed away at 47-years-old.
Produced by Randal Dunn, the band's latest release is their most intense and raw version of themselves yet.
The record will be the band's fourth studio album and first since 2015's No No No
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!
The Seattle band returns with a new album examining childhood loneliness and the weight carried around from the lead singer's former hometown.
Alongside the two new songs, “Can’t Find My Heart” and “1972,” the band cover "Total Eclipse of the Heart."
The long-dormant band will play Hospice in its entirety on the 16-date tour.
The Seattle band's debut album is out April 5 via Help Yourself Records
The song is the third single to be shared from the Australian band's forthcoming record Fishing For Fishies
The band's third studio album U.F.O.F. is out May 3 via 4AD
The song notably doesn't appear on the tracklist for the Australian band's forthcoming record Fishing For Fishies
The cover of Donovan's 1965 song appears on the band's upcoming record Help Us Stranger
