In separate interviews, Martin Douglas speaks to Jean Smith and David Lester of the Vancouver-based band about their influence on a generation of musicians, the K Records reissues of two of their classic albums, and much more.
Brian's pick for today is "It's Xmas (And Everyone Is Miserable)" by Seattle band Dirty Sidewalks, a 2017 single on No Count Records.
Big band afro-beat with Tracy Ferrara, John Ryser and Moose Barber (horn section), Jayson Powell (percussion), Steve Steele and JJ Moon (guitars), Andy Sells (drums), Bele Bele (clave) and Bucket Burkett (bass).
Elements of jazz and traditional west African music combine to create a soul-stirring sound, with Andrew Oliver (piano), Kane Mathis (kora, guitar), Jim Knodle (trumpet), Brady Millard-Kish (bass), Mark DiFlorio (drums).
London band Wolf Alice bring their dark, psych-tinged folk-pop to the KEXP studio for this live session. Recorded 03/10/2015 - 4 songs: Moaning Lisa Smile, Your Love's Whore, Fluffy, Giant Peach.
Montreal-based band The Barr Brothers return to the KEXP studio for a live set of folk-pop. Recorded 12/05/2014 - 4 songs: Love Ain't Enough, Even the Darkness Has Arms, Half Crazy, Come in the Water.
On this episode of Music That Matters, Wo' Pop host Darek Mazzone highlights artists on the record label Awesome Tapes From Africa, including Professor Rhythm, Dur-Dur Band, and Awa Poulo.
Backed by his band, Bazan performs a set of songs from the new album, Phoenix, along with some Pedro the Lion classics in the KEXP Gathering Space.
On the show this time, it’s the multi-genre dance music of London’s Ibibio Sound Machine. Ibibio Sound Machine is one of our favorite bands. We met them when they first played on our live broadcast for International Clash Day from London
Emily Fox speaks with The Gits guitarist Andy Kessler and bassist Matt Dresdner about the band’s legacy and the life of Mia Zapata.
Brian Foss, one of the hosts of KEXP’s punk show Sonic Reducer, talks about the British punk band that just won’t quit: Mekons.
Sonic Reducer co-host Brian Foss talks about protest music, punching nazis, and the feminist punk rock band Cheap Perfume.
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, unrealeased songs, and recordings from independent artists that our DJ’s think you should hear. Today’s song, featured on the …
Friends of the station Of Monsters And Men have come a long way since KEXP filmed them playing in a living room in Reykjavik, Iceland in 2010. In fact, they've come a long way even since the station filmed them playing on a bluff at Sasquatch in 2012. KEXP was one of the earliest to discover this b…
London post-punk band White Lies have never done anything small. Upon transitioning from their old band Fear of Flying to new, more epic material in 2007, this UK three piece has only pushed for bigger and better as time has gone on. Their 2009 debut To Lose My Life… showcased their unique take on …
Sometimes it’s the simplest words that stop you cold. Soft-spoken Tuareg artist Omara ‘Bombino’ Moctar proved this to me on a stiflingly hot summer evening at the 2012 Pickathon Festival backstage. I was talking to him for their post-performance video interviews, aided by French-Canadian guitarist…
Every once in a while, I post an album from a band that's been so minimally documented on the Internet that I feel I'm adding significantly to the body of public knowledge about them with one little blog post. This is dangerous because usually I know next to nothing about these bands. Take Ism, for…
It’s a rare opportunity to see a band as hyped as Whitney at a venue as intimate as the Sunset Tavern. Or as frontman Julien Ehrlich noted with an off-the-cuff affect he deploys for most his on stage thoughts, “This show’s been sold out a long time.” No surprise there. With the June release of thei…
While gale winds canceled some early main stage shows, a different force of nature was met with far warmer reception on the Bigfoot stage. Yo La Tengo is certainly a force of nature in the indie music scene and a walk back through their discography is a long one, as the group have consistently rele…
As Cheryl Waters jokes, it's taken over ten years to get Trevor Powers' band Youth Lagoon in the KEXP studio. Really, the band has only been around since 2010 - it just feels like we've all been waiting that long. We were all happy finally to have wrangled Youth Lagoon come grace us, and the timing…
