This stalwart Seattle band bends their sonics into a new direction while retaining the massive sound pressure, with Chris Martin (keys and guitar), Matthew Reid-Schwartz (guitar, keys and flute), Lucy Atkinson (bass and effects), and Barrett Wilke (drums and triggers).
From the Sonarchy archives and first heard in 1996. The organ jazz sound gets a spanking that only this band can deliver, featuring Craig Flory (sax and clarinet), Ron Weinstein (hammond B3, piano, trumpet), Mike Stone (drums) with guest Fred Chalenor (electric bass).
Psychedelic noise-rock band A Place To Bury Strangers stop by KEXP and perform an extremely gritty live performance. Recorded 03/18/2015 - 4 songs: Supermaster, We've Come So Far, Now It's Over, Death In Seattle.
Montreal band Stars stop by the Midday Show in support of their recently released album, "No One Is Lost". Recorded 03/02/2015 - 4 songs: This Is The Last Time, Trap Door, Look Away, Elevator Love Letter.
Los Angeles based Cambodian Psych-Pop band Dengue Fever perform a tight live set on Wo' Pop in the KEXP studio. Recorded 02/10/2015 - 4 songs: Ghost Voice, Tokay, Girl From The North, No Sudden Moves.
Vivid and direct, The Make It All Show, the fifth album from the Oklahoma outfit Skating Polly, is perhaps the band’s most vibrant and incisive set of songs to date.
With their 2014 sophomore effort, Painted Shut, Hop Along went from Philadelphia’s best kept secret to one of the most feverishly beloved bands on their circuit.
Performing four songs from his debut album Trespasser, Art D'Ecco and his band join DJ Abbie in the KEXP Live Room.
Would you like some good advice? Well, you’ve come to the right spot! It's the good advice Music That Matters podcast with John Richards, featuring new songs from Damien Jurado, Swervedriver, The Budos Band, and Leggy!
In November, Japanese band Kikagaku Moyo made a crowd of VIP donors at The Triple Door feel very good while basking in the haze of free flowing psychedelic folk for KEXP’s VIP Club Concert series.
Performing the first four songs off their latest record, Dark Thoughts, Portland band The Shivas prove why they continue to shine after all this time.
Christopher Owens — formerly of the San Francisco indie band, Girls — talks about his first album in nearly a decade.
DJ Albina Cabrera talks about one of her favorite bands from Mexico City, Vondré, and their new shoegazy song “31.”
Madrid indie rock quartet Hinds made their full length debut on Mom + Pop at the turn of the new year with a fantastic album called Leave Me Alone. But, after seeing them live, it's hard not to interpret the title as being somewhat ironic, because there are few bands around that are as fun to be in…
Partly-local band Widowspeak has announced the follow up 2015’s All Yours. Their new album is titled Expect The Best and will be released later this summer. Frontwoman Molly Hamilton wrote the songs while she was living in her hometown of Tacoma, Washington. The band, formed in Brooklyn, have under…
A native of Red Bluff, California, Margaret Glaspy moved across the country to Boston, where she cut her teeth with master classes at Berklee (regardless of whether or not she was a student at the time) and local gigs. A few years – and one set of studio sessions redoing her original, iPad-recorded…
When it comes to Britpop, Super Furry Animals are truly a whole 'nother beast. Though they tend to get lumped in with bands like Pulp (who were an early champion of SFA) and Blur, the Furries are a unique animal, bending genres and breaking boundaries throughout their 20 year career. The band went …
Late last year, Wavves frontman Nathan Williams launched a label, Ghost Ramp, and for 2016, their kicking off their subscription series in an awesome way: a split 7" single featuring his band on one side, and Best Coast on the other side, covering the Nirvana track "Dumb." Listen to a vinyl rip be…
In case you missed its debut on The Morning Show on KEXP yesterday, Nada Surf are back with new music: stream the single "Believe You’re Mine" below. The Brooklyn band's eighth studio album, You Know Who You Are, will be out March 4th via beloved local label Barsuk, and features two tracks co-writ…
Uncanny! DJ Kevin Cole's favorite band has written a song about his favorite grocery store: listen to a live version of The Replacements performing "Whole Foods Blues" at a recent show in Los Angeles. Frontman Paul Westerberg displays his usual wicked way with words, lamenting his journey to get a…
