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, selected by Midday Show…
After seven years together, Vivian Girls are calling it quits. They wrote on their Facebook page, "It's been a long and crazy journey in the seven years since, and we feel as though the time has finally come to let our band rest in peace. It's been an experience that we'll look back on and cherish…
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…
Do you like dancing in your underwear? Yeah? Do you like dancing in public in your underwear? Well, !!!'s Nic Offer sure does. For their performance at KEXP's broadcast from Doug Fir Lounge during Musicfest NW, the frenetic frontman stripped down to his Some Girls-inspired skivvies before thrusting…
It's been three years since we've heard new music from Gregg Gillis, better know by his stage name Girl Talk and the wait will soon be over. He has enlisted the help of rapper Freeway for the upcoming album, Broken Ankles, which will feature Gillis' signature mash-up style. The two of them announc…
KEXP chats with Ryan Hemsworth on the heels of the release of his debut EP under the name Quarter-Life Crisis
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 Afterno…
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.
Soft Kill, Tempers, Death Valley Girls are just a few of the headliners of this year's festival.
New Zealand singer-songwriter Marlon Williams and his band play a live set in the KEXP studio. Recorded 02/01/2016 - 4 songs: Strange Things, Dark Child, Hello Miss Lonesome, When I Was A Young Girl.
Today's Song of the Day, as chosen by DJ Kennady Quille, in honor of KEXP's Pride programming, is "Chainsaw Girl" by Chainsaw Girl, from the 2021 self-released Chainsaw Girl EP.
In this month's edition of In Our Headphones, KEXP's Digital Content team celebrates Pride with picks from artists in the LGBTQIA+ community.
The Tacoma native's recently released EP is a remarkable twenty minutes of singing and rapping, of sex and self-love. Martin Douglas investigates.
Revolution Girl Style Now! Or, err, September 22nd, when Northwest icons Bikini Kill release their 1991 demo tape of the same name on vinyl, CD, and digitally, via Bikini Kill Records. The reissue will also feature three previously unreleased tracks. The cassette was originally recorded by Pat Mal…
Gear up for patio weather with Midday Show host Cheryl Waters' new podcast. This synth-rock heavy mix will leave you blissed out and wanting more! 1. Ceo - Mirage 2. The Casket Girls - Chemical Dizzy 3. Marriages - Skin 4. Hot Chip - Huarache Lights 5. Operators - Ecstasy In My House 6. FM Belfa…
Afternoon Show host Kevin Cole soars with this mix of new power pop, hip-hop, glam infused soul, and house featuring Katie Kate, Perfect Pussy, Dum Dum Girls, Hercules & Love Affair and more. 1. The Baseball Project - From Nails To Thumbtacks 2. Cheap Star - Kelly Slayer 3. Dum Dum Girls - Ri…
There's nothing pretty about Girl Band. In fact, the Dublin-based four-piece play some of the most abrasive pop songs you're likely to hear. But it hadn't always been that way. Singer Dara Kiely and guitarist Alan Duggan had played together in more conventionally "indie" type bands before hitting u…
Christopher Owens — formerly of the San Francisco indie band, Girls — talks about his first album in nearly a decade.
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.
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 Mor…
