Following last year's Human Giving, the Seattle band continues to explore thrilling sonic realms and insightful commentaries on their latest EP.
FIDLAR have shared a new politically-charged single called "Too Real" that takes down everyone from the government, “bullshit bands that are on the charts,” the political right, the political left, smartphones, and EDM.
The Los Angeles band's newest offering is a pummeling, pitch-black slate of rock and roll. Lead vocalist/multi-instrumentalist Bonnie Bloomgarden walks us through each of the album's tracks.
"My Angel" comes off the band's upcoming Wine Cork Stonehenge 7” vinyl EP and Warp And Woof album
In celebration of International Clash Day on February 7th, KEXP will present our annual Clash Cover Night at Washington Hall. We had a few questions for the participating groups, and they had answers.
On their lavish and stirring sixth album, the Portland-via-Bay Area band explore massive life changes and adversity with arguably their most diverse set of songs. Martin Douglas explores.
In Spokane, a first-generation Chinese American girl meets a boy raised on a llama farm. They fall in love and eventually form a band. Martin Douglas helps tell the story of how they became one an up-and-coming DIY pop powerhouse.
Jenn Taranto of Seattle band Medejin puts together a festive Christmas Eve guest DJ mix for Midnight in a Perfect World that's "a little heavy and light, a little dark and bright" and full of seasonal indie gems.
Patterson Hood and Mike Cooley of Georgia based Southern rock band Drive-By Truckers give KEXP listeners a taste of their 12th album, “English Ocean”, with a stripped-down acoustic performance. Recorded 04/23/2014 - 4 songs: Primer Coat, The Part of Him, First Air of Autumn, Pauline Hawkins.
Seminal alternative rock band Throwing Muses make their second visit to KEXP to perform songs from their 2013 LP "Purgatory/Paradise" -- their first new album in 10 years. Recorded 2/25/2014 - 4 songs: Sunray Venus, Freesia, Milan, Static.
Janice Headley dives into the 1981 album Beach Party by the band Marine Girls, who were just teenagers when they first formed.
Evie Stokes, host of KEXP’s Drive Time show, talks with producer Lilly Ana Fowler about Isle of Wight band Wet Leg’s new single “CPR.”
Staff Reporter Martin Douglas talks about fake British accents, art school kids, and Cincinnati’s fun, post-punk band Artificial Go’s “Lasso.”
True to style, every year, there are one or two bands that manage to navigate the Sasquatch! Music Festival contracts and squeeze in a Seattle date right before they head east. For 2015, that band was UK electronic showcase Jungle. While they absolutely wowed crowds with their Sasquatch! set on Day…
It seems the thing people at KCMU most wanted to talk about regarding this 12" single by the Northern Irish band (with an American singer) That Petrol Emotion was the graphic statement on the back of the record regarding the strip searching of female prisoners at Armagh Prison in Northern Ireland. …
Dos, the fearsome bass duo of Mike Watt and Kira Roessler, belongs to that rarefied class of bands that I know I love without ever having knowingly heard them. Their music is played entirely on two basses, the charmingly low-key punk rock hero Mike Watt is half of the band, they seem to love what t…
Artists need The Clash as much as the rest of the world. The legendary band help shape the ideas of not just fans but future generations of musicians. We didn't have to ask twice for a few core KEXP artists to perform some of their favorite Clash songs for the fifth annual International Clash Day. …
Now, more than ever, the world needs The Clash. For the fifth annual International Clash Day, KEXP is highlighting the band's activism and political messaging. Even their band name carries political weight: bassist Paul Simonon was inspired when he noticed the word appearing frequently in the daily…
COSMOS kicked off KEXP's Live Broadcast at Upstream Music Fest + Summit with an undeniable style and presence, establishing the all-ages presence at the festival, and further cementing the band's place within the local music scene. Upstream marks another junction on the rising career of COSMOS, fol…
We love when one of our favorite bands remixes another favorite band, and that's just what we've got with the track below: hear Wye Oak's take on "Need A Friend," a single from EL VY, the collaboration of Matt Berninger of The National and Brent Knopf of Menomena and Ramona Falls. Find the origina…
