The new single from the Portland quartet is a peppy tune about how death eventually comes for us all. Martin Douglas explores.
Since news came out this morning of Chris Cornell's death, the world has been reeling. As the lead vocalist of Soundgarden, Temple of the Dog, and Audioslave, Cornell's powerful voice and presence had a profound impact on the Pacific Northwest. Throughout the day, local artists have been sharing th…
Sunday at Bumbershoot 2013 was just about as good as it gets at Seattle’s hometown festival. Beginning with Kithkin’s tribal hair-cutting and ending with an incredible turnout in Key Arena for Death Cab For Cutie’s 10th anniversary performance of Transatlanticism and packing pretty much everything …
Rapper Shock G of Digital Underground has died at 57. The news was confirmed by Digital Underground co-founder Chopmaster J in an Instagram post. Shock G was found dead in a Tampa hotel room on Thursday, but a cause of death has yet to be disclosed.
Future soul musician Ben Zaidi has unveiled a new single in tribute to Chris Cornell on the four-year anniversary of his death
A favorite of KEXP, Icelandic artist Jóhann Jóhannsson passed away yesterday, Friday, February 9th, in his Berlin apartment. Cause of death is currently unknown, but authorities are investigating. The award-winning composer was 48-years-old.
New music from Death Cab for Cutie, St. Vincent shares new short film, Ryan Adams releases a jingle for a Denver news station, Pram announce their first album in 11 years, and Eels share a new video.
The Tacoma MC takes a bold step away from the black cloud hovering over his life and into singularity as an artist.
KEXP spoke with Harrison Mills and Clayton Knight of Odesza about the "Double Major" bill at Western Washington University with Death Cab for Cutie.
The deaths of those Kent State students 50 years ago this week both changed our nation and changed Gerald as a person and as an artist forever.
Today’s song, featured on The Midday Show with Cheryl Waters, is "Crushin” by Film School, from the 2018 album Bright To Death on Hauskat Records.
Well, doesn't that photo look weird? But, it's time to face the new line-up for Death Cab for Cutie: the band will release their first album without founding member Chris Walla, titled Kintsugi. What's a "Kintsugi", you might ask? It's a style of Japanese art where broken ceramics are fixed using …
Last night Death Cab For Cutie played a benefit show for the ACLU and Planned Parenthood at the Paramount. During their performance they paid tribute to Chris Cornell by covering Soundgarden's "Fell On Black Days." Before launching into the song, Ben Gibbard shared a few words about Cornell: “What …
Founding member Chris Walla has announced he's leaving Death Cab for Cutie. In a statement he shared with The Stranger, Walla says "Deciding to leave the band was not, and is not, easy. It’s really, really sad. I love my bandmates, and I’m proud of what we’ve done, and mercifully, those things don…
The Seattle power trio (pun intended) talk romantic disappointments, the financial downsides of being a musician, their near-death experience, and more.
KEXP’s Midday Show host looks back at the station’s early days as KCMU, getting demo tapes from Ben Gibbard, and one of the biggest Seattle band’s earliest days.
From Led Zeppelin and Soundgarden to Asia and Steely Dan, the iconic Seattle band's drummer discusses the styles that helped him develop as a musician and his personal musical philosophies.
For the next few weeks, Ben Gibbard will be playing songs everyday from his home studio, streaming on Facebook at 4 PM PST.
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.
