Billy Corgan is a man of extreme dichotomy. It's this gleefully dynamic binary that has made him one of the most interesting artists of the last three decades. And really, you don't have to go back that far into the throws of The Smashing Pumpkins history to get there. Take just the last couple yea…
It should be no surprise that several of the artists topping this week's list of new releases were making appearances at SXSW last week, but two of them were also previewing their new songs live on KEXP during our broadcast from Mellow Johnny's Bike Shop. Billy Bragg and Palma Violets both gave mem…
Today's Song of the Day, as chosen by Cheryl Waters, host of The Midday Show on KEXP, is "Half Silences" by Loma, from the 2020 album Don't Shy Away on Sub Pop.
Today's Song of the Day, as chosen by Cheryl Waters, host of The Midday Show on KEXP, is "Living Proof" by The War On Drugs, from the 2021 album I Don’t Live Here Anymore on Atlantic.
Today's Song of the Day, as chosen by Kevin Cole, host of Drive Time on KEXP, is "Hope Gets Harder" by Martha, from the 2022 album Please Don't Take Me Back on Specialist Subject.
Today's Song of the Day, as chosen by Cheryl Waters, host of The Midday Show on KEXP, is "Heaven, Someday" by Gladie, from the 2022 album Don’t Know What You’re in Until You’re Out on Plum Records.
Today's Song of the Day, as chosen by John Richards, host of The Morning Show on KEXP, is "Brass Bell" by Screaming Females, from the 2023 album Desire Pathway on Don Giovanni.
For Friday night's Neumos crowd, reality became something entirely separate from what we knew it to be. The night's headliner, Canadian electronic wunderkind Dan Deacon, bends the strings that we dangle by enough on his own, but combined with the dystopian shimmer of New York synth rock act Prince …
It’s time again for Friday on My Mind. Our weekly blog post where we look at videos centered around one common theme. This is a collaborative effort between KEXP and King 5 News. If you haven’t already called in sick to work on Friday yet, then do it now and get over to Ballard for Hood-to-Hood Day…
New York duo Phantogram release their sophomore album, Voices, today, which KEXP Music Director Don Yates claims is a, "sleek set of moody electro-pop with a dark, atmospheric sound featuring buzzing synths, spiky guitars, hip hop-influenced beats, breathy vocals and catchy pop hooks." Another high…
Today's Song of the Day, as chosen by Gabriel Teodros, host of EARLY on KEXP, is "The Sun (feat. Blake Anthony)" by Grady & Kiddus, from the 2021 album Don't Think About Me Dying on Empty Planet.
September closed out with a really strong week of new releases, including the long-awaited new album from Bon Iver. KEXP Music Director Don Yates calls it, "his most adventurous, forward-looking recording to date, combining spacy, digitally warped electro-pop with folk, gospel and other styles on s…
