Seattle's Grace Love & The True Loves perform live on the Afternoon Show with Kevin Cole. Recorded 02/17/2016 - 5 songs: Nobody Sweeter, Shake It Out, Mean to Me, Fire, Let You Go.
I have to admit that after reading up a little bit on the goings-on in the life of Ripton Hylton, a.k.a. Eek-A-Mouse, in the past decade or so, I was unsure as to whether I should be talking about this particular album. But after a little more reading and thinking (and listening), I decided to go a…
DJ Cheryl Waters chats with Annie Clark about her latest record, reinvention, and the fashion and aesthetics of her latest era
From the magic of the New York subway to rock discos in Munich, the Nada Surf lead singer tells the story of each track on the band's third album.
Colleen Green is re-releasing her 2016 self-titled EP under the new name Casey’s Tape / Harmontown Loops and shares a new song "Let It Go"
Before she’d go on stage for one of the most memorable sets of the 2018 Sasquatch! Music Festival, KEXP picked Zauner’s brain on touring, staying creative, her ventures into other visual mediums, and more.
"Let's Go (The Royal We)" was originally intended for the Blade Runner 2049 soundtrack
Lupe Flores speaks of going from picking cilantro leaves in her grandmother's kitchen to starting a business in the heart of one of Seattle's coolest neighborhoods.
The new single comes on the heels of Tweedy's freshly-released memoir Let’s Go (So We Can Get Back)
Roderick Wolgamott of Sky Cries Mary talks about rubbing elbows with the rising stars of the Seattle grunge scene in the late '80s and going on to make treehouses for the rich and famous.
KEXP's Digital Content team shares the music that's been in their personal rotation, both new and old.
It's hard to believe it's been 20 years since beloved Northwest singer/songwriter Elliott Smith released his now-classic LP Either/Or. For its anniversary, Kill Rock Stars is releasing an expanded reissue with live tracks from the 1997 Yo Yo A Go Go Festival in Olympia, WA, as well as previously u…
“They’re a festival band”, a friend said. “That’s so true, they know exactly how to get a crowd going in less than a minute and keep ‘em going for nearly an hour; like one big party!” I said back. Though, what I really love about Run the Jewels is the ease with which one passes off the mic to the o…
There's only one thing that's remained constant on the weird, mystical journey of Seattle experimental hip-hop duo Shabazz Palaces: progressive thinking. Everything else is up for grabs. Where their debut EPs were bombastic and shocking in their odd use of sampling and jazz rhythms in a bass-heavy …
Indie veterans Yo La Tengo have announced a new album slated for release in March called There's a Riot Going On. In a press release written by writer and critic Luc Santé, the album title is an intentional nod to Sly and the Family Stone's 1971 album of the same name, as well as a remark on the cu…
Sometimes good things must come to an end. After a year-and-a-half run, A.O. Hamer’s temporary site-specific mural has come down. We’re sad to see it go, and we appreciate the imaginative portal to Seattle Center that it provided for visitors from all over the world.
Portland, Oregon-based indie rock n' roll group Summer Cannibals perform songs from their exciting new record ‘Show Us Your Mind' live on KEXP with Troy Nelson. Recorded 10/03/2015 - 4 songs: Show Us Your Mind, Something New, Not Your Turn, Go Home.
Seattle based indie electronic group Beat Connection perform songs from their upcoming new record, "Product 3" live on KEXP's The Morning Show with John Richards. Recorded 09/14/2015 - 4 songs: Another Go Round, Hesitation, Illusion, So Good.
I'm actually feeling like a pretty bad music nerd right now, because somehow I've never heard The Dream Syndicate's debut album, The Days of Wine and Roses, which the Internet seems to agree is one of the most important albums of the 1980s (and when the Internet agrees on something, you really shou…
NASA thinks otherwise, but according to the Mesoamerican Long Count Calendar, the world will end today. Even if the Mayans couldn't rightly predict their own demise, who knows? We may have only one more day left on Earth. If that's the case, we're going out swinging! All day, KEXP DJs are playing s…
