Martin Douglas takes a look at the modern garage-punk classic and gets a few words from frontman Lars Finberg about the album.
A long-standing member of the UK post-punk band, Dave Greenfield lost his battle against Covid-19 on Sunday, May 3rd, 2020.
Los Angeles quartet Death Valley Girls combines the volume and fury of proto-punk, desert mysticism, with a dash of spacey psych and freewheeling garage-rock fun.
Martin Douglas dives into Daydream Nation by Sonic Youth. When it comes to art punk, indie rock, or alternative rock, there are few bands more widely influential than Sonic Youth.
KEXP listener Jason Rodriguez weighs in on Die Spitz’s new track “Pop Punk Anthem.”
I didn't realize that I was familiar with Altered Images when I pulled out this record, but it turns out I know two of their songs (and I'm sure you know at least one, if not both): the title track from their debut album, Happy Birthday (which is exactly the one you think of when I say it's an '80s…
It always does my heart good when a band's Wikipedia entry starts with the present tense ("The Celibate Rifles are an Australian punk rock band... "). It lets me know that however long ago this band began (1978 or -9 for this particular Australian punk rock band, depending on whom you ask), their s…
Swingin' Doors host Don Slack brings you new music to get excited about this Spring, from power pop and garage-rock to edgy post-punk, surf, hip hop and more. 1. Alabama Shakes - Don't Wanna Fight 2. Mikal Cronin - Made My Mind Up 3. Weed - Stay in the Summer 4. Speedy Ortiz - Raising The S…
Martin Douglas processes some very personal stuff while listening to a posthumously released collection of the South Sound art-punk heroes' 2001 live recordings.
Martin Douglas spends an afternoon at the home of Justin R. Cruz Gallego. They talk about the Kitsap County and Seattle punk scenes, and Gallego's relationship to his childhood in Tucson.
The Seattle punk band's industrial-strength pummel in a live setting is conductive to being punched in the stomach. We conduct a short interview with frontman Nathan Rodriguez in advance of their Upstream Music Fest performance on June 1st.
On the Vancouver punk trio's third full-length, Lié embody an array of narrative perspectives in order to capture the fear and trauma abusers leave in their wake.
On her fifth album, Mitski fuses avant garde, poetic narratives and punk rock pacing to create one of her best works yet.
Time travel back to 1978 with a newly restored and finished version of a would-be classic for the iconic New York punks.
The articulate Detroit punks explore police violence and failing health on their fifth album. Martin Douglas documents the moment for posterity.
Sonic Reducer co-host Brian Foss talks about protest music, punching nazis, and the feminist punk rock band Cheap Perfume.
Oslo-based duo FLTY BRGR GRL deliver an insightful and infectious guest DJ mix full of dreamy bedroom pop jams and lo-fi punk anthems.
The Vancouver post-punk quartet share the second single from their forthcoming album Club Nites, out June 7th on Mint Records.
Glasgow based Holy Esque performs their ferocious post-punk filled with atmospheric textures, musical tension and cryptically-dramatic lyrics live on KEXP's Morning Show. Recorded 03/13/2015 - 4 songs: Silences, Fade, Thrones, Sovereign.
In their fourth record, This Mess Is a Place, Seattle pop-punk outfit and KEXP regulars Tacocat blend political critique with their signature sense of humor and hope.
