"I don't think it's a bad thing for The Melvins to be The Melvins,
and mean what they mean. I think it's a rare thing." -- Chris Cornell
Local author Ari Rosenschein reports back from Saturday's show with Melvins, Helms Alee, Holy Grove, and Wizard Rifle at McMenamins Elks Temple.
Buzz Osborne of Melvins talks about the highlights of the band’s career.
The weather was still shades of gray on Sunday, but overall promised to cooperate a bit more than the deluge of Saturday. The second day of Bumbershoot kicked off with the big, warm country rock sounds of Israel Nash. Nash plays very much in the tradition of Neil Young, and marries swelling rock wi…
It's a great week for local music. The latest from Olympia-via-Seattle artist Briana Marela is what KEXP Music Director Don Yates calls, "her strongest set to date of adventurous electro-pop. Co-produced by Juan Pieczanski and Ryan Heyner of Small Black, the album features a brighter, more dynamic …
Saturday night in West Seattle, history was made... or remade... when Northwest legends The Sonics performed a special set at Easy Street Records on Record Store Day to benefit KEXP's New Home. The iconic Tacoma band alone were a huge draw to the legion of fans inside and surrounding the store, but…
Not sure if it's a compliment to be called a "thinking man's metal band" (or at least, it's not so nice to the other metal bands), but long running alternative metal band Helmet have always made smart music that never loses its punch. Vocalist/guitarist Page Hamilton founded the group back in '89, …
During the 2019 Spring Fundraising Drive, we'll down the most-played albums in KEXP’s history, going back over a decade of airplay. See the list.
