Yeah Yeah Yeahs have scaled the Empire State Building with a song as big as the iconic building itself - "Despair" starts as an anthem sung by a girl in a bar before ascending the building to become an anthem sung from great heights. "My song is your song" Karen O croons throughout, as the sun come…
Al Doyle is a wunderkind. Whether he's hopping between three or four different instrument setups at a Hot Chip show, turning the guitar part on "Losing My Edge" into a rock 'n' roll masterpiece at LCD Soundsystem's last show, or having the time of his life jamming out with fellow Hot Chip member Fe…
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Every once in a while, James Blake will use his weekly BBC Radio 1 DJ residency to debut a new song. Yesterday he unveiled his track "Building It Still," a synth heavy number that's reminiscent of Blake's older material. It's just a little tease of what he's been working on with Justin Vernon and …
KEXP chats with some of the young artists in Reykjavik building their own DIY scene
Help build KEXP’s New Home by celebrating Halloween in the darkest shadows of...The Spooky Roadhouse.
Guest Patrick Mazza, Research Director, Climate Solutions, speaks with Diane Horn about the New Energy Solutions project--the convergence of smart power grids, green intelligent buildings, and plug-in electric vehicles.
Cloud Nothings announce their fifth studio album Last Building Burning and share "The Echo of the World"
Guest Liz Dunn, Founding Director of the Preservation Green Lab, speaks with Diane Horn about the work of the Preservation Green Lab and makes the case that reusing and retrofitting existing buildings is better for the environment and our communities than demolishing and replacing them with new co…
It hasn't even been a week since the release of their latest full-length, but Japandroids are adding to their discography with a limited edition 7-inch vinyl. Side A is "Near to the Wild Heart of Life," the title track of the new LP, and on side B is this cover of the Talking Heads’ 1977 single “L…
Destroyer, aka Dan Bejar, shared a new video today for "Stay Lost" from his 2017 album ken. Directed by and starring Maxwell McCabe Lokos, formerly the keyboardist of Deadly Snakes, the clip seems initially to focus on a man likely building a house but as the video continues we see that he's on to …
Over the course of a month KEXP will celebrate not so much the “heritage”, nor the fundamentals of “Hispanic”, “Latino” or “Latinx”; but rather the celebration of a month of exchange, of sharing/giving airtime with/to the voices that are building the new alternative music scene in Latin America.
Guest Rob Dietz, Editor of the Daly News, and former Executive Director of CASSE, the Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy, speaks with Diane Horn about his book "Enough Is Enough: Building a Sustainable Economy in a World of Finite Resources", co-authored with Dan O'Ne…
Guest Rob Dietz, Editor of the Daly News, and former Executive Director of CASSE, the Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy, speaks with Diane Horn about his book "Enough Is Enough: Building a Sustainable Economy in a World of Finite Resources", coauthored with Dan O'Nei…
A couple weeks ago, you got a glimpse of KEXP staff members taking hard hat tours of the New Home construction site on a Friday afternoon. Now we’d like to give you a more detailed look at what they saw. Hosted by KEXP Business and Operations Manager Denise Burnside, this video tour walks you throu…
Dan Boeckner's new trio, Operators, builds on the indie-rock of Wolf Parade, the techno elements of Handsome Furs and the pop strengths of Divine Fits. Their radio debut features a set of danceable synth driven pop songs mostly from 2014's "EP1." Recorded 08/04/2014 - 4 songs: Ancient, T…
Emily Fox speaks with the trio about how they met sharing a wall in a New York apartment building, their reflections on women’s rights in their song "She Who Dares" and about the racist history of Chicago’s 1979 Disco Demolition Night that shows up in their song, "Disco Life."
KEXP caught up with Allen Stone to talk about his karaoke music tour, having to cancel his album tour due to COVID-19, how some of his songs have new meaning while under social isolation, and how he was, indeed, able to find balance through making his latest record.
It's the moment we've all been waiting for: this Saturday, April 16th, KEXP will throw open the doors to the KEXP New Home with a free, all-ages celebration from Noon until 9:00 PM. Come see the station you helped build! There will be tours, food, beer, and, of course, what matters most: music.
