Seasonal Affective... Dance Party? This weekend, Friday, January 27th and Saturday the 28th, it's the 4th Annual Timbrrr! Winter Music Festival, a welcome break from the dreary January days. This year's line-up punches winter in the face with The Thermals, Lucy Dacus, Wimps, The Dip, Crater, and mo…
"Cheers to evolution, cheers to knowing where you are going, cheers to the future.” Those were Trevor Power's parting words as Boise and the U.S. said goodbye to Youth Lagoon on the final night of Treefort Music Fest. It was a moment Boise was surely dreading, but after a fun day with acts such as …
Brian Foss, host of Sonic Reducer (KEXP's Saturday night punk show), plays some of his current favorites plus a few older cuts. Featuring mostly Pacific Northwest bands. 1. Radioactivity - Battered 2. The Dumps - Turd World 3. Steal Shit Do Drugs - Money Spent 4. Sick Sad World - Alone All The T…
Audioasis host DJ Sharlese continues the two-part 2014 Pacific Northwest Roundup. Featuring more local sounds from 2014 by Secret School, Shabazz Palaces, Jen Wood and many more! 1. Wimps - Couches 2. Childbirth - I Only Fucked You as a Joke 3. The Murder City Devils - Cruelty Abounds 4. King Du…
"We're gonna play 'til they kick us out." Nobunny spoke to the crowd at El Corazon Saturday night, clad in a bunny mask and black briefs with a white poof tail. "Nevermind, they already locked the doors. None of us are getting out alive. This is it. Welcome to Hell, this goes on for your life." If …
Macefielders, come out and play! That's the rallying cry for the independent music and arts festival in Seattle’s Ballard neighborhood each fall. Good news for those ready - the Macefield Music Festival, named for Edith Macefield, the fiercely-independent Ballard resident who refused to sell her ho…
On any given weekend in Seattle, there are a million amazing shows to see - from jazz sets at coffee shops and orchestras at theaters, to a grunge shows in DIY spaces and major touring acts at any of our larger venues. Maybe this weekend you want to try something new; maybe you heard one song by th…
Thanks to everyone who joined together as a community in KEXP's Gathering Space this morning for a Bed-In for Peace. KEXP DJs John Richards and Riz hosted an inspiring hour of music featuring local artists Wimps, Tomo Nakayama, DoNormaal, Grace Love, and Gabriel Teodros, and Sean Nelson led the aud…
On any given weekend in Seattle, there are a million amazing shows to see - from jazz sets at coffee shops and orchestras at theaters, to a grunge shows in DIY spaces and major touring acts at any of our larger venues. Maybe this weekend you want to try something new; maybe you heard one song by th…
Theoretically, if you asked me what show would constitute my ultimate pipedream throwdown in a basement by an active, living band, I think I'd pick METZ. The Ontario group signed to Sub Pop in 2012 and immediately took throneroom space aside some of North America's finest punk names. Two albums dee…
