Though they'd been playing reunion shows for the past six years, no one expected the first Redd Kross album in 15 years to be so mind-blowing. The Hawthorne, CA, band, started by brothers Jeff and Steve McDonald, played their first gig opening for Black Flag in 1980, and went on to perform with countless other punk and alternative acts throughout the 80's and 90's, eventually landing a major deal and MTV rotation. After releasing six albums and going through countless roster changes, the brothers McDonald put Redd Kross on indefinite hiatus while pursing other projects. Thankfully, they returned with 2012's scorching Researching The Blues, an album full of punkish power pop and super catchy songs, and toured behind it with their classic 1987 lineup. Over Labor Day weekend, live on KEXP from the Bumbershoot Music Lounge, they performed a handful of the new songs along with some older hits, like "Lady in the Front Row" and "Switchblade Sister". Check out their groovy, hair-flippin' set here:
Opening our three-day broadcast during Bumbershoot this past Labor Day weekend, Thao and The Get Down Stay Down brought their brand of entertaining indie folk populism to the Music Lounge. On stage, Thao Nguyen and her bandmates alternate their fairly serious, socially minded songs with an easy and…
The 10th anniversary edition of Decibel Festival begins on Wednesday, September 25, and gathers the crème de la crème of the international electronic music and visual arts community. Holding their own among them are some of Northwest's best electronic artists, like Seattle duo ODESZA. These two you…
It's impossible to get too much of Charles Bradley. The loveable soul singer has been thrilling KEXP listeners and audiences world wide since his late-in-life discovery by members of The Budos Band and has appeared on KEXP many times. Recently, he's been featured in the acclaimed documentary Soul o…
