In the early 1970s this troupe of gay, glam singers and performers made their home base in the basement of the Smith Tower downtown.
After two decades, Weiss leaves the band before the release of The Center Won’t Hold.
Each week, KEXP’s Music Director Don Yates (joined this week by DJ Alex) shares brief insights on new and upcoming releases. See what's coming up this week below, including reviews for new releases from Thom Yorke, Mal Blum, Cassius, and more.
DJ Cheryl Waters Celebrates Canada Live on Air, July 1 from 10-2 PM
Hot on the heels of her sophomore album 'Your Need,' Moscow-based vocalist, producer, and DJ Kedr Livanskiy delivers an adventurous, unpredictable, anything-goes DJ mix for Midnight in a Perfect World that zig-zags through underground electronic rhythms with spoken word pieces, ambient interludes, …
KEXP looks into the protests against the Drag Queen Story Time events at the Seattle Public Library.
KEXP talks to Patrick Haggerty, frontman for Lavender Country, the nation’s first openly gay country band.
The Puerto Rican artist weighs in on the political environment of her home country and how it inspired her latest LP.
KEXP spoke with local leading drag artists Arson Nicki, Cucci Binaca, Sam I'Am, and Beau Degas about the art of drag and the role music plays in their lives, on and off the stage
In 2018, KEXP celebrated the 30th anniversary of local record label Sub Pop with a four-month retrospective, "counting up" every catalog number in their vast discography of over 1,200 releases. Dig into the archives of our catalog coverage, featuring in-depth coverage on the history of their releases.