Civilisation II will be out April 21st via Polyvinyl.
The spirit of Music Heals made us think of live music a year ago and encourages us to see the first photos of the new world. We speak with live music workers from Argentina, Spain, Mexico, Chile, and Guatemala about how their countries are adapting to the experience of live music during the pandemi…
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 The Hold Steady, Rat Columns, Claud, and more.
Parisian electronic musician Darius handles this year's Valentine's Day guest DJ mix for Midnight In A Perfect World and he delivers an appropriately seductive and love-filled set filled with sultry house, funk, R&B, soul, and boogie jams.
Memphis-based artist Valerie June shares the second single from her highly-anticipated full-length, titled The Moon & Stars: Prescriptions For Dreamers, out March 12th via Fantasy Records.
Ahead of the release of his fourth Valley Maker record, Austin Crane shares a live version of new single "Branch I Bend" and chats with KEXP about the new record, moving from Seattle to South Carolina, and how he's balancing careers in both music and education.
The KEXP/Caffe Vita coffee collaboration is aimed at helping to keep independent stages alive, with $2 from every bag of the new coffee blend donated to Keep Music Live, a COVID-19 relief fundraising campaign established by music lovers to support small, independently-owned venues across Washington…
Martin Douglas chronicles nearly half a lifetime of live music healing the wounds of life.
The track will appear on his forthcoming sophomore album DEACON, out March 26 via Secretly Canadian.
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.