Aesop Rock has your cure for the Monday blues: just watch the video for "Kirby," an ode to cats and cat-parents everywhere off his latest The Impossible Kid. The video stars Dina, a spunky tortoiseshell kitten rescued from downtown LA, and a puppet-ized version of the west coast rapper (real name:…
Radiohead have shared a new video inspired by their song "Identikit," from their recently released album A Moon Shaped Pool. The short film was directed by Dogtooth director Yorgos Lanthimos, watch below. [Pitchfork]
case/lang/veirs -- the lowercased super-group of Neko Case, k.d. lang, and Laura Veirs -- share a video for the track "Atomic Number," a highlight from their self-titled debut, out now via Anti- Records. Director Kangmin Kim explains, "This animation is inspired by the search for a soul-mate with …
Hot on the heels of their 24-hour sigurrosrouteone feed, Sigur Rós share a video for the song "Óveður." Directed by Swedish-based auteur Jonas Åkerlund, the clip features work from Icelandic choreographer Erna Ómarsdóttir against the beautiful landscape of Grindavík, a town on the Reykjanes penins…
Drive-By Truckers have shared some new details about their upcoming album American Band (out September 30). The Southern rockers drew inspiration from last year's mass shootings in South Carolina and Oregon and our country's relationship with the NRA. Listen to the albums first single "Surrender …
In the classiest move ever, Brooklyn-based queer punk band PWR BTTM played a show in Orlando this past weekend, a mere week after the tragic shootings at gay club Pulse. Proceeds were donated to the GoFundMe Pulse Tragedy Community Fund. And Liv Bruce performed a beautiful solo version of the clas…
Brooklyn punk rockers The So So Glos have shared the video for "Dancing Industry," a track off of their recently released album, Kamikaze. The video features an amazing dance crew showing off their talents on a New York City subway. It's pure joy that will have you dancing into the weekend. [Stere…
CHVRCHES and Death Cab for Cutie have recently hit the road together, and last night in Charleston, SC, frontwoman Lauren Mayberry joined the Seattle band on stage for "Brothers on a Hotel Bed," a track from 2005's Plans. Watch fan shot video of their collaboration below. We've also got fan shot f…
Following a carefree, celebratory set at the Sasquatch! Music Festival as Big Grams, Sarah Barthel and Josh Carter strip back down to Phantogram for their forthcoming full-length, Three. Get a taste with a video for the first single "You Don’t Get Me High Anymore," directed by Grant Singer (the We…

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.