British dubstep and electronic pioneer Burial gives us a new offering this week with is second ep of the year. Truant/Rough Sleeper is 24 minutes of dark, cloudy dreamscape bliss. More wandering and sporadic than his Kindred EP released in March, the two tracks serve as two sides to a coin. Appropr…
Kurt Vile is commemorating his upcoming album by commissioning a mural in his hometown of Philadelphia. Violators guitarist Jesse Trbovich posted a photo of Steve Powers' mural on Facebook yesterday and confirmed that Wakin' on a Pretty Daze is, in fact, the title of the record. When asked if Vile …
Robyn Hitchcock has announced that he will be releasing his 19th solo album on March 13, 2013 on Yep Roc Records. The title of the LP is Love From London and, according to Hitchcock, will be an album that "celebrates life in a culture imperiled by economic and environmental collapse." Hicthcock, …
After spending days in a hundred year old barn in upstate New York Widowspeak is back with a new album Almanac - and now we can listen to "The Dark Age" from said album. Helped by Kevin McMahon who has worked with Real Estate and Swans, the new songs from the album feature stronger guitar riffs whi…
Sufjan Stevens isn't the only one taking on Christmas. The XX covered Wham!'s "Last Christmas" on BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge. It's just how you would expect it: a bit too serious for the cheesy lyrics, but then again The XX can make pretty much anything sound pout-perfectly pretty. And they sound l…
Brooklyn dream-rockers DIIV made their network television debut on Letterman last night. Zachary Cole Smith & Co. played a frantic rendition of "Doused," the penultimate track on their outstanding debut album, Oshin. Watch the "fantastic" Letterman performance below.
Well, that Paul McCartney/Nirvana thing happened. Macca "jammed" with former grunge-rockers Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic (plus Foo Fighter Pat Smear) at the 12-12-12 Hurricane Sandy benefit show at Madison Square Garden last night. The quartet (or "Sirvana," as Spin has dubbed them) debuted a new…
It's here. Sufjan Stevens has one-upped himself this holiday season with today's release of his Christmas-themed rap mixtape CHOPPED & SCROOGED. The songs feature Das Racist, Kitty Pryde, Busdriver, and Nicky Da B. You can download it here or stream it below. [Stereogum]
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.
