The Suburbs - Hey Muse! - from the 2017 album Hey Muse! on Suburbs Music.
Every Monday through Friday, we deliver a different song as part of our Song of the day podcast subscription. This podcast features exclusive KEXP in-studio performances, unreleased songs, and recordings from independent artists that our DJ’s think you should hear. Today’s song, featured on The Aft…
Today's Song of the Day, as chosen by John Richards, host of The Morning Show on KEXP, is “Dark Blue” by Throwing Muses, from the 2020 album Sun Racket on Fire Records.
Seminal alternative rock band Throwing Muses make their second visit to KEXP to perform songs from their 2013 LP "Purgatory/Paradise" -- their first new album in 10 years. Recorded 2/25/2014 - 4 songs: Sunray Venus, Freesia, Milan, Static.
As KEXP celebrates its 50th anniversary, we're looking back at the last half-century of music. Each week in 2022, KEXP pays homage to a different year. This week, Janice Headley reflects on teenage angst and the 1986 Throwing Muses song "Hate My Way."
As the Throwing Muses album Limbo turns 25 today, KEXP resurfaces an old interview with frontwoman Kristin Hersh and legendary comic artist book artist Gilbert Hernandez, who did the album artwork.
Solo music for a live setting in which the player is the muse, creator, director and listener.
Follow your muse wherever she may take you. A lovely solo piano performance from Ron Weinstein.
Every Monday through Friday, we deliver a different song as part our Song of the Day podcast subscription. This podcast features exclusive KEXP in-studio performances, unreleased songs, and recordings from independent artists that our DJs think you should hear. Today’s song, selected by Midday Show…
Martin Douglas chronicles a bummer summer while listening to the Seattle beatmaker's debut instrumental collection on repeat.
Porchlight owner Zack Bolotin shares first new music in nine years as Pretty Old.
"Seriously? Another song?" Kristin Hersh, frontwoman for Throwing Muses, teased KEXP's DJ El Toro (a.k.a. Kurt Reighley) in mock-exasperation during their in-studio session, "We are so old, Kurt -- why are you doing this?" The veteran alt-rock legends are doing it for their latest release, Purgator…
Chick Corea, the influential jazz keyboardist and composer, has died. The news was confirmed by Dan Muse, Corea’s web and marketing manager, who confirmed the cause of death as “a rare form of cancer which was only discovered very recently.” Corea was 79.
A long-time fan of her work in Throwing Muses, Drive Time's DJ Kevin Cole invites Kristin Hersh over for a guest DJ set, interview, and a four-song live session.
Busan, South Korea indie rock outfit Say Sue Me shares a new offering from their new album Where We Were Together, out April 13 via Damnably/Electric Muse
As major labels continue to exist behind the times, artists and labels with little capital and lesser reputations are producing some of the most innovative, interesting, and inspiring music. Whether it’s creating a new niche in digital technology or looking to once obsolete formats, Agitated Atmosp…
DJ Kevin Cole brings the thunder on his latest MTM mix featuring current faves from Thunderpussy, Mammút, the Suburbs, Ride and more. Light It Up! 1. Pickwick - Light It Up (Let It Burn) 2. The Suburbs - Hey Muse! 3. BD + The Sheeks - Do It 4. Songhoy Blues - Voter 5. Thunderpussy - Velvet Noose …
Singer/songwriter Billy Bragg is known for never shying away from political content in his songs. (As he sings on the track "Waiting for the Great Leap Forwards", musing about music journalists who ask, "Mixing pop and politics he asks me what the use is / I offer him embarrassment and my usual ex…
Music is the perfect companion. It comes in all shapes and sizes and fits every occasion. Here is a smattering of Midday Show host Cheryl Waters' favorite new songs for your listening pleasure. 1. Black Lips - Boys in the Wood 2. Rare Monk - Splice 3. Gap Dream - Fantastic Sam 4. Dum Dum Girls - …
