As we reported last month, Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ frontwoman Karen O is releasing her solo debut album this year, and today we've got the first single to share. Stream the dreamy, underwater video for "Rapt" below, a track off Crush Songs, out September 9th via Julian Casablancas’ label Cult Records. [S…
It's April Fool's Day, so we're celebrating with a video round-up of your favorite Huey Lewis & the News songs! April Fool's! We're actually sharing a round-up of some of our favorite "foolish" songs for you on this festive day. It's our way to say "thank you" for supporting KEXP over the years…
Formed on the campus of the University of Washington, the young men of Beat Connection play dance music infused with a bit of magical realism. With digital production, live guitar and drums, their songs slink, jump and dive. Accompanied on Portland’s MusicFest Northwest stage for a few songs by the…
"Nothing is more dangerous than a man," Hutch's guitar declared as The Thermals blazed through an incendiary set live at KEXP. The songs on the Portland band's latest album, Desperate Ground, carry the same message: guns kill, people kill, wars kill. In the studio, the trio (Hutch, Kathy and Westin…
The National have a whole lot of new stuff on their plate - the release of their sixth studio album, Trouble Will Find Me, a new documentary, and a MOMA exhibit - just to name a few. Last night, to promote all of these ventures, they went on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon and debuted two new songs. T…
Pixies had little to say, but lots to play at the Paramount Theatre on Sunday, December 3. The alt-rock pioneers, who formed in Boston in 1986, blazed through a 33 song set in just over an hour and a half, speaking a grand total of two words to the crowd between songs. Fans didn’t seem to care abou…
If Thao and the Get Down Stay Down and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs were related and they had a uniquely uncompromising third sibling it would be vocal-and-guitar-wailing Weaves. The Toronto four-piece isn't afraid to push the envelop in an free form, experimental effort to expand their own style of …
The Busan, South Korea indie rock act shares an outtake from their When We Were Together sessions on new 7-inch
Tom Krell calls it "the song I've been trying to write for the last 5 years."
Produced by Randal Dunn, the band's latest release is their most intense and raw version of themselves yet.
Hear Preoccupations' version of the Protomartyr track “Pontiac 87.”
The release celebrates the 20th anniversary of the Magnetic Fields' beloved album and benefits No More Dysphoria
The song is the third single to be shared from the Australian band's forthcoming record Fishing For Fishies
The new songs make six total singles to be shared from Father of the Bride thus far
The song notably doesn't appear on the tracklist for the Australian band's forthcoming record Fishing For Fishies
The cover of Donovan's 1965 song appears on the band's upcoming record Help Us Stranger
The song will be features on Open Mike Eagle's Comedy Central show with Baron Vaughn, The New Negroes
The stunning musician humbly speaks with KEXP about her songwriting, home, and one of the greatest moments in her professional life.
Black Nite Crash delight in shrouding their high-momentum guitar rock in clouds of luminescent distortion, making garage punk that feels warm and fuzzy without losing its bite.
Autonomics, a trio consisting of frontman Dan Pantenberg and identical twin brothers Evan and Vaughn Leikam, filter a self-starting, DIY punk energy into a clean, upbeat form of power pop.
