Seattle's south end neighborhood Beacon Hill is putting on a single afternoon all-ages, free music festival June 20th, featuring some of the best in local hip-hop - from the Blue Scholars' Prometheus Brown to Gabriel Teodros to Spekulation. The all-day Block Party will be honoring the neighborhood …
A bad breakup rarely calls for celebration, but it is a cause for Ceremony. The Bay Area band builds their fifth full-length around singer Ross Farrar's recent romantic split, narrating his loss and resulting loneliness almost chronologically. The L-Shaped Man isn't all about doom and gloom, though…
Describing the appeal of Mac DeMarco is like trying to explain the funniest joke you've ever heard to someone half your age. Words will only make you seem hopelessly out of touch. For all his goofball antics, the New York based, Canadian born singer-songwriter writes some catchy and melodious tunes…
Saturday has turned out to be a spectacularly sunny day at the Gorge - not a rain cloud all day long! The line up Saturday of Sasquatch was absolutely stacked (as are the other 2 days, of course). But Saturday was chalk full of bands that lots of different people were excited about, bands from Seat…
Washed Out shined brightly on Late Show with David Letterman last night, stopping by the show to perform the track "All I Know," from their most recent release Paracosm. They'll be returning to Seattle on Friday, January 31st to play Little Big Show #8 with Kingdom Crumbs and Kisses. 100% of ticke…
After 14 years together, San Fransisco band Thee Oh Sees have announced an "indefinite hiatus." They've been consistently turning out loads of fresh material over the last five years, but things recently got hectic when frontman John Dwyer decided to move from San Fan to Los Angeles. Their manager…
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 Afternoon S…
This past weekend in Portland, a benefit concert was held for beloved local artist Scott McCaughey, who suffered a stroke back in November. As we mentioned last month here on the KEXP Blog, the two nights (Friday at the Star Theater, Saturday at the Wonder Ballroom) featured an all-star bill includ…
Chalk it up to: You'll never see that again. Last week, Mercury Prize winners and KEXP fan-favorites Alt-J performed their headlining Seattle debut at the Crocodile, a venue whose size they've long outgrown. While previously they opened for Grouplove at the Moore (and I'd say at least half the full…
It’s time again for Friday on My Mind. Our weekly blog post where we look at videos centered around one common theme. This is a collaborative effort between KEXP and King 5 News. Thank you again to each and every one of you who donated to help build our home and specifically a new in studio perform…
Atlanta garage rockers Black Lips perform songs from their 2014 release "Underneath the Rainbow" Live in the KEXP studio. Recorded 3/28/2014 - 4 songs: Justice After All, Smiling, Make You Mine, Boys In The Wood.
Seattle surf babes La Luz play hypnotically melodic tunes from their debut LP "It's Alive" on KEXP. Recorded 01/15/2014 - 4 songs: Clear Night Sky, Sunstroke, Morning High, All The Time.
Guest John de Graff speaks with Diane Horn about the And Beauty for All! Campaign, which seeks to embrace natural beauty and human design in ways that restore our landscapes, revitalize our communities and repair our dialogue.
Guest Mark Jacobson, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and Director of the Atmosphere/Energy Program, Stanford University, and Cofounder of the Solutions Project, speaks with Diane Horn about a 100% Wind, Water, Sunlight All-Sector Energy Plan for Washington State.
Martin Douglas speaks to the epochal Anacortes musician all about his stunning second LP as the Microphones and whether or not it has gotten the recognition it deserves.
NYC-via-Seattle DJ, producer, and label runner Miles Mercer delivers a hypnotic deep dive through underground electronic music on his all-vinyl guest DJ mix.
all photos by Bebe Labree Besch (view set)
All photos and review by Bebe Labree Besch (view set)
KEXP is excited to help present the 2018 Ballard SeafoodFest, July 13-15, with The Moondoggies, All Them Witches, and more.
In an era that incites us all to compare each other to one another constantly, Seattle's Seacats offer a loving alternative.
