KEXP’s Janice Headley talks with New York band Ivy about the 25th-anniversary edition of their album Apartment Life (out today) and their memories of late bandmate, Adam Schlesinger.
Los Angeles-based band Deserta talk with KEXP's Owen Murphy about how love and life inspired their debut LP Black Aura My Sun.
From the perspective of Olympia, WA comes this compression of the world as noise.
This coming Wednesday, November 9 at Town Hall in Seattle, KEXP is hosting Death and Music. It's an in-person event with special musical guests, personal stories, and an exploration into the role of music in celebrating life and processing grief. The night will feature live music from Shaina Shephe…
Post-punk gods Savages have done the unthinkable with their second outing: they made their sophomore record an unabashed anthem to embracing life and love. "Love is the answer" - this is the message of Savages' first single off of Adore Life, their second LP and follow up to the highly acclaimed 20…
VHS - Wheelchair - from the 2016 album Gift of Life on Suicide Squeeze Records.
The Cult performs Jun. 10 in Seattle at The Moore Theatre
Wild Nothing - TV Queen - from the 2016 album Life Of Pause on Captured Tracks.
A late night song of the ghosts to breath another layer of mystery into your life.
Live improvisation at the piano with pre-recorded material finds this composer giving perspective to life on earth.
A late night song of the ghosts to breath another layer of mystery into your life.
James Mercer of The Shins and Danger Mouse are returning as Broken Bells and have released "Holding On For Life" today. The album is appropriately named for the vibes of the song - After The Disco we rest our bones despite not being able to stop hearing those distant dance floor beats in our heads.…
The Church - Another Century - from the 2017 self-released album Man Woman Life Death Infinity.
Jens Lekman - To Know Your Mission - from the 2017 album Life Will See You Now on Secretly Canadian.
Brother Ali - Pen to Paper - from the 2017 album All The Beauty In This Whole Life on Rhymesayers,
Cloud Nothings - Modern Act - from the 2017 album Life Without Sound on Carpark Records.
“Well, we couldn't get faster.” That's how Cloud Nothings frontman Dylan Baldi explains the (relatively) slower tunes on their latest album Life Without Sound, but the Ohio crew has hardly slowed down. The quartet join Cheryl Waters in the KEXP Live Room to play four searing songs and ta…
The first episode of KEXP’s Sound & Vision podcast features: Ben Gibbard of Death Cab for Cutie, on the role that distance running has played in his life and struggles with alcohol abuse. Exoneree Amanda Knox, on the role music played during her time incarcerated in an Italian prison. US Congresswo…
Fly Moon Royalty - Grown Man - from the 2016 album Delicious Trouble on Sportn' Life Records.