On American musician Caroline Rose’s latest album Superstar, she crafts a story centered around a brazenly confident anti-hero that plays out like a film with a beginning, middle, and an open ending.
For Live on KEXP, Troy Nelson traces Arlo Parks' journey from recording songs in her bedroom to sharing stages with heavyweights like Paramore before she plays a mellow, vibey set of songs.
For Live on KEXP, Troy Nelson fills us in on the producer, engineer, singer, effects pedal builder, and composer Miss Grit before she plays a hazy set fueled by distorted guitars, programmed drums, and angelic vocals.
Kathleen Hanna of the Olympia feminist punk riot grrrl band, Bikini Kill, talks with KEXP’s Martin Douglas about her career, activism and why she wanted to write her new memoir, Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk.
Last Thursday, Best Coast blasted the Showbox with that effortless cool and garage aesthetic that they have championed throughout the years, giving the audience the best of both worlds. With their latest album, California Nights, the California band marks their third release, but first on a major l…
New York duo Phantogram release their sophomore album, Voices, today, which KEXP Music Director Don Yates claims is a, "sleek set of moody electro-pop with a dark, atmospheric sound featuring buzzing synths, spiky guitars, hip hop-influenced beats, breathy vocals and catchy pop hooks." Another high…
Today's Song of the Day, as chosen by 9, co-host of 90.TEEN on KEXP, is "Queeen Dem (feat. Janne Robinson)" by Harleighblu & Bluestaeb, from the 2019 self-released album She.
"I brought tissues." That's what the girl next to me told her friends as she reached into her bag and started dishing out Kleenex. At any other show, the action might have been silly, but not tonight. Tonight, Volcano Choir, the spectacular collaboration between Bon Iver and Collections of Colonies…
JusMoni shares her story – and by extension, a deeper story about Seattle. Moni and her peers reflect on Hidmo, the intersecting identities with her family that she channels through her performance, motherhood, and her community and social justice work.
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Emmy the Great talks about splitting her childhood between China and the UK and how she felt conflicted with her biracial identity.
This week, KEXP Podcast Manager Isabel Khalili shares three “end of summer jams" that she’s been digging lately.
Blondshell reflects on the ways she's grown from toxic relationships, and how these themes come up on her self-titled debut album.
Sleigh Bells have changed. I still remember the afternoon that my friend introduced me. "It's like a pep rally for gladiators", she said, laughing, pointing me to the self-titled EP, "their cover looks like Jimmy Buffett but their Myspace says they like Korn". It was a reasonable introduction, effo…
On this episode, Kate Stables of This Is The Kit talks about what it was like taking her baby on tour and how she released an album with her now-teenage daughter during the pandemic.
Tori Amos talks about her new album, 'Ocean to Ocean,' and how she experiences visual trips of synesthesia when playing and listening to music.
Chong The Nomad takes us back to her days as a line cook to find out how she found musical inspiration at her day job.
On this episode, Stas THEE Boss and her Black Constellation family reflect on her artistic journey, her heartbreaks, and the philosophies that made her one of America’s most gifted and slept-on rappers and producers. We also hear reflections on the term “Afrofuturism,” the burden of being the first…
