After taking time to do projects that allowed him to, in his own words, “take some time off from being Jens Lekman,” the Swedish musician has returned to his day job of being himself with his latest LP, the cleverly-titled Life Will See You Now. Returning to the KEXP Live Room with DJ Stevie Zoom…
To culminate KEXP's Punk Month, Martin Douglas explores his life through the cracked prism of punk rock music.
Martin Douglas takes a deep dive into the punk trio's four full -lengths.
Shearwater have a new album coming out 11/26 on Sub Pop Records titled Fellow Travelers, a collection of covers of their former tourmates. This past summer, we captured frontman Jonathan Meiburg backstage at the Sub Pop Silver Jubilee, working through his version of the Baptist Generals' FCC-unfri…
Both Friday and Saturday's Decibel Festival festivities were stacked top to bottom with incredibly good sets, at pretty much every venue in the greater Seattle area. And somehow this year, the festival organizers have done an incredible job at giving each set an incredible sense of creative continu…
Martin Douglas chronicles nearly half a lifetime of live music healing the wounds of life.
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 DJs think you should hear. Today’s song, featured on the Afte…
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 Mor…
The Moscow-via-New York songwriter Regina Spektor has been writing songs to capture a wide spectrum of vivid anecdotes, observations, and narratives for more than 15 years now, but for her latest record, 2016's Remember Us to Life, she atypically anchored herself to one inspiration: her pregn…
Brooklyn band Caveman continues to evolve on their third album, updating the harmonic indie-folk of 2011's CoCo Beware and the expansive space-prog of their 2013 self-titled LP for a larger, more atmospheric, '80s-steeped pop-rock sound. While the concept story behind Otero War is vaguel…
The melancholy acoustic track is available digitally and streaming everywhere today via Barsuk Records.
Martin Douglas reaches out to a handful of Throwaway Style alumni about how COVID-19 is affecting their lives personally and artistically.
Guest Jaime Lerner, architect and planner, speaks with Diane Horn about his book “Urban Acupuncture: Celebrating Pinpricks of Change that Enrich City Life.”
Guest Blaine Harden speaks with Diane Horn about his book "A River Lost: The Life and Death of the Columbia".
Guest Blaine Harden speaks with Diane Horn about his book "A River Lost: The Life and Death of the Columbia".
Guest Bill McKibben speaks with Diane Horn about his book "Eaarth: Making A Life on a Tough New Planet."
Today’s song, featured on The Morning Show with John Richards, is "The Middle" by Trampled By Turtles, from the 2018 album Life Is Good On The Open Road on Banjodad Records.
Today's Song of the Day, as chosen by DJ Cheryl Waters, is Hollis' "Heavy Hands" - from the 2020 half-life EP on Hollis.
Australia’s Miss Kaninna talks about how she uses her platform to speak about Indigenous issues.
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, featured on the Morning…
