The single for Adult Swim's singles series is the first we've heard from the duo since last year's The Louder I Call, The Faster I Run
Problems follows 2011's There Are Rules.
We caught up with Seattle's local cassette label Den Tapes to talk about their 4th anniversary and how cassettes have created a lasting and supportive music community for them and vice versa.
It’s that time of year again, when the front yard of your neighbor’s house looks like the artwork of a heavy metal album. KEXP digs into the devilish overtones of the genre and how it came under the microscope during the "Satanic Panic."
In the midst of a hellish year, the self-described "postmodern beach music family band" wrote and recorded a salvo of togetherness and perseverance. Martin Douglas explains.
Before breaking up due to the pressures of their sudden explosion in popularity, the Olympia band created one of the most important punk releases in recent memory. Martin Douglas explores.
KEXP chats with frontman Adam Granduciel on the making of the new album, the part his two-year-old son played on it, and more.
Cover tunes from the 60's that Seattle jazz hall-of-famer Dave Lewis had in his sets during those defining years for the organ trio sound. D'Vonne Lewis (drums), Joe Doria (B-3 organ) and Andy Coe (guitar).
The latest mixtape from El Sonido’s DJ Chilly is a collection of some of his favorite modern Latin tracks from the last year. Featuring a variety of genres from a dozen different countries. Sigue los pasos por el mundo.
Let’s Eat Grandma’s second album, I’m All Ears, isn’t just a huge leap forward for the Norwich duo, it’s one of the finest art-pop albums of the year.
Today's Song of the Day, as chosen by Kevin Cole, host of The Afternoon Show on KEXP, from the many bands playing this year's Iceland Airwaves Music Festival, is "Waterphone" by Seabear, a 2019 single on Morr Music.
Joining us in the studio for this year’s final Bumbershoot Secret Stage show is rising Nashville rising star Margo Price, who released her debut record A Midwest Farmer’s Daughter on Third Man Records earlier this year. Hers is an archetypal country star story: Price grew up in a small midwest town…
On Saturday, February 18th, musician Clyde Stubblefield passed away from kidney failure in his Madison, Wisconsin home. He was 73 years old. Stubblefield rose to prominence as the percussionist for the James Brown Band during the ’60s and ’70s. His improvised backbeat in the song "Funky Drummer" b…
New York indie outfit Cymbals Eat Guitars have premiered a new video for their third single "Have a Heart," off of last year's album Pretty Years. The overtly political video, directed by Geoffray Barbier, is framed like a fake TV newsreel, featuring footage of protestors in front of Trump Tower, a…
A native of Red Bluff, California, Margaret Glaspy moved across the country to Boston, where she cut her teeth with master classes at Berklee (regardless of whether or not she was a student at the time) and local gigs. A few years – and one set of studio sessions redoing her original, iPad-recorded…
Montreal-based electronic producer, DJ, and record label runner Tiga has been a key figure in the post-millennium electronic/club world, emerging on the scene with his first single in 2001 and proceeding to unleash two albums, countless singles, as well as high-profile remixes along the way. His ex…
When it comes to Britpop, Super Furry Animals are truly a whole 'nother beast. Though they tend to get lumped in with bands like Pulp (who were an early champion of SFA) and Blur, the Furries are a unique animal, bending genres and breaking boundaries throughout their 20 year career. The band went …
Late last year, Wavves frontman Nathan Williams launched a label, Ghost Ramp, and for 2016, their kicking off their subscription series in an awesome way: a split 7" single featuring his band on one side, and Best Coast on the other side, covering the Nirvana track "Dumb." Listen to a vinyl rip be…
It's the most wonderful time of year... if "wonderful" actually means insanely busy. All the more reason to make some time for the music and attend KEXP's 2014 Yule Benefit! It's back and better than ever. This year features an amazing line-up of artists — Strand of Oaks, Cymbals Eat Guitars, S, an…
We've recorded a lot of unique performances during Pickathon over the past few years, but there's nothing quite like lush orchestration and natural harmonies to complement the gorgeous wooded oasis that is the Bunny Glade. Two of the bigger ensembles this year were also two of the most enjoyable, i…
