Albina Cabrera se sumerge en Combat Rock de The Clash, Rock for Light de Bad Brains, Million of Dead Cops de MDC e It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back de Public Enemy.
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It's the quintessential story of grunge, or at least how we've come to know the Seattle music scene of the '80s and '90s. It involves friends, music, an isolated region, heroin, grief and rampant commercialism. It's the story of talent lost too soon before its time, and of the musicians who gathere…
Billy Corgan is a man of extreme dichotomy. It's this gleefully dynamic binary that has made him one of the most interesting artists of the last three decades. And really, you don't have to go back that far into the throws of The Smashing Pumpkins history to get there. Take just the last couple yea…
There's a moment on "Every Time the Sun Comes Up", the closing track on Are We There, the fourth studio album by Sharon Van Etten, when the New Jersey songwriter nonchalantly declares "I wash your dishes, but I still shit in your bathroom". For obvious reasons, it's a line that immediately stands o…
Today we have the fantastic lead single of Phantogram's upcoming and highly anticipated Voices album. "Fall in Love" is a fuzzy, yet soulful track that is sure to get fans pumped for the rest of the album. Look for Voices to drop on February 18 via Republic.
It should be no surprise that several of the artists topping this week's list of new releases were making appearances at SXSW last week, but two of them were also previewing their new songs live on KEXP during our broadcast from Mellow Johnny's Bike Shop. Billy Bragg and Palma Violets both gave mem…
Adia Victoria's southern background heavily informs her music, which is often referred to as “gothic blues” and takes inspiration from Black blues artists like Robert Johnson, Skip James, John Lee Hooker, Junior Kimbrough, and RL Burnside. Learn about her story on this episode of Live on KEXP.
Today's Song of the Day, as chosen by Kevin Cole, host of Drive Time on KEXP, is "Follow Me" by Yazmin Lacey & Congi, from the 2020 self-released Two Takes EP.
For Live on KEXP, Troy Nelson takes us through an abbreviated version of Y La Bamba’s journey from lo-fi self-produced recordings to working with a vast array of talented musicians and producers out of Portland.
Today's Song of the Day, as chosen by Kevin Cole, host of Drive Time on KEXP, is "Hope Gets Harder" by Martha, from the 2022 album Please Don't Take Me Back on Specialist Subject.
It’s KEXP’s 50th anniversary, and to celebrate we’re taking an in-depth look at each year of our history – from 1972 to 2022.
Great Grandpa, Joy Formidable, Cartalk, and Pink Lotion cover eco-themed songs for our Clash For Climate event
Two and a half years have passed since Purity Ring dropped their debut LP Shrines on 4AD. Every time I hear that, I'm totally baffled. How has it only been two and a half years? It feels like Purity Ring have been a household indie pop name for an eternity. After a handful of one off singles over t…
As the business model for the 21st music industry continues to shift and evolve, more and more artists are forming small, independent collectives, compiling funds between the group to make distribution easier to take on financially, but keeping ownership and obligations independent. One of the best…
For the small Barboza crowd that showed up to the Seattle debut of Mas Ysa, along with Lawrence Rothman, Wednesday night was a splendid display of left field musical prodigy. For those that didn’t, the joke’s on you – you most certainly won’t get a chance to see either of these two at such a small …
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…
