All photos and text by Alex Crick
A new song from The National, video from Future Islands, and an EP from Purling Hiss all in today's news round-up.
One thing that makes a KEXP Drive so special is premiering our new design and all the fun thank-you-gifts that come along with it!
The song is included on the second volume of the 7-Inches for Planned Parenthood series
The festival director discusses the prevalence of Latin music worldwide as well as the importance of celebrating diversity in all senses on festival lineups.
Jasmine Albertson talks about a tumultuous relationship and the mixtape he made her that finally ended it all
They played Purple Mountains’ “All My Happiness Is Gone” from the Woodsist Festival.
Watch a transcendent performance of the title track "All Mirrors."
Sound & Vision host Emily Fox talked to all the Seattle City Council candidates about the creative economy.
As they say via a press release, "Bachelor is not a band, it is a friendship."
I’m stunned and shocked at Prince’s passing. I wish I was in Seattle to do my show today, but I’m out of the country traveling, lucky to be with a small group of friends and loved ones from Minneapolis from back in the day, several of whom worked with me at First Avenue, and worked on Purple Rain, …
Today, Thursday, September 17th, KEXP celebrates Six Degrees of Greg Dulli Day, where our DJs will demonstrate their "on-the-fly" programming skills all kicked off by a song by the charismatic frontman of The Afghan Whigs, The Twilight Singers, and The Gutter Twins. Wanna watch DJs John Richards, …
Folk songstress Angel Olsen will release a deluxe edition of her successful album Burn Your Fire for No Witness on November 18. Today she has shared "All Right Now," one of the album's five new bonus track. You can also check out her self-directed video for "High and Wild," below. [Pitchfork]
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 Afterno…
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 selection, featured on the Mo…
You’ve already seen what the KEXP DJs have picked for their Top 10 Albums of 2012 (here), but what about all of the people who support our programming and every element of what makes KEXP mighty? There are many dedicated souls who operate KEXP on a daily basis -- full-time and part-time staff, quar…
““Music is sacred. There’s nothing more exciting to me than sharing music, and I’m beyond excited to get to do that all week with our listeners. Some may know me chiefly from doing Street Sounds — but doing a variety mix, with all t…
This new Seattle music festival will be held Saturday and Sunday, September 4-5, at the Fisher Green Pavilion in Seattle Center.
Dumb's Seeing Green comes out June 22 via Mint Records.
Freakout Records makes the first lineup announcement for 2018's Freakout Festival, featuring All Them Witches, The Grizzled Mighty, Stas THEE Boss, and more.
