Capturing the energy in The Showbox SoDo is a difficult task. The venue’s high ceiling stretches for a great distance overhead, and without the proper performance, momentum can dissipate from front to back. Luckily, Run the Jewels are nothing if not seasoned performers. From El-P’s first project, C…
BSH. BSH. BSH. BSH. The sound of four defiant cymbal crashes spreads out across Pike Street. It's Seattle band COSMOS’ turn at the main stage. Melding hip hop, jazz, and funk in a high-energy set, the Seattle band proves yet again why they won last year’s Sound Off! contest, an annual battle of the…
"I feel like all 4,000 people in this room should hug right now," the mid-30s woman beside me says to me as the house lights go on after The xx show last Monday night. I nod my head in approval. I understand what she means - not hugs of comfort but hugs of recognition of community and of the beauti…
2011's Hurry Up, We're Dreaming didn't just turn M83 into a triple-A critical darling and unexpected commercial success, it pushed the band to become one of the biggest and outright best acts on the live circuit. Taking their records' widescreen ambitions and bringing them to life with a huge, bord…
Conor Oberst has spent an entire career fighting against expectations. Even if he wasn't saddled with the "new Dylan" tags upon his emergence in the early 2000s, there undoubtedly still would have been a focus on his age (20 at the release of Bright Eyes' 2000 breakthrough Fevers and Mirrors), his …
At KEXP, our love for post-punk sirens Savages knows no bounds. Their debut LP Silence Yourself is without a doubt one of the best introductions of the year. These four women have put together a sound and a vision whose fury and vigil have no equal. Listening to Savages is an experience - it goes p…
El-P and Killer Mike - it's a combo that we've only known for a year and a half, but feels like it's been around forever. "I got paid to make a friend", said Michael Renders of their work together back in 2012. Though Mike had been killing it on the ATL scene for years (he's a long time Outkast aff…
The best collection of rock and roll comics of late recently premiered at the Emerald City Comic Convention in Seattle this past weekend, but won’t be available en masse from publisher Fantagraphics Books Inc. till May 17. Be sure to pre-order Peter Bagge’s Other Stuff soon though, because it is an…
Today's Song of the Day, as chosen by Kevin Cole, host of Drive Time on KEXP, is "Touch Me Not" by Dengue Fever, from the 2023 album Ting Mong on Tuk Tuk Records.
Janice Headley takes us back to 1976 with graffiti artist Lee Quiñones and the time he and The Fabulous Five tagged a ten-car subway train in a single night.
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Today's Song of the Day, as chosen by Kevin Cole, host of Drive Time on KEXP, is "Creating Space" by Longstocking, from the 2023 album Creating Space on Feral One Records.
Today's Song of the Day, as chosen by Kevin Cole, host of Drive Time on KEXP, is "Dreaming (feat. Asy Saavedra)" by Lusine, from the 2023 album Long Light on Ghostly International Records.
Today's Song of the Day, as chosen by Kevin Cole, host of Drive Time on KEXP, is "Mão na Mão" by Ana Lua Caiano, from the 2023 self-released album Se Dançar É Só Depois.
Today's Song of the Day, as chosen by Kevin Cole, host of Drive Time on KEXP, is "Leash" by Berry Galazka, from the 2023 Leash EP on Climax Records & Sweat Entertainment.
Today's Song of the Day, as chosen by Kevin Cole, host of Drive Time on KEXP, is "I Cry While You Sleep (Dream, Ivory Version)" by Pearly Drops, from the 2023 album A Little Disaster on Cascine.
Today's Song of the Day, as chosen by Kevin Cole, host of Drive Time on KEXP, is "Golden Rope" by Bulgarian Cartrader, from the 2022 self-released album Motor Songs.
Today's Song of the Day, as chosen by Kevin Cole, host of Drive Time on KEXP, is "Haiku" by Bien et Toi, from the 2023 Voici EP on Temple Records.
Today's Song of the Day, as chosen by Kevin Cole, host of Drive Time on KEXP, is "Beggin' For You" by Hurry, from the 2023 album Don't Look Back on Lame-O Records.
Today's Song of the Day, as chosen by Kevin Cole, host of Drive Time on KEXP, is "Hickey King" by Skating Polly, from the 2023 album Chaos County Line on El Camino Media.
