Guest Warren Karlenzig, Chief Strategy Officer, SustainLane, speaks with Diane Horn about his book, "How Green is Your City?," which ranks the largest 50 U.S. cities for sustainability.
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.
Monster guitar, power bass, attack drums and dramatic tempo changes that are mysteriously dark and psychedelic. They write it and then they play it. Wah Wah Exit Wound is Dave Webb (guitar), Bowie Mclean (bass, vocals), and Warren Pease (drums).
Whether she’s wearing a feather mask during a KEXP in-studio or making what she calls “kids music for adults,” Massey and her band mates have treated their audiences to songs that are good for the spirit, no matter your age.
The War On Drugs also have a highly-anticipated forthcoming album, A Deeper Understanding. In promotion for the album, the band has recorded a cover of Warren Zevon's "Accidentally Like A Martyr" for the Spotify Singles series. They also recorded a live version of lead single "Holding On." A Deeper…
Each week, KEXP’s Music Director Don Yates (joined this week by DJs Alex and Gabriel Teodros) shares brief insights on new and upcoming releases. See what's coming up this week below, including reviews for new releases from Julien Baker, Nick Cave & Warren Ellis, Cloud Nothings, and more.
During her concert at last year's Iceland Airwaves Music Festival, Björk screened a virtual reality video for the Vulnicura track “Notget.” (The clip, along with videos for “Family,” “Stonemilker,” and “Black Lake,” were also screened last year at the Björk Digital exhibit in Montreal.) Today, sh…
Today's Song of the Day, as chosen by Cheryl Waters, host of The Midday Show on KEXP, is "Fishbowl" by Warren Dunes, a 2020 self-released single.
It's an understatement to say that Björk doesn't follow the rules. Nearly two and half years after the release of Vulnicura, she's continuing to release videos for songs off the album. Not only that, but they're videos for songs that she's already released videos for! (When you're one of the most r…
For Plants and Animals, growth can take time. The adventurous Montreal trio took four years to release their fourth album, double the time between each of their previous ones. After years of prolonged touring and rapid recording, the childhood friends Nic Basque, Matthew Woodley, and Warren Spicer …
KEXP listeners vote for their top albums of the year in 2021.
It's been five years since Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds have toured America, and in the unique and never-predictable story of Nick Cave, five years is a long time. After the release of 2008's Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!, Nick has authored the screenplay for a major motion picture, published his second nove…
