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Friday, Sep 8 2017, 6AM
Hurray For The Riff Raff released this new album earlier this year! Check out their 2014 KEXP Live In-Studio Performance here: www.youtube.com.
Check out Wussy's 2016 KEXP Live In-Studio Performance here: blog.kexp.org.
Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth on the beauty of Seattle: “I remember driving into the city and just thinking that it seemed curiously removed from the rest of America... Like, all of a sudden, there were fir trees all along the highway! It just seemed really magical to me. And that’s always stuck with me.”
Wolf Parade will return with their first album in seven years, Cry Cry Cry, on October 6th on Sub Pop. Check out their 2016 KEXP Live In-Studio Performance while you wait: www.youtube.com.
Arcade Fire will be playing at the Key Arena on October 15th, 2017 at 7:30 pm.
Wolf Alice's new album comes out on September 29, 2017 on Dirty Hit. Check out their 2015 KEXP Live In-Studio Performance here: blog.kexp.org.
Check out this KEXP Documentary on The Beatles here: blog.kexp.org.
Moby will be turning 52 on September 11th! Happy early birthday, Moby!
Today is Benjamin Orr's birthday! The Cars bassist passed away in October 2000 but his music lives on!
Zola Jesus will be playing at The Crocodile on Thursday, October 19th, 2017. Check out her 2015 KEXP Live In-Studio Performance here: blog.kexp.org.
Check out Daughter's 2015 KEXP Live In-Studio Performance here: blog.kexp.org.
Check out Kate Tempest's KEXP Live In-Studio Performance at Kex Hostel in Reykjavik during Iceland Airwaves 2016: www.youtube.com.
Check out Young Fathers' 2015 KEXP Live In-Studio Performance here: www.youtube.com.
Seeds is the fifth studio album by TV On The Radio and was the band's first album since the 2011 death of their bassist, Gerard Smith.
Off of LCD Soundsystem's new album released earlier this month. After a five year disbandment, they're back!
The music video for this classic Talking Heads song features a young Max Illidge, vocalist of the band 40 Below Summer, and David Byrne's face superimposed on a house. Check it out: www.youtube.com.
Check out this KEXP Saturday Afternoon Artist feature on Interpol here: blog.kexp.org.
In need of a burst of Bowie? Check out this KEXP Video Roundup here: blog.kexp.org.
Check out Macklemore & Ryan Lewis' KEXP Live In-Studio Performance here: www.youtube.com.
Check out FIDLAR's 2015 KEXP Live In-Studio Performance here: www.youtube.com.
The music video for this Empire of the Sun track was filmed in Bryce Canyon National Park and the redwoods of California: www.youtube.com.
Check out this KEXP Feature on the Beastie Boy's second studio album Paul's Boutique here: blog.kexp.org.
Del The Funky Homosapien hails from Oakland, CA and is the cousin of Ice Cube. www.delhiero.com.
Cut Copy's new album Haiku From Zero comes out September 22nd, 2017 on Astralwerks.
Brotherhood is the fourth studio album by English rock band New Order. This album proved that the group was able to integrate both post-punk and electronic styles into their sound.
The Horrors new album V comes out September 22nd, 2017 on Caroline Distribution.
Two backing synthesizer samples, an LM-1 sequence, and a sweet, sweet core keyboard background sent this track to the top of the charts in the 80's.
The National's new album Sleep Well Beast is out today! They are playing at the Paramount Theatre on Tuesday, November 28th, 2017.
U2 will be releasing their new album Songs of Experience in December 2017.
The National are playing at the Paramount Theatre on Tuesday, November 28th, 2017.
Check out this KEXP Saturday Afternoon Artist Feature on Joy Division here: blog.kexp.org.
In 2015, the National collaborated with Icelandic artist Ragnar Kjartansson, devising a performance art piece where the band played their song "Sorrow" from their album High Violent repeatedly for six hours at MoMA PS1.
The Church are playing at the Neptune Theatre on September 9th, 2017. Check out their 2015 KEXP Live In-Studio Performance here: www.youtube.com.
Just in case you need another reminder... The National's new album Sleep Well Beast is out today! They are playing at the Paramount Theatre on Tuesday, November 28th, 2017.
Sharron Van Etten and St. Vincent are both featured on this album from The National... pssst, they have a new album out today and are playing at the Paramount Theatre on November 28th, 2017.
Love and Rockets was started by former Bauhaus members Daniel Ash, Daniel J, and Kevin Haskins.
Another track off of The National's new album Sleep Well Beast out today on 4AD!
Diesel and Dust was Midnight Oil's 1987 concept album about the struggles of Indigenous Australians and environmental causes.
The phrase "Are we not men?", which serves as the first half of the title for DEVO's debut album, is a quote from The Island of Doctor Moreau by H. G. Wells. DEVO sure liked their literary allusions!
The music video for this DEVO track is often consider one of their finest. Check it out: www.youtube.com.
A performance of this DEVO song was featured in the 1980 film Urgh! A Music War, a movie that explored the bands that defined British New Wave scene.