John Richards

Maps is the recording name of Northampton-based artist James Chapman. Maps is label mates with fellow synth giants M83.

Minor Victories' debut album came out this past June. Head over to our blog at KEXP to read some thoughts on their newest album : blog.kexp.org/tag/minor-victories/feed/

Lush is playing McMenamins Crystal Ballroom in Portland, OR on Tuesday September 27th

Bon Iver's newest album "22, A Million" will be out September 30th

Head over to kexp.org to watch a live video of Junius Meyvant performing at Iceland Airways: blog.kexp.org/2014/.../live-video-junius-meyvant-at-iceland-airwaves/

James Vincent McMorrow is playing the Showbox Market on November 26th

American Singer-songwriter, guitarist, and drummer Pete Yorn released his debut LP in 2001 to much critical and commercial success. He has since released a total of 7 albums and 2 live CDs

Shoot over to kexp.org to check out a live video of The Wedding Present here: blog.kexp.org/2010/05/10/live-video-the-wedding-present/

Grunge rock super-giants Nirvana hail from Seattle, WA. Their 1991 release "Nevermind is credited with being one of the first records to solidify the grunge scene. Their live and unplugged from MTV recording is also considered to be one of the greater live recordings in history

Check out our album review of Fever to Tell over at blog.kexp.org here: blog.kexp.org/2013/04/.../album-review-yeah-yeah-yeahs-mosquito/

You can check out a live video of The New Pornographers at KEXP here: blog.kexp.org/.../sasquatch-2015-day-one-the-new-pornographers/

Read our Review Revue of Talking Heads on our blog here: blog.kexp.org/2011/08/.../review-revue-talking-heads-little-creatures/

Glass Animals are playing The Paramount on October 11th

The Knife is an electronic duo from Sweden featuring siblings Karin Dreijer Andersson and Olof Dreijer. The duo formed in 1999 and also own their own record label, Rabid Records

Mexican Institute of Sound is the electronic music project of DJ and producer Camilo Lara

Sigur Ros is playing The Paramount tonight starting at 7:00pm, and then playing the Keller Auditorium tomorrow night in Portland, OR

M83 is playing the WaMu theater on October 25th

Hailing from Jersey City, NJ, brothers Attrell Cordes and Jarrett Cordes formed P.M. Dawn back in 1988

London duo Geowulf caught sought after label "37 Adventures" attention with their unique take on dreamy-pop

The 25th anniversary of Nirvana's "Nevermind" is this Saturday the 24th

Check out the KEXP documentary "Grunge" featuring Soundgarden here: blog.kexp.org/2011/05/.../kexp-documentaries-grunge-soundgarden/

Local Seattle youngsters "Naked Giants" are exploding in the Seattle music scene. They will be playing at UW on September 26th along with Tinashe and Dave B

The Sex Pistols are considered by some to be one of the most important bands of the late 70s punk scene thanks to their rebellious attitude and commercially thoughtful sound

Thee Oh Sees will be performing at Neumos on November 25th

Head over to kexp.org to watch a live video of Cymbals Eat Guitars here: blog.kexp.org/2014/09/26/live-video-cymbals-eat-guitars/

On this day in 1975, Daivd Bowie released Fame, which would become his first number 1 hit on the US Billboard Hot 100

The Specials are performing live tonight at the Showbox Market

What was originally meant to be a one-time jam sessions at a festival in Utrecht, ended up leading to the formation of rock-rap group Urban Dance Squad

Head over to kexp.org to read our album review for "AIM" here: blog.kexp.org/2016/09/15/album-review-m-i-a-aim/

Head over to kexp.org to watch a live video of Sylvan Esso here: blog.kexp.org/2014/09/18/live-video-sylvan-esso

Regina Spektor's upcoming LP is to be released on September 30th on Sire Records

Check out Lykke Li performing live on KEXP here: blog.kexp.org/2014/05/23/live-video-lykke-li/

James was formed in Manchester in 1982, but were most active during the 90s

Read our blog post on Talking Heads over at blog.kexp.org here: blog.kexp.org/tag/talking-heads/feed/

Originally formed in 1982, Scottish rock band Primal Scream also incorporate elements on house and electronic into their music

Check out Young Fathers' live video on KEXP here: blog.kexp.org/2015/05/07/live-video-young-fathers-2/

Metric performed live on KEXP. You can watch the video here: blog.kexp.org/2016/03/28/live-video-metric/

This week KEXP is celebrating the 25th anniversary of Nevermind which is this Saturday the 24th

Sunny Day Real Estate member Jeremy Enigk performed with the Seattle Rock Orchestra. You can watch that video here: blog.kexp.org/.../live-video-jeremy-enigk-with-the-seattle-rock-orchestra/

Band of Horses just visited our gathering space this past August. Check out our live review of their performance here: log.kexp.org/.../live-review-band-of-horses-at-kexps-gathering-space- 81716/

Sigur Ros is playing tonight at The Paramount

Head over to our blog to read about how Jens Lekman vowed to write one song a week for all of 2015. You can read it here: blog.kexp.org/2015/01/05/monday-music-news-147/

Check out our live video of The Magnetic Fields here: blog.kexp.org/2012/04/25/live-video-the-magnetic-fields/

Head over to kexp.org to read our Review Revue of the Pixies - Doolittle here: blog.kexp.org/2007/12/06/review-revue-the-pixies-doolittle/

The 25th anniversary of Nevermind is this Saturday

Check out the video of Mudhoney live from on top of the space needle here: blog.kexp.org/.../live-video-mudhoney-on-top-of-the-space-needle/

Hailing from Derry, Northern Ireland, The Undertones kicked out punk rock tunes. They are currently touring Europe.

Angel Olson is coming to the Neptune on February 18 of next year

Kirsty MacColl made several pop hits throughout her career during the 80s and 90s.

The Lemonheads formed in 1986, with original member Evan Dando being the bands only consistent member

Listen to KEXP live performance by Ben Lee here: www.kexp.org

The Head and the Heart will be here in Seattle at the Paramount Theatre for three nights, Saturday through Monday, November 5-7, 2016.