The gaudy, sterile synths, the contrapuntal guitar and bass, the party ready drums, and especially the high-ranging, free-wielding, devil-may-care vocals - if you were there in 2005 when Clap Your Hands Say Yeah rose to indie-stardom with their self-titled, self-released debut, you remember it all. If you weren’t, chances are you’ve still come across one of the classic tracks from their simultaneously ubiquitous and underground album without knowing it. (Likely when you did, the urge to dance was overwhelming.) Now in their tenth year since the influential LP rocked college campuses and alternative radio stations accross the country, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah have embarked on an anniversary tour, fulfilling every super-fan’s dream with performances of each song from their seminal debut in the order of its original track list (in addition to taking on the hits from their three other fantastic albums.) While on tour, the KEXP favorites also stopped by the station for a refreshing stroll through some of their earliest best works. Fall in love all over again now:
Live in the KEXP studio, Lower Dens presents us with a sound that we didn't know we've been waiting for, half-nostalgic, half refreshing. Formed in Baltimore in 2010, Lower Dens is comprised of Jana Hunter, Geoff Graham, Nate Nelson, and Walker Trent. Their audacious third album, Escape From Evil, …
Thankfully, Failure never quite lived up to their name. Though in the 90's, they were never really allowed to sit at the cool table of grunge superstars, they found critical praise through their own inventive brand of heavy alt-rock. Record sales, unfortunately, never followed, and five years after…
