Seattle duo SISTERS release a gleefully joyous video and Allen Stone-featuring video for Wait Don't Wait track "Heart Beats"
Today's Song of the Day, as chosen by Kevin Cole, host of The Afternoon Show on KEXP, is "Light in the Heart of Our Town" by Joensuu 1685, from the 2020 album ÖB on Gems Records.
Today’s song, selected by DJs Larry Rose, Stas THEE Boss, Brit Hansen, and DJ Riz in honor of Pride, is "Somewhere in Between" by Your Heart Breaks, from the 2019 album Drone Butch Blues on Sofa Burn Records.
Today’s song, featured on The Midday Show with Cheryl Waters, is "Can't Find My Heart" by Broken Social Scene, from the 2019 album Let's Try The After (Vol. 2) on Arts & Crafts.
KEXP DJ Marco Collins spoke with music journalist Charles R. Cross about Heart's Dreamboat Annie as a part of Sound & Vision’s occasional series “Northwest Classics."
Cleveland post-punk band Cloud Nothings are following up this year's Life Without Sound with a new track, "Relief." The previously unreleased demo is a contribution to a forthcoming benefit compilation, Taking It To Heart, Volume Two, which is raising money for the Heart And Stroke Foundation. Fron…
Bridgers covers "It'll All Work Out" on the deluxe digital reissue of Stranger In the Alps while The Pains of Being Pure at Heart take on Petty's 1989 record Full Moon Fever in its entirety
It's been "a long time coming" — The Head and the Heart's own Josiah Johnson said what was on all of their fans' minds. Though only two years have elapsed since local label Sub Pop released their self-titled debut, the Seattle band had been making a name for themselves well before, and given their …
As the sun began to set on The Gorge Amphitheater, The Head and the Heart played a memorable set at Day 1 of Sasquatch Music Festival, representing Seattle in the Eastern Washington Sasquatch setting. Despite Josiah Johnson still being absent from the band, the band still demonstrated their ability…
The Head & The Heart have experienced one of the greatest Seattle success stories we've seen in recent years. Selling over 10,000 copies of their self-released self-titled debut LP by word of mouth before signing to Sub Pop to re-release it nationally in 2011, the band saw their homespun batch …
New York indie outfit Cymbals Eat Guitars have premiered a new video for their third single "Have a Heart," off of last year's album Pretty Years. The overtly political video, directed by Geoffray Barbier, is framed like a fake TV newsreel, featuring footage of protestors in front of Trump Tower, a…
Sound & Vision’s series, “Northwest Classics,” dives into the stories behind iconic records from the Pacific Northwest. In today’s edition, KEXP DJ Marco Collins and music journalist and author, Charles R. Cross discuss Heart’s album Dreamboat Annie, and Soundgarden’s record Superunknown.
Having just played an exquisite showcase for the Ballard Day Hood-to-Hood Celebration, Nila Leigh and Sam Ford of Goodbye Heart are ready to take over Seattle and its surrounding areas, provided you let them. Well-versed musicians, the outfit has been making music since 2007, back when they lived i…
Underneath shimmering textures and spiky rhythms, The Drums have always kept their heart on their musical sleeves, with Jonathan Pierce effortlessly dropping sentimental expressions alongside darkly-tinted humor alongside each other. That's no different on the band's latest album “Abysmal Though…
Yesterday, we shared that The Pains of Being Pure at Heart will be releasing their third album, Days of Abandon, on April 22nd, and today we've got the first single to share with you. The band are playing The Vera Project on May 3rd with Fear of Men. [Spin]
The iconic soul singer passed away from heart complications. He was 81.
Poor Tom Petty. He gets no love. Actually, that's not true. He probably has lots of money and lots of people, including some prominent contemporary songwriters, do love him, but back in the day, KCMU DJs couldn't seem to be bothered even to comment on the single for "Change of Heart", which was add…
Angel Olsen excels in hitting those long, sustained notes that speak volumes, and her songwriting pairs perfectly with her rich vocals, unwinding slowly to unfurl affecting, personal narratives. Her 2016 album MY WOMAN is full of those stories - accented by plenty of those heart-shattering vocal l…
