They look like sisters, maybe even twins, the way that Lucius co-founders Jess Wolfe and Holly Laessig style themselves and dress, but like any pair, they can also be opposites - the yin to each other's yang. That duality forms the core of Good Grief, the now LA-based band's second release, which explored lives in transition and treats personal troubles with comic relief. Yet while songs like "Gone Insane" characterize one of the pair's first big blowouts, their intricately entwined vocal harmonies tell the real story of their accord. And the boys in the band also fit in seamlessly, adding instrumentation and additional harmonies for full dramatic effect. Live, Lucius is a feast for the eyes and ears, creating an on-stage spectacle of dress, dance and design. In-studio at KEXP, the five-piece doesn't hold back and gives listeners, and now viewers, the full Lucius experience. Watch their full session now.
Minneapolis must have been a magical place in the '80s with bands like Hüsker Dü breaking through the mainstream, and venues like First Avenue and the 7th Street Entry helping hone these rising new stars. A little bit of that magic was in the KEXP studios this day as Hüsker Dü's former frontman, Bo…
Leave it to a neuroscientist to create an out of body experience. UK's Sam Shepherd blows minds post-doc with his experimental electronic project, Floating Points, combining jazz, space rock, prog, EDM, classical and other genres that can but shouldn't be named into an out of this world experience.…
