Last year, the documentary The Smart Studios Story premiered, a tribute to the now-legendary recording studio, founded by also now-legendary producer/musician Butch Vig and Steve Marker. Opened in 1983 when the two were college students at the University of Wisconsin, and closed in 2010 after a decline in usage, the studio helped bring to life some of your favorite songs from Nirvana (who recorded the Nevermind demos at Smart), L7, Garbage, and Smashing Pumpkins, just to name a very few.
Back in December 2016, KEXP was honored to welcome Vig and filmmaker/musician Wendy Schneider to the airwaves for a chat with DJ Troy Nelson. Today, Tuesday, March 7th, The Smart Studios Story is being released to iTunes, and below, for the first time ever, you can listen to Troy's interview with Butch, produced by KEXP's Jackson Long, in its entirety.
Soundgarden's Kim Thayil, a former DJ at KEXP (KCMU), was kind enough to stop by the KEXP studios to share his thoughts on a multitude of topics and one of the most exciting nuggets he shared was the news that the band had taken back the rights to 1988's Ultramega OK from SST, in order to remix it …
This Saturday, March 11th, MoPOP hosts this year's finals of Sound Off!. KEXP will broadcast the competition live on air as part of Audioasis, our local music show. The pairing is perfect, as not only is Sound Off! the Northwest’s premiere 21-and-under battle of the bands, but many past artists hav…
They may have broken up back in 1986, but The Clash continue to influence new generations of musicians every decade. KEXP had a chance to speak with a few of these artists, both old and new; hear their thoughts on "The Only Band That Matters" below.
