After a decade in various stages of production, Jordan Albertsen's documentary about the epochal Tacoma band has been released to widespread adoration. Martin Douglas speaks to him about the movie and the long road it took to get it released.
The wild-haired bassist for surf-punks Wavves cites Devo, Alex Chilton, The Halo Benders, Pixies, and Björk.
In late September, Ignition Records released a box set featuring the work of former Clash co-front-man, Joe Strummer, titled Joe Strummer 001. KEXP chats with Lucinda Tait, Joe Strummer's widow and co-curator of the collection.
Leading up to the latest edition of the awards ceremony, El Sonido spoke with some of the nominees about the progress in Latin music, now and into future.
Nova Scotia-based musician Jay Crocker discusses his project JOYFULTALK and 2018's excellent Plurality Trip.
Minneapolis, Minnesota, hip-hop group Atmosphere released their latest LP, Mi Vida Local, last month. KEXP catches up with rapper Slug, one half of the duo.
KEXP DJ Troy Nelson talks to the legendary Jon Spencer about his debut solo album Spencer Sings the Hits! out this Friday via In the Red Records.
KEXP's DJ Miss Ashley catches up with the Latin Grammy Award-nominated artist on his new album Latinoamericana.
"Mixing pop and politics" (as Billy Bragg would say) is a centuries' old tradition, and there are more songs out there than we could possibly list, but we hope this selection helps motivate you to get out there and keeps you entertained while you wait.
In 2018, KEXP celebrated the 30th anniversary of local record label Sub Pop with a four-month retrospective, "counting up" every catalog number in their vast discography of over 1,200 releases. Dig into the archives of our catalog coverage, featuring in-depth coverage on the history of their releases.
