Jim Beckmann

As HÆLOS, Arthur Delaney, Dom Goldsmith and Lotti Benardout craft an undeniable, and ultimately danceable, blend of atmospheric synth-rock, spare electro-pop and elemental trip-hop, elevated by the trio's shared vocals.

Following last spring's Earth Not Above EP, the band is about to return with Full Circle, an album full of ...

Could there be a better symbol of KEXP's rebirth in our new home than the "Baby Big Man" that is Ty Segall? Donning a creepy torn-up baby mask and wielding an adult-sized umbilical chord, the station favorite christened a new performance space with its first-ever live broadcast session.

The first time you listen to Hinds' buoyantly jangly pop, the young Madrid garage-rock band might be taken less seriously than it deserves. No doubt its members perform to have fun, but it's exactly their carefree attitude, slightly off-kilter harmonies, imperfect pronunciations, frequent signature changes, normcore attire and ...

Summing up a two-song barrage in the KEXP studio by New Zealand's Salad Boys, DJ Kevin Cole remarked that the band sounds like "the best of The Feelies, The Velvet Underground and Yo La Tengo in one song." While it makes a lovable racket ...

Ought formed just three years ago amid a burgeoning DIY scene in Montreal's Mile End district. While drawing heavily from sonic inspirations like Talking Heads, Sonic Youth and The Fall, the group fashioned a sound of its own over the course of two albums and two EPs.

Recently, Ought stopped ...

Amid Iceland's music scene, where bands often germinate, blossom and wither in an instant, the twentysomethings of Mammút might be seen as practically prehistoric. The band's five members literally grew up together during their decade as one of Iceland's most critically acclaimed bands.

Now, with the release of River's End, ...

When it comes to Mike Krol, it's not three strikes and you're out. For the L.A.-based, Milwaukee-born songwriter, the third time's a charm — or, more to the point, a Turkey. Krol's third album, whose title references the term for bowling three strikes in a row, is a liberating blast ...

It's been a few years since we've heard from the Denver band DeVotchKa, and in that time its members have been doing the usual: gardening, making babies, growing beards, writing ballets. They just haven't been releasing new material, at least not yet.

Between occasional shows and a handful of ...

The Australian band King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard managed to record six albums before before finally squeezing into KEXP's live room. Granted, it's only been three years since the Melbourne outfit's debut. But in honor of its seventh — and, for the first-time ever, acoustic — record, Paper Maché ...

After the release of The Mynabirds' 2012 album Generals, principal songwriter Laura Burhenn accompanied The Postal Service on a world reunion tour — and then spent another year making The Mynabirds' latest album, Lovers Know, while zig-zagging all over the place.

Though spurred by heartbreak, Burhenn's ...

In recording All Around You, Seattle native Briana Marela sought the shores of Iceland and the touch of Sigur Ros producer Alex Somers, who helped her songs swirl breezily among themes of connection, longing and loneliness, while never abandoning a state of childlike wonder. After returning home, Marela stopped ...

As cosmic as their jams can be and as free-floating as their new album's title appears, Built to Spill have never seemed more grounded. On Untethered Moon, their eighth studio album and their first in six years, the veteran rockers haven't drifted away from their roots. But with ...

Joking that they're "twice as good live" with the addition of a drummer and second guitarist, Brooklyn duo Tanlines returns to the KEXP studio to perform songs from their dreamy new album, Highlights, including the wonderfully warm summer escape, "Slipping Away."

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• "Slipping Away"

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The Indiana band Houndmouth mixed breezy SoCal harmonies, gritty roots-rock, anthemic sing-alongs and swampland stomp to make the defiant, free-wheeling Little Neon Limelight a perfect summer soundtrack. Here, guitarist Matt Myers, keyboardist Katie Toupin, bassist Zak Appleby and drummer Shane Cody perform a raucous rendition of "Sedona" live in ...

Purity Ring's second album, Another Eternity, marries Corin Roddick's beats and production to Megan James' gorgeous voice. The Edmonton duo has been selling out brilliantly illuminated and choreographed live shows across the country, and on its way through Seattle, the band pulled off a dazzling performance in the ...

Following a shakeup in Speedy Ortiz, Sadie Dupuis found new confidence as both a bandleader and a songwriter on her latest album. Foil Deer is full of jagged bursts of '90s-inspired indie-rock, highlighting the vigor of her smartly crafted wordplay. During their recent performance at KEXP, Dupuis and the band ...