The Shaggs – Philosophy of the World (1969)
Martin Douglas dives into Philosophy of the World by The Shaggs. As prophesied by a palm reading, this band of sisters from a small town in New Hampshire would become famous. However, nobody could hav...
15 Maj 202431min
Sex Pistols – Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols (1977)
Dusty Henry dives into Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols by the Sex Pistols. They set the stage for mainstream views of punk in terms of style, substance, and attitude. Hosts: Dusty Hen...
8 Maj 202448min
Shonen Knife – Burning Farm (1985 via K Records)
Kicking off KEXP's month-long Pushing Boundaries celebration, Martin Douglas and Janice Headley dive into Shonen Knife’s Burning Farm, which was released in America by Olympia, Washington’s own K Reco...
1 Maj 202430min
Bonus: Introducing KEXP's In Our Headphones
The Cobain 50 returns May 1 with Shonen Knife's Burning Farm (K Records version) from 1985. This week, we'd like to share another KEXP podcast: In Our Headphones, the evolution of our longstanding So...
24 Apr 202436min
Bonus: Introducing KEXP's A Deeper Listen
The Cobain 50 returns May 1 with Shonen Knife's Burning Farm (K Records version) from 1985. This week, we'd like to share another KEXP podcast: A Deeper Listen, where Emily Fox and other storytellers...
17 Apr 202431min
Roundtable: Women in Punk
Dusty Henry, Martin Douglas, Albina Cabrera, Janice Headley, and Roddy Nikpour explore some of the women-led bands on Kurt's list, Kurt's feminism, and the very notion of grouping bands together based...
10 Apr 202446min
30 Years After Kurt's Death
In this special episode, marking 30 years since Kurt's death, we recorded a roundtable "love letter" at the Kurt Cobain Memorial Bench in Viretta Park in Seattle, where Kurt is said to have written so...
5 Apr 20241h
Anything by Kleenex (1978-1983)
Martin Douglas dives into the legacy of the Swiss band Kleenex, later known as LiLiPUT. Kurt's list doesn't specify a particular album from Kleenex. Their entire discography is just that good, marryin...
3 Apr 202425min
