Ex Hex, the DC-based noise pop trio led by Helium/Wild Flag’s Mary Timony, had a solid breakout in 2014 with their debut LP, Rips. Five years later, the trio is finally ready to follow that album up ...

As Ex Hex took the stage at Thalia Hall last week, pink and purple lights bounced off a glittery, reflective backdrop to illuminate the crowd. The most ardent fans, pressed against the barrier, were ...

Ex Hex, aka the power trio of Mary Timony, Betsy Wright and Laura Harris, are finally back with a follow-up to their great 2014 debut, Rips. (Has it really been that long?) The new LP is called It’s ...

Ex Hex are less than a month out from releasing their sophomore album, It’s Real. The follow-up to 2014’s breakthrough Rips has thus far already delivered a pair of raucous, rip-roaring singles in ...

Mary Timony is pretty low-key for a rock star – her subdued demeanor gleaned from nearly three decades of making and performing music in a handful of forward thinking, indie bands. Yet the music she’s ...

Last year, Ex Hex teased their imminent return on Instagram.We knew it wasn’t going to happen overnight, especially in the middle of bassist Betsy Wright’s Bat Fangs album cycle, but that was a year ...

There is a special place in the memory bank for that first person who turned you on to something cool, whether they slipped you a flyer or made a mixtape. For D.C.-based band Ex Hex, featuring indie ...

Mary Timony wore a jean jacket with a tiger emblazoned on the back, its shiny embroidered mouth stitched into a defiant snarl. The lead singer of the DC-based garage-pop trio Ex Hex stood under pink ...

Singer-songwriter Mary Timony has good news and bad news about getting older. That deep emotional pain that comes out of being a teenager? It can stick around well into your 40s. But it does get ...

DC power rock group Ex Hex came onto the scene in 2014 with their excellent, loud debut Rips. Filled with big, raucous waves of guitar, the album embodied the type of rock ‘n’ roll that genre devotees ...

If Ex Hex’s power pop were an ice cream flavor, guitarist Mary Timony’s angular riffs would be savory chocolate chips swirled into a bold peppermint soundscape. That’s the line of thinking behind ...

Note: NPR's First Listen audio comes down after the album is released. However, you can still listen with the Spotify and Apple Music playlists at the bottom of the page. When Mary Timony digs in to ...