Live at KEXP Volume Four hits stores today! This compilation features exclusive performances from Vampire Weekend, Rufus Wainwright, !!!, The National, Yeasayer, The Helio Sequence, Pela, Elbow, Les Savy Fav, Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings, The Hold Steady, Calexico, Atmosphere, The Raveonettes, Angelique Kidjo, Carter Tanton of Tulsa and more.
In Seattle, you can pick up Live at KEXP Volume Four at Easy Street, Sonic Boom, Silver Platters, Cellophane Square, and Everyday Music, as well as at PCC Natural Markets, Caffé Vita, and Pagliacci Pizza (available with your delivery!). If you’re in the New York area, head over to Sound Fix in Brooklyn to pick up a copy. You can also order online at Insound.
While you’re our shopping, check out the rest of what else is available this week... and it’s a lot! Just looking at Largehearted Boy’s list will make your head spin. Not to be missed are many KEXP favorites, including Dead Confederate, James, Noah & The Whale, The Courteneers, Jessica Lea Mayfield, and one of Seattle’s own, The Girls. Dressy Bessy, Jem and Tindersticks all return with new albums, and The Dresden Dolls’ Amanda Palmer strikes out alone with her official solo debut. Two releases to watch out for: Asteroid No. 4, with a strong release of infectious psych-pop, and the Motown inspired excellent new album from Raphael Saadiq.
from Brown Submarine on Guided By Voices Inc.
Adventure - Battle Cat (MP3)
from Adventure on Carpark Records
Asteroid No. 4 - Hold On (MP3) (courtesy of Obscure Sound)
from These Flowers of Ours on The Committee to Keep Music Evil
Brass Bed - BBC Midnight Broadcast (MP3)
from the self-released Midnight Matinee
The Break and Repair Method - You Wont’ Be Able To Be Sad (MP3)
from Milk the Bee on Bluhammock Records
Cory Chisel & the Wandering Sons - Songs and Pictures
from Cabin Ghosts EP on Black Seal
The Courteneers - What Took You So Long?
from St. Jude on Polydor
The Cure - The Only One
from Hypnagogic States EP on Geffen
Dead Confederate - The Rat (MP3)
from Wrecking Ball on Razor & Tie
FemBots - Good Days (MP3)
from Calling Out on Weewerk
Hacienda - She’s Got A Hold On Me (MP3)
from Loud Is The Night on Alive Records
The Girls - Transfer Station (MP3)
from Yes, No, Yes, No on Dirtnap
James - Hey Ma (rehearsal)
from Hey Ma on Mercury
Jem - It’s Amazing (MP3)
from Down to Earth on ATO Records
KiNo - Won’t Do (MP3)
from Map of the Universe on Man Eating Seas Records
The Lonelyhearts - Harlequin Bands (MP3)
from Disaster Footage at Night on Three Ring Records
Jessica Lea Mayfield - Kiss Me Again (MP3) (courtesy of Pitchfork)
from With Blasphemy, So Heartfelt on Polymer Sounds
Mother Mother - O My Heart (MP3)
from O My Heart on Last Gang Records
Noah and the Whale - Shape Of My Heart
from Peaceful, the World Lays Me Down on Cherry Tree
Amanda Palmer - Guitar Hero
from Who Killed Amanda Palmer? on Roadrunner Records
Passion Pit - Sleepyhead (MP3)
from Chunk of Change EP on Frenchkiss Records
The Physics of Meaning - Aeroplanes and Hurricanes (MP3)
from Snake Charmer & Destiny at the Stroke of Midnight on Trekky Records
Poorfolk - Demons (MP3)
from Our Burning Street on White Whale Records
Ruby Isle - Hey Hey Hey (That Kid’s Okay) (MP3)
from Night Shot on Kindercore
Raphael Saadiq - That Girl
from The Way I See It on Universal
The Stolen Minks - Viola Desmond (MP3)
from High Kicks on New Romance For Kids
Tindersticks - album intro
from The Hungry Saw on Constellation Records
Alexander Tucker - Veins to the Sky (MP3)
from Portal on ATP Recordings
Paul Turner - City Lights (MP3)
from Clear Blue on White Lotus Records
War Tapes - Always Fallling (MP3)
from War Tapes EP on Sarathan Records
