Thursday, on the Afternoon Show, we revealed the exciting news that The Replacements will perform the Mainstage at Memorial Stadium during Bumbershoot this year. Now, just announced is the rest of the music lineup for the Seattle festival. There are too many KEXP favorites to list, but we're definitely excited for The Head and The Heart, Elvis Costello and the Imposters and Wu-Tang Clan also on Mainstage, plus The Afghan Whigs, Real Estate, Nada Surf, Luscious Jackson, Twin Shadow, Bobby Womack, The Both (featuring Aimee Mann and Ted Leo), Mac DeMarco, Big Star’s Third (featuring original and new members), Mission of Burma, The Dream Syndicate, Hurray for the Riff Raff, Iceland's Hermigervill and many others.
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As a part of Australian radio station Triple J's "Like a Version" cover series, Arctic Monkeys took on Tame Impala's standout hit "Feels Like We Only Go Backwards." This song has been covered and embellished by so many artists, including Kendrick Lamar for the Divergent soundtrack, but this versio…
Garage-rock duo The Black Keys announced their world tour this morning, including a November 1st stop at Key Arena with Jake Bugg. Their eighth studio album, Turn Blue, comes out May 13th on Nonesuch. You can watch the bizarre "press conference"-style announce video below. [Pitchfork]
Under a blue light on the Music Lounge stage, the New Zealand-born (and, now, New York native) Tamaryn sang a collection of pulsingly-mellow tunes for the Bumbershoot audience. The songs were an interesting mix, with the rhythms almost over-powering the singer’s ghostly, etherial vocals. In this wa…
