Author Archives: Jason Kinnard

Live Around Town This Week

By Jason Kinnard | Published: June 3, 2013

A great week of shows ahead. Upcoming highlights include Sam Amidon at The Sunset tonight and Robyn Hitchcock & The Venus 3 at Neptune Theatre on Tuesday night. Junip, On An On, and Barbarossa are upstairs at Neumos and A Hack & A Hacksaw are downstairs at Barboza on Wednesday night. On Thursday, Casey Veggies, Travis Scott and Dave B are at theRead more...

Posted in KEXP, Live Around Town | Tagged A Hack & A Hacksaw, Alessi's Ark, Armed with Legs, Black Nite Crash, Brent Amaker & the Rodeo, Bruce Leroy, Chastity Belt, Dude York, Gaudi, Junip, Mikal Cronin, On An On, Peter Buck, Pharoahe Monch, Robyn Hitchcock & The Venus 3, Sam Amidon, Shannon & The Clams, Small Black, The Maldives, The Young Evils, Tilson XOXO, Tokyoidaho, Tom Brosseau, White Arrows | 1 Comment

Live Around Town This Week

By Jason Kinnard | Published: May 20, 2013

If any weekend were to officially signal the start of the Spring/Summer Concert Festival season in the Northwest it has to be Sasquatch Music Festival weekend! Running from Friday thru Monday, Sasquatch is sure to have some surprises in store with a fantastic lineup this year. Of course, KEXP will be broadcasting from the festivalRead more...

Posted in KEXP, Live Around Town, Sasquatch | Tagged Akron Family, Andrew Bird, Arctic Monkeys, Atlas Genius, Baths, Black Moth Super Rainbow, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Bloc Party, Bombino, Built to Spill, Cam the Mac, Caveman, Chastity Belt, Chvrches, Deep Sea Diver, Detroit Cobras, Devendra Banhart, DIIV, Divine Fits, Don't Talk To The Cops, El-P, Empire of the Sun, Ephrata, Erik Blood, Fang Island, father john misty, Flying Lotus, Freedy Johnston, Friends & Family, Grand Hallway, Grimes, Houses, Indians, Japandroids, Jherek Bischoff, John Talabot, Kingdom Crumbs, kithkin, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Mary Lambert, Matthew Dear, Michael Kiwanuka, Mumford & Sons, Nacho Picasso, Nancy & Beth, Nick Offerman, Nottus Tre, NW Folklife, OC Notes, Of Montreal, Ononos, Oscillator Bug, Ozarks, Ozomatli, Pangea, Porcelain Raft, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Primus, Prism Tats, Ra Scion, Radical Face, Red Fang, Red Jacket Mine, Reignwolf, Robert DeLong, Rose Windows, Sasquatch, Schoolboy Q & Ab-Soul, Sea Wolf, Sean Nelson, SH6RL6S6, Shad, Shelby Earl, Shelton Harris, Shout Out Louds, Shovels & Rope, Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars, Sigur Ros, Snug Harbor, Song Sparrow Research, St. Paul de Vence, STAG, Steezie Nasa, Stornoway, Strand of Oaks, Stres, Stunna Kid, Surfer Blood, TacocaT, Tame Impala, Teebs, Telekinesis, The Apollos, The Cellar Door, The Fame Riot, The Fucking Eagles, The Hood Internet, The Hoot Hoots, The Presets, The Tallest Man on Earth, The Washover Fans, The West, The xx, Thundercat, Tilson XOXO, Tomten, Torche, Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs, Truckasauras, Us On Roofs, Vampire Weekend, Wake Owl, Wayfarer, Wild Belle, Wild Moccasins, Wishbeard, Xperience, Youngblood Hawke, youryoungbody, Youth Lagoon, Yppah & Anomie Belle, ZZ Ward | Leave a comment

Live Around Town This Week

By Jason Kinnard | Published: May 13, 2013

A great list of shows ahead. Highlights of the week include The Black Angels at Neptune Theatre on Monday night, along with what could prove to be a very interesting Brings Our Sonics Back rally with Geo, Nacho Picasso, Grynch, Dyme Def, Jarv Dee, Tilson, Sam Lachow & Raz Simone, Neema, DJ Nphared and Hosted by Shawn KempRead more...

Posted in KEXP, Live @ KEXP Vol. 3 | Tagged Beat Connection, Betsy Olson, Blooper, Brother Ali, Cold Specks, Cold War Kids, Colleen Green, Daughter, Dyme Def, Fatal Lucciauno, FF, Golden Gardens, Grynch, Hanni El Khatib, Ivan & Alyosha, Jarv Dee, Jim James, Kinski, Laura Marling, Man Or Astro Man?, Mary Lambert, MGMT, Mobb Deep, Nacho Picasso, Nü Klezmer Army, Of Monsters and Men, painted palms, Pokey LaFarge & the South City Three, Ponyhomie, River Giant, SuperHumanoids, The Black Angels, Tilson, Tokyoidaho, Vox Mod, Yo La Tengo, Young Fresh Fellows | Leave a comment

Live Around Town This Week

By Jason Kinnard | Published: May 6, 2013

The weather is getting nicer in Seattle and the shows just keep getting better. Here are some of the highlights of the week: Tonight, Cloud Cult and JBM are at Neptune Theatre. Tuesday night, Alice Russell, Dice & The High Rollers, Mycle Wastman, and J-Justice are at Neumos. On Wednesday, Os Mutantes and Capsula are at Triple Door, andRead more...

Posted in KEXP, Live Around Town | Tagged Alice Russell, Allen Stone, Andrew Bird, Best Coast, Born Ruffians, Caitlin Rose, Capsula, Cloud Cult, Cyrille Aimée and Diego Figueiredo, Dude York, Eilen Jewell, Flight to Mars, Grand Hallway, Javelin, Joan Jett & The Blackhearts, Julia Massey & The 5 Finger Discount, Kimya Dawson, Kurt Vile & The Violators, Lonesome Shack, Mavis Staples, McCready & Friends Acoustic Medley, Os Mutantes, Poor Moon, Ra Scion, Richard Thompson, The fresh & Onlys, The Jesus Rehab, We Are Golden, Yr Heart Breaks | Leave a comment

Live Around Town This Week

By Jason Kinnard | Published: April 29, 2013

We’ve got a great list of shows for you this week. On Monday night we start with Local Natives and Superhumanoids at Neptune Theatre, and then we’ve got a Fundraiser for Kris Orlowski & Band at Tractor Tavern with Allen Stone, John Roderick, Meagan Grandall, Wayfarer, Matty & Mike Gervais, Jacob James, Daniel Blue, andRead more...

Posted in KEXP, Live Around Town | Tagged Allen Stone, Anomie Belle, BellaMaine, Bleached, Bleeding Rainbow, Bonobo, Cascadia '10, Caspar Babypants, Crystal Castles, Eighteen Individual Eyes, El Ten Eleven, EMEFE, Ex Cops, Killing Joke, Legendary Oaks, Local Natives, Los Rakas, Metz, Mikey and Matty, New Build, No Joy, Pezzner, Pictureplane, Quantic, RNDM, Rootz Underground, Smokey Brights, Stereo Total, The Cave Singers, The Fucking Eagles, The Lonely Forest, Western Haunts | Leave a comment

Live Around Town This Week

By Jason Kinnard | Published: April 22, 2013

This week we have a great list of shows to tell you about. Starting the week with 3 great shows at Neptune Theatre with Sparks on Monday night, James Blake on Tuesday night, and Purity Ring on Wednesday night. Marnie Stern, SISU, and Heavy Petting are also at Barboza. On Thursday, The Thermals, Wimps, and La Luz are at Neumos,Read more...

Posted in KEXP, Live Around Town | Tagged Aesop Rock, Blue Hawaii, Bobby "Blue" Bland, Busdriver, Chad Valley, Constant Lovers, Country Lips, Cowboy Junkies, Dawes, Dr. Dog, Falty DL, Fly Moon Royalty, Golden Gardens, Grayskul, Guards, James Blake, kithkin, La Luz, Local Natives, Marnie Stern, Palma Violets, Purity Ring, Rodriguez, Shuggie Otis, Space Needles, Sparks, The Comettes, The Sumner Brothers, The Thermals, Universe People, Wimps | Leave a comment

Live Around Town This Week

By Jason Kinnard | Published: April 15, 2013

We start the week with shows from Johnny Marr at Neumos and The Telescopes, LSD & The Search for God, Flavor Crystals, and Black Nite Crash at Comet Tavern. On Tuesday, another much anticipated UK band making their Seattle debut with Savages at Neumos. A little too noisy for you? Bat for Lashes are also at ShowboxRead more...

Posted in Audioasis, Hood to Hood, KEXP, Live Around Town | Tagged Angel Olsen, Bat For Lashes, Black Nite Crash, BOAT, Bobby "Blue" Bland, Damien Jurado & Tomo Nakayama, Dude York, Hounds of the Wild Hunt, Intelligence, Johnny Marr, Jon Russell, Kingdom Crumbs, Kiran Ahluwalia, kithkin, Lee Fields & The Expressions, Lila Downs, Los Amigos Invisibles, Lozen, Maps & Atlases, Mirah, Nü Klezmer Army, Pollens, Pony Time, Prince, Ravenna Woods, Savages, Shenandoah Davis, Song Sparrow Research, Star Anna & Friends, The Gaslight Anthem, The Jesus Rehab, The Men, The Moondoggies, The Torn ACLs, The Veils, Tomten, Universe People, Villages, Vox Mod, Young Man | Leave a comment

Live Around Town This Week

By Jason Kinnard | Published: April 8, 2013

We start off the week with a bang! On Monday night you’ve got your choice between three great shows. English band Spiritualized are performing at Neptune Theatre, Dublin Ireland’s Little Green Cars are with The Horde & The Harem at Neumos, and Fitz & The Tantrums play with Bear Mountain at Columbia City Theater. On Tuesday, Jessie Ware is at theRead more...

Posted in KEXP, Live Around Town | Tagged Addiquit, Ade, Adrian Younges’ Venice Dawn, Amos Miller, Bad Motivators, Bear Mountain, Big Dipper, Blackie: Tribute to Blondie, Blind Photographers, Butcher, Dave B, Dave Bazan, Day Laborers & Petty Intellectuals, Dick Binge, DJ Swervewon, Double Duchess, Dynasty Handbag, Eighteen Individual Eyes, Erik Blood, Explone, Fitz & the Tantrums, Fresh Espresso, Gaytheist, Ghostface Killah, Gift Uh Gab, Glitterbang, Grynch & Budo, Half Rushmore, jessie ware, Kung Foo Grip, Little Green Cars, Magic Mouth, Marty Marquis, Mo-Wave - Betsy Olson, Mo-Wave - Team Dresch, Mo-Wave - The Need, Mo-Wave - The Redwood Plan, My Parade, Night Cadet, Nissim, OC Notes, Ononos, Phosphorescent, Pollens, Pony Time, Ponyhomie, Rah Rah, Raz Simone, Red Jacket Mine, s, Sam Lachow, Shearing Pinx, Spiritualized, Stewart Villian, Strands of Oak, TacocaT, Tenderfoot, TH3RDZ, The Horde & The Harem, The Quiet Ones, The Revelers, The Stevedore, The Young Evils, Turtle T, Two Hours Traffic, Warm Soda, White Mystery, Wishbeard | Leave a comment

Live Around Town This Week

By Jason Kinnard | Published: April 1, 2013

What a fantastic time of the year for shows in Seattle! As the weather heats up, so does the frequency of shows it seems. With just about something for everyone this week, we start off on Monday night with yet another great evening with Mudhoney, this time at Easy Street Records. Jamie Lidell, Empress Of, andRead more...

Posted in KEXP, Live Around Town | Tagged alt-J, Bali Girls, Billy Bragg, Bomba Estereo, Caspar Babypants, Chaos Chaos, Chastity Belt, Daedelus, David Bazan, Diamond Rings, Dude York, Fatoumata Diawara, High Highs, How To Dress Well, Jamie Lidell, Jherek Bischoff, John Roderick, Kathleen Edwards, Kinski, kithkin, Langhorne Slim, Lonely Forest, Lord Huron, Low, Lucero, Mark McGuire, Mudhoney, My Goodness, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, OMD, PAPA, Parenthetical Girls, Polica, Pollens, Protomartyr, San Cisco, Seattle Rock Orchestra, Sharon van Etten, Talib Kweli, Tea Cozies, Thalia Zedek, The Comettes, The Physics, Wimps | Leave a comment

Live Around Town This Week

By Jason Kinnard | Published: March 25, 2013

With hardcore Northwesterner’s now back from a cold but successful weekend at Treefort Music Fest in Boise, we have a whole week of great new shows to warm you back in Seattle. On Monday night, we welcome Iris DeMent at The Triple Door, and then on Tuesday we have an exciting night out with Duff McKagan’sRead more...

Posted in KEXP, Live Around Town | Tagged BOAT, Christopher Owens, Damien Jurado, Dark Time Sunshine, Doldrums, ducktails, Duff McKagan, Flume, Gibraltar, Guards, Iris Dement, Jason Dodson & Faustine Hudson, John Atkins, Jon Russell, Kevin Murphy, Mac DeMarco, Major Lazer, Mark McGuire, Merchandise, Mudhoney, Naomi Punk, Natasha Kmeto, Phoenix, See Me River, Shane Tutmarc, Star Anna, The Dusty 45's, The English Beat, The Joy Formidable, The Specials, Universe People, Unnatural Helpers, Vox Mod, Widowspeak, Yuni in Taxco | Leave a comment

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