Monthly Archives: June 2006

Big Gay Podcast!

The Hidden Cameras, Katwijk Aaan Zee, Holland - 10/1/04
Courtesy of The Hidden Cameras
We’re celebrating Gay Pride 2006 with the launch of Music That Matters Vol. 18, the Big Gay Podcast! It’s hosted by DJ Mr. Smith with Kurt Reighley and features a bunch of awesome songs. Here’s what they have for you…
1. Magnetic [...]

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kid party from a childless dj’s prospective

With Kevin at the KEXP Kids Dance Party, Chop Suey - 6/18/06
Courtesy of Greg Perez
I’ll say at the outset that this was one of the better gatherings i’ve played for in quite sometime. i been wanting to do this for sometime - (despite what you may have heard this was my idea.. thank you.. [...]

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Three Imaginary Girls make their picks!

The next week Seattle will host a benefit carnival, an indie-supergroup and an all-ages show for the ages. Get out there!
“Benefit Carnival For JoJo” — New Fangs/Vomiting Unicorns/Rotten Apples/TV Coahran/DJ Greasy/Rikki Pajamas, Sunset (Friday, June 23)
Like it or not, creatively-employed folks tend to get the shaft when it comes to the basics like health insurance, [...]

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Common Market & Blue Scholars, 3 pm!

Geologic, Sabzi, Ra Scion at Sasquatch, courtesy of Common Market
Awesome in-studio Friday… Two of the best local hip-hop groups around will be performing live on The Afternoon Show. We have the members of Common Market and Blue Scholars in-studio together at 3 pm.
Stream songs from Blue Scholars at their MySpace and MySpace2 pages, and [...]

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KEXP Suggests - Wax Tailor!

Wax Tailor, courtesy of Xavier Jacques
“Wax Tailor’s debut album Tales Of The Forgotten Melodies is a 52 minute journey into the depths of cinematic hip hop. All 18 tracks evoke memories and wake up the music lover in you. His record was conceived as an orchestral movie, falling somewhere between hip-hop and down-tempo, but with [...]

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NW Music Spotlight - Vomiting Unicorns!

The Vomiting Unicorns, courtesy of badempire
We have a great local band for you today… Our Northwest Music Spotlight is on The Vomiting Unicorns!
“Besides having one of the best fucking band names ever, the Vomiting Unicorns also offer fans a really sharp and forward rock-and-roll sound made by blending equal parts of DC post-hardcore with the [...]

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The Twilight Singers, today at noon!

Greg Dulli of the Twilight Singers - Varsity Theater, Minneapolis-5/18/06
Photo courtesy of deliciousdelicious pie
Before they left town last weekend, The Twilight Singers stopped by to record an in-studio performance. We were still hitting the drive hard on Saturday and couldn’t bring it to you live. However, we’re excited to broadcast the Twilight [...]

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NW Music Spotlight - Magneto!

Magneto, photo courtesy of Alex Smith
“On Sounds Like Space Magneto created a dreamy, layered sound that rocks while it enthralls. What I love about Sounds Like Space is the refined sound of sumptuous layered vocal and guitar tracks, the swirls and whirls and wah wah wahs.” - Three Imaginary Girls
Here are some songs from [...]

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A dream come true…

Kevin, Lisa, Janice with Robin Guthrie, KEXP - 6/20/06
Ever since junior high, I’ve been a huge Cocteau Twins fan. I bought their CD box set before I even owned a CD player — even though I couldn’t actually play the discs, I just had to have them in my possession! Even geekier: [...]

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KEXP Suggests - Evangelicals!

Photo courtesy of Evangelicals
“Evangelicals don’t have beards, but sound like they should. On their scruffy surface, they’re a trio of cosmic cowboys following a path laid down by Grandaddy and currently trod-upon by Band of Horses– artists making music that evokes open skies and horizons stretching for moonlit miles. What sets Evangelicals apart is a [...]

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