Monthly Archives: July 2006

NW Music Spotlight - Visqueen!

Rahcel Flotard of Visqueen, courtesy of Pak Gwei
“If it’s possible for you to fall in love with a record, Visqueen will make you tumble for them (wow, that culture club reference was completely unintentional!). They’ve grown on this second album, Sunset on Dateland . They still make me jump up and down like I’m 12 [...]

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Decibel Festival, just around the corner!

Photo courtesy of Latinsizer
The preliminary lineup for this year’s Decibel Festival was recently announced and it looks like it will be the strongest in the festival’s three year history! The festival features more than 80 electronic music artists from all over the world performing in 17 individual showcases over 4 days. This year’s lineup includes:
Green [...]

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Fire it up!

Jason and his tongs of death!
We had some food leftover from the volunteer party last week, so we decided to put it to good use. Friday afternoon + sun + leftover food = BBQ TIME! You name it and Jason (our web/grill master) was cooking it… Hamburgers, hotdogs, various soy products including the [...]

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Nicolai Dunger performs live at noon!

Nicolai Dunger at the Echo - 7/19/05, courtesy of Telephonostereo
We’ve got another awesome in-studio lined up for today… Check out Nicolai Dunger today at noon!
Here’s a few songs from Here’s My Song…
My Time Is Now - (WMA)
Hunger - (WMA)
Slaves (We’re Together Like) - (WMA)
White Wild Horses - (WMA)
Tell Me - (WMA)
Way Up High - (WMA)
Catch [...]

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The Long Winters… Live at 9:30 am!

John Roderick at SXSW 2006, courtesy of Greg Perez
“The 3rd album from John Roderick & co. is another excellent set of well-crafted indie pop-rock shaded with psychedelia, folk-rock, country and more, highlighted by an abundance of distinctive songs with indelible song hooks, strong melodies and typically smart lyrics filled with both intelligence and emotion.” - [...]

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Three Imaginary Girls make their picks!

At the risk of sounding like a network TV newscaster, “This Saturday (July 22nd) is going to be hot outside, but what we’ve got coming up on the calendar is even hotter!”
Your full day of festivities starts at noon at the Phinney Neighborhood Center. It’s the 826 Seattle Variety Show! 826 Seattle is a [...]

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KEXP Suggests - Cold War Kids!

Cold War Kids at Piano’s in NYC, 5/2/06 - courtesy of Kenyee
Cold War Kids recently released two really impressive EPs and we think you should hear them!
Listen to a song from each of the new EPs…
Hospital Beds from the Up In Rags EP - (MP3)
Tell Me In The Morning from the With Our Wallets Full [...]

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Summer Dance Songs from DJ Michele!

It’s summer and time to party! My job every Friday Night is to welcome in the weekend with the Emerald City. So I thought I’d suggest a few songs for you to ramp the end of the summer up with. Live it up before we all turn to dust!!! [...]

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Speaking of mix tapes…

The KEXP Volunteer Party was the brainstorm and creation of KEXP’s Uber-DJ/Staffer Rachel Ratner. One of Rachel’s kick ass ideas was to do a mix tape (or CD) swap. The idea was to bring a mix tape of music, drop it in the box on your way in, and pick one up at swap time. [...]

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Life with Kevin - KOMBUCHA!!!

The kombucha!!!!!!!
As you may have figured out Kevin is a super healthy guy. Healthy people sometimes tend to have strange tastes and habits in their quest to maintain good health. Kevin is no exception. One of the many things that Kevin does to stay healthy is drink something called kombucha.
According to Wikipedia, [...]

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