Monthly Archives: October 2006

KEXP Suggests - David & the Citizens!

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“This Swedish band’s 1st US release was an excellent EP that collected various songs from their previous Swedish releases. The US follow-up reissues their 2003 album Until the Sadness is Gone. It’s a bit more subdued overall than the EP and not as consistently wonderful, but it’s still a solid outing of [...]

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The Black Angels in-studio photos

The Black Angels, live at KEXP - 10/23/06, courtesy of Bootsy Holler
On Monday The Black Angels performed live at KEXP. It’s always great to have them in! After seeing them live a couple times, I’m always surprised how well their sound comes across on the radio. It feels like you should be there [...]

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Song of the Day - Silversun Pickups

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Every Monday-Friday, we deliver a different song as part our Song of the Day podcast subscription. The podcast features exclusive in-studio performances, unreleased songs, and recordings from independent musicians that KEXP DJs think listeners should hear, along with songs from more well-known artists. Today’s featured selection is from Carnavas by Silversun Pickups…
Silversun Pickups - [...]

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Yule Benefit & JITM New Year’s Bender

Photo courtesy of Juno
The Pledge Drive was an enormous success. And, lots of fun. Thank you so much for hanging out with us last week and, especially, for your continued support. Some exciting news. This week, we’re putting tickets on sale for 2 exciting KEXP Benefit Shows in December. The Yule Benefit on Dec. 9 [...]

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KEXP Suggests - Summer Hymns!

Photo courtesy of Summer Hymns
“The 4th album from this Athens, Georgia band is another lovely outing of folk-tinged psych-pop, operating mostly from the mellow side of bands like the Flaming Lips and Grandaddy.” - Don Yates
Backward Masks is due out November 21. Here’s a song from the new record…
Pity and Envy - (MP3)
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Haunted Roadhouse, tonight 6pm!

Muddy Waters, photo courtesy of Orexa
This week in the Roadhouse, Join Greg Vandy drinkin’ muddy water from a hollow log! You’ll hear traditional murder ballads, old folk songs, and stuff to freak you out. The dark side of the American Folkloric and a Halloween preview.
Tonight (Oct 25) from 6-9pm. A haunted Roadhouse. Don’t Listen Alone!

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Song of the Day - White Whale

Photo courtesy of White Whale
Every Monday-Friday, we deliver a different song as part our Song of the Day podcast subscription. The podcast features exclusive in-studio performances, unreleased songs, and recordings from independent musicians that KEXP DJs think listeners should hear, along with songs from more well-known artists.
Today’s featured selection is from White Whale, recorded live [...]

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Yo La Tengo, live at 3 pm!

Yo La Tengo, live at KEXP - 10/15/06, courtesy of Bootsy Holler
Today at 3pm, we’re broadcasting an awesome in-studio performance from Yo La Tengo. We recorded it last week during our Fall Pledge Drive. I stopped in for the recording and it was quite a treat. I’d heard that they don’t do [...]

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A conversation with Craig Minowa.

Craig Minowa of Cloud Cult, courtesy of bagelradio
We recently launched a campaign to raise awareness of the dangers of global warming and to educate listeners about what each of us can do to help halt the phenomenon. Craig Minowa of Cloud Cult is one of the most active environmentalists in the music community. [...]

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Song of the Day - The Thermals

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The Thermals - Live @ Easy Street Records
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Every Monday-Friday, we deliver a different song as part our Song of the Day podcast subscription. The podcast features exclusive in-studio performances, unreleased songs, and recordings from independent musicians that KEXP DJs think listeners should hear, along with songs from more well-known artists.
Today’s featured selection is “St. [...]

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