By Andrew | Published:
February 15, 2007
The Transmissionary Six at Bumbershoot 2006, courtesy of bijoubaby
A lot of news today, but first here’s a really nice version of The Transmissionary Six covering ‘Dream Weaver’ with Paul Hiraga of Downpilot:
The Transmissionary Six - Dream Weaver (MP3)
The new Wilco record is called Sky Blue Sky and it will be released on May 15. [...]
Did you know that when you download our Music That Matters Podcasts, you keep the songs forever, and that you can take an hour of commercial-free programming with you when jogging in your retro track suit? I know! It’s great, especially when I hand-select 15 tracks of pure magic and intrigue. It’ll make you happy, [...]
By Andrew | Published:
February 15, 2007
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Earl Greyhound - Live - ‘It’s Over’ - Silverlake Lounge
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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 you should hear, along with songs from more well-known artists.
Today’s featured selection [...]
By Andrew | Published:
February 14, 2007
Bloc Party, Bournemouth - 1/24/07, courtesy of Dan Newman
Pitchfork and Brooklyn Vegan have been posting a really cool series of features about the making of the new Bloc Party record, A Meeting in the City. Here’s what singer/guitarist Kele Okerekethe and bassist Gordon Moakes have to say about the first four tracks, including an interesting [...]
By Andrew | Published:
February 14, 2007
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Walter Meego - "Romantic" dir. AD Weiss
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Happy Valentine’s day to everyone from KEXP and Walter Meego. The first five people to e-mail andrew@kexp.org today with their name and mailing address will receive a FREE COPY of Walter Meego’s Romantic EP. Good luck, and happy Valentine’s Day!
Walter Meego - Romantic (MP3)
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By Andrew | Published:
February 14, 2007
Last week we broadcast a bunch of live in-studio performances from Of Montreal, The Broken West, Thee Emergency, Aqualung, Gab T, The Tallest Building in the World, Steel Tigers of Death, Portastatic, and Camera Obscura. You can listen to each of them for two weeks at the Streaming Archive. Check out photos from [...]
By Andrew | Published:
February 13, 2007
the Arcade Fire’s stage at St. John’s Church in London
Photo courtesy of scottroberts
The Arcade Fire are coming! Sort of… There’s a lot of info on their tour, but no Seattle date yet. Looks like there’s a few open dates between the Portland and San Francisco shows. Plenty of New York shows have [...]
By Andrew | Published:
February 13, 2007
the Epochs at the Mercury Lounge, NYC - 11/20/06
Photo courtesy of Jalapeño
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 you should hear, along with songs from more well-known artists.
Today’s featured [...]
The 2nd album from this young British singer will be released in the US on March 13th, but expect to be hearing it a lot on KEXP before then. While her debut album leaned hard on smoky jazz ballads, the jaw-dropping Back to Black is steeped in ‘60s soul and R&B, and flavored with [...]
By Andrew | Published:
February 12, 2007
Listener powered at the Plug Awards, courtesy of tammylo
A lot of love for the Northwest at the Plug Awards on Saturday. Congrats to all the winners. We’re very flattered, thanks so much for all your awesome support!
Come on… you know you still love the Police, even in their reunited form. Watch a [...]
