Monthly Archives: March 2007

Rock the vote!

With SXSW a little over a week past, we’re back up and running from the four-day nonstop fest of gaiety, mingling, and music. The way we look at it, SXSW was just training for Bumbershoot. It was boot camp for sharpening our Bumbershoot survival skills: Planning (who to see when without suffering overlaps of [...]

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Today in Music: Grizzly Bear remix, Art Brut info, Kaiser Chiefs MP3s and more

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Grizzly Bear - Knife
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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. Today’s featured selection is a remix from the 2006 album Yellow House by Grizzly [...]

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Today in Music: !!!, a puzzle from the White Stripes, MP3s from Bright Eyes and Annuals, a new single from Arcade Fire and more

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!!! (Chk Chk Chk) - Heart Of Hearts (from Myth Takes)
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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. Today’s featured selection is from the 2007 [...]

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Three of my favorite new releases

Guitar sounds often define a band, and three of my favorite new releases that we received this past week are from bands that revamped their guitar sound to one degree or another.
The one on top is surprisingly the one whose guitar sound changed the least, considering the change in personnel. We Were Dead Before [...]

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Music That Matters Vol. 42: My SXSW Flashback Hour…The Early Years, The Twilight Sad, Foals, Hot Club De Paris, iLiKETRAiNS and many more

Nothing compares to Austin. 6th Street, Stubb’s BBQ, South Congress, Austin Hotel, Spider House Coffee, endless music. Even the airport reminds you it’s the “Music Capital of the World.” I visit once a year and it’s for all of the above. SXSW coincides with Spring Break and St. Patrick’s Day. A belated Mardi Gras of [...]

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Today in Music: Mew, Fujiya & Miyagi, Cold War Kids, the Decemberists, the Rosebuds, and Minus the Bear

John, Cheryl, Kevin, and an army of volunteers broadcasted live from the Austin City Limits Studios during the 2007 SXSW Music Festival last week. We’re very excited to offer the performances as special editions of our Live Performances podcast, many were available on the day of the performance. Download the performances and check out photos [...]

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Today in Music: more from SXSW, Okkervil River, Modest Mouse, the White Stripes, Bjork and more

John, Cheryl, Kevin, and an army of volunteers broadcasted live from the Austin City Limits Studios during the 2007 SXSW Music Festival last week. We’re very excited to offer the performances as special editions of our Live Performances podcast, many were available on the day of the performance. Download the performances and check out photos [...]

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KEXP Live from SXSW - Day 3: The Stooges, Okkervil River, Under Byen, The Good The Bad & The Quuen, Beirut!

Thanks so much to everyone who was a part of our live broadcast from the Austin City Limits Studios during the 2007 South By Southwest Music Festival this week! We had a TREMENDOUS week of performances and interviews from Ghostland Observatory, Earl Greyhound, Mew, Peter Bjorn & John, Fujiya & Miyagi, The Apples in [...]

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KEXP Live from SXSW - Day 2: Apples in Stereo, Peter Bjorn & John, The Holloways, Fujiya & Miyagi, The Ponys

Day two is in the books and it was another HUGE day from SXSW! John Richards, Cheryl Waters, and Kevin Cole are broadcasting live from the Austin City Limits Studios for 2007 South By Southwest Music Festival. The three day broadcast features exclusive live performances from thirteen artists including Ghostland Observatory, Earl Greyhound, [...]

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KEXP live from SXSW - Day 1: The Early Years, Lily Allen, Ghostland Observatory, Early Greyhound, Mew

Earl Greyhound, rocking faces on KEXP at SXSW-3/14/07
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What an amazing day! John Richards, Cheryl Waters, and Kevin Cole are broadcasting live from the Austin City Limits Studios for 2007 South By Southwest Music Festival. The three day broadcast features exclusive live performances from thirteen artists including Ghostland Observatory, Earl [...]

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