The biggest news in Northwest music this week is, of course, Sasquatch. While the two day festival features stellar international acts, it is truly a Northwest festival, with one of the three stages devoted entirely to local bands.
On Saturday, the Yeti Stage hosts Blitzen Trapper, Gabriel Teodros, The Blow, Viva Voce, Visqueen, Mirah and Aqueduct.
On [...]
By Andrew | Published:
May 24, 2007
photo by Danilo Corci
Every Monday through Friday, we deliver a different song as part our Song of the Day podcast subscription. This podcast features exclusive KEXP in-studio performances, unreleased songs, and recordings from independent artists that our DJs think you should hear. Today’s featured selection, chosen by Midday Show host Cheryl Waters, is “Jacket†[...]
Goooaaalll! Tonight Datarock cheers only for Liverpool FC
I’ve already heard a lot of Sasquatch-goers bemoaning M.I.A.’s recently cancellation due to visa problems. Although she will surely be missed, the British-born Sri Lankan would have been only one of many highlights of the event. The festival at The Gorge still promises Bjork, Beastie Boys, Interpol, [...]
By Andrew | Published:
May 23, 2007
Rufus Wainwright in the KEXP studio
Photo by Laura MusselmanEvery Monday through Friday, we deliver a different song as part our Song of the Day podcast subscription. This podcast features exclusive KEXP in-studio performances, unreleased songs, and recordings from independent artists that our DJs think you should hear. Today’s featured selection, chosen by Midday Show host [...]
By Andrew | Published:
May 22, 2007
Last year, KEXP kicked-off the Community Partnerships program by featuring Seattle Works, a local non-profit dedicated to informing, connecting and inspiring people in their 20s and 30s to take action in our community. And the community stepped up.
Since then, KEXP and Seattle Works have been working together on a host of different activities – [...]
Jenny Lewis surprises concertgoers at Ben Gibbard show
The Showbox, Seattle, May 20
photo by Michael Alan Goldberg
This spring has been packed with incredible new releases — we’ve already seen Arcade Fire, Wilco, Bright Eyes, Bjork, and Elliott Smith. Today’s selections continue to add to what seems to be a never-ending list, including the much anticipated [...]
By Andrew | Published:
May 22, 2007
Britt Daniel at a recent benefit show at The Crocodile
photo by January Fredricks
Every Monday through Friday, we deliver a different song as part our Song of the Day podcast subscription. This podcast features exclusive KEXP in-studio performances, unreleased songs, and recordings from independent artists that our DJs think you should hear. Today’s featured selection, chosen [...]
DJ Riz spins for Henry Art’s Big Bang Birthday Bash
photo by Gregory A. Perez
The KEXP photo gallery is now teeming with pictures from recent events. Just this past Friday, Seattle band Slender Means stopped by the KEXP studio to perform live, and later that night the Henry Art Gallery hosted its Big Bang [...]
By Andrew | Published:
May 21, 2007
photo by Brian Tamborello
Every Monday through Friday, we deliver a different song as part our Song of the Day podcast subscription. This podcast features exclusive KEXP in-studio performances, unreleased songs, and recordings from independent artists that our DJs think you should hear. Today’s featured selection, chosen by Midday Show host Cheryl Waters, is “Sea Legs” [...]
Tickets for the KEXP’s 2nd annual Kids Dance Partyare available now through Ticketswest!
It seems that every time I post on a topic, just afterwards a new story breaks that would have been perfect. So, today is as good a time as any to catch up, follow up, and fill in the blanks with some of [...]
