Monthly Archives: May 2007

Song of the Day: Das Llamas - Wood On Bone

photo by Gunther Frank

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 Morning Show host John Richards, is “Wood On [...]

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Three Imaginary Girls Recommend: A series of benefit shows and the Senate Arcade!

This weekend there’s a ton of stuff to keep your eye out for. We’ve got some hard driving indie rock and a series of shows benefiting Real Change to accompany your final weekend before Memorial Day weekend (and the final days you can wear your black patent leather mary janes and wool skirts with a [...]

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Nite Life Midnight Album Feature: Joss Stone – The Soul Sessions

Joss Stone recording “The Soul Sessions”

photo by Charles Adam Smith

Every Friday night at 12 o’clock it’s the “Midnight Album Feature”. DJ Michele brings the tracks and history on an album from her personal collection. Last week’s featured album was Joss Stone’s The Soul Sessions.
Joss Stone was born and raised in Devon, England, and was 16 [...]

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Today in (Northwest) Music:

Blake Lewis drew big crowds last week at Westlake Center
photo by Jenn Mau

Rest easy, Seattle. Blake Lewis is still in the running for American Idol, having just beat out the precious Melinda Doolittle on last night’s show. Hopefully, the continuing success of Bothell’s beatbox champ will make everybody forget that Sanjaya also hails from the [...]

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Song of the Day: Great Northern - Home

photo from MySpace
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 Morning Show host John Richards, is “Home” by [...]

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Today in Music: What the Blogs Are Watching

Searching the Internet for videos is kind of like cruising through neighborhoods at night and looking in windows. (I know — fun, right?) Or maybe it’s more like window shopping. You can look, even if you already own what’s behind the window or have no intention of buying it. Either way, here are a few [...]

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Song of the Day: Los Campesinos! - You! Me! Dancing!

Team Campesinos! photo by Adam Gasson
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 Morning Show host John Richards, is [...]

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Today in Music: (Name) Calling Out

Kevin Cole joins El-P’s posse outside KEXP
photo by Alex Ruder
Thanks to El-P for dropping by KEXP yesterday and delivering an in-studio performance. If you want to go back and listen to his conversation with Kevin Cole, in which El-P calls out the music industry for not being in tune with consumers, you can grab [...]

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Song of the Day: Peel - Moxy Blues

Peel will play tonight at Mohawk, Austin
photo by Ashley Garmon
Every Monday through Friday, we deliver a different song as part our Song of the Day podcast subscription. The 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 Morning [...]

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Today in Music: Crossovers

Blood and Pete Doherty seem to go together like, well, heroin and Pete Doherty. Last year, he allegedly squirted a syringe full of his blood at a Germany MTV film crew. Not even six months later he was covered in it after a brawl with a paparazzo. And now, the Babyshambles frontman has decided to [...]

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