Monthly Archives: August 2007

Today in Music: The Week’s Headlines

Catch Gogol Bordello live on KEXP tomorrow at 5:30 pm!photo by Kate Sumbler
This weekend, we’ll be posting live from Bumbershoot with pictures, interviews and reviews. If you’re listening at home, be sure to tune in. Here are the set times for our live broadcast:
Saturday Lineup
12:00 St Vincent
1:15 Yungchen Lhamo
2:30 The Gourds
3:45 Bert Jansch
5:30 Gogol Bordello
Sunday [...]

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Three Imaginary Girls Recommend: It’s time to get your Bumber on

Salon of Shame: reliving your high school angst = fun!
It’s no surprise that there’s a ton of music to see at this week’s Bumbershoot festival. But, don’t be fooled, there’s a bunch of amazing non-music things you should see while wandering the Seattle Center.
Throughout the whole weekend Flatstock 14 will be set up at [...]

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KEXP presents PDXplore @ Sunset Tavern 8/31/07

It’s that time again, when Seattleites get to discover the best of Portland’s burgeoning music scene. On the last Friday of every month, KEXP sponsors PDXplore at the Sunset Tavern in lovely Ballard. This month we are showcasing A Weather and Laura Gibson.

A Weather is one of Portland’s up and coming new talents. They [...]

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Song of the Day: Galactic - Got It (What You Need)

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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 Afternoon Show host Kevin Cole, is Got It (What [...]

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Chutzpah Award: Kid Theodore invades KEXP

Kid Theodore outside of KEXPphoto by Jim Beckmann
Earlier this month, we at KEXP received an email informing us that “one of the biggest bands in Utah” (I know, right) “is heading to Seattle on Aug 30.” Needless to say, we were impressed. No, actually we forgot about it, until, sure enough, on August 30, there [...]

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Bumbershoot Preview: Local Band Interviews

Bumbershoot’s Ultimate CD Design Competition winnerdesigned by Craig Slike
As we’re all undoubtedly excited for this year’s Bumbershoot, chock full of local bands, great indie films, and tons of greasy fest food, what are the local bands themselves looking forward to? How has their summers treated them? And which of the overly pop headliners would they [...]

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Bumbershoot 2007 Local Music Preview

You have an impossible number of local bands to see at Bumbershoot this year. Even if you wanted to, you wouldn’t be able catch half of them, so here are three recommendations from Travis to help you make some tough choices! Good luck!
Menomena
These Portland, OR, math rockers were in the KEXP studio on [...]

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Local Release of the Week: The Cute Lepers

This week’s local pick is actually two different 7″ singles by the Seattle, punky, power-pop group, The Cute Lepers. The Cute Lepers is led by Steve E. Nix who you may recognize from fellow Seattle punk outfit, The Briefs. The band has a fair amount in common with The Briefs which is to be [...]

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Audioasis Live @ High Dive: Visqueen & Seaweed 9/1/07!

Thanks to Curtains For You and The Pleasureboaters whom both had impressive performances on Audioasis this last Saturday. Check out the KEXP Streaming Archive, it’s definitely worth it.
September 1st Audioasis will be LIVE from High Dive in Fremont with our most exciting line-up this year. Visqueen and Seaweed will be performing live on [...]

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Song of the Day: Post Harbor - And Keep Us Safe ’til Morning

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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 Afternoon Show host Kevin Cole, is And Keep Us [...]

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