By KEXP | Published:
November 28, 2007
Last week marked the release of a specially packaged 20th anniversary re-issue of one of the most loved and well-received albums of the 21st Century. On March, 9 1987, U2 first handed over The Joshua Tree to the world. The album became an instant classic among the contemporary rock crowd and was considered an international [...]
Howdy. Every Friday night at 9pm I do a show on KEXP called Nite Life. And at the stroke of 12 I do the Midnight Album Feature, bringing you tracks and stories from one of the world’s greatest albums. This week’s Midnight Album Feature is Love and Rockets‘ third album, Earth, Sun, Moon. It was [...]
Cass McCombs at Local 506, Chapel Hill 11/17/07photo by Raul Zahir De Leon
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 KEXP | Published:
November 27, 2007
Hi! It’s me, the KEXP Yule Benefit Indie Rock Elf. If you don’t remember me, I was the drunken, mischievous sidekick to that sad excuse for a Santa Claus at last year’s gloriously wild Yule Benefit. I remember it like it was yesterday…Oh, the music…the people…the whiskey. Sweet, sweet, horrible whiskey. [...]
The end of the year is not just a time for buying gifts for your friends and family, but also to recognize and support worthwhile causes. Two albums from Largehearted Boy’s very short list of new releases this week benefit such causes:
Causes 1: Darfur from Waxploitation features live and exclusive tracks from Spoon, The Shins, [...]
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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 Amigo by Funky [...]
By DJ El Toro
The 1980s were a rotten decade for Christmas music. Oh, there were highlights: The Waitresses’ “Christmas Wrapping,” “Fairytale of New York,” by the Pogues and the late Kirsty MacColl. But mainstream radio stations and MTV favored the saccharine “Do They Know It’s Christmas,” or that heinous reindeer hit-and-run number I refuse [...]
By KEXP | Published:
November 26, 2007
written by Justin Wilmore
photos by Mike Blankenhorn
Tuesdays are my day to assist Cheryl Waters on her show. I met our guests, The Forms at the door and helped them find there way into the live room. Jackson Kenny (Bass) quickly dashed off to Starbucks too get some coffee. Everyone else started setting up. I didn’t [...]
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Bono and The Edge surprise audience for Mencap event in Londonphoto by Kendel Ratley
If it ever seems to you like there are very few good new bands out there, maybe that’s because all of your favorite 80’s and 90’s bands are still kicking around — reconciling, reforming and recording. In this roundup of weekend headlines, [...]
photo by Aubrey Edwards
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 I Saw [...]
