People who pay attention to such things (and if you’re reading this blog you’re probably one of those people) may have heard some chatter recently about a certain pulchritudinous young actress who has taken it into her head to release — as her first musical project — an album of Tom Waits covers. This [...]
Every first Thursday of the month, the KEXP-sponsored Chicago showcase Equalizer puts on a show at Darkroom. Beginning in March, Equalizer has begun a video series to sum up each event, which you can check out on the KEXP Chicago Posse YouTube page. These slick videos include live footage and interviews.
Here’s the video for [...]
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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 Morning Show host John Richards, is a demo entitled [...]
Every Friday night at 9pm I spin a show on KEXP called Nite Life. And after 3 hours of dance-inspiring sets, I choose one of my favorite records for the Midnight Album Spotlight. This Friday it’s electronic duo Goldfrapp and their 2005 release Supernature.
In May 2006, I saw Goldfrapp at the Showbox. [...]
Trent Reznor is on a roll. The new NIN “single” has been released and is available for FREE download. There is no word on what this is a single for, maybe not anything, but judging by Trent’s affinity for releasing records by surprise these days who really knows?
Also, joining the re-mix game (and not wasting [...]
Yesterday, The Replacements re-issued their first four releases in Deluxe Edition form with re-mastered tracks, bonus material, and info-packed booklets: their debut Sorry Ma, Forgot to Take Out the Trash, the EP Stink, Hootenanny, and Let It Be. Every day this week, I’m giving away the whole four CD set on The Afternoon Show [...]
This month on Behind the Curtain, Ken Frye talks to Tom Mara, the Executive Director of KEXP.
Ken Frye: How did you find KEXP?
Tom Mara: I was attending the University of Washington’s journalism program. I thought that my future would be in television news, believe it or not. This was pretty common [...]
Tonight brings the the annual British music ceremony onto U.S. soil for the first time. As the mods and rockers descend on El Rey Theatre they will be expecting performances by The Lemonheads, Carbon/Silicon, Does It Offend You, Yeah?, and a reunited-all original line of Jane’s Addiction, who are together just for the awards show. [...]
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By Corbett Cummins and Heather Christianson
Blood Squad!
Saturdays, 10:30pm at Odd Duck Studios
It’s hard to say enough good things about Blood Squad because at first glance it doesn’t sound like a particularly good idea. According to their MySpace page, every Saturday night at 10:30 at the Odd Duck Studios the cast: co-founders Elicia Wickstead Brandon [...]
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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 Morning Show host John Richards, is Abandon by [...]
