The Shackeltons return to Seattle for Bumbershootphoto by Hilary Harris
More acts have just been announced for the 38th annual Bumbershoot Music & Arts Festival. Added to the three-day Seattle event on Labor Day Weekend are some very recognizable names to KEXP listeners: Minus the Bear, Battles, Sondre Lerche, The Whigs, Thao with The Get Down [...]
I think I have found the band with the most album-cover commentary overall, and it is Wire! For starters, we have 16 albums by them (and that’s just the vinyl!). They all have at least a few comments — and a few are full-on Deep Six-style blowouts — but the volume and intensity [...]
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.
Here’s the latest, from the May 1st showcase at darkroom, featuring Dundrearies, [...]
Live at Röda, Steyr, Austria 4-19-08photo by fffriendly
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 [...]
Beating Everybody Else Up On The Way There, or A Chat with Hal Blaine, Carmie Tedesco, and filmmaker Denny Tedesco of The Wrecking Crew
by Chris Estey
Last Friday (May 23), before the premiere that night of The Wrecking Crew for Seattle audiences during the Seattle International Film Festival, I was allowed to talk to three amazing [...]
DJ Michele Myers here. I host and choose music for a show every Friday night at 9pm on KEXP. The show’s called Nite Life and every Friday night at 12, I do a Midnight Album Spotlight.
This Friday it’s the record that I currently think is absolutely THE BEST RECORD IN THE WORLD — [...]
by Tom Cammarata
Musical Assistant to DJ Michele Myers
Sir Ben Kingsley shows again why he is one of the most celebrated actors in world today with a great performance in the movie Elegy. Elegy, an official selection at the Seattle International Film Festival, stars Penelope Cruz, Dennis Hopper, Patricia Clarkson, Peter Sarsgaard, and Deborah Harry. [...]
Photographer Kyle Johnson roamed the Sasquatch! Music Festival grounds with his camera. You can see all of his photos on our Flickr site, but here are some of his highlights:
The Blakes played their first show after returning from England, and the crowd loved their sound during the hot sunny afternoon.
My first Flaming Lips show lived [...]
KEXP is proud to support FRICTION NYC’s monthly showcases. The latest is tonight in Williamsburg:
FRICTION NYC kicks off Summer at Music Hall of Williamsburg TOMORROW NIGHT with an incredibly festive lineup featuring Athens, GA’s wildly eclectic collective Dark Meat along with Brooklyn’s avant-garde outfit Ex Models, and in your face rockers The Naked Heroes. [...]
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 P.G.D.M. by Pretty Good Dance [...]
