Jeremy Farmer
You asked for it! Perhaps the most memorable performance from KEXP’s Chicago broadcast from Engine Studios earlier this month came from the 80-something year old (reports vary) bluesman T-Model Ford. Born James Lewis Carter Ford, The Taildragger, or as his guitar states “Taledragger”, came to the guitar late in life, but you’d never know [...]
Allie Pasquier
The first rule of the secret Music Lounge is that nobody talks about the secret Music Lounge. It’s kind of like Fight Club, but without the fighting. KEXP is once again proud to host this year’s Music Lounge from our secret location at the Bumbershoot Music and Arts Festival. The festival runs from Aug 30 - Sep 1, and [...]
Vampire Weekend, fresh from the Capitol Hill Block Party, has released a new video: Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa:
Want more? Get your ’80s fix with m83’s rollerrific Kim and Jessie video, or take on something more subdued with The Escapist from The Streets‘ upcoming Everything Is Borrowed.
A number of September tour dates have been announced: [...]
Gregory A. Perez
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 Rat Is Dead [...]
924 Gilman, a punk club near Berkeley, California. 1990. I had just discovered the University of California radio station KALX Berkeley. It was full of colorful characters but my favorite was a DJ who called himself Dogboy. His real name was Michael. He had big blue eyes and glasses that hid [...]
All photos by Jason Bergman for JellyNYC
You know a show has a good lineup when in the weeks leading up to the event almost everyone in the city is buzzing about going to see one of the bands or another. Plans are made about when to arrive at the destination, McCarren Pool Park, an old [...]
photo by Hilary Harris
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 Song For [...]
We’ve posted many photos already from the Capitol Hill Block Party by the many talented photographers associated with KEXP, like Dan Muller, Rustee Pace, Ron Henry, Hilary Harris, Kyle Johnson, Josh Bis.
Here’s another round of incredible photos by Christopher Nelson:
Head Like a Kite
Kevin Cole
Menomena
Girl Talk
masses
Les Savy Fav
See Me River
Governor Gregoire
Vampire Weekend
Darker My Love
Kimya Dawson
security
Fleet [...]
Dan Muller
review by Jason Kinnard
After this exhausting weekend of music I’m not so sure. I don’t think you could even cram much more music into a two day period. Friday and Saturday were both amazing days at the Capitol Hill Block Party (see our full reviews) and I don’t think I’ve ever seen the Hill as packed as it [...]
The list of new releases this week is short and sweet… literally that is, with the long awaited full length from Wild Sweet Orange. You’ve been hearing their songs on KEXP for quite some time, years in fact, but the talented boys from Birmingham have finally landed on Canvasback Records (after their previous record deal [...]
