We’re just getting started here at the Bumbershoot Music Lounge. Asylum Street Spankers are on now, followed by Thao with the Get Down Stay Down. Here’s the full lineup:
Asylum Street Spankers (now)
Thao & the Get Down Stay Down (1:15PM)
Mono in VCF (2:30PM)
Nada Surf (3:45PM)
!!! (5:30PM)
If you’d like to attend any of these performances during the [...]
We heard some great sets last week from the recently reunited Goodness and post-Das Llamas group See Me River. The more die-hard amongst you may have even caught Goodness at Seattle Center’s Mural Stage last week. Check out this review of that Mural show along with some great photos. This week Hannah Levin is back [...]
This year we are excited to be hosting and broadcasting live all 3 days from this years 3rd annual Bumbershoot Music Lounge (Aug 31 - Sep 1). The Music Lounge is a great place to see some outstanding bands up-close in an intimate setting with fellow KEXP listeners. In year’s past we’ve had some memorable performances (does anyone remember Andrew [...]
Every year I hear and/or say the same things about Bumbershoot — it’s too expensive, the lines are too long, the lineup isn’t as good as it has been (or as good as Sasquatch or Capitol Hill Block Party), I’m skipping it this year (or this’ll be my last one), they booked Fergie, etc… It’s [...]
The bad news? McCarren Park Pool, location of the KEXP-sponsored JellyNYC Pool Parties, will no longer be the hipster haven and host to the free concerts, numerous plays, film screenings, and dodgeball games. No, it seems the septuagenaric pool (built in 1936) will be renovated back to its original purpose: an actual public swimming pool. [...]
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. Every Friday, the Song of the Day podcast spotlights local musicians. Today’s featured selection, chosen by [...]
This is a quickie, but it holds an important lesson for future KEXP reviewers: Always write your reviews on the CD artwork, not on the jewel case! The original review of this 1990 album (album sampler, actually) by perennial weirdos and KEXP faves The Fall has been lost forever because it was written [...]
photos by Rich Britton
Last Saturday, KEXP hosted their final concert at the Mural Amphitheatre with performances by the recently (and temporarily?) reunited Goodness along with local pop-punk powerhouse Ms. Led. I’m going to go ahead and pull the typical Seattleite move here and talk about the weather. Yes, I believe last Saturday will [...]
Steve Foley, drummer for the Replacements and Bash & Pop, passed away this weekend in Minneapolis at the age of 49. As reported by the Minneapolis Star Tribune, Foley joined Replacements Tommy Stinson and Paul Westerberg in 1990 when original drummer Chris Mars bowed out. Foley also performed with Minneapolis’ Curtiss A for [...]
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 Undignified by New Radiant Storm [...]
