As the 2008 Fall Membership Drive approaches (next week!), it’s a good time to consider everything KEXP gives to you: entertaining DJs, a variety of programming, exciting events like the free Concerts at the Mural series, a wealth of free podcasting, community non-profit sponsorships, and a whole lot more. Just think of how often you’ve [...]
by Corbett Cummins
photos by Heather Christianson
video courtesy of Kevin Clarke and Travis Vogt
Last month, the video/comedy/production team Kevin Clarke and Travis Vogt, showcased the final installation of their hyper testosteroned, post apocalyptic trash melodrama, Steel of Fire Warriors to a packed audience at the Sunset Tavern in Ballard.
Steel of Fire Warriors is like something you [...]
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September 30, 2008
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 “Hey Luci” by Pablo from [...]
by DJ El Toro
Almost ten years ago to the day, a small American town was overrun by flying lizards. It was a Sunday I’m sure many of us will never forget.
I am referring to The Simpsons, Episode 206 (”Bart The Mother”). Our spiky-headed protagonist, wracked with remorse after killing an innocent bird, adopts her orphaned [...]
We’re sure this is the beginning of a great joke, but what do you get when you combine Jarvis Cocker, Leslie Feist, Laurie Anderson, and Robyn Hitchcock? A team of musicians on a boat headed to the Jakobshavn Glacier in Greenland to observe the faster moving and melting glacier (losing approximately 20 million tons of [...]
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 “Danny Callahan” by Conor Oberst [...]
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September 26, 2008
photos and review by Jeremy Farmer
One couldn’t have imagined that last weekend in Chicago contained the final fleeting moments of summer, but alas, it did. But what a way to go out. The weather put all of the previous local festivals to shame, and the energy seemed only greater, in part due to the collective [...]
It’s the first week of autumn and here in Seattle it didn’t take any time to weather to get cold and dark. That means I will probably not leave my home without a jacket until sometime in the spring and I’ll stop complaining about how hot it gets inside of Neumo’s. The upcoming concert calendar [...]
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 [...]
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September 25, 2008
Possibly the loudest and by far the most theatrical performance at the Bumbershoot Music Lounge this year, where KEXP was broadcasting from the festival grounds, was Black Eyes & Neckties. The Bellingham band specialize in horror-influenced, punk-infused rock, and band members Ryan Cadaver (guitar), Davey Crypt (drums), Josh Homicide (guitar), and The Fist (bass) thrash [...]
