written by Ben Funkhouser
photos by Jake Goltiani
So yeah, Deerhunter, right, supposedly a good band, from Georgia. I had actually never heard this band before that night. I was pretty much there to see Times New Viking, an Ohio band who bridge noise and pop music together in a loud mess. Past Lives, who [...]
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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. Every Friday the Song of the Day podcast spotlights local musicians. Today’s featured selection, chosen [...]
Happy Thanksgiving!
Sometimes it’s hard to remember, but in 1996, after Mellow Gold, Beck was just another goofy guy with an acoustic guitar and a quirky hit single. He could have easily disappeared from the cultural radar, but instead he came out with Odelay, an incredibly diverse artistic statement of an album that cemented his [...]
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 “Wishing Well” by Love is [...]
Here’s another great performance from Gibson Showroom during KEXP’s broadcast during CMJ. This time, young New Zealanders Bang Bang Eche perform a frenetic live version of “Four to the Floor”:
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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 “Housefire” by Brooklyn-based songwriter Bell [...]
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Once again for the holiday season I’ve put together another KEXP podcast with the perfect music for winter cheer, hip-hop! It’s definitely time for you to add another hip-hop mixtape to your collection and I’ve put together some of my favorite tracks from 2008 for this uninterrupted mix: 80 minutes of rap’s finest MCs, [...]
Wasn’t it Veterans Day two weeks back? Seems like the vets of rock and roll are still kicking around and releasing new material this week. The much-anticipated collaboration between David Byrne and Brian Eno — their second in 27 years! — tops the list and is an absolute must buy for fans of either artist. [...]
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 “Now You’re Gone” by Secret Machines from [...]
by DJ El Toro
An inordinate amount of editorial coverage concerning New York three-piece the Vivian Girls feels like, to paraphrase the Children’s Television Workshop, it is “brought to you by the letters S and H.” The Shaggs, the Shangri-Las, and the Shop Assistants all feature heavily in the comparisons. To that list, I’d add “shambolic,” [...]
