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. Each and every Friday we offer songs by local artists. Today’s featured selection, chosen by Midday Show [...]
You know what I hate about mp3 files? The color: None.
Last week, I plucked a copy of Josie Cotton’s 1982 single “He Could Be The One” out of a bargain bin for pennies. And that little 45 reminded me once more that, much as I appreciate the convenience of digital music, vinyl records will always [...]
By KEXP | Published:
April 27, 2009
Along with The Stranger and Caffe Vita, KEXP 90.3 FM is proud to present The 2009 Capitol Hill Block Party, Seattle’s Premiere Celebration of Independent Music on July 24 & July 25th.
The first part of the lineup has just been announced:
SONIC YOUTH, THE JESUS LIZARD, THE GOSSIP, DEERHUNTER, BLACK LIPS, EARTH, THE THERMALS, THE [...]
Posted in Capitol Hill Block Party, KEXP Presents | Tagged Black Lips, Deerhunter, Earth, Hey Marseilles, Hotels, Japandroids, New Faces, Past Lives, Sleepy Eyes of Death, Sonic Youth, Starfucker, The Blakes, The Dutchess and the Duke, The Gossip, The Jesus Lizard, The Maldives, The Moondoggies, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, The Pica Beats, The Thermals, They Live, Truckasauras |
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be at a festival curated by Spoon in the band’s birthplace of Austin? Apparently Britt Daniel and the band have, so they’ve turned your dreams into a reality. SPOONX3 is barnstorming Stubb’s Amphitheater July 9-11. Headlined by Spoon each evening, the shows will feature differing [...]
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 “Crush On You” by [...]
Posted in KEXP | Tagged brakesbrakesbrakes |
Last month when Asobi Seksu visited KEXP, I mentioned on Facebook that I was watching their in-studio performance. One of my friends responded by asking not, “Who is Asobi Seksu?”, but rather, “What is shoegazing?” — a question that I thought perhaps many people would have. Hence the first in this series of articles, Know [...]
Thanks to Fatal Lucciauno and The Valkyries for playing in-studios for Audioasis last weekend! You can catch Fatal Lucciauno at the High Dive on May 2nd and The Valkyries at Marginal Way Skate Park on April 26th.
This Saturday we’ll have Seattle’s Dyme Def and Vancouver, B.C.’s Sex With Strangers in the KEXP studio:
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Dyme Def (6PM) has [...]
As major labels continue to exist behind the times, artists and labels with little capital and lesser reputations are producing some of the most innovative, interesting, and inspiring music. Whether it’s creating a new niche in digital technology or looking to once-obsolete formats, Agitated Atmosphere hopes to shed a bit of light and share a [...]
While looking at the show calendar for this week, am I really seeing that My Bloody Valentine (!) and Asobi Seksu are playing shows on consecutive nights (MBV Monday at WaMu Theater and Asobi Seksu at Neumo’s on Tuesday)? With two of the loudest bands I can think of playing back to back nights, I [...]
