Don Yates, Music Director of KEXP
I’m fortunate enough to be able to hear a ton of music every year, but I wouldn’t pretend to have heard everything worthwhile — there’s way too much music released nowadays for anyone to listen to all of it. Still, I’m happy to share my favorites, even though ranking them [...]
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Jeff Tweedy has never been content to stay in one place musically, and Wilco’s 6th studio album, Sky Blue Sky (Nonesuch) is another surprising shift, moving away from the more aggressive experimentation of Wilco’s last two albums to a more relaxed and easy-going sound rooted in the mellow rock of the late ’60s and early [...]
Guitar sounds often define a band, and three of my favorite new releases that we received this past week are from bands that revamped their guitar sound to one degree or another.
The one on top is surprisingly the one whose guitar sound changed the least, considering the change in personnel. We Were Dead Before [...]
One of the things I love the most about KEXP is being able to hear a real variety of great music, and that was definitely the case this past week, with an incredibly diverse assortment of notable new releases arriving at the station.
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El-P "The Overly Dramatic Truth" LIve at the PLUG Awards
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This week’s highlights [...]
Even when the station is busy with pledge drives and other special events, the new music keeps rolling in, and we do our best to keep up with it all to make sure you’re given the opportunity to hear the new stuff as soon as possible.
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This week’s new music highlights [...]
I’m still basking in the glow of a very special live show a little over a week ago pairing Merle Haggard with Neko Case. Neko opened with a gorgeous set that leaned hard on torchy ballads. Her powerful vocals were well-received by the crowd, and no doubt she converted more than a few [...]
The 2nd album from this young British singer will be released in the US on March 13th, but expect to be hearing it a lot on KEXP before then. While her debut album leaned hard on smoky jazz ballads, the jaw-dropping Back to Black is steeped in ‘60s soul and R&B, and flavored with [...]
Thanks to bands like the Hands, thee Emergency, the Blakes, Skullbot, the Earaches, Iceage Cobra, the Valley and a bunch of others, the Rock scene is making a bunch of glorious noise again in Seattle, and you can put near the top of that list the Whore Moans. Their just-released debut album Watch Out For [...]
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Neko Case - Hold On, Hold On
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I spent the year as usual immersed in music, and loving it. While I host KEXP’s twang show Swingin’ Doors, I also enjoy listening to a ton of other music so my best-of list includes whatever music I liked the most this year, from country and rock [...]
Sera Cahoone on KEXP’s Audioasis, live from High Dive - 5/6/06
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This former drummer for Seattle’s Carissa’s Wierd also happens to be a mighty fine songwriter, as evidenced by her self-titled solo debut album. It’s a gorgeous, low-key outing of atmospheric country-folk featuring a healthy amount of rootsy instrumentation and her own [...]
