As you may have heard, KEXP has combined forces with the Seattle Center this summer to present the 2009 Concerts at the Mural series. Things got off to a grand start at last Friday’s opener, with some memorable performances from the mighty Blitzen Trapper and native sons Throw Me The Statue. The free and all-ages [...]
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Need a little spice in your Friday evenings? Ticketmaster service fees got you down? Well, my friend, KEXP has got just the prescription for you.
Starting this weekend, KEXP is teaming up with the good people behind Seattle Center to present a weekly series of free, all-ages concerts on the lawn of the Mural Amphitheater. [...]
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If you’re a KEXP listener residing in Portland, or you find yourself less Block Party-inclined this weekend, don’t miss the sixth annual PDX Pop Now! Festival going down Friday through Sunday at The Rotture. The three-day event is a celebratory showcase of Stumptown’s vibrant and DIY-spirited music scene, with over 40 Portland-area bands playing [...]
This week we’re back at the Sunset Tavern in Ballard with Hannah Levin and DJ Rachel, delivering you live sets from Weekend and Jason Dodson. Each month for the Audioasis live broadcast, one local charity is chosen as the event’s beneficiary. This month, that charity is Real Change, a newspaper that offers opportunity and a [...]
One reason to love KEXP is for our many in-studios. In 2007, KEXP featured over 400 in-studio guests. Already, it seems that 2008 is going to be huge! Yesterday, we hosted three bands — The Helio Sequence, the Campbell Brothers, and Orgone — and today we have Nada Surf at noon.
Be sure to check [...]
By Andrew | Published:
September 17, 2007
The New Pornographers live at KEXP 9/14/07photo by Chona Kasinger
Last week ended with a bang. After the technical issues we experienced at the beginning of the week — don’t worry, we’ll have VHS or Beta back in no time — we were able to host four great in-studios in two days. On Thursday, Toronto band [...]
By Andrew | Published:
June 8, 2007
Pela will be live on KEXP, Monday, June 11
photo by Jim Beckmann
During the Summer Pledge Drive, our live in-studio performances go on hiatus while we focus on rounding up enough support so they can continue for the next year, but we couldn’t pass on Brooklyn band Pela, when they passed through town, so John Richards [...]
