By RJ, KEXP | Published:
November 8, 2009
by RJ Cubarrubia
These days, laptop musicians are big: they’re in rock bands, pop bands, R&B groups, behind rappers, and even DJ’s. Mashups have gone from a fun and rare adventure into sampling done by skilled DJ’s to a common and pedestrian event performed by countless computer kids. And then there’s Greg Gillis aka Girl Talk; [...]
Also posted in KEXP | Tagged Girl Talk |
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 [...]
By KEXP | Published:
July 28, 2009
As part of our exclusive sessions in the Bean Room at Caffe Vita during the Capitol Hill Block Party, we invited headliners Sonic Youth to stop by for a visit. Seattle Times music blogger Andrew Matson, of Matson on Music, our co-presenter of these sessions, talked to the whole band on that sweltering Saturday night [...]
by RJ Cubarrubia
Five minutes into hanging out on Diplo’s tour bus, a minor crisis emerges: Major Lazer, his latest dancehall reggae project with fellow DJ/producer Switch featuring a fictional dreadlocked cartoon commando, is about to take the stage in an hour and the vest for his three-piece suit is missing. After some confusion, it turns [...]
Also posted in KEXP | Tagged Diplo, Mad Decent, Major Lazer |
interview by RJ Cubarrubia
photos by Chona Kasinger
If you were ever a teenager in the first half of this decade, chances are you met someone, laughed, cheered, made out, fell in love, got your heart broken, fell in hate, learned a few things about life, and did a little (or a lot of) growing up along [...]
Also posted in KEXP | Tagged Cursive, Tim Kasher |
interview by RJ Cubarrubia
photos by Brittney Bush Bollay
Vancouver garage-punk duo Japandoids consists of two friends making loud, catchy, and strangely accessible music that sounds like a punk rock summer soundtrack for kids who just like to have fun. Best friends David Prowse and Brian King play loud, fast, and hard, and their debut album, Post-Nothing, [...]
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interview by RJ Cubarrubia
Electronic icons The Crystal Method are true pioneers still kicking in a genre and culture where new and fresh has taken an online and often blogged meaning marked by technophilia. Their newest effort, Divided by Night, features guest vocals from people you wouldn’t suspect, like Matisyahu, Emily Haines, and Jason Lytle, and [...]
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By KEXP | Published:
May 28, 2009
As promised (or threatened), here are more interviews DJ Sharlese inflicted upon some of the bands who wandered into our trailer behind the Yeti Stage at the 2009 Sasquatch Music Festival:
By KEXP | Published:
May 25, 2009
While everyone else at Sasquatch was getting suntans, checking out all the great bands on the three stages and generally having a good time, KEXP’s own DJ Sharlese was stuck in a trailer behind the Yeti stage, trying to convince bands to come talk to her about any old random thing. Somehow she managed to [...]
interview by RJ Cubarrubia
photos by Christopher Nelson
Longtime Austin (and Brooklyn, sort of) art-rockers …And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead have always been one of the loudest bands in all the land, combining artistic and thoughtful indie rock with layers of orchestral creativity. After leaving their last label, Interscope, the band started [...]
