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It’s never too late for top ten lists, and KEXP’s volunteers and interns have their fingers directly on the pulse of what’s going on. Here’s a few of their top tens from 2006 and a look ahead to 2007.
Richard Laing - Production:
Camera Obscura - Let’s Get Out Of This Country
Clipse - Hell Hath No [...]
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The Transmissionary Six - Infrared
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I’m Lisa, programming assistant and author of Life With Kevin (currently on hiatus while I wait for Kevin to do something interesting). Here’s a few things that I really dug this year:
Neko Case – Fox Confessor Brings the Flood
Neko Case could sing the phone book and I’d be spellbound. [...]
Ali Farka Toure, courtesy of retorta net
My Best Ambiance program on Monday night, December 25th, was a special show that focused on my top recordings of 2006, and the final hour featured favorite songs from live in-studios over the past year. Here’s a few comments about the selections.
1) AFEL BOCOUM / Niger / (Contre [...]
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1. The Black Angels - Passover (Light in the Attic)
This year’s most powerful album of the year comes from this Austin band. Protest music for the Iraq generation. This set of dark, droning psychedelic rock is a time warp to the underground anti-establishment songs of the [...]
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The Hold Steady - "Stuck Between Stations" - LIVE!
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Another year has passed, another cycle of seasons, another spin on the turntable of life. It’s with mixed feelings that I present to you my Best of 2006. Mixed feelings, because creating a best of list implies an arrogance of knowing what’s best, a proclamation of [...]
This was a very big year for me. My daughter was born on December 7, 2005 so I spent the year watching her grow, and actually saw myself grow in the process. I didn’t know I had so much love for one creature in my heart, but bam!
It feels endless. It also [...]
Kevin Robinson of Viva Voce, courtesy of kirstiecat
I hope you enjoyed the music of 2006 as much as I did, here are some of my random thoughts on the year that was.
Live at the High Dive: KEXP’s Audioasis started broadcasting live from the High Dive in Fremont the first Saturday of each month, all [...]
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in no particular order… ten of 2006
Various : Interstellar Fugitives 2. Destruction Of Order : Underground Resistance
Absolute must! Detroit’s finest and no BS here, 2 discs set of straight sounds with a story from near future or is it from the past? “But in the 20th Century, Order took hold in numerous areas [...]
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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 [...]
Bruce Springsteen, photo courtesy of Manuel Huerga
I did my Best Of 2006 broadcast in The Roadhouse back on December 13th, but you can listen to it now, streaming ‘till Dec 26th from the audio archive.
I’ve been crazy hectic with all the Roadhouse specials in the past few months, not to mention some upcoming shows in [...]
