By KEXP | Published:
November 9, 2009
Between full capacity shows at Showbox SoDo this weekend, KEXP favorites Ghostland Observatory performed an exclusive set for our VIP Club Concert series at The Triple Door. Never ones to go half way, the Austin duo of electronic wizard Thomas Turner and electrifying guitarist/singer Aaron Behrens brought the full Ghostland package with thick fog and [...]
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review by Carrie Rubens
photos by James Bailey
The Chop Suey Sunday night was filled with some amazing sounds and pleasant surprises beginning with Swedish singer/songwriter Anna Ternheim. Often playing with only with an acoustic guitar, Ternheim was backed up tonight by the band from Loney Dear to accompany her melodic folk music.
Co-headlining the show with [...]
By KEXP | Published:
September 29, 2009
For three nights, the 22nd Annual Shake the Shack Rockabilly Ball shook the Tractor Tavern in Ballard this past weekend. Already, you’ve seen the first night’s photos from photographer William Brody, and now Jim Bennett serves witness to the mayhem that ensued on Friday night. Stay tuned for even more photos!
The Star Devils:
Slim [...]
By KEXP | Published:
September 16, 2009
Another view of the Bumbershoot 2009 Music and Arts Festival by photographer by Dan Muller, who braved the rowdy fans of Modest Mouse on Monday night:
more photos here
Also posted in Bumbershoot, KEXP | Tagged Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears, Franz Ferdinand, Metric, Modest Mouse, Natalie Portman's Shaved Head, Past Live, Say Hi, Telekin, Telekinesis, The Knux |
By KEXP | Published:
September 13, 2009
Several KEXP photographers roamed of the grounds of the Bumbershoot 2009 Music and Arts Festival, capturing the energy of the live performances, the sometimes bizarre spectacle of the artists and fans, and the enthusiastic spirit that makes Bumbershoot one of the greatest festivals in the country. Here’s one perspective, through the eyes photographer Jim Bennett:
view [...]
Also posted in Bumbershoot, KEXP | Tagged Cold War Kids, De La Soul, Delhi2Dublin, Michael Franti, Raphael Saadiq, The Cave Singers, The Minus 5, Vieux Farka Toure, Visqueen, Yeah Yeah Yeahs |
By KEXP | Published:
August 27, 2009
photos by Jim Bennett
Last Friday, while some of us were attending the last of the Concerts at the Murals, others were out at Marymoor Park in Redmond watching the ecstatic spectacle of The Flaming Lips, supported by fellow Oklahomans Stardeath and White Dwarfs. Part New Years, part Christmas, part Mardi Gras, and a whole lot [...]
This past weekend, Fruit Bats, The Moondoggies, and Johnny and the Moon wrapped up a month’s worth of Concerts at the Mural, presented by KEXP and Seattle Center and consisting of four Friday evenings with nine total bands, plus six more bands during KEXP’s 7th annual BBQ. We’re all extremely sad that it’s over [...]
By KEXP | Published:
August 18, 2009
The sun finally broke last week for the fourth Friday in the Concerts at the Mural series, presented by KEXP and Seattle Center. Once again, a large crowd gathered at the Mural Amphitheater for another free show, this time featuring The Dodos and Army Navy. You can check out a few videos of the evening [...]
by Chris Estey
Rock festivals can be an awesome, appalling joussaince — an embarrassment of riches in which most of its value is suffering. The 2009 Capitol Hill Block Party was a perfectly organic construct of balancing personal pleasures and community celebration within the city, without too much pain. In other words, it was a ton [...]
Also posted in Capitol Hill Block Party, KEXP, Local Music | Tagged Akimbo, Black Lips, Gossip, Hey Marseilles, Mika Miko, Moondoggies, Sleepy Eyes of Death, Sonic Youth, Starfucker, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, The Thermals, Truckasaurus |
On Saturday, June 27, in celebration of the 2009 Pridefest, the Capitol Hill club Wildrose put on a hell of a show all afternoon and night with special performances by Leslie & the Lys, The Dutchess & The Duke, Thee Satisfaction, Thee Emergency, Telepathic Liberation Army, Weekend, The Redwood Plan, TacocaT, Hunx and his Punx, [...]
Also posted in KEXP, KEXP Suggests, Local Music | Tagged GoonSquad, Hunx and his Punx, Leslie & The Lys, TacocaT, The Dutchess and the Duke, The Redwood Plan, Thee Emergency, Thee Satisfaction, Weekend |
