Category Archives: Saturday Afternoon Artist

Saturday Afternoon Artist - The XX

The XX are a brand new young band from South London. It’s definitely rock music, but with lots of male-female vocal turns. I hear a little Velvet Underground (the melodic stuff) in there, and also some Cure. But they’re distinct, delivering the songs in intimate voices and adding electronics. Their new self-titled [...]

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Saturday Afternoon Artist – Thunderheist

It’s that time again. When your friendly neighborhood KEXP DJ starts to think about her Top 10 Albums of the year. It’s been a good year! So far my list looks like this:
1. Thunderheist - Thunderheist (Warm dance beats and sexy vocals from the new Canadian duo)
2. Brother Ali - Us [...]

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Saturday Afternoon Artist – The Pixies

It’s raining when I walk out the door this morning. I get into my car and put the faceplate on my radio and put in my copy of The Pixies album Doolittle.
The first song is “Debaser”:

The simple bass leads me to some kind of window in my mind. And as the guitars hit [...]

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Saturday Afternoon Artist: Tom Waits

Greetings, I’m DJ Michele Myers and I host the Saturday Afternoon Show (from 3-6pm) on KEXP. This is a new shift for me, and I’m ready to start a brand new feature. Each week I’ll pick a Saturday Afternoon Artist, tell you a (short) story about them and play the legal limit of 3 [...]

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