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Bad news for Pela: During last Saturday night’s show in Chicago, singer Billy McCarthy fell off stage during the “triumphant finale” at Shuba’s. Landing on a stray pint glass, he lacerated his hand and severed some some tendons in his left pinkie–the most underestimated finger necessary for rocking those sweet Pela jams. [...]
Seattle’s Rock Lottery 4 has been announced over at Line Out. This fun and exciting event is all happening April 13th at Neumo’s. If you don’t already know, here’s how it works: a grip of local Seattle musicians’ names are put into a hat (a sacred hat) by RL organizer Chris Weber. Then, 25 are [...]
The improbable has happened: Kevin Shields, the erstwhile frontman for My Bloody Valentine, has announced the band has regrouped and is readying a release for before the end of the year.
In a multi-part interview at Soft Focus, Shields confirms the reunion speculation that diehard fans have been talking about for months.
Says he:
We were making [...]
Try it on for size! Sample new releases this week!photo of Devendra Banhart by me
It’s another wallet-buster of week for new releases, particularly if you’re a fan of the indie folk and roots based music. There are reissues out from legendary folkers Pentangle and Karen Dalton and a whole bunch of new releases from artists [...]
This week is another bank account drainer, as fall now seems to be in full swing, with a huge list of new releases compiled the unfailing Largehearted Boy. Several reissues (For Against, Immaculate Machines, Iggy Pop and box sets (Emmylou Harris, John Coltrane) complement this collection of independent and mainstream releases.
A few highlights this week [...]
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The big music news over the weekend, if you can take a break from reading about Britney Spears, Madonna, and Amy Winehouse, is the Austin City Limits Festival. If you weren’t able to go, or pulled a White Stripes and backed out of your plans to go, you can read about the [...]
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Back to school for the kids, and back to the record store for you, where you’ll find a huge number of worthwhile new releases vying for attention. Some of these have made regular rotation on KEXP’s airwaves already while others are just waiting to be discovered. Break out what’s left of your petty [...]
Sadly, Italian virtuoso Luciano Pavarotti was laid to rest on Saturday. According to the AP, the memorial guests, numbering 700, included U2’s Bono and The Edge, movie director Franco Zeffirelli, and former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan. (link here)
According to NME, Pavarotti’s most famous song, “Nessun Dorma,” has ascended the U.K. singles chart. Here he is [...]
Really — we have an excuse for being late!Labor Day means Bumbershoot in Seattle
While the extended Labor Day weekend may have stopped us from getting to this post in time, it hasn’t slowed down the new releases that are piling in this month, starting with this week’s new additions. There are no hugely anticipated albums [...]
Catch Gogol Bordello live on KEXP tomorrow at 5:30 pm!photo by Kate Sumbler
This weekend, we’ll be posting live from Bumbershoot with pictures, interviews and reviews. If you’re listening at home, be sure to tune in. Here are the set times for our live broadcast:
Saturday Lineup
12:00 St Vincent
1:15 Yungchen Lhamo
2:30 The Gourds
3:45 Bert Jansch
5:30 Gogol Bordello
Sunday [...]
