Surprisingly, there were few music-related pranks pulled on April Fools Day yesterday. Sorry, but the New Kids on the Block reunion is no joke — at least not in the strict literal sense — and as far as I can tell, the free Radiohead show in London actually happened. However, a few did try. In [...]
During the SXSW Music Festival this year, KEXP was broadcasting at two locations over three days — and while we had fantastic bands performing live in-studio, bands like The Breeders, Holy Fuck, DeVotchka, The Raveonettes, and Tapes ‘N Tapes (check out our coverage here), the KEXP staff was stuck inside for 10-12 hours at a [...]
photo by Greg Perez
Beginning tomorrow, KEXP will be broadcasting from SXSW in Austin, TX, and we’ve got a killer lineup of live bands!
On Thursday, March 13, KEXP joins NPR Music as they present Music from the Right Brain from The Parish. We’ll be broadcasting live performances from Shout Out Louds, Jens Lekman, Yeasayer, Bon [...]
Which 2008 releases are you still waiting for? It’s been a good year so far, no doubt, but the new albums have only just begun to arrive — and just to make you want them even more, the labels are releasing early videos and sending bands around the talk show circuit. Here are a few [...]
Hearts literally entwined, an avenging disco chicken, beetles at the dawn of creation, a costumed keg party, creepy ceramic cats, and a queen of magnetic tape — what do these things have in common? Nothing, just that they’re collected here on this week’s Video Roundup, a gathering of the newest videos on the ‘Tube. Regardless [...]
Postmodernism ain’t dead yet, at least not if this week’s Video Roundup has anything to say about it. Most of these very recent videos are so chock full of pop cultural references, you don’t know where the ripping ends and the original content begins — but that doesn’t make them any less enjoyable. Also, [...]
While the television writer’s strike continues to deaden the quality of late night talk shows, there’s no shortage of quality musical acts to liven up the insomniac set, as seen recently on The Late Show with David Letterman and Jimmy Kimmel Live! Meanwhile, across the pond, the BBC’s Later with Jools Holland celebrates its 200th [...]
Ryan Adams’ true “Halloweenhead”
Christmas in July? Okay, that makes sense, especially during those hot summer months that beg for cool refreshment — unless, of course, you live in the southern hemisphere, where it actually does seem like Christmas in July, at least to all of us North-hemies… anywhoo… — or maybe it’s a growing nostalgia [...]
New music videos these days are looking more and more “DIY.” Maybe it’s because the music video format itself is no longer the only loss leader for record labels (sorry, CD’s, but your profitability is dwindling), and now they’re forced to cut their budgets a bit more — or maybe it’s just a result of [...]
As you can just see the tail end of 2007 as it slinks out the back door, you can already hear 2008 standing outside, waiting to be let in. It definitely won’t be a dog year, though, with new albums anticipated from the likes of R.E.M., U2, My Morning Jacket, Franz Ferdinand, The Wrens, Death [...]
