Tag Archives: Champagne Champagne

REVERB Festival 2009 preview

By Christy, KEXP | Published: September 30, 2009

Just when you finished recovering from Bumbershoot comes Seattle Weekly’s 4th annual local music extravaganza, REVERB Festival. This Saturday, October 3, over sixty artists, bands, and djs will take over the cobble stone streets of Ballard Avenue to blow out your brains with a wealth of musical spanning in genre and sound. A [...]

Posted in KEXP, KEXP Suggests, Local Music | Also tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Bumbershoot 2009 Recap: A Hard Rain’s Gonna Fall (And Cause No Trouble At All)

By Chris Estey, KEXP | Published: September 10, 2009

By Chris Estey
There were some telling observations my friends made about the annual Seattle Center-based festival this year — the best one was, “Franz Ferdinand are playing? Really? When?”
FF are a fine band, but Bumbershoot 2009 is noteworthy in that even a working rock group with a quality significant fan-base and memorable hits from [...]

Posted in Bumbershoot, KEXP | Also tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

KEXP BBQ photos

By KEXP | Published: August 11, 2009

Many talented photographers captured memorable moments at the KEXP BBQ on Saturday and you’ll see a few of them featured here. Among them was Brittney Bush Bollay, whose dynamic shots you’ll find frequently on the KEXP Blog. Check out her shots of all six bands at the BBQ:

view set

Posted in Concerts at the Mural, KEXP, KEXP BBQ | Also tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Live Video from KEXP BBQ

By Jim, KEXP | Published: August 10, 2009

Last Saturday, we hosted the 7th Annual KEXP BBQ with six great bands, each bringing something different: Champagne Champagne brought the grungy party rap, Born Anchors the straight up indie rock, Japandroids a double punch of guitar/drum punk fury, Cymbals Eat Guitars sprawlingly epic rock, Viva Voce the Portland-bred indie pop, and Dinosaur Jr. more [...]

Posted in Concerts at the Mural, KEXP, KEXP BBQ, KEXP Presents | Also tagged , , , , | 1 Comment

KEXP BBQ: Champagne Champagne

By Philip LaRose, KEXP | Published: August 8, 2009

Champagne Champagne kicking it to the crowd…

Born Anchors coming up next! Come on down!

Posted in Concerts at the Mural, KEXP BBQ | Tagged | Leave a comment

You may have heard about this already, but here are the reasons Three Imaginary Girls recommend the KEXP BBQ

By Three Imaginary Girls | Published: August 7, 2009

Ideally summertime is all about getting sweaty and silly at free outdoor music shows. And guess who sticks to their ideals? Our provider of independent, new music, KEXP. Their summer concert series at the Mural Amphitheater in Seattle Center is running over the next few weeks to bring you a plethora of pitch-perfect bands for [...]

Posted in Three Imaginary Girls | Also tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Concerts At The Mural: The 7th Annual KEXP BBQ this Saturday!

By James Truitt, KEXP | Published: August 6, 2009

As you may have heard, KEXP has combined forces with the Seattle Center this summer to present the 2009 Concerts at the Mural series.  Things got off to a grand start at last Friday’s opener, with some memorable performances from the mighty Blitzen Trapper and native sons Throw Me The Statue.  The free and all-ages [...]

Posted in Coming Up, Concerts at the Mural, Event Spotlight, KEXP BBQ, KEXP Presents, KEXP Suggests, Live Performances | Also tagged , , , , | 5 Comments

KEXP & Seattle Center Present: Concerts At The Mural Series

By James Truitt, KEXP | Published: July 29, 2009

Need a little spice in your Friday evenings? Ticketmaster service fees got you down? Well, my friend, KEXP has got just the prescription for you.
Starting this weekend, KEXP is teaming up with the good people behind Seattle Center to present a weekly series of free, all-ages concerts on the lawn of the Mural Amphitheater. [...]

Posted in Coming Up, Concerts at the Mural, Event Spotlight, KEXP BBQ, KEXP Presents, Live Performances, Local Music | Also tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Sasquatch Interviews, Round 1

By KEXP | Published: May 25, 2009

While everyone else at Sasquatch was getting suntans, checking out all the great bands on the three stages and generally having a good time, KEXP’s own DJ Sharlese was stuck in a trailer behind the Yeti stage, trying to convince bands to come talk to her about any old random thing. Somehow she managed to [...]

Posted in Interviews, KEXP, Live Video, Sasquatch | Also tagged , , | Leave a comment

Sasquatch photos from Day 1

By KEXP | Published: May 24, 2009

King Khan & the Shrines
The first day of the 2009 Sasquatch Music Festival was an amazing success, beautiful weather and great bands like Kings of Leon, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Bon Iver, DeVotchKa, M. Ward, Doves, King Khan & The Shrines, Passion Pit, Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band, Vince Mira, James Pants, Mos Def, Champagne Champagne [...]

Posted in KEXP, Photo Galleries, Sasquatch | Also tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments
where the music matters

The KEXP Blog

Sponsored By
Become a KEXP Sponsor!