New album by Dinosaur Jr.! Not much more needs to be said about that. It should be on top of everyone’s CD stack this week. Never mind the bad band names on the rest — Lord Cut-Glass, The Phenomenal Handclap Band, Amazing Baby, Spinnerette, Deer Tick, Sunset Rubdown, Pete Yorn (sorry, Pete!) — there’s actually [...]
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Every Monday through Friday, we deliver a different song as part our Song of the Day podcast subscription. This podcast features exclusive KEXP in-studio performances, unreleased songs, and recordings from independent artists that our DJs think you should hear. Today’s featured selection, chosen by Midday Show host Cheryl Waters, is “Easy” by Deer Tick from [...]
Sometimes the best gifts come in large, multi-men packages. Broken Social Scene and their hairy harem are working on a new album with famed producer and Tortoise/ The Sea and Cake member, John McEntire. If you want to catch a glimpse of the guys, you can find ‘em at Soma Electronic Music Studio in Chicago [...]
John McCauley, aka Deer Tick, stopped our acoustic sessions during the KEXP broadcast from Austin during SXSW to play a few songs. “Spend the Night” comes from his excellent album War Elephant, “Cake & Eggs,” which he wrote with Those Darlins, is an intentional homage to great songwriters like John Prine, and “Little White Lies,” [...]
