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 Morning Show host John Richards, is “Vacationing People” by Foreign Born [...]
words and photos by Chona Kasinger
Having spent the day at the station shooting Foreign Born and The Veils, and then doubling over to catch both bands early sound check at Chop Suey definitely left me with a consummate sense of curiosity as to how the sound might translate live on stage.
Other Girls took center [...]
Posted in KEXP, Live Reviews | Also tagged The Veils |
Lots of free new music in the news today! Sup Pop band Fruit Bats, who have finished their latest album (which they previewed on KEXP earlier this year), are offering the title track of the forthcoming album, The Ruminant Band:
Fruit Bats - The Ruminant Band (MP3)
NYC dance post-punkers The Rapture have announced the departure [...]
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 [...]
Posted in KEXP, New York, Out This Week! | Also tagged Deer Tick, Dinosaur Jr., God Help The Girl, Patterson Hood, Pete Yorn, Regina Spektor, Sunset Rubdown, The Antlers, The Phenomenal Handclap Band, Tom Brosseau, Tortoise |
