Cheerio, lads and luves! We here at Three Imaginary Girls suggest you enjoy a hearty dish of fish and chips (beans optional), put your bracers on, hop in your lorry (but continue to drive on the correct side of the road for your own safety) and come out for what will be a bang [...]
Our online poll is still open for you to VOTE for the most radical music on the planet! Everyday, KEXP will countdown an awesome music theme for the Fall Membership Drive, ranging from the best album ever made to the most killer music scene. One of the questions you’ll be asked is what is the [...]
photos by Dan Muller and Jim Bennet
intro by Christy Thacker
Armed with accordions, trumpets, cellos and even an old UW Marching Band sousaphone, 7-man Seattle band Hey Marseilles takes listeners to far away lands with their Old World music and charm. Up until August 2009, the band independently made their way to the top of the [...]
by Chris Estey
Maybe it’s how the bands bond intimately with who they know are big fans. (Last year, Two Gallants put on one of the best performances of the festival there.) Maybe it’s the excellent sound (hey, Kevin Suggs!) in the tucked-away special venue. Perhaps it’s the posh, comfortable seats in a cool setting indoors [...]
Posted in Bumbershoot, KEXP | Also tagged Akron/Family, Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears, Common Market, Elvis Perkins, Gang Gang Dance, Holy Fuck, Metric, Os Mutantes, Raphael Saadiq, Sera Cahoone, Telekinesis, The Cave Singers, Vieux Farka Toure, Vivian Girls |
by Chris Estey
Rock festivals can be an awesome, appalling joussaince — an embarrassment of riches in which most of its value is suffering. The 2009 Capitol Hill Block Party was a perfectly organic construct of balancing personal pleasures and community celebration within the city, without too much pain. In other words, it was a ton [...]
Posted in Capitol Hill Block Party, KEXP, Local Music, Photo Galleries | Also tagged Akimbo, Black Lips, Gossip, Mika Miko, Moondoggies, Sleepy Eyes of Death, Sonic Youth, Starfucker, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, The Thermals, Truckasaurus |
With over 50 bands and multiple stages making up this weekend’s Capitol Hill Block Party, it’s going to be impossible to not see a band you already love and find a new favorites. This year, the headliners on the Main Stage are so strong, you have to make sure to catch even just a [...]
Posted in Three Imaginary Girls | Also tagged Band of Skulls, Black Lips, Bow + Arrow, Deerhunter, Japandroids, Mika Miko, Sing Sing, Sonic Youth, The Dutchess and the Duke, The Gossip, The Jesus Lizard, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart |
All four bands scheduled for tonight deserve their own headline. Constantines, Crystal Antlers, Hey Marseilles and Norwegian group I Was A King are each worth seeing on their own, but at Neumos this evening, for the final event of the Noise for the Needy benefit concert series, you can see all them at once and [...]
By KEXP | Published:
April 27, 2009
Along with The Stranger and Caffe Vita, KEXP 90.3 FM is proud to present The 2009 Capitol Hill Block Party, Seattle’s Premiere Celebration of Independent Music on July 24 & July 25th.
The first part of the lineup has just been announced:
SONIC YOUTH, THE JESUS LIZARD, THE GOSSIP, DEERHUNTER, BLACK LIPS, EARTH, THE THERMALS, THE [...]
Posted in Capitol Hill Block Party, KEXP Presents | Also tagged Black Lips, Deerhunter, Earth, Hotels, Japandroids, New Faces, Past Lives, Sleepy Eyes of Death, Sonic Youth, Starfucker, The Blakes, The Dutchess and the Duke, The Gossip, The Jesus Lizard, The Maldives, The Moondoggies, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, The Pica Beats, The Thermals, They Live, Truckasauras |
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. Every Friday, KEXP offers up music by local artists. Today’s featured selection, chosen by Midday [...]
Matt & Kim - Grand
There has never been a better time to release a dance pop album. With bands like MGMT and Vampire Weekend dominating the scene, Matt & Kim’s new album Grand, to be released today, January 20, on Fader Label, will have no problem fitting right in. Grand, the follow up [...]
Posted in Album Reviews, KEXP | Also tagged Matt & Kim |
