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Thursday Music News

By Gerrit Feenstra | Published: May 24, 2012

Seattle electronic band Beat Connection has debuted the first single from their upcoming full length release Palace Garden. “Palace Garden, 4am” sees the band going in a wonderful new direction, complete with vibrant live drums and Tom Eddy’s gorgeous vocals. Palace Garden will be out June 19 on Moshi Moshi/Tenderage Records. See them at Sasquatch!Read more…

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Decibel Festival 2012 Lineup Revealed (well, half of it anyway)

By KEXP | Published: May 24, 2012

Decibel Festival founder, president, and curator Sean Horton stopped by The Morning Show to reveal the first half of the 2012 lineup first to KEXP listeners. Seattle is beyond fortunate to feature one of the world’s preeminent festivals of electronic music, running September 26-30, and based on this early look at this year’s lineup (60Read more…

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Song of the Day: PS I Love You – Don’t Go

By Carrie Rubens | Published: May 24, 2012

Every Monday through Friday, we deliver a different song as part our Song of the Day podcast subscription, featuring new songs that our DJs think you should hear. Today’s selection, featured on the Morning Show with John Richards, is “Don’t Go” by PS I Love You from the 2012 album Death Dreams on Paper BagRead more…

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SIFF “Face The Music” Preview: El Gusto: The Good Mood

By Chris Estey | Published: May 23, 2012

El Gusto: The Good Mood Directed by Safinez Bousbia (Ireland/Algeria/France/United Arab Emirates, 2011, 88 minutes) Festival Screenings: Friday, May 25, 1:30 p.m. at Pacific Place Sunday, May 27, 6:30 p.m. at Pacific Place Wednesday, May 30, 6:00 p.m. in Everett Music and cities blend together so intrinsically. “If you were to scrape these walls,” aRead more…

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Live Video: Little Big Show #2

By KEXP | Published: May 23, 2012

The second edition of Little Big Show, presented by KEXP, Starbucks and STG, went spectacularly last month, raising over $10,000 for Coyote Central, and just throwing a great party with Seattle band with East Coast shoegaze band Real Estate and local folk rockers Poor Moon. Of course, those who went already knew that! But forRead more…

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Surviving Sasquatch! Without Having To Clone Yourself

By Gerrit Feenstra | Published: May 23, 2012

Let’s face it: going to the Sasquatch! Music Festival is at times painful. Sometimes you feel like whoever it is that does all the scheduling must have it in for you, because all your favorite bands are playing at exactly the same time. Trying to make the decision on the spot is impossible. Whichever youRead more…

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Song of the Day: WAZU – Happy Endings

By Gerrit Feenstra | Published: May 23, 2012

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 selection, featured on the Morning Show with John Richards, is “Happy Endings” by WAZU fromRead more…

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Live Video: Yppah (feat. Anomie Belle)

By Gerrit Feenstra | Published: May 22, 2012

If you caught the amazing new Yppah record Eighty One when it came out at the end of March here in the United States, you may not recognize those songs here. When Yppah stopped by the studio, they were aided by the help of a sampler or two, but for the most part, Yppah’s setRead more…

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Out This Week 5/22

By Jim Beckmann | Published: May 22, 2012

A chorus of strong female voices top this week’s list of new releases, none more promising than that of young London-via-Ontario singer-songwriter Al Spx, a.k.a. Cold Specks, whose head turning debut, as our Music Director, Don Yates, describes, is “a powerful, emotionally moving set of gospel-steeped folk-pop with a dark, hushed sound featuring muted guitarsRead more…

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Tuesday Music News

By Gerrit Feenstra | Published: May 22, 2012

Handsome Furs may have called it quits, but member Dan Boeckner has started a new band with the help of Britt Daniel of Spoon and Sam Brown of New Bomb Turks. The band will called themselves Divine Fits and will release a record on Merge later this year. Yeasayer have announced a new record thatRead more…

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