Category Archives: Live at CMJ

Live Video: from the Morning Show during CMJ

There’s a reason festivals like CMJ Music Marathon exist: it’s one of the few times that bands from across the world, in a variety of styles, genres and localities can showcase their young, upcoming bands for American audiences. For some bands -- even local ones -- it’s their first exposure to the important tastemakers, whetherRead more...

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Live Video: The xx & The Temper Trap

Here are a couple more amazing videos from KEXP’s broadcast during CMJ at the Cutting Room Studios NYC. Gathering huge buzz lately is young UK band The xx, who turn out a hypnotic rendition of “Crystalised”, and Australian (by way of England) group The Temper Trap, whose “Fader” has to be one of the catchiestRead more...

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Live Video: Choir of Young Believers at CMJ

While all of the 15 bands performing during KEXP’s broadcast from Cutting Room Studios NYC during CMJ were great in their individual ways, the one that seemed to catch our listeners off guard with its stunning beauty and intensity was Choir of Young Believers. Morning Show host John Richards wrote all about it for NPRRead more...

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Live Video: KEXP at CMJ with The Blakes, Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson & Rubik

Fifteen bands performed for KEXP’s broadcast from The Cutting Room Studios NYC during CMJ this year, showcasing talent from coast to coast. In just on one of the five days, we featured bands from Seattle to Brooklyn... to Finland with The Blakes, Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson, and Rubik. Here’s a video each of these greatRead more...

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KEXP at CMJ 2009, Day 5: The Moondoggies

Rising out of a city racked with strip malls and commercial real estate are Everett, Washington’s The Moondoggies, an unlikely diamond in the rough found in the suburban landscape. Bandmates Kevin Murphy, Robert Terreberry, Carl Dahlen, and Caleb Quick have been playing together since they were teenagers and now, while barely yet in their mid-twenties,Read more...

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KEXP at CMJ 2009, Day 5: Choir of Young Believers

All the way from Copenhagen, Denmark, Choir of Young Believers are exactly what you need this time of the year. Mostly the work of Jannis Noya Makrigiannis, the gentle acoustic melodies and deeply textured beats are perfect Autumn listening as far as we’re concerned. Showing a nice variety in their music, the songs on ChoirRead more...

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KEXP at CMJ 2009, Day 5: Alec Ounsworth

Today is acoustic day at The Cutting Room Studios NYC. You may know Alec Ounsworth from his other band, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, or his side moniker Flashy Python. The Philadelphia singer/songwriter is finally venturing out on his own name with his solo debut album Mo Beauty. We think Alec has been “solo” forRead more...

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KEXP at CMJ 2009, Day 4: Deastro

Like any self-respecting musician these days, Deastro’s Randolph Chabot began recording albums in the basement of his parents’ house. Having sung in his church choir, and even performed in a production of Joeseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat when he was 7-years-old, music has always been a part of his life. From those humble beginnings, he’sRead more...

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KEXP at CMJ 2009, Day 4: The xx

As KEXP’s broadcast during CMJ mellows down to an end, so does the music with dreamy, twilight pop band The xx. The quartet of 20-years-olds from South West London were destined to make a name for themselves when they met at Elliot School, the same high school of Hot Chip, Four Tet and Burial. AtRead more...

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KEXP at CMJ 2009, Day 4: The Temper Trap

There’s no wonder this band has made a few “Bands to watch in 2009″ lists. This Melbourne four-piece has exploded onto the scene this year with an amazing full-length album entitled Conditions, which has turned a few heads to say the least. The band recorded the new album in New York and Australia with ProducerRead more...

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