Category Archives: Live Video

Live Video: Cloud Nothings

By Gerrit Feenstra | Published: May 6, 2012

Dylan Baldi and the rest of Cloud Nothings have had a stellar year thus far. Taking his project to the road, his live show has been getting great reviews and his album Attack On Memory has been receiving much deserved attention. And now, we at KEXP have record of it! Cloud Nothings stopped by KEXPRead more…

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Live Video: Andrew Bird

By Jim Beckmann | Published: May 4, 2012

If you’ve seen Chicago songwriter Andrew Bird perform over the past fifteen or so years, you might have seen how intricately can combines loops of guitar, violin, vocals and whistling (he’s in fact a champion whistler!). For his recent session live on KEXP last month, Andrew Bird stripped it down and performed “in the round”Read more…

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Live Video: The Barr Brothers at SXSW

By JB Bonifacio | Published: May 1, 2012

Earlier, we covered The Barr Brothers as they delivered an eye-opening set from Mellow Johnny’s Bike Store at SXSW 2012.  Based in Montreal, The Barr Brothers, consisting of members Andrew and Brad Barr (of The Slip), Sarah Page and Andres Vial, are a folk quartet known for their sometimes ambient, sometimes in-your-face blues numbers and unorthodox instrumentation, relying on oblique instruments like antiqueRead more…

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Live Video: Pickwick at SXSW

By Gerrit Feenstra | Published: April 30, 2012

For Seattle music fans, Pickwick is a band that needs no introduction. They’ve been tearing up the scene in state and out for the past year. They were featured for the first Little Big Show back in February and went on to represent Seattle with a handful of other acts at SXSW and played atRead more…

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Live Video: Pond

By Gerrit Feenstra | Published: April 27, 2012

Australian psych-rock band Pond stopped in earlier this month to play a set before their Sunset show the same night. Their performance at SXSW only a week or two before was hailed as one of the best of the bunch, and it’s plain to see here how inviting Pond’s live setup is. Pond’s sound isRead more…

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Live Video: The Magnetic Fields

By Jim Beckmann | Published: April 25, 2012

It had to be one of the strangest sessions ever recorded at KEXP, but that’s hardly surprising given the idiosyncratic nature of principle songwriter of The Magnetic Fields, Stephin Merritt. After soundchecking in our studio and then discovering the men’s room’s superior acoustics, Stephin requested a change. And he was right: unusual of a venueRead more…

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Live Video: The Lumineers

By Jim Beckmann | Published: April 23, 2012

The best we can hope for when dealing with personal loss is to find some consolation or even inspiration that the person we grieve for can influence others for the better. Wes Schultz and Jeremiah Fraites, it was the early death of Josh Fraites, brother to Jeremiah and good friend to Wes, that brought theRead more…

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Live Video: THEESatisfaction

By Gerrit Feenstra | Published: April 17, 2012

THEESatisfaction are unstoppable right now. Every publication in Seattle, whether it be print or online, reviewed their new album Awe Naturale at least once (some many more times). Their album release party at Neumos was a nearly sold-out event with a surprise visit from Palaceer Lazaro of Shabazz Palaces. Now, the girls are going onRead more…

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Live Video: Shearwater at SXSW

By Jim Beckmann | Published: April 14, 2012

Shearwater‘s Animal Joy, their eighth album, marks a dramatic shift for the Austin band, not just in labels, from Matador to Sub Pop, but a career changing sonic transition as well. In moving from the indie flagship to the legendary local label, known for releasing early grunge hard-hitters and some generally noisy bands, Shearwater hasRead more…

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Live Video: Craig Finn

By Jim Beckmann | Published: April 12, 2012

There are few songwriters who can tell as story vividly and poignantly as Craig Finn. While his songs with The Hold Steady typically depict the lives of the down-and-out — gutter rats, barflies, drug addicts and a lot of people who make some pretty bad choices — their overwhelming appeal lies in the fact thatRead more…

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