Category Archives: Nite Life

Saturday Afternoon Artist – Phantogram

By Michele Myers | Published: September 25, 2009

Hi, DJ Michele Myers here. Every week I review new songs to consider for my Saturday radio show on KEXP. It takes hours to go through the lists of the latest music coming in. And to find older music that will compliment it in a set. New songs are especially tough to choose because thereRead more...

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Friday Nite Spotlight: Goldfrapp – Black Cherry

By Michele Myers | Published: July 16, 2009

Meet Goldfrapp, a band from Bath, England, headed up by the frightening/fascinating Alison Goldfrapp. I love to see female artists who are sexy and powerful like Alison is, she’s very feminine, but not in a male-defined way. She defines herself with confidence ... and changes with the music. According to their website, the band GoldfrappRead more...

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Friday Nite Spotlight – Blue Scholars’ self-titled debut

By Michele Myers | Published: July 10, 2009

Summertime in the Emerald City. As Blue Scholars say, it’s one of the best kept secrets, summer in the Northwest. Most of our summer days are 70-80 degrees, sunny, with a slight cool breeze. No humidity. And everything is still so green. The light turns golden. Finally, people seem to come out of hibernation, droppingRead more...

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Friday Nite Spotlight – Amores Perros Soundtrack

By Michele Myers | Published: June 25, 2009

Love is a bitch. That’s the name of the movie Amores Perros. One of my favorites (it’s a bit violent and grueling at times. You have been warned.). The acting is so good it seems real. All shot in Mexico, it stars Gael Garcia Bernal (the sexiest man alive) and its stories have an almostRead more...

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Friday Nite Spotlight: Verve Remixed, Volume 2

By Michele Myers | Published: June 11, 2009

June 2009. I’m sitting on the dock in the California Delta. Even many Californians don’t know about this Eastern collection of rivers and small waterways. It’s a combination between a nature reserve area and a huge boat harbor. My dad has a houseboat here. From his window you can see a baby blue heron whoRead more...

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KEXP Documentaries: The New World – Skalpel

By Michele Myers | Published: May 29, 2009

Every week I make a KEXP Documentary. I think of them as “audio movies” (movies without visuals) that tell a musical story. For the current series “The New World”, we sought out stories of artists on the cutting edge of international sounds. This latest week’s subject was Skalpel, a duo from Poland who sample PolishRead more...

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Friday Nite Spotlight: The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Electric Ladyland

By Michele Myers | Published: May 21, 2009

Seattle, May 2009. It’s raining. Time to put on my favorite record, Electric Ladyland by Jimi Hendrix. I check to see if my downstairs neighbor is home, her car is gone, so I turn the stereo up until the word “Max” appears and back away. Getting ready for the intense hits of drive-by sound, searingRead more...

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Friday Nite Spotlight: Diplo - FabricLive.24

By Michele Myers | Published: May 14, 2009

April 17, 2009. It was Capitol Hill Day at KEXP. Capitol Hill was the Seattle neighborhood who gave the most during the pledge drive, winning our “hood-to-hood challenge.” The prize was us. The KEXP gang: DJs, staff, volunteers and listeners took to the streets. We invaded the clubs, sidewalks and cafes on the hill forRead more...

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KEXP Documentaries: The New World - Juana Molina

By Michele Myers | Published: May 13, 2009

Our current KEXP Documentaries series is The New World. The artists in this series are changing the face of world music today. Juana Molina was a little girl when she started experimenting with acoustics in her grandmother’s old elevator. It was a slow ride to the ground floor, and she would hope that her grandmaRead more...

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Friday Nite Spotlight: Thunderheist - Thunderheist

By Michele Myers | Published: May 7, 2009

When Montreal producer Graham Zilla sent an MP3 of a song to a friend way back in 2006, it accidentally ended up in the box of fellow Spank Rock fan, Toronto singer Isis Salem. Isis thought the song was meant as an invitation to perform, so she recorded her own voice over the instrumental breaksRead more...

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