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Out This Week 9/25

By Jim Beckmann | Published: September 25, 2012

Our guest earlier today live on the Morning Show, Sera Cahoone tops this week’s list of new releases with her third solo effort. The Seattle singer-songwriter -- formerly, and sometimes still, drummer -- improves upon her last two excellent albums with what our Music Director, Don Yates, calls, “an often-gorgeous set of haunting country-folk withRead more...

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Out This Week 9/18

By Jim Beckmann | Published: September 18, 2012

This week finally sees the U.S. release of An Awesome Wave, the awesome debut of Alt-J. We’ve been playing the U.K. band regularly on KEXP for months, but today you can pick up a copy for yourself. Also topping this week’s list of new releases -- not quite as long as last week’s but stillRead more...

Also posted in KEXP | Tagged Allah-las, alt-J, Band of Horses, Corin Tucker Band, Dinosaur Jr., Grizzly Bear, Menomena, The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, The Sea and Cake, Woods | 1 Comment

Out This Week 9/11

By Jim Beckmann | Published: September 11, 2012

It’s a mind-blowing list of new releases on perhaps the biggest release date of the year, so let’s get started. You’re going to need all the time you can get to pick these up. First up, the long-awaited second album by The xx is potentially KEXP listeners’ album of the year. While it’s but oneRead more...

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Out This Week 9/4

By Jim Beckmann | Published: September 4, 2012

Labor Day week is bittersweet. It marks the end of Summer but also the oncoming onslaught of Fall releases, many anticipated and very likely be your favorites of the year. While the work week may be short, your shopping list of new albums is already growing by miles. Topping this week are new releases fromRead more...

Also posted in KEXP | Tagged Animal Collective, Azure Ray, Bob Mould, Cat Power, Crypts, Elbow, Jens Lekman, Stars, The fresh & Onlys, The Music Tapes, Two Gallants | 1 Comment

Out This Week 8/28

By Jim Beckmann | Published: August 28, 2012

Divine Fits top this week’s list of new releases. The much anticipated project featuring Dan Boeckner (ex-Handsome Furs, Wolf Parade), Spoon frontman Britt Daniel and New Bomb Turks drummer Sam Brown, finally debuts with A Thing Called Divine Fits, which our Music Director, Don Yates, calls “a rock-solid set of concise, sharply crafted pop-rock withRead more...

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Out This Week 8/21

By Jim Beckmann | Published: August 21, 2012

Brooklyn group Yeasayer top this week’s list of new releases as they continue down the path away from their initial indie-tribal leanings with, what our Music Director, Don Yates, calls “a darker and more adventurous take on the dance-friendly synth-pop of 2010’s Odd Blood, combining warped, buzzing synths, jittery rhythms, processed vocals and dystopian lyrics.”Read more...

Also posted in KEXP | Tagged Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti, Bailterspace, Bloc Party, Six Organs of Admittance, The Heavy, Yeasayer, Young Fresh Fellows | Leave a comment

Out This Week 8/14

By KEXP | Published: August 14, 2012

This week is a particularly exciting one for KEXP listeners because today marks the release of Live At KEXP Volume Eight! Featuring performances from April 2011 to April 2012, the 19-track compilation houses live performances from some of KEXP’s newest discoveries alongside longtime favorites, including songs from Alabama Shakes, Of Monsters and Men, Tame Impala,Read more...

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Out This Week 8/7

By Jim Beckmann | Published: August 7, 2012

Instinct, the full-length debut of Niki and the Dove, now finally available on CD, tops this week’s list of new releases. Like fellow Swedish artists The Knife and Lykke Li, the Swedish duo combine ’80s synth-pop, dark post-punk and dancy funk on what our Music Director, Don Yates, praises as “well-crafted songs with twinkling, etherealRead more...

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Out This Week 7/23

By Jim Beckmann | Published: July 24, 2012

We envy you. When you go into your favorite record store today or hop online to your trusted music merchant, you are about to buy your favorite album of the year. Or one of them, anyway... there’s a lot of competition this fall! Purity Ring, though, the Halifax/Montreal-based duo, have finally released their full-length debut,Read more...

Also posted in KEXP | Tagged Bonnie Prince Billy, Eternal Summers, Fang Island, Laetitia Sadier, Lawrence Arabia, Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, Passion Pit, Purity Ring, The Antlers, Three Mile Pilot | 2 Comments

Out This Week 7/17

By Jacob Webb | Published: July 17, 2012

Although many Seattleites may have this weekend’s Capitol Hill Block Party on their minds, there’s a flurry of new music this week to keep your ears busy until this weekend. Easily the week’s highest profile release, Frank Ocean‘s Channel Orange is turning out to be one of the frontrunners for 2012′s Album of the Year.Read more...

Also posted in KEXP | Tagged Baroness, Frank Ocean, Hot Panda, Icky Blossoms, JEFF the Brotherhood, Jimmy Cliff, John Maus, Matisyahu, Nas, Old Crow Medicine Show, Shawn Lee, Soul Asylum, The Very Best | Leave a comment

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