Category Archives: SXSW

Live Video: Ozomatli at SXSW 2013

By Jacob Webb | Published: April 18, 2013

After four days and eighteen sessions, there was no real way to sum up KEXP’s time at SXSW 2013, but Ozomatli‘s multi-cultural, multi-genre, and multi-lingual set came pretty damn close to summing up the wide variety of artists that stopped by Mellow Johnny’s Bike Shop that week. Playing one of five sets they would playRead more...

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Live Video: Billy Bragg at SXSW

By Jim Beckmann | Published: April 17, 2013

At his most vitriolic, Billy Bragg is still a softy. The now legendary British singer-songwriter has made a name for himself since the 80′s through crooning romantic ballads and biting political critique. Both originate from the same place; for Bragg, as for his hero Woody Guthrie, love for humankind is the heart of protest. SoRead more...

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Live Video: Gliss at SXSW 2013

By Jacob Webb | Published: April 16, 2013

As if the music was reflecting off the bicycles, Gliss‘ afternoon set at during our SXSW broadcast was a shimmering cooldown after Jovanotti threw a vibrant Italian party in Mellow Johnny’s Bike Shop. As the group ran through a set of tunes from their latest LP, this year’s Langsome Dans, frontwoman Victoria Cecilia moved withRead more...

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Live Video: Unknown Mortal Orchestra at SXSW

By Jim Beckmann | Published: April 15, 2013

Unknown Mortal Orchestra is a bit of a conundrum, at least when it comes to classifying them. Not really a “band,” UMO is really the project of Ruban Nielson, who wrote and recorded songs in his bedroom and even posted the insanely catchy “Ffunny Ffrends” first online anonymously. Not really a local group, Nielson isRead more...

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Live Video: Ólafur Arnalds at SXSW

By Jim Beckmann | Published: April 14, 2013

It’s been hard for us to forget the beautiful and intimate session we had with Ólafur Arnalds during our Iceland Airwaves broadcast last year at KEX Hostel. This year, when we saw that the young Icelandic composer and songwriter would be performing at SXSW, we wanted to get him live on air again, not toRead more...

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Live Video: Iron & Wine at SXSW

By Jim Beckmann | Published: April 11, 2013

We like to believe Sam Beam is one of our own. Though he hails about as far away as you can get, from South Carolina and later Florida, the first three Iron & Wine albums were released on Seattle’s celebrated label Sub Pop. And of course, KEXP was one of the first radio stations toRead more...

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Live Video: The Zombies at SXSW

By Jim Beckmann | Published: April 11, 2013

There are few moments in rock ‘n’ roll as iconic as the opening drum-and-breath line in “Time of the Season.” Yet unlike many of their British Invasion co-horts (like The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Who and The Moody Blues), The Zombies never reached the same level of success. Maybe it was that while theseRead more...

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Live Video: Robyn Hitchcock at SXSW

By Britta Plyler | Published: April 9, 2013

At 60 years old, Robyn Hitchcock has experienced a longevity that would be the cause for many musicians’ envy. He began his career as a member of several small, local London bands until 1976 when he founded the psychedelic folk rock group The Soft Boys. In 1981 (about a year after The Soft Boys brokeRead more...

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Live Video: Wild Cub at SXSW

By Jim Beckmann | Published: April 8, 2013

If you’ve been listening to the Morning Show with John Richards, you’ve probably heard a lot of up-and-comers Wild Cub, whose energetic, electronic-infused sound takes the best from 80′s new wave romanticism, R&B and indie rock and makes it impossible to sit still. Back in February, the Nashville group, started by songwriter-composer Keegan DeWitt andRead more...

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Live Video: True Believers at SXSW

By Jim Beckmann | Published: April 7, 2013

That True Believers‘ posthumously released second is called Hard Road is no joke. The Alejandro and Javier Escovedo-led Austin band hit the major pitfalls of the 80′s music industry starting with a big local buzz that led to a rushed and underproduced first album, a lineup change dictated by their label, and a sophomore effortRead more...

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