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KEXP at SXSW 2013, Day 4: Wild Cub

By KEXP | Published: March 16, 2013

“The idea behind Youth had a lot to do with me suddenly getting married. Ever since I can remember... the thing that I was compelled by, was the bond that two people can share, how strange and elusive and compelling that is,” Wild Cub frontman Keegan DeWitt told Paste Magazine last August. Wild Cub mayRead more...

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KEXP at SXSW 2013, Day 4: The Zombies

By Chris Beiter | Published: March 16, 2013

Trends come and go quickly in music. Something can be hot one day and out the next, while some things take hold and never let go. The latter can be sincerely said of The Zombies enduring jazz-infused psychedelia, especially their handful of American hits and acclaimed album Odessey and Oracle. Although never achieving the enormousRead more...

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The Final Day of our SXSW Broadcast Begins!

By KEXP | Published: March 16, 2013

The final day of the KEXP broadcast from Mellow Johnny’s Bike Shop in Austin during SXSW. Today’s lineup begins with the legendary and highly influential British psych rock band The Zombies, then up-and-coming 80s-influenced Nashville band Wild Cub, Brookyn-via-Denton post-punkers Parquet Courts, and wrapping up with LA Latin funk band Ozomatli. Check out the lineupRead more...

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KEXP at SXSW 2013, Day 3: Turtle Giant

By KEXP | Published: March 16, 2013

Formed in Sao Paulo, Brazil, in 2009, Turtle Giant already made a big geographic leap when they moved to their current base of Macau, China, but they’ve made another cross-continental journey to play SXSW this year. The trio’s music incorporates traces of ‘00s indie rock (jangling guitar, shimmering reverb-soaked tones) into a massive, harmonious soundRead more...

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KEXP at SXSW 2013, Day 3: Gliss

By Jacob Webb | Published: March 15, 2013

Thursday’s weather forecast put Austin, TX, at a high of 80 degrees Fahrenheit, but you wouldn’t know it listening to the Copenhagen-via-Los Angeles trio Gliss’ shimmering cool. Supplanted by multi-instrumentalist Martin Klingman and guitarist David Reiss’ brooding soundscapes, vocalist Victoria Cecilia’s dreamy coo is able to conjure the mysterious noir of nighttime L.A. even inRead more...

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KEXP at SXSW 2013, Day 3: Jovanotti

By Katherine Humphreys | Published: March 15, 2013

A superstar in his native Italy, rapper Jovanotti, otherwise known as Lorenzo Cherubini, is making strides in the U.S. with a recent move to New York and a new retrospective, Jovanotti’s Italia 1988-2012, released by ATO Records. You definitely don’t need to be fluent in Italian to appreciate his hypnotic voice and fluid rhymes. AfterRead more...

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KEXP at SXSW 2013, Day 3: Telekinesis

By Katherine Humphreys | Published: March 15, 2013

Telekinesis is the name of Seattle’s own Michael Benjamin Lerner and his soft-spoken, incredibly charming indie-rock solo act. Since his 2009 self-released debut EP, Lerner has garnered a reputation for himself blending 80′s pop sensibilities with mellowed-out vocal stylings, a tried and true dynamic in which Lerner has managed to carve out and firmly establishRead more...

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KEXP at SXSW 2013, Day 3: Suuns

By Katherine Humphreys | Published: March 15, 2013

Montreal’s Suuns make a particular kind of low-drone heavy but never “drone music” - they walk the fine line between being experimental and being simply loud rock music. There’s never really been the kind of rock n roll vibes you get from other bands walking that line, but instead an industrial synth entrance to manyRead more...

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Day 3 at SXSW begins!

By Jim Beckmann | Published: March 15, 2013

The third day of the KEXP broadcast from Mellow Johnny’s Bike Shop in Austin during SXSW. Today’s lineup begins with Montreal band Suun, followed by Seattle indie pop group Telekinesis, Italian megastar rapper Jovanotti, LA-via-Copenhagen dream pop band Gliss, and Macau, China-via-Sao Paolo, Brazil trio Turtle Giant. Check out the lineup for the day hereRead more...

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KEXP at SXSW 2013, Day 2: True Believers

By Chris Beiter | Published: March 15, 2013

Alejandro Escovedo - that’s all I knew about the True Believers when KEXP’s lineup for SXSW at Mellow Johnny’s Bike Shop was first announced. OK, then someone mentioned it was his mid 80′s band, a crew that had a brush with fame, but never quite broke through. They had label issues, personnel changes, unreleased albums,Read more...

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