Category Archives: Video Roundup

What’s Your Summer Jam? KEXP DJs and Staff Share Theirs

By KEXP | Published: July 9, 2012

Seattle can now claim a hold on summer as we reach post-80 degree weather this week! (Sorry, rest of the country, but we’ve earned this!) No matter where you are, though, or whether you’re sitting out on the beach, picnicking in a park, heading out on a long roadtrip or just chilling at home, you’reRead more...

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Video Roundup: Happy 70th Birthday, Sir Paul McCartney!

By Jacob Webb | Published: June 18, 2012

Many, many years ago, James Paul McCartney wrote a song asking if his lover would still be with him when he turned 64. For Paul, that year has come and passed, and today, we celebrate loving Macca in his 70th year. Perhaps the most successful songwriter and musician of all time, McCartney’s catalogue of 50+Read more...

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Video Roundup: Flag Day

By Jacob Webb | Published: June 14, 2012

237 years ago, the Second Continental Congress passed a resolution that adopted the flag of the United States on June 14. Today, we celebrate the Stars and Stripes with a video playlist all about flags. From flags Black to Wild, here are some songs we’ve flagged as part of a Flag Day soundtrack for ourRead more...

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Iceland Airwaves announces more bands: Dirty Projectors, Of Monsters and Men, and more!

By Jim Beckmann | Published: June 7, 2012

Of Monsters and Men during KEXP’s broadcast from KEX Hostel during Airwaves ’11photo by Michael Matynka Iceland Airwaves just announced more bands for its 2012 lineup, including some KEXP listener faves: Dirty Projectors, The Vaccines, Moonface (Spencer Krug), and Purity Ring. Among the added Icelandic acts added are the hugely successful Of Monsters and Men,Read more...

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R.I.P. Ray Bradbury

By Jim Beckmann | Published: June 6, 2012

Today, the world lost a science fiction icon as groundbreaking author Ray Bradbury passed away at age 91. Nearly every teenager has read his short novel Fahrenheit 451 (and rightly so!), and his countless award-winning stories, some of which comprised the sci-fi classics The Martian Chronicles and The Illustrated Man, continue to impact writers ofRead more...

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R.I.P. Robin Gibb of The Bee Gees

By JB Bonifacio | Published: May 21, 2012

The world was saddened Sunday evening when Robin Gibb, co-founder of The Bee Gees, died at the age of 62 from his battle with cancer.  Details surrounding his death can be garnered here.  One of the most successful pop groups of all time, The Bee Gees single-handedly spread disco fever across radio, dance floors, andRead more...

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R.I.P. Adam Yauch aka MCA of the Beastie Boys

By JB Bonifacio | Published: May 4, 2012

By now, either through the Twitterverse, Facebook, text message, or through a co-worker’s passionate chain email, the sad news that Adam Yauch aka MCA of the Beastie Boys has succumbed to his fight with cancer is reverberating throughout the music industry.  Details surrounding his death can be found here.  He, along with Adam Horovitz (Ad-Rock)Read more...

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New Music Video Roundup

By Gerrit Feenstra | Published: April 26, 2012

Seattle local Perfume Genius has posted a new video for Put Your Back N 2 It track “Dark Parts”. Featuring puppies and Scrabble with mom, it’s an adorable video for a heartwarming tune. Check it out: Following the popularity of the choose-your-own-adventure video for their tune “Met Before”, Chairlift has created another video and anotherRead more...

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Into the Trees: A Goth Video Roundup

By KEXP | Published: April 20, 2012

All day today, we’re playing celebrating Robert Smith’s (April 21) by playing your favorite songs by The Cure and other goth favorites. As a genre and a style, “goth” is pretty easy to stereotype (see The Damned’s “Grimly Fiendish” for a particularly campy version), but the truth is its influence spreads far and wide. GothRead more...

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Event Spotlight: Radiohead comes to Seattle

By Gerrit Feenstra | Published: April 9, 2012

On April 9, 2012, Radiohead will finally return to Seattle. It’s been almost four years since their last visit - in August of 2008, they played 25 songs at White River Amphitheater in support of In Rainbows (check out the setlist here). Then we waited, and waited, and waited. When Radiohead posted their initial USRead more...

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