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City Arts Fest: Mos Def & The Physics @ Showbox SoDo 10/18

By Katherine Humphreys | Published: October 25, 2012

If you live in the Pacific NW, chances are you know about The Physics, the young up and coming rap group from Seattle. And if you like rap or poetry and are between the ages of 50 and 10, you probably know who Mos Def is, the liminal poet/rapper who brought slam poetry to theRead more...

Posted in City Arts, City Arts Festival, KEXP, Live Reviews | Also tagged showbox sodo, The Physics | 1 Comment

Live Around Town This Week

By Jason Kinnard | Published: October 15, 2012

It may have turned for the worse outside, but there’s still plenty to see inside. City Arts Fest dominates most of the schedule with an amazing week of music ahead in almost every venue in town. It’s a busy week with a ton of great choices for everyone. On Monday night Beth Orton sets theRead more...

Posted in City Arts, City Arts Festival, KEXP, Live Around Town | Also tagged Beth Orton, Blind Pilot, Bombay Bicycle Club, Brother Ali, Calexico, City Arts Fest, Crocodiles, Crypts, Dana Buoy, Earshot Jazz Festival, Eighteen Individual Eyes, First Aid Kit, Freelance Whales, Fresh Espresso, Ghostland Observatory, Gold Leaves, Grimes, Horse Feathers, Howlin Rain, Jason Lytle, Kay Kay and his Weathered Underground, Kevin Murphy, Keyboard Kid, Kingdom Crumbs, Laura Gibson, Lemolo, Lord Huron, Lost in the Trees, Midtown Dickens, Motopony, Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band, My Goodness, OC Notes, Point Juncture WA, Pollens, Ravenna Woods, Rose Windows, Schoolboy Q, Sea of Bees, Sports, The Fucking Eagles, The Grizzled Mighty, The Head & The Heart, The Maldives, The Moondoggies, The Physics, The Soft Pack, Throw Me The Statue, Tomten, Truckasaurus, Two Door Cinema Club, Western Haunts, Wimps | Leave a comment

Live Around Town This Week

By Jason Kinnard | Published: October 31, 2011

Happy Halloween from KEXP! We’ve got a frighteningly good week of shows lined-up for you, starting with our Halloween Open House at KEXP from Noon to 5pm. This would be a perfect time to drop by the station and try to scare one of the DJ’s! Follow up your daytime fun with an evening atRead more...

Posted in Audioasis, KEXP, Live Around Town | Also tagged Abyssinian Creole, Anders Osborne, Audioasis, Birds & Batteries, Black Star, Blood Red Dancers, Bobby Bare Jr., Brite Futures, Case Studies, Champagne Champagne, Chocolate Chuck, Connie Chang, Copy, Cristina Bautista, Dear John Letters, Dude York, Earshot Jazz Festival, Eldridge Gravy & Court Supreme, Erik Blood, Fabulous Downey Brothers, Fly Moon Royalty, Gabriel Mintz, Ganglians, Gary Peacock, Gold Leaves, Homeward Pet Adoption Center, Jack DeJohnette, Jay Farrar, Karl Denson's Tiny Universe, Keith Jarrett, Like There's No Tomorrow, Motopony, My Goodness, Neumos Halloween Bash, Nordic Soul, Peter Wolf Crier, Ravenna Woods, Richard Thompson, Rock Tim Dijulio presents 1971, Say Hi, Sean Cee, Shelby Earl, Still Corners, Sugar Sugar Sugar, Supply, Swingset Showdown, Talib Kweli, The Field, The Great Um, The Lemonheads, The Maldives, The Shining Twins, The Sight Below, The Torn ACLs, The Young Evils, Thee Satisfaction, Trentemoller, Warren Miller Entertainment, Whalebones, Witch Gardens, Xylos, Zeta Barber | Leave a comment

Thursday News Threads

By Zach, KEXP | Published: January 7, 2010

Legendary soul producer Willie Mitchell died Tuesday at 81. The Memphis-based producer, best known for working with Al Green in the 70′s and with Ann Peebles on her hit “I Can’t Stand the Rain,” succumbed to a heart attack. Read more here.

Posted in KEXP, Music News | Also tagged Neil Young, Pavement, Santigold, Shearwater, Wilco | 3 Comments

Thursday News Threads

By RJ, KEXP | Published: July 30, 2009

Seminal rock group the Pixies have announced their full schedule for their Doolittle tour. The band will be performing their classic album in its entirety with a few surprises along the way. The Seattle dates are November 11 and 12 at the Paramount Theater; be sure to check out our presale, which starts today atRead more...

Posted in KEXP, Music News, New York | Also tagged David Byrne, Jay Reatard, Pearl Jam, Super Furry Animals, The Fiery Furnaces, The Mountain Goats, The Pixies, Weezer | Leave a comment

Out This Week 6/9

By Jim Beckmann | Published: June 9, 2009

The most anticipated album this week for KEXP listeners has to be The Eternal by Sonic Youth, who are headlining the mainstage at the Capitol Hill Block Party. KEXP is proud to sponsor this event especially when the lineup just gets better every year, so get your tickets now! Other notable releases this week comeRead more...

Posted in KEXP, New York, Out This Week! | Also tagged Busdriver, Deerhunter, Dirty Projectors, Juana Molina, Kasabian, Miike Snow, Placebo, Rhett Miller, Sonic Youthg, The Features | Leave a comment

Sasquatch photos from Day 1

By KEXP | Published: May 24, 2009

King Khan & the Shrines The first day of the 2009 Sasquatch Music Festival was an amazing success, beautiful weather and great bands like Kings of Leon, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Bon Iver, DeVotchKa, M. Ward, Doves, King Khan & The Shrines, Passion Pit, Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band, Vince Mira, James Pants, Mos Def, ChampagneRead more...

Posted in KEXP, Photo Galleries, Sasquatch | Also tagged Animal Collective, Arthur & Yu, Bon Iver, Champagne Champagne, King Khan and the Shrines, M Ward, Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band, Passion Pit, Ra Ra Riot, Vince Mira, Yeah Yeah Yeahs | 2 Comments

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