Tag Archives: Phosphorescent

Live Video: Phosphorescent

By Jim Beckmann | Published: May 2, 2013

Easily one of the best albums of the year so far, Muchacho most fully realizes the ideas, sound and aesthetic that Brooklyn (by way of Alabama)’s Matthew Houck has been developing for the past decade as Phosphorescent. Whether spare, lush, atmospheric or raucously barn-burning, the songs on Muchacho highlight Houck’s distinctive voice that will likelyRead more...

Posted in KEXP, Live Video | Tagged Phosphorescent | 1 Comment

Live Around Town This Week

By Jason Kinnard | Published: April 8, 2013

We start off the week with a bang! On Monday night you’ve got your choice between three great shows. English band Spiritualized are performing at Neptune Theatre, Dublin Ireland’s Little Green Cars are with The Horde & The Harem at Neumos, and Fitz & The Tantrums play with Bear Mountain at Columbia City Theater. On Tuesday, Jessie Ware is at theRead more...

Posted in KEXP, Live Around Town | Also tagged Addiquit, Ade, Adrian Younges’ Venice Dawn, Amos Miller, Bad Motivators, Bear Mountain, Big Dipper, Blackie: Tribute to Blondie, Blind Photographers, Butcher, Dave B, Dave Bazan, Day Laborers & Petty Intellectuals, Dick Binge, DJ Swervewon, Double Duchess, Dynasty Handbag, Eighteen Individual Eyes, Erik Blood, Explone, Fitz & the Tantrums, Fresh Espresso, Gaytheist, Ghostface Killah, Gift Uh Gab, Glitterbang, Grynch & Budo, Half Rushmore, jessie ware, Kung Foo Grip, Little Green Cars, Magic Mouth, Marty Marquis, Mo-Wave - Betsy Olson, Mo-Wave - Team Dresch, Mo-Wave - The Need, Mo-Wave - The Redwood Plan, My Parade, Night Cadet, Nissim, OC Notes, Ononos, Pollens, Pony Time, Ponyhomie, Rah Rah, Raz Simone, Red Jacket Mine, s, Sam Lachow, Shearing Pinx, Spiritualized, Stewart Villian, Strands of Oak, TacocaT, Tenderfoot, TH3RDZ, The Horde & The Harem, The Quiet Ones, The Revelers, The Stevedore, The Young Evils, Turtle T, Two Hours Traffic, Warm Soda, White Mystery, Wishbeard | Leave a comment

Tuesday Music News

By Britta Plyler | Published: March 26, 2013

The COMPLETE lineup for the Pitchfork Music Festival was announced today! On July 19-21 Chicago’s Union Park will be saturated with killer live music. Joining the already impressive lineup include- Glass Candy, Yo La Tengo, Phosphorescent, Metz,Julia Holter, M.I.A. and MANY more. A full, detail lineup (with times) will be available in the next fewRead more...

Posted in KEXP, Music News | Also tagged Glass Candy, Junip, M.I.A., Metz, Mikal Cronin, Pitchfork Music Festival, Waaves, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Yo La Tengo | Leave a comment

Monday Music News

By Katherine Humphreys | Published: December 10, 2012

Among our favorite Seattle punk trios is The Wimps - who recently signed to End of Time, the new label founded by Sarah Moody of Hardly Art - and they have a new track from their forthcoming Repeat entitled “Nap.” Now that we are in full blown winter weather turf - yeah, “All I wannaRead more...

Posted in KEXP, Music News | Also tagged cindy lauper, darlings, How To Dress Well, st. lucia, St. Vincent, The Wimps | Leave a comment

Live Video: KEXP at Pickathon, Part 3

By Jim Beckmann | Published: August 17, 2012

You know you’re in for something special when a band brings a full sized harp and pump organ into the woods for an acoustic performance. For the session we recorded with them at Pickathon, The Barr Brothers decided not to compromise and hauled all their gear into the “Bunny Glade,” one of the festival’s dedicatedRead more...

Posted in KEXP, Live Video, Pickathon | Also tagged Kitty Daisy & Lewis, Shovels & Rope, The Barr Brothers, The Cave Singers, The Mynabirds | Leave a comment

Live Around Town This Week

By Jason Kinnard | Published: August 6, 2012

As we recover from a beautiful (and hot!) weekend in Seattle, we have a whole crop of new and amazing shows to share with you this week. We start off slowly with some great small club shows at the Tractor with Phosphorescent and Mimicking Birds, and at the Sunset with Southeast Engine and Danielle Henry. Tuesday night,Read more...

Posted in Concerts at the Mural, KEXP, Live Around Town | Also tagged Akimbo, Black Nite Crash, Brad, Brokaw, Brothers of the Sonic Cloth, Concerts at the Mural, Dead Can Dance, Franz Ferdinand, Ha Ha Tonka, Lemolo, Mattewdavid, Mimicking Birds, Murder By Death, Posse, Red Fang, Regina Spektor, Sharon van Etten, Ships, Shonen Knife, Sigur Ros, Southeast Engine, TacocaT, Tennis, The English Beat, The Features, The Purrs, The Redwood Plan, The Young Evils, Too Short, Twin Shadow, White Denim, Yuni in Taxco | Leave a comment

Phosphorescent with Betsy Olson & Family Band @ Tractor Tavern 4/22

By Jeffrey Whitelaw | Published: April 24, 2011

Last Friday night I attended a sold out Phosphorescent show at the Tractor Tavern. I’ve been a fan for at least five years, but I had only seen them once previously, last year at the Crocodile. I left that show feeling a little ambivalent about the band, but at the Tractor the other night myRead more...

Posted in KEXP, Live Reviews | Also tagged Betsy Olson, Family Band | Leave a comment

Live Around Town This Week

By Ryan Bort | Published: April 18, 2011

Tuesday, April 19 MASERATI with Sleepy Eyes of Death @ Sunset Tavern Maserati - We’ve Got The System To Fight The System [Audio clip: view full post to listen] (9:00 pm, $10, 21+)

Posted in KEXP, Live Around Town | Also tagged Bomba Estereo, Cave Singers, John Vanderslice, Kurt Vile, Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Starfucker, Tame Impala, Tokyo Police Club, Yuck | 2 Comments

Thursday News Roundup

By Jason Kinnard | Published: January 6, 2011

Remembering Mick and Gerry: One of two significant losses in the music world this week, Mick Karn, the bassist who performed with David Sylvian and Steve Jansen in Japan and with Peter Murphy in Dalis Car, died Tuesday after a battle with cancer. Read a thoughtful remembrance here. Another loss, singer-songwriter Gerry Rafferty, perhaps bestRead more...

Posted in KEXP, Music News | Also tagged Amy Winehouse, Courtney Love, Destroyer, Gerry Rafferty, Japan, Josh Groban, Kanye West, MGMT, Twin Shadow | 2 Comments

Live Around Town This Week: City Arts Fest Edition

By Ryan Bort | Published: October 18, 2010

The never-ending carousel of music festivals in the Northwest continues this week with the first ever City Arts Festival. This might mark the end of the summer festival season, but it is sure as hell a good way to go out, as over 30 events will take place in over 20 venues spread out acrossRead more...

Posted in KEXP, Live Around Town | Also tagged Belle & Sebastian, Big Boi, Blitzen Trapper, Blue Scholars, Brother Ali, Cat Power, City Arts Fest, Deer Tick, Dum Dum Girls, Foals, Gogol Bordello, Head Like A Kite, Macklemore, Mash Hall, Roky Erickson, She & Him, Starfucker, The Head and the Heart, The Maldives, The Vaselines | Leave a comment

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