Tag Archives: The Roots

Friday on My Mind: Best Jimmy Fallon Musical Performances

By John Richards | Published: April 5, 2013

It’s time again for Friday on My Mind, our weekly blog post where we look at videos centered around one common theme. This is a collaborative effort between KEXP and King 5 News. After weeks of speculation, it was officially confirmed this week that former Saturday Night Live cast member and Late Night host JimmyRead more...

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Tuesday Music News

By Britta Plyler | Published: April 2, 2013

From pop to funk and R&B, Prince is a musician of many genres. I have to say, this raw and amped up version of his hit “Let’s Go Crazy” fits him like a glove. He has four shows planned in two nights (April 18 and 19) at Shoebox and if this six minutes of instrumentalRead more...

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Wednesday Music News

By Jacob Webb | Published: October 17, 2012

Only nine months after the release of their third album Ghostory, School of Seven Bells are prepping the release of a new EP featuring recorded versions of songs that the duo had played on their last U.S. tour. The EP, Put Your Sad Down, will be released on November 13th, featuring four original tunes andRead more...

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Sasquatch! Music Festival: Day 2

By KEXP | Published: May 27, 2012

Opening a main stage at a festival can be a daunting task, especially for a band that isn’t used to playing festivals. ” This is a little different than our basement,” noted singer Galen Disston, “but we’re really honored to be here.” Lucky for Pickwick, a legion of fans rushed to the front of theRead more...

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Wednesday Music News

By Leena Joshi | Published: April 25, 2012

In March of 2010, Animal Collective performed a live music installation at the Guggenheim Museum in New York City, with visuals provided by Danny Perez (also of past collaboration for visual feast Oddsac). In honor of this year’s Record Store Day, music from the exhibit, titled Transverse Temporal Gyrus, is now streaming. Check it out over atRead more...

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Sasquatch! 2012 lineup! announced!

By Jim Beckmann | Published: February 2, 2012

Music fans could barely contain themselves waiting for tonight’s announcement during the Sasquatch! Launch Party at the Neptune Theatre for this year’s lineup of the Sasquatch! Music Festival. The 11th annual event will take place, as always, at The Gorge in George, WA, on Memorial Weekend (four days this time: May 25-28). And the lineupRead more...

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Out This Week 12/6

By Jim Beckmann | Published: December 6, 2011

It’s another short list of new releases this week, but there are some killer highlights that will make you rethink your Top Albums of 2011. Akron-to-Nashville duo The Black Keys seventh album hits stores this week, and it’s killer. Our Music Director, Don Yates, calls it “the band’s most vibrant, energetic and just plain rockingRead more...

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Thursday News Roundup

By Ryan Bort | Published: November 10, 2011

Earlier this year SNL’s Fred Armisen and Sleater-Kinney’s Carrie Brownstein brought Northwest quirkiness to the masses with Portlandia, an IFC sketch comedy show about independent coffee shops, boutique hotels, extreme veganism, and everything else that makes Portland Portland. The show was cult hit, so much so that IFC decided to bring it back for aRead more...

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Song of the Day: Booker T. Jones - Representing Memphis

By Carrie Rubens | Published: May 26, 2011

Every Monday through Friday, we deliver a different song as part of our Song of the Day podcast subscription. This podcast features exclusive KEXP in-studio performances, unreleased tracks, and recordings from independent artists that our DJs think you should hear. Each and every Friday we offer songs by local artists. Today’s selection, featured on theRead more...

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Stephen Colbert and The Roots Cover “Friday”

By Nick Heinlein | Published: April 4, 2011

If you’re into music at all, you’ve heard (and probably made fun of) the universally reviled internet sensation Rebecca Black and her painfully awful single “Friday.” But even if your loathing has reached its boiling point, this may help simmer you down: last Monday, Jimmy Fallon promised his viewers that if they could raise $26,000Read more...

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