Tag Archives: The Walkmen

Live Photos: Treefort Music Festival 2013

By KEXP | Published: April 16, 2013

All photos and text by Alex Crick If I could choose a single children’s book to describe this year’s Treefort Music Festival, it would be The Little Engine That Could. After the resounding success of the inaugural Treefort Festival last year, the organizers truly did listen to all of the feedback and incorporated it toRead more...

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Live Around Town This Week

By Jason Kinnard | Published: March 18, 2013

With SXSW just winding down and the hometown folk all but headed home, we’re ready for more concerts and a new festival in Boise Idaho. It’s the inaugural year of the Treefort Music Fest which runs from Thursday March 21 - Sunday March 24; featuring music from National, Local, and Regional acts. Some great bandsRead more...

Posted in KEXP, Live Around Town | Also tagged BellaMaine, Brilliant Colors, Campfire OK, Chelsea Light Moving, Constant Lovers, Deep Sea Diver, django django, Earth, El Ten Eleven, Federation X, Fly Moon Royalty, Foxygen, George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic, Ghosts I've Met, Gold Panda, Golden Grrrls, Grass Widow, Hayden, Iceage, Iris Dement, King Dude, Kingdom Crumbs, La Festa del Arte, La Luz, Mary Lambert, Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band, Naomi Punk, Night Moves, OC Notes, Pickwick, Pony Time, Ravenna Woods, River Giant, Rose Windows, Sera Cahoone, Stickers, TacocaT, Tea Cozies, Ted Leo, The Comettes, The Pharmacy, The Valley, Treefort Music Fest, Universe People, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Veronica Falls, Wampire, Widowspeak, YACHT | Leave a comment

Live Video: Little Big Show #5

By Dillon Sturtevant | Published: March 1, 2013

Last month, KEXP, STG, and Starbucks hosted the 5th edition of the Little Big Show at the Neptune Theater to benefit Youth In Focus, an after-school program that gives students an opportunity to develop positive identity, social skills, and voice through intensive photography training. The Walkmen and Father John Misty played two rousing sets toRead more...

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The Little Big Show #5 Photo Recap - The Walkmen & Father John Misty

By Dillon Sturtevant | Published: January 29, 2013

STG, KEXP, and Starbucks came together to put on the 5th edition of the Little Big Show benefit concert series on Sunday night, where The Walkmen and Father John Misty brought down the house at the Neptune with two rousing sets to benefit Youth In Focus, an after-school program that gives students an opportunity toRead more...

Posted in KEXP, Little Big Show, Live Performances, Live Reviews | Also tagged father john misty, Jim James, Little Big Show, The Walkmen & Father John Misty | Leave a comment

Live Around Town This Week

By Jason Kinnard | Published: January 21, 2013

The weather seems to breaking and the shows are heating up in Seattle. This week there’s a little something for everyone. Things start off on a high note Tuesday night with Niki & The Dove, Vacationer, and Nightmare Fortress at Crocodile. Wednesday night, San Diego rockers Pinback are at Showbox at the Market, The Good Wives, Telekinesis,Read more...

Posted in KEXP, Live Around Town | Also tagged Aesop Rock, Betsy Olsen, Big Business, Black Nite Crash, Chastity Belt, Cordaviva, Country Lips, father john misty, FF, Gibraltar, helms alee, Kid Smpl, La Luz, Little Big Show #5, Nightmare Fortress, Niki & The Dove, Nordic Soul, Pinback, Pony Time, Rob Sonic, s, School of Rock, Song Sparrow Research, STAG, Telekinesis, The Great Um, The Hoot Hoots, The Purrs, The Valley, Vacationer, Yuni in Taxco | Leave a comment

Wednesday Music News

By Dillon Sturtevant | Published: November 14, 2012

Yo La Tengo have announced their new album is titled Fade and will be released by Matador on January 15. It’s their first since 2009′s Popular Songs. Check out their website for the full track list or to pre-order the album. “Stupid Things” from September’s Stupid Things EP will be on the album, albeit in a different form. In the wake ofRead more...

Posted in KEXP, Music News | Also tagged Andre 3000, Big Boi, Bradford Cox, Cass McCombs, Devendra Banhart, Divine Fits, Real Estate, Silent Drape Runners, The Dirty Projectors, Vampire Weekend, Widowspeak, Yo La Tengo | Leave a comment

Live Around Town This Week

By Jason Kinnard | Published: July 16, 2012

It’s Capitol Hill Block Party weekend and the Hill is going to be booming! We’ve got some other great shows to share with you this week as well. On Tuesday night, Talib Kweli, J.Pinder, Raz, and DJ Vega The Virgo are at the Crocodile, J. Pinder has a free in-store at Easy Street Records inQueen Anne,Read more...

Posted in Capitol Hill Block Party, KEXP, Live Around Town | Also tagged Absolute Monarchs, Aesop Rock, Allen Stone, Beat Connection, Blouse, Blue Sky Black Death, Brokaw, Caspar Baby Pants, Cloud Nothings, Cock Block Party, Crypts, Crystal Stilts, Dan Sartain, Dark Time Sunshine, Deadkill, DJ 100 Proof, Don't Talk To The Cops, Eighteen Individual Eyes, El Ten Eleven, father john misty, Fitz and The Tantrums, Florence & The Machine, Grand Archives, Grimes, helms alee, Husky, J.Pinder, Jaill, Lemolo, Lesbian, Major Lazer, My Best Fiend, Neko Case, Nightmare Fortress, Nouela, Phantogram, Porcelain Raft, Ra Scion, Reignwolf, Sandrider, Shearwater, Shelby Earl, Shenandoah Davis, Sidi Toure, Spoek Mathambo, State of the Artist, Talib Kweli, The Grizzled Mighty, The Intelligence, The Lumineers, The Soft White Sixties, The Torn ACLs, Twin Shadow, Unnatural Helpers, Youth Lagoon | Leave a comment

Monday Music News

By Ian Robinson | Published: July 9, 2012

In a big day for song debuts, Passion Pit released a third track off their upcoming album Gossamer, due out July 24 via Columbia Records. The song, titled “Constant Conversations,” is somewhat of an indie R&B ballad - a bit slower, albeit just as sparkly, than what we’ve come to expect from the electro-pop quintet.Read more...

Posted in KEXP, Music News | Also tagged Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti, Grizzly Bear, Passion Pit, Tame Impala, The Mountain Goats | Leave a comment

Song of the Day: The Walkmen - Heaven

By Jim Beckmann | Published: June 11, 2012

Every Monday through Friday, we deliver a different song as part our Song of the Day podcast subscription. This podcast features exclusive KEXP in-studio performances, unreleased songs, and recordings from independent artists that our DJs think you should hear. Today’s selection, featured on the Afternoon Show with Kevin Cole, is “Heaven” by The Walkmen fromRead more...

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Out This Week 5/29

By Jim Beckmann | Published: May 29, 2012

Easily one of the better performances during Sasquatch! this past weekend came from New York band The Walkmen. On stage, the boys looked snazzy and were dressed appropriately for the sharp numbers they played from Heaven -- that’s their sixth studio album which, according to our Music Director, Don Yates, is “an impeccably crafted setRead more...

Posted in KEXP, Out This Week! | Also tagged Grass Widow, Lemonade, Marrisa Nadler, Public Image Ltd., Sigur Ros | Leave a comment

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