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Wednesday, Mar 6 2019, 6AM
"Swan, swan, hummingbird, hurrah.." Here's the video www.youtube.com
Stephen Malkmus (lead singer and guitarist of the indie rock band Pavement) performed a live session for us in our Gathering Space with Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks last year: www.youtube.com
Buffalo Tom performed "I'm Allowed" live on The Morning Show in March of last year. Watch it here: www.youtube.com
Bob Mould performs live at Neumos in one month! Info & tickets here: www.neumos.com
Strand of Oaks will be at Neumos on Friday, April 26! Tickets here: www.neumos.com
Until then you can read more about Strand of Oaks here: www.kexp.org
Until then you can read more about Strand of Oaks here: www.kexp.org
“Aliens In Our Midst” is actually a cover by Ohio-based band Wussy. The song was originally released in the late ’70s by garage rock band, the Twinkeyz. More here: www.stereogum.com
The National will be performing in Redmond this summer! Pre-sale tickets go on sale tomorrow: bit.ly
Trimm Trabb is the name of a suede top sneaker made by Adidas in 1980. This song was written in 1999, long after the sneaker's were produced. bit.ly
LP from Swedish punk band Arre! Arre! due out March 15th! arrearre.bandcamp.com
Here's the video by English rock band PINS, who are not afraid to get political: www.youtube.com
Bodega stopped by the KEXP studio last year. Check out the full performance: www.youtube.com
Parquet Courts played this live in the KEXP studio last year! Here's the full performance: www.youtube.com
English punk rock band IDLES performed last month as part of KEXP's International Clash Day 2019! They also played live in our studio last year: www.youtube.com
Here's the official video by English alternative rock/new wave band The Godfathers: www.youtube.com
Sara Romweber, who was the original drummer for ’80s NC-based band Let’s Active, has died Monday after a battle with cancer. Read more and see the video for "Every Word Means No" pitchfork.com
R.E.M. still had not named this song when the band made their TV debut on 'Late Night With David Letterman' in October 1983. diffuser.fm
Better Oblivion Community Center (aka Phoebe Bridgers & Conor Oberst) perform at The Showbox on Sunday, March 17! www.neumos.com
Boygenius (supergroup formed by American musicians Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers, and Lucy Dacus) visited KEXP last year: www.youtube.com
Cherry Glazerr's show at Neumos tomorrow night is sold out! You can watch their KEXP performance from 2017: www.youtube.com
The Yeah Yeah Yeah's "It's Blitz!" album was released ten years ago today! bit.ly
LCD Soundsystem recorded Electric Lady Sessions, first studio record in 8 years, during their American Dream tour.
Read more and see the video here: www.kexp.org
Snapped Ankles performed live at Studio 9294 in London as part of KEXP International Clash Day! www.youtube.com
Dudes! "The Big Lebowski" turns 21 years old! The movie was released in theaters and into the world on this day in 1998! “I’m the Dude, so that’s what you call me. That or, uh His Dudeness, or uh Duder, or El Duderino, if you’re not into the whole brevity thing.” — The Dude
Screaming Trees by request! See their video here: www.youtube.com
Psychedelic outlaw cowboy Orville Peck will perform at Barboza on Saturday, May 18th! Ticket info here: www.thebarboza.com
This was the KEXP Song Of The Day a few years ago. Get a free download here: www.kexp.org
The inspiration for this song came when Pete Yorn saw the name 'Nancy' scratched into the back of a guitar. bit.ly
"In Your Head" was KEXP's Song Of The Day last month! Free download and official video here: www.kexp.org
The Budos Band plays Neumos on Saturday, April 20th! Ticket info here: www.neumos.com
What does an "Unsquare Dance" look like? Here's the video: www.youtube.com
Originally released in 1996, "Entroducing" by DJ Shadow holds the Guinness World Record for being the first album to be recorded using only sampled sounds. www.guinnessworldrecords.com
Happy 45th birthday to Elbow's Guy Garvey! Here's the official video for this song: www.youtube.com
We've got tickets to FOALS at The Paramount Theatre on Wednesday, March 20th!!! Maybe you'll win, or maybe you'll buy them here: www.stgpresents.org
At the time of its release, Bono thought "Zooropa" was a work of genius akin to "Sgt. Pepper" www.rollingstone.com
London trio HÆLOS performs at The Crocodile on Saturday, March 23rd! Tickets here: www.thecrocodile.com
Here's the official and officially surreal video: www.youtube.com
FOALS will play The Paramount Theatre on Wednesday, March 20th and we got tickets to give away!!! Feeling lucky? Email dj@kexp.org or text (206) 903-5397
When they formed in 1977, the band INXS was originally called "The Farriss Brothers" until more members joined the band and they changed their name in 1980. Here's the 1985 video for "What You Need": www.youtube.com
The Hold Steady visited KEXP in 2014: www.youtube.com
The Mountain Goats play Capitol Hill Block Party this year! Tickets are sold out at Neumos on Thursday, Sept 5th - but you can still get tickets to The Showbox on Wednesday, Sept 4th: www.axs.com
"The Dude abides. I don't know about you but I take comfort in that. It's good knowin' he's out there. The Dude. Takin' 'er easy for all us sinners."
Released on this day in 1998, "The Big Lebowski" turns 21 years old today and is still one of the most quotable movies of all time! bit.ly
Released on this day in 1998, "The Big Lebowski" turns 21 years old today and is still one of the most quotable movies of all time! bit.ly
Kurt Vile visited KEXP in 2015. Here's the full performance: www.youtube.com
Andrew Bird visited the KEXP studio in 2016. Here's the full performance: www.youtube.com
California-based rock band Eeels performed at KEXP in 2014: www.youtube.com
"Dead Flowers" is a song written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones, appearing on their 1971 album Sticky Fingers.