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Monday, Aug 29 2016, 6AM
Formed by Jason Swinscoe in 1999, Cinematic Orchestra blends swells of electronica and jazz improv. 'To Build A Home' is his fourth full-length released in 2007.
The Yeah Yeah Yeahs surfaced in 2000 with vocalist and pianist Karen O, guitarist and keyboardist Nick Zinner, and drummer Brian Chase. 'It's Blitz!' was released in March 2009.
Seattle's The Head and the Heart will return on September 9th with 'Signs Of Light'. They will be playing three nights at the Paramount Theatre including November 5th, 6th, and 7th. They stopped by in 2013 and delivered this performance...www.youtube.com
Recorded over two afternoons at Sin-é (a music venue in New York City), Jeff Buckley recorded early versions of tracks including "Grace" that would eventually end up on the one and only album, 'Grace'.
Sufjan Stevens released his fifth studio album, 'Illinois' with various references to persons, places, and events in the Midwestern state. 'Illinois' was the second installment in the plan of Sufjan making a record for each of the fifty states...he has since stated that this would be impossible to complete.
Massive Attack features Mazzy Star's vocalist, Hope Sandoval in their latest track, "The Spoils". Their new music video for the track also features Cate Blanchett going through various computerized facial changes...www.youtube.com
Coffee: the fuel of all mornings. Electronic duo, Sylvan Esso is Amelia Meath and Nick Sanborn. They released their self-titled debut in May 2014 and you can catch their full performance at our studio (including this track) here...www.youtube.com
Happy Birthday Elisabeth Fraser, vocalist of the Cocteau Twins! Cocteau Twins were a Scottish rock outfit active from 1979 to 1997.
Happy Birthday to Elizabeth! Jeff Buckley and Elizabeth Fraser of Cocteau Twins recorded this previously unreleased acoustic demo. She learned of his Buckley's passing while recording Massive Attack's "Teardrop".
Frontman Patterson Hood said he wrote "What It Means" a couple of years ago in protest: "Unfortunately, the song is still timely today. I hope and pray that one day it won't be." Drive-By Truckers will be returning with their politically charged, 'American Band' on September 30th. The day before their release, Drive-By Truckers will be playing The Showbox on September 29th. Check out their 2014 performance at KEXP...www.youtube.com
A project of Danny Pearson (ex-American Music Club), Clodhopper played music that was as influenced by early 20th century folk music as it was by the ’90s alt-country movement. "Cafe Joli" hails from 1998 album 'Red’s Recovery Room'.
Júníus Meyvant is the artist name of Vestmann Islands born singer-songwriter Unnar Gísli Sigurmundsson. After being suspended music school in his youth, he didn't pick up music again until he found a beaten up guitar in his parents house in his early 20s.
Songwriter, poet, and novelist Leonard Cohen first released, "Everybody Knows" in February 1988 and has been used in various TV/Film soundtracks even an anti-smoking campaign in New South Wales, Australia...with the theme: "everybody knows smoking causes these diseases ... yet you still do it".
Dead Can Dance is an Australian project formed in 1981 by Lisa Gerrard and Brendan Perry. 'Into the Labyrinth' is their sixth studio album released in 1993 via 4AD.
Golden Suits is Fred Nicolaus of the band, Department of Eagles. His new album, 'Kubla Khan' will be unleashed on October 17th. Catch him at Barboza on November 18th.
The band Clem Snide was started by songwriter and singer Eef Barzelay, Jason Glasser, William J. Grabek Jr., and drummer Eric Paull in Boston in 1991. "Clem Snide" is a character in several novels by William S. Burroughs, including Naked Lunch, The Ticket That Exploded and Exterminator!
Josh Tillman aka alter-ego, Father John Misty released his second witty release, 'I Love You, Honeybear' last year. According to J. Tillman," “Bored in the USA” took a year or something to realize that what that song really needed was a laugh track" according to an interview with Filler Magazine.
Cowboy Junkies cover The Velvet Underground's 1969 single, "Sweet Jane".
Smokey Brights is Seattle based married singers Ryan Devlin and Kim West along with drummer Nick Krivchnia, bassist Jim Vermillion and “guitar hero” Mike Kalnoky. They will be releasing 'In Candy' on October 21st via Freakout Records and playing Neumos that same night! Get excited with KEXP session from 2013...www.youtube.com
KEXP & Cloudbreak Music Festival Present: Smokey Brights 10 year Anniversary 2024
Friday, Nov 22, 2024
Event Info
Cold War Kids released their fifth effort, 'Hold My Home' on October 21st, 2014.
Poet, Activist, and Songwriter Jamila Woods just released her debut album, HEAVN.
After the break-up of Galaxie 500, Luna was born. 'Bewitched' is their second release from 1994. They stopped by in 2015 and you can relive their session here: www.youtube.com
Angel Olsen returns this Friday, September 2nd with 'My Woman'. She'll be performing on the Morning Show tomorrow at 9 am via The Cutting Room in New York.
For all the runners out there! Congrats Fernando on running your first marathon! Yellow Ostrich stopped by a couple of years ago and you can watch their KEXP session here...www.youtube.com Need more music for your long runs in the morning? Check out John's Running Podcast on KEXP.org...blog.kexp.org
TV on the Radio came together in New York in 2001. For most of the band's existence, the core TV on the Radio lineup has been Tunde Adebimpe (vocals/loops), David Andrew Sitek (guitars/keyboards/loops), Kyp Malone (vocals/guitars/bass/loops) and Jaleel Bunton (drums/vocals/loops/guitars) as official members. Gerard Smith (bass/keyboards) was with the band from 2005 until his death in 2011.
OMG IT'S OMD! "Enola Gay" is an anti-war track that addresses the atomic bombing of Hiroshima on 6 August 1945, during the final stages of World War II, and directly mentions three components of the attack: the Boeing B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay, which dropped the nuclear weapon Little Boy on Hiroshima at "8:15".
The Postal Service came together in Seattle consisting of vocalist Ben Gibbard (of Death Cab for Cutie), producer Jimmy Tamborello (of Dntel and Headset), with Jenny Lewis (of Rilo Kiley) on background vocals. They released this solid debut in February 2003.
XTC released "Life Begins at the Hop" un 1979 referencing the 1950s' rock 'n' roll classic "At the Hop".
Kicking off your Monday work week with Costello! 'My Aim is True' is the debut record of Elvis Costello. The whole album was recorded in a series of late-night studio sessions in the course of 24 hours.
Summer is almost over? It feels like Fall outside and we're okay with that. Comprised of guitarist/vocalist Bill Janovitz, bassist/vocalist Chris Colbourn, and drummer Tom Maginnis, Buffalo Tom released 'Sleepy Eyed' in 1995.
The Presidents of the United States of America formed in Seattle in 1993. Inspiration for "More Bad Times" came from a three-piece Bostonian group who shook a can of rice and crafted waltzes. The group took their track, "More Bad Times" made their own hybrid version of the song.
Come by our new home at noon and see Caspar Babypants perform live! He will also be performing for the 2016 Walk to End Alzheimer's Benefit at the Seattle Center Mural Amphitheatre on September 25th. For more info: ALZ.org/walk
The Presidents of the United States of America released 'Love Everybody' in 2004. Check out Chris Ballew aka Caspar Babypants at noon TODAY in our gathering space at the Seattle Center. If you can't come by today, no worries, he'll be back on November 18th: www.kexp.org
"Weirdo" was the first single to be released from 1992's 'Between 10th and 11th'. They stopped by in 2006 and you can relive their session here...www.kexp.org
Active from 1990 to 2000, Catherine Wheel performed a John Peel session in 1991 while unsigned and toured heavily before they released their first official record, 'Ferment' in 1992.
After touring the U.S. three times over, Decker returned to his red rocks home of Sedona, AZ and wrote his sixth record, 'Snake River Blues' which drops on September 23rd.
Alexi Murdoch released his debut, 'Time Without Consquence' in 2006. He stopped by and performed at KEXP on October 22nd, 2003.
'Game Theory' is the seventh studio record of hip-hop group, The Roots. After its release in 2006, Questlove described the record's maturity to Rolling Stone, "This ain't the Debbie Downer record, or the political, save-the-world record, but this is definitely not the MC-based, battle-themed album that the Roots have been known for. This is our most serious record to date"
Deltron 3030 is a hip hop trio composed of producer Dan the Automator rapper Del the Funky Homosapien and DJ Kid Koala. This self-titled effort is a rap opera set in the dystopian year of 3030.
