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Thursday, Jul 21 2016, 6AM
This Bellingham-formed band will be headlining at Bumbershoot Festival this Labor Day weekend! Find tickets and more info here: bumbershoot.com
Playing with Brand New right next door to us at Key Arena on July 30! Find more info about the show here: www.keyarena.com
Off the second full length release from this Boise band. They stopped by our studios last July for a live session, watch it here: blog.kexp.org
Led by Jeff Mangum, and formed in Athens, GA in 1989, this is their most critically acclaimed of the (only two!) full-length albums they've released
See our photos and a live review of the Brooklyn band's show at the Paramount Theater with Julia Holter last October here! blog.kexp.org
Formed near Guildford, England in 1974 (and originally as The Guildford Stranglers), they were the opening act for The Ramones first London show in 1976, and Patti Smith in October of the same year
Based out of Sweden, Try My Robe is a new tune from the band's upcoming full-length album 'Requiem,' due for release on October 7. Pre-order info here! megamart.subpop.com
Watch video of Stephin Merritt performing live in our old bathroom (for better acoustics!) here: blog.kexp.org Hopefully, our new studio would suffice if he makes his way back here...
Happy 68th Birthday to Cat Stevens, born on this day in 1948!
Finally, the first full-length release from this Icelandic artist has arrived! Watch him performing at Iceland Airwaves in 2014 here: blog.kexp.org
Out tomorrow, July 22, this is the Swedish band's fourth album. Find more about 'Ambulance' here: www.partisanrecords.com
This Oakland band paid us a visit back in July 2013, you can see their live performance here: blog.kexp.org
"Coming Up Roses" makes its appearance on the second LP from this Portland native, who died tragically at the age of 34
Off their fourth studio album, "America" was a song inspired by a road trip Simon took, and was later used in the 2001 film Almost Famous
Brand new music from Wilco! 'Schmilco' is coming out on September 9, and says Jeff Tweedy in an interview with NPR about the new release: "I think this record is 'joyously negative'"
Brooklyn-based singer/guitarist Margaret Glaspy was just in our studio for a live performance, stay tuned to blog.kexp.org for its release, and find her here! margaretglaspy.com
The debut single from this Sydney band, made up of Hannah Joy, Tim Fitz, and Harry Day.
Scotland supergroup made up of Belle & Sebastian's Mick Cooke and Richard Colburn, Arab Strap's Aidin Moffatt, Mogwai's John Cummings, Snow Patrol's Jonny Quinn and Gary Lightbody, Idlewild's Roddy Woomble, Norman Blake of Teenage Fanclub, members from The Vaselines, Cadet, Hercules, Eva, Mull Historical Society, and V-Twin. PHEW!
One of the artists that played for our New Home grand opening in April! You should definitely go check out this trailer for the upcoming documentary, "Ms. Sharon Jones!" here: www.youtube.com
Project created by The Black Keys Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney, and featuring eleven different artists - Mos Def, Nicole Wray, Pharoahe Monch, Ludacris, Billy Danze of M.O.P., Q-Tip of A Tribe Called Quest, Jim Jones and NOE of ByrdGang, Raekwon, RZA and the late Ol' Dirty Bastard of Wu-Tang Clan.
This Swedish group will be playing at the Neptune Theatre on August 31! Find tickets here: www.stgpresents.org
The third release from this Brooklyn-based band, "Golden Age" was chosen as number 12 on Rolling Stone's list of the 100 Best Songs of 2008, Spin magazine chose it as the 8th best, MTV ranked it as the 20th best, Pitchfork chose it as the 51st best song of the year. So who even knows how these are calculated, but great song nonetheless.
The debut album from this L.A. band, led by singer/guitarist/songwriter Grant Lee Phillips
Curious what our DJ's thought about 'Fables of the Reconstruction' when it was new? Find out here! blog.kexp.org
Formerly known as Viet Cong, the Calgary band will be playing a show at Neumos on November 2, find tickets here! neumos.com
"PDA" made its first appearance on a Scottish EP entitled, 'Fukd I.D. #3' and would eventually end up on their U.S. debut album in 2002
Cork, Ireland band formed in 1989 and named after a falling apart Dublin housing estate
An album that is the result of a quick email exchange from k.d. Lang to Neko Case and Laura Veirs, asking if they wanted to collaborate on a record. Read our live review of their recent set at Woodland Park Zoo here! blog.kexp.org
Bellingham-formed band, The Posies, stopped by our studio in May to play songs off the new 'Solid States' album, and a few older ones too. Watch it here! blog.kexp.org
See the video for "They Want More," a song off the Portland band's full-length album coming this August: blog.kexp.org
The son of successful country singer Bobby Bare, who grew up with George Jones and Tammy Wynette as neighbors. He got his start in music at the age of eight, helping out on his father's song, "Daddy, What If" which ended up winning a Grammy
Song off their second major-label album, which became a hit on alt radio and MTV, with (obvious) resistance from mainstream radio
Cover of the song by Jimmy Kennedy and Nat Simon, and originally recorded by the Canadian quartet, The Four Lads in 1953
An album celebrating their 50th anniversary, surviving Monkees members Michael Nesmith, Micky Dolenz and Peter Tork received help on this new album from Rivers Cuomo, Ben Gibbard, Noel Gallagher and Paul Weller!
The first single from the Sydney band's new album, arriving this Fall! Watch the video for "O B 1" here: www.youtube.com
Watch the video for the U.K. duo's Top 10 1986 hit here! www.youtube.com (There's also a second version: www.youtube.com)
Playing Capitol Hill Block Party this weekend! Find info here: capitolhillblockparty.com
The New York duo will be in town on October 7 at the Paramount Theatre, get your tickets here! www.stgpresents.org
In our studio this past May, you can catch the Brooklyn quintet's performance here! blog.kexp.org
This French band (formed by Anthony Gonzalez and Nicolas Fromageau) will be coming to Seattle on October 25 at the WaMu Theater, find your tickets here: www.ticketmaster.com
New music from the U.K. singer/songwriter, with full album coming this September! A recent statement describes it as, “Inspired by claustrophobic London Summers, the album is a proud, punchy summing-up of all Jamie’s unique signatures - Clash-like anthems, youthful reminiscence, high-speed raps, earworm choruses and snarky humour.”
We featured the Oklahoma band in our documentary series Psychedelics back in 2009, find it here: blog.kexp.org
Happy release birthday to 'Dirty' which arrived 24 years ago today!
New song from the Bay Area artist! Keep track of tour and release dates here: tychomusic.com
This Tampa band will be in town on December 1st at Barboza, get your tickets here! thebarboza.com
Off the ninth album from this Leeds-formed band, set to release on September 2. Keep track of their whereabouts here! www.scopitones.co.uk
The third studio album from this L.A. band, formed in 1995 by singer/songwriter E (Mark Oliver Everett)
Playing LIVE today at 12:00 PM! Come join us for it here at the studio! blog.kexp.org