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Thursday, Jan 14 2016, 6AM
Sasquatch lineup has officially been announced! It is still 4 months and 12 days away, but get excited because Jamie xx will be playing this year on Monday, May 30th!
Speaking of Sasquatch! Yeasayer will also be playing this year on Friday, May 27th! I know it's still a ways away so here's an in studio they did from 2012 to keep you occupied! www.kexp.org
Every member of Warpaint is forming a side project! This is a side project from guitarist and vocalist Theresa Wayman! Listen to this single here and read a little bit more about the band! www.stereogum.com
Like what you hear? Well here's London O'Connor's soundcloud! soundcloud.com
There are going to be a lot of Sasquatch comments today because I am so excited about the recent lineup announcement! Digable Planets is one of the many amazing bands that will be playing this year's festival!sasquatchfestival.com
Stereogum made the same joke John did, it is not a Fugazi cover! This London artist has worked with the great Brian Eno though! www.stereogum.com
Dave Sitek was one of the many artists to tweet about Bowie's passing, but here's an interview he did from 2014 in which he states that Bowie is his Obi-Wan Kenobi www.theguardian.com
Lust for Youth will be releasing a new album on Sacred Bones on March 18th, a day before John's birthday, so now you know what to get him for his birthday! www.stereogum.com
New album from Bob Mould is set to be released on March 25th! He will also be playing at the Showbox on Tuesday, May 10th! Check out the video for this song here! bobmould.com
Just a little over a month until Holy Esque release their debut album! You can pre order it here athopesravine.tumblr.com and while you wait you can watch their KEXP in studio from last year! blog.kexp.org
Portland based band, Rare Monk, will be playing at the Doug Fir in Portland on Wednesday, February 17th! Listen to more right here! raremonk.bandcamp.com
Another Sasquatch artist!! Are you getting excited?? Because I am! sasquatchfestival.com Hopefully this in studio makes you excited as I am! kexp.org
Beck is not playing Sasquatch, but he is playing several other festivals this year like Governor's Ball! Who wants to go to New York with me? www.beck.com
This is the debut album from Minnesota band, Bad Bad Hats! Check out their website where you can listen to their music, fall in love with it and then purchase all their merch toshow your support! www.badbadhats.com
Want to keep up on Bettie or learn more about her? Check out her website here www.bettieserveert.com
Ty Segall will be KEXP's first live in studio at the new home next Thursday, January 21st at 1:30 PM and then playing at the Neptune later that night! He is also releasing a new album next Friday, listen to a stream of it here pitchfork.com
One of the many great bands coming out of Australia! Listen to this song and one other on their soundcloud! soundcloud.com
Check out Givers website where they have merch for sale, including a sweet t shirt with a diver on it! www.myplaydirect.com
David Byrne puts together a radio show every month and usually has guests put together a playlist! Here is the show from December! davidbyrne.com
The Strumbellas will be releasing their third record on February 5th! Find out more here and check out this single! www.thestrumbellas.ca
This is an article of Thurston Moore's words about Bowie, but it has an awesome picture of Bowie and the guests for his birthday show in the 90's with Robert Smith, Billy Corgan and Frank Black among others! pitchfork.com
New Thermals record is coming out on March 25th on Saddle Creek! Pre order it off their website! www.thethermals.com Seeing as they're from Portland I'm sure they will be playing Seattle soon!
KEXP has two Archers of Loaf in studios from back to back days in 2011 for an in studio and live from Sasquatch! kexp.org www.kexp.org
New song from Courtney Barnett! She will be playing at the Moore Theatre on Thursday, April 21st with Alvvays! Presale ticket password is KEXP! www.stgpresents.org
Aimee Mann and Ted Leo teamed up to form The Both! They played at KEXP's Bumbershoot Music Lounge a couple of years back and because of modern technology you can still watch it! blog.kexp.org
Seattle based band, Fey Moth, released a new EP last year and don't have any shows coming up, but they did get a KEXP Song of the Day a couple of years ago! blog.kexp.org
Blonde Redhead has played at KEXP a couple different times, here's their in studio from 2007, the same year this album was released! kexp.org
Tony Visconti has said that David Bowie was planning on recording another album and had written and demoed a few songs in his last week www.rollingstone.com We love you, Bowie
Ty Segall will be KEXP's first live in studio next Thursday, January 21st at 1:30 PM and playing the Neptune later that night! Stream his new album that is being released next Friday here! pitchfork.com
Arlo played a couple times on KEXP just after the turn of the century! Here's their performance from 2003! kexp.org
Want nearly daily news about the world from Cake? Here you go! www.cakemusic.com
Not many details have been released yet, but The Heavy will be releasing a new album this year! Their website just has a drawing of a bat, but you can sign up for updates and be one of the first people to know about the new album! www.theheavy.co.uk
The James Hunter Six are releasing their debut album on Daptone on February 5th! www.jameshuntermusic.com
Local band, Polyrhthmics are playing all over the area in the coming months! Their nearest show is on Friday, January 29th in Tacoma at Jazzbones! www.polyrhythmics.com
Happy Birthday to Cool James! I wish you the best and hope the ladies still love you!
The Sex Pistols very last show was on this date in San Francisco in 1978!
Big Ups are releasing a new album on March 4th, the day before my birthday! Listen to this song and one other single and pre order the album, all right here! explodinginsoundrecords.bandcamp.com
Listen to more of this Austin based via Olympia band! andyouwillknowusbythetrailofdead.bandpage.com
Founding member and lead singer of Trail of Dead, Conrad Keely, has announced his debut solo album which will be released next Friday, January 22nd! He has only announced a very short tour in Europe, but let's hope he tours the US! pitchfork.com
Local band, Hey Marseilles, are releasing a new album on February 5th! They will also be playing at the Showbox on Saturday, April 2nd! You can pre order the album here if you're into that sort of thing heymarseilles.com
Father John Misty will be playing the Paramount on Wednesday, April 6th! Stay tuned for a presale password!!
New album from Nada Surf is coming out on March 4th on local label, Barsuk! They will also be playing at the Neptune on Wednesday, May 18th! www.nadasurf.com
Bobby Bare Jr. has performed at KEXP a number of times, watch his in studio from 2014 here! blog.kexp.org
Wussy will be releasing a new album on March 4th! That's going to be a good day, a lot of good stuff coming out right before my birthday! They will also be playing at El Corazon on Thursday, February 18th! wussy.ella.net
Jack White's video for Black Bat Licorice off of Lazaretto has an interactive feature where you can essentially pick between three videos being shown and switch between the 3 seamlessly jackwhiteiii.com
Ty Segall!!!!! He will be the first live in studio from the new home next Thursday, January 21st at 1:30 PM and then will be playing at the Neptune that night! He also has a new album coming out next Friday which you can stream early here pitchfork.com
Talk Tight is the new album from Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever that is coming out on March 25th! If you like what you hear you can listen to more here soundcloud.com
KEXP recently did their 6 degrees of Greg Dulli where everything related and weaved in and out of Greg Dulli! Watch Afghan Whigs most recent in studio from 2014 here! blog.kexp.org
