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Beach House's new album, Depression Cherry, is out tomorrow on Sub Pop! So far they are not coming to the Northwest, but let's hope that changes soon!
Wilco just played a small show for KEXP donors earlier this month! If you were unable to get a ticket you can still watch it here! blog.kexp.org
September and October are always ridiculous months for releases and this year is no exception, add this album to the list of great albums coming out in the next month, this album is set to be released on September 25th! Caspian is then playing at Barboza on Sunday, October 4th! caspianmusic.net
I think it's pretty obvious that KEXP loves Sharon Van Etten, from the 6 degrees of Sharon Van Etten day to the multiple times she's been in the studio! You can watch her in studio from last summer right here blog.kexp.org
Foals' new album, What Went Down, is being released tomorrow! In anticipation of the new release, Foals have been hiding cassettes of the album around the world and tweeting the coordinates of each one! It's pretty darn cool, unfortunately it doesn't look like there is a Seattle one. twitter.com
Listen to more of this Polish/Norwegian artist on his website! The album is being released in October and then tour dates will be announced! Let's hope he comes to the United States! www.coldairmusic.com
Gems are releasing their debut album on October 30th, which makes me think about how close Halloween is, I still need to get my costume together. www.killtheoneyoulove.com
Wolf Alice has completely blown up in the past few months! They released their debut album in June and have been touring around the world since early this year! Watch them performing at KEXP the first time they came to Seattle this year blog.kexp.org
As if you need another reason to go to Iceland, Junius Meyvant will be performing at Iceland Airwaves again this year! I'm guessing KEXP is going to do another session with him like this awesome one from last year! blog.kexp.org
Wild Child's new album, Fools, is being released on October 2nd! They will also be playing the Crocodile on Saturday, October 17th! wildchildsounds.com
Have fun at college and in New York, Matthew! Just remember if you ever want to listen to Galaxie 500 for free, because you know, you're going to be a poor college student now, you can stream it on their bandcamp! galaxie500.bandcamp.com
Yeah Yeah Yeahs haven't done much as a band in the past couple of years, but Karen O did release a solo album last year! www.karenomusic.com
Solo project from Diane Coffee, the touring drummer for Foxygen! Diane Coffee, aka Shaun Fleming, also used to be a Disney voice! His album is being released on September 4th and he will be playing at the Neptune on Halloween, Saturday, October 31st opening for of Montreal!
Local band, Motopony, released a new album earlier this year and will be playing Bumbershoot on Saturday, September 5th! They also performed at KEXP a little under a year ago blog.kexp.org
New album from Young Empires out next Friday! If you pre order the album you get three tracks for free, instantly! They will also be playing at the Tractor on Wednesday, September 16th!
Of Monsters and Men have performed for KEXP several times, including a recent New Home benefit show! Which in studio should I post? How about this one from Iceland Airwaves in 2012! blog.kexp.org
Danish duo, The Raveonettes, have many in studios with KEXP! Here's their performance from 2011! kexp.org
Bob Mould has released over 20 albums in the last 30 years between Sugar, Husker Du and his solo releases! Bob Mould was most recently at KEXP last summer! www.kexp.org
Debut album from The Preatures came out almost 1 year ago now! Time really flies when you're having fun! You can get this album on really pretty blue splattered vinyl on their website! www.thepreatures.com
Julio Bashmore will be playing at Q Nightclub on Thursday, September 24th for Decibel Fest! dbfestival.com
Jamie xx played Capitol Hill Block Party and before he left he recorded a Midnight in a Perfect World DJ set with Young Marco that will be aired on Saturday, September 12th at 12:00 AM! I know Midnight is a confusing time so it's the night of Friday, September 11th/morning of Saturday September 12th!
Watch SVIIB's performance at KEXP from 2011 right here! blog.kexp.org Also RIP to Benjamin Curtis, founding member of SVIIB and one of the inspirations for my current hair style.
Cheatahs are another one of those bands releasing a highly anticipated album in October! So far no US tour dates, but you can watch this in studio from last year to make you feel like you're kinda watching them live blog.kexp.org
Sonic Youth is currently broken up, and I don't really see them getting back together with the divorce of Kim and Thurston, but they are all still doing cool solo stuff! Thurston and Lee both released awesome solo albums last year, and Kim just released a memoir!
Australian and Barsuk band, Big Scary, will be playing at Bumbershoot on Saturday, September 5th! bumbershoot.com
The Thursday song! I think there needs to be a movement to have a song for every day of the week, not just Friday! Listen to KEXP's documentary on Death, Drugs and Rock n Roll which talks about Mark Sandman's death on stage! www.kexp.org
Listen to more of Michigan band, Heaters, on their bandcamp! You can also pre order this album on there that is set to be released on September 25th! heaters.bandcamp.com
Jefferson Airplane's first show was August 13th, 1965, exactly 50 years and two weeks ago! This song came out just a couple years after that and still sounds ahead of it's time! Listen to KEXP's documentary on Psychedelics and learn more about Jefferson Airplane! blog.kexp.org
Listen to this London based band's single on their bandcamp and then go back and listen to their album from last year! 3108.bandcamp.com
I think we can all agree that this is one of the best songs of the 2000's, and if you do in fact agree with me, you can listen to their live performance of it on KEXP a little after this album was released! www.kexp.org
This album was released 13 years ago today! Happy unlucky birthday to Songs for the Deaf! Talk about a guest filled album, that's Mark Lanegan singing lead vocals, he's on roughly half of this album, and Dave Grohl plays drums throughout. It also features Dean Ween on a few songs!
This album was released on this date 25 years ago! This is the title track and was the 4th single, that seems so weird that they would title the album after this song but release it after three other songs and almost a year after the album had already come out!
This is HEALTH's first non remix or soundtrack album in 6 years! They will also be playing at Neumos on Tuesday, December 8th! HEALTH are known for having awesome and gross videos so I recommend watching all of them, but this is my favorite, directed by Eric Wareheim of Tim & Eric fame! www.youtube.com
Neon Indian will be playing at the Neptune on Friday, September 18th! Neon Indian's first album is 4 years is also set to be released on October 16th!
Watch Stars' in studio from earlier this year right here! blog.kexp.org
Ezra Furman isn't playing many US shows, but he is playing CMJ, and you know who's going to be in New York during CMJ? You guessed it, John is. Maybe if he has any time, which he probably won't, the man keeps pretty busy, he can go catch Ezra Furman! ezrafurman.com
The pride of Akron, Ohio along with LeBron James. You can buy an authentic energy dome on Devo's website! officialdevomerchandise.bigcartel.com
Portland band, The Helio Sequence are playing several shows in the Seattle area in September including Victoria, Bellingham and Seattle at the Crocodile on Thursday, September 29th! www.theheliosequence.com
Australian band, Blank Realm, is releasing Illegals in Heaven next Friday! Also their facebook lists a website and when you click on their website it redirects to their facebook page which I think is hilarious
David Byrne's Meltdown shows are currently going on at the Southbank Centre in London and only have a few nights left! During Metldown David Byrne has donated his whole music book library and you can check any of them out, that is if you live in London or near London. www.southbankcentre.co.uk
The Dead Weather will be releasing their third studio album, first in 5 years, on September 25th! Check out the video for I Feel Love and pre order the album here www.thedeadweather.com
Last month Billy, or William as I believe he wants to be called now, Corgan was seen looking pretty sad at Disneyland, the happiest place on Earth! He kinda addressed it here consequenceofsound.net
This is one of my favorite pie charts of all time, it shows the differences between the Misfits and the Ramones and what each of them really want www.ownzee.com
First album from Failure in 19 years! They will be live on KEXP tomorrow, Friday, August 28th and will be playing at the Showbox tomorrow night!
Read KEXP's 20 questions with Jon Auer and Ken Stringfellow from a couple years ago! blog.kexp.org
This new record from local band, Stag, was recorded by Jack Endino and features Shelby Earl on vocals on the title track! You can buy it right here www.themightystag.com
Remember that time KEXP broadcasted live video of the Pixies performing at KEXP like a year and a half ago? Yeah that was pretty rad blog.kexp.org
For being called Best Coast they sure are spending a lot of time on the East Coast next month! Best Coast was in Seattle a few months ago, but why not stop by again? If you missed the show you can still watch their in studio from a couple years ago! blog.kexp.org
Here's a video that they released for the title track to this EP, it's pretty cool. jacuzziboys.com
Depeche Mode cover! Nada Surf also just released a live recording of a show at the Neptune Theatre right here in Seattle from 2012! Check it out here, I think it comes with some cool swag www.nadasurf.com
The Wedding Present has performed at KEXP several times, here's their performance from 2008 www.kexp.org
Read our exclusive Raw Power Q&A with Pearl Jam's Mike McCready! blog.kexp.org