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Thursday, Sep 11 2014, 6AM
Sufjan Stevens performed at one of our VIP Club Concerts about 10 years ago! Our drive is coming up soon where you can become a VIP Club Donor and enjoy all the beautiful benefits it entails! kexp.org
Band of Horses played an acoustic set for KEXP earlier this year! kexp.org
Arcade Fire previewed Reflektor for KEXP from Capitol Records last year. kexp.org
St. Vincent covered Lithium earlier this year in recognition of the 20th anniversary of Kurt's death. pitchfork.com
Holy Esque just ended their tour, but you can still buy an awesome shirt on their website, they are limited so you should hurry! holyesque.bigcartel.com
Watch The Cure cover The Beatles' Hello Goodbye with Paul McCartney's son. www.rollingstone.com
The Horrors will be playing at The Neptune on Saturday, October 18th!
Happy Birthday Moby!
This beautiful song was part of our tribute to the lives lost by KOMO news earlier this year along with a few other mourning songs. blog.kexp.org
Radiohead released the first music from their upcoming album on their app. www.theverge.com
Forever shirtless, Iggy Pop, teamed up with Sailor Jerry for a clothing line to be released in October. www.femalefirst.co.uk
Scottish band, Django Django came by KEXP last year for an in studio! blog.kexp.org
CAKE has a campaign to have it's fans plant trees and they have a map of them with photos attached on their website. www.cakemusic.com
Cold War Kids will be playing on the Morning Show from New York at the Cutting Room Studios on Thursday, October 23rd!
Julian Casablancas will be playing at the Showbox on Thursday, November 13th!
Chad VanGaalen stopped by KEXP in May for an awesome in studio! blog.kexp.org
Menomena will be playing the Wonder Ballroom in Portland on Friday, September 26th! And they're amazing live, so you should go
The live film, Stop Making Sense, was released this year for the first time digitally for the 30th anniversary. www.talking-heads.nl
Cover of one of my favorite Bealtes' songs. - Atticus
The Thermals will be playing in Bellevue for Skate for the Cure on September 20th www.ezrocks.org
Ryan Adams will be playing at the Paramount on Monday, October 6th!
Happy Birthday Ted Leo!
The legend, Johnny Cash died 11 years ago tomorrow.
KEXP went to Sasquatch a few years ago and streamed artists from the Gorge, we were lucky enough to get the Flaming Lips! kexp.org
Modest Mouse will be playing Portland for Project Pabst from September 26th to 28th! projectpabst.com
Built to Spill will be playing in Portland at the Crystal Ballroom on Saturday, September 27th!
KEXP's song of the day earlier this year. Subscribe to the song of the day podcast and you could have a free mp3 of our awesome songs of the day! blog.kexp.org
Check out this awesome book on bands such as Mission of Burma, The Replacements, Fugazi, Big Black, and even local bands Mudhoney and Beat Happening! www.amazon.com
Ty Segall's album Manipulator holds up to its name with an interactive video of title track where you can manipulate the video. You can also order the album from a cat on his website. ty-segall.com
Read about how James Brown invented funk with this song on our KEXP documentary. blog.kexp.org
Sub Pop artist, King Tuff, is releasing a new album on September 23, and if you can't wait you can listen to some of his songs on his website, or have a seizure when you scroll down the page! www.kingtuffworld.com
The Libertines just reunited after 10 years of drugs and some jail time. www.rollingstone.com
Ever thought of what Bloc Party would sound like acoustic? Well they came by KEXP a couple years ago and played an acoustic set just for you! kexp.org
Listen and download this album right here! topshelfrecords.bandcamp.com
At the Drive-In may no longer be a band, but you can still buy merch! atthedrivein.cinderblock.com
The Wytches will be live on The Morning Show from New York's The Cutting Room Studios on Wednesday, October 22nd! Ahhhhhh!!!!
I might just rewatch the Pixies live in studio from earlier this year, our first live stream that I streamed in between classes in New York. blog.kexp.org
Architecture in Helsinki are from Australia! www.architectureinhelsinki.com
Basement Jaxx have only announced a UK tour so far, hopefully they make it out to the US. www.basementjaxx.com
Featuring Q-Tip of A Tribe Called Quest
Mos Def, who now goes by his birth name, Yasiin Bey, had to cancel his American tour because his country of birth wouldn't let him return after living in South Africa for the past year.
Written by John Lennon whilst on acid and based off of The Psychedelic Experience: A Manual on the Tibetan Book of the Dead.
Until the recent Bear in Heaven in studio is posted you'll have to settle for their in studio from a couple years ago. kexp.org
This album was released 25 years ago in October!
Young Fathers stopped by KEXP earlier this year for an amazing live performance that blew Cheryl away. blog.kexp.org
Tears for Fears are also headlining Project Pabst in Portland on Saturday, October 27th!
KEXP interviewed Girl Talk 5 years ago! blog.kexp.org
Violent Femmes are also playing Project Pabst in Portland on Saturday, September 27th!
Australian electronic 6 piece, that's an odd phrase.
First single from Essex duo, Dan le Sac vs Scroobius Pip released in 2007