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Tuesday, Jan 28 2014, 6AM
Hans Zimmer is a big film score composer for films including Driving Miss Daisy, Inception, and True Romance. www.imdb.com
Check out this KEXP live in-studio performance with French band M83, recorded in 2004: kexp.org
Nine Inch Nails released a new album last year, "Hesitation Marks." We have an album review you can check out on the KEXP blog here: blog.kexp.org
UNKLE is UK electronic trio James Lavelle, Tim Goldsworthy, and producer Kudo.
Check out what it's like to see Radiohead live: blog.kexp.org
Avant-garde rock band Liars stopped by KEXP's studios in 2012 for this KEXP live in-studio session: kexp.org
Brooklyn N.Y.'s "Band of Brothers" performed a live in-studio session at the Cutting Room Studios in NYC last year Live on KEXP. You can stream the whole session here: kexp.org
Seattle's Mike Hadreas aka Perfume Genius stopped by KEXP in 2012 for this KEXP live in-studio session: kexp.org
Check out what its like to see Icelandic artist Jonsi (also lead singer of Sigur Ros) live: blog.kexp.org
J. Tillman aka Father John Misty (of Fleet Foxes, Saxon Shore) performed live at Little Big Show #7 last year. We have a live recording of the performance you can check out here on the KEXP blog: kexp.org
Elbow performed Live on KEXP in 2008. You can stream the whole in-studio performance by following the link here: kexp.org
Ohioan band The Lighthouse and the Whaler stopped by KEXP in 2011 for this KEXP live in-studio session: kexp.org
Only a month into the year and still bringing along new favorites! Check out new releases and favorite songs on the KEXP blog, including FAMY's "A Ho A Hand": blog.kexp.org
L.A. quartet Warpaint performed Live on KEXP from the Cutting Room Studios in NYC just about a week ago. You can stream the full performance here! kexp.org
Pet Shop Boys will be playing at Coachella this year! www.petshopboys.co.uk
Perry Wright is also known as The Prayers and Tears of Arthur Digby Sellers. He got the moniker "the Prayers and Tears of Arthur Digby Sellers" from the Coen Brothers film the Big Lebowski.
Annie Clark aka St. Vincent performed Live on KEXP in 2011 in this KEXP live in-studio session, playing acoustic versions of songs off her "Strange Mercy" album: kexp.org
Arthur Beatrice is currently on tour (no Seattles dates yet) www.facebook.com
Check out the Smiths in the KEXP blog in this feature, "Saturday Afternoon Artist: The Smiths" blog.kexp.org
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Check out A Sunny Day in Glasgow's new music video for "In Love with Useless (The Timeless Geometry in the Tradition of Passing)"on YouTube: youtu.be They will release their third album sometime this year: www.facebook.com
Dum Dum Girls will be playing at Neumos on Saturday, April 5th with Blouse: kexp.org Check out their full list of tour dates here: wearedumdumgirls.com
Midlands, England band Temples are currently on world tour (no Seattle dates) templestheband.com
Fitz and the Tantrums are currently on world tour (no Seattle dates, but they will be performing live on the Ellen Degeneres Show this Thursday!) www.fitzandthetantrums.com
Bay Area natives Thee Oh Sees performed Live on KEXP in 2010 from the Doug Fir Lounge in Portland during MusicFest NW: kexp.org
Check out more music from De Lux's new EP here: www.scionav.com Their debut album is to be released soon!
Franz Ferdinand will be at Showbox Sodo Thursday, April 24th at 8:00pm: kexp.org
Manchester, UK band Patterns just released their debut album, "Walking Lines," on January 6th on Melodic! www.melodic.co.uk
Cymbals new album, "The Age of Fracture," is available on pretty pink colored vinyl: toughloverecords.bigcartel.com
Bombay Bicycle Club will be performing at the Neptune Theater on Wednesday, April 23rd: bombaybicycleclubmusic.com
Check out Painted Palms in this KEXP live in-studio performance, playing songs off their "Canopy EP" - kexp.org
London by-way-of Scotland band Django Django were Live on KEXP at the Cutting Room Studios in NYC recently. We have live video of the full performance you can check out here: blog.kexp.org
Playing at El Corazon on March 11th! www.kickstarter.com
Cibo Matto will be performing at the Crocodile on Saturday, March 1st: kexp.org
The Pack A.D. will be playing at Barboza with the Dee Dees this Friday, January 31st: kexp.org
Wanna go back to Weezer's performance at Bumbershoot in 2010? Here's photos on the KEXP blog to take you there: blog.kexp.org
Big Ups is currently on tour around the East Coast and Europe! bigups.bandcamp.com
The Clash is featured in this KEXP documentary, "Punk Evolution" - kexp.org
Descendents formed in 1979 in L.A. The original lineup consisted of vocalist/guitarist Frank Navetta, vocalist/bassist Tony Lombardo, and drummer Bill Stevenson. Vocalist Frank Navetta was replaced by Milo Auckerman in 1981.
We have an album review of "The Constant One" you can check out on the KEXP blog here: kexp.org
R.I.P. Pete Seeger, an icon of folk music and civil rights songs. Born on May 3, 1919 in New York, NY and passed away this morning of natural causes at age 94, January 28th, 2014. Check out Pete Seeger in this KEXP documentary, "Civil Rights Songs - We Shall Overcome" blog.kexp.org
Check out songs to commemorate the late great Martin Luther King Jr., including one from Bruce Springsteen: blog.kexp.org
Check out several artists who helped the civil rights movement with their lyrics like Pete Seeger, Bob Dylan, Nina Simone, Curtis Mayfield and more in this KEXP documentary, "Civil Rights Songs" - kexp.org
Billy Bragg performed Live on KEXP from SXSW in Austin last year. We have live video of the full performance you can watch here: blog.kexp.org
Here's a biography of Pete Seeger: www.allmusic.com
This is a cover of Pete Seeger's song "Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season)" originally recorded in 1962 off his album, "To the Bitter and the Sweet" - www.allmusic.com
Check out this KEXP featured documentary, "Honest With Me: Firsthand Stories of Bob Dylan" - kexp.org
Tom Brosseau performed Live on KEXP in 2009. We have a link to the full performance you can check out here: kexp.org
We have a live performance recording with Wilco from their set at Sasquatch in 2011: kexp.org
R.I.P. Pete Seeger, who passed away today, January 28th, 2014 at the age of 94.
Check out this KEXP live in-studio performance with Brooklyn by-way-of Pennsylvania alt/country/folk artist Langhorne Slim: kexp.org
Check out this live video with Seattle artist Damien Jurado performing Live on KEXP in 2012: blog.kexp.org The new album "Brothers and Sisters of the Eternal Sun" is out now! www.scdistribution.com
The Flaming Lips released a new album last year, "Peace Sword." We have an album review on the KEXP blog you can check out here: blog.kexp.org
This song, "The Sound," was a KEXP Song of the Day: blog.kexp.org