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Tuesday, Feb 26 2013, 6AM
First song I played when I got my KCMU overnight shift!
A station like KEXP is like a needle in the haystack of homogeneous commercial radio, and it's only possible with listener support!
Don't let something great go away! Give to KEXP today! www.kexp.org
Arcade Fire and countless other artists have performed at KEXP, and these in-studio performances are just one of the unique and wonderful things KEXP has to offer! Check out Arcade Fire's in-studio performance (for free!) here: www.kexp.org
The Wrens' special KEXP in-studio performance is available here: www.kexp.org
The Lumineers played a private performance at Barboza for our VIP Club! You can watch the performance here for free: blog.kexp.org
Good music can pull you out of the mess you're in. Keep good music on the radio by donating to KEXP!
Check out Broken Social Scene's in-studio performance at KEXP here: www.kexp.org
Snow Patrol is among the many artists who've given a special performance on air at KEXP! This like performance is available FREE here: www.kexp.org
Check out this English Beat-themed wedding proposal: englishbeat.net Goes to show the magic that good music brings!
Nada Surf performed an acoustic set at Johnny's Bike Shop during SXSW 2012. You can listen to the performance here: www.kexp.org
KEXP can get you through those Long Winters! Keep us going by becoming a donor today!
Life without music makes no sense at all! Give today at kexp.org!
Check out Bob Mould's performance at Sasquatch! 2011 here: www.kexp.org
Today we are paying tribute to Johnny Cash! He would have been 81 today.
Good music can really lift you up. Give to KEXP today so we can keep championing original, sincere music!
Buffalo Tom has performed live at KEXP! Listen to the performance here: www.kexp.org
Check out Ghostland Observatory's performance at Capitol Hill Block Party 2011, available at www.kexp.org
Corporate control of the airwaves has gotten Out Of Hand, but KEXP provides a rare alternative! Show your appreciation by giving today!
KEXP's in-studio performances feature many artists, offering their time to provide special performances just for KEXP. We archive all of these performances for your listening pleasure. They're available for free at www.kexp.org
The Dandy Warhols' "Well They're Gone" was recently featured on our Song of the Day podcast! Learn more here: blog.kexp.org
Listeners power KEXP! Call today to make a gift that will continue to power all that we do!
Listen to Wolf Parade's performance at Sasquatch! 2011 here: kexp.org
Our DJ's have not been body-snatched by automation! They actually hand pick each song.
Listen to a KEXP documentary on "Music Revolutionaries," featuring R.E.M: kexp.org If you're not careful, you can learn something at KEXP!
See recent live video of Death Cab's Benjamin Gibbard live in the KEXP studio: blog.kexp.org
"Brainy balladeers" Belle and Sebastian performed live in the KEXP studio. KEXP has over 500 live in-studio performances a year.
Learn about the Sex Pistols in the KEXP documentary, "Punk Evolution": kexp.org
Read a KEXP album review of "Franz Ferdinand": kexp.org You can access multiple album reviews through the KEXP website: kexp.org
Happy birthday, Johnny Cash. Where else but KEXP can music curators change their programming to celebrate birthdays, respond to community crises, and generally be flexible?
Here's live video of the Walkmen performing Johnny Cash: blog.kexp.org
"But that ain't all. I lost my mind in Oregon..." Jack White produced Loretta Lynn's "Van Lear Rose." Here's a live review of jis performance in Seattle in 2012: blog.kexp.org
Go to Johnny Cash's official website: www.johnnycash.com
KEXP has the independence, unlike commercial radio stations, to play songs like this one. You can read the lyrics here: www.metrolyrics.com
In keeping with this Western theme..... One critic calls this the best movie theme ever written. Here's a link to the trailer of the movie: www.youtube.com
Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet are a Canadian instrumental rock band, formed in 1984, best known for providing the theme song for the TV show Kids in the Hall.
Go to the official website of the arch-drude: www.headheritage.co.uk After that, make a contribution to KEXP, please.
Listen to a KEXP documentary on Jim Carroll, who wrote The Basketball Diaries, and whose song "People Who Died" was second on the charts to John Lennon's "Imagine" in 1980: blog.kexp.org
Camper Van Beethoven has just released their frist album in almost nine years. To learn more (You can always learn more at KEXP.), visit the KEXP blog: blog.kexp.org
Sin Fang is featured in our KEXP 2012 Top Ten List Spotlight: Iceland Bands. Enjoy this edition of the KEXP blog: blog.kexp.org
Part of KEXP's mission is to support and nurture local musicians. Here's a live session by artist Sera Cahoone from Bumbershoot: blog.kexp.org
KEXP provides Songs of the Day for you to download and treasure. Here's Neko Cases's "People Got A Lotta Nerve": blog.kexp.org
Listen to the KEXP documentary on "Punk Evolution," featuring Dead Kennedys, to learn more about puck rock and counterculture: kexp.org
Enjoy our Saturday Afternoon Artist discussion of The Pixies: blog.kexp.org
See wonderful pictures on the kEXP blog of Leonard Cohen performing in Seattle in 2009: blog.kexp.org
Did you know that Shel Silverstein wrote the lyrics to "A Boy Called Sue"?: mentalfloss.com
Check out these pictures of Johnny Cash on what would be his 81st birthday: hornsuprocks.blogspot.com
KEXP will broadcast Parquet Courts live from SXSW 2013 from Austin, Texas on Saturday, March 16, 2013: blog.kexp.org KEXP gives you the opportunity to discover lots of new music.
Listen to a live version of "You Are Invited" from the KEXP studio: kexp.org So many live performances at this station---for your enjoyment.
Get your name on the February 26th 12:35 p.m. Booth Wall of Love and Fame. Donate online or by calling 206-903-5397.
Walls are the London based duo made up of Alessio Natalizia (Banjo or Freakout) and Sam Willis (Allez-Allez). Download their song "Heat Haze," a recent KEXP Song of the Day:blog.kexp.org
See live video of Fanfarlo playing in your KEXP studio last year: blog.kexp.org
Go here for a biography of this band: www.allmusic.com And go here to donate to support music like this: kesp.org
Here's a special message from Old 97's Rhett Miller about the importance of KEXP in his life: blog.kexp.org
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds and Sharon Van Etten will be performing at The Paramount Theatre on Sunday, April 7, 2013.
See video from the new release "Push the Sky Away" on the KEXP blog: blog.kexp.org
Daniel Johnston was the subject of the documentary The Devil and Daniel Johnston. He is also the subject of a KEXP blog: blog.kexp.org
"Gonna get myself connected...." Cement your connection to the community of other listeners, volunteers, and staff at KEXP by donating now.
Read a brief review of "Black Jesus" by rapper The Game: pitchfork.com
It's the Spring 2013 Fundraising Drive! Phones are open so give us call! 206-903-5397