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Wednesday, Nov 21 2012, 6AM
Elbow covering U2 for the War Child benefit compilation www.warchild.org
Arguably U2's biggest hit, the album Joshua Tree was co produced by Brian Eno.
Caspian released their second full length album earlier this year and are now touring the East Coast. You can read the review of Waking Season on our blog kexp.org
Sigur Ros are planning a North American tour for 2013. No Seattle dates yet, but check out our live review of their show with Juia Holter blog.kexp.org
If you like the Verve check out their Verve Remixed album which Michelle Meyers spotlights on our blog blog.kexp.org
The xx did a beautiful in studio with us with music off their new album Coexist blog.kexp.org
Hope Sandoval and David Roback reunited as Mazzy Star this year and released two new songs which you can hear here www.hopesandoval.com
Golden Gardens have a CD release show coming up at the Comet with Soft Shadows and Appendixes on Dec. 6!
Live performance from Bat for Lashes on our blog kexp.org
Dean Wareham of Galaxie 500 later went on to form Luna
The National are curating the All Tomorrow's Parties festival Dec. 7-9 in Camber Sands, UK. They are also donating 100% of t-shirt sales to hurricane relief www.americanmary.com
No is currently touring Europe with (the man who stole Seattle's heart) Father John Misty.
Their new album will be coming out in two weeks! You can hear more from the Purrs on our Song of the Day blog blog.kexp.org
PJ Harvey touring Australia this winter www.pjharvey.net
Hear DeVotchka's in studio performance on our blog kexp.org
Pinback will be at the Showbox at the Market on January 23!
Kitten just released their first EP and signed to Elektra! www.kittentheband.com
The Chemical Brothers made a movie called Don't Talk and you can preview it on our blog blog.kexp.org
New Scottish band Chvrches touring with Passion Pit chvrches.tumblr.com
Happy Birthday to Bjork!
The Magnetic Fields did a live in studio performance kexp.org
Featuring music from the Mother Father Sister Brother group which you've undoubtedly heard on many Billboard Top 100 tracks from the '70s and from their session as the house band for Soul Train.
Yo La Tengo covering William De Vaughn. Hear more from Yo La Tengo on our blog kexp.org
Featuring Everything But the Girl's Tracey Thorn on vocals
You can hear more of Moby's music on our Song of the Day Blog blog.kexp.org
Maps is Northampton-based musician James Chapman and he visited us after his last album Turning the Mind blog.kexp.org
Playing the Crocodile on Nov. 28 with Shelby Earl- a benefit for Team Up for Nonprofits!
The Babies' new album was just released last week! and they are playing shows now to benefit hurricane victims thebabiesband.tumblr.com
Tame Impala have a new album on Modular. They stopped by the studio on their last tour kexp.org
On this day in 1964 "A Hard Days Night" was #1 on Billboard for the 18th week in a row.
Hugo Manuel (of Jonquil) has a solo project called Chad Valley. This is his 2nd release under that moniker and it features Twin Shadow, Glasser, Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs, and Active Child.
Patterson Hood and Mike Cooley are currently touring solo, though DBT still play shows together
"Radio Clash" was never released on any studio album but is featured on many compilations.
The trailer for The Heist video features Macklemore discussing their home-made recording studio, their humble D.I.Y. beginnings, and the recent recording process leading up to their first full-length album against early-morning shots of cold apartments, bottles of Jameson, run-down Seattle streets and their tiny studio.blog.kexp.org
The Coup's sixth studio album since 1990- their in studio session airs Sunday, Nov. 25 on Street Sounds at 8:00pm.
KEXP's own Rory Raabe asks Pop Levi some hard hitting questions- read the interview here blog.kexp.org
The Pixies have compiled a list of shows with available digital recordings for your viewing pleasure on their website www.pixiesmusic.com
The Dandy Warhols are playing a series of Xmas shows in their home town of Portland, OR at the Mission Theater on Dec. 15 and the Doug Fir on Dec. 16
Here's information about the Children's Hospital Benefit, featuring Stag: blog.kexp.org
Listen to a live performance from SXSW 2012: kexp.org