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Monday, Sep 24 2012, 6AM
KEXP's Favorite Albums of the Last 40 Years Countdown begins Friday, September 28th at 2:00 pm on the Afternoon Show; will The Stones Roses make the list? IT'S ENTIRELY POSSIBLE - kexp.org
Death Cab for Cutie frontman Ben Gibbard has a new solo album entiteld Former Lives due out October 16
Playing with Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds at the WaMu Theater - Wednesday, October 24th
Deerhunter's Bradford Cox based "Helicopter" on a short story by author Dennis Cooper, which was reproduced on inside cover of Halcyon Digest
LIVE on KEXP (from The Cutting Room Studios NYC) - Monday, October 15th at 9:00 on the Morning Show
Many speculate "Into My Arms" related to Cave's breakups with Viviane Carneiro and PJ Harvey
LIVE on KEXP - TOMORROW September 25 at 9:30am on the Morning Show. Cahoone's also playing an in-store at Sonic Boom that day and the Neptune Theatre - October 26th with Grand Archives and River Giant
Debut album from UK vocalist who previously appeared on tracks with SBTRKT and Joker
Playing Decibel Fest's Friends of Friends Showcase - Sunday, September 30th at the Baltic Room with Shlohmo and Salva
On tour right now with The Shins! Learn this song title now so you can impress / annoy your friends by referring to is as something other than "the song from Portlandia"
"Blue Monday" somewhat replicates how an individual's head will feel during the upcoming Decibel Fest, that is to say throbbing... Power, Corruption & Lies is also another strong contender for inclusion in the Favorite Albums of the Last 40 Years Countdown (starts this Friday on the Afternoon Show)
Saturday, October 6th at the Paramount Theatre! Check out video from their killer in-studio here at KEXP - blog.kexp.org
New album out October 9th! - lettingup.bandcamp.com
Oh my God, he's having a SEIZURE... of leisure - person that says alarming things out loud before trailing off into something innocuous
The duo are playing City Arts Fest - Wednesday, October 17th at the 5th Ave Theatre
Little Creatures album art was created by outsider artist Howard Finster (also known for his collaborations with R.E.M.)
The Death Cab for Cutie frontman's first solo album under his own, full name (that's Benjamin to you, mister)
Download their self-released Golden Opportunities 2 album here - www.okkervilriver.com
As featured on KEXP's Song of the Day (note: can be played on other months) - blog.kexp.org
Video from Nada Surf's intimate performance for KEXP donors at the Triple Door earlier this year - youtu.be
Dylan's lyrics and voice (legible) are in fine form on his new album Tempest. See him in town - October 13th at Key Arena with Mark Knopfler
LIVE on KEXP - Friday, September 28th at 8:00 on the Morning Show. See 'em Saturday night at Barboza
Pro tip for recently-graduated university students: just add "freelance" to whatever it is you like doing when creating a resume... it fills gaps
LIVE on KEXP - TODAY at 1:30 on the Midday Show! The sister duo are playing tonight at the Neptune Theatre
Playing Decibel Fest - Saturday, September 29th at the Showbox, Market with Tycho and Lusine
(lead single from this album, released as a 7" and 12" in 1982) Soul Mining featured appearances from a lot of frontman Matt Johnson's friends, including Thomas Leer, Zeke Manyika (Orange Juice) and James Thirlwell
Monday, October 15th at the Triple Door! Their new State Hospital EP is out tomorrow
Check out their KEXP session - TOMORROW at noon on the Midday Show; here's another cut from Observator, The Raveonette's new album - blog.kexp.org
A b-side single by Wild Nothing was featured recently on the Song of the Day - blog.kexp.org
New psychedelic sounds from duo Moon Duo. They're swinging through town Saturday, December 8th at the Sunset Tavern
Download the L.A. band's EP for free at their site - nomusicfor.me
Originally off Editors' debut album, The Back Room
New EP from Dum Dum Girls! (there's also a great Strawberry Switchblade cover included, in keeping with the band's run of great covers)
Playing the Little Big Show benefit on Saturday, October 20th at the Neptune Theatre. Check it out, it's for a good cause - home.stgpresents.org
Touring the old world (Europe) [as it's known to exactly nobody anymore] right now before swinging back through the States for a spell and heading over to opposite-land (Australia) - sharonvanetten.com
LIVE on KEXP (from The Cutting Room Studios NYC) - this Wednesday, September 26th at 9:00 on the Morning Show
The Wedding Present hooked up with Steve Albini to re-record "Brassneck" in 1990 before it's release as a single
Redd Kross' hilarious, green screen, Kiss-inspired music vid for "Stay Away from Downtown" - vimeo.com
Yuck are from London, where presumably "holing out" is slang for... uh, something?
The eternal message... Nevermind turns 21 today... give it a spin one more time
