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Friday, Jun 15 2012, 6AM
Animal Collective are following up their 2009 release Merriweather Post Pavilion with Centipede Hz, due out later this year. Listen to new singles here: www.myanimalhome.net.
Jane's Addiction are headlining Bumbershoot on Saturday, September 1st. For the full lineup go here: bumbershoot.org.
Playing a sold out show at the Paramount on Wednesday, August 8th. Sigur Rós gave a dozen film makers the same budget and asked them to shoot a video for each of the tracks on Valtari, watch here: www.sigur-ros.co.uk
Cold Specks is Al Spx, an London-based Ontario-raised singer/songwriter. Download another song from this release for free: blog.kexp.org and check out her KEXP in-studio: kexp.org.
Download "In the Beginning" from this Carlisle, Pennsylvania native:"blog.kexp.org
San Franciscans The Soft Moon teamed up with ex-Ultravox singer John Foxx and his band, the Maths. Download the track here: soundcloud.com.
New Order are currently touring the world, they play tomorrow night at the Sónar Festival in Barcelona. www.neworderonline.com
Listen to more from San Francisco's Adam Dishart: books-on-tape.bandcamp.com
The B-side to "The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite" was "The Lion Sleeps Tonight."
Mike Scott recently published his memoir Adventures of a Waterboy, paperback comes out in August.
The band is currently touring Europe but will be back in the states in August for dates in the Midwest and East Coast, brianjonestownmassacre.com.
Former Fleet Foxes member J. Tillman is playing the Capital Hill Block Party on Friday, July 20th with his new project Father John Misty.
Scream, Dazed and Confused and Rock 'n' Roll High School all used Alice Cooper's "School's Out." www.youtube.com
Download this track from the Song of the Day blog: blog.kexp.org. Stag is a local band and this is their debut.
This U2 cover is part of a project that benefits children affected by armed conflict. www.warchild.org
Catherine Wheel hails from Great Yarmouth, England and were active as a band throughout the 1990s.
This is the fifth studio album from Canada's Metric. The band is touring North America and Europe.
The Breeders were formed in 1988 by Kim Deal of the Pixies and Tanya Donelly of Throwing Muses. The two bands were touring together in Europe after the Pixies release of Surfer Rosa.
Read KEXP reviews of Doolittle over the years (one album that everyone speaks positively of): blog.kexp.org
Radio premier! This track is from their forthcoming album Swing Low Magellan, which comes out July 10th. Playing live on KEXP from the Cutting Room Studios next Thursday at 9AM.
Listen to more from this trio out of Virginia: eternalsummers.bandcamp.com
Matt & Kim are playing the Catalpa NYC Music Festival, July 28th-29th.
Australia's Cut Copy visited the KEXP studios, listen to their performance: kexp.org
Pigeonhed members Steve Fisk and Shawn Smith were involved with some of the most influential Northwest bands like Brad, Satchel, Pell Mell, Soundgarden, Nirvana and Beat Happening.
Read a review of Hot Chip's latest release, watch videos and listen to new tracks: blog.kexp.org
To learn more about The Cure check out the KEXP documentary: kexp.org
Playing the Showbox Market this Sunday!
Download another track from this Australian band: blog.kexp.org.
Ghostland Observatory played last year at the Capital Hill Block Party, listen to their performance here: kexp.org
This quartet met at art school in Edinburgh. www.djangodjango.co.uk
Friendly Fires are headlining Lovebox in London this Saturday.
Zulu Winter is a band from the UK and they are currently touring Europe: www.zuluwinter.com
Before playing with The Sea and the Cake John McEntire was a member of the band Tortoise.
New music from this powerhouse trio out of L.A. bewareofdarknessmusic.com
Download another track from the latest from The Walkmen: blog.kexp.org
To learn more about David Bowie check out the KEXP documentary; kexp.org
Catch Niki and the Dove, Sweden's Malin Dahlström and Gustaf Karlöf, at Bumbershoot.
Another homage to the DJ. Download this track from the Manchester duo: thttp://blog.kexp.org/2008/04/03/song-of-the-day-the-ting-tings-great-dj/
Watch live videos from the band's show at SXSW: blog.kexp.org
Listen to a live in-studio from this Welsh band: kexp.org
You can listen to the in-studio performance of We Are Augustines on the KEXP website: kexp.org