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Friday, May 25 2012, 6AM
Portland's own Dandy Warhols will be playing at the Showbox at the Market June 17th - kexp.org
In 1966, this was the 25th week for Rubber Soul to be in the top ten (May 25th)
Dirty Projectors will be performing June 23rd at the Showbox at the Market with Wye Oak!! - kexp.org
Check out live performace from when Built to Spill was in our studio here!: kexp.org
According to our Saturday midday host Michele Meyers, Billie Holiday is a Siren of Jazz. What don't you know about Billie? Listen to the KEXP Documenty all about Billie here - blog.kexp.org
Moby was just at Decibel Festival last year. For all the details and photos follow the link here: blog.kexp.org. Also, Yppah, Baths and many more will be performing this year. For more info look here: blog.kexp.org
The Chemical Brothers are doing a concert film. For more details follow the link here: blog.kexp.org
You can read the full review of what Don Yates, KEXP's music director, thinks and feels about "Amnesiac" by following the link here: kexp.org
You can read about the Verve in the KEXP Blog here- blog.kexp.org
You can learn about the life of Bob Dylan by following the link here - kexp.org
You can check out links to videos of similar artists to Nick Drake and other great artists by following the link here!,: blog.kexp.org
Check out all the photos on flickr from the Cutting Room Studios in NYC taken with the Mountain Goats 12/3/09: www.flickr.com
Among the most popular folk trio in music in the 1960s, Peter, Paul, and Mary, in later decades proved themselves to be one of the best musical acts in history.
You can stream Californian Cold War Kids set when they came to KEXP and performed live on 3/9/12 right here: kexp.org
The Pharmacy will be performing tomorrow night at Rendezvous, for more details follow the link here: kexp.org
A fan of the band, as well as a huge influence on the music, David Bowie, was an attendee at their concert at Madison Square Garden in 1997.
The band name Nouvelle Vague means "new wave" in English and "bossa nova" in Portuguese.
Houses was in our studio last year on 5/17/11, you can stream the performance by following the link here: kexp.org
You can check out pictures of the Pixies from when they performed live in concert on KEXP here: blog.kexp.org
The Helio Sequence performed a beautiful set at the City Arts Festival last year. You can read the full review and see pictures by following the link here: blog.kexp.org
Legendary band Wire performed in KEXP's studio last year, you can watch video and read all about them by following this link: blog.kexp.org
They are playing all around Europe and even have some East coast dates! - theafghanwhigs.com
Will be performing the Capitol Hill Block Party July 20th! - capitolhillblockparty.com
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Wayne Coyne, lead of the Flaming Lips directed a movie - you can purchase it on iTunes here: trailers.apple.com
Performing at Webster Hall June 30th in NYC! - www.plantsandanimals.ca You can also see when they played at the Bumbershoot Music Lounge by following the link here: blog.kexp.org
Buffalo Tom performs at Ballard Hood to Hood day, you can stream the full podcasts here: kexp.org
2:54 will be in Seattle on Thursday June 21st at the Crocodile with Widowspeak. www.kexp.org
You can check out when Sleater-Kinney performed Live on KEXP by follow this link: kexp.org
Our Afternoon Show host Kevin Cole conducted an interview with Joey Ramone, ya know? You can listen to the entire interview here: blog.kexp.org
Watch one of that. dog's music video's for "He's Kissing Christian" by following the link here: www.facebook.com
You can read several Pavement album reviews before purchasing the albums at the KEXP Blog: kexp.org
R.E.M. announces their break-up in September of 2011 after 31 years together. You can read about it in the KEXP Blog here: blog.kexp.org
Passion Pit will be performing at Bumbershoot this year! - blog.kexp.org
Electropop duo Junior Boys was in the KEXP studio for an exclusive live performance on 9/20/11, you can stream the performance by following the link here: kexp.org
M83 will be performing at Bumbershoot this year on Monday September 3rd! - blog.kexp.org
Crystal Castles are definitely a show worth going to according to Michele Meyers! Read about it here: blog.kexp.org Currently touring Europe
New Orleans Funk Legends were lead by Art Neville, who was in Art Neville & the Sounds and the Hasketts before the Meters ever formed.
Wynton Marsalis was certainly a jazz musician we will never forget. You can find his music in this documentary TV series: "Marsalis on Music" www.imdb.com
You can read an album review of Public Enemy by following the link here: kexp.org
Public Image Ltd saw the 70s punk rock and made something cooler out of it, something post-punk. Learn more in the KEXP documentary by following the link here:kexp.org
You can read what DJ El Toro thinks of Free Blood and their live performance from 1/11 at Chop Suey by going to the KEXP Blog here: blog.kexp.org
The Rapture just played a DJ Set Thursday 4/19 when the University of Washington celebrated 150 years of existence. Check it out at the KEXP Blog here: blog.kexp.org
Crocodiles were in the KEXP studio 5/4/11 and you can watch videos of their live performance by following the link right here!: blog.kexp.org
Twin Shadow played at Sasquatch last year and we have a stream available for you right here: kexp.org
Glass Candy and Chromatics played a double performance on 9/10/11, you can check out the entire stream here: kexp.org
Read about Lefse (2012 release) and other recent releases in the KEXP Blog - blog.kexp.org
The duo consisting Neil Claxton and Chris Baker are inspired by the vocal stylings of Fatboy Slim and Bentley Rhythm Ace.
Despite their name, no one in the band is Brazilian. Didi Gutman is on keyboards and computers, Jesse Murphy on bass, and Aaron Johnston on drums, and one woman, Sabina Sciubba, the vocalist who sings in no less than 5 different languages. Not necessarily girls and certainly not Brazilian, but definitely interesting nonetheless!
Washington's own, the Lonely Forest, who have toured with DCFC and The Joy Formidable, have been in our studio in June 2011. You can check out the live performance here: blog.kexp.org
"Zooroopa" by U2 made it on the Top 20. What's Your All Time Favorite Song? - blog.kexp.org
In 1989, lead singer Matt Johnson was joined by ex-Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr as well as bassist James Eller and former ABC drummer Dave Palmer. The The's line-up remained this way until 1993.
