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Seattle's The Postal Service was a project of vocalist Ben Gibbard (Death Cab for Cutie), producer Jimmy Tamborello (Dntel and Headset), with Jenny Lewis (of Rilo Kiley) on background vocals.
At Neumos Thursday May 11. Born in Washington, D.C., to a Sudanese father and an African-American mother, Amir Mohamed (Oddisee) grew up in Maryland, influenced by soul and rap and musicians on both sides of his family.
Thievery Corporation will be back this summer - at Marymoor Park on Saturday, July 29 as part of the day-long music fest, Rootfire in the Emerald City.
Founded in 2008, by members of Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears, The Calm Blue Sea, Cougar, Ocote Soul Sounds, Spanish Gold, among others, the Austin-based ten-piece collective of musicians known as Hard Proof began by studying the blueprint of Fela Kuti’s Africa 70 band, as well as funk and jazz from the whole of sub-Saharan Africa. www.hardproofmusic.com
Known primarily as a guitarist, Shuggie Otis (born Johnny Alexander Veliotes, Jr)[1][2] also sings and plays a multitude of other instruments. His composition "Strawberry Letter 23" (recorded by The Brothers Johnson) topped the Billboard R&B chart and reached #5 of the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1977.
The Seattle power trio plays the Vera Project Tuesday May 9. Read a little about the band,, and pick up their song-of-the-day podcast on our blog: blog.kexp.org
Active 1997-2003, Jets to Brazil was founded in New York by Californian Blake Schwarzenbach (Jawbreaker) and Utahan Jeremy Chatelain.
Seattle power-pop band, Stag is currently in NYC to mix the new STAG record w/ John Agnello. They played live in the KEXP studio back in 2012 - watch it now on our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com
Seattle band Love Battery - the name taken from a Buzzcocks song - was formed in 1989 by Room Nine's Ron Nine (aka Ron Rudzitis), guitarist Kevin Whitworth (Crisis Party), bassist Tommy "Bonehead" Simpson (Crisis Party) and Mudhoney drummer Dan Peters.
Playing the Fisherman's Village Music Fest in Everett at the end of March (March 31 - April 2). Anacortes multi-instrumentalist, singer, artist, producer, and DIY proponent Karl Blau has released more than 40 solo records in 20+ years - “Introducing Karl Blau,” his latest, was produced by Nashville native Tucker Martine.
THIS Wednesday - March 8 - at the Royal Room, Yakima singer/songwriter Lincoln Barr (Red Jacket Mine), is releasing his debut solo album, Trembling Frames - a set of deeply personal songs.
Boston Americana garage folk band operated as a collective, with the distinctive voice of singer/ songwriter Robert Fisher - who sadly died last month from cancer - the only permanent member.
In 2010 the Cardiff collective Los Campesinos! crammed into the KEXP studio for an energetic set of danceable post-punk. You can check out live video from that dance-party on our blog: blog.kexp.org
Cheetahs are an original, 4 piece indie rock band from the Berks / Bucks borders of London's surrounding counties. www.facebook.com
On their debut album, young LA band The Regrettes deliver “a promising set of hook-filled garage-pop occasionally inflected with ’60s girl-group pop and other vintage styles, combining buzzsaw guitars and urgent rhythms with Lydia Night’s expressive vocals and brash lyrics.”
Opening for The xx on April 24 at the WaMu Theater, British singer, songwriter and record producer Sampha is known for his collaborative work with SBTRKT, Jessie Ware, Drake, Kanye West, Solange, Koreless, Lil Silva, and Katy B.
Melbourne’s Cut/Copy began as a bedroom recording project by frontman Dan Whitford. Since then, Cut/Copy has evolved into a full-fledged band with guitarist Tim Hoey, drummer Mitchell Scott, and bass player Ben Browning.
Over on the KEXP blog, we’ve got live vdeo of a hot set from Baltimore-based musician Dan Deacon: blog.kexp.org
Thursday May 11 at the Tractor. ‘Bobby Fuller Died For Your Sins’ was cut to tape at Hyde Street Studio in San Francisco, the same studio Prophet did his very first recording session, while still in high school.
Jessica Dobson has lived an alt-rock dream career: touring with and joining The Shins, touring with Beck, Spoon, and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and starting Seattle cult favorite Deep Sea Diver with her husband Peter Mansen on drums. blog.kexp.org
With a career spanning over 40 years - from neo-psych band The Soft Boys in the late ’70s, to an 80s solo career as Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians, to more recent work with The Venus 3 and local musicians— KEXP-friend Robyn Hitchcock’s rich discography provided fertile ground for a day of programming Six Degrees of Robyn Hitchcock. Check out his music linkages and follow the connections on our blog: blog.kexp.org
If you missed it, head over to our streaming archive to hear Jens Lekman's live performance on KEXP yesterday at 1 PM. www.kexp.org
Wesley Stace (aka John Wesley Harding) took his stage name from the Bob Dylan 1967 album John Wesley Harding.
16 Horsepower are among the Denver-based bands credited for laying the foundation for what today has become known as "Gothic Americana".
Chicagoan Chance the Rapper - whose third self-released mixtape, 'Coloring Book' was the first streaming-only album to ever receive and win a Grammy nomination - just announced that he is donating $1 million to Chicago Public Schools.
Daptone Records musician, pianist and vibraphonist Toby Pazner, gathered fellow Daptone artists from Sharon Jones, Lee Fields, Charles Bradley, The Budos Band, and Menahan Street Band, co-writing each one of the songs with input from up to five fellow composers.
Now a solo project of Dave Longstreth, Dirty Projectors’ new album ‘Dirty Projectors’ chronicles the heartbreak of his separation from former Dirty Projectors’ bandmate - and girlfriend - Amber Coffman.
Song-of-the-day from a young quartet out of Ljubljana, Slovenia. Download the song-of-the-day podcast from our blog: blog.kexp.org - and follow the band on facebook: www.facebook.com
Alt rock/electronica duo from London, formed in 1990 by Toni Halliday (vocals, occasionally guitar) and Dean Garcia (bass, guitar, drums, programming) who were introduced to each other by Dave Stewart of the Eurythmics. Producer Alan Moulder, helped shape their blend of heavy beats and densely layered guitar tracks set against Halliday's vocals.
Sunday April 9 at Neumos and LIVE! in the KEXP studio Monday April 10 at 10 am. For info on getting tickets to the FREE public viewing of the in-studio head over to the website: blog.kexp.org
The duo High Highs are from Sydney, Australia, founded in 2010 by Jack Milas and Oli Chang, currently based in New York. www.highhighs.com
"Diamond Rings is an extra personal emotional outlet for Toronto based artist and musician John O." diamondringsmusic.com . Check out a rare, stripped-down acoustic performance in the KEXP studio: blog.kexp.org
Beat Connections' next Seattle performance will be May 11-13 at Upstream Music fest. Reed will be playing a DJ set - as will KEXP's own DJ Evie - at Neumos & The Runaway Grand Reopening this Wednesday March 8.
The Chicago DIY quartet will be playing Barboza Saturday April 22.
If you missed the Moon Duo - currently a trio - in-studio last Friday at 1:30, head over to our streaming archive and listen now! www.kexp.org
Chicago-based band of Rick Rizzo, Janet Beveridge Bean, Douglas McCombs, Mark Greenberg, Jim Elkington, originally formed in Louisville in the late 80s. www.facebook.com
LA west coast punk band Bleached stopped by the KEXP studio last summer - catch video from their live set now on our blog: blog.kexp.org
Cleveland's Cloud Nothings played live on KEXP in 2014 - check out video from that performance on the KEXP YouYube channel: www.youtube.com
Read an article on Jack White in the current New Yorker: www.newyorker.com
Husker Du’s Grant Hart is touring this spring with fellow SST artists Meat Puppets and Mike Watt (Minutemen)
Hip hop duo from Long Island, NY composed of Eric B. (born Eric Barrier) and MC Rakim (born William Michael Griffin Jr..
Wednesday March 29 at the Tractor and on KEXP Tuesday, April 11 at 6:30 PM.