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This track is from Dinosaur Jr's upcoming release "Give a Glimpse of What Yer Not" which comes out August 5th! Be sure to catch them at The Showbox on October 1st!
Natasha Khan of Bat For Lashes sat down for an in-depth interview about her latest album "The Bride" with SPIN magazine. www.spin.com
Tamaryn stopped by just about one year ago for an in-studio performance. Check it out over on the KEXP blog! blog.kexp.org
James Blake is coming to The Moore Theatre on Wednesday, October 12th! Check out our album review of his latest "The Colour In Anything" over on the KEXP blog: blog.kexp.org
Massive Attack released an EP earlier this year called "Ritual Spirit" consisting of just four tracks, but had artists like Tricky, Roots Manuva, and Young Fathers contribute on the project.
Be sure to catch The Transmissionary Six tonight at Hattie's Hat in Ballard at 8pm!
case/lang/viers is a newer project featuring Neko Case, k.d. lang, and Laura Viers! They played The Woodland Park Zoo's summer concert series back in late June. Check out a review and some photos from that performance over on the KEXP blog! blog.kexp.org
The Sea and Cake consists of some prominent musicians from Chicago's independent music scene (including Sam Prekop and Eric Claridge of Shrimp Boat) that derived their name from drummer John McEntire's misinterpretation of the Gastr del Sol song "The C in Cake"
Brothers Joshua and Mischo McKay formed this band back in 1996 in Athens, GA, and released their first album in 1998. The band uses several unconventional instruments, including the "hammered dulcimer, vibraphone, gongs, and a synthesizer called 'the fun machine'" to give a unique sound to their project that incorporates elements of Indonesian folk music. www.allmusic.com
Based out of New Orleans, Generationals taps into the familiar sounds of rock/pop from 1950s-80s, while creating their own sound that has been described as "sugar pop psychedelia" www.allmusic.com
Male Gaze stopped by the KEXP studios last March for an in-studio session! Check out the full performance here: www.youtube.com
The Breeders features Kim Deal, the former bassist of Pixies.
Based out of Chicago, Jamila Woods has collaborated with Chance The Rapper and is also a prolific author & poet. Check out more of her work on her website: jamilawoodswrites.com
Vlado dZihan from the Vienna-based downtempo house and acid jazz duo dZihan & Kamien got his start in music recording for the soundtrack to the film Arizona Dream which starred Johnny Depp. www.allmusic.com
The third album from Will Holland's project came out this June and features this dub-heavy track. This whole album was recorded straight to tape! Check out more about the project over at: www.floweringinferno.com
People Under the Stairs is coming to Neumos on August 18th!
Sebadoh stopped by the KEXP studios back in 2013 for a live in-studio session! Check it out over on the KEXP blog: blog.kexp.org
PUP joined us at the KEXP studios back in June 2014 for an in-studio performance! Take a look at the full performance here: www.youtube.com
Summer Cannibals helped KEXP Rock the Dock on the Seattle waterfront with DJ Evie, Telekinesis, and Erik Blood earlier this month! They also stopped by our studios back in 2015 for a live in-studio performance which can be seen over on our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com
Reigning Sound is one of many bands playing this year's Macefield Festival in Ballard that runs from September 30th - October 2nd! The full lineup can be found on the KEXP blog: blog.kexp.org
Sisters Piper and Skylar Kaplan are the creative forces behind Puro Instinct. Skylar is a self-taught guitarist that started writing songs with her sister when she was only 13 years old. www.allmusic.com
Devonté Hynes parted ways with his previous band "Test Icicles" and started Blood Orange. The latest highly-anticipated record from Blood Orange, Freetown Sound, is out now!
John MacLean (also known as The Juan MacLean) stopped by for a guest DJ set on our Friday night show "Midnight in a Perfect World" earlier this year! Check out his set at on the KEXP blog: blog.kexp.org
The Skatalites are a longtime Jamaican band with roots stretching as far back as the '50s. While the lineup of musicians in the band has obviously changed over the years, they're still going strong and are touring internationally.
The first reggae band to ever win a Grammy! Their name comes from the Swahili word meaning "Freedom": www.allmusic.com
Toronto-based quartet BADBADNOTGOOD's freshly-released fourth album, aptly titled IV, is available now! Check out the Pitchfork review here: pitchfork.com
Beth Orton stopped by the KEXP very recently for an in-studio performance on The Midday Show. Video from that in-studio will be posted on the KEXP blog soon! Check back at blog.kexp.org to catch the release of the video from her latest session with us!
Margaret Glaspy's debut album, Emotions and Math, was just released back in June of this year. The 26-year-old is beginning an international tour soon, and her album was mixed by Shawn Everett, who has also worked with Alabama Shakes atorecords.com
Amy Blaschke, a Washington native, began playing the guitar at age 14 and started playing shows in her hometown by age 16, and released her debut album in 1999. She's now based out of Los Angeles and released her latest album this year. Check out her Facebook page for more information: www.facebook.com
M. Ward and Zooey Deschanel are the duo behind She & Him and have released five albums to date, including a Christmas album and an album of covers! www.allmusic.com
Lou Reed had a prolific solo career that yielded five decades worth of work, but he was also the songwriter, vocalist, and guitarist for The Velvet Underground. The world lost Lou Reed back in 2013 to liver disease, but his contributions to music will live on forever!
Hailing from Idaho, local favorite Built To Spill stopped by the KEXP studios in 2015 for a live in-studio performance! Video from that session is available over on the KEXP blog: blog.kexp.org
Wooden Shjips stopped by the KEXP studios back in 2013 for a live in-studio performance: www.youtube.com
Lisa Prank is a local pop punk band consisting of sole member Robin Edwards, and just played the Capitol Hill Block Party this past weekend!
NYC-based experimental rock band Psychic Ills just released their latest album Inner Journey Out in early June. The album features a guest appearance by Mazzy Star's Hope Sandoval: www.allmusic.com
While their debut album didn't attract much attention here in the states, it was topping charts over in the UK back in the day. Television is reuniting for a string of shows on the East Coast this September! Too bad they didn't add a Seattle date. www.highroadtouring.com
Portugal, The Man played The Triple Door for an exclusive KEXP VIP Donor Club concert back in 2013. Check out video from that performance on YouTube: www.youtube.com
The Roots are known as having no genre limitations! The sheer variety of their catalog is sure to have something for everyone. In addition to writing and performing copious amount of music, The Roots are featured as the house band on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon.
DJ Shadow is coming to The Showbox on Monday, October 3rd! www.showboxpresents.com
Vancouver-based band Twin River is the garage-pop brainchild of Courtney Ewan and Andy Bishop. twinriverband.com
The The's Matt Johnson joined his first band at age 11, and started working as an assistant engineer in the DeWolfe Music Company's recording studios at age 18. www.allmusic.com
Portland-based artist Kyle Craft is playing our Concerts at the Mural series on Friday, August 26th! The band also stopped by the KEXP studios back in April for a live in-studio performance! Video from that in-studio session can be seen over on the KEXP blog: blog.kexp.org
Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings performed at KEXP's New Home grand opening! Video from that performance can be seen over on our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com
Royksopp is a Norwegian duo consisting of Torbjørn Brundtland and Svein Berge.
Based out of Olympia, WA, this project started off as free-form improvised music, but gained more structure as they gained notoriety and were invited to record in the K Records studio. Sun Q is the fourth album from IQU and features a more polished sound. www.allmusic.com
Beginning as a high-school project between friends Issac Eiger and Fred Nixon, this Bozeman, MT group has since relocated to Portland, OR, signed with Broken World Media, and released their debut album "Rot Forever"
The Joy Formidable stopped by the KEXP studios yesterday for a live in-studio session! Live streaming video was available during the performance, and is still available for your viewing pleasure here: livestream.com
Car Seat Headrest played a live in-studio set here in the KEXP studios not too long ago! Check it out here: www.youtube.com
Miami. new remix!! more on Mr. Pauer with our recent KEXP blog post: blog.kexp.org