Sean

Tampa Bay trio, feels like discerningly unlocking that gateway, only to find that even on the street you can take wreckage and make something beautiful.

A Ghanaian highlife singer, like a warped Prince protege from Africa by way of 1986 Chicago.

2014 tour planned, check the KEXP events calendar for Seattle dates!

An American noise pop musical duo from Brooklyn, New York.

An alternative rock band formed in Dublin, Ireland.

Currently on tour: www.facebook.com

Trippy, distortion-laced, psychedelic pop-influenced tunes.

Mixed with the smooth, chilled tones of the more self-consciously tasteful.

Purify yourself in the waters of Lake Minnetonka.

Feels scattered and frantic.

Legendary Japanese group that formed in 1984.

Playing at the Chop Suey January 29th: kexp.org

Today is a good day.

A genuinely sincere, silly and joyous record.

"for my reputation."

One of the most critically acclaimed and influential bands of the 1980s.

A six piece indie pop band from Cardiff, Wales, formed in early 2006.

Of darkness and sorrowfulness.

Pioneers in the shoegaze music scene.

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One time Jon got attacked by an audience member who ran on stage with a can of beer and smacked it over his head while we were playing Desert Night.

Urged a sold-out crowd in New York to fight the “military occupation of cyberspace.”

My dear my dear my dear you do not know me but I know you very well now let me tell you.

From New Zealand. Been there.

Cute, twee and adorable. Playing at Barboza January 7th, kexp.org

Playing at the Paramount Theatre with the Pixies February 18th, kexp.org

Like being dragged into a dark alley and gleefully mutilated.

Band named after Wolfe’s late family dog, a trusty English bulldog.

Lives on an idyllic farm in Vermont, with dogs, chickens, and horses.

Out of Jamaica, right next to the beach mon.

Out of Cape Town, South Africa.

It was tough to discern the real Brown from the caricature. Is he the quiet, reflective type? Or do his antics mask deeper insecurities?

Some of it also probably has to do with his sage-like storytelling abilities.

A Los Angeles quartet.

One of the most gorgeous collections of Gothic ethereal pop/noise of its kind to rise from the American underground.

Multi-layered guitars provided the perfect bed for ethereal vocals.

At the Showbox, why was the man beside me kneading his jacket like it was bread dough?

He knows he's weird; it's part of his charm. "I try to make people notice that you can be weird and still have success"

For better or worse, I'm out there, and those are the circumstances.

Couldn't resist...

The peak of their popularity in New Zealand.

They're good like that, mixing something familiar, classic feeling, nostalgic but not specific.

Local band founded by drummer and amateur soccer star Jessica Bierhaus of Nobody's Heroes.

For people who, through some unfortunate combination of genetics and circumstance, excel at the art of being terrible, third-party self-deprecation has limited appeal.

Raised an estimated £18,000 for the striking miners of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) through a fundraising event at the Brixton Academy.

Often mood pieces, this set sounds much more the product of a melancholy young man ruminating on his own than any group trip to the beach.