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Vox mod will be playing at the 2312 Gallery tomorrow night with James Pants and Truckasauras! www.thestranger.com
"Animal of One" was featured as the song of the day on the KEXP Blog. Learn more about The Fresh & Onlys on the KEXP website blog.kexp.org
Check out a live in-studio from Kurt Vile from when he stopped by the KEXP studio last year kexp.org
Check out photos of Elbow performing at this year's Sasquatch festival on the KEXP Website! The whole crowd chanted their name throughout the set! blog.kexp.org
Eno/Hyde is made of famous UK musician/producer Brian Eno and Underworld front man Karl Hyde. Their new album dropped just last month blog.kexp.org
Broods are from Auckland, New Zealand. Their full length album is set to be released in August.
Check out a live in-studio from M83 when they stopped by back in 2004 kexp.org
KEXP recently did a Q&A with Kelton Sears of Kithkin. Check it out on the KEXP Blog blog.kexp.org
Johnette Napolitano of Concrete Blonde will be at The Triple Door this Sunday! blog.kexp.org
Guided by Voices is featured on this week's music that matters podcast Amplifiers Love Week! blog.kexp.org
Ziggy Stardust was on Bowie's album "The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars". The name Stardust was inspired by the Legendary Stardust Cowboy.
Capsula's name is the spanish word for capsule. Which comes from David Bowie's "Space Oddity."
Check out an album review for Little Dragon's Nabuma Rubberband on the KEXP website blog.kexp.org
Check out a review for Todd Terje's "It's Album Time" on the KEXP Website blog.kexp.org
"Electricity" was the 1979 debut single from OMD. The song addresses society's wasteful usage of energy sources.
"Silences" was featured as the song of the day in May. Learn more about Glasgow based band Holy Esque blog.kexp.org
Pink Mountaintops will be at MusicfestNW in Portland this August! Get more info on the KEXP website blog.kexp.org
Robyn Hitchcock will be at Columbia City Theater on June 23rd! Get more info on the KEXP wesbite kexp.org
The Psychedelic Furs who first recorded "The Ghost In You" that Robyn Hitchcock covered. You can check out the cover again on the KEXP blog blog.kexp.org
Hercules & Love Affair was featured as the song of the day back in April. Learn more about them on the KEXP Blog blog.kexp.org
While recording "Yoshimi..." band member Steven Drozd was trying to kick a heroin addiction. While taking breaks from recording he had a tough time with his withdrawal. With the death of his father on his mind, Coyne wrote "Do You Realize??" while listening to Drozd cry.
The Notwist will be at Neumos on July 5th. Get more info on the KEXP website kexp.org
!!!(Chk Chk Chk) will be DJing at Decibel Festival in Seattle this September! blog.kexp.org
Check out a live in-studio from Head Like a Kite from when they stopped by KEXP back in 2009 kexp.org
FM Belfast is featured on Music That Matters Podcast: Amplifiers Love Week Master Mix. Check it out on the KEXP blog blog.kexp.org
Back in March Iggy Pop and along with New Order covered Joy Division's "Love Will Tear Us Apart" at Carnegie Hall. Check out video on the KEXP website blog.kexp.org
The new album from Gold-Bears was released just last week. Check it out on the KEXP Blog blog.kexp.org
Howler, from Minneapolis, MN stopped by back in April for a live in-studio. Check it out on the KEXP website kexp.org
"Blank Generation" by Richard Hell & The Voidoids is a rewrite of f Rod McKuen's 1959 record "The Beat Generation."
Parquet Courts played at Sasquatch over Memorial Day Weekend. Check out photos from their set on the KEXP Blog blog.kexp.org
Craft Spells was featured as the song of the day back in April. Learn more about them on the KEXP website blog.kexp.org
Check out a live in-studio from Bloc Party from when they stopped by back in 2012 kexp.org
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart stopped by the KEXP studio recently for a live performance. You can check it out in the KEXP website blog.kexp.org
The Melodians are featured in the SIFF Film Rocksteady: The Roots of Reggae showing tonight at the Uptown in Queen Anne at 9:30pm! blog.kexp.org
According to David Byrne "Naive Melody" refers to the music. On this track the guitar part and the bass part are doing the same thing throughout the whole song. Many musicians would not play a song written in that fashion and that is what makes the melody naive.
The War on Drugs stopped by KEXP for an in-studio performance back in March. Check out live video on the KEXP Website blog.kexp.org
Marcos Valle is a Brazilian singer, instrumentalist and songwriter. He has produced works in many musical styles, including bossa nova, samba, and fusions of rock, soul, jazz, and dance music with Brazilian styles.
The Orange Strips are from Labin, Croatia They have palyed more than 170 gigs so far in multiple countries including Italy, Slovakia, Slovenia, Austria, Belgium, France snd Hungary.
Check out live video of Bob Mould in the Bumbershoot music lounge last year on the KEXP website blog.kexp.org
Sonic Avenues is features on this week's Music that Matters Podcast: Amplifiers Love Week Master Mix blog.kexp.org
"Police On My Back" is off of the Sandinista! album. The title refers to the Sandinistas in Nicaragua, and its catalogue number, 'FSLN1', refers to the abbreviation of the party's Spanish name, Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional.
The Faint recently played at Hood-to-Hood day in Ballard. Check out photos from their set on the KEXP Blog blog.kexp.org
Check out photos on the KEXP website from Crystal Castle's show at The Moore Theater last year blog.kexp.org
Wussy is going to be playing at El Corazon on June 20th! Get more information on the KEXP website kexp.org
The song is often mistakenly refereed to as Teenage Wasteland, but is actually called "Baba O'Riley." The song gets its name from song's philosophical and musical influences, Meher Baba and Terry Riley.
Old 97's stopped by KEXP for a live in-studio. Check out video from the performance on the KEXP website blog.kexp.org
First Aid Kit played at Sasquatch over memorial day weekend. Check out photos from their set on the KEXP website blog.kexp.org
It has been 4 years since we have had any new spoon music. The new album is set to drop on August 5th. They will be playing Capitol Hill Block Party on July 25th and Musicfest NW in Portland on August 17.
Modest Mouse will be playing at the Showbox Market on July 18th. They have not released a new album since 2007's “We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank,” but have reportedly been working with Big Boi from Outkast on new material since April 2011.
Stereo MC formed in 1985 over in Clapham, London. Today is founder, Nick Hallaham's Birthday.
Jack White will be on Cona O'Brien tonight on TBS. He will be at the Paramount Theater on August 25th & 26th!
Temples stoppd by for a live in-studio back in April. Check it out on the KEXP website kexp.org
Diary is the debut album from Seattle based band, Sunny Day Real Estate.