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Tuesday, Jun 19 2018, 9PM
St. Vincent plays Key Arena on September 10. Florence + the Machine headlines and Lizzo opens. Tix: www.keyarena.com
Black Moth Super Rainbow curated an episode of Midnight in a Perfect World on June 8. www.kexp.org
Jenn Champion (formerly Jenn Ghetto) plays Chop Suey on Thursday, August 9. www.ticketfly.com
Moderat are a German electronic trio.
See Moderat perform this song and others during a KEXP session from 2016. www.youtube.com
See Moderat perform this song and others during a KEXP session from 2016. www.youtube.com
Aussie five-piece Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever play Bumbershoot between Friday, August 31 and Sunday, September 2.
SP 840
From Dusty Henry on KEXP:
"The fact that Dum Dum Girls’ name pays homage to both Iggy Pop’s “Dum Dum Boys” and The Vaselines’ Dum Dum almost tells you everything you need to know before you even put on their debut LP, I Will Be. The spirit of those artist are so core to the ethos of what principle songwriter Dee Dee, aka Kristin Welchez, envisioned for the project. Welchez started Dum Dum Girls as a solo outlet while she was still fronting the San Diego trio Grand Ole Party. After the band broke up in 2009, she shifted her focus to DDG, built up a new band lineup, and emerged with the project’s debut full-length I Will Be. The album originally was conceived as a concept record about an Italian women’s prison before the idea was abandoned after copyright issues with the album cover. Nevertheless, I Will Be still feels like an ambitious thesis statement for the project. At just under half an hour, Welchez crafts sublime pop-rock tunes with an underlying homage to the sounds of the 60s. Like Iggy and The Vaselines, she spits venom in her poppy prowess. Her punk rock heart still shines through in these summery, upbeat and timeless tunes."
Read more about each of the Sub Pop releases here: www.kexp.org
From Dusty Henry on KEXP:
"The fact that Dum Dum Girls’ name pays homage to both Iggy Pop’s “Dum Dum Boys” and The Vaselines’ Dum Dum almost tells you everything you need to know before you even put on their debut LP, I Will Be. The spirit of those artist are so core to the ethos of what principle songwriter Dee Dee, aka Kristin Welchez, envisioned for the project. Welchez started Dum Dum Girls as a solo outlet while she was still fronting the San Diego trio Grand Ole Party. After the band broke up in 2009, she shifted her focus to DDG, built up a new band lineup, and emerged with the project’s debut full-length I Will Be. The album originally was conceived as a concept record about an Italian women’s prison before the idea was abandoned after copyright issues with the album cover. Nevertheless, I Will Be still feels like an ambitious thesis statement for the project. At just under half an hour, Welchez crafts sublime pop-rock tunes with an underlying homage to the sounds of the 60s. Like Iggy and The Vaselines, she spits venom in her poppy prowess. Her punk rock heart still shines through in these summery, upbeat and timeless tunes."
Read more about each of the Sub Pop releases here: www.kexp.org
X are a punk band from L.A. that formed in 1977. Under the Big Black Sun, their third album, revealed new country influences.
Playing an In-Studio at KEXP on 1pm this Friday! Later that night at Barboza: www.thebarboza.com
Playing the Moore on Saturday, September 15. Tix: www.stgpresents.org
Rostam performed this song on KEXP last year with a stirring string section accompanying him. www.youtube.com
SP 841 - Words from KEXP's Martin Douglas:
"Atlanta art-rockers Deerhunter were operating in a rare space in 2009. Theirs was the confluence of many, many styles -- including but not nearly limited to Sonic Youth, the Breeders, Pylon, the Crystals, and Neu! -- synthesized and spat out through the cracked kaleidoscope that is the artistic vision of Bradford Cox, arguably reaching its peak on the double LP opus Microcastle/Weird Era Cont.. Their Sub Pop Singles Club entry features reworked versions of two highlights from that weird, weird journey: The a-side, "Vox Celeste 5," carries all the punch of the version that appears on Weird Era Cont. with an added dose of clarity, while on the flip is "Microcastle Mellow 3," a swaying, psychedelic, acoustic-led version of Microcastle's title track."
Read more: www.kexp.org
"Atlanta art-rockers Deerhunter were operating in a rare space in 2009. Theirs was the confluence of many, many styles -- including but not nearly limited to Sonic Youth, the Breeders, Pylon, the Crystals, and Neu! -- synthesized and spat out through the cracked kaleidoscope that is the artistic vision of Bradford Cox, arguably reaching its peak on the double LP opus Microcastle/Weird Era Cont.. Their Sub Pop Singles Club entry features reworked versions of two highlights from that weird, weird journey: The a-side, "Vox Celeste 5," carries all the punch of the version that appears on Weird Era Cont. with an added dose of clarity, while on the flip is "Microcastle Mellow 3," a swaying, psychedelic, acoustic-led version of Microcastle's title track."
Read more: www.kexp.org
First album in six years from the French artist (Melody Prochet)
Playing SPF30: Sub Pop's 30th Anniversary Festival on Sat, Aug 11th on Alki! www.kexp.org
Live on KEXP this Sat, June 23rd at 2pm, then later that night at the Crocodile..
Birmingham, England's Pram have announced a new album, Across the Meridian, and shared a video for its first single, "Shimmer and Disappear." It's the band's first album in 11 years, since 2007's The Moving Frontier, and is due out July 20 via Domino.
Third release from the Los Angeles based hip-hop/electronic producer. His first two releases were Alpha Dog and Beta Cat.
Sun, Aug 12 @ Kirkland Summerfest + Sat, Aug 18th @ Mercer X Summit Block Party
Catch the Toronto duo playing at Showbox SoDo on Feb 15th