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Sunday, Jul 1 2012, 12PM
The Bamboos are a soul band from Australia.
Ruby Andrews is a Chicago-based American soul singer. Q-Tip sampled this song in his song "Wont' Trade".
Neutral Milk Hotel was an American indie rock band formed by singer, guitarist and songwriter Jeff Mangum in the early 1990s.
Solo debut album from Dana Buoy. His song "So Lucky" was our featured song of the day! blog.kexp.org
Song of the Day: A Place To Bury Strangers – So Far Away blog.kexp.org
Written by John Lennon, he described it as "an 'acidy' song" with lyrics inspired by actor Peter Fonda's comments during an LSD trip in 1965 with members of The Beatles and The Byrds.
Named in tribute to the legendary Rolling Stones guitarist and his influence in introducing Eastern culture and music into the world of Western rock & roll, the Brian Jonestown Massacre formed in San Francisco, California in 1990.
LIVE on KEXP Sunday, July 1st at 8PM w/Killer Mike and playing that night at Neumon's w/Killer Mike, Mr. Muthaf-in' eXquire and Despot.
You can watch some live video footage of Austra when they came into the KEXP studios last year on the KEXP Blog: blog.kexp.org
Just in time for summer Lemonade's latest "Diver" was released this week. Hear some samples from the album over at Lemonade's tumblr. lemonadesounds.net
The brainchild of singer/guitarist Kevin Barnes, Of Montreal was among the second wave of bands to emerge from the sprawling Elephant 6 collective.
Erika Spring’s self-titled EP comes out July 10th via Cascine.
Read more: www.thefader.com
Happy Canada Day! We're celebrating by playing your favorite Canadian bands! Canada Day is the national day of Canada, a federal statutory holiday celebrating the anniversary of the July 1, 1867, enactment of the British North America Act, 1867.
New album comes out August 21st!! Look to see them live August 30th at the Neptune. yeasayer.net
If you dig tropicalia, Caribbean beats and Spanish pop, folk music, be sure to listen to El Guincho's stellar FACT Mag mix - www.factmag.com
Make sure to catch the Young Evils play at the Mural Amphitheater Friday August 10th along with Brad and Posse. Music starts at 5:30pm. Free as always!
Happy Canada Day! Listen to this archived performance from the Canadian band, the New Pornographers! kexp.org
Bananarama cover, from a limited edition 7" that was released June 12th!
Before 2011, The Weeknd barely even existed. But within a year, and with some help from Montreal pal Drake, Abel Tesfaye released three full-length fantastic mixtapes, each of which has received well-deserved attention. blog.kexp.org
Playing KEXP Concerts at the Mural on Friday, August 24th with BOAT and Reptar.
Currently based out of London, dance producer Amirali came by way of Toronto and Iran. He performs his music live with vocals, keys, loops and effects and is known to re-edit his unique tracks during a performance.
Playing LIVE on KEXP Wednesday August 15, 1:00pm and that night at Barboza. Song of the Day: Cold Specks – Blank Maps blog.kexp.org
Frederick John Elgersma, known by the stage name Fred Eaglesmith, is a Canadian alternative country singer-songwriter.
Beck's single for Jack White's label Third Man (the Blue Series), recorded last year in Nashville while Beck was recording for his next album ; from beck.com: goo.gl
New music from Sill Flyin'! Stream it (and watch the video for "Spirits") at uninhabitablemansions.com
"Echo Beach" is a song recorded by the Canadian group Martha and the Muffins in 1979. It was released as a single from their album Metro Music in 1980 and won the Juno Award for Single of the Year.
Led by guitarist/vocalist Stuart Murdoch, the seven-piece band has an intimate, majestic sound that is equal parts folk-rock and '60s pop.
Playing at Neumos August 5th! totallyenormousextinctdinosaurs.tumblr.com
New music from Hot Chip! www.hotchip.co.uk Playing in Seattle on September 14th at The Paramount.
Wolf Parade is an indie rock band formed in 2003 from Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The band is currently on an indefinite hiatus.
Third album from the Madison, WI duo is in stores today! peakinglights.com