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Tuesday, May 29 2012, 9PM
Excellent new release! BJM formed in San Francisco in 1990.
Soulful country-inflected crooner Daughn Gibson is a Carlisle, Pennsylvania, vocalist who The Guardian recently described as “Johnny Cash meets James Blake.”
New music from this Baltimore, Maryland, duo, consisting of French-born Victoria Legrand and Baltimore native Alex Scally.
Formed in Stockton, CA in 2009, Craft Spells is now based in Seattle.
In 2011, J. Tillman left Fleet Foxes to concentrate on his many solo projects, adopting the pseudonym Father John Misty.
Stephen Patrick Morrissey was born May 22, 1959, in Manchester, England.
An excellent extension of their recent breakthrough Benny and the Jetts EP, this is the first full-length mixtape of original songs from this San Diego duo.
Philadelphia duo Sun Airway formed when Jon Barthmus and Patrick Marceill of The A-Sides decided to unstrap their guitars and go for, as Barthmus puts it, a more “pristine” sound, using nothing but drum machines, synths, and other electronic instrumentation. blog.kexp.org
Saturday Afternoon Artist – Damon Albarn (of Gorillaz and Blur) blog.kexp.org
Interview with Travis Senger, director of The Saturday Knights blog.kexp.org
Santi White decided to change the name of the project to Santigold in early 2009 for reasons related to an impending lawsuit from wrestler and "personality" Santo Gold.
Sam Prekop first gained renown at the helm of Shrimp Boat before becoming the leader of the Sea and Cake.
Playing the Capitol Hill Block Party July 20-22! Youth Lagoon is the project of 22-year-old Trevor Powers of Boise.
The Chambers Brothers is a soul-music group, best known for its 1968 hit record, the 11-minute long song "Time Has Come Today".
The latest album from the veteran New Orleans keyboardist (aka Mac Rebennack) is one of his strongest albums in a long, long time, hearkening back to the swampy and spooky New Orleans voodoo funk of his classic late ‘60s-early ‘70s albums. kexp.org
Midnight Album Feature: Morphine – Cure For Pain blog.kexp.org
Anders Trentemøller is Denmark's premier electronic musician.
Playing the Decibel Festival September 26-30: blog.kexp.org
Boards of Canada are the duo of Michael Sandison (born July 14, 1971) and Marcus Eoin (born May 27, 1973).
Live Performance: Charlotte Gainsbourg on 4/14/2010 kexp.org
Named after the West Coast shipping town where Geoff Barrow grew up, Portishead formed in Bristol, England, in 1991.
Formed by former members of Lansing-Dreiden in late 2007, New York's Violens derive their name from a combination of "violence" and "violins."
2008 debut album of low-key folk-pop from this Seattle singer-songwriter.
By request. Ween have officially called it quits. Speaking to Rolling Stone, Aaron Freeman -- aka Gene Ween -- said he's retiring his alter ego because "it's time to move on."
Born Amirali Shahrestani, this is the debut full-length album from this Iranian-born, Toronto-raised, London-based electronic producer and vocalist.
Chromeo is a Canadian electrofunk duo formed in 2004 in Montreal.
This New York band continues to mature beautifully on their sixth album: kexp.org
The Jesus and Mary Chain revolves around the songwriting partnership of brothers Jim and William Reid.
The official video for this song with naughty kids messing with Jack White: youtu.be
Digable Planets formed in the early '90s, when Butterfly (b. Ishmael Butler, Brooklyn, NY) met Ladybug (b. Mary Ann Vieira, Silver Springs, MD) while attending college in Massachusetts.
Live Video: Shabazz Palaces blog.kexp.org
Charles Bradley was down and out, performing at a lounge in Bed-Stuy, New York, when he was discovered in 2002 by Daptone Record’s Gabriel Roth.
Issaquah, WA, indie rock trio Modest Mouse was formed in 1993 by vocalist/guitarist Isaac Brock, bassist Eric Judy, and drummer Jeremiah Green.
Emerging over the past couple years as a hot remixer and blossoming producer, UK's James Jacob (aka Jakwob) is offering us this mixtape to whet appetites for his forthcoming debut album. Free download via www.jakwob.com.
Jimmy Somerville, fellow Glasweigan Steve Bronski (keyboards), and Londoner Larry Steinbachek (also keyboards) formed Bronski Beat in 1983.
Orcas is a band consisting of Benoît Pioulard (vocals) and post-minimalist composer Rafael Anton Irisarri. Irisarri is also the curator of the Substrata Festival, an intimate sound and visual art weekend in and around Seattle, for more info check out substratafestival.com.
As one-half of the Atlanta duo Outkast, Big Boi has made some of hip hop’s most celebrated records. He steps out on his own here for an album that deserves to be mentioned with Stankonia, Aquemini and ATLiens as a hip hop classic.
KEXP Documentaries: “Hip-Hop: The New Seattle Sound” – Fresh Espresso blog.kexp.org
New Music! For Grass Widow tour dates: grasswidow.org
Al Doyle (from Hot Chip and LCD Soundsystem) and Felix Martin (of Hot Chip) joined with studio engineer Tom Hopkins for their British electronic pop collaboration New Build.
Released as the second single from Moby's 2008 album Last Night. It features Grandmaster Caz on vocals.
"Land" is the brand new debut EP from Bam Spacey, the production moniker of Sweden's Magnus Johansson soundcloud.com
A Hamilton, Ontario-based electronic pop group, Junior Boys began as a duo with its duties split between Jeremy Greenspan and Johnny Dark.
Thom Yorke (vocals, guitar), Ed O'Brien (guitar, vocals), Jonny Greenwood (guitar), Colin Greenwood (bass), and Phil Selway (drums) formed Radiohead as students at Oxford University in 1988.
