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Tuesday, Feb 7 2012, 9PM
Stream Canyons' album "Keep Your Dreams" on the band's soundcloud page: soundcloud.com
Inspired by the Beatles, the four-piece Translator featured two singer/songwriter/guitarists, Steve Barton and Bob Darlington.
New EP from Michigan dance-music adventurer Matthew Dear.
Kruder & Dorfmeister, named after members Peter Kruder and Richard Dorfmeister, is an Austrian duo most known for their downtempo-dub remixes of pop.
Miike Snow is the collaboration of Swedish production duo Chris Karlsson and Pontus Winnberg (Britney Spears – Toxic, among others) with American Andrew Wyatt.
Minneapolis seven-piece hip-hop collective Doomtree (P.O.S., Dessa, Sims, Paper Tiger, Cecil Otter, Mike Mictlan and Lazerbeak) bring their distinctive brand of hip-hop to the KEXP studio for a live set of songs from their 2nd release "No Kings." www.kexp.org
Crystal Castles are an electronic band from Toronto, Ontario, Canada, consisting of producer Ethan Kath and lyricist/vocalist Alice Glass.
Opening for Radiohead on April 9th at Key Arena. Oklahoma indie rockers Other Lives formed in 2004 as Kunek, releasing one album under that name before their switch. blog.kexp.org
Youth Lagoon is the project of 22-year-old Trevor Powers of Boise.
Team Dresch are from Portland, Oregon and originally formed in Olympia, Washington.
After a five-year hiatus, Imperial Teen is back with their fifth studio album, Feel the Sound. blog.kexp.org
Soundtrack commissioned in conjunction with restoration of the groundbreaking 1902 science-fiction film, Le Voyage Dans La Lune (translation: A Trip To The Moon).
KEXP In-studio performance - An incredible live set from legendary UK ska revivalists The English Beat. kexp.org
This Brooklyn artist follows up the promising 2010 album Frankie Rose & the Outs with her first solo full-length.
Memory Tapes is a recording alias of New Jersey-based Dayve Hawk, former frontman of Philadelphia-based Hail Social.
Public Image Ltd. (PiL) were originally a quartet led by singer John Lydon and guitarist Keith Levene, who had been a member of the Clash in one of its early lineups.
Currently working on their second album. To accompany the recording process, the band has launched a blog, where they say they post "inspirations + pictures + favourite songs." xx-xx.co.uk
Two years after their lauded debut, The xx are planning their highly anticipated second album.
The band made the announcement of their forthcoming record on the Web, and shared a link to a blog they created to post music that inspires them
Album out January 31st. The band is touring February with their closest stops to Seattle being Portland and Vancouver: www.theasteroidsgalaxytour.com
Album Preview: Mark Lanegan Band’s Blues Funeral blog.kexp.org
Playing Thursday, April 19 at The Crocodile. Perfume Genius is the stage name of Seattle-based singer-songwriter Mike Hadreas.
Argentine singer/songwriter Juana Molina is inspired by the acoustics in elevators and the random notes of birds.
André Benjamin (Dré) and Antwan Patton (Big Boi) attended the same high school in the Atlanta borough of East Point, and several lyrical battles made each gain respect for the other's skills.
This Montreal band’s second album is a non-stop barnburner of catchy lo-fi garage-punk. kexp.org
Best Coast was formed in 2009 by Bethany Consentino and Bobb Bruno. blog.kexp.org
Formed in 2009 as a vehicle for the solo recordings of Dustin Payseur. Bassist John Pena and guitarist Christopher Burke were brought into Beach Fossils' lineup later that year.
Live Video: Keep Shelly in Athens blog.kexp.org
The 2006 debut full-length release from Scottish artist Myles MacInnes, aka Mylo.
Song of the Day: Beta Hector – Jupiter Mission blog.kexp.org
Formed in Akron, OH, in 1972 by Kent State art students Jerry Casale and Mark Mothersbaugh, Devo took its name from their concept of "de-evolution" -- the idea that instead of evolving, mankind has actually regressed, as evidenced by the dysfunction and herd mentality of American society.
Trio out of Brooklyn. Stream Little Gold's album Weird Freedom at their Bandcamp page: littlegold.bandcamp.com
Blood Orange is Devonté Hynes, also known as Lightspeed Champion, a British composer, songwriter, producer and author, who has written for artists such as Florence and the Machine, Diana Vickers and The Chemical Brothers.
Wild Nothing is the solo project of Virginia's Jack Tatum, joined live by Chuck Violand, Nathan Goodman, and Michael Skattum. blog.kexp.org
Welsh singer/songwriter Cate Le Bon will be playing The Crocodile on Feb. 22nd.
Porcelain Raft is the project of Italian-born, Brooklyn-based musician Mauro Remiddi.
Ohio native Joseph Arthur was discovered by Peter Gabriel, who signed the folk-rock songwriter to Real World Records in the mid-'90s.
Debut from this Minneapolis project spearheaded by GAYNGS mastermind Ryan Olson and vocalist Channy Leaneagh.
This Seattle-born MC draws substantially from his Ethiopian heritage to grapple with political and world issues.
"Similak Child" by Black Sheep sampled Jefferson Airplane's "Today".
Chicago-based project Houses brings some blissed-out and slightly glitchy pop sounds to the KEXP airwaves with a live set that features songs from the LP “All Night." kexp.org
The atmospheric pop band the Chameleons formed in Manchester, England, in 1981.
Coastal Sightings is the second compilation put together by the folks at Cairo, a diverse Capitol Hill space that serves as a label, music venue, art gallery, vintage boutique and community silkscreen studio.
