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This song was inspired by the disco era nightclub Studio 54 located in Midtown Manhattan, New York City
T. Rex aka Marc Bolan released this track on the album Electric Warrior in 1971. It was also covered by Ty Segall in 2013
Enjoy Ty Segall & White Fence performing live in the KEXP studio www.youtube.com
Chicago singer, poet, and teacher Jamila Woods was inspired by Nikki Giovani’s 1943 poem “Ego Tripping (there must be a reason why)” for this track
25-year-old Catalan artist recognized for her success of incorporating flamenco elements into her music.
Sloucher recently stopped by Avast Recording Co. for a KEXP in-studio session. The interview was conducted by Cheryl Waters. Stay posted to the most recently launched sessions by visiting www.kexp.org
Portland based artist Pete Krebs best known as a member of the punk-pop band Hazel and for No Confidence Man, a split record with Elliott Smith.
Black Belt Eagle Scout plays Saturday, May 18th at the Tractor Tavern in Ballard
Fernando Viciconte, another Portland, Oregon troubadour.
KEXP listeners voted Courtney Barnett's album Tell Me How You Really Feel as their #1 album of 2018. Check out all the bests of 2018 by visiting www.kexp.org
You can watch Merchandise performing this exact song live in the KEXP studio by visiting www.youtube.com
Singer Alex Dezen and bassist Ted Hudson met in college, played in a few bands, drank, and moved to Brooklyn where the met Steve and Dave.
Danny Newcomb & the Sugarmakers performing live in the KEXP studio in 2017 www.youtube.com
The Rolling Stones with be playing Wednesday, May 22nd at Century Link Field.
The first half of this 7 minute track consists of lyrics describing the protagonist calling on someone to let him inside. The second half of the song is a long jam that has a jazz-rock feel to it, and features Bobby Keys' saxophone solo and afterward, Mick Taylor’s melodic lead guitar.
The first half of this 7 minute track consists of lyrics describing the protagonist calling on someone to let him inside. The second half of the song is a long jam that has a jazz-rock feel to it, and features Bobby Keys' saxophone solo and afterward, Mick Taylor’s melodic lead guitar.
Seth Avett & Jessica Lea Mayfield performing Elliott Smith live in the KEXP studio from 2015. Watch their session here www.youtube.com
IAN SWEET's video footage of them performing live in the KEXP studio was just released yesterday! Watch it here www.youtube.com
Los Angeles-based musical project founded by musician Deb Demure while working as the drummer for the band Marriages, in 2011. Deb Demure credits their creative inspiration over to the spirit world - essentially serving as a conduit for the Collective Consciousness.
Dead Can Dance is an Australian musical project formed in 1981 in Melbourne by Lisa Gerrard and Brendan Perry. The band relocated to London, England, in May 1982. Australian music historian Ian McFarlane described Dead Can Dance's style as "constructed soundscapes of mesmerising grandeur and solemn beauty; African polyrhythms, Gaelic folk, Gregorian chant, Middle Eastern mantras, and art rock."
Big Science was the debut release of Laurie Anderson. It was originally released on April 19th, 1982 and was then reissued on June 18th, 2007
Savor the sweet sound of alt-J performing live in the KEXP studio www.youtube.com
Radiohead consists of Thom Yorke, brothers Jonny Greenwood and Colin Greenwood, Ed O'Brien and Philip Selway. They have worked with producer Nigel Godrich and cover artist Stanley Donwood since 1994.
What is your interpretation of the music video for this song? www.youtube.com.
Watch Wild Beasts perform "This Is Our Lot" live in the KEXP studio www.youtube.com
Nicola Cruz's music is said to invoke the landscapes and rituals of his homeland, Ecuador, a country that is home both to the Andes mountains and the Amazon jungle.
This song was written in 1984 by Compay Segundo, who first dreamed the opening melody in his sleep and later wrote the lyrics. On the composition of the song, Compay Segundo said:
"I didn't compose Chan Chan, I dreamt it. I dream of music. I sometimes wake up with a melody in my head, I hear the instruments, all very clear. I look over the balcony and I see nobody, but I hear it as if it was played on the street. I don't know what it can be. One day I woke up hearing those four sensitive notes, I gave them a lyric inspired by a children's tale from my childhood, Juanica y Chan Chan, and you see, now it's sung everywhere."
Mesmerize your ears and eyes with serpentwithfeet performing live on KEXP www.youtube.com
Enjoy a live performance with the beautiful vocalist Phoebe Bridgers in the KEXP studio. Recorded July 13th, 2018 www.youtube.com
Watch Let's Eat Grandma from their 2018 performance in the KEXP studio www.youtube.com
TV on the Radio formed in Brooklyn 2001. The bands core members include Tunde Adebimpe, David Andrew Sitek, Kyp Malone Jaleel Bunton and Gerard Smith until his death in 2011.
Caroline Rose will be playing at the Tractor Tavern Friday, February 22nd.
Check out this tribute to the beloved Sharon Jones blog.kexp.org
Watch Richmond, Virginia based artist Natalie Prass performing live on KEXP www.youtube.com
RIP James Mendenhall who passed away NYE. The Prom was formed in Seattle, Washington in 1999 by James Mendenhall and David Broecker, who had previously played together in their home town of Omaha, Nebraska.
The Prom's low-fi debut, in this way they found me, was released on Portland, Oregon's Panther Fact Records in 2000. Afterwards, the band began playing regional shows and found a fan in Death Cab For Cutie's Chris Walla, who produced the Prom's first Barsuk release, the 3-song EP Saloon Song +2. The trio's sophomore record, Under the Same Stars, followed in 2002 on Barsuk Records, with a polished, fully-realized sound and a set of sparkling songs perfect for gazing skyward." www.barsuk.com
The flavor of this song was heavily influenced by Lennon's and the Beatles' interest in Transcendental Meditation in late 1967 – early 1968, when the song was composed. Based on this, he added the mantra "Jai guru deva om" (Sanskrit: जय गुरुदेव ॐ) to the piece, which became the link to the chorus. Sankrit is a complex language and can often be interpreted in many different ways, for Sanskrit assigns more emphasis to the action taking place and less to the object. Mantra translations include: "glory to the shining remover of darkness", "Victory to God divine", "Hail to the divine guru", or the phrase commonly invoked by the late Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in referring to his spiritual teacher, "All glory to Guru Dev"
The band's eighth album also marked their first time working with an outside producer in the shape of Dave Fridmann.
View this fascinating session with Spoon live from the KEXP studio www.youtube.com
Polvo is an accomplished band in the genre of math rock, touching on many of the genre's hallmarks: dissonant, intricately layered guitars that often employed alternate tunings; odd, off-kilter rhythms; an emphasis on dense sonic texture; and unorthodox song structures that, nonetheless, were often unconventionally melodic. Additionally, their music had a pronounced Eastern feel that came not only from the Indian and Middle Eastern-style drones in their compositions, but actual Asian instruments as well. For more details visit allmusic.com
Frontman Jason Lytle penned a lengthy statement regarding his new song BOTP. Read up on it here www.kexp.org
Margo Price performing live in the KEXP studio www.youtube.com
Sera Cahoone with String Trio performing live in the KEXP studio www.youtube.com
Atlas Sound is the solo project of Bradford Cox, the striking and eccentric vocalist for experimental indie rocker act Deerhunter. Deerhunter has an album expected to drop Why Hasn't Everything Already Disappeared? on January 19th
Initially conceived as a studio project between guitarists/vocalists Stephen Malkmus and Scott Kannberg in the '80s, Pavement gradually became a band during the early '90s.
Pedro The Lion LIVE ON KEXP from Gathering Space (OPEN TO THE PUBLIC) Friday, January 18th at 12:00 PM. Pedro the Lion will also be playing in Tacoma Saturday, February 23rd at
Fawcett Hall at Alma Mater, Tacoma, WA, US
The dearly missed Charles Bradley & His Extraordinaires performing live from the KEXP studio www.youtube.com
Watch the boisterous IDLES performing live in the KEXP studio www.youtube.com
Dilly Dally performing live in the KEXP studio from 2015 www.youtube.com
