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Friday, Apr 22 2016, 10AM
London band Desert Mountain Tribe played an awesome live set on KEXP yesterday. They are playing at Lo-Fi in Seattle tomorrow night, Sat. April 23.
Australia's Barnett was interviewed for the KEXP blog: blog.kexp.org
Car Seat Headrest recently played at the KEXP Grand Opening last weekend. Read about it here: blog.kexp.org
Former Beta Band frontman. Check out his recent music video here: blog.kexp.org
M. Ward stopped by our new studio for a performance last month: blog.kexp.org
Off the upcoming release, read more about it here: blog.kexp.org
Marissa Nadler will be performing here at KEXP later today at 4PM. Be sure to tune in. She'll be playing tonight at the Tractor with Black Mountain.
A quote from the notes that accompanied the album: "All of the cola commercials that were appropriated, transformed, and reused in this recording attempted to assault us in our homes without permission. Other sources reused include: talk radio, MOMMIE DEAREST, tabloid TV, Pepsi and Shirlie, documentary TV, Bryan Ferry, the news, Ice-T, public service announcements, Asha Bhosle, MC Lyte, The Clio Awards, traditional Burmese music, the O.J. Simpson murder case, motivational marketing tapes by advertising executives."
Bleached LIVE on KEXP (PUBLIC SIGN UP) Friday, April 29, 2016, 12:00 PM. Show at Barboza that night.
There are 2 sold out screenings of Prince's musical Purple Rain at the EMP tonight! Hopefully you're one of the lucky ones.
Foxygen ceased being a band last year after their farewell tour.
Kevin Morby of Woods' new album Singing Saw is making waves. He'll be at the Tractor Tavern on June 8th.
During his weekly residency at Brooklyn Bowl in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, Questlove paid tribute to the late, great Prince. Spinning a DJ set that consisted almost entirely of Prince cuts, including extended and alternate versions, the Roots co-founder also put on Disney's "Finding Nemo" on the screen in the club, honoring the legendary story that came to light earlier this year, where Questlove was fired from a DJ gig by Prince and replaced with the movie.
tUnE-yArDs' Merrill Garbus will be playing at the Kennedy Center with Chris Thile this summer on June 23.
Longtime KEXP favorites, Nada Surf released a new album this year. Read a review here: blog.kexp.org
Happy Earth Day! We're getting close to the Black Mountain in Studio
From Black Mountain via their FB page: "IV is out NOW! Like the towering, dark classic records of yore, we have placed a hidden message within 'IV' that can only be heard if the vinyl is played backwards. We’re asking you to report your findings to us on Facebook or Twitter with the tag #blackwardsmountain. And a week from today, we will select a single decipherer from the entries. The winner’s bounty will consist of a pair of lifetime tickets to any Black Mountain show in your immediate area — festivals notwithstanding — and every release from the Black Mountain catalogue."
Black Mountain will be playing Pickathon this year! Their fresh new release, IV, was released on April 1st, and you can watch their newest video right here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_USHKQ4Ntc8
Enjoy an archived performance by Vancouver's Black Mountain at one of our lovely summertime Concerts at the Mural: blog.kexp.org
"The future was this wild and magical place that you dreamed about as a kid where the Jetsons lived with flying cars. Now, there are no flying cars and there's things like Donald Trump running for president, Bill Cosby is a rapist, Sonic Youth isn't a band anymore and David Bowie is dead. But we got cellphones!" ~ Stephen McBean exclaim.ca Enjoy "Mary Lou," a featured Song of the Day from our vaunted vaults: blog.kexp.org
"With the first bunch of records, it was almost like we didn’t want to be in a real band. When we were here in New York ten years ago, trying to be a band, trying to make it, playing in different bands, trying to be a New York band, trying to do it, and after a year of that it was like, this fucking sucks. It was like, I don’t like any of these bands. All the records I’m listening to are annoying and boring. It wasn’t even really things we were listening to—it was just New York. Everyone was listening to dance-punk. Everyone asking us about our music was like, 'Is it dance-punk?' Everything had to be dancey. Everyone I knew who was listening to Bright Eyes a year earlier or some singersongwriter shit was asking me, 'Is your music dancey? Is it dancey?' And it was like, ugh. So we holed up and started separating ourselves from the rat race a bit—not thinking about how things would be perceived or whatever. We just made a cool record in our bedroom." bit.ly