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Tuesday, Nov 27 2012, 10AM
First solo release from Grizzly Bear / Department of Eagles member Daniel Rossen
Yeasayer have made a video for each song on their latest album, Fragrant World; they share a similar aesthetic, namely pulsating technicoloured blobs - www.yeasayer.net
MGMT have been quiet of late, although they did contribute to the stacked Fleetwood Mac tribute album this summer, covering "Future Games"
San Francisco's Two Gallants took their name from one of the short story titles in James Joyce's Dubliners
Debut album from this Bay Area band led by Earthless guitarist Isaiah Mitchell
Here's another cut from Icelandic singer / songwriter's new EP - blog.kexp.org
From Minneapolis, the core duo of Ryan Olson and Channy Leaneagh have collaborated with many bands - and vice versa - in the area, including Gaygns (with Bon Iver) and Solid Gold
Take a listen to the Seattle singer / songwriter's KEXP in-studio, playing songs from his new Television of Saints album - kexp.org
Listen to Japandroids a bunch this year? Then vote for them in KEXP's 2012 End of Year Countdown! - kexp.org
LIVE on KEXP - Monday, December 17th at 1:30 on the Midday Show! | Playing that night at the Showbox Market
The seventh album from New York outfit Woods. As if they weren't busy enough, bassist Kevin Morby also plays in a band called The Babies, who just put out an album
The appropriate amount of time to spend in Brussels
Flexi-disc release show on Fri. 12/7 at the Coppergate in Ballard with special guest Chris Brokaw (of Codeine, Bedhead, the New Year).
Playing this THURSDAY, the 29th, with The Hoot Hoots and Friends & Family at Barboza
Take a listen to Jeff the Brotherhood's, er, memorable (in more ways than one!) KEXP in-studio session... they're a fun-loving bunch - kexp.org
Arthur Russell worked with a host of amazing musicians in NYC during his lifetime, including Ernie Brooks (of the Modern Lovers), who played bass on this, and many other, of Russell's song
Brand spanking new single from Villagers. Here's the video they made for it, a day-in-the-life-of concept about a perpetually frustrated character named Terrence Bliss - youtu.be
Latest release from Toronto duo Crystal Castles, their third (still S/T) album; the cover features a refashioned photograph taken last year by Samuel Aranda during the Arab Spring of a mother in Yemen shielding her son after being pelted with tear gas during a demonstration (it was awarded the World Press Photo of the Year)
LIVE on KEXP - Saturday, December 8th at 3:00pm! | Playing the Sunset Tavern that night (bring earplugs) with Brain Fruit and Life Coach
Perhaps an under-the-radar Top 10 album of 2012? Voice your opinions here and vote for YOUR faves of 2012! - blog.kexp.org
A.k.a. Joe Pernice of the Pernice Brothers (he also played with Scud Mountain Boys and recorded under his own name)
Latest from the ever-evolving Kurt Wagner, the artiste known as Lambchop
Formed in 1990 at Hampshire College in Amherst, MA and named themselves after the radiator in their basement practice space... that must've been some inspirational radiator
Third album from A.C. Newman, who enlisted Neko Case for backing vocals on most of the tracks here
Debut album from this Gainesville, FL-based artistic collective, who go by Hundred Waters - hundred-waters.com
The sparrow is mightier than the sword... or pen? Something like that
Playing a stacked local show at the Showbox Market - Friday, December 7th with Rose Windows and The Cave Singers
A good bet to make some Top 10 lists around the office here... in case you haven't heard, you can vote for YOUR favourites of 2012 right here! - blog.kexp.org
My Morning Jacket frontman Jim James is all set to release his debut solo album - Regions of Light and Sound of God - February 5th
New Jersey pop-punk agitators Titus Andronicus continue their hot streak with Local Business. Take a listen to their recent - energetic! - KEXP in-studio - kexp.org
Handsome Furs' Dan Boeckner also plies his trade with Divine Fits (see below)
Fifth album from electro-psych hippies Black Moth Super Rainbow, featuring their distinctive warped vocals courtesy of frontman Tobacco (can't make this stuff up)
Take a cue from The Stooges and arrange your family Christmas card to look like their 1969 album cover
Your *personal* life, which is the most, uh, complicated of lives (close second: double lives)
Inside information: Blunderbuss was at least one DJ's #1 album of 2012. Watch the KEXP Blog for the DJ's Top 10 picks and be sure to vote for yours as well! - blog.kexp.org
KEXP's Greg Vandy, host of The Roadhouse, once interviewed Iron & Wine and a pleasant time was had by all - youtu.be
Lest you think Bob Dylan is shacked up at home muttering to himself, he's in fact still recording, touring and muttering into a microphone, as demonstrated by a strong album he put out this year entitled Tempest
Just released a new EP called Pity Trials & Tomorrow’s Child that features a cover of "Isn't It a Pity," with vocals from Graham Nash - songsofjonathanwilson.com
