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Wednesday, Jun 20 2012, 10AM
We featured "You Go Running" on the KEXP Song Of The Day podcast earlier this year! If you're subscribed, that song was available as a free download, if you're not subscribed, get in on the action and make this catchy Deep Sea Diver tune your own by heading over to blog.kexp.org
Spoon's Britt Daniel's latest project is a collaboration with Wolf Parade's Dan Boeckner that they're calling Divine Fits. The group just made their debut single "My Love Is Real" available to stream online this morning! Just "like" Divine Fits on Facebook. www.facebook.com
"It's Frightening" was produced by Spoon's Britt Daniel!
Read our review of the self-titled debut album from Aussies Royal Headache, released on What's Your Rupture?'s label kexp.org
"Come To The City" is a standout track off 2011's "Slave Ambient" release from The War On Drugs. Download it for free courtesy of the KEXP Song Of The Day podcast at blog.kexp.org
Local band The Cave Singers are no strangers to the KEXP studio, and we've got some pretty incredible videos from one of their visits last year on the KEXP blog. Watch them right here blog.kexp.org
Sharon Van Etten is coming to town Tuesday, August 7th! She's playing an all ages show at the Neptune Theater with Tennis.
We featured Patti Smith in the "Poets and Music" segment of our KEXP Documentaries series. Check it out! blog.kexp.org
Playing Redmond's Marymoor Park with Clap Your Hands Say Yeah on Saturday, September 15th!
In need of some summer reading? Gotham Books put out "Big Day Coming: Yo La Tengo and the Rise of Indie Rock" earlier this month. It's by music journalist/WFMU DJ Jesse Jarnow.
The title "On Avery Island" refers to a salt dome island in southern Louisiana, the home state of Jeff Mangum et al.
Jeff Mangum helped curate this year's All Tomorrow's Parties festival. It featured performances from Joanna Newsom, Fleet Foxes, Panda Bear, and loads more (not to mention Mangum himself).
The Tallest Man On Earth is back with his third full-length "There's No Leaving Now." No west coast live dates announced yet, but watch this space and in the meantime stream Kristian Matsson's live set from 2010's MFNW kexp.org
Father John Misty is opening up proceedings on the main stage at this year's Capitol Hill Block Party! His set is at 4 PM on Friday, July 20th.
We've got Wilco's headlining Sasquatch! set from last year streaming in full for your listening pleasure over at kexp.org
Stream Allo Darlin''s live set at KEXP from last month (which features a live take on "Capricornia") kexp.org
Performing at The Crocodile this Saturday, June 23rd! It's an all ages show, doors at 8.
The Be Good Tanyas' tunes are a favorite of TV producers! The Vancouver-based band has had songs featured in The L Word, Weeds, and Breaking Bad.
Jack and Meg White covering Dolly Parton on this one. It's the B-side to their 2000 single "Hello Operator."
Off the 17th full length (and 2nd of this calendar year!) from Guided By Voices, entitled "Class Clown Spots A UFO."
BOAT play KEXP's Free Concerts at the Mural Amphitheater at Seattle Center on Fri. 8/24 w/ Reptar and Fresh Espresso. Check out the full month long weekly series at blog.kexp.org
Watch local band The Pica Beats do their thing live in KEXP's studio! blog.kexp.org
Portland band Ramona Falls played a live set during Hood To Hood this year! Stream it in full at kexp.org
Exitmusic! Live at KEXP! And on video? Consider your day made. blog.kexp.org
"By Your Hand" is the opening track and lead single off the latest full-length "Hello Sadness" from Welsh band Los Campesinos!.
Check out our review of the brand new record from Wisconsin-based duo Peaking Lights kexp.org
"Sleep Deprivation" is the opening cut off the debut album from Simian Mobile Disco, originally formed as James Ford and Jas Shaw's DJ duo side-project to their four-piece band Simian.
M83 are coming back to town and playing at this year's Bumbershoot Festival, September 1st-3rd at Seattle Center.
Performing LIVE on KEXP on Friday, August 3rd at 11 AM, and at Barboza later that night with Deep Time.
We featured The Kills on our Saturday Afternoon Artist feature last year when "Blood Pressures" was hot off the press. Read/listen up! blog.kexp.org
King Tuff is on this year's Capitol Hill Block Party lineup! His set is at 6:30 PM on Sunday, July 22nd at the Neumos Stage.
Soundway put out "Dancing Time" earlier this year - it's a reissue of singles from The Funkees during 1973-77. www.soundwayrecords.com
Band of Horses are going on tour with My Morning Jacket this summer and gearing up for the release of their fourth full-length, slated for a release later this year.
The Walkmen are playing an all ages show with Florence + The Machine at White River Amphitheatre on Saturday, July 21st.
We featured Public Image Ltd. on the "Portraits Of Post-Punk" chapter of our KEXP Documentaries series. kexp.org
"Disparate Youth" is the second single from Santigold's new album "Master of My Make-Believe," check out the music video for the track at en.wikipedia.org
It's been a tragic week for Thom Yorke and co., as the band lost their drum technician when the Toronto stage they were scheduled to play on collapsed hours before the band's performance. The Ontario Ministry of Labour is investigating the circumstances surrounding the incident.
Title and opening track from 2009's "The Mountain," the last record put out by Heartless Bastards on the Fat Possum label.
Performing LIVE on KEXP this Friday, June 22nd at 3:30 PM, and heading down to The Crocodile later that night for a 21+ show with The Spring Standards.
Lead single from the exciting new collaboration between David Byrne and Annie Clark of St. Vincent. The record is called "Love This Giant" and is scheduled for a September 11th release. The duo are coming to Seattle's 5th Avenue Theatre on October 17th as well!
This is a live rendition of Icelandic band GusGus performing the title track off their latest record at Iceland Airwaves last year.
Cloud Nothings are on this year's Capitol Hill Block Party lineup! Their set is going down on Sunday, July 22nd at 3:30 PM on the main stage.
Dinosaur Jr. are releasing their 10th full-length and the follow-up to 2009's "Farm" on September 18th! It's called "I Bet On Sky" and is being put out on Jagjaguwar's label.
Mark Gardener of RIDE will be performing LIVE on KEXP tomorrow afternoon at 1 PM! He's also playing Barboza tomorrow night at 8 PM with Sky Parade and Erik Blood.
Watch some live videos of Pedro The Lion mastermind David Bazan performing songs off his debut solo record "Curse Your Branches" from KEXP's studio! blog.kexp.org
Fiona Apple's back with her fourth full-length "The Idler Wheel..." It's left critics near-unanimously buckling at the knees.
We reviewed "Reign Of Terror" when it came out earlier this year rather extensively. Check it out and watch the video to "The Comeback Kid" at blog.kexp.org
Playing Wednesday October 3rd and Thursday October 4th at Showbox at the Market.