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Tuesday, Mar 6 2012, 10AM
Here's a live performance of "Chapel Song" from last year's CMJ festival in NYC - youtu.be
LIVE on KEXP - Wednesday April 11, 3:00pm. This young, country-inclined sister duo actually hail from Sweden. You can totally use this as a topic of conversation at their show that night at the Crocodile.
FACT: E Volo Love is a palindrome. Also, Fránçois & The Atlas Mountains are the first French band signed to Domino, believe it or not, with frontman Fránçois Marry recording the album in a church in his hometown of Saintes.
Or, as they're known within the scientific community, Flora & Fauna... They'll be LIVE on KEXP - Thursday March 22, 1:00pm (catch them that night at the Crocodile too)
LIVE on KEXP from Mellow Johnny's Bike Shop in Austin Thursday March 15, 5:30pm! Animal Joy is the band's first for Sub Pop and their 8th full-length overall.
XPOSURE is a one-man project of... an ANONYMOUS Spainiard! He claims to be inspired by the "Three B’s : BOWIE, BRIAN ENO and BIGGIE," and once lived in Barcelona but know resides in "ALMERIA's Western Spaghetti mecca." Free download of his woozy, downtempo hip hop right here - egyptianmaraccas.bandcamp.com
Barry Adamson's a veteran of the British music industry, a onetime member of The Birthday Party, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds and Magazine and a prolific solo artist with over nine releases to his name
Recorded a number of well-received singles in the '70s, eventually acquiring the nickname "Little J.B." Two decades later a new generation of sample-obsessed hip hop heads and music fans rediscovered his deep funk records and he experienced a resurgence in the mid '90s.
LIVE on KEXP - Saturday, April 21st, 8:00 PM. Jason Baxter, half of Seattle duo USF, also just penned a comic book which you should check out here - www.tripfantasticonline.com
Playing TONIGHT at the Neptune Theatre with Aoife O'Donovan!
"Where is your favorite place to smush your boo?" - 27.media.tumblr.com
LIVE on KEXP - Tuesday March 27, 1:00pm! Seattle duo TheeSatisfaction, a.k.a The Queens Supreme a.k.a. Stas & Cat, are also releasing a new album for Sub Pop entitled Awe Naturale on March 27th.
LIVE on KEXP - Thursday April 5, 1:00pm (and the Sunset Tavern that night)
Check out their LIVE session for KEXP tomorrow on the Midday Show at 1:00!
Just like that crazy-hard-to-say volcano in Iceland, this Reykjavik band is ready to explode and hit the big time, starting with their LIVE set on KEXP from Mellow Johnny's Bike Shop in Austin Wednesday March 14, 5:30pm
His new record, Break It Yourself, is out today! He'll also be swinging through town Monday, April 9th for an 11:00 in-studio on the Midday Show and a show at the Paramount Theatre that night.
The fourth album from SF's Swell was recorded FIVE separate times, in different locations. When they finally finished the thing after two years, their label, American, decided not to release it. Luckily Beggars Banquet heeded the call and it finally saw the light of day.
With the White Stripes kaputt, Jack White is all set to release his solo debut, Love Interruption, April 24th
In terms of Lego-centric album covers, Karate's The Bed Is in the Ocean is among the best - www.discogs.com
LIVE on KEXP - Monday May 7, 1:00pm! Father John Misty is J. Tillman from Fleet Foxes, who's slated to release his debut solo album under that moniker May 1st. Check out the crazy video for this song (think: Laurel Canyon crazy) starring Aubrey Plaza - music-mix.ew.com
Not as catchy a name as 'Sex in the City,' but definitely easier on the ears
Portland by way of Wasilla, AK
Check out the band's 10 covers project (including one of M83's "Kim & Jessie") - tokyopoliceclub.com
Senegal's Orchestra Baobab started out in the '70s as the house band for a Dakar club whose clientele consisted of elite government officials
New album - A Different Ship - drops May 8th! It was produced by the "sixth member" of Radiohead, Nigel Godrich
Take a listen to Dr. Dog's most excellent live in-studio session from last month - kexp.org
Barcelona's Pablo Díaz-Reixa a.k.a. El Guincho covered a variety of early Cuban pop and folk tunes for this release in 2010
Australian band Cloud Control were featured on the KEXP Song of the Day podcast not long ago... blog.kexp.org
LIVE on KEXP - Friday March 23, 1:00pm! Fri. March 23 at Showbox SODO. If you don't have dancing shoes yet, get 'em!
Cover of Canadian '80s pop band Platinum Blonde (what a perfectly '80s name, eh?). Here's the (original) music video, big hair and all, from 1983 - youtu.be
Athens (GREECE!) band Keep Shelly In Athens have release a number of 12"s and done a slew of remix work since forming a couple of years ago. Here's another cut from this EP - blog.kexp.org
Redemption City is available for FREE download at Joseph Arthur's site. What a mensch, this guy - www.josepharthur.com
Singer/songwriter from Toronto, this was his fourth full-length
Playing with Thrones - Saturday, March 31st at the Comet Tavern. Make sure to check out their live show; it's LOUD
Vermont's Happy Birthday played a buoyant set of catchy power pop for KEXP back in 2010 - kexp.org
John is actor John C. Reilly, and the duo will be playing at SXSW this year
Brooklyn's Hospitality did a lovely in-studio for us just recently - kexp.org
Working on a new album right now with producer Greg Kurstin (The Shins, Lily Allen, Sia, Foster the People)
The Montreal's band new album is out now! (you can grab it on cassette from Hosehead Records... must be fans of the McKenzie Brothers) - sonicavenues.com
Playing TONIGHT at the Crocodile! It'll be shredding good time
Recorded their new album, Attack on Memory, with Steve Albini who reputedly "played Scrabble on Facebook almost the entire time [we were recording]. I don't even know if he remembers what our album sounds like."
Check out the music video for album opener "No Future/No Past" - vimeo.com
If you're going to the show, check for their split 7" with fellow label-mate Toro Y Moi (out March 29th officially)
Jamie SWOON, as some people call him ;) Mirrorwriting is out now, officially, in the US
Hold tight Seattle, not toooo long before it's summer (clocks spring forward soon too)
