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Tuesday, Feb 21 2012, 10AM
Check out Mark Lanegan's superb in studio from earlier this month, playing songs off Blues Funeral, his 7th studio album
Playing NEXT Tuesday, the 28th at Neumos (with Carnivores and Frankie Broyles)!
Will be LIVE on KEXP from Mellow Johnny's Bike Shop in Austin - Wednesday March 14, 3:30pm
Also playing a special LIVE SXSW performance for KEXP from from Mellow Johnny's Bike Shop in Austin Friday. March 16, 11:30am
Wild Nothing is the project of Virginia-born, Brooklyn-based Jack Tatum, who's just put out a new 7" on Captured Tracks. He made a name for himself with another 7" release from 2010, an excellent cover of Kate Bush's "Cloudbusting" - youtu.be
"Ooh. 'Big Pink.' It's the only gum with the breath-freshening power of ham." (Futurama anyone?) - farm5.static.flickr.com
March 28th at the Sunset! These young rockers (seriously, they're, like, real young) from Minneapolis are also doing the SXSW thing this year in Austin, playing a special session from Mellow Johnny's Bike Shop in Austin, Wednesday March 14, 9:30am
Video from the Montreal band's dazzling (there's a harp!) in studio performance here at KEXP on the Midday Show - youtu.be
Speaking of la belle province, Montreal's Plants and Animals are set to release their third full-length, The End of That, next week on the 28th. They have a 7" coming out the same day as well, the lead single "Lightshow" b/w a cover of Wolf Parade's "I'll Believe In Anything"
Be sure to catch veteran Brit musician Barry Adamson's in studio performance on KEXP Monday, March 5th on the Midday Show, 1:00. Fun fact: he used to play with Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Played here at KEXP quite recently, playing some tunes off their new album Be the Void - kexp.org
LIVE on KEXP - Monday, April 2nd at noon! (playing the night before, Sunday, at the Tractor too)
It's that uptown sound we've heard so much about... Experience said sound March 30th at El Corazon here in Seattle
Make sure to tune in for Danish outfit Choir of Young Believers during their live session for KEXP at Mellow Johnny's Bike Shop in Austin Thursday March 15, 1:30pm
Deep Sea Diver are having their album release party this FRIDAY at the Columbia City Theater. They're also touring this summer with The Shins! - thedeepseadiver.com
The full-length debut from these Bay Area purveyors of catchy indie scuzz is out TODAY!
What started out as the bedroom project of Clevelander Dylan Baldi has quickly evolve into a full band with a new, Steve Albini-produced second album. You can see them in all their riff-heavy loudness Tuesday, March 6th at the Crocodile.
Cate Le Bon is playing LIVE on the Midday Show TOMORROW, 1:00! Tune in to see how her new album is pronounced and other such things, then see her later that day at the Crocodile
LIVE on KEXP - Sunday, March 18th at 1:00! They're swinging through town the day before Saturday, March 17th to play the Columbia City Theater with Gold Leaves and Cumulus. Pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty good lineup (as Larry would say)
"Barnaby, Hardly Working" first appeared on the band's 1989 album President Yo La Tengo
Debut release from this British band, perfect for those glockenspiel-deficient, mid-winter afternoons
LIVE on KEXP from Mellow Johnny's Bike Shop in Austin Friday March 16, 5:30pm
Cat Power and Manny Pacquiao teamed up recently to benefit the Festival of Children Foundation and the Ali Forney Center. Learn more about this good cause here - www.catpowermusic.com
Playing a big 'ole show May 13th at the Paramount with Youth Lagoon and Magik*Magik Orchestra
Here's Sunny Day Real Estate frontman Jeremy Enigk covering Damien Jurado - seattletimes.nwsource.com
The Minneapolis-based (are their denizens far smoother, nay, silkier than we give them credit for?), Gayngs-affiliated Polica are currently touring the US. They're also signed to the drolly-titled label Totally Gross National Product - thisispolica.com
Playing the mecca of all things indie, Reno, Nevada, May 31st (it's the start of a mini US tour with The Moondoggies)
Playing the album release party for Deep Sea Diver this Friday at the Columbia City Theater.
Playing the Audioasis Benefit Show March 3rd with Pollens and Katie Kate! Posse describe their sound as "the musical equivalent of a condor dying in mid-air and falling to the ground, its wings still flapping and the wind forcing its beak away from the impact," which is certainly a ringing endorsement
"I just wrote the dumbest song / It's going to be a singalong / Our enemies will laugh and be pointing / It wont bother me, what the thoughtless are thinking." Now THAT'S an indictment...
Playing the Neptune Theatre Tuesday, March 6th with Aoife O'Donovan
What do the elderly think of The Walkmen? Here's their critical take (emphasis on critical)... youtu.be
Fleet Foxes continue their streak of moving videos with the one for "The Shrine/An Argument," put together by Robin Pecknold's brother, Sean - youtu.be
After a string of 12" releases and remix work, Barcelona's John Talabot has put out his debut LP just in time for those winter doldrums
If you go to the show, scope the merch table for a limited edition split cassette they did with Brilliant Colors
Philly MC Lushlife has collected an eclectic group of guests for his forthcoming Plateau Vision LP (due out April 17th), including Heems from Das Racist, Styles P, Shad and Cities Aviv. Tune in for their in studio on April 18th at 9am.
Lushlife LIVE on KEXP (The Cutting Room Studios NYC) Wednesday April 18, 9:00am
Lushlife LIVE on KEXP (The Cutting Room Studios NYC) Wednesday April 18, 9:00am
Lushlife LIVE on KEXP (The Cutting Room Studios NYC) Wednesday April 18, 9:00am
Lushlife LIVE on KEXP (The Cutting Room Studios NYC) Wednesday April 18, 9:00am
Lushlife LIVE on KEXP (The Cutting Room Studios NYC) Wednesday April 18, 9:00am
Lushlife LIVE on KEXP (The Cutting Room Studios NYC) Wednesday April 18, 9:00am
Jack White's solo album, entitled Blunderbuss, is out April 24th. Here's a sneak preview - pitchfork.com
The King of Limbs, as remixed and reworked by the likes of SBTRKT, Four Tet, Caribou, Jamie xx and more
The Chicago band's new album, Pre-Language, is due out March 1st! They enlisted the skills of Sonic Youth drummer Steve Shelley for their third LP.
The rather unhinged music video, starring Aubrey Plaza - music-mix.ew.com
Wayne Rhino Flower, of Halo Benders, plays guitar on this track (from Built to Spill's second album)
Guitarist/vocalist David Feck once claimed Comet Gain has cycled through more than 60 musicians since he formed the group in 1992
Pinback hail from San Diego, just like Leif from the current iteration of Survivor
