Kevin Cole joins El-P's posse outside KEXP photo by Alex Ruder Thanks to El-P for dropping by KEXP yesterday and delivering an in-studio performance. If you want to go back and listen to his conversation with Kevin Cole, in which El-P calls out the music industry for not being in tune with consumers, you can grab it on our Streaming Archive for the next two weeks. Today's Tuesday, and you know what that means... Tuesday is payday, for the record stores. [...]
Anybody else notice that Forkast has recently become skimpier with the mp3s? They've been pointing to a lot more imeem streams than mp3 downloads. Maybe that's fine. I rarely keep free mp3s from the web; I play them once or...
Here's a raw treat for your funky weekend. Betty Davis is most often remembered for being the model turned second wife to Miles Davis , who introduced him to Jimi Hendrix and Sly Stone , which in turn helped inspire him to record Bitches Brew . But not many know her as a funk goddess pioneer. She was a flamboyant and RAW performer who's sexual overtones were way ahead of her time, paving the way for many female artists since. [...]
Betty Davis: original soul sister The past is a vast and wondrous place. Musically speaking, there's lots of treasures and gems that get lost among the classic albums we've all come to know and love. Thank God for Light in the Attic Records , whose mandate is to reissue long-lost classic records as well as attempt to develop artist's hoping to record a future classic. Light in the Attic has gotten a lot of attention for their recent back catalogue reissue of 60's pop group [...]
Download "Cara-cuÃÂ - Revolta NagÃÂ-OiÃÂ 1830" (mp3) from "DanÃÂ-Ãïh-SÃÂ" by Tom ZÃÂ Tratore More On This Album Download "Solar" (mp3) from "Luaka Bop Remix" by Domenico+2 Luaka Bop More On This Album [...]
Download "45" (mp3) from "The Saturday Knights" by The Saturday Knights Light In The Attic More On This Album Download "Swing Your Heartache" (mp3) from "Young Galaxy" by Young Galaxy Arts & Crafts More On This Album [...]
IF I'M IN LUCK I MIGHT GET PICKED UP SHOO-B-DOOP AND COP HIM Betty Davis Betty Davis Just Sunshine : 1973 [Buy It] DON'T CALL HER NO TRAMP Betty Davis They Say I'm Different Just Sunshine : 1974 [Buy It] I don't think the world is really ready for a black rock star yet. --Rick James, interview in CREEM, 1981. So yesterday we covered Betty's "fetish funk" side [...]
KEXP Blog
Glorious Noise
thus spake drake
Quick Before It Melts
The Sound Culture
iodaCAST
Moistworks
Song Of The Week: Glass Candy "Life After Sundown"
Friday Remixes
The National - The Rains Of Castamere [Game of Thrones Soundtrack]
Detroit Techno Producers Used A 2013 Ford Fusion To Make An Original Track
M.I.A. - "Bad Girls" (Urban Noize Remix)
