Did you guys hear about Lupe Fiasco getting escorted off the stage by security at a pre-inaugural concert for performing a thirty minute song railing against Obama? This is the kind of thing I can get behind, and I LIKE Obama. Don't be afraid to be loud, y'all. This little story has nothing to do with this month's mix though. I just wanted to mention it because it's one of my favorite stories this week, and you should check out Lupe's new album Food & Liquor II because it's pretty good. I really appreciate the fact that he [...]
Artist: Common Market Song: Swell Album: Tobacco Road (2008) (To download, right click “Download” and “Save File/Link As”) Website Check out past Throwback Posts
Alright, folks- I'm back with a handful of more intriguing covers tunes. This install focuses on the lighter side of beat and folk rock. First off, we have Blackpool, UK's Rockin' Vickers- a band made infamous for dressing up as priests (vicars) and also including none other than Hawkwind/ Motorhead 's Lemmy Kilmister (Ian Willis) on guitar. The group were no different musically than the dozens of other beat groups recording in the UK during the mid-60s. The a-side of their final single was this cool version of the Ray Davies/ Kinks klassic which was also kovered by [...]
Every Monday through Friday, we deliver a different song as part of our Song of the Day podcast subscription. This podcast features exclusive KEXP in-studio performances, unreleased tracks, and recordings from independent artists that our DJs think you should hear. Today’s song, featured on the Afternoon Show with Kevin Cole, is "Borrow" by RA Scion from the Beg, Borrow, Steal EP, available for free download at his website . RA Scion - Borrow ( MP3 ) Seattle rapper RA [...]
Sabzi has a tendency to release a fleet of work right when you were getting used to the thought of having to re-re-listen to some 2011 leftovers. With Townfolk , a collection of "instrumental chronicles", as he has branded them, the Seattle beat maestro uses his machines to wax poetic thoughts and experiences from portions of his life. Though all of these chronicles were produced prior to 2008, each one possess well-preserved freshness, exempt from expiration dates. On Tobacco 1 and Tobacco 2 , both of which were released in the past two days, Sabzi focuses on [...]
Sabzi has a tendency to release a fleet of work right when you were getting used to the thought of having to re-re-listen to some 2011 leftovers. With Townfolk, a collection of "instrumental chronicles", as he has branded them, the Seattle beat maestro uses his machines to wax poetic thoughts and experiences from portions of his life. [...]
Rockwell Powers & Ill Pill - Never Grow Up Rockwell Powers & Ill Pill - My Way ft Grynch & Ra Scion Rockwell Powers & Ill Pill - Doubt ft. 10th Commerce The second full length LP by Tacoma emcee Rockwell Powers and Seattle producer Ill Pill. Featuring appearances by Geo (of the Bue Scholars), Grynch, Ra Scion (of Common Market), Sol, Scribes, State of the Artist, DJ Phinisey, Peter Baldwin, and 10th & Commerce. So in [...]
Click Arrow To Download Press play and get ready to non-stop dopeness all glued together with dope breaks by DJ PhiLLy. DJ PhiLLy releases the TrackSide Burners show every month. Previous Dj Philly Shows DJ PhiLLy: Website • Facebook •J• Tracklist After The Jump... TrackSide Burners Show #3 [...]
Some of my favorite artists are people we missed before we started blogging and I know will be loved by our fanbase. Common Market is one of those artists. We attached one song but hit the iTunes link below to support this amazing lyricist. Check his MySpace for more current information and peep the YouTube below. One more thing, hit this LINK to watch a great video about Common Market going from the Mop to the Mic. Shout to Doug Bierer for the submission. Send us music at our Gmail or post it on [...]
My homeboy Sabzi is making a lot of moves as of late in NYC. As one half of the Blue Scholars he's been working on remixing artists ( Macklemore , Das Racists etc) and personal projects as well. Even kicking it at a restaurant will give him ideas for tracks. Hence this lil' beat project here. While sitting down and enjoying a tasty meatball at a Lower East Side diner the idea for a comp to accompanying his meal formed. Beatballs is the end result. You can hear a lot [...]
Seattle's neighborhood bash-cum-music festival, the Capitol Hill Block Party, has experienced quite a transformation over the past few years. Free until quite recently, ticket prices are still only $20 a day for three stages producing 12 hours a day of music. Not bad, right? This year's show is not my favorite lineup, though headliners like [Read Full Post...]
Modest Mouse – No One’s First, and You’re Next. Download “Satellite Skin” (mp3). The 8 songs on this EP are oddments from Modest Mouse’s previous two albums, Good News for People Who Like Bad News and We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank. While these songs might have seemed out of place on those long-players, they jounce together into a solid but diverse EP. From the banjo driven tracks to guitar abstraction to Modest Mouse’s pop style, it includes a few of 2009’s best songs from short-players. Evening Magazine – The Ride Across Lake Constance. Download “Apple Eye” (mp3). [...]
Since I've received a number of notices of the local music community coming together to have benefit shows where the proceeds are going to the humanitarian effort in Haiti, I thought I'd put together a super post of posters and dates of the various events going on. I love that the local music community isn't [...]
Since I've received a number of notices of the local music community coming together to have benefit shows where the proceeds are going to the humanitarian effort in Haiti, I thought I'd put together a super post of posters and dates of the various events going on. I love that the local music community isn't [...]
No rest for the wicked or at least for the music lovers of Seattle this weekend, even on that most traditional day of rest, Sunday. This Sunday's show choices read more like a stacked Friday or Saturday night in Seattle. Even though it will mean dragging a little bit of ass on Monday morning, there are too many good shows [...]
Now that baseball season is officially over, it's hard to ignore that another season of NBA is in full swing -- a painful reminder of what was taken from us in Seattle. And now, of course, there's a documentary to go along with it. Sonicsgate made it's way online last month and while the film has a lot of issues (its in desperate need of art direction, for one -- the Powerpoint-like graphics "needed a fresh pair of eyes," as we like to say), its a compelling tale of a franchise, a city and the [...]
back to the basics is a series about real hip hop and its regional influences throughout the united states. this artist comes to you from the pacific northwest . click image to view artist in itunes what's so good? Our next stop on the tour of the Pacific Northwest is…Seattle….again. Here we take a look at Common Market , the other hip hop duo of DJ Sabzi [...]
Cuando un buen amigo me prestó el álbum debut, y homónimo, de Common Market no tenía idea de qué iba escuchar. Sólo sabía que eran oriundos de Seattle, ciudad que por aquellos años empezaba a revitalizarse con una movida que ya llamaba la atención de los hip hop heads ; que era un combo clásico de MC y DJ y que, según mi proveedor, eran seguidores de una fe cuyos fundamentos espirituales se basaban en la unidad de las tres grandes religiones. Common [...]
Day Two: Downpour! Walking from breakfast to my friends’ house, all of three blocks, my jeans were soaked through. We got back to her house, made hot chocolate and watched the rain go flooding down the street. By the time we summoned the courage to venture out, the rain had dissipated a bit, and we arrived at Seattle Center just in time for our first show, Hey Marseilles . At Broad Street Stage we were greeted by seven dreamy men on stage! I thought I had hit my max for dreamy men on stage [...]
Common Market ::: Photo by Abbey Simmons Common Market's Sunday afternoon set at the Fisher Green stage was characterized by a peculiar tension. Initially word had it that this could be Common Market's last set. Unable to snag RA Scion himself, I tested out this assertion on a number of people until finally finding a member [...]
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