Responsible for showing the world The Globes , Brite Futures , The Lonely Forest , and many other KEXP favorites, EMP's Sound Off! competition is a must know – especially if you live in the PNW. Now in its eleventh year, Sound Off! is an underage "battle of the bands" of sorts. Selecting some of the most promising music from the 21 and younger crowd from the PNW, 12 bands are judged on a set of live music at Seattle's EMP. The 12 bands are split into three semi-final rounds where they compete for the [...]
As the excitement continues to build over Now, Now's upcoming sophomore record, Threads, we get the first video taken from the new batch of songs, the snappy but all-too-fleeting "Dead Oaks." That
Every Monday through Friday, we deliver a different song as part our Song of the Day podcast subscription . This podcast features exclusive KEXP in-studio performances, unreleased songs, and recordings from independent artists that our DJs think you should hear. Each and every Friday we offer songs by local artists. Today's selection, featured on the Morning Show with John Richards, is "Ampersand" by Kithkin from their self-released EP Takers & Leavers . Kithkin – Ampersand ( MP3 ) [...]
photo by Tracy Clayton ( view set ) 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. Each and every Friday we offer songs by local artists. Today's selection, featured on the Morning Show with John Richards, is "Two x Two" by James Apollo from his 2012 album Little War, Little Less on Marterry Music. [...]
The local band the Cloak Ox had a ripping 2011. After all, they won last year's City Pages "Picked To Click" by a landslide as one of the most promising band's from our fair State. As any reader of G
The sonic experimentalism of Halloween, Alaska has always lent itself well to potential remixes. And while the latest effort from the Minneapolis quartet, All Night The Calls Came In, is a more re
Artists and bands alike rarely reach the age of maturity before they putter out or break up. Not so for Austin, Minnesota native Martin Zellar -- who has been making music since the early '80s.
Introducing Polographia a collective of two Sydney lads whom started off as DJ's, spinning tunes just for fun. After getting a bit more serious about music and branching off into production they have definitely found their niche in the chill-wave department. They master perfectly the glitchy-groove beats accompanied with nostalgic styled synths and ambient samples that make their music so enjoyable. Creating tunes to rival such genre heavyweights as Toro y Moi and Washed Out , Polographia have managed to craft themselves an acclaimed debut EP that has slyly snuck its [...]
Sometimes Seattle gets it wrong. No doubt a lot of great music comes out of this town and the surrounding area, and bands like Fleet Foxes, Nirvana, The Head and the Heart, Band of Horses, Modest Mouse (okay, Issaquah actually) and so many before them have gone on to national acclaim. But when you've got to dig through the import bin to find the latest album by The Walkabouts , well, something's wrong! The veteran band, formed by songwriting duo Chris Eckman and Carla Torgerson, has been cranking out stellar albums for nearly 30 years and yet they still [...]
Facebook.comBy Sally HedbergYes, Minneapolis is home to a punk rock record store. The 18-year-old Extreme Noise Records is indisputably cool, and it's a business that truly emanates the DIY ethos of
Rhymesayers vet I Self Devine continues his onslaught of new music with the second of four free mixtapes dropped at the front end of every month. The Upliftment Struggle was released on Sou
Macklemore with Ryan Lewis, Kevin Cole and the band photo by Jim Bennett Every Monday through Friday, we deliver a different song as part our Song of the Day podcast subscription . This podcast features exclusive KEXP in-studio performances, unreleased songs, and recordings from independent artists that our DJs think you should hear. Each and every Friday we offer songs by local artists. Today's selection, featured on the Afternoon Show with Kevin Cole, is the self-released single "Make the Money" by Macklemore X Ryan Lewis . Macklemore [...]
photo by Victoria Holt Fly Moon Royalty has a big year ahead of them in 2012. After getting off the ground last year with their strong "Lemonade" single, they are currently prepping new material and have played much of it at shows around the city. On Saturday, they played at Sea-Tac Airport as a part of the Sea-Tac Aiport Music Initiative that began last week. They have two upcoming dates, including the Dancing on the Valentine show at Crocodile on February 10th and the Little Big Show with Pickwick on February [...]
Burn Fetish's latest album, Psychonauta, shows a band striving for both their and our fulfillment. They labor over the years that span the ending of childhood and the introduction into adulthood.Musi
No…Not the country; a lot more chilled than the country. Like many of the artists we feature, Alex Ritchie AKA Argentina is a modest bedroom producer with bounties of ability and creativeness. Although he shares naming rights with the second largest country in South America, Alex is ok with being hard to find; "Scarcity is rare these days, so there's something comforting to me about not leaving my footprints everywhere…" 'Bad Kids' exposes you to an infectious echo-y key hook early, leaving you completely vulnerable [...]
Fresh off of bringing Wednesday night's Best New Bands showcase to a triumphant close at First Avenue, local MC MaLLy gives his fans a taste of what his hotly anticipated forthcoming LP will sound
Photo By Mike VorrasiAfter recently signing with Chris Walla's Trans Records, local trio Now, Now have released their first new batch of songs today with the digital EP Dead Oaks. The catchy but fle
Words by Jim My inbox gets annihilated by emails on a daily basis. I almost feel bad for it. PR people from around the globe send us the most random stuff. Seriously, I'm not saying that we are super important and we have PR agents banging our door down, because that's definitely not the case. It's just the power of Google and Twitter search, I guess. If we feature a band from the UK, you can bet that two days later we'll have emails about the newest dub step grunge trip hop artist from [...]
Facebook.comWhen describing the new video for his band, Fairfax, AK's singer/songwriter Pat Dougherty sounds more like a humble musician than a salesman, "I think selling music is a pretty cold proce
Polica's in-studio performance featuring an interview with the Current's Mark Wheat recently hit NPR, not MPR, but the national one. With an impressive number of camera angles, we get a look at "Wand
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