You don't have to be a DJ, or even relate to anything on this list , to go to University of Washington's Rainy Dawg Radio 's excellently curated 10th Anniversary Party this Thursday the 23rd - they've managed to captured many of Seattle's local sounds in one show. From the electro-soul of Natasha Kmeto , to the howling reverb of Captured Tracks signees Naomi Punk , to the single-minded punk pop of Ponytime , they pretty much nailed the PNW music scene - and that's not even half the bands playing. Not to [...]
Two of Seattle’s up and coming – and most playful – groups will join forces Saturday, May 25, for the record release show for Friends and Family band at The Crocodile Café. The event, sure to be full of positive energy, bright colors and harmonies, will feature Julia Massey and the Fiver Finger Discount and The Hoot Hoots , alongside compatriots Friends and Family . “Friends and family have put a year’s work into our debut album,” said band member Nathaniel Elliot Tanner Rogers. “But it is also the culmination of our earliest chapter [...]
photo by Renata Steiner 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. Today’s song, featured on the Midday Show with Cheryl Waters, is “Slipping Away” by Mudhoney , from the 2013 album Vanishing Point on Sub Pop . Mudhoney - Slipping Away ( MP3 ) One of [...]
photo by Dave Lichterman When a 4-year-old, Erik Blood began sneaking 45-rpm records from his sister’s room and listening to them while she slept, a future was being formed. Music shapes us like few elements can. The sounds, words, and images associated with certain songs can leave lasting impressions that often influence who we become. For Blood, this early exposure to his sister’s Cure records and his mom’s R&B, Motown, and ‘70s disco albums proved significant. “The music I grew up listening to made me who I am, musically and otherwise,” says [...]
photo by Will Miller 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. Today’s song, featured on the Morning Show with John Richards, is “Fallen Giants” a 2013 self-released single by Seattle band Kithkin . Kithkin - Fallen Giants ( MP3 ) Unlike the rest of the [...]
photo by Bebe Labree Besch 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 songs, and recordings from independent artists that our DJs think you should hear. Every Friday, we feature a song by a Northwestern artis. Today’s song, featured on the Afternoon Show with Kevin Cole, is “I Need Something Different” by Seattle's Stone Gossard from the 2013 album Moonlander on Monkeywrench . Stone Gossard - [...]
The giant rock sound of Flight to Mars , a tribute band to the 1970’s group UFO, will fill the Showbox at The Market stage this Friday, May 10th. Highlighted by the virtuoso guitarists Mike McCready (Pearl Jam) and Tim DiJulio (HalloQueen), the 11 th annual performance will benefit Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America’s Camp Oasis and Advocacy for Patients with Chronic Illness , two non-profit organizations that McCready regularly supports. “It’s all-out rock and roll,” said DiJulio, who has been lifelong friends with McCready. “Most bands don’t [...]
photo by Autumn De Wilde 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 songs, and recordings from independent artists that our DJs think you should hear. Today’s song, featured on the Afternoon Show with Kevin Cole, is “The Future Hunter” by The Postal Service from the 2013 album Give Up (Deluxe 10th Anniversary Edition) on Sub Pop . The Postal Service - A Tattered [...]
all photos by Morgen Schuler “Welcome to Prom Night Class of 2013” read the banner displayed high above the dance floor at the Crocodile Café. People celebrated the night, the official lineup release party for Bumbershoot 2013, hanging over the balcony, dressed fancy, their hair done, jewelry around their necks, cheering for soul singer (and Bumbershoot performer) Allen Stone to sing. When Stone hit the stage at 9 pm, he was met with welcoming shrieks. Adorned in top hat and tails, amber sunglasses and his trademark wide-mouth grin, Stone opened the set with [...]
photos by Bebe Labree Besch ( view set ) When I first heard of Chastity Belt , it was through word of mouth. My friends highly endorsed this band from Walla Walla, WA. They had just moved here and were playing some shows around town. Their song titles kinda freaked me out in the beginning, but that quickly changed when I got the chance to see them live. They performed the very last Audioasis in-studio of last year. I specifically asked them to play at that time because I knew that they would make a [...]
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 songs, and recordings from independent artists that our DJs think you should hear. Every Friday, we feature a song from a Northwestern artist. Today’s song, featured on the Midday Show with Cheryl Waters, is “Burn to Dust” by Seattle's Dead Ship Sailing from the 2013 self-released self-titled album. Dead Ship Sailing - Burn to Dust ( MP3 ) [...]
photo by Mike Emigh ( view set ) There isn’t a plethora out there on the wide open spaces of the internet about the wild Seattle band Country Lips , so here's a bit of detail: the 7-piece band sounds like a whiskey-infused, shack-swaying barn party. The staple of their music is their fast moving fingers on violin, guitar and keys, accompanied by vocals sounding like reeds bending in open air. Fresh off an April 26 Folklife Pre-Festival party at The Tractor Tavern, Country Lips are poised for more live shows in Seattle, with one [...]
photo by Renata Steiner ( view set ) Few bands have influenced Seattle's sound like Mudhoney . Twenty five years ago, to this month, Mark Arm and Steve Turner rejoined after leaving Green River to form a group that would weather all storms of the so-called "Grunge" scene. Their initial, poorly selling but highly influential single and EP ("Touch Me I'm Sick" and Superfuzz Bigmuff , respectively) led to a contract with the majors followed by a return to the local label that started them off, Sub Pop (also celebrating its 25th year). Though [...]
photo by Kelsey Scherler 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 songs, and recordings from independent artists that our DJs think you should hear. Today’s song, featured on the Morning Show with John Richards, is “Cosmic Age” by Jetman Jet Team from the 2013 album We Will Live the Space Age on Saint Marie . [...]
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. Today’s song, featured on the Morning Show with John Richards, is "Second Son" by Mikey and Matty from the 2013 self-released album Harbor Island . Mikey and Matty - Second Son ( MP3 ) Consisting of brothers Mike and Matt [...]
photo by Renata Steiner ( view set ) Few band names are as apt as The Cave Singers . Not quite a folk band and definitely not your typical indie rock band, The Cave Singers seem to have hatched their sound in seclusion, as if alone amid darkness and firelight. Their songs are rustic in style but not necessarily in execution, airy but also often droning, haunting at times but ultimately rejoiceful -- in all, totally unique and instantly recognizable. Now on their fourth album, they guys (Pete, Derek and Marty) continue to widen their [...]
Yo La Tengo is coming to Athens soon, and Georgia Theatre is letting us give away a pair of tickets to a fortunate reader. Stick with us below for how to enter and check out the video for "Before We Run," off their most recent record Fade, out now on Matador. An Evening with Yo La Tengo The Georgia Theatre Doors: 8PM Yo La Tengo: [...]
Yo La Tengo is coming to Athens soon, and Georgia Theatre is letting us give away a pair of tickets to a fortunate reader. Stick with us below for how to enter and check out the video for "Before We Run," off their most recent record Fade, out now on Matador. An Evening with Yo La Tengo The Georgia Theatre Doors: 8PM Yo La Tengo: [...]
photo by Dave Lichterman 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. Today’s song, featured on the Morning Show with John Richards, is "Treadin'" by Grynch & Budo , a 2013 single on Fin Records . Grynch & Budo - Treadin' ( MP3 ) As [...]
photo by Greg Stonebraker ( view set ) How is walking through the woods on a foggy, chilly late spring day similar to strolling past the closed fun houses and ferris wheels on a boardwalk at the end of summer? You could just as easily listen to the melancholic surf bee-bop of Seattle's La Luz in both of the situations. What started at as a side project for Shana and Marianne after touring for The Curious Mystery has now rapidly become one of the smoothest sounding, Ronnettes-influenced bands around. They released their debut cassette, [...]
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