photo credit: Joel Brodsky/Corbis Ray Manzarek , founding member of influential '60s band The Doors, passed away this morning at the age of 74 after a battle with bile duct cancer. Doors guitarist Robby Krieger said in a statement, "I was deeply saddened to hear about the passing of my friend and bandmate Ray Manzarek today. I'm just glad to have been able to have played Doors songs with him for the last decade. Ray was a huge part of my life and I will always miss him." Manzarek formed [...]
Welcome to our new video roundup! This time, we have some house, pop, and nu-disco coming, as always, with great visual supports! We already talked to you about Polish duo Rebeka , when they released last year "Stars" on the label Discotexas. Now, they are back with another song, called "Melancholia", coming with a retro video. You can listen to the full EP here . Satin Jackets , one of the best producers around to deliver sweet nu-disco tunes, recently [...]
Proposed Earth Day Flag Preceding the mass media's adoption of the "green" movement by almost forty years, Earth Day celebrates and demonstrates support for environmental protection. Now in its 43rd year, the initially proposed date for the internationally-observed holiday was March 21 - the first day of spring in the northern hemisphere - but the established date was chosen when Senator Gaylord Nelson - who later won the Presidential Medal of Freedom for his work - held an environmental teach-in on April 22, 1970. Although there's no officially designated Earth Day Anthem, we've compiled [...]
Happy Weed Day, everyone! Though the origins of "4203 aren't quite the stuff of legend (it was not actually police code for marijuana use in progress), it certainly has become the rallying cry of pot smokers and is celebrated daily without anyone's help. But the day 4/20 is likely to raise more blunts, and hopefully more awareness, now given Washington State's more relaxed laws on marijuana possession, use and even purchasing. Of course, not everyone will spend today burning into a peaceful bliss, but you can all enjoy this special "I Got High" video playlist in honor of [...]
Kepler, one of the many office pets who frequent and occasionally staff KEXP Today is National Pet Day ! While you probably don't need a lot of reminders to appreciate that furried, feathered or finned one in your life, who might right now be curled up beside you, romping around your yard or sitting eagerly waiting for food. Pets demand attention, but not all creatures are so lucky. National Pet Day is a time not only to "celebrate the joy pets bring to our lives" but also to "create public awareness about the plight of [...]
We think that this new video roundup will satisfy the ears of everyone, as it features some various genres: nu-disco, pop, deep house... Enjoy! Let's start this video roundup with a very good video, matching well the spirit of the song it comes with. Du Tonc is the project of Matt Van Schie, from the band Van She, and London-based producer Mighty Mouse. They released last month their first single called "Darkness". Now, there's a video clip for the song, taking mostly place in a colorful bar, filled with happy people! [...]
Few artists resonate so strongly with KEXP listeners and all Seattle music fans as Kurt Cobain . His band, Nirvana, wasn't the first to break out of the Northwest or did their groundbreaking breakthrough, Nevermind , sell the most among their contemporaries, but Cobain probably represented more of the local attitude of the early 902s than anyone else. Born in Aberdeen, an old milling town near Washington's coast, and shuffled between fragments of a broken family, misunderstood and disenchanted at school, Cobain found a home in the 802s NW punk scene and would eventually change not only Northwest [...]
Patti Smith may be a crackup, but she's no fool. She just sings about one. photo by Brittney Bollay As they say in Texas , "Fool me once, shame on... shame on you... fool me, can't get fooled again!" But you can get fooled all you want, right here with our April Fool's Day Video Roundup. It's safe, it's easy... no whoopee cushions, exploding cigars or Weasley Whiz-bangs... just good songs about being fool. You don't have to be one yourself to enjoy:
Let's start this new video roundup with a good news! Australian band Rufus is back with a new song, for our biggest pleasure, and they have a music video coming with it. "Take Me" is a catchy song, with a mix of indie dance and electronic. Let Rufus take you to a great colorful journey by clicking play below! The duo AlunaGeorge released this week a new video, for their song "Attracting Flies". After their great clip shot in a London museum, [...]
Rachel Flotard of Visqueen at Bumbershoot Music Lounge / photo by Jim Bennett Recently, Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn declared February to be Seattle Women Who Rock Month . The announcement was spurred by a new play and history project created by Gretta Harley (Maxi Badd, Danger Dens), Sarah Rudinoff, and Elizabeth Kenny called These Streets , a fictionalized story heavily inspired by the lives and music of the women of the Seattle grunge scene of lat 80s and early 90s. Last Friday, KEXP Morning Show host John Richards wrote about some of [...]
!!!ANATOMICALLY CORRECT CHOCOLATE HEART W/ FLAMING LIPS USB!!! ( sold out ) Happy Valentine's Day, all you KEXP listeners and friends! Here's a selection of some of the great songs of love and heartbreak from the past and present as a special valentines day treat for you all. They'll get you through the day if you're alone, or get you and a special someone through the day together, or maybe even help you get over that special someone. There are songs in here about the beautiful parts of love, and some about the [...]
Welcome to the 24th video roundup! We selected for you 5 new videos, from Satin Jackets, Tame Impala, Viceroy, and Bonobo and Pool. Enjoy! Satin Jackets have been very active in 2012, and it will apparently be the same in 2013! After a new collaboration with Eric Cozier, they announced the release of the song "Dee Baby" on the label The House Of Disco. Again, a very sweet song from them, coming with a vintage video... Australian band Tame Impala [...]
The video roundups are back today with the 23rd one, the first of 2013. It features video clips accompanying nice releases of this month, and songs from 2012 that just got a visual. Enjoy! Polish band KAMP! unveiled the video clip for their song "Melt", which will be out February 15 via Discotexas. The band already released a single on this label, "Cairo", in 2011. Their debut album will be released later this year... Australian producer Flume , who released his [...]
Every day is New Year's Eve for The Flaming Lips / photo by Jim Bennett From the bottom of our hearts, we want to thank you for supporting KEXP and independent radio, and for making 2012 a terrific year. We couldn't do what we do without listeners' support, so thank you, thank you, thank you! Here's to a Happy New Year and to an outstanding 2013!
photo by Jim Bennett Whether you're home for the holidays, celebrating with family and friends, or just hanging out and watching Christmas Story or Bad Santa on the couch, here are a few songs to help get you through the day. Have a very merry Christmas from KEXP! Home for Christmas by The Family Crest Oh It's Christmas by The Rosebuds
Sufjan Stevens at Neptune Theatre / photo by Brittnay Brassell It's that magical time of year again -- Sufjan Stevens has been releasing and presenting his usual barrage of bizarrely sweet Christmas cheer, and there have been plenty of other excellent holidays-themed releases and performances. For your holiday listening pleasure, we've compiled a list of the best that this season has offered, and though it's mostly Christmas-oriented -- which should be a indicator to all you artists out there that we need more Hanukkah, New Year's, Kwanzaa, and any other holiday-not-mentioned music -- you'll [...]
Christmas is coming very soon, and before that, we wanted to share a new video roundup with you! This is the last one of the year... We started featuring music videos this year, and we hope you enjoyed it... See you in 2013 with even more awesome music and videos! Kris Menace has been very active this year... He released the albums "Electric Horizon", and more recently, "Features", in which he collaborates with different vocalists. Here is the music video "Lone Runner", featuring Unai. Also, don't miss the parallel project of Kris Menace, Black [...]
Aztec/Mayan calendar ( source ) NASA thinks otherwise , but according to the Mesoamerican Long Count Calendar, the world will end today. Even if the Mayans couldn't rightly predict their own demise, who knows? We may have only one more day left on Earth. If that's the case, we're going out swinging! All day, KEXP DJs are playing songs to soundtrack the end of the world, and we've collected some videos to go along with some of their apocalyptic soundtrack picks. It's all about partying, the end of the world, and partying at the [...]
Perhaps no other artist has brought Eastern music to the West like sitar master Ravi Shankar . His tutelage of George Harrison in the mid-602s kicked off a lifetime of cultural exchange. While rock bands like The Beatles were incorporating Eastern sounds in their music, Shankar himself was composing for western-style orchestras back home and collaborating with a wealth of other musicians, including composer Philip Glass, violinist Yehudi Menuhin, sarod master Ali Akbar Khan and many others. Ravi Shankar died yesterday at age 92, but his music will live on for all of time. Read more about his life [...]
To begin this month of December the right way, we selected for you 5 of the best music videos that came out these days. Enjoy! Released today, here is the new video from St. Lucia , for their song "September". The EP came out last September (logical right?), and it includes remixes. At that time, we posted the one from Punks Jump Up! Isaac Delusion is a French band who just released their second EP "Early Morning" [...]
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