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More Bumbershoot photos
Another view of the Bumbershoot 2009 Music and Arts Festival by photographer by Dan Muller, who braved the rowdy fans of Modest Mouse on Monday night: more photos here
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Saturday Afternoon Artists - A Deeper Look at DJ Michele Myers’ Top 10 of 2009
Greetings KEXPeeps. It’s that time of year... after weeks of agonizing over thousands of choices, each KEXP DJ is supposed to come up with their favorite albums of the year. Which presents the...
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In effort to encourage donations to Oxfam and Doctors Without Borders to assist emergency relief in Haiti, Wilco posted two shows for free download on Wilcoworld. The downloads are free, but they’re...
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Live Around Town This Week
Sigur Rós plays on Wednesday at Paramount As we recover from a beautiful (and hot!) weekend in Seattle, we have a whole crop of new and amazing shows to share with you this week. We start off slowly...
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Thursday Music News
screenshot from Consequence of Sound There is no end to the incessant, bizzarre, and wonderful sonic/visual spectacular that is The Flaming Lips. Last night on Jimmy Fallon the band played a version of...
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Friday Music News
photo by Dave Lichterman Iron & Wine, aka Sam Beam, has graced us with a brand new song written especially for the upcoming movie, The Lone Ranger. “Rattling Bone” has a rugged and laid-back style...
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Monday Music News
Seattle’s Sub Pop icons Mudhoney have been making a lot of noise about playing atop one of Seattle’s most iconic landmarks this Thursday. Stay tuned for more information! [Mudhoney] Duo AlunaGeorge...
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Out This Week 8/27
We know you’re probably hoping to catch your breath, and rest your wallet, after last week‘s budget-busting list of new releases, but we can’t wait for you to hear the killer albums out this week....
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Monday Music News
photo by Gregory A. Perez Arcade Fire has released the new interactive video for “Reflektor”. Like previous videos made with director Vincent Morisset, this one pulls you in by asking you to control...
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Tuesday Music News
photo by Moses Namkung French dance producer Alan Braxe has created a stunning remix of Franz Ferdinand‘s single “Evil Eyes.” It’s a bit of a creepy track, but Braxe was able to make it a haunting...
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Tuesday Music News
1965 saw the release of what’s become one of the most universally well-known songs of our time. Now, nearly half a century later, Bob Dylan has graced the world with an incredible, interactive video...
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Thursday Music News
photo by Morgen Schuler (view set) Yesterday, we shared that The Pains of Being Pure at Heart will be releasing their third album, Days of Abandon, on April 22nd, and today we’ve got the first single...
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Friday Music News
photo via Consequence of Sound After the Superbowl, Prince made a hilarious cameo on the hit comedy New Girl where he offered Zooey Deschanel‘s character some sound relationship advice. The odd couple...
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Live Review: Franz Ferdinand with Cate Le Bon at Showbox Sodo 4/24/14
all photos by Brittany Brassell From the downstroke of the show opener “Bullet” from their new record Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action, Franz Ferdinand had Showbox Sodo off its feet. “Bullet”...
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TV Eye: Week of 11/24
Benjamin Booker // photo by Matthew B. Thompson (view set) KEXP has our TV eye set for this week in late night television. Set your DVR, TiVo, or just drink some coffee to stay awake for these musical...
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Wednesday Music News
photo by James Bailey Luminescent UK singer/songwriter Laura Marling shares a video today for the track “Gurdjieff’s Daughter” off her stunning new release, Short Movie. The clip was shot in Marling’s...
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Album Review: FFS – FFS
FFS, the eponymous debut album from the collaboration project between Franz Ferdinand and Sparks, feels a bit like a beautiful car crash in slow motion. I say slow motion because the two objects that...
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Sound and Vision: A Collection of David Bowie Covers
photo by Jimmy King It goes without saying that David Bowie was an inspiration to generations: his influence can be heard in every genre from grunge to new wave to classical. Bowie transcended every...
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KEXP Suggests: BITE of Seattle 7/15-7/17
Dan Deacon // photo by Dave Lichterman (view set) This weekend, in our backyard of Seattle Center, it’s BITE of Seattle, a three-day food festival featuring over 50 local restaurants and over 30 food...
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Wednesday Music News
photo by Renata Steiner (view set) Anticipation is high for the forthcoming full-length from Temples, totally heightened by last month’s awesome performance in the KEXP Gathering Space. While we have...
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