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Music News: 2012 Pitchfork Music Festival lineup announcement
The initial lineup of the 2012 Pitchfork Music Festival has just been announced! On Friday, July 13 through Sunday, July 15, a whole host of indie bands take to the field of Chicago’s Union Park....
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Monday Music News
photo by Kyle Johnson The Dirty Projectors -- sans vocalist Angel Deradoorian (pictured above), who is on hiatus -- have just announced a huge summer tour with openers Wye Oak and Purity Ring to follow...
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Record Store Day 2012: The Top Vinyl Releases
Earlier in our coverage of Record Store Day 2012, KEXP has covered both the full list of record exclusives and live events around Seattle; however, amidst the many, many special releases available...
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Sasquatch! Music Festival: Day 4
photo by Brittney Bollay Gold Leaves opened up the Yeti stage on Monday, the final day of the 2012 Sasquatch! Music Festival, with a strong set. photo by Brittney Bollay photo by Brittney Bollay photo...
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Friday Music News
photo by Josh Bis Former R.E.M. guitarist Peter Buck has been mostly quiet since the legendary alternative rock pioneers disbanded last year, but he’s broken that silence in a loud way this morning....
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2012 Polaris Music Prize Shortlist Announced!
About a month after the release of the longlist the 10 finalists for the 2012 Polaris Music Prize Shortlist have been revealed, and it boasts one of the Canadian music prize’s most diverse roster to...
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Friday Music News
photo by Dave Lichterman Two years removed from 2010′s only best concept album relating the Civil War to pained life in the suburbs, New Jersey punks Titus Andronicus have announced details of their...
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Wednesday Music News
photo by Morgen Schuler Feist took home the 2012 Polaris Music Prize for Best Canadian Album on Monday night, beating out Grimes, Japandroids, and Kathleen Edwards. Feist, who described winning as...
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Thursday Music News
photo by Christopher Nelson You can’t have Halloween without vampires. Vampire Weekend performed on Jimmy Kimmel last night (dressed as skeletons, ironically enough) and treated the audience to “Oxford...
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Pickathon 2013 Announces Dates and Lineup
Now in its 15th year, Oregon music festival Pickathon has announced its lineup, dates and location for 2013 -- and it’s one of their best lineups yet! On August 2-4 at the Pendarvis Farm in Happy...
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Thursday Music News
photo by Dave Lichterman Brooklyn trio The Antlers have shared the video for the track “Hotel,” off their forthcoming album, Familiars, out June 17th on Anti-. They’ll be LIVE on KEXP on Wednesday,...
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Dueling Banjos: A KEXP Video Roundup to Make You Squeal
© 1972 Warner Bros. It was on this day in 1973 that the song “Dueling Banjos” became one of the few instrumentals to be awarded a Gold record that decade. Thanks to its chilling use in the movie...
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Wednesday Music News
photo by Mary Rozzi It’s exciting enough to have a new song by Feist, but add some guest vocals from Jarvis Cocker of Pulp, and it’s even more amazing. Stream the single “Century” from her upcoming LP...
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Wednesday Music News
photo by Amber Knecht (view set) Seattle’s Car Seat Headrest is no stranger to covers: founder/frontman Will Toledo has previously taken on tracks by Radiohead and Bowie. Today, they add another...
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In Stores Now 5/1
April ended strong with new releases from some of our favorite artists. It’s been five years since the last album from Feist, and the Canadian songstress returns with what KEXP Music Director Don...
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TV Eye: Week of 6/5
Leon Bridges // photo by Kristina Moravec (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 guest...
View ArticleEv’rybody’s Gonna Be Happy: KEXP’s Ray Davies Birthday Video Roundup
Research by DJ Abbie Gobeli, on the air Wednesdays 1 AM – 6 AM If you were listening to The Morning Show on KEXP this morning, you may have caught that it’s the 73rd birthday of Sir Ray Davies,...
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Thursday Music News
photo by Anton Corbijn Arcade Fire released a brand new single called “Electric Blue” this morning off their forthcoming highly anticipated (and highly promoted) new album Everything Now and then...
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OFF Festival 2017: Live Broadcast from Katowice, Poland 8/4-8/6
KEXP is excited to be heading back to Katowice, Poland for our third year at the OFF Festival, this Friday, August 4th through Sunday, August 6th! (See our coverage from years past here.) Our goal, as...
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Live Review: Feist at The Neptune Theatre 10/4
all photos by Matthew B. Thompson (view set) It’s relatively uncommon for contemporary artists to perform entire albums live from start to finish, and it’s even less common for them to play their new...
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