Black Mountain

Black Mountain at The Earl, Nov. 12, 2010

Here's Black Mountain, the world's rock greatest band (North American Division), playing Space To Bakersfield, a long, leisurely psych-rock masterpiece and the closer of their new album, IV, at KEXP in Seattle.

Black Mountain will perform at Terminal West on June 22, a scant twenty days from today.

We've only seen Black Mountain twice before, so we're really looking forward to their upcoming set. However, one of those shows that we did see, at the Doug Fir in Portland during MFNW (RIP) 2012, was also caught on video by KEXP (dude, I was there!).

The Case For Plaza

Quilt at The Earl, March 8, 2016

Radiohead's excellent Moon Shaped Pool may have just bumped Quilt's Plaza off of our Top Ten Albums of 2016 (So Far), but we have a feeling that Quilt will return and by the end of the year both albums will be on our Top 10.

Here's Quilt at KEXP making the case for Plaza's return.

Radiation City

Since playing at The Earl back on February 27, Radiation City's Elisabeth Ellison (above) got a cool new haircut, but during their recent stop at KEXP, the band still sounds just as great as ever.

Eleanor Friedberger

Eleanor Friedberger at Variety Playhouse, Nov. 8, 2013

Here's Eleanor Friedberger, custodian of the coolest bangs in rock 'n' roll, playing a set at KEXP back last month.

Wild Nothing's Midnight In A Perfect World

Wild Nothing at The Tabernacle, September 30, 2013

Midnight in a Perfect World is KEXP’s weekly hour-long guest DJ show that airs Fridays at midnight. The program features eclectic sets by a rotating cast of international and local DJ’s.

Jack Tatum’s Wild Nothing guest mix for Midnight in a Perfect World is a glimpse inside his deep record collection that’s packed with timeless psych-pop gems from all over the world, with a heavy dose of selections dating back to the 1970s and 1980s.

Prophet Right On Time
Shuggie Otis XL-30
Koushik Be With
Holger Czukay Persian Love
Hiroshi Satoh Say Goodbye
Van Morrison Wavelength
Mario Nascimbene Shake & Bake
Can Like Inobe God
Bobby Brown Hawaii Nei I’ll Miss You
Fox He’s Got Magic
The Reels Return
The Cyrkle It’s A Lovely Game Louise
Prefab Sprout Wild Horses
Ryuichi Sakamoto & David Sylvian Bamboo Houses

Daughter

Daughter at Terminal West, April 1, 2016

Daughter's tour now has the band in Australia, but here's a video below from their time in Seattle.

Flashback

CocoRosie, KEXP Seattle, 2010.   The feels on this one still get to me . . . .

Deep Sea Diver

Short set by Deep Sea Diver and an on-air interview with Jessica Dobson on KEXP for your Friday afternoon.

Soley

Soley at The Tabernacle, Nov. 29,2012

Well, hey, look at this: another set by Iceland's Soley on KEXP.

Doe Paoro

Doe Paoro at The Earl, 11-24-2015

Doe Paoro, who we saw open for Givers at The Earl back on November 25, performing at the KEXP studio about a month earlier on October 29.

Lost Lander

Lost Lander at the Doug Fir, MFNW (RIP) 2011

This is all pretty self-explanatory (but here I go anyway): Portland's Lost Lander at Seattle's KEXP.

Dakha Brakha

Dakha Brakha at Bumbershoot 2014

Ukraine's Dakha Brakha, the stand-out performers at Seattle's Bumbershoot Festival in 2014 (best Bumbershoot ever), performing at KEXP on September 26, 2015.  Imagine if Dirty Projectors reinterpreted Larks Tongues In Aspic as a Slavic folk opera, and you might get some idea what this incredible band sounds like.

Alex G

Alex G at Terminal West, June 2015

Philadelphia artist Alex Giannascoli (aka Alex G) delivers his seventh full-length of “‘90s-influenced folk-pop combining a casual, lo-fi sound with his fragile, sometimes pitch-shifted vocals and melancholy melodies.” 

That's from the KEXP blog.  I don't think I have anything to add, so I'll just quote them verbatim, but I don't know who they're quoting in their quote.

Meanwhile, Back In Poland

Warsaw trio Sutari performing at the OFF Festival in Katowice, Poland, courtesy of the far-reaching KEXP.

What's Old Is New Again

LA's Silversun Pickups performing their 2006 song Lazy Eye last September 15 at Seattle's Sun Liquor.  Is it too soon to get over the 90s and engage in some 2000s nostalgia?

Mynabirds

Mynabirds at the Earl, June 28, 2012

More difficult Rocktober decisions to make: on Tuesday, October 29, Peaches will be performing at Terminal West, MDW favorite Jonathan Richman will be performing at the 40-Watt in Athens, and The Mynabirds will be performing at Aisle 5.

While we're disappointed that Richman won't be performing in Atlanta on this tour, a mid-week road trip to Athens for an evening show can be brutal, so the choice comes down to Peaches vs. Mynabirds, and this video may very well have tipped the scales in favor of Laura Burhenn and company.

Webcasting Weekend

In what promises to be a good weekend for those of us who like to watch live webcasts of music festivals, not only will KEXP be webcasting selected sets from Portland's Pickathon Festival this weekend (schedule above), but Chicago's Lollapalooza will be doing the same as well.  Here's the Lollapalooza stream and streaming schedule:

FRIDAY, JULY 31

Channel 1

2:15 pm - Glass Animals

3:00 pm - Tove Lo

4:00 pm - Cold War Kids

5:00 pm - Hot Chip

6:00 pm - The War on Drugs

7:30 pm - Alabama Shakes

8:30 pm - The Weeknd

Channel 2

2:15 pm - James Bay

3:15 pm - SZA

4:15 pm - St. Paul & the Broken Bones

5:15 pm - Father John Misty

6:15 pm - MS MR

7:15 pm - alt-J

8:45 pm - Kaskade

Channel 3

2:15 pm - DESTRUCTO

3:00 pm - Peking Duk

3:45 pm - What So Not

4:45 pm - DJ Mustard

5:45 pm - DJ Snake

6:45 pm - Gary Clark Jr. 

7:45 pm - Dillon Francis

9:00 pm - Hot Chip (encore)

SATURDAY, AUGUST 1

Channel 1

2:15 pm - HOLYCHILD

3:00 pm - Django Django

3:45 pm - Charli XCX

4:45pm - Death From Above 1979

7:00 pm - Walk the Moon

8:15 pm - Metallica

Channel 2

2:15 pm - Mick Jenkins

3:00 pm - Zella Day

6:00 pm - Delta Spirit

8:00 pm - Chet Faker

Channel 3

2:15 pm - Jessica Hernandez & the Deltas

3:00 pm - Wet

4:15 pm - CAKED UP

5:15 pm - RL Grime

6:15 pm - Boys Noize

7:15 pm - Carnage

SUNDAY, AUGUST 2

Channel 1

2:05 pm - Night Terrors of 1927

2:50 pm - DMA's

3:45 pm - Moon Taxi

4:30 pm - Twenty One Pilots

6:15 pm - Sal-Live

6:30 pm - Of Monsters and Men

7:30 pm - Paul McCartney​ ​(Highlights) US/Canada only

Channel 2

2:05 pm - Twin Peaks

3:45 pm - George Ezra

4:30 pm - Marina and The Diamonds

5:30 pm - Lord Huron

6:30 pm - G-Eazy

7:30 pm - TV On The Radio

8:30 pm - A$AP Rocky

9:30 pm - Bassnectar

Channel 3

2:15 pm - In The Whale

4:00 pm - Mako

4:45 pm - Galantis

5:45 pm - The Chainsmokers

6:45 pm - LOGIC

8:30 pm - NERO

Joseph Arthur

Joseph Arthur at Eddie's Attic, December 11, 2013

I still don't understand how Joseph Arthur hasn't had his breakthrough moment to mega-stardom yet.

Speedy Ortiz

Speedy Ortiz at Shaky Knees, Atlanta, May 2015

It appears that Speedy Ortiz' tour has brought them 'round to Seattle, where they did a KEXP studio performance.

Interviewer: I noticed the Gender is Over tank top on your amp last night at the show.

Sadie: Yeah. I ordered it online and it didn’t come in time to bring on tour, so peeps brought one to the show and it’s not the size I wanted so I just taped it on the amp.

Interviewer: Totally, why the fuck not?

Sadie: Gender’s over. If you want it.

- Impose Magazine, May 19, 2015

I'll just leave this here . . .