R.E.M. calls it a day
photo by Anton Corbijn After 31 years of working together, Athens band R.E.M. has announced on their website that the band is no more: “To our Fans and Friends: As R.E.M., and as lifelong friends and...
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photo by Sandra Lee-Phipps It’s been real, R.E.M. If you’ve been wondering if anything ever came of Atoms For Peace, the Thom Yorke/Flea collaboration that debuted at Coachella in 2010, Yorke recently...
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If you’re an iconic band or performer, one of the perks to breaking up or dying tragically is a short-lived boost in record sales. You saw it with Michael Jackson, you saw it with Amy Winehouse, and...
View ArticleOut This Week 11/15
This week’s list of new releases is full of older and newer favorites. Among those in our heavy rotation is Welsh band Los Campesinos!‘s fourth album, perhaps their most accomplished to date, and...
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Occupy Seattle - Westlake Park / photo by Christopher Nelson Recent news of Miley Cyrus dedicating her song “Liberty Walk” to “to the thousands of people who are standing up for what they believe in,”...
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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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photo by Dave Lichterman Songs from Coexist, the xx‘s forthcoming sophomore album, are continuing to trickle out onto the internet, but instead of being unveiled by fan footage, the newest song to be...
View ArticleFriday on My Mind: Radio!
pulling tunes / photo by Christopher Nelson It’s time again for Friday on My Mind the weekly collaborative effort between KEXP and King 5 news where we take a look at videos centered around one common...
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photo by Katy McCourt-Basham After a four-year hiatus, Nebraskan dance-rockers The Faint have returned with a sinister new track called “Evil Voices.” The song has the same frenetic feel of previous...
View ArticleVideo Roundup: It’s (Maybe) The End Of The World As We Know It
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...
View ArticleFriday on My Mind: Favorite R.E.M. Videos!
photo by Josh Bis It’s time again for Friday on My Mind. Our weekly blog post where we look at videos centered around one common theme. This is a collaborative effort between KEXP and King 5 News....
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photo by Morgen Schuler (view set) Compiled by Britta Plyler and Janice Headley After breaking the news of David Letterman’s retirement on Twitter, former R.E.M. bassist Mike Mills brought his old...
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photo by Dave Lichterman We’ve got another track from the upcoming Bob Mould release to share! As we mentioned earlier this month, the punk veteran has a new full-length, titled Beauty & Ruin,...
View ArticleFriday on My Mind: Red, White, and Blue!
It’s time again for Friday on My Mind, our weekly blog post where we look at videos centered around one common theme. This is a collaborative effort between KEXP and King 5 News. It’s Fourth of July...
View ArticleVideo Roundup: International Lefthanders Day
It’s August 13th, which means it’s International Lefthanders Day, a worldwide initiative kicked off in 1976 to “promote awareness of the inconveniences facing left-handers in a predominantly...
View ArticleFriday on My Mind: Songs About Falling
The Swell Season at Triple Door on KEXP // photo by Hilary Harris It’s time again for Friday on My Mind. Our weekly blog post where we look at videos centered around one common theme. This is a...
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photo by Dave Lichterman (view set) Surprise! Thom Yorke has released a new solo album titled Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes! Instead of sneaking it onto your iTunes, he and producer Nigel Godrich announced...
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photo by Morgen Schuler (view set) Swedish band Little Dragon share a video for the track “Underbart,” from their fourth and most recent release, Nabuma Rubberband. Directed by Grant Singer, the clip...
View ArticleOut This Week 11/25
No, we haven’t time-warped to twenty years ago: on this holiday week, the reissues and anniversary editions dominate the new release list. One of the highlights is the reissue of Flake Music‘s 1997...
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photo by Jim Bennett (view set) Proof that Jack White has always been inventive with his musical releases: back in 2004, White and his friend Brian Muldoon were part of a band called The Upholsterers,...
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