August is the perfect month to see outdoor concerts and KEXP is sponsoring 4 evenings full of free music. The Mural at Seattle Center is the spot every friday this month from 6-8pm. Tonight August 6th features music by Elliott Brood, Grand Hallway, & Gabriel Mintz. Bring a blanket and come early to get a good spot.
This year’s Bumbershoot designer is…
April 14th, 2010 by Evan
…Chelsea Conboy, a talented Seattle-based Graphic Designer. I can’t wait to see what she does with this years Bumbershoot poster and festival materials. Also, Bumbershoot tickets are available now at discounted prices. This year you can get an economy ticket for only $22 bucks!
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Record Store Day
April 13th, 2010 by Evan
Make sure you go to your local record store Saturday April 17th for the official Record Store Day celebration. There is an amazing list of new music releases arriving on that day plus many in-store concerts.
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Wheedle’s Groove Movie Trailer
April 7th, 2010 by Evan
This movie trailer gives even more insight into Seattle’s Funk & Soul scene from the 60′s and 70′s, which was featured on the Wheedle’s Groove Compilation from Light in the Attic Records. This is an incredible project and I can’t wait to see the completed feature film.
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Electro Disco MP3 Download
April 1st, 2010 by Evan
I just finished a new mix featuring electro disco songs from 1977-1983. You can read about the song selection and download the MP3 and cover art here.
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The Stimulus Package
March 4th, 2010 by Evan
Seattle super producer Jake One teamed up with rapper Freeway on the new release, The Stimulus Package. Freeway’s gruff voice commands you to listen and Jake’s production is top notch. The CD packaging is as strong as the music. The liner notes are huge dollar bills in a bank sleeve wrapped around the packaging like a big stack of money. After removing the sleeve and the bills you see the CD is inside a cardboard wallet, complete with a download credit card for the instrumental versions. This is by far the best CD packaging I’ve seen in 2010. Art Direction and Design is by Brent Rollins Design Explosion.
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Head Like A Kite Video
January 24th, 2010 by Evan
Seattle band Head Like a Kite have a new video titled “Director’s Cut” featuring Tilson from Saturday Knights. Seattle Photographer Chase Jarvis did a great job directing this video. The track is in support of giveseattle.org.
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Mightypop’s Top 11 songs of 2009
December 20th, 2009 by Evan
- Peter Bjorn & John “Nothing to Worry About” – Stomping handclap beat with kids singing “I got nothing to worry about”. So good! Check out the video featuring Japan’s 50′s greaser culture.
- Phoenix “1901″ – Synths and guitars gallop along on this catchy tune. The whole Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix LP is great.
- Matt & Kim “Daylight” – If there was garage rock in the 1930′s it would sound like this. It’s amazing that this band is only 2 people, a drummer and a keyboardist.
- Animal Collective “Summertime Clothes” – Another infectious track that was made for summer drives with the windows down.
- Passion Pit “Little Secrets” – The squiggly synth hooks you in the beginning and takes you “higher and higher” to the chorus. They put on a good show in an ice cold Moore theater.
- Dyme Def “I’m Gone” – Lots of great Seattle hip hop this year with Dyme Def at the top. Upbeat funky track with fast rhyming, solid! The iPhone video through the streets of Seattle was a great concept too.
- Chali 2na “International (featuring Beenie Man)” – Manic dancehall hip hop track from this Jurassic 5 member’s solo album.
- White Rabbits “Percussion Gun” – aptly named song with great percussion and a pinch of Radiohead.
- Pearl Jam “Gonna see my friend” – PJ went back to basics with some raw, gritty, rock on this track! I was stoked to see this record for sale at Target this year. When’s the last time vinyl has been sold there?
- Fresh Espresso “Big or Small” – The production is future flavored mixed with a floaty BeeGee’s sample over the top. Both Dyme Def and Fresh Espresso killed it at the KEXP free concerts at the Mural last summer.
- Grizzly Bear “Two Weeks” – Nice harmony over a rolling piano riff.
What were some of your favorite songs of 2009?
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KEXP iPhone App
December 8th, 2009 by Evan
My favorite radio station, KEXP 90.3, now has it’s own iPhone app. You can listen to the station on the go and see the live playlist. It’s simple to use and FREE!
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Harry Smith’s weird old record Collection
November 30th, 2009 by Evan
Harry Smith’s compilation of music from his record collection let to the American folk revival in the 1950′s and 1960′s. KEXP’s Greg Vandy gives a talk on Dec 3rd at the Frye Museum about how this collector effected that era’s music.
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