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My Goodness “Into The Sun” (Live)
My Goodness perform a cut from their fantastic debut album at KEXP’s Concerts at the Mural series in Seattle. These guys are headed for big things.
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August 30, 2011CommentRed Hot Chili Peppers “The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie”
“Tick tock I want to rock you like an 80′s clock”? Right. Watch the Peppers live-lip-synch to their new single on an Venice rooftop. The LCD Soundsystem cowbell is a nice addition….
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August 29, 2011Thurston Moore “Circulation” (Live)
La Blogotheque captures Sonic Youth co-founder Thurston Moore performing a song from his new album, Demolished Thoughts, at his home in NYC.
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August 21, 2011Pickwick “Window Sill” (Live)
I’d never heard of these guys until this morning, but I really like everything I’ve listened to so far. It’s fun, R+B / soul-infused rock from Seattle. Seems they started off as “a…
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August 5, 2011Foo Fighters Garage Tour
The Foo Fighters went on a rather unconventional tour: fan’s garages. Eight lucky fans won a concert for themselves and 50 friends. Here’s a documentary about how it went down.
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August 3, 2011Robin Guthrie “Monument” (Live)
KEXP shows their outrageous coolness by having Robin Guthrie in the studio. Co-founder of Cocteau Twins, he’s also worked with Wolfgang Press, Chapterhouse, Lush and Dif Juz in add…
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August 2, 2011The Dodos “Good” (Live)
Meric Long and Logan Kroeber are The Dodos and they bring on a rotating cast when they go on tour. This track is from their most recent album, No Color, a must have for 2011…
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July 18, 2011Shabazz Palaces “An Echo From The Hosts That Profess In Infinitum” (Li…
I’m going to see these guys at the Pitchfork Festival this weekend in Chicago and I am super excited about it. Watch them do their completely original thing live in the KEXP studio…
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July 14, 2011STRFKR “Mystery Cloud” (Live)
The Portland electro-pop outfit perform one of their more poppy, less electo tunes at KEXP’s studio.
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July 10, 2011Best and Worst National Anthem Performances
When it’s good, its a tear-jerking melody that stirs the hearts of us all, showcasing the brilliant talents of the singer. But when it’s bad….it’s just so painful (and it’s bad a…
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July 4, 2011Black Lips “Family Tree” (Live)
Oh Black Lips. Mark Ronson worked his very best magic in the studio to get the most…uh…adult record yet from these guys (and in fact, Arabia Mountain is a great album)…
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June 29, 2011J. Tillman “Firstborn”
This footage of Fleet Foxes drummer J. Tillman was shot several years ago. La Blogotheque says “we dug up the footage, mounted the thing, then sent it to J…he told us we should u…
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June 23, 2011Radiohead “Staircase”
Radiohead blesses us with a new track entitled “Staircase” from a session called “From The Basement”. The second drummer is Clive Deamer, who has recorded with Portishead, Roni Siz…
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June 21, 2011The Kills “Baby Says” (Live)
Just before the release of their fourth studio album, Blood Pressures, The Kills invited filmmakers into their London studio to record a few acoustic performances of some new album…
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June 19, 2011tUnE-yArDs “Gangsta” (Live)
Amazing Merrill Garbus performs a track from her most recent release, w h o k i l l, one of the most inventive and fun albums of the year.
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June 17, 2011