Why Write?Genre: Indie From: Denmark Why Write? is Danish songwriter Jacob Faurholt's new project. His new record as Why Write?, the informatively titled '5 song EP' and released via Canadian based label What A Mess! Records...

Formed of saxophonist Mats Gustafsson, bassist Johan Berthling and drummer Andreas Werliin, Fire! go beyond the confines of contemporary jazz to flirt with a wide range of other genres.

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As major labels continue to exist behind the times, artists and labels with little capital and lesser reputations are producing some of the most innovative, interesting, and inspiring music. Whether it’s creating a new niche in digital technology or looking to once obsolete formats, Agitated Atmosphere hopes to shed a bit of light and share [...]

Some time in either the late '90s or early '00s, I was at a De La Soul show in the Bay Area. To be honest, for whatever reason, the energy was kind of flagging throughout the whole thing (I had seen some great De La shows in the past, this just didn't happen to be among the more stellar ones). Biz had been one of the opening DJs and during the De La's set, they brought him out and he sang the chorus to "Just a Friend." Brought the house down. It was the most energized the crowd had been the entire night. And the thing is - I don't remotely consider Biz to be a one-hit wonder but it is frickin' amazing how powerfully that song has remained in popular culture. I've always been...

You know what? I think this is the most verbose and informative album cover I’ve ever seen at KEXP (including a full, song-by-song, review at the end). So I’m just going to let the KCMU staff take it away on this one, with nothing but a “KICK OUT THE JAAAAAAAMS!!!!” “Funkadelic made it to [...]

Susan Boyle’s debut album, I Dreamed A Dream, may oust the Arctic Monkeys’ Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not as the fastest-selling U.K. debut in history. Boyle sold 130,000 copies of her album during its first day of release, while Arctic Monkeys moved over 360,000 during their album’s...

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Contrary to recent reports, Steven Tyler is not leaving Aerosmith. Tyler joined guitarist Joe Perry at one of Perry’s recent shows promoting his solo album Have Guitar, Will Travel for an ad hoc performance of “Walk This Way”. Tyler subsequently announced that he had not left Aerosmith...