It’s hard to believe that December is already here, and we’re only 30 days away from the end of 2009, which means we only have 30 days to come together and make some KEXP history. We’re excited to announce an unprecedented giving opportunity! To help us end the year on a strong note, KEXP’s...

Every Monday through Friday, we deliver a different song as part of our Song of the Day podcast subscription. This podcast features exclusive KEXP in-studio performances, unreleased songs, and recordings from independent artists that our DJs think you should hear. Each and every Friday we offer...

Ok, so I ran just a little behind on this but the good folks at Light in the Attic are happy to sponsor a giveaway for the very excellent Is It Love or Desire? album that they rescued from the realms of the unreleased (and that I penned liner notes for). We should have 2-3 copies...

Revelation Funk: Elastic Lover From 7" (Gold Plate, 197?) The Mighty Lovers: Ain't Gonna Run No More From 7" (Soul Hawk, 196?) As I learned from the omniscient Dante Carfanga, Revelation Funk was an Ohio outfit that, among other things, was where James Ingram got his start back in the early 1970s. "Elastic Lover," the b-side of "Bear Funk" is supposed to be their "common" 7" though let me tell you, after looking for it for over a year, it certainly doesn't show up as one might expect a common single to. This is all besides the point. I first heard "Elastic Lover" on a now-infamous Jared Boxx mix-CD from a few years back and partially because it's early in the mix, partially...

Harvey Averne Barrio Band: Let's Get It Together For Christmas The Black On White Affair: Auld Lang Syne (snippets) From In the Christmas Groove (Strut, 2009) It's post-Thanksgiving which means that in the last few days, every time I step into a retail store, I hear %#U*()!...

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.

If you’re in the independent music scene for any amount of time, you find out just how important the people are who aren’t necessarily making music. These could be show promoters who make sure your band is well matched with the rest of a line-up on a Tuesday night; the beautiful bartender at the...

Hey, I don’t know about you but today seems like the perfect day for some ridiculous French ukelele-synth pop with a cheesy mod-60’s feel. Impossible to find? Ha! Easy to find thanks to the lovely and strange Mareva Galanter. Her 2007 album Ukuyeye is a thrillingly silly and fun mash up of classic...

The Wildhouse Genre: Indie / Pop From: Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom I've always been worried by bands who issue their own manifesto. They're usually po-faced, self important arseholes who think that living in a squat makes them superior to the rest of us drones...