Tag: KEXP

Video: Dinosaur Jr jams 2 classics, covers The Cure and talks to Henry Rollins on KEXP

Video: Dinosaur Jr jams 2 classics, covers The Cure and talks to Henry Rollins on KEXP

Seattle’s KEXP has been uploading past in-studio sessions to YouTube of late, and the latest beneficiary of this is Dinosaur Jr. The trio stopped in on Dec. 17, 2011, to record live versions of a couple classics and its trademark cover of The Cure’s ‘Just Like Heaven,’ plus have a little chat with Henry Rollins.

Video: The Wedding Present at SXSW — full KEXP set at Mellow Johnny's Bike Shop

Video: The Wedding Present at SXSW — full KEXP set at Mellow Johnny’s Bike Shop

The Wedding Present is just about finished with its North American ‘Seamonsters’ tour, but you can now watch a full performance from the beginning of the trek, thanks to Seattle radio station KEXP, which filmed this 30-minute set at Mellow Johnny’s Bike Shop in Austin, Texas, during South By Southwest.

Video: Mark Burgess' ChameleonsVox performs 4 songs for KEXP in Seattle

Video: Mark Burgess’ ChameleonsVox performs 4 songs for KEXP in Seattle

Not sure how this one escaped our notice, but it’s better late than never: On Sept. 21, 2010, ChameleonsVox — the band featuring frontman Mark Burgess and drummer John Lever of post-punk favorites The Chameleons — stopped by the studios of Seattle’s KEXP radio to perform a four-song, on-air set.

Video: Hüsker Dü's Grant Hart half-hour performance, interview on Seattle's KEXP

Video: Hüsker Dü’s Grant Hart half-hour performance, interview on Seattle’s KEXP

Last June, former Hüsker Dü drummer Grant Hart dropped by the studios of Seattle’s KEXP for a half-hour interview and on-air performance — which you can now watch in full after the radio station this week posted the set on YouTube.

Video: Dead Can Dance’s Brendan Perry, Cocteau Twins’ Robin Guthrie play KEXP

Video: Dead Can Dance’s Brendan Perry, Cocteau Twins’ Robin Guthrie play KEXP

When former Dead Can Dance member Brendan Perry’s joint North American tour with Cocteau Twins co-founder Robin Guthrie rolled through Seattle last month, the acclaimed musicians dropped by the studios of indie-leaning public-radio outlet KEXP, where the 4AD veterans each performed a selection of their own songs live on the air.

Video: Wire plays 4 songs at Seattle's KEXP

Video: Wire plays 4 songs at Seattle’s KEXP

Back in April as Wire toured the U.S. in support of its new album ‘Red Barked Tree,’ the U.K. post-punk legends dropped by the studios of Seattle radio station KEXP to perform ‘Clay,’ ‘Bad Worn Thing’ and ‘Moreover’ from the new album, plus 1988 favorite ‘Kidney Bingos.’

Video: OMD plays ‘If You Leave’ in a bicycle shop at South By Southwest last month

Seattle radio station KEXP (90.3 FM) filmed Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark playing a set last month during SXSW at Mellow Johnny’s Bike Shop in Austin. Here’s ‘If You Leave’ and ‘Sister Marie Says.’