KEXP 
If you are a music lover and software geek, this position is perfect for you. KEXP is looking for someone to fill the software engineer shoes at the station. Any tech-savvy individuals who are literate website builders and maintainers should apply. Help keep our beloved KEXP a vibrant, thriving radio station—on both the air and the internet!
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Summer has arrived just in time for KEXP’s Concerts at the Mural outdoor music series, taking place at the Mural Amphitheatre in Seattle Center. See free performances by local artists each Friday throughout the month of August. Tomorrow you can catch performances by The Maldives, Hey Marseille and Black Whales. Saturday is also the 9th annual KEXP BBQ, which will be hosted by some of KEXP’s favorite DJs and feature performances by Fool’s Gold, Rainbow Arabia, Capsula, School of Rock, Virgin Island, and Mad Rad. If you’re feeling extra lucky, consider entering to win VIP passes through Seattle Center which guarantees prime seating plus food and drink vouchers.
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The Seattle hip-hop scene will never be the same because of groups like Blue Scholars. In their latest release, they fuse lyrics that touch on topics from socioeconomic class struggle to community empowerment with high quality beats. Watch the duo perform a hit from their new album Cinemetropolis, live in the KEXP studios.
KEXP Documentaries
KEXP is know for being an authority on local up-and-coming music. But the non-profit radio station’s DJs are also experts on the historical aspects of the music scene in Seattle and the Greater Northwest. Lately, the station has aired several KEXP documentary segments on the grunge movement. The most recent piece focused on the deeply talented but ill-fated band Tad. Led by frontman Tad Doyle, the group had a heavier sound than many others in the grunge scene, but that didn’t stop Tad from gaining the ardent support of a promising new label called Sub Pop Records. Although Tad was championed by fellow scene pioneers like Soundgarden and Nirvana, due to a number of factors they never broke big like their musical counterparts. Listen to the full story here, and click the link above to hear segments on Melvins, Screaming Trees, Alice In Chains, and more.
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Seattle’s music scene is an eclectic one, but the focus on rock and hip-hop often overshadows the rich cultural sounds that inhabit the fringes of our city. In partnership with the Association of Independents in Radio (AIR), special contributor Julie Caine worked with KEXP staff to produce a new series called “Fabulous Sounds of the Pacific Northwest.” The program lifts the veil on diverse communities creating music that are often tucked away from the public eye. The first installment focuses on the Co Lam Pagoda (one of the largest Vietnamese temples in Washington State) located in the Holly Park neighborhood, where listeners are introduced to the wandering monk Master Kim. Other installments highlight Seattleite Ruth Hunter’s gusto for Greek and Balkan music, the process of creating a vinyl record, and Chinese opera enthusiasts of the historical Luck Ngi Musical Club.
Seattle Weekly
This year’s Sasquatch! Music Festival sold out in a week. For those of us who weren’t fortunate enough to snag a ticket, NPR and KEXP will be streaming a selection of performances live over Memorial Day Weekend. Both media outlets have vast experience broadcasting live performances, but KEXP executive director Tom Mara admits this will be a considerably huge undertaking. “This is the most ambitious live broadcast project we’ve taken on,” said Mara to Seattle Weekly. Starting Friday, you can visit NPR’s Live from Sasquatch page, use NPR Music’s iPhone app, or visit the live music archive at KEXP’s website to listen to sets by mainstage performers like Death Cab for Cutie, Foo Fighers, Wilco, The Flaming Lips, Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings, and many more.
KEXP Blog
As the winner of KEXP’s Hood to Hood Challenge during the fall membership drive, Ballard and its lovely inhabitants will be treated to a full day of live music and other perks tomorrow. The Sunset Tavern will host performances all day, starting bright and early at 7 AM with David Bazan. Below is a complete list of performances happening tomorrow:
Bands LIVE on KEXP from The Sunset:
7:00am – David Bazan
9:00am – Yuni In Taxco
11:00am – Point Juncture, WA
1:00pm – Buffalo Tom
3:00pm – Joan As Police Woman
5:00pm – Shabazz Palaces
6:30pm – The Black Crabs
8:30pm – Marshall Scott Warner
Bands at Cupcake Royale:
2:30pm – Jason Dodson of The Maldives
4:00pm – Eric Elbogen of Say Hi
5:30pm – BOAT
Attendees can also take advantage of discounts at local Ballard businesses and listen to KEXP DJs spin at local watering holes like Harlow’s, Hazelwood, BalMar, Ocho, Portalis Wine Shop & Bar, and Hattie’s Hat. There will also be musical showcases at Conor Byrne, The Tractor Tavern, and The Sunset. If you’re feeling like a mooch, consider donating to the Ballard Food back while you’re in the neighborhood. KEXP will have a donation tent set up in Bergen Place Park from 10 AM to 5 PM. Congratulations to Ballard for winning KEXP’s Hood to Hood Challenge!
Seattle Times
Austin has been enlightened with the full spectrum of Seattle hip-hop excellence after stellar performances from Shabazz Palaces, Macklemore and other Seattle rappers and musicians playing at the SxSeattle party today. KEXP has been holding it down and broadcasting through the musical chaos, bringing plenty of amazing live recordings home to Seattle airwaves. Tune in and check out their blog for complete SXSW coverage and enjoy the music and fun without the burden of sunny eighty degree weather. Also read Seattle Times reporter Andrew Matson’s live updates from the festival via the link above to see how Seattle artists are representing for the City of Music down in Austin.
Wired
If you are an avid reader of this blog you already know that the Seattle Band Map is a project that showcases the Pacific Northwest’s vibrant music scene by visually documenting the thousands of bands who have performed and recorded throughout the decades. The Seattle Band Map is a creative collaboration between KEXP’s Rachel Ratner, local musician Keith Whiteman and web developer Golf Sinteppadon. They took the project online after running out of physical space on the paper map and the resulting website, which is still growing thanks to ongoing input by Seattle musicians and fans, has turned into a collaborative piece of informational art. By tapping into the knowledge of the crowd, the project has become a sort of oral history of rock ‘n’ roll for Seattle that is quickly spreading beyond Seattle’s city limits. The Seattle Band Map went live two weeks ago with only a few groups listed; today it includes more than 2,000. The information architecture that shows the relationships among bands is evolving: Ratner and crew want to make the linkages more descriptive, such as a green line for “played a show together,” a red line for “shared a band member,” a yellow line for “collaborated on an album,” etc. Check out the Wired article with the hyper-hyperlink above and maybe even make an addition to the Seattle Band Map.
SXSW Events
Greg Vandy of KEXP’s The Roadhouse radio show has produced a short documentary film on old time folk musician Frank Fairfield. Working with director Austin Wilson, the co-founder and creative director of More Dust Than Digital the Seattle based video based production company, the team divulges into the life and mind of a young musician with of a love of 78RPM records and “eternal” music. Their short film has been accepted by South By Southwest and will premiere Saturday March 12 during the festival. Click the link above to learn more about the film, Frank Fairfield and SXSW, enjoy the trailer for the video below.
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