KEXP top 90.3
Here are some bands I’d like to know better - a somewhat random selection based on who’s on KEXP’s year end countdown of their listener top 90.3 albums and from bands I don’t know well. I missed part of the middle of the countdown but this should keep me busy:
Film School - I can’t remember this so well but it sounded pretty good
Sigur Ros - I kind of know them but I heard more of their music on KUT in Austin and Hvarf-Heim just seems really, really good
Tullycraft - If you can not love “The Punks are Writing Love Songs” then you’re no friend of mine. But if you can listen to it twice in a row and not get annoyed, you’re probably about 16 years old.
Les Savy Fav - missed their Neumo’s show but these cats knock out some rockin jams.The Hold Steady - I think I was supposed to be really into Lifter Puller and can tell I’ll love these guys. Some day. For now, I know that “You Can Make Him Like You” from Boys & Girls in America is terrific.
The Twilight Sad - I feel pretty weenie to fall for a band with such a pretentious name (especially when the song I know by them is “And She Would Darken the Memories”) but boy these guys are hot.
Elliot Smith - yeah, I’m a little slow on this one…
Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings - bring that beat back!
Maps - Jesus and Mary Chain-y droning stuff I’m a sucker for lately
The Blakes - I really dig every song I’ve heard by these guys - why haven’t I seen them yet?
Cloud Cult - I’ve heard enough to think they might be a band I’m really not into, but not quite enough…
Animal Collective - Peacebone and its video really capture the nightmare experience. Not sure yet whether this is enjoyable but it’s definitely interesting.
Andrew Bird - is great.
Jose Gonzalez - covers Massive Attack? And he’s swedish? Wow…
Amy Winehouse - as far as coked-out looking H junkies go, she’s #1 in my book.
Okkervil River - they were one of my bands to check out in 2006, too, and I never got around to it.
The Shins - file alongside Elliot Smith, but I can’t deny that a couple weeks ago I heard a song on the radio that I liked before realizing it was the Shins.
MIA - I’m a total sucker for that Clash sample.