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Rock It at Red Rocks for Monolith Festival
The huge music event takes place on September 14 and 15 at Red Rocks in Morrison, Colorado, just outside of Denver. Monolith Festival presented by Esurance will feature 5 stages and over 50 bands --...
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KEXP Music That Matters podcast, Vol. 71 - Animals and Festivals
DJ Shannon emceeing at the Triple Doorphoto by Gregory A. Perez I’m all about festivals. All my vacations revolve around festivals. This year I went to 4: SXSW (Austin), The Great Escape (Brighton,...
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A month of shows with DJ Shannon
DJ Shannon & Guy Garvey photos and review by DJ Shannon May is an awesome month for shows in Seattle. My first 2 weeks have been jam-packed with some all-time faves and new up-and-comers. Kicking...
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The Great Escape with DJ Shannon
I’m hosting my first international showcase in London that will kick off the Great Escape Festival in Brighton. The show is at Half Moon Pub in Herne Hill on Wednesday, May 13th. I already expect many...
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Interview with Tame Impala
photos by Jennifer Sowell My favorite new band of the year is hands-down Tame Impala from Perth, Australia. I was lucky enough to sit down with Kevin Parker, the brain child behind my latest...
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Live Review: Hanging onto Every Heartbeat with Cut Copy & Holy Ghost! @...
photos by Dave Lichterman April is my birthday month. The week of my birthday kicked off two of my fave bands Foals (my #1 album of 2010) and Cut Copy (my current #1 of 2011). One of my Top 3 shows of...
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Live Review: Daughter & Choir of Young Believers at Barboza
all photos by Dave Lichterman My most-anticipated live session on KEXP from our CMJ broadcast at Union Square Ballroom in NYC was Daughter. Then thankfully a week later, the London-based trio played...
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2012 Top Ten List Spotlight: DJ Shannon
For the rest of the year, we’ll be spotlighting our KEXP DJs Top Albums of 2012, leading up to our 2012 Top Album Countdown, as voted on by our listeners! Voting ends on Friday, December 21st, so let...
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Comforting Sounds: DJ Shannon’s Artists to Look Forward To in 2014
Bombay Bicycle Club // photo by Morgen Schuler (view set) 2014 is off to an amazing start with music, and especially a massive overdose of British and Australian bands! There are so many new bands I...
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Time to Escape: More of DJ Shannon’s Artists to Look Forward To in 2014
The Away Days // photo courtesy of the artist I’ve put together my latest list of Bands to Watch for 2014. (See my previous list on the KEXP Blog here.) Many of the tracks are US debuts or World...
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