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Listen to one-of-a-kind in-studio performances recorded live at KEXP. Recent guests include:

Thunder Buffalo - 2/6/2010
Local trio Thunder Buffalo brings their grinding, dark garage-rock sounds to the KEXP studios for an exclusive live performance. - W. Myers

Album Leaf, The - 2/6/2010
San Diego musician Jimmy LaValle is The Album Leaf. He stops by KEXP with band in tow for an exclusive live set of lovely ambient pop. - W. Myers

Butts - 1/30/2010
Funk on the dance floor with the raw, punk absurdness that is Seattle band Butts. Recorded live and uncut at KEXP. - W. Myers

Vultures 2012 - 1/30/2010
Seattle metal band Vultures 2012 radio debut on KEXP with this live, carcass feast of an in-studio. - W. Myers

Willowz - 1/28/2010
Southern California’s Willowz share some of their bluesy, garage-punk from their 4th LP “Everyone.” This set recorded exclusively for KEXP at The Cutting Room Studios in NYC. - W. Myers

Little Pieces - 1/28/2010
Seattle Power-Pop trio Little Pieces rock the KEXP studio with this set of songs from a forthcoming full-length album. - M. Ogaz

Purrs, The - 1/26/2010
Seattle psych-pop peoples The Purrs stop by KEXP for a nice live set featuring tracks from "Amused Confused & More Bad News." - W. Myers

Wet Paint - 1/23/2010
Seattle trio Wet Paint brings their unique brand of therapeutic rock abrasion to the KEXP studios for an exclusive live performance. - W. Myers

School Of Rock - 1/23/2010
Join KEXP for a super cool live set of Northwest rock classics performed by Seattle’s School Of Rock. The rotating cast of kids (aged 9-18) do killer takes on Built To Spill, The Gits, The Thermals, The Sonics and Soundgarden. - W. Myers

Phoenix (Triple Door) - 1/23/2010
Join us for a musical apéritif, an acoustic live set from French pop wonders Phoenix recorded exclusively for KEXP at Seattle’s The Triple Door. - W. Myers

Soft Pack, The - 1/23/2010
SoCal band The Soft Pack (formerly The Muslims) bring their raw brand of post-punk surf to the KEXP studios for a blazing live performance. - W. Myers

Grant-Lee Phillips - 1/21/2010
LA singer-songwriter and former Grant lee Buffalo frontman Grant-Lee Phillips offers this set of  mellow and playful folk-rock tunes from his 2009 release "Little Moon." Recorded live at KEXP. - M. Ogaz

Asobi Seksu - 1/20/2010
Singer Yuki Chikudate's ethereal vocals glaze the textured dream-pop of Asobi Seksu in this set recorded live at KEXP. Featuring songs from their 2009 release, the mostly acoustic "Rewolf", and a couple of covers, the Brooklyn quartet here weaves a delicate, stripped-down sound with some eclectic instrumentation and tons of atmosphere. - M. Ogaz

Feral Children - 1/18/2010
Adventurous indie-rockers Feral Children perform live on KEXP. This Seattle group plays tracks from their 2nd LP “Brand New Blood.” - W. Myers

Binary Star - 1/17/2010
A binary star is actually two stars rotating around each other, just like the two MCs from Michigan known as Binary Star. They drop some live hip-hop on the KEXP audience during this stop on their reunion tour. - W. Myers

Barton Carroll - 1/16/2010
Local singer-songwriter Barton Carroll plays a dark and lovely live set of folk-inspired tunes exclusively on KEXP. - W. Myers

Joseph Arthur (Triple Door) - 1/15/2010
Singer-songwriter Joseph Arthur performs (and paints!) live on KEXP from Seattle's The Triple Door. If you listen close enough you might just hear his portraits come to life. - W. Myers

Samba Mapangala and Occidental Brothers Dance Band International - 1/9/2010
Congolese vocalist/band leader Samba Mapangala and Chicago's Occidental Brothers Dance Band Int'l team up for this sublime set of classic African dance music recorded live at the Cutting Room in NYC. -M. Ogaz

Burkina Electric - 1/9/2010
With members based in New York, Germany, and Burkina Faso(West Africa), the international Burkina Electric blends electronica, afro-beat and traditional West African rhythms for some truly unique grooves.  Hear the sparks fly in this performance recorded live at the Cutting Room in NYC. -M. Ogaz

SPURM - 1/9/2010
Seattle band SPURM has a catchy and pretty deranged punk sound going on. Check out their live @ KEXP performance. - W. Myers

People Eating People - 1/9/2010
Spanish For 100 (January 2010) - 1/8/2010
Nada Surf - 1/7/2010
Lymbyc Systym - 1/7/2010
Blasters, The - 1/5/2010
Apparat - 12/30/2009
Lusine (December 2009) - 12/30/2009
Joshua Morrison - 12/27/2009
Grieves And Budo - 12/20/2009
Michael Vermillion - 12/19/2009
Rural Alberta Advantage, The - 12/19/2009
Karl Blau - 12/16/2009
Keeper, The - 12/12/2009
Eastern Grip - 12/12/2009
David Kirton - 12/11/2009
Shane Tutmarc (December 2009) - 12/10/2009
Chuck Prophet - 12/10/2009
Gregory Alan Isakov - 12/10/2009
Mew - 12/10/2009
Stripmall Architecture - 12/9/2009
We All Have Hooks For Hands - 12/8/2009
Candidt - 12/6/2009
Marshall Scott Warner - 12/4/2009
Tristeza - 12/4/2009
Califone - 12/3/2009
U.S.E. - 12/2/2009
Blind Pilot - 12/2/2009
Surfer Blood - 12/1/2009
Andrew Oliver Kora Band - 11/30/2009

VIP Club Concert Series:

Donors to KEXP receive great thank you gifts. Donors who support KEXP with a gift of $500-999 receive invitations to four VIP Club Concerts. Donors who support KEXP with a gift of $1,000 or more receive invitations to eight VIP Club Concerts. Recent performances include:

The Wedding Present - 9/25/2008
Okkervil River - 9/17/2008
DeVotchKa - 5/3/2008
Sons and Daughters - 4/29/2008
Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings - 12/11/2007
Stars - 11/16/2007
Peter Bjorn and John - 5/13/2007
Dean And Britta - 4/11/2007
Sebadoh - 3/4/2007
My Morning Jacket - 1/8/2007
Hidden Cameras - 12/2/2006
Robyn Hitchcock - 11/28/2006
Joseph Arthur - 10/12/2006
Billy Bragg - 10/2/2006
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - 3/19/2006
Nada Surf - 2/26/2006
Rosebuds, The - 11/13/2005
Iron & Wine with Calexico - 10/22/2005
New Pornographers, The - 8/23/2005
Bob Mould - 8/1/2005
Sufjan Stevens - 7/23/2005
Aqualung - 6/2/2005
Low - 3/24/2005
Kings of Convenience - 3/13/2005
Interpol - 2/11/2005
Citizen Cope - 11/11/2004
Michael Franti & Spearhead - 10/29/2004
Concretes, The - 10/17/2004

Special Performances:

Live From Chicago - 7/2008
Live From NYC - 10/2007
Live From NYC - 11/2006
Live From Chicago - 9/2006
Live From NYC - 5/2006
Live From NYC - 9/2005
Live From NYC - 10/2004
KEXP Live From NYC - 6/2004
The Smithsonian Folklife Festival - 6/2003

KEXP and Seattle Channel are now offering full-length videos of these VIP Club Concert Series performances (*Real player required).

Joseph Arthur
Billy Bragg
Jose Gonzalez
The Black Angels
Elbow