OK, seriously: I would kill for a radio station like KEXP in Phoenix. It just reminds me how far behind this city can be sometimes.
The Seattle radio station wrapped up a pretty amazing few days of performances from SXSW with a set from Jose Gonzalez, who, at least from the interview, seemed soft-spoken and perhaps taken a little aback at his pretty quick rise to notoriety. Check out the archive streams to go find the full interview.
On the topic of KEXP … is anyone interested in pooling together some funds for a pledge to the station? It’s a member-driven station and I feel like we’re all benefiting from their music and streams. A few bucks from a lot of people can go a long way. Leave a comment with your thoughts or e-mail me at somuchsilence@gmail.com, and I can figure out a way to set this up. (Or perhaps money would be better served going to WOXY, which is switching to a member-supported system.)
Jose Gonzalez from SXSW, on KEXP, 3/17/06:
1. Deadweight on Velveteen
2. Hints
3. Sensing Owls
4. Instrumental
5. Heartbeats
6. Crosses
Great posting Kevin! I also recorded it here from Detroit and posted in my blog.
What a performance… Sensing Owls rocks…
Tonight he will perform at KCRW @ 10:30PM EST. Let’s see if we can record that one as well.
Check my blog (http://onediedsimply.blogsome.com). Congrats for yours!
Thanks so much for posting this.
Thanks for this Kevin, you’ve been a busy man lately!
i would kill for a KEXP around me too. oh wait…
thanks so much for putting so much KEXP stuff up!
-jon
Thank you, thank you. I’m definitely a fan of the Gonzalez; this is treasure.
Did I say thank you? Thank you!
-rr
thank you thank you thank you
this is wonderful, thankyou
Thanks so much for this! I
Yeah! Bring on the swedish musicians!!