Up till 3

I stayed up until 3am last night, trolling the airwaves for fine music to bring to YOU.

Ok, not really. I was post-processing images from a photo shoot on my underpowered MacBook. But I was catching some damn fine music while watching progress bars creep across my screen, and this is the damn fine music I heard:

	8:56pm		Laura Veirs		Saltbreakers		Saltbreakers		Nonesuch
	12:01am		!!!		Must Be The Moon		Myth Takes		Warp
	12:29am		CocoRosie		Japan		The Adventures Of Ghosthorse And Stillborn		Touch And Go Records
	12:46am		Cloud Cult		Alien Christ		The Meaning of 8		Earthology

and one by Seattle band the Blakes that I can’t find on KEXP’s playlist page.

Popularity: 12%

Who’s Killing Internet Radio?

A War on Independence

This country needs more culture, not less, and what is our government doing?

The feds just increased streaming fees for Internet radio stations, and not only that, but made the fees retroactive to 2006.

Plus there’s now a $500 per year minimum. Say goodbye to the smallest broadcasters.

Popularity: 15%

KEXP Yule Benefit Last Night

Cold War Kids, Junior Boys, Ted Leo, Juno at Neumos, Sunday Dec. 10th.

Cold War Kids This exceptionally vocally powerful, ardent, lively band from Fullerton California rocked pretty well Sunday night. They know what they’re doing, and they have the songwriting skills to really make their live work mean something. Rhythmically they moved you from 0-60 at the snap of a wrist. Their start/stops were as sharp as razors. Dynamic and punchy. Perfect.

Popularity: 9%