12.03.2009 Download World Party live from Bumbershoot
World Party fans, rejoice. If you saw the band’s hits-packed set at Bumbershoot, you can now relive it. For those of us who missed out the first go-round, it’s a chance to catch up.
Download World Party’s entire Starbucks Stage set in MP3 or lossless FLAC format (both for free!) from karlwallinger.net.
Set/Tracklist:
- Intro
- Put the Message in the Box
- Is It Like Today
- Vanity Fair
- When the Rainbow Comes
- What Does it Mean Now
- Til I Got You
- Love Street
- She’s the One
- Thank You World
- Sunshine
- Sweet Soul Dream
- Who Are You
- Ship of Fools
- Is It Too Late
- Way Down Now
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11.06.2009 Holy F**k live in the Bumbershoot Music Lounge
Knob twiddlers Holy F**k are at the forefront of a new kind of synchronicity between rock and electronic music. Fusing live drums and bass with atmospheric samples and keyboards, the quartet creates a sound all its own.
Watch "Latin America" below and see what all the fuss is about.
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11.05.2009 Vieux Farka Toure live in the Bumbershoot Music Lounge
Expanding upon the legacy of his father, Vieux Farka Touré brings his Malian rhythms to a new generation of African rock fans. Touré dropped in for a special Bumbershoot Music Lounge performance and we've got video below of "Nha Maimouna Poussaniamba," "Paradise" and "Walaidu."
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11.04.2009 Raphael Saadiq live from the Bumbershoot Music Lounge
The dapper Raphael Saadiq takes it back to the classic days of soul on his most recent record, the stellar The Way I See It. At Bumbershoot's exclusive Music Lounge, Raphael brought his vintage style and sound with great verve—and a full backing band.
You can see the complete show below, featuring the following cuts: "Let's Take a Walk," "Love That Girl," "100 Yard Dash," "Sure Hope You Mean It," "Stayin' In Love" and "Big Easy."
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11.03.2009 Sera Cahoone live at the Bumbershoot Music Lounge
Following in the footsteps of the likes of Emmylou Harris and Lucinda Williams, Sera Cahoone takes an understated approach to her countrified pop songs. Watch Sera perform "Baker Lake" and the somber title track from her 2008 solo debut Only as the Day Is Long.
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11.02.2009 The Cave Singers live from the Bumbershoot Music Lounge
The Cave Singers are at the forefront of the current renaissance in Seattle's folk/country scene. On their impressive debut Invitation Songs and their newest release, Welcome Joy, The Cave Singers mix heartfelt ballads with stomping swamp rock.
Watch and listen below as the band pulls out all the stops for three numbers: "Summer Light," "At the Cut," and the now-classic "Dancing On Our Graves."
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10.30.2009 Akron/Family live from the Bumbershoot Music Lounge
Psych-folk trio Akron/Family specializes in wild divergence from hypnotic romps all the way back to pensive ballads and everywhere in between. Taking cues from campfire spirituals, tribal rhythms and more, the band always excites live. Their trip to the Bumbershoot Music Lounge was no exception.
Check out video below of two of the more raucous numbers in the band's catalog: "The River" from this year's Set 'em Wild, Set 'em Free and "Ed Is a Portal" from Love Is Simple.
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10.29.2009 Metric live from the Bumbershoot Music Lounge
Contrasting their festival-closing performance on the Broad Street stage, Metric's Emily Haines and James Shaw went acoustic for their Music Lounge performance.
Featuring songs largely from their excellent 2009 album Fantasies, the duo unplugged for a compelling mini set. Check out videos below of "Gold Guns Girls," "Help I'm Alive," "Gimme Sympathy," and "Live it Out."
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10.28.2009 Vivian Girls Live in the Bumbershoot Music Lounge
Brooklyn trio Vivian Girls are riding high on blog buzz thanks to their fuzzy guitars and dreamy, sun-drenched vocals. Watch the ladies perform three songs, including two from their newest release Everything Goes Wrong.
For more Vivian Girls, check out KEXP's Song of the Day podcast, today featuring the studio version of "The End."
