Gifted Gab - Gab The Most High: Undeniably one of the best rappers from Seattle.
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Plus I'm extremely partial to Renton and Tacoma affiliations. Noo x 10-4Rog – Inner G: Love his voice paired with 10-Rog musicality. He's gunning for the lames and I've needed this for a very long time.
Very hard and comforting at the same time. Tay is a producer's producer and a writer's fantasy.īruce Leroy - Home: Album feels, like a thug hug. Tay Sean – Leavings: Very poignant and very ahead of time with roots in the past.
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Porter Ray – Electric Rain: This project is full of slaps and engaging poetry that stays on your mind. Stas THEE Boss, Host of Street Sounds, KEXP’s Hip Hop Show (Sundays, 6-9pm) Crater - Talk To Me So I Can Fall AsleepĮyes Ahead: Look for big things in 2017 from up-and-comers Thunderpussy, Bread & Butter, and Naked Giants.Deep Sea Diver – Secrets (my most played album of 2016).Kevin's Top 2016 Albums from New(ish) Local Bands: Raw Power KEXP: Seattle supergroup Mike McCready (Pearl Jam), Duff McKagan (Guns & Roses), Mark Arm (Mudhoney), and Barrett Martin (Screaming Trees/Mad Season) pay tribute to Iggy & the Stooges playing their favorite Stooges songs live on the roof of Pike Place Market while 10,000 KEXP music lovers witnessed from the street below. The Sonics Live at Easy Street: Legendary garage rockers the Sonics tore through their set with local luminaries hopping on stage to pay their respects, including Van Conner (Screaming Trees), Chris Ballew (Presidents of the United States of America), Eddie Vedder (Pearl Jam), Calvin Johnson (Beat Happening), Matt Lukin (Mudhoney/Melvins), Mike McCready (Pearl Jam), Emily Nokes (Tacocat), and Ben Shepherd (Soundgarden). The grand opening bash also saw the release of two very limited KEXP Record Store Day albums, The Sonics Live at Easy Street Records, and Raw Power KEXP. Highlights included the April 16 grand opening celebration of our new headquarters at the Seattle Center, with exceptional live performances from Grace Love, Sera Cahoone, Mark Pickerel, DoNormaal, David Bazan, Hey Marseilles, Deep Sea Diver, and Car Seat Headrest. We saw three great debut albums from NAVVI, Acapulco Lips, and Crater, plus excellent new albums from Car Seat Headrest (breakout artist of 2016), Deep Sea Diver, Manatee Commune, Tacocat, Fly Moon Royalty, and veterans David Bazan, Damien Jurado, The Cave Singers, and genius Erik Blood.Īnd it was another great year for local music at KEXP. Kevin Cole - KEXP Chief Content Officer/Host of the Afternoon Show (Mondays-Fridays, 2-6pm) Below, the team at KEXP present their favorite local music of 2016. As we close out 2016, Crosscut has asked members of the local community to present their thoughts on the year.
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