With Bumbershoot right around the corner, I dedicated tonight’s show to all the great local artists who’re playing the three-day festival. And! I gave away some tickets! Congrats to the two lovely ladies who won. Here’s who you heard coming out of your radio (along with their Bumbershoot set-times, if you wanna check them out!):

Great Waves – “Konza Plains”
(Playing 12:30 pm, Mon, EMP Sky Church)

The Cute Lepers – “It’s Summertime Baby”
(Playing 8:15 pm, Sat, EMP Sky Church)

The Thermals – “How We Know”
(Playing 9:15 pm, Sun, Broad Street Stage)

The Redwood Plan – “Expiration”
(Playing 3:30 pm, Sun, EMP Sky Church)

Hey Marseilles – “Rio”
(Playing 2:15 pm, Sun, Broadstreet Stage)

The Spits – “Beat You Up”
(Playing 9:15 pm, Sun, EMP Sky Church)

People Eating People – “Rain Rain”
(Playing 12:30 pm, Mon, EMP Sky Church)

Boat – “Lately”
(Playing 2 pm, Mon, EMP Sky Church)

Idiot Pilot – “Tail of a Jet Black Swan”
(Playing 1:15, Sat, Center Square Stage)

Decemberists – “The Rake Song”
(Playing 5:30 pm, Sat, Mainstage)

Born Anchors – “Matter of Taste”
(Playing 2 pm, Sat, EMP Sky Church)

The Moondoggies – “Black Shoe”
(Playing 5 pm, Mon, Starbucks Stage)

Visqueen – “Fight For Love”
(Playing 9:45 pm, Sat, EMP Sky Church)

Slender Means – “Van Gogh”
(Playing 5 pm, Sun, EMP Sky Church)

Fences – “My Girl the Horse”
(Playing 6:45, Sun, EMP Sky Church)

Mudhoney – Touch Me I’m Sick
(Not playing Bumbershoot! But a good, short song I had time to play before Loveline.)

Thanks, all, for listening! Hooray for local music!

Menomena!

Tonight we gave away some Bumbershoot passes! Did you miss ‘em? If so, don’t worry. I’m gonna give away two more pairs during next week’s show, too.

Here’s what you heard come out of your radio tonight:

Helms Alee – “A New Roll”
(Playing Neumos Monday, Aug 22)
Slow Skate – “Until You’re Satisfied”
(Playing the Sunset Wed, Aug 25)
Exohxo – “Take Hold”
Visqueen – “Hand Me Down”
The Lonely Forest – “Live There”
The Posies – “Licenses to Hide”
Idiot Pilot – “Tale of the Black Swan”
(Playing Bumbershoot!)
People Eating People – “For Now”
(Playing Bumbershoot!)
Feral Children – “On a Frozen Beach”
(Playing Bumbershoot!)
Kay Kay And His Weathered Underground – “Hey Momma”
Menomena – “Five Little Rooms”
Aqueduct – “Living a Lie”
(Playing Havana Thursday, Aug 26)
The Absolute Monarchs – “Consider the Odds”
(Playing the Sunset Friday, Aug 27)

Hooray! If there’s something you want to hear next week, let me know in the comments. And be sure to listen next week at 9 pm for your chance to win tickets to Bumbershoot!

Tonight I played as many requests as I possibly could–here’s what got on air!

The Lonely Forest – “Live There”
Loving Thunder – “Life Rider”
M. Bison – “Wassup you guys!”
(Playing the Tractor Wednesday, August 18)
Sinking Ships – “Wallingford is Still Doomed”
Death Cab for Cutie – “Title and Registration”
Schoolyard Heroes – “They Live”
Pedro the Lion – “Rehearsal”
The Raggedy Anns – “Anna Maria”
(Playing the Hard Rock Cafe Friday August 20th)
Nirvana – “Something In the Way”
Spanish for 100 – “Precious”
Past Lives – “Hex Takes Hold”
Boat – “Lately”
Mirah – “Generosity”
Minus the Bear – “Pantsuit… Ughhhhh”
Soundgarden – “Black Rain”

As always, if you wanna hear something next week, let me know in the comments!

So much new music debuted tonight! Including BRAND NEW Soundgarden. Along with new music from the Lonely Forest, the Posies, and Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band. Here’s what else got played:

Tea Cozies – “Boys at the Metro”
Soundgarden – “Black Rain” (New!)
Cave Singers – “Leap”
Speaker Speaker – “Do You Still Hate Me?”
(Playing the Comet Friday the 13th with Battle Hymns)
The Lonely Forest – “Live There”
Thee Emergency – (live in the End studios)
(Playing Columbia City Theater August 21st.)
The Posies – “Licenses to Hide”
Unnatural Helpers – “She Was Your Girlfriend”
Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band – “Bitter Cold”
Man Plus – “911”
Blunt Mechanic – “Our First Brains”
The Gits – “Guild Within Your Head”
The Saturday Knights – “Go!”
Mudhoney – “Touch Me I’m Sick”

Have requests? Let me know what you want to hear next week in the comments!

Tonight one third of the local nine-piece pop band Exohxo co-hosted the show and took over the playlist! We also gave away tickets to tomorrow’s show at the Crocodile, which Exohxo are playing along with Kids & Animals and the Quiet Ones. The bands bassist also admitted to his undying love of Styx. Here’s who we played on the radio:

Exohxo – “Smile and Walk Away”
Jeremy Enigk – “On the Wayside”
Kids and Animals – “Astronauts”
The Lonely Forest – “We Sings in Time”
Speaker Speaker – “Why I Don’t like August ‘93”
Exohxo – “Resolution”
Racetrack – “Recidivism”
Pretty Girls Make Graves – “Speakers Push Air”
Asahi – “I Fought the Dragon”
Exohxo – “These Are the Days”
Control Keys – “Heat Seek”
The Posies – “Flavor of the Month”
Modest Mouse – “The Way Down”
Sunny Day Real Estate – “in Circles”
Exohoxo – “Take Hold”

See Exohxo Monday night at the Crocodile! Tickets are $5 at the door, doors open at 7 pm and the show 8 pm. Hope to see you there! It’ll be awwwwesome.

I hope you can come to this! It will be a pretty amazing show. And be sure to tune into Locals Only this Sunday from 9-10 pm for a chance to win a pair of free tickets to the show!

Click on the band name below to visit their websites and hear some of their songs:

Exohxo
The Quiet Ones
Kids and Animals

2010 Sound Off! champions Great Waves came to the studio tonight to take over the playlist and debut a couple exclusive acoustic tracks that they recorded right here at the End studios. Here’s who they played:

Us on Roofs – “English Pocket Mirror”
Candysound – “I’ll Drive Forever”
Great Waves – “Konza Plains” (acoustic)
Kusikia – “Something About a Heart”
Great Waves – “Sleepers”
Hooves and Beak – “Pins and Needles”
The Globes – “Pretty Birds Above our Heads”
Great Waves – Untitled (acoustic)
Pan Pan – “Calvin Frank James”
Great Waves – “Hours”
Sadie and the Crooked Road – “Peaches”
Ultra Violet Uforia – “High Roller” (Will, from Great Waves’ dad!)
Seacats – “I Don’t Sleep”

You can see Great Waves at Bumbershoot on Saturday, September 4th at the EMP Sky Church at 12:30 pm. They’ll hopefully have a new EP available by then as well. I’ll be sure to keep you posted when that’s available.

Thanks for listening!

(Great Waves photo by Nikko Hall.)

Almost every single week, while hosting the Locals Only show, I get requests for Seattle’s own People Eating People. Well, you fans will be happy to see the brand new video the band recently released for the song “Rain, Rain,” from their latest full-length record. It’s absolutely adorable. Singer/pianist Nouela Johnston made all the paper characters herself, and friends helped her film and edit it. <3!

I dedicated tonight’s show to all my favorite bands playing the Capitol Hill Block Party next weekend (with some suggestions from you guys, as well). Here’s how it went:

The Redwood Plan – “How the Game Is Played”
Blood Red Dancers – “Sweetie’s Gettin’ Mobbed”
Feral Children – “On a Frozen Beach”
Blue Scholars – “NXNW”
Black Breath – “Eat the Witch”
Unnatural Helpers – “She Was Your Girlfriend”
Police Teeth – “Is That Because You’re Adopted?”
Fences – “My Girl the Horse”
Head Like a Kite – “We’re Always On the Wrong Side of Sunrise”
Born Anchors – “Teasing Lions”
Past Lives – “Strange Symmetry”
Grand Hallway – “Raindrops”
Aveo – “Newton and Galileo”
The Dutchess and the Duke – “Living This Life”
Jaguar Love – “Highways of Gold”

You can see the whole Capitol Hill Block Party schedule at capitolhillblockparty.com.

Thanks for listening!

On Sunday night Natalie Portman’s Shaved Head dropped by the studio to announce some big news… they’re OVER! Sort of. The band has changed their name to Brite Futures (apparently Miss Portman wasn’t so stoked about their moniker), and they also have some brand new material, which they debuted on the show! They also played a handful of other local artists that they’re currently calling favorites. Here’s what we heard:

Brite Futures – “Me + Yr Daughter”
Portugal. The Man – “60 Years”
Top Less Gay Love Teckno Party – “Robin”
Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band – “At Night” (brand new song not yet heard on Locals Only!)
Brite Futures – “Dog Eared Summer”
Copy – “I Can Smell It”
Sean Downey (Vidooch) – “Once Above”
Nirvana – “Rape Me”
Head Like a Kite – “We’re Always On the Wrong Side of Sunrise”
Brite Futures – “My Funk”
Shoplifting – “Mustang Sally”
Strfkr – “Boy Toy”

Be sure to check out Brite Futures on Saturday, July 17th at Nuemos as part of Vera’s Drink for the Kids finale. And all this week, you can participate in the annual Drink for the Kids fundraiser–all you have to do is show up to one of the bars the Vera Project is visiting and buy a drink! Proceeds will be donated to the all-ages venue. It can’t get any easier than that. Find out more (and see the schedule of what bars they’re at and when) at adrinkforthekids.org.