It's only a matter of time before Saint Rich, the musical brainchild of Steve Marion and Christian Peslak, becomes a household name. Beyond the Drone, their debut full-length album, was released earlier this month on Merge Records, and it'll blow you away. Before becoming a part of Saint Rich, Marion had been performing solo around New Jersey under the name Delicate Steve, but his music was purely instrumental. One weekend, after returning from a long tour, Marion was looking to get a group together for a jam session. Peslak showed up and the rest is history.
Peslak's smooth vocals act as the ideal binding for Marion's intense instrumental runs, and with his lanky stance and confidence, it was hard not to be reminded of another local boy, Julian Casablancas. In the earliest performance of their musical career so far, Saint Rich bewitched the audience from our CMJ broadcast.
At today's CMJ session, dance-pop band Wild Cub brought their own baby cub: frontman Keegan DeWitt's 4 1/2-month old baby was in the audience, watching his papa bear in concert for the very first time.
The Head & The Heart have experienced one of the greatest Seattle success stories we've seen in recent years. Selling over 10,000 copies of their self-released self-titled debut LP by word of mouth before signing to Sub Pop to re-release it nationally in 2011, the band saw their homespun batch …
Every Monday through Friday, we deliver a different song as part of our Song of the Day podcast subscription. This podcast features exclusive KEXP in-studio performances, unreleased songs, and recordings from independent artists that our DJs think you should hear. This week’s featured songs come fr…
