Like fire from the bayou, word of mouth is spreading fast about Benjamin Booker. The young New Orleans based singer-songwriter hasn't even released his full-length debut (it's due next Tuesday), but he's already made appearances on Conan and Letterman and currently is touring across the country. On his stop in Seattle, Booker brought his pals – drummer Max Norton and bassist Alex Spoto – to perform an incendiary set of bluesy rock and roll live in the KEXP studio. We featured this yesterday as part of our Live Streaming Video series, and today, you can re-watch it in all its blazing glory.
It's hard to imagine a better indie pop dream team than this – a multi-Grammy winning producer Danger Mouse (a.k.a. Brian Burton) and a beloved singer-songwriter James Mercer (of the Shins), each responsible for some of the most infectious songs you've heard in the past ten years, joining to create…
When it comes to songwriting, Cloud Nothings frontman Dylan Baldi has a solid plan. "I think about trying to getting better," Baldi explains to DJ Cheryl Waters, adding with a laugh, "I don't want to get worse!" It's a technique that is clearly working out for for the young Cleveland-based musician…