Dum Dum Girls broadcasted a live set from the lobby at Ace New York today and sat down in the John Dory to have lunch and talk about their tour, their show-related rituals and their show tonight at The Mercury Lounge.
Catch the last day of broadcasts tomorrow in our lobby - WATERS, EMA, Cavemen and Atlas Sound play live sets and we’ll go out with a bang with DJ sets from two of our favorite independent record labels, Group Tightener and Domino.
Also, don’t forgot to pick up your very own free copy of Art Chantry’s custom, limited edition, hand-screened poster for the Ace x KEXP broadcasts — they’re in the gallery space along with an archival collection of his iconic posters for Seattle rock bands.
Thanks to the John Dory Oyster Bar for lunch and letting us hang out.
Video by Matt Jay
Brittney Bollay shot people and things at Ace Hotel New York during our live KEXP broadcasts. But everything turned out okay! Probably because she used our magical film.
Art Chantry, a pillar of Seattle music culture and game-changing poster artist, has created a custom poster for Ace New York City’s live KEXP broadcasts — the limited run of 200 hand-screened prints are free to all in the gallery space through tomorrow. Art’s showing a collection of archival posters from Seattle rock bands, up in our gallery through November 11.
Widowspeak played a set this morning at Ace NYC for live broadcast with KEXP.
Shot on Ace x Impossible film by Victoria VanBruinisse
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, muggin’ for the photobooth at Ace New York on the first day of live KEXP broadcasts from the lobby.
More Ace x Impossible shots of Zola Jesus this morning at our KEXP broadcasts from Ace NYC, shot by Kisha Bari, part of the Impossible USA team. She has a collection of all-Impossible shots here.
Zola Jesus — inaugural live broadcast for this year’s KEXP shows at Ace NYC — shot on Ace x Impossible instant film.
Photo by Brittney Bollay
Seattle is where non-conformist music and independent radio took hold, and that spirit has never been more relevant than it is today. We put down roots there with Ace Hotel Seattle, the first Ace ever, and it will always feel like home. The ashen skies, reams of flyer molting from telephone poles and transcendent coffee are indelibly engraved in the narrative tableau of the formative years of DIY culture.
We’re honored to keep the noise alive with our second year of live broadcasts with Seattle’s own KEXP during CMJ. We’re more thrilled than ever to host three days of bands and DJs from independent labels in the lobby at Ace Hotel New York, powered by Toyota’s Free Yr Radio. A stalwart of Seattle’s music history, Art Chantry, presents an archival show of Seattle rock posters, Thanks for the Memories. Art’s poster work for emerging 90’s band influenced several generations of graphic designers and exemplifies the strength and dynamism of Seattle’s music culture.
Art is also creating a poster for the Ace x KEXP broadcasts — screenprinted by DL Screenprinting in Seattle, a print shop specializing in artist print editions and show posters by poster artists like Jermaine Rogers, Emek, Brad Klausen, Justin Hampton, Rob Jones and Gregg Gordon. The limited edition poster will be available exclusively at Ace NYC during the broadcasts.
All sets will be broadcast live over the airwaves in Seattle and everywhere else online and via podcast. Keep an eye out here for real time posts, photos, videos and interviews.
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