KEXP Releases Bestest Live Compilation to Date

Volume One was pretty cool. Two was better. Three was great. Volume Four is hands down the best. Is it simply because it's new? Because the songs are still fresh? We don't think so. There's more more to it than that.

Ever have one of those days, when you're listening to KEXP and it feels like they're playing everything just for you?--those days when the DJ is charged up and brimming with unbelievably great ideas and you just can't tear yourself away from your computer or your car or where ever you happen to be listening?

From the thumping drums opening up Pela's "Lost to the Lonesome" to the moody rumbling of piano keys at the end of Rufus Wainwright's epic "Going to a Town," this is Live at KEXP Volume Four.

Our favorites so far: Pela: "Lost to the Lonesome," Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings: "Let Them Knock," The Helio Sequence: "Can't Say No," Angelique Kidjo: "Salala," Les Savy Fav: "We'll Make a Lover of You," and Arthur & Yu: "Lion's Mouth."

Live at KEXP Volume Four can be purchased at all the good local record stores and here.

Photo courtesy of Seattlest Flickr Pool member laviddichterman.