Back in October, we took the first opportunity we had to bring Scottish group Django Django live on air. Their self-titled debut, soon to be nominated for a Mercury Prize, had been released just the day before, and a full U.S. tour was still a dream, but the band was able to drop by the Cutting Room Studios in NYC for a stripped down session (watch it here). Now, six months later, Django Django's star continues to rise. They've toured around the world, have hit the late night show circuit (including a spot on Leno just last week) and have a full summer booked of international festival dates. But it took them a while to finally made it to Seattle, so earlier this month we had to get them on our home turf. Watch the videos from their recent in-studio session at KEXP here:
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