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KEXP Playlist
new from loaded honey! Loaded Honey is a new musical project formed by J. Lloyd and Lydia Kitto, who are also members of the band Jungle.
www.loadedhoney.com
Beyond The Wizard's Sleeve is London-based DJ Erol Alkan and producer Richard Norris. This is their take on the opening track from Midlake's sophomore album "The Trials Of Van Occupanther."
midlakeband.bandcamp.com
Raised in Boise, Idaho, the artist known as Gelli Haha (Angel Abaya) played in a number of bands as a teen and young adult in addition to being involved with a dance company, where she played in the band and eventually worked her way up the administrative ladder to program director.: www.allmusic.com
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Enjoy this review of the "kooky, conceptual, synth-filled dance record.": pitchfork.com
In Matt Thorne’s book "Prince: The Man and His Music," Wendy Melvoin of The Revolution shared how this song started out as a five hour jam session.
"Prince came in and did that 'America' solo and started singing and turned it into the song we know. To this day, we can put that song on and feel that band’s energy and feel what we were like at our best together – a fucking freight train." tinyurl.com
"For his epic 15-track sophomore album, Nigerian-born, London-based visionary Obongjayar unveils an irresistible, prismatic fusion of art-pop, alt-R&B, Afrobeats, and synth-pop. Unencumbered by genre norms, his adventurous, hook-laden arrangements showcase emphatic vocals, dizzying synths, frenzied percussion, groovy rhythms, and a myriad of sonic influences, all seamlessly woven into his infectious, singular sound. Paradise Now portrays an endlessly inspired and inspiring talent who knows no bounds."
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obongjayar.bandcamp.com
HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD!!!! -dj assistant meghan <3 miss u and love you
The group has said, “'Train in Vain' was the last song we finished after the artwork [for "London Calling"] went to the printer. A couple of Clash websites describe it as a hidden track, but it wasn’t intended to be hidden. The sleeve was already printed before we tacked the song on the end of the master tape."
https://www.theclash.com/
Her third album and first in 6 years "Belong" will be out on October 10th.
jaysommusic.com
This is the Brisbane, Australia singer-songwriter’s second studio album! “It is about finally finding one’s footing, embracing visibility, and moving past fear of the future to welcome its bigger decisions and higher stakes."
Hatchie was Live on KEXP in 2019! bit.ly
New! Described by Rolling Stone as "the most fascinating, retro-maniac and genuine thing that has happened to Italy in the past few years", Calibro 35 enjoy a reputation as one of the coolest bands around.
calibro35rk.bandcamp.com
"Breakadawn" is built from samples of Smokey Robinson ("A Quiet Storm"), Michael Jackson ("I Can't Help It"), and the Bar-Kays ("Sang and Dance") and The Pointer Sisters ("Yes We Can Can")
delasoul.bandcamp.com
Read KEXP's 2018 interview with Columbus based musician RJD2 here: www.kexp.org
This track from Little Simz recent album "Lotus" features Yukimi from Little Dragon.
The new record has collaborations with a star-studded list of fellow artists, including Moses Sumney, Moonchild Sanelly, Miraa May, Wretch 32, Cashh, Michael Kiwanuka, Yussef Dayes, Sampha, Lydia Kitto, Yukimi Nagano, and Obongjayar.
tinyurl.com
littlesimz.com
Montreal's Colin Stetson performs with amazing saxophone techniques including circular breathing, multi-phonics, altissimo, microtones, growling, and more...
bit.ly
This track's iconic music video, directed by Maria Mochnacz, features Harvey's over-the-top glam look she dubbed "Joan Crawford on acid." Wearing a flowing dark wig, false eyelashes, a slinky red dress, and bright red lipstick, the singer embodies the song's murderous mother as she swims through green waters searching for her dead daughter.
Harvey said the exaggerated makeover reflected her love of dressing up and trying new styles, but she admitted to The Guardian, "There was confusion with myself at that time as to who or what I was, and it was a way of looking for answers."
Harvey's new duds were nearly her downfall. She told MTV: "Making that video was very scary for me. I think it was most frightening because the wig was so heavy that when I went under the water, it really was hard to get to the surface again. Especially after spending the whole day of jumping in and out of the pool, and it was cold and I was wearing clothes and high heels trying to swim around. It was pretty scary." tinyurl.com
Angel Deradoorian, also known mononymously as Deradoorian, is a musician based best known for her work with Dirty Projectors as full-time member from 2007 to 2012 was born on this day in 1986!
Angel Deradoorian posits that the song is “a conglomeration of broken imagery of a deserted world. Ideas surrounding genocide and the regeneration of the survivors. A survivor of [the Armenian] genocide, I am the daughter of the only son of the only surviving grandfather. The song touches on the power of belief. Looking toward someone or something higher than ourselves to keep hope alive amongst decay.”
deradoorian.bandcamp.com
The Brooklyn-based artist says, “This is a song about a falling out with a friend. The friend was a gemini, hence the title ‘Two Face.’ The song is a disjointed imaginary conversation between us. The ‘spooky’ parts of the song have the most optimistic lyrics, and the ‘sunny’ parts have the bleakest lyrics. The song is mostly a reflection on regret, because the dissolution of our friendship was absolutely my fault and it still haunts me.”
Larry Mizell, Jr. hosted L'Rain (Taja Cheek) for a live KEXP At-Home Session in 2021, including this song. www.youtube.com
www.lrain.info
"Named after a tree species native to Northern California, 'Interior Live Oak' sees McCombs incorporate the more economical song structures of his prime material with the help of some of his earliest musical cohorts, including Jason Quever (Papercuts) and Chris Cohen. McCombs recorded much of the new material in the Bay Area, not far from where they had cut their musical teeth (as documented on last year’s archival release, Seed Cake On Leap Year). Additional recording in New York City brought with it contributions from other perennial collaborators such as Matt Sweeney and Mike Bones."
cassmccombs.bandcamp.com
For andrew and fam!!!
Co-writer Brian Eno wanted to call this song "Heroes", as the sequence "sounded grand and heroic", and "I had that very word – heroes – in my mind."
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When they were recording, " Eno brought in his EMS Synthi AKS, a synthesiser built in a briefcase, using its joystick, oscillator knobs and noise filter to create a "shuddering, chattering effect [that] slowly builds up and gets more and more obvious towards the end"
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At Eno's suggestion, Robert Fripp was brought in to play lead guitar.
Going on tour all around Washington and The Bay in the fall! www.macdemarco.com
Mac DeMarco is a Canadian self-produced multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and recording artist. Raised in Edmonton, Alberta, and currently residing in Los Angeles, California.
macdemarco.bandcamp.com
Brand new music from Gwenno.
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Forty-three years into her life, Gwenno Saunders has been many people. The disaffected Cardiff schoolgirl; the teenage Las Vegas dancer; the singer in indie pop group The Pipettes. There was a turn in a Bollywood film, a nightclub tour, a stint cleaning floors in an East London pub. Long before she would become an acclaimed solo songwriter in both Welsh and Cornish, a winner of the Welsh Music Prize, a nominee for the Mercury, a Bard of the Cornish Gorsedh, there were the days of Nevada, London, Brighton; of Irish dancing, techno clubs, messiness and chaos.
Utopia, Saunders’ fourth solo album, is an extraordinary exploration of all of these selves.
gwenno.bandcamp.com
2018's Little Dark Age is the fourth studio album from MGMT.
The band's newest album, Loss of Life, came out last year!
whoismgmt.com
New Album, "Loner" dropped last week!
"Throughout ‘Loner’ we see Barry Can’t Swim navigate and explore the world he’s found himself in, a highly personal album that asks profound questions of its creator and his audience. Informed by the staggering success of Barry’s live shows around the world, 'Loner' remains anchored to his roots both as a grounded human being and a progressive, ever-evolving artist."
barrycantswim.bandcamp.com
may you be violently happy today and every day!
or maybe violently isn't really the right word but you get the sentiment