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They're sampling Barbara Mason's 1965 hit, "Yes, I'm Ready," here. "Fall In Love" wasn't supposed to be a Phantogram single, but a track laid down for an epic rapper to rhyme over, according to Sarah Barthel and Josh Carter. "It's actually an old idea, an old beat that Josh made five years ago," Sarah says of the song. "When we were waiting to release Eyelid Movies, we had a space of time to work on music, and Josh made the beat. It was intended to just be for an instrumental or for an MC to rap over, but that never ended up happening. I always remembered how much I loved it, so I grabbed it from him. I had a bass synth in mind for it, and it kind of just evolved from there." Watch Phantogram sing "Fall in Love' in a live performance in the KEXP studio in 2014: www.youtube.com --

Troy hosted a Live on KEXP at Home session with PVA in 2021! Check it out here: bit.ly "Arriving closely on the heels of their 2020 EP 'Toner,' the band’s stunning debut album sees them further consolidating the beating pulse of electronic music with the raw energy of a life-affirming gig and reveals more about the trio than they’ve ever previously shared. The eleven blistering tracks from the group, Ella Harris and Josh Baxter (who share lead vocals as well as handling synths, guitars and production) alongside drummer and percussionist Louis Satchell, are made from a formula of acid, disco, blistering synths, the release of the dancefloor and cathartic sprechgesang post-punk." pvaareok.bandcamp.com

"Enjoy the Silence" is the sixth track on Depeche Mode's seventh studio album, Violator. Recorded in 1989, it was released as the second single on February 5, 1990. Here. it's getting the remix treatment.

Wild Pink is playing Barboza on December 5th! Off of Wild Pink's new album ' ILYSM' - Which stands for I Love Your So Much. The LP was co-produced by frontman John Ross with Justin Pizzoferrato and the Antlers’ Peter Silberman. As Ross was beginning to write ILYSM, he was diagnosed with cancer. “Even though I’d already started working on the record, everything took on new meaning after my diagnosis,” the singer and guitarist, who is now recovering, said in a statement. “I started writing songs that tried to make sense of the whole experience, including the love and support I felt from the people in my life—particularly my wife, which is where the title came from.” Read more on Pitchfork pitchfork.com Watch Wild Pink's performance at KEXP: www.youtube.com www.wildpinkmusic.com

Brooklyn four-piece featuring artists from Beach Fossils and Soft Black. In 2012, DIIV performed "Air Conditioning" live for KEXP listeners from CMJ. youtu.be diiv.bandcamp.com

Released in 1988, this song is based on a real-life encounter Steve Kilbey had with a reptile. Did you know that Australia is home to 20 of the 25 most venomous snakes in the world, including all of the Top 11? Don't miss Live Video from The Church's 2017 KEXP In-Studio: bit.ly. www.thechurchband.net

"While [Greta] Kline’s musical taste at the time [of Inner World Peace's creation] was leaning toward aughts indie rock she’d loved as a teenager, keyboardist Lauren Martin and drummer Luke Pyenson cite 'droning, meditation, repetition, clarity and intentionality,' as well as '‘70s folk and pop' as a reference for how they approached their parts. Bassist/guitarist Alex Bailey says that at the time he referred to it as their 'ambient' or 'psych' album. Somewhere between those textural elements and Kline’s penchant for concise pop, Inner World Peace finds its balance." ingridsuperstar.bandcamp.com

"It's morning in America, but I can't see the dawn..." __ Watch Durand Jones & The Indications performing "Morning In America" live in the KEXP studio in 2019: www.youtube.com

All 5 of Sault's recent 5 album drop are on streaming services now!

Check out The Dandy Warhols live in the KEXP Studio hosted by The Troy Nelson back in 2016: youtu.be music.dandywarhols.com www.dandywarhols.com

"The velocity of time turns her voice into sugar water. I'm on a concrete way, The wind is blowing to the north-northwest. It smells like sands of the southern island. When a black cat crosses my path, A woman in the moon is singing to the earth" Our very own Janice Headley took a deep dive into this amazing album. Check it:bit.ly Cibo Matto performed live in the KEXP studio in 2014: youtu.be

New music from Atlanta! The song begins with Baby Rose, who has largely been quiet since the 2019 release of debut To Myself, reintroducing herself. "Haven’t seen you around here lately," she sings. "What do you wanna know?" www.thefader.com Video! www.youtube.com

This is what happens when some of jazz, soul, and hip-hop's greatest producers and artists team up on a single project. Supergroup Dinner Party (Kamasi Washington, Robert Glasper, Terrace Martin and 9th Wonder) released one of the best albums in 2020. "A lot of musicians have so many f-ing rules in their heads that they limit themselves," Terrace Martin says, halfway through an interview that’s picking up pace as he talks about the intersection of jazz and hip-hop. "They know so f-ing much, they don't know anything." bit.ly soundsofcrenshaw.com

Simian Mobile Disco originally formed as a DJ duo in 2003 by James Ford and Jas Shaw. Released in 2018, 'Murmurations' was their sixth album. The album was recorded in collaboration with The Deep Throat Choir. In a statement announcing the album, Shaw comments: "Listening to them moving their voices around a tone, altering the timbre, making chords, was like working with an incredible new synthesizer" -- Deep Throat Choir is an all-female singing collective formed in 2013 by Luisa Gerstein.: bellaunion.com

Book of Love is an American synthpop and electronic band, formed in 1983 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and later based in New York City. Led by vocalist Susan Ottaviano, the band also includes keyboardists Ted Ottaviano (no relation to Susan), Lauren Roselli and Jade Lee. www.bookoflovemusic.com

The follow-up to Drunk Tank Pink, which arrived in early 2021, has been billed as the "Lamborghini of shame records." Produced by the esteemed Flood, it sees them look more outwards than ever before, trying to capture the world around them. Frontman Charlie Steen says, "I don’t think you can be in your own head forever. It’s weird, isn’t it? Popular music is always about love, heartbreak, or yourself. There isn’t much about your mates." The songs started to take shape in the run up to a few intimate shows which took place last year and saw them play two sets of entirely new material. Recorded while on tour in Europe, the record is brimming with the urgency, vitality and potent live energy that first launched them into everyone’s consciousness. bit.ly Watch shame perform live in the KEXP studio, and the singer Charlie Steen sweetly kiss host Kevin Cole, here: bit.ly

The new album from this Austin band will come out on September 9th. “The Velvet Underground song ‘I’ll Be Your Mirror’ – that’s what every Black Angels album has been about,” says vocalist/bassist Alex Maas. “You can’t work out your struggles unless you bring them to the forefront and think about them. If we can all think about them, maybe we can help save ourselves.”" -- Pre-order the album here: blackangels.bandcamp.com

In Hinduism, Kundalini is a form of divine feminine energy. It is an important concept in Śhaiva Tantra, where it is believed to be a force or power associated with the divine feminine or the formless aspect of the Goddess. en.wikipedia.org

Sudan Archives's second album, "Natural Brown Prom Queen," details her passages between her hometown of Cincinnati and her adopted city of Los Angeles. Consequence of Sound calls it a "brilliant homecoming": consequence.net -- See Sudan Archives performing live at Rainshadow Recording at Fort Worden during THING 2019. bit.ly sudanarchives.bandcamp.com

See Shygirl at Neumos on March 17th, 2023! ========== Blane Muise, better known by her stage name Shygirl, is a British rapper, DJ, singer, songwriter and co-head/founder of record label and collective NUXXE.: shygirl.tv “Like Picasso had his blue period, this is my Shygirl period,” the artist told London in Stereo about her choice of stage name. bit.ly

Soft Circle is essentially a vehicle for noise rock veteran Hisham Bharoocha (of Lightning Bolt and Black Dice). He founded it in Brooklyn as a one-man operation in the mid-2000s, releasing the well-received debut "Full Bloom" in 2006. Town and Country's Ben Vida joined the act as a second permanent member in 2009 and played on 2010’s "Shore Obsessed," alongside Bharoocha. This song is off the second album from this Brooklyn based duo frontporchproductions.org

The video for this song was directed by Bryce Dallas Howard, daughter of Ron Howard. She told Vogue that the video was inspired by the David Bowie-starring sci-fi film 'The Man Who Fell to Earth.' The video features Phil Collins’s daughter, Lily Collins. You can watch it at www.youtube.com

Stay tuned for Beabadoobee in the studio with Evie at 11! She told NME the song was dedicated Eliana, her friend and the bass-player in her band. “She’s my go to person every time I have any troubles in my life and, you know, I’m the same with her. And I guess at times, it feels like we wish we could date, because if something ever goes wrong or we need anything we go straight to talk to each other. When you have a best friend like that, it’s like – we would be perfect for each other!” www.nme.com

This song takes its title from Tom Verlaine, iconic guitarist behind the legendary New York art punk group Television. "...like Verlaine, their world is defined by guitars; guitars that are sparkling and pristine, jangly and jittery. They’re steeped in fuzz and reverb— waxed, polished and coated in sun-dappled glare....": www.treblezine.com Alvvays performed live in the KEXP studio back in October of 2017! www.youtube.com alvvays.com

"Around then, rock kept getting more and more complicated. In time, you begin to understand that the primal impulses that makes rock rock can’t be too ladled in shit, because it collapses under its own weight. But you’d hear something in the right place in the right circumstances and you felt, 'Yes, this is what I need!' For me, that’s what happened with Marquee Moon. It had attitude and humor and what a Midwestern kid would perceive as this smart, New York-artist attitude. I worshipped it." bit.ly

This live set, filmed for KEXP viewers from a riverside in Bamako, Mali, features "Worry": www.youtube.com

Tei Shi will be at The Neptune Theatre on Wednesday, March 15th, 2023. -- Tei Shi is the indie electronic project of multifaceted musician Valerie Teicher. A native of Buenos Aires, Argentina, Teicher grew up in both North and South America, also spending several years in Bogotá, Colombia; Vancouver, Canada; and Boston, Massachusetts, where she attended the Berklee College of Music. After school, she settled in New York City to pursue music professionally: www.allmusic.com

This is the first official single from American R&B and neo-soul musician Erykah Badu's fifth studio album, New Amerykah Part Two (Return of the Ankh), released in 2010.

Nirvana cover! 'Black Velvet' is a celebration of Charles Bradley, lovingly assembled by his friends and family at Dunham/Daptone Records. charlesbradley.bandcamp.com Watch Charles' full Gathering Space performance from 2016 here: youtu.be

They're back! "Waile" is the Zamrock legends' first new song since 1984, and it’s their first recording with original singer Emmanuel “Jagari” Chanda since 1977. __ Jagari told Rolling Stone: "Let me confess that at my age, I would be more at ease creating and performing music than doing anything else, because the music touches my soul. It’s different from working anywhere else. Music is like wine — the older you are, the better you become. There’s hope that the small mistakes we were making while we were young, we can perfect. And even though there’s no real perfection, you can bring international acceptance, because I believe there is no bad music. There’s no good music. The standard is the quality of the music that you put out there, how creatively you put it out there and how unique your music is. The world is there, waiting to listen, as long as you can be yourself, be creative and be unique. That’s my hope — that I can leave that banner somewhere out there." bit.ly __ WITCH visited the KEXP studios in June! Watch their full performance, including "Waile"! youtu.be __ Video! youtu.be __ w-i-t-c-h.bandcamp.com witch-zambia.bandcamp.com

Fever Ray has announced their new album: Radical Romantics. Out March 10 via Mute, it is Karin Dreijer’s third album as Fever Ray and their first in five years. The album was written and recorded with Dreijer’s brother and former bandmate in the Knife, Olof Dreijer; Nine Inch Nails’ Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, the Knife’s Olof Dreijer, and others contributed to Karin Dreijer’s new full-length More on Pitchfork pitchfork.com Watch the music video here www.youtube.com

The latest EP from this London-via-Melbourne DJ/producer (aka Samantha Poulter) logic1000.bandcamp.com

Moderat is a German electronic music group originating in Berlin. This album is the first in a trilogy of full length projects. The other releases are called "II" and "III"

It's been almost a decade since Yeah Yeah Yeahs' last album, 2013's "Mosquito." Karen O stated, "Don't have to tell you how much we've been going through in the last nine years since our last record, because you've been going through it too. So yes we've taken our time, happy to report when it's ready it really does just flow out." n.pr

This second studio album by English band Wolf Alice was released in 2017. "Don't Delete the Kisses" was the final song Wolf Alice played when they performed live in the KEXP studio in 2017. Watch here: www.youtube.com

Rescue Me is off Moby's latest project, Little Idiot. Official Video here: www.youtube.com moby.bandcamp.com

That's just about it for the Morning Show! Keep it locked for the Midday Show with Evie! Read 'El Ten Eleven Turns Anxiety into Something Beautiful with “You Are Enough”" here: www.kexp.org

Underground rap veteran Aesop Rock's 2016 album 'The Impossible Kid', was his first solo effort since 2012’s 'Skelethon'. aesoprock.com