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Wednesday, May 31 2023, 7AM
Japanese Breakfast dreamy version of this 80s classic by Tears for Fears. bit.ly
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Japanese Breakfasts performed Live on KEXP back in 2018. Watch the full performance here: youtu.be japanesebreakfast.rocks
Tears for Fears covers Animal Collective! - tearsforfears.com
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For comparison's sake, here's the original: www.youtube.com
New music from The Budos Band!
The Budos Band will perform at the THING Fest in Port Townsend, WA on Friday, August 25th. The band's new EP, "Frontier's Edge," will be released on July 28th. - thebudos.com
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Here's The Budos Band performing live in the KEXP studio in 2019 - www.youtube.com
Black Thought's latest collaborative project, with El Michels Affair -
elmichelsaffair.bandcamp.com
Delta 5 cover!
automatic-band.bandcamp.com
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Automatic Automatic performed live in the KEXP studio in 2022 - www.youtube.com
New music from Blur!
It's the band's first new album in eight years.
- www.blur.co.uk
Echolalia is the phenomenon where people repeat words, phrases, or multiple sentences once hear - either immediately, or far in the future. yvestumor.info
yves-tumor.bandcamp.com
Jookabox is the name of Indianapolis native David “Moose” Adamson’s musical project. - asthmatickitty.com
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jookabox.bandcamp.com
The Manchester quartet’s debut album fuses dance rhythms, corroded guitars, and seething vocals into a transfixing blend of violence and transcendence. - bit.ly
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mandyindiana.bandcamp.com
Sleigh Bells recorded a group of their friends stomping and clapping while sitting in the stands of a high school gym in Brooklyn for this song about a crush on a guy. "It was a lot cheaper than sampling 'We Will Rock You,'" joked guitarist and producer Derek E. Miller to Spin magazine. - www.songfacts.com
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Here's Sleigh Bells performing live in the KEXP studio in 2021 - www.youtube.com
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tornclean.com
Seattle's Little Venom will be playing their debut show at The Cha Cha Lounge on Thursday, June 1st! littlevenom.bandcamp.com
From the debut album of English punk rock band X-Ray Spex - www.x-rayspex.com
What's the difference between a Zippo and a Hippo? .....One is heavy and one's a little lighter. (Amy from Amyl and The Sniffers taught me that joke).
Watch their 2022 in-studio here: www.youtube.com
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www.amylandthesniffers.com
"And then up comes Zafo I'm like "Yo Zafo, what's up?" He's like "Nothin'" And I'm like "That's cool..."
-genius.com
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United States of Whatever" was solely written by Liam Lynch. Lynch has stated that the song was improvised and recorded in a single take.
Hi Troy, Owen, and beautiful morning show people!
An estimated 333,786 babies were born on May 31, 1973, but that math doesn’t pencil out, as my lovely wife, Sherrill, was born on that day and is one in a million. She turns 50 today. FIFTY! She is the epitome of kindness and all that is good in the world.
Could you please play Jessie Ware’s ‘Spotlight’ in her honor this morning?
From her husband Sune and daughter Astrid
What do you get when you mix Danzig with Donna Summer? Pure gold.
"I Feel Love" is an electronic music landmark, with a track built entirely on a Moog synthesizer.
The song was inspired by the jazzy little tune performed by four fish-headed aliens in the Star Wars Cantina scene. When Giorgio Moroder saw the movie, he was taken by how un-futuristic the Cantina band sounded. That served as the initial spark for "I Feel Love." He said: "I didn't think it sounded like the music of the future - it looked like it, but didn't sound like it. So I thought the only way to do it is to do it with computers - only computers."
- www.songfacts.com
Much of this track, including the guitar and keyboard, is built from samples of "Release The Beast," a 1980 song by a Philadelphia funk band called Breakwater.
Thomas Bangalter of Daft Punk told Q magazine (December 2007), the song is "a tribute to the power of heavy rock chords. In a way I think we were exploring if you can take the essence of rock - that power - and mix it with dance. But to take a riff and loop it is to explore the core of rock." - www.songfacts.com
daftpunk.com
Released in 1983, Herbie Hancock's "Rockit" was the first major hit song to feature scratching -- in this case, with Grand Mixer D.ST and friends from Infinity Rappers, using Fab Five Freddy's "Change the Beat" among others. They also included samples from Afrika Bambaataa and the Soul Sonic Force.
Future Shock is Herbie Hancock's thirty-fifth album! - www.herbiehancock.com
By request!!!
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M/A/R/R/S was a one-off collaboration between members of A.R. Kane (Alex and Rudi Kane) and Colourbox (Martin and Steve Young), both veteran 4AD artists. They took their name from the four collaborator's initials plus that of label boss Ivo Watts-Russell, who suggested they get together. Those four are the credited songwriters on the track.
This song is made up of about 250 samples! -
www.songfacts.com
"Pump Up the Jam" is from Belgian act Technotronic's first album, Pump Up the Jam: The Album. It was a worldwide hit, reaching number two in the United Kingdom in 1989 and on the US Billboard Hot 100 in early 1990. The song was later certified triple platinum.
Happy birthday to John Bonham!
The English drummer and songwriter (Led Zeppelin) was born on this day in 1948 (d. September 25, 1980, age 32)
www.beastieboys.com
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Beastie Boys opened their Licensed to Ill album with this track, which samples John Bonham's drum introduction from Led Zeppelin's "When The Levee Breaks."
The group didn't have a sampler when they recorded Licensed to Ill, so getting the Led Zeppelin sample required recording it to a reel-to-reel tape machine and looping it.-www.songfacts.com
Sampling John Bonham's drum introduction from Led Zeppelin's "When The Levee Breaks." - www.whosampled.com
Also sampling John Bonham's drum introduction from Led Zeppelin's "When The Levee Breaks." - www.whosampled.com
Celebrating 2 Kraftwerk birthdays today:
Happy birthday to Karl Bartos! The German singer and musician of Kraftwerk and Electronic was born on this day in 1952.
Happy birthday to Fritz Hilpert! The German musician (who is best known for his work as a member of the electropop group Kraftwerk) was born on this day in 1956.
www.kraftwerk.com
Happy birthday to Johnny Jewel! Born John David Padgett on this day in 1974, Johnny Jewel is an American musician, record producer, composer, and visual artist. He is a multi-instrumentalist who is known for using all-analog equipment. His bands include Chromatics, Desire, Symmetry, and Glass Candy, and he formed the label Italians Do it Better.
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Portland's Glass Candy covering Kraftwerk!
Happy birthday to Johnny Jewel!
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The Chromatics' Johnny Jewel worked his synth-chill magic on this remix for The Weeknd's global hit. Chromatics' vocalist Ruth Radelet also appears on this re-work.
Here's the video - youtu.be
Good morning!
Just wanting to express my gratitude for the morning show. KEXP is the only station I will put on in the morning and I love knowing that even if my kids may not be fully aware of what’s being played on the drive to school, the messages you share about community and positivity are reaching them and they certainly uplift me every day! Im not sure if you’re taking requests right now but if you are, please play anything by The Motels (my dad Marty’s band!) He played who played both the saxophone and keyboards.
Thanks!
Sydney
New music from Protomartyr!
Detroit band Protomartyr will play a 21+ show at the Crocodile on Friday, July 7th. protomartyr.bandcamp.com
Sports sports sports...!
Troy hosted the Viagra Boys' Live on KEXP back in March! Watch the full performance on our YouTube channel now: www.youtube.com
vboysstockholm.com
By requeast for Emma thinking of her cousin Javan.
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Emerging from the 1980s hardcore punk scene, Butthole Surfers quickly became known for their chaotic live shows, black comedy, and a sound that incorporated elements of psychedelia, noise rock, punk as well as their use of sound manipulation and tape editing. Although they were respected by their peers and attracted a devoted fanbase, Butthole Surfers had little commercial success until 1996's Electriclarryland.
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Dilly Dally performed this song and others live in the KEXP studio in 2018 and chatted with Troy Nelson!
They opened with "I Feel Free", followed it up with "Marijuana", "Sober Motel" and closing with "Heaven". Watch it here: youtu.be
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dillydallyband.com
On this day in 1996, The Fugees released the single for ""Killing Me Softly"
- www.thefugees.com