Troy Nelson

The Seattle psych funk group's new album, "Filter System," comes out Sept. 29. polyrhythmics.bandcamp.com New! Two Polyrhythmics side projects, Rezin Tooth & Unsinkable Heavies, are playing a double header at Nectar Lounge on Thursday, September 14. www.tixr.com

Little Simz performs at Showbox SoDo in Seattle on Thursday, September 28! Watch Little Simz on KEXP LIVE at Home from 2021: www.youtube.com

To celebrate this album's 30th Anniversary it's been re-released as a 4 LP deluxe version on 180 gram vinyl! The music video to this song is a homage to the 1972 concert film Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii and was recorded in Rotorua, New Zealand. The music video can be watched here: www.youtube.com beastieboys.com

"This was built around a bass riff Roger Waters played through an echo unit. They worked off that for the rest of the song. At the time, Pink Floyd was intrigued by minimalist composers who were experimenting with electronic patterns. They used this type of pattern throughout the song. Dave Gilmour called this 'The most collaborative effort of anything we ever did.' Pink Floyd performed this on their video and album recorded live at Pompeii." www.songfacts.com

Psychedelic music by Los Angeles-based band, Vinyl Williams vinylwilliams.bandcamp.com

This was KEXP's Song of the Day back on March 27, 2018 -- check it out, and download the track: www.kexp.org Check out Yuno performing this song live in the KEXP studio back in August, 2018 -- youtu.be

"There is a carnival atmosphere in this song that was inspired by some of Swaby's favorite blues singers. The Heavy frontman told Songfacts: "I love the idea of the way that Screamin' Jay Hawkins did 'I Put A Spell On You.' It's like, well, let's go with that style of blues, rather than just playing 8-bar blues. As much as it is 8-bar blues, it's just the horns, and the horns are big in what we do. It just emphasizes every single line I sing, it emphasizes. [Singing] 'I saw her dancing with the devil,' ba ba ba bum – so you're waiting for the next line: 'And he was wearing my shoes,' ba ba ba… so that was the way that we decided to go about that. The idea of it was Screamin' Jay rolling with Tom Waits." www.songfacts.com

Enjoy this performance from Noga and hosted by DJ Troy Nelson from 2021 - youtu.be == Check out Noga Erez on KEXP's Midnight in a Perfect World mix from 2017. Her playlist includes tracks from Vince Staples, SOPHIE, Flying Lotus, Atoms For Peace, and more. kexp.org --- www.nogaerez.com

Deeper will be playing Madame Lou's on Wednesday, October 18th. This is a 21+ show. Tickets @tinyurl.com "Careful! is about looking out for one another" - you can preorder it on Bandcamp: deeperchi.bandcamp.com

Trentemøller will perform at Iceland Airwaves in Reykjavik this year, November 2nd-4th. -- This song features Sune Rose Wagner, who is a Danish songwriter, guitarist, and singer, best known for playing in the rock group The Raveonettes. -- Check out Trentemøller's exclusive mix for KEXP's Midnight in a Perfect world from 2022: www.kexp.org

Featuring Angus Andrew from one of the greatest bands ever, Liars. "The band’s career has spanned 15 years and five albums, but the lyrics on the first track of Holy Fuck’s album, ‘Deleter’, propose a bold change in direction. Recorded on New Year’s Eve at Jack White’s Third Man Studio in Nashville, the song celebrates the catharsis that comes with starting anew – especially on the eve of a new year. 'I want to scrap all of this / And start over again,' guest vocalist Alexis Taylor of Hot Chip sings on one of the most hopeful and assertive opening tracks to greet a Holy Fuck album in years." www.nme.com

Check out Troy hosting Liars Live on KEXP in 2014: bit.ly Gerrit Feenstra wrote a review of this 2014 album for KEXP's website. Check it out here: bit.ly The band said in a press release: "Mess On A Mission acknowledges some of the modern day issues of uncertainty, of being overwhelmed with possibilities, too many choices and it vocalises them. It's cathartic and a more positive spin on something our music has always dealt with: anxiety." bit.ly

La Sécurité (Montréal/Tiohtià:ke) is a collective whose art punk is equal parts: jumpy beats, off-kilter arrangements, and minimalistic melodic hooks. Check out La Sécurité debut album here: lasecurite.bandcamp.com

Happy Birthday is a side project of Kyle Thomas AKA King Tuff. "Cryptic messages and abstract statements are littered throughout the music of Happy Birthday, but it hasn't made the band's sun-baked pop-rock any less infectious. On its self-titled debut, Happy Birthday flirts with several flavors of love, and 'Girls FM' is where taste gets confusing. Singer-songwriter Kyle Thomas is on the verge of shrieking as he outlines a dying relationship in chalk. Repetition and a lack of understanding are among the grievances he voices, but the song discovers solace and pop gold in its ambiguous hook: 'Everybody's on the same frequency / Girls FM, Girls FM / And everybody's lookin' like a girl to me / Girls FM, Girls FM.' www.npr.org

Imperial Teen is a side project of Roddy Bottom of Faith No More. The San Francisco-based pop group made up of Roddy Bottum (Faith No More) on guitar/vocals, Will Schwartz (hey willpower) on guitar/vocals, Lynn Truell (née Perko; Sister Double Happiness, The Dicks, The Wrecks) on drums/backing vocals, & Jone Stebbins (The Wrecks) on bass/backing vocals. imperialteen.bandcamp.com

See a live performance by Wire in the KEXP studio in 2017: www.youtube.com "Wire were born at the dawn of punk, but they became the quintessential art band. In the three closing years of the 1970s, the English quartet had one of the greatest opening runs of any band, shifting to post-punk before punk began to go stale and forging three masterpieces: Pink Flag, Chairs Missing, and 154." pitchfork.com

"On the new single “Number 9,” Miguel teams up with Atlanta rapper-turned-psych-rocker Lil Yachty, no stranger to virality. Miguel and Yachty are an inspired pairing, since both of them like to explore the way-out fringes of their genres. Miguel co-produced “Number 9” with Brook D’leau, one half of the LA R&B duo J*Davey, and it’s a weird one." bit.ly --- www.officialmiguel.com www.lilyachtyofficial.com

Dev Hynes is Blood Orange, formerly Lightspeed Champion. From 2004 to 2006, Hynes was a member of the band Test Icicles, playing guitar, synth, and occasionally performing vocals. They released one full-length album in 2005. bloodorange.net bloodorangenyc.bandcamp.com

Homeboy Sandman will perform @ McMenamin's Mission Theater in Portland, OR tomorrow, August 20. "Radiator" comes from Homeboy Sandman's 2022 album. His new album "Rich" was released on August 4th! homeboysandman.bandcamp.com

This is their cover of the Pixies 1989 song from "Doolittle." See a 2022 Nation of Language Full Performance on Live on KEXP from Port Townsend by host DJ Morgan here youtu.be

New music from Philly Rock band Sheer Mag. sheermag.bandcamp.com Check out the official video here: www.youtube.com www.sheer-mag.com

Sleigh Bells x2! Engineered and mixed by Shane Stoneback Sleigh Bells played Live on KEXP in 2021! Check out the video here: www.youtube.com

"Electricity" is the 1979 debut single of the English group Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark. It focused on society's wasteful usage of energy sources: bit.ly

New music from London trio Girl Ray. Their third album, "Prestige," was just released on Moshi Moshi Records. Girl Ray will perform at Barboza in Seattle on Monday, October 30! www.bandsintown.com "Prestige" is the sound of Girl Ray reclaiming disco music as the celebration of sexuality and outsider culture it started out as. Inspired by Pose, the television drama about New York City's queer ballroom scene in the 80s, Prestige is an escape to a fantasy clubland, it’s dancing with your friends, it’s falling in love. In fact, the overarching narrative of Prestige is love: falling in it and being afraid of getting hurt by it; being all alone and longing for it; the tensions between what it is and what you imagined it would be. girlray.bandcamp.com

See Black Stax perform at KEXP's The Next 50 of Hip Hop celebration in the KEXP Courtyard tonight, August 19! The event is FREE and all ages. 6-10pm. Read more here www.creativejusticenw.org

Cheryl selected "Have Some Love" as a KEXP Song of the Day: www.kexp.org

The Dandy Warhols will perform at Seattle's Bumbershoot 50th Anniversary on September 2 & 3! If you miss them at Bumbershoot, you can see them perform in October at the Neptune Theatre!

Slowdive will perform at Showbox SoDo in Seattle on Tuesday, October 10 @8pm! This is an all-ages show, 21+ to drink. Doors open @7pm.

"New" single came out Friday. Danger Mouse and Jemini are finally releasing their collaborative sophomore album, Born Again. Recorded between 2003 and 2004, the LP will drop on August 25 via Lex Records. The LP was indefinitely shelved, making its release nearly 20 years later the first time these songs will be heard. --- dangermousejemini.bandcamp.com

Multi-instrumentalist Marius Lauber (better known as Roosevelt) will be playing the Showbox on Friday, Oct 6th, 2023! --- Pre-order his fourth album, "Embrace," out in September: iamroosevelt.bandcamp.com

AWOOOOO. Shad samples The Breeder's "Cannonball" on this track. www.whosampled.com Shad is a Juno Award-winning rapper from London, Ontario and the host of Netflix’s Hip-Hop Evolution. His albums have been recognized for their sharp lyrics and soulful arrangements. shadk.bandcamp.com

5th release from the Oakland, CA hip hop group fronted by Boots Riley. The album mixes nostalgic beats and rhythms from the 1970s with contemporary political messages. Here's The Coup performing live on KEXP back in 2012 - www.youtube.com

Strange Ranger will be performing at the Vera Project next month, September 15th! Find tickets here: wl.seetickets.us --- strangeranger.bandcamp.com

The Return of Dr. Octagon is the eighth solo studio album by American rapper Kool Keith (Keith Matthew Thornton). Lots of aliens in the video for this song: www.youtube.com

Did you know that Four Tet, the solo project of British musician Kieran Hebden, was our guest DJ for Midnight in a Perfect World in 2015? Take a look at his curated selections: www.kexp.org "The majority of Rounds was composed and arranged on a desktop computer using largely uncleared vinyl samples that Hebden had collected while buying LPs on tour. (The only organic sound on the album is live guitar, played on closer 'Slow Jam.')." www.stereogum.com

Ducks Ltd. and illuminati hotties cover The Jesus and the Mary Chain.

See Sol Messiah & SA-ROC perform at KEXP's The Next 50 of Hip Hop celebration in the KEXP Courtyard tonight, August 19! The event is FREE and all ages. 6-10pm. Read more here www.creativejusticenw.org

Tkay Maidza has announced a new album, "Sweet Justice," coming in November. -- Takudzwa Victoria Rosa "Tkay" Maidza is a Zimbabwean-born Australian singer-songwriter and rapper who moved to Australia when she was 6 years old.

Röyksopp (the electronic duo of Svein Berge and Torbjørn Brundtland) have embarked on an ambitious project called Profound Mysteries with three full-length volumes have been released so far. This track features Alison Goldfrapp of electronic music duo Goldfrapp. The English singer, songwriter, musician and producer says, “I’ve been a fan of [Röyksopp] music for years and it was a fascinating joy creating ... together." profoundmysteries.royksopp.com

CHAI will be at The Tractor Tavern on Sunday, September 24th. -- In 2021, CHAI performed Live on KEXP at Home: www.youtube.com "CHAI is a revolutionary four-piece, made up of miracle twins Mana and Kana, and the impeccable rhythm section of Yuuki and Yuna." chaiofficial.bandcamp.com

"The inimitable and boundary pushing Róisín Murphy announces her highly anticipated forthcoming album, ‘Hit Parade’, produced in collaboration with electronic music virtuoso DJ Koze. The 13-track compendium of genre-melding gems is set for release on September 8th." Pre-order the album: roisinmurphy.bandcamp.com