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Tears for Fears covering Animal Collective's "My Girls" from Merriweather Post Pavilion. tearsforfears.com ---- Check out the visualizer for the original version of 'My Girls', here, enjoy: www.youtube.com

Summer 2022, KEXP's Drive Time Producer, Rachel Stevens, talked to Sharon Van Etten about what it's like being a parent in music: www.kexp.org --- Check out the official video for 'Comeback Kid' here, enjoy: www.youtube.com --- www.sharonvanetten.com

Close To You was co-written by Sharon Van Etten and Courtney Barnett. The new track was written for the new Apple TV+ series The Buccaneers, which premieres on November 8. The soundtrack reportedly consists of an all-female lineup produced by Stella Mozgawa of Warpaint and featuring Lucius, Gracie Abrams, and Miya Folick. www.nme.com

Middle Kids will be performing at Red Hill Auditorium with BLOC Party in Red Hill Washington, find tickets here: go.seated.com --- Australian three-piece Middle Kids - middlekids.bandcamp.com --- Watch Middle Kids performing live, recorded exclusively for KEXP in 2021 - www.youtube.com --- www.middlekidsmusic.com

Quaranta is coming Nov. 17. It features guest spots from Bruiser Wolf, Kassa Overall, and MIKE. The Alchemist-produced lead single “Tantor,” is built around a jagged rock guitar sample, with Brown bringing his usual nasal ferocity and idiosyncratic brilliance to the beat. www.stereogum.com --- dannybrown.bandcamp.com

“'Echolalia' is defined as an involuntary repetition of words or sounds, and this motif is carried throughout the song by Tumor’s singing, which stalls out wistfully, even orgasmically, on single syllables until they’re stretched out into an undeniable hook. yvestumor.info --- Check out the official video for 'Echolalia' here, enjoy: www.youtube.com --- yves-tumor.bandcamp.com

This 2008 release was the debut studio album from Hercules and Love Affair. That's Kim Ann Foxman on vocals on this song, written by Andrew Butler. Consisting of a rotating cast of performers and musicians, the band work within the genres of house music, disco, techno and nu-disco. Here's a biography of this dance music group: www.allmusic.com --- www.herculesandloveaffair.net

Seattle band TV Star will be at Neumos on Thursday, November 16th, 2023. -- Their 4-song EP, "TV3," which includes "TV Revelation," is available here: tvstar.bandcamp.com --- Check out this full performance from TV Star, Live on KEXP , recorded April of this year! enjoy: www.youtube.com

"Made of Stone" was first released on The Stone Roses' 1989 self-titled debut. --- Earlier this month, the original bassist for The Stone Roses, Pete Garner passed away at age 61, read more here about the tribute from Ian Brown, The Stone Roses' lead singer and only continuous member here: www.rollingstone.co.uk

ENOLA is Melbourne artist Ruby Marshall (they/them). This powerful track that vents their resentments and disappointment about failing healthcare systems. Marshall says, “‘Metal Body’ explores our failing healthcare systems and entities, my own experiences in witnessing loved ones fall victim to these failures, and in turn feeling my own frustration of bearing witness to such... : amnplify.com.au --- enolaenola.bandcamp.com

"The Weight" sampled South Bronx's 1980 song, "The Big Throwdown." -- Their new book, "Paused in Cosmic Reflection" - the definitive story of The Chemical Brothers, told in the voices of Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons, with contributions from friends & collaborators - was released on October 26. geni.us --- www.thechemicalbrothers.com

Lusine is the alias of Seattle-based electronic producer Jeff McIlwain. "Long Light" is his ninth full-length album. Go here to purchase the album and support the artist: lusine.bandcamp.com -- Lusine was our guest DJ for Midnight in a Perfect World in 2015. Look at his musical selections: www.kexp.org --- Check out the official video for 'Zero to Sixty' here, enjoy: www.youtube.com

"In his own words, [Spokane, WA DJ and producer] James Pants is a crate-digging nerd, who is uncomfortable with irony and was fortunate enough to be discovered by hip-hop maverick Peanut Butter Wolf. Since linking with the Stones Throw crew, he has been knitting all kinds of hard-to-find music into his lo-fi beats, from funk, disco and electro boogie to lounge and weirdo electronica." Enjoy this 2008 interview with the artist: www.redbullmusicacademy.com

When's your November? --- This album features many guest artists: ASAP Rocky, Frank Ocean & Kali Uchis just to name a few. golflefleur.com

Stephen James Wilkinson, better known as Bibio, is an English musician and producer. Enjoy this biography: www.allmusic.com -- This song samples The Commodores' 1978 "Say Yeah." --- bibio.co

Wild Nothin (Jack Tatum) is releasing the new album, "Hold," today. “I’ve sat with this record for a very long time now, so naturally I’m both excited and apprehensive to let it see the light,” Tatum said. “It’s my first record as a father. My first self-produced record since my debut." -- This track features backing vocals from Australian singer Harriette Pilbeam (Hatchie). --- Check out the official video for 'Headlights On' here, enjoy: www.youtube.com --- wildnothingct.bandcamp.com www.wildnothingmusic.com

"Sleep" comes from the 2018 EP, Sugar & Spice. hatchie.bandcamp.com --- Check out Hatchie playing Live on KEXP in 2019: bit.ly --- www.hatchie.net

"Of the Heart, of the Soul and of the Cross: The Utopian Experience" is the debut album by hip hop group P.M. Dawn. --- Writing credit for this song is given to Attrell Cordes (Prince Be of P.M. Dawn) and Gary Kemp of Spandau Ballet, as the song is built around samples of their 1983 hit "True," as well as samples from The Soul Searchers' "Ashley's Roachclip." The main drumbeat also samples from Eric B. & Rakim's "Paid in Full". --- Check out the official video for 'Set Adrift on Memory Bliss' here, enjoy: www.youtube.com

Telehealth is an unpredictable pop band with heavy nods to post-punk, minimal synth, egg-punk, new wave, art rock, glam, and krautrock. telehealth.bandcamp.com --- Check out this full performance from Telehealth, Live at KEXP, recorded August of this year, hosted by Troy, enjoy: www.youtube.com

DEVO will be in Seattle Tonight at The Paramount Theatre, find tickets here! : www.ticketmaster.com --- "Girl U Want" was the first single released off their third album. It has been covered by Soundgarden, Superchunk, Zombie Ghost Train, Doomriders, the Freelance Whales, Chancho en Piedra and I:Scintilla. Most recently, Spoon's "Do I Have to Talk You Into It" sampled Devo's poppy hit. --- Check out the video for 'Girl U Want' here, enjoy: www.youtube.com --- www.clubdevo.com

Over the summer, Flatbush Zombies’ Erick The Architect released a new solo single, “Parkour,” which was produced by James Blake. Now, he’s back with another single, “Ambrosia,” which boasts a Channel Tres features and was co-produced by Linden Jay, Ruby Francis, and Raf Riley. Erick had this to say about the song: “Ambrosia is a feel-good record that may appear initially as if it’s about the pursuit of a woman, but it’s more about searching for a particular feeling of perfection.” --- Check out the official visualizer for 'Ambrosia' here, enjoy: www.youtube.com --- www.erickthearchitect.com

"Tierra Whack is a Philadelphia native whose theatrical, undeniably unique take on contemporary rap and R&B has received widespread acclaim... "Whack began writing poetry as a child. She started rapping as a teenager, initially going by the name Dizzle Dizz." Read more about Whack here: bit.ly --- Watch the video here: youtu.be --- IG: www.instagram.com

From the second studio album by the Austin-based music duo, Ghostland Observatory. trashymoped.com

Floating Points returns with “Birth4000”. Sam Shepherd drops his first new music of 2023 and it’s a big one! The track is out via Ninja Tune and has featured in DJ sets from Four Tet, Peggy Gou, and Ben UFO among others over the summer. The heavy-hitting techno track is a world away from Promises, the cosmic 2021 album Floating Points recorded alongside the late saxophonist Pharoah Sanders and the London Symphony Orchestra. Last month Sam Shepherd recruited an all-star team of artists, including Shabaka Hutchings, Dan Snaith (Caribou) Kara-Lis Coverdale, John Escreet, Jeffrey Makinson, and Hinako Omori, to perform the album live at the Hollywood Bowl. tinyurl.com floatingpoints.bandcamp.com www.instagram.com

red-axes.bandcamp.com --- Check out the official YouTube page for Red Axes here, enjoy: www.youtube.com

Tobacco is Pittsburgh's Thomas Fec, a solo artist in addition to being a member of Black Moth Super Rainbow. Find his work here: tobaxxo.bandcamp.com

Detroit producer Moodymann masterfully sampled Al Green's 1972 soul classic "Love & Happiness" on this track. moodymann.bandcamp.com

In 1997, on the Howard Stern Show, Perry Farrell talked about his belief in aliens and then performed an acoustic version of "Pets": www.youtube.com

Dublin's own! SPRINTS' upcoming album drops January 5, 2024. sprintsmusic.bandcamp.com --- Check out the official video for 'Up and Comer' here, enjoy: www.youtube.com --- www.sprintsmusic.com

“The Lamb was written during a time of intense paranoia after a home invasion, deaths of loved ones and general violence around me and my friends,” says Lillie West, the Chicago-based songwriter behind Lala Lala. “I started to frequently and vividly imagine the end of the world, often becoming too frightened to leave my house. This led me to spend a lot of time examining my relationships and the choices I’d made, often wondering if they were correct and/or kind.” Read more here: lalabandlala.bandcamp.com ---

Off Elastica's debut record. Watch the official vid here: www.youtube.com

Love and Distance is the third release from the Portland-based band The Helio Sequence. - www.theheliosequence.com/ --- See "Harmonica Song" performed live in San Francisco in 2008: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaAEGXVdF1s

Playing Madame Lou's on December 8th! Sorry I Haven't Called, the new album by the indie multi-instrumentalist and producer Laetitia Tamko, who goes by the moniker of Vagabon, is a confident and joyous work. Ironically, though, Vagabon's latest record was born of grief, particularly over the 2021 death of collaborator Eric Littman, to whom it is dedicated. "Eric was a dear friend of mine and we made "Water Me Down" [a track from her 2019 self-titled album] together," Tamko says. "Losing someone so integral to my musical life was a shock to the system." Part of the change direction comes from her move to the German countryside, where she started writing after Littman's death. "It's helpful for me to be in quiet spaces to work," she says, "but to also be inspired to feel the vastness of the world that way. I set up a home recording studio and I made music almost as a distraction. Because there were no other distractions, I was processing my grief and doing so in a way that felt healthy enough for me." tinyurl.com --- vagabon.bandcamp.com

Another all-time fave from Kieran Hebden aka Four Tet :) Revisit his special guest DJ mix for KEXP's 'Midnight in a Perfect World' show here: www.kexp.org --- www.fourtet.net

Neneh Cherry performed "Naked" at Big Chill Festival 2011. youtu.be -- DJ El Toro wrote "Neneh Cherry: Then & Now" back in 2014. Check it out. kexp.org -- nenehcherry.bandcamp.com

Keep On Dancin' --- This sampled Marvin Gaye's 1977 song, "Got To Give It Up." -- Marcus Fuereder, better known by his stage name Parov Stelar, is one of Austria’s internationally most successful artists. He is called the founder of ‘Electro Swing’: www.deezer.com --- www.parovstelar.com

"Manhattan" was actually recorded more than 10 years ago, but has just been released on the 10th-anniversary reissue of this band's 2013 debut, "The Bones Of What You Believe’." -- Speaking of the track, Iain Cook shared: “In late Summer 2011, Martin [Doherty] and I got together after having talked about doing so for a few years and started throwing down some synth-based ideas in my studio on the south side of Glasgow. ‘Manhattan’ was the fourth idea we worked on together. “It was the first time we messed around with sampling and chopping up our vocals which would go on to become one of the hallmarks of the band’s sound. Lyrically, we were playing around with pretty abstract apocalyptic imagery – in this case the Manhattan Project." --- chvrch.es

London band HÆLOS' debut full length album. 'Full Circle' followed the release of their EP 'Earth Not Above'. Check out HÆLOS full live in studio session from 2019: www.youtube.com --- haelos.com

Röyksopp are a Norwegian electronic music duo from Tromsø formed in 1998. Røyksopp means in English "smoke mushroom". royksopp.com

De La Soul sampled Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band's song 'Sunshower' in 'Am I Worth You?' Check out some other songs that sampled 'Sunshower' here, enjoy: www.whosampled.com --- Hear 'Sunshower' here, enjoy: www.youtube.com

“Three-Dee Melodie” is just three chords, one-note bassline, and methodical drumbeat; the voices of Sadier and Mary Hansen—the group’s second vocalist from 1992 until 2002, when she was killed cycling in London—circle each other in graceful counterpoint. pitchfork.com