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Wednesday, Nov 22 2023, 7AM
Hey Wednesday, welcome to The Morning Show with Troy!
Have a suggestion or want to say hi? DJ@kexp.org, 206-903-5397
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Jungle played live in the KEXP studio in 2021. They always bring a party, and this one was no exception. Check it out here: youtu.be jungle.bandcamp.com www.junglejunglejungle.com
This is Leon Bridges' cover of the 1971 Pastor T. L. Barrett And The Youth For Christ Choir tune. Bridges recorded this track as part of the Truth To Power Project, a Texas-based initiative and creative endeavor to encourage people to get involved in their community. bit.ly
My Morning Jacket's Jim James wrote this song after attending a Los Angeles rally the day after the tragic shootings at the Pulse Nightclub in Orlando. James said about the song: "I was feeling so utterly gutted that things like this keep happening. It’s a song about speaking out and trying to be there for people in spirit even if you can’t be at every rally and battle. We have such a duty to speak out for equality and for each other. I will always lend my voice to whatever the civil rights issue is of the day, to whomever needs the most help and love." bit.ly
Here's Nation of Language covering the Pixies' 1989 song from Doolittle. Nation of Language performed Live on KEXP from THING in 2022: youtu.be.
nationoflanguage.bandcamp.com
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." - bit.ly
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This track features backing vocals from Australian singer Harriette Pilbeam (Hatchie). Here's the official video for 'Headlights On': www.youtube.com --- wildnothingct.bandcamp.com www.wildnothingmusic.com
Brisbane indie-pop artist Hatchie (aka Harriet Pilbeam) has put her spin on Jennifer Paige's 1998 teen-pop anthem 'Crush'.
Here's Hatchie's Live on KEXP In-Studio session: youtu.be secretlycanadian.bandcamp.com
With their fourth album, Juju, The Banshees changed the way they made music, creating a conceptual masterpiece inspired by Hitchcock, horror and an African bust unearthed in Forest Hill.
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Here's the full interview on how Siouxsie and the Banshees made Juju: www.loudersound.com
"Heavens curtsey and bow Sugar hiccup Makes a pig soar and swoon Sugar hiccup..."
cocteautwins.com
The duo consisting of Alison Goldfrapp and Will Gregory! A few years ago Goldfrapp curated a playlist for KEXP's Midnight In A Perfect World show. Check it out here. www.kexp.org
www.goldfrapp.com
Flatbush Zombies founder Erick the Architect has shared new single 'Ambrosia', featuring a vocal assist from California artist Channel Tres.
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.” - bit.ly
www.erickthearchitect.com
Laetitia Tamko (Vagabon) will be playing an all-ages show at Madame Lou's on Friday, December 8th! vagabonvagabon.com
Music from multi-instrumentalist Marius Lauber (better known as Roosevelt).
Speaking on the track, Roosevelt says: “During a writing session in Barcelona, I was heavily influenced by early 80s disco, especially its bass lines, and listened a lot to singers like Melba Moore or Gwen Guthrie - there's something in these bass lines that is both uplifting and sad, which is something I'm always drawn to. Paralyzed grew from spontaneously playing a bass line, and when layering the rest of the instrumentation, I tried to give it that bittersweet feeling these old disco tracks have to me.” - iamroosevelt.bandcamp.com
Good morning! Today is the birthday of my lovely wife, Michelle. Without her, and music, I would be lost. If Space Age Love Song fits in your set this morning I would love to hear it.
Thanks for what you do!
-scott in indianapolis
Celebrating 50 years of hip-hop & the music of 1988! - www.kexp.org
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www.publicenemy.com
Debut solo album from Tricky, formerly of The Wild Bunch and Massive Attack -- the album is named after his late mother, Maxine Quaye The album features Tricky's then-partner and muse Martina Topley-Bird on vocals and uncredited creative influence -- on this song and most others.
- www.trickysite.com
1988!
"It Takes Two" uses multiple samples from the James Brown and Lyn Collins song "Think (About It)" (1972).
J.J. Fad is an American female rap group from Rialto, California. The name was an acronym of the original group members' given names, but when the line-up changed the tradition developed that it stood for Just Jammin', Fresh and Def. The group was backed by DJ Train. - officialjjfad.com
Being Dead is a collaboration between two Austin-based multi-instrumentalists, Falcon Bitch and Gumball. “Our music is really a slice of our friendship,” says Falcon. “We've lived together and we're always together and I feel like it's a palpable thing.” beingdead.bandcamp.com
This track was included on the Deluxe version of Odelay, released in 2009.
www.beck.com
Brooklyn-based electronic rock duo consisting of Mike Stroud and producer Evan Mast. - ratatatmusic.com
From the fourth studio album by Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania based band Black Moth Super Rainbow. - blackmothsuperrainbow.bandcamp.com
"Your Love/Legends," along with "Babe Ruth" and "Bubblegum" comprise Dawn Richard's EP or epoch, as she calls it), "The Architect."
dawnrichard.bandcamp.com
Yard Act's new album, 'Where's My Utopia,' comes out on March 1st! Yard Act will play The Crocodile on Saturday, June 8th, 2024. www.yardactors.com
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Here's Yard Act performing live in the KEXP studio in 2022 - www.youtube.com
Soulwax remixed Fontaines D.C.’s "A Hero’s Death" in 2021. The Dewaele brothers said about the track: “Whatever the part of the brain is that sparks the idea for a remix when you hear a great song, even though it doesn’t always work, it was definitely fully functional when we heard ‘A Hero’s Death’.” bit.ly soulwax.com fontainesdc.bandcamp.com
Kenny Dixon Jr aka Moodymann, is a Detroit-based producer, artist, and CEO of Mahogani Music. - www.moodymann.com
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This song samples Roberta Flack's 1971 "Sunday and Sister Jones." In Flack’s telling, a reverend’s wife wails and warns God not to let her husband die, or she will too: “Lord, if you take him away,” she sings, “I don’t want to live another day.” They both pass. “Sister Jones was taken away,” Flack mourns. For Moodymann, the "taken away" becomes prison and beyond. - bit.ly
Biz Markie!
Vapors" was his first hit, found on the 1988 debut album Goin' Off.
TORRES plays Neumos on Tuesday, March 26th - torresmusicofficial.com
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torrestorrestorres.bandcamp.com
"Working Men's Club is about the music, the vibe, and that feeling, forcing you to move. Anyone can join"
- workingmensclub.bandcamp.com
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Here's Working Men's Club's Live on KEXP at Home performance and interview in 2021: www.youtube.com
Brooklyn-based Model/Actriz released their debut album Dogsbody earlier this year. modelactriz.bandcamp.com
The song that eventually was called "Radio Friendly Unit Shifter" started life as "Nine Month Media Blackout", Kurt Cobain’s not-so-veiled response to the infamous "Strange Love" Vanity Fair piece. Although Kurt claimed that the album was "very impersonal," many of its songs contain heavy allusions to his personal life and struggles, expressing feelings of angst that were common on Nevermind. tinyurl.com
www.nirvana.com
Sleaford Mods cover of Pet Shop Boys’ ‘West End Girls’ with proceeds going to homeless charity shelter. The Nottingham duo received the blessing of Pet Shop Boys’ Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe to release the track, and it features a remix by the actual Pet Shop Boys. - bit.ly
- www.sleafordmods.com
Say She She, the soulful female-led band from Brooklyn & London, will perform at Neumos on Friday, February 2nd, 2024. - www.saysheshe.com
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Here's Say She She performing live in the KEXP studio in 2022 - www.youtube.com
Junip formed in 1998 in Gothenburg, Sweden, by childhood friends José González (guitar, vocals), Elias Araya (drums) along with Tobias Winterkorn (organ, moog).
Here's Junip performing live in the KEXP studio in 2013: www.youtube.com
Michael Kiwanuka was featured on KEXP's Sound & Vision's podcast in 2020. kexp.org.
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Great video for this song: www.youtube.com.
---www.michaelkiwanuka.com
www.slowpulp.com
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“ʻSlugs,ʼ put simply, is about falling in love in the summertime,” the band’s Emily Massey said in a statement. “The song lives in that place where the newness and freshness of getting to know someone turns into a tinge of fear because you realize how much you have come to care about them.” - www.stereogum.com
Dreamt for Light Years in the Belly of a Mountain is the fourth and final album by Sparklehorse before Mark Linkous' death in 2010. www.marklinkous.com
---sparklehorse.bandcamp.com
M83 has officially released "Mirror," the closer on their 2023 tour.: ilovem83.bandcamp.com