Troy Nelson

This song is a loose remake of the 1976 disco-reggae classic 'Cocaine in My Brain' by Jamaican DJ Dillinger. It samples multiple elements of 1975's "Do It Any Way You Wanna" by People's Choice and "Disco Stomp" by Hamilton Bohannon. -- Watch this huge music collective (A lot of people on that stage!) perform "Cocaine Blues" live: www.youtube.com

DJ Shadow is on tour and will be performing in Anaheim, CA, October 31st! Check out the tour dates here: djshadow.com --- DJ Shadow (born Josh Davis) is widely credited as a key figure in developing the experimental instrumental hip-hop style associated with the London-based Mo’ Wax label. Inspired by hip-hop’s early years, he then grew to absorb the heyday of crews like Eric B. & Rakim, Ultramagnetic MCs, and Public Enemy; groups which prominently featured DJs in their ranks. DJ Shadow performed Live on KEXP earlier this year hosted by Troy, check it out here: www.youtube.com --- djshadow.bandcamp.com djshadow.com

A few years prior to the recording of the album, Canadian electronic musician Dan Snaith's wife gave him swimming lessons as a Christmas present, prompting him to take it up as a new hobby. This partially led to the eventual ideology behind Swim, which is awash with aquatic sonics. Snaith said that the lessons blended into his growing fixation with fluidity in music and the ability to achieve that with his army of electronic instruments. He explained, "I wanted to make dance music where all the elements would sound like water and have these waves that flow around in the mix." bit.ly

New music from Cults! Cults is playing The Crocodile in Seattle on Monday, August 12th and Bimbo's 365 Club in San Francisco Thursday, August 15th. --- www.cultscultscults.com cults.bandcamp.com

Man Power is the alias of British artist and DJ Geoff Kirkwood. On this burner, he has teamed up with power vocalist and writer Amy Douglas. manpowermememe.bandcamp.com

Remi Wolf will be in Seattle at Neumos on Friday, July 19th. She'll be at the Frost Amphitheater in Stanford, CA on Wednesday, September 11th. -- This reviewer says (not to put too fine a point on it!) that "Toro" is "the perfect song.": medium.com

Mariana de Miguel, better known as Girl Ultra, is a Mexican R&B artist. Girl Ultra’s new single "rimel" fuses house rhythms with subtle acid undertones, and draws inspiration from Detroit techno and the innovative stylings of artists like Moodymann and The Chemical Brothers. girlultra.bandcamp.com

Brand new from Pond! they're playing in Seattle at the Neptune Theatre on Friday, November 29th and San Francisco at the Warfield on Tuesday, December 3rd pondband.bandcamp.com

Out of Toronto, Holy Fuck played Live on KEXP back in 2016. Check out the full session here: www.youtube.com holyfuck.bandcamp.com

This is Hot Chip covering Bruce Springsteen (with a sprinkle of LCD Soundsystem's "All My Friends"): www.youtube.com www.whosampled.com

Franz Ferdinand first released this cover of LCD Soundsystem's "All My Friends" in 2009 as the B-side on the "Can't Stop Feeling" single. The original version of the song was included on 2007's Sound of Silver.

Jamie xx is gearing up to release his long-awaited sophomore album, the follow-up to "In Colour." "Baddy on the Floor" is taken from In Waves, set for release this September jamiexx.bandcamp.com jamiexx.bandcamp.com

Chicago-born and NYC/Berlin-based, Honey Dijon, is a DJ, producer, electronic musician, and fashion icon. She has been a vocal advocate for trans rights and awareness, speaking from her experience as a black trans woman DJ in dance music. At an event hosted by NYC's MoMA PS1 museum, she led a roundtable discussion "focused on those who have, like her, found safety and creative expression within the New York club scene." honeydijon.bandcamp.com IG: @honeydijon

Sampling Public Enemy's "Party for Your Right to Fight" 5th release from the Oakland, CA hip hop group fronted by Boots Riley. The album, which 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

mr. Gnome is a duo from Cleveland, Ohio. Band members include Nicole Barille (vocals & guitar), and Sam Meister (drums and piano). Here's an introduction to the musicians and to this song "Psychonaut": cheerstothevikings.com -- Check out mr. Gnome's 2015 KEXP In-Studio: www.youtube.com.

New Amyl and the Sniffers! The Australian band has unleashed the single "U Should Not Be Doing That" and the B-side "Facts' as their first new music since 2021. - www.amylandthesniffers.com -- Amyl and the Sniffers are playing Day In Day Out Festival in Seattle, which runs from July 12-14. They'll also be playing in Portland on Aug. 7. www.dayindayoutfest.com www.amylandthesniffers.com

This was the first album by Black Sabbath that wasn't produced by Rodger Bain. Produced by guitarist Tony Lommi www.blacksabbath.com

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard will be at The Gorge on Saturday, September 14th. This entire album was written and recorded on instruments modified to play in microtonal tuning, which features musical intervals smaller than a semitone and not found in customary Western tuning octave.: newnoisemagazine.com

In 1970 the Southern soul music maverick Jerry Williams, Jr. made the most radical move of his career. Frustrated with music business politics Williams reinvented himself as Swamp Dogg, an irreverent anti-hero smashing the conventions of commercial R&B music. Now 81 years old, Swamp Dogg has been making records since 1954 when he was only 12 years old! swampdogg.bandcamp.com

Born on this day in 1958, Happy Heavenly Birthday to Prince! "Is the water warm enough?" Originally conceived as a 14-minute opus, "Computer Blue" would later be edited down several times for inclusion on 'Purple Rain'. bit.ly

Black Joe Lewis is an American blues, funk and soul artist influenced by Howlin' Wolf and James Brown. He formed Black Joe Lewis and The Honeybears in Austin, Texas in 2007. Black Joe Lewis performing live in the KEXP studio in 2016. Check out the full session, including "PTP," here: youtu.be

David “Trugoy The Dove” Jolicoeur, one-third of the iconic rap trio De La Soul, died in 2023 at the age of 54. No cause of death has been given, but he had been open about his bout with congestive heart failure in recent years. David Jude Jolicoeur was born in Brooklyn, New York, but grew up on Long Island. The members of De La Soul were friends who attended the same high school in the Amityville area of Long Island during the 1980s. After they decided to form a rap group, each member re-christened themselves with an outlandish name (Trugoy the Dove, P.A. Pasemaster Mase and Posdnuos, respectively).

Music from Leicester punk sextet Jools! They released ‘97%’ last year, a provocative track spotlighting the ubiquity of sexual harassment in the lives of women. joolsbandjools.bandcamp.com www.instagram.com

A classic! www.interpolnyc.com In a 2018 interview with Vice about Turn On the Bright Lights, their debut album, Paul Banks of Interpol stated: "as far as ease of making it, we had years to write these songs. The longest writing period of any of your records is your debut. We formed in 1997, so it’s five years, and three-and-a-half/four of playing shows and trying out that material. So it went down smoothly in the studio, and then you have all the excitement of it being your first album. It was a good time in our lives."

Originally released in 1988 as the first single from the band's ninth studio album, Peepshow. Drummer Peter "Budgie" Clarke who joined the band in 1979 plays on this album.

In '81, Tom Tom Club made their debut, With "Wordy Rappinghood," a funky pursuit. From a Moroccan rhyme, they took a part, "A Ram Sam Sam," adding their art. Rolf Harris sang it in '71 with glee, But Tom Tom Club gave it a new decree. With rhythms catchy and lyrics light, Their infectious beat soared to great height. So, from a children's game, a hit did sprout, Tom Tom Club's groove left no doubt!

Denzel Curry has just shared details of his forthcoming project ‘King Of The Mischievous South Vol. 2’ alongside new single ‘Hot One’ featuring A$AP Ferg and TiaCorine. Set to drop July 19- learn more below www.nme.com

Featuring samples from "More Bounce to the Ounce" by Zapp and "Jungle Boogie" by Kool & the Gang.

“Batdance,” Prince’s fourth #1 single, isn’t a dance, and it’s only barely a song. “Batdance” is a stitched-together six-minute monstrosity, is full of Batman dialogue samples and clips from Prince tracks that Batman director Tim Burton had rejected. It’s virtually impossible to judge “Batdance” as a standalone piece of music because “Batdance” was never intended as a standalone piece of music. Instead, it’s a marketing tool. But it’s Prince’s version of a marketing tool, so it’s a weird marketing tool. Read all about it here: www.stereogum.com -- You can watch Mr. Prince doing the "Batdance" here:www.youtube.com

The music video from this 2005 hit track has over 800 million views! Check it out (again) for old time's sake: www.youtube.com

"Starting and Staring," another song from Brooklyn band Gustaf's new album, Package, Pt. 2" was selected as a KEXP Song of the Day: www.kexp.org

Snõõper (the Project) began as a collaboration between local Nashville punk mainstay Connor Cummins and Blair Tramel, an early education teacher with a sideline in wickedly funny animation and art. As their cassette tapes and homemade videos began to find scattered fans around the world, the duo brought the Project to the live stage in late 2021 and Snõõper (the Band) was born. snooper7.bandcamp.com tinyurl.com

Here's a review of English Teacher's debut album, "This Could Be Texas," released last month: www.pastemagazine.com -- That's Lily Fontaine on vocals on this song.