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Marquee Moon is the beautiful creation between Tom Verlaine and Richard Lloyd that conveyed a fractured urban mythology unlike any before.
Seattle trio Posse, check out their cool music comics here www.horseblanketlp.com
KEXP exclusive interview: Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker on his most recent album Currents blog.kexp.org
Philly band is releasing a new album titled Bark Your Head Off, Dog featuring this track "How Simple". The album is due out April 6th via Saddle Creek. Band members consist of Frances Quinlan, her brother Mark on drums, Tyler Long on bass, Joe Reinhart on guitar.
Brooklyn band The Pains of Being Pure at Heart performed in the KEXP studio back in 2014 blog.kexp.org
Irish songwriter Dolores O’Riordan passed away at the age of 46 January 15th. We honor her here blog.kexp.org
Mavis Staples will be playing Friday, February 16th and Saturday, February 17th at Skagit Valley Casino Resort in Bow, WA
Eleanor Friedberger stopped by the KEXP studios to share some tracks- give it a gander blog.kexp.org
Here’s what Stelmanis had to say about the release of this new dystopian track in a statement:
I wish Change the Paradigm had made it onto the record because it directly embodies what I wanted to express on Future Politics – that the most powerful tool we possess for creating a better world is our own imagination.
On Wednesday, February 7th, KEXP celebrates International Clash Day 2018 from 6 AM to 6 PM PT, spotlighting the use of music as a tool for social consciousness, and a band that made it sound so damn good. Listen along for interview clips, rare tracks, and more. internationalclashday.com
You're not going to want to miss Chicano Batman performing this song live on KEXP www.youtube.com
In 1997, an 8-minute version of this song, was remixed by U.N.K.L.E., which was featured on Can's double remix album Sacrilege.
Need to reminisce on when Radiohead played at KeyArena last April?
KEXP's got you blog.kexp.org
Seattle based band The True Loves featuring Delvon Lamarr of the Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio and Skerik.
Rick James grew up in Buffalo and ran away to join the Naval Reserves, he then ran away from the Navy to Toronto, where he was in a band with future Buffalo Springfield members Neil Young and Bruce Palmer, and with Goldy McJohn, later of Steppenwolf. As the Mynah Birds, they signed to Motown and recorded, though no record was ever released. Come Get It! was his debut release.
This album American Dream by LCD Soundsystem was voted #1 album of the year by KEXP listeners. blog.kexp.org
De Lux describing their evolution as a band "We like to say Voyage was our baby, Generation was our baby all grown up and More Disco Songs About Love thinks growing up sucks and just wants to party smart."
All proceeds from sales of this release will go to benefit Emergent Fund, powered by RPM. Established in November 2016, the Emergent Fund continues to protect and empower American communities most jeopardized by the Trump Administration. RPM is a nonprofit agency supporting artists in activism. elvisperkins.bandcamp.com
Portland based musician M. Ward stopped by KEXP for an in-studio session. Watch it here blog.kexp.org
Seattle band Rose Windows were the first band to ever play on KEXP's new home grounds. Mesmerize your ears with the sweet sounds of Rose Windows www.youtube.com
Shearwater covering Folk Implosions. Enjoy Shearwater performing live on KEXP www.youtube.com
After a 14-year hiatus from the studio, Hot Snakes is back in the game with a new album.
Catch Greys performing in the KEXP studio www.youtube.com
Summer Cannibals opens for Bully Wednesday, February 28th at Neumos
The Fall’s Mark E. Smith has just passed at the age 60. A memorable vocalist indeed. The Fall released 32 studio albums over the course of Smith’s life, often issuing multiple albums per year. The 32nd Fall album, New Facts Emerge, was released in 2017.
Smith and the Fall were an influence on many bands. For instance the vocalist of Ought resembles his style blog.kexp.org
During his life time Mark E. Smith collaborated with Gorillaz, Elastica, Coldcut, Mouse on Mars, and others. He even published an autobiography, Renegade: The Gospel According to Mark E. Smith, in 2008.
Happy Monday's were one of the many bands influenced by the original sound of The Fall
Mark E Smith of the Manchester post-punk band the Fall has just passed at the age 60. We honor him here are KEXP by highlighting his prolific musical career and the bands The Fall influenced
Band manager Pamela Vander (via Fall News) has officially announced that Mark E Smith has passed: “ He passed this morning at home. A more detailed statement will follow in the next few days. In the meantime, Pam & Mark’s family request privacy at this sad time.”
Mark E. Smith participated in the writing and recording process of this track by Elastica
Bend Sinister was the third and last Fall album to be produced by John Leckie. When recording began, the band was without a drummer, as Karl Burns was fired shortly before sessions began. Ex-member Paul Hanley stepped in at first before permanent replacement Simon Wolstencroft was found.
The Fall have influenced groups and artists such as Pavement, Arctic Monkeys, Happy Mondays, Guided by Voices, Sonic Youth, Franz Ferdinand, LCD Soundsystem, and Meat Puppets.
The Fall were long associated with BBC disc jockey John Peel, who championed them from early on in their career and described them as his favourite band, famously explaining, "they are always different; they are always the same."
The Fall’s Mark E. Smith has just passed at the age 60. A memorable vocalist indeed. The Fall released 32 studio albums over the course of Smith’s life, often issuing multiple albums per year. The 32nd Fall album, New Facts Emerge, was released in 2017.
"The Fall's music underwent numerous stylistic changes, often concurrently with changes in the group's lineup. Nonetheless, their music has generally been characterized by an abrasive guitar-driven sound, tense bass and drum rhythms, and Smith's cryptic lyrics, described by critic Simon Reynolds as "a kind of Northern English magic realism that mixed industrial grime with the unearthly and uncanny, voiced through a unique, one-note delivery somewhere between amphetamine-spiked rant and alcohol-addled yarn."
Since the Fall formed in 1976, Mark E. Smith has been the only constant member. All other founding members had left by the end of 1979.