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Good morning and happy Friday! Last year marked the 20th anniversary of The Chemical Brothers' "Dig Your Own Hole": www.spin.com
Destroyer will be LIVE on KEXP on Thursday, February 8th, 2018, at noon. This performance is open to the public (75 tickets available). Destroyer will be playing songs from the recently-released (and beautifully-named) "ken." The band will be at The Neptune Theatre that night.
Watch an extraordinary live performance from The National in the KEXP studio last month: blog.kexp.org
Gil Scott-Heron (1949-2011) is often credited with being one of the progenitors of hip-hop. He was also an acclaimed poet. Here's a brief biography from The Poetry Foundation: www.poetryfoundation.org
Don't you love the voice on this song? Visit Mr. Shawn Lee's official website here: www.shawnlee.net
Don't you love the voice on THIS song? Nina Simone is a 2018 inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Read a Vanity Fair article which notes that she belongs "in a class of her own:: www.vanityfair.com
Watch the official video for Moby's "Like A Motherless Child" taken from his forthcoming album, "Everything Was Beautiful And Nothing Hurt": www.youtube.com
David Bowie encouraged LCD Soundsystem to re-form. "American Dream" is a swirling sea of references to Bowie. Murphy’s conversation with the late musician is referenced on "Other Voices.": www.theguardian.com
Joy Division cover:) Go here to learn more about War Child: www.warchild.org.uk
In the Beastie Boys 1992 music video for the song “Gratitude” MCA, Ad-Rock and Mike D pay homage to the classic film, "Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii.": www.youtube.com
Jon Spencer reveals "my life in 10 songs": www.rollingstone.com
"This new track from Toronto-based musician TR/ST blends the artist’s strangely sinister and mechanical pop with the unpredictable moves of Californian dance-studio director and choreographer extraordinaire Ryan Heffington—the figure behind the moves in everything from Sia’s “Chandelier” to Netflix series The OA.": www.youtube.com
Read a KEXP Album Review of "Eternally Even" that includes the video for "Here in Spirit": blog.kexp.org
Read a biography of The Pharcyde at their official website (You can purchase Pharcyde merch here, too.) : thepharcyde.com
Watch these quirky artists playing live in the KEXP studio in 2014: blog.kexp.org
Nice segue, Troy. Spoon will be performing at The Showbox next week on Thursday, January 11th, 2018.
"The Spy from Cairo is secretly Moreno Visini, the artist formerly known as Zeb. He has written hundreds of songs & has produced over 10 albums over the past 12 years including 5 ORGANIC GROOVES albums, 3 ZEB albums, 3 THE SPY FROM CAIRO albums.": www.wonderwheelrecordings.com
Here's an appraisal of "Nobody Speaks": www.stereogum.com
The previous song sampled this 1968 song by Caterina Valente. Go here to her Facebook page: www.facebook.com
The powerful "Rest" is Charlotte Gainsbourg's first full-length album in more than 20 years.: www.spin.com
They'll roar up to The Showbox on Tuesday, February 20th, 2018.
Last year was the twentieth anniversary of "OK Computer." The NY Times says that the band saw the future.: www.nytimes.com
Watch this delightful Toronto band playing live in the kEXP studio in 2015: blog.kexp.org
“‘Mystic’ was actually one of the last tracks recorded for the LP,” Wilson says. “It quickly became one of the band’s favorites and maintains its energy on the road. Lyrically, its about our personalities — how we’re all multi-dimensional in ways that we will never understand. We all have a hidden mystic quality if we can learn and trust to tap into that power. This song is about how we are all trying to define ourselves and make sense of ourselves, yet there is an ineffable, indescribable quality to consciousness.” : www.stereogum.com
“I can think of no other band that is synonymous with the words party and good times than the B-52's. Their infectious music layered with dance grooves galore, that frankly just makes your body move has been in high gear for the past 35 years.” Enjoy a biography of this Athens, Georgia band: www.theb52s.com
You know you want a Devo red energy dome (or a Devo black tie): officialdevomerchandise.bigcartel.com
Annie Clark (aka St. Vincent) will perform at The Moore Theatre on Thursday, January 18th, and Friday, January 19th, 2018.
Music photographer Jacob Blickenstaff says, "With a lot of other musical subjects, you wait for the opportunities to show them in the best moments. In a fleeting gesture, they might reveal themselves subconsciously. But Sharon Jones beamed who she was right at you, from the first minute to the last." See a pictorial remembrance of this fine artist: www.npr.org
Miguel Jontel Pimentel will be at The Showbox SoDo on Friday, February 23rd, 2018.
Enjoy this very positive review of Wolf Alice's second album: www.nme.com
Unlikely Friends' second CD will be released this month. Learn more about this fine local band: do206.com
The artwork for "Is This It" was shot by photographer Colin Lane, who staged an impromptu photo shoot of his then-girlfriend as she exited the shower. The black glove was a prop left behind by a stylist in his apartment. Here are 19 more things you might not know about the album: www.nme.com
You can purchase the self-titled EP by this Olympia supergroup at their Bandcamp page: ccfx.bandcamp.com
They're playing The Showbox on Saturday, March 24th, 2018.
"Never Ever" was chosen as a KEXP Song of the Day last year. Download it for yourself here: blog.kexp.org
Go to the official website for Parliament/Funkadelic: georgeclinton.com
Here's KEXP's exclusive interview with The True Loves' Jimmy James: blog.kexp.org
"Mama Said Knock You Out” was inspired by LL’s grandmother, who told him to “knock out” critics who were disappointed in his previous album.
Follow Fischerspooner on their Facebook page: www.facebook.com
As a New Year's present, FIDLAR released a bratty, sludgy cover of Nirvana’s In Utero track “Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge on Seattle.” Their cover pays homage to the band’s original grunge-y production with heavy distortion and vocals that verge on screams.: www.spin.com
Big Ups was The Guardian's "new band of the day" several years ago: www.theguardian.com
Alas, it's too late! Sandrider gave a free concert at The Nectar Lounge last night: www.facebook.com
"The Fourth Colour" by King Gizzard was selected as one of this week's KEXP Songs of the Day:blog.kexp.org
The song draws inspiration from a time Lisa-Kaindé Diaz was wrongfully arrested, and they not only perfectly recreate the tension of that fraught situation (“He said/Do you smoke?/What’s your name?/Do you know why I’m here?”), but allow for heart-pounding catharsis on the chorus when they howl “We are deathless!” : pitchfork.com
Here's an interview with Seattle artist Porter Ray last September: highlark.com
Here's video of TV On The Radio performing "Crying" live in Guadalajara, Mexico: www.youtube.com
Porches will be at Neumos on Saturday, March 3rd, 2018, in support of the new release, "The House."
Watch Ride's sterling live performance to close out the old KEXP studio at Dexter & Denny: blog.kexp.org
Old Heads” comes from his new album, "Light Information." VanGaalen explains that the album is fueled by the hyperawareness of parenthood. “Being a parent has given me a sort of alternate perspective, worrying about exposure to a new type of consciousness that’s happening through the internet,” he says. “I didn’t have that growing up, and I’m maybe trying to preserve a little bit of that selfishly for my kids.” : www.stereogum.com
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