Troy Nelson

Troy Nelson

Troy Nelson

Variety Mix
Last show: Saturday, Oct 19 2024, 3PM
troy@kexp.org
Thursday, Aug 3 2017, 10AM
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DJ Shadow slated Parlor stage performance slot were cancelled at Panorama Festival. It has not yet been announced whether their sets will be rescheduled, though Panorama has rescheduled Breakbot to play a Saturday set.
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Digable Planets (/ˈdɪɡəbəl ˈplænəts/) was an American hip hop trio formed in 1987, in Brooklyn, New York. The trio is composed of rappers Ishmael "Butterfly" Butler (from Seattle), Mary Ann "Ladybug Mecca" Vieira (from Silver Spring, Maryland), and Craig "Doodlebug" Irving (from Philadelphia).
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This Waiting on a Song track finds Dan Auerbach afraid of stepping outside his comfort zone. "'The King of a One Horse Town' is anyone who's scared of the outside world," the Black Keys frontman explained. "Anyone who's afraid to go beyond their own block for fear of failure. It could be a drug dealer. A drunk. A professor. That's a feeling any of us can relate to."
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10:26 AM
18th spin
Mariah Carey cover:)
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10:30 AM
1st spin?!
Back-up vocals were done by John Lennon.
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Michael Jackson cover!
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10:44 AM
22nd spin
Garlands is the debut studio album by Scottish alternative rock band Cocteau Twins, released 1 September 1982 on 4AD.
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Original member of Thee Satisfaction
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10:55 AM
44th spin
Recorded with Ben Allen (Deerhunter, Animal Collective), the song traffics in the lighthearted disco of latter-day Daft Punk before segueing into an arena-ready chorus and, eventually, a psychedelic outro that has Allen’s fingerprints all over it.
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11:07 AM
13th spin
Doldrums were an American post-rock band formed in Fairfax, Virginia, United States. Formed in 1994, the group consisted of guitarist Justin Chearno, bassist Bill Kellum and drummer Matt Kellum.
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Agent blå (that's Swedish for Agent Blue)
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"Pretty in Pink" is a song by the English rock band The Psychedelic Furs, originally released in 1981 as a single from the band's second album, Talk Talk Talk. The 1986 film was named after the song and a re-recorded version of the song was included on its soundtrack.
The Psychedelic Furs, The Jesus and Mary Chain, and Frankie Rose
Tuesday, Oct 29, 2024  
Event Info
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Ariel Marcus Rosenberg (born June 24, 1978), also known by his moniker Ariel Pink, is an American singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist based in Los Angeles, California. His music is characterized by a lo-fi sound which draws heavy on the influence of 1970s-80s pop radio and cassette culture, and has been credited with pioneering the 2000s hypnagogic pop style as well as inspiring the chillwave genre. Pink first gained recognition after signing to Animal Collective's Paw Tracks label in 2003, where several of his limited-edition home recordings were first reissued
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11:32 AM
36th spin
There has been much controversy surrounding the lyrics. In his book The Stranglers Song By Song (2001), Hugh Cornwell states "'Golden Brown' works on two levels. It's about heroin and also about a girl." Essentially the lyrics describe how "both provided me with pleasurable times.
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King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard is an Australian psychedelic rock band that formed in 2010 in Melbourne, Victoria.The band is noted for its energetic live performances and prolific recording output, having released ten full-length studio albums since 2012. King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard's early work was primarily a blend of surf music, garage rock and psychedelic rock, while more recent releases show a broader range of influences, including elements of film music, progressive rock, folk, jazz, soul and heavy metal.
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(born Charles Ray Wiggins) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer. Saadiq has been a standard bearer for "old school" R&B since his early days as a member of the multiplatinum group Tony! Toni! Toné!
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11:52 AM
12th spin
Mary Beth Patterson, (born February 19, 1981), known by her stage name Beth Ditto, is an American singer-songwriter, most notable for her work with the indie rock band Gossip (previously known as The Gossip) and whose voice has been compared to Etta James, Janis Joplin and Tina Turner.
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12:03 PM
1st spin?!
From their anticipated new album release Volume 1, the chiller more acoustic volume
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12:09 PM
1st spin?!
From their anticipated new album Volume 1 set to release on September 15th!
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12:19 PM
1st spin?!
From their anticipated new album Volume 2 set to release on September 15th!
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From their anticipated new album Volume 2 set to release on September 15th!
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12:28 PM
1st spin?!
The Dan Ryan is a musical group based in Austin, TX. ... A death-defying trip to Glacier National Park inspired the Austin band's new record.
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12:33 PM
12th spin
Heaters is an American alternative rock band, formed in 2013 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The band is currently composed of singer-bassist Nolan Krebs, drummer Joshua Korf, guitarist Ryan Hagan and singer-guitarist Ben Taber. The band's original co-frontman and guitarist Andrew Tamlyn left the band in March 2017 to focus on his new band Fyrrh.
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12:38 PM
16th spin
Fear is the fourth solo studio album by Welsh musician John Cale, released on 1 October 1974 by record label Island.
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Beck stated to Zane Lowe that he almost did not give "Wow" to his record label, because of his fears that it was a bad song. However, his children talked him into it, and Capitol Records ultimately released it as a single.
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12:51 PM
56th spin
Moderat are an electronic music group originating in Berlin, Germany between Sascha Ring, also known as Apparat, and Modeselektor members Gernot Bronsert and Sebastian Szary.
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12:55 PM
67th spin
Asido was released to mark the five year anniversary of Purity Ring’s debut LP Shrines.
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1:01 PM
69th spin
Catch them live on August 28th at Out to lunch at Denny Park, as well as, Friday September 22nd at The Nectar Lounge.
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Redding received many posthumous accolades, including the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award and induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Songwriters Hall of Fame. In addition to "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay," "Respect" and "Try a Little Tenderness" are among his best-known songs.
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1:08 PM
13th spin
The Suburbs had their first major success at influential Minneapolis punk/New Wave nexus Jay's Longhorn Bar; drummer Hugo Klaers said that after getting regular gigs at the venue, "we went from nobodies to this super popular band. It was just crazy. The Longhorn shows were always packed." One notable audience member at the Suburbs' shows was Bruce Springsteen, then on tour supporting his album The River, who was so impressed with the band that he nearly joined them on stage for an encore
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1:12 PM
16th spin
Failure is an American alternative rock band from Los Angeles that was active from 1990 to 1997 and from 2014 onwards. They are often compared to other alternative rock bands from that time that were similarly labeled as "alternative", such as Nirvana and Soundgarden, but are distinguished by their meticulous attention to textural sonic detail, inventive use of guitar effects and signal processing, and the overall expansive sound design of their later albums.
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New album 'Philokalia' out on September 29 2017 via their own record label Athenian Aura Recordings. Their third album overall and follow-up to 2015’s Now I’m Ready.
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1:27 PM
1st spin?!
Check THIS out: www.turntablekitchen.com
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1:36 PM
9th spin
Holy Fuck is a Canadian electronica band from Toronto. They were a part of Dependent Music, a music label and artist collective that began in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia in 2004 until its closing. They were then a part of the Young Turks label and in 2016 they signed with Innovative Leisure.
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1:41 PM
152nd spin
Devonté "Dev" Hynes or Blood Orange and formerly Lightspeed Champion.
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1:46 PM
120th spin
M83 is a French electronic music project currently based in Los Angeles. The band's sole official member is vocalist, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer Anthony Gonzalez. Formed in 2001 in Antibes, France, the band was initially a duo also featuring Nicolas Fromageau.
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1:50 PM
29th spin
Lo Tom is a new supergroup of sorts featuring erstwhile members of Pedro The Lion (David Bazan, TW Walsh) and Starflyer 59 (Trey Many, Jason Martin). Critically acclaimed former Pac-NW Christian rockers unite!
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