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Thursday, Dec 31 2015, 6AM
Real Estate's lead singer, Martin Courtney, released a solo album earlier this year! martincourtneyiv.com
Watch Strand of Oaks' performance on KEXP from 2014! blog.kexp.org
Beach House released two albums in the span of a month earlier this year! Did either of them make your top ten? They don't have any Seattle dates as of yet, but they are on Sub Pop so I wouldn't be surprised if they stop by sometime after March! www.beachhousebaltimore.com
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart remixed a song off of this album! Find the remix and other news about A Sunny Day In Glasgow right here asunnydayinglasgow.com
TV on the Radio performed at the new home over 10 years ago! www.kexp.org It's so weird to not only be talking about the new year but also the old home where so many great music moments happened!
Rose Windows broke up before this album was released, but various members have moved on to other projects! One of them started this awesome new band, Draemhouse! They don't have much out yet but are currently in the studio draemhouse.bandcamp.com
Kurt Vile released one of my favorite albums of 2015! Check out his amazing in studio performance from a couple months ago! blog.kexp.org
Nilsson Schmilsson was released 44 years ago and features three of Harry Nilsson's most well known songs, Coconut, Without You and this song!
New mixtape from Erykah Badu all based on the telephone! The mixtape features Andre 3000 and Drake consequenceofsound.net
New music from Radiohead is in the near future, and if you're itching for some new music here is their rejected Bond theme song from the latest film! pitchfork.com
Nirvana cover! Charles Bradley also covered Black Sabbath's Changes and will be releasing a new album on April 1st(April Fools Day, I hope it's not a joke) of the same name! www.thecharlesbradley.com
DIIV's second album is set to be released on February 5th and is a 17 song double album! www.capturedtracks.com
Danish duo, The Raveonettes, have played at KEXP a few times, check out their in studio from 2011! kexp.org
The Dandy Warhols played at KEXP for the 13th anniversary of 13 Tales from Urban Bohemia! You can watch it right here! blog.kexp.org
DC duo, Gems, released their debut album back in October! They still haven't announced any tour dates but you can watch a video and keep up with the band here www.killtheoneyoulove.com
Listen to Four Tet's Midnight in a Perfect World from back in May! blog.kexp.org Four Tet is also very active and you'll often catch him DJing on a BBC channel and sometimes with Jamie xx!
Grimes released her 4th album about a month ago! I sure hope she swings by KEXP again in the near future! Watch her awesome in studio from just after Visions was released where she is on the floor of the old home! blog.kexp.org
PB&J have performed on KEXP multiple times! Here's their performance from this album! kexp.org
Shovels & Rope released an all covers album with some of their friends! This is a Neil Young cover featuring Shakey Graves!
Neil Young released this album in 2010 and was produced by Daniel Lanois, get it? Le Noise produced by Lanois
BRMC released a live in Paris CD and DVD this past summer! Pick it up at your local record store! blackrebelmotorcycleclub.com
RIP Lemmy and Phil "Philthy Animal" Taylor who both passed away this year
New Kelley Stoltz album from last month was released on Castle Face Records! Find out more about Kelley Stoltz here! www.kelleystoltz.com
From one of the founders of the new generation of Psych to the original Psych band! The 13th Floor Elevators are one of the very first psychedelic bands and feature Roky Erickson on guitar and vocals, and an electric jug player!
One of my favorite songs from 2015. Listen to more from Sheer Mag right here! sheermag.bandcamp.com
Local band, Car Seat Headrest, is playing several shows in the area in the near future! The closest one is on Saturday, January 9th at the Sunset! carseatheadrest.bandcamp.com
Guided By Voices have over 20 albums in just under 30 years, sometimes putting out two albums a year like they did in 2014!
Chrissie Hynde released a book this past September about her life and has stories about other famous artists like David Bowie and The Clash! chrissiehynde.com
Surf Rock Is Dead released their debut EP and have already been getting attention as they are opening for Clap Your Hands Say Yeah today at Rough Trade in Brooklyn! www.surfrockisdead.com
My #6 album of 2015. Hudson Mohawke just covered John Carpenter's Escape From New York theme! pitchfork.com John Carpenter is known for not only directing and writing awesome movies like Halloween and Escape From New York but also for scoring the films! This is his first non soundtrack album!
My #8 album of 2015. A couple of great videos were released for this album, check them out here! deerhuntermusic.com
Two of the hottest producers right now, Kevin Parker and Mark Ronson, teamed up for a few songs on Ronson's album from earlier this year!
The Cave Singers are releasing a new album on February 19th and will be playing at Neumos the next day, Saturday, February 20th! www.thecavesingers.com
Nashville based band, Cheap Time, are on In the Red and released this album a couple years ago! intheredrecords.com
The Velvet Underground released a deluxe box set of this album earlier this year to celebrate the 45th anniversary of the record! www.rollingstone.com
My #4 album of 2015. Watch Father John Misty perform at the Columbia City Theater for a KEXP benefit earlier this year! blog.kexp.org
Cyndi Lauper cover! Chromatics have to be one of the coolest bands out there right now! Make sure you check out the Glass Candy/Chromatics split in studio on Audioasis from a couple years ago! kexp.org
Watch Gary Numan's performance at the Bumbershoot Music Lounge a couple years, hosted by Troy and assisted by Atticus, just like today! blog.kexp.org
Ari Up, lead singer of the Slits, passed away 5 years ago this past October at the age of 48. Way too young, especially for an originator of post punk
I blame it on Troy, you know how he likes his Campari. Listen to more from this local band right here! detectiveagency.bandcamp.com
Asobi Seksu's original name was Sportfuck until they changed it to Asobi Seksu, Japanese for play sex!
Listen to more from The Soft Pack right here! www.facebook.com
Nova Heart released this new album back in October! nova-heart.com
