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Wednesday, Jan 9 2013, 6AM
Suuns are from Montreal. They've got a couple of albums out so far. Their latest, Images Du Futur, came out in November 2012. secretlycanadian.com
Check out Porcelain Raft's in studio session on our blog kexp.org
James Murphey of LCD Soundsystem is collaborating with Arcade Fire!
Sarah Assbring is a Swedish artist who goes by the name El Perro Del Mar. www.elperrodelmar.com
Molly Hamilton and drummer Michael Stasiak's met in Tacoma, where they contributed songs to a compilation label. In the summer of 2010, they moved to New York and began working on new music with guitarist Robert Earl Thomas. Check out more from Widowspeak on our Song of the Day blog blog.kexp.org
The Maldives have a few shows coming up including Jan. 30 at the Shakedown in Bellingham. themaldivesmusic.com
A bit of a different sound with some familiar elements from Dirty Projectors. Check out their in studio kexp.org
Southern Shores did a special mix for International Mixtapes which features Marvin Gaye AND Angelo Badalamenti! Listen here www.internationaltapes.com
Andrew Bird did a breathtaking in studio performance last time he was in Seattle. blog.kexp.org
PAWS are out of Glasgow and you can hear their feature on our Song of the Day blog here blog.kexp.org
High Violet is the National's most recent album. There is talk of a tour from them in 2013, but for now their website lists only two shows in LA and NY. We'll keep you posted! www.americanmary.com
Kim Baxter from Portland released her album with a Kickstarter campaign. German label Expect Candy is releasing it on vinyl on March to kick off her European tour.
Davye Hawke is Memory Tapes. You can hear b-sides and keep up on his tour info at weirdtapes.blogspot.com
The Heist was voted #1 by KEXP listeners on our top albums of 2012 countdown.
Danger Mouse and Damon Albarn are Gnarles Barkley. They collaborated with Cee Lo Green on that one. You can keep up with them at www.gnarlsbarkley.com
Shugo Tokumaru creates every aspect of his music, including the lyrics, music, arrangements, recording and mixing. He's been known to use over 100 different traditional and non-traditional instruments in his recordings.
Listen to KEXP's documentary on Pink Floyd: Psychadelics blog.kexp.org
Perhaps Pulp's most well received album, Different Class won the Mercury Prize in 1996. Recently, Pulp played the USS Coachella cruise/tour.
The Reverend Al Green was originally Al Greene but dropped the "e" when he went solo.
Myles MacInnes taught himself to play keyboard and drums. He produced that album himself in his bedroom.
Paul Flemming wrote this album while played keyboard on tour with Echo and the Bunnymen.
Marc Bolan released his first single in 1965. Fun fact: he was a teen model!
Giving away 3 pairs of tix now for The Little Big Show on Sunday Jan. 27th at The Neptune with The Walkmen and father John Misty!!!
Happy Birthday to David Johansen of The New York Dolls!!
Talib Kweli has some new music out. You can check out his site to listen www.talibkweli.com
Playing Easy Street Record's final day at The Queen Anne location on Friday Jan. 18th. Earlier that day they'll be live on KEXP at 3pm!!
Some people sing in the shower, Stephin Merritt sings on the toilet at KEXP. See the full video here blog.kexp.org
Alexis Krauss has been making music since she was 12. She gave up a Rhodes scholarship to join Sleigh Bells.
You can hear recent music by Damien Jurado on his live in studio performance blog.kexp.org
PAPA's Put Me To Work was our featured song of the day almost one month ago today.
RL Burnside lived a hard life from which he drew inspiration for his music. He lived in Chicago in the 40's-50's where he kept company with Muddy Waters then moved back to Mississippi where he stayed and recorded with Fat Possum.
New music from Big Boi- lot's of videos on his site www.bigboi.com
Active Child played an exclusive live performance at KEXP in 2011: kexp.org