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"Don't be alarmed-- in the end of the night you're in my arms." Watch a couple of videos of Zola Jesus LIVE in our KEXP studio here: youtu.be zolajesus.com
Exitmusic is the Brooklyn-based husband/wife duo of Aleksa Palladino and Devon Church. Palladino began writing songs in her early teens and also dabbles in acting. She starred in HBO's Boardwalk Empire. Check out their KEXP session here...www.youtube.com
Emma Ruth Rundle and Thou are releasing a collab album this October as part of Sacred Bones' Alliance Series. Thou said of the track “It’s an easy marriage of our styles that was truly enhanced by everyone’s input during the arrangement process" Read more: bit.ly
Can you smell it? The magic?
L7 are an LA-based band formed in the mid 80's. They're often associated with the grunge and riot girrrl movements.
In a statement, bandmember Bonnie Bloomgarden said, "Relationships are really tricky and can be super messy and complicated! I used to keep repeating the same mistakes over and over again. I realized it’s cause I thought relationships were an agreement you made with another person. And that meant giving away my power to the other person and letting them navigate our way along our path. Then I realized things either happen to you or for you! Any relationship you have is an opportunity to make an agreement with yourself! It’s a chance to learn to be more compassionate and to grow stronger and more powerfully into the person you want to be and are meant to be! Hopefully, the other person will help along the way and grow with you! If not, peace and next, please."
Affecting new single from Philly's Camae Ayewa aka Moor Mother -
Debut album from the London-based musician nubyagarcia.bandcamp.com
"Breathe" was the debut single from the French dance music group Télépopmusik.The track features vocals from Angela McCluskey of Wild Colonials
Here's what she had to say via Twitter when she released Night: "From me to you, here is a song from my album. It's called 'Night'. This wasn't really supposed to be a single but with everything that is happening right now I wanted to reach out. kellyleeowens.lnk.to " Inner Song will now be released on August 28th!
Sydney-born Berlin-based producer Logic1000 said of new track, "Perfume," “‘Perfume’ is actually a finessed version of the very first Logic track ever made. I actually lost the original session so we recreated it from scratch. It was so fun and I’m super happy with how refined it is compared to the original”. bit.ly
The dark garage sound that was being produced by the likes of Wookie, Zed Bias, Shy Cookie, El-B and Artwork (of DND) in the late 1990s would set the groundwork for both grime and a genre called dubstep. Developing in parallel to grime, dubstep would take a mostly instrumental stripped down form of dark garage and with it bring in production values and influences from dub reggae.
New EP from Seattle based artist Chong The Nomad! - chongthenomad.bandcamp.com
Blimes and Gab will be Live at KEXP at Home on Tuesday, September 22nd at 3:00 p.m. Seattle MC Gifted Gab and San Francisco-bred Blimes Brixton describe themselves as being, "For every boss woman in your life who never apologizes for the reverb of her footsteps; for every powerful female who dares to change the game; this is Blimes and Gab." www.blimesandgab.com
"For the first time in my life, the world has had a truly shared experience. The 'ODD CURE‘ is my way to providing a soundtrack to our thoughts, worries, hopes and dreams.“ oddisee.bandcamp.com
"Androgynous Mary" is the debut album from Girl Friday. The band said in a statement, "It feels so rejuvenating to be there for each other and protect each other. We've definitely been through a lot together, but we've come through it by sticking together and loving each other regardless." girlfridayband.bandcamp.com
Robert Smith once confessed to a fanzine in 1991 about this single: "The words were written in the rain. I was upset …" www.picturesofyou.us
"A brainchild born from the boredom of sitting still, guitarist and vocalist Derek Pressnall met Icky Blossoms vocalist Sarah Bohling and lead guitarist Nik Fackler in the vibrant Omaha art scene and invited them to play in his band Flowers Forever. Enchanted by endless nights in clubs and inspired with a desire to program dance music with instantaneous grooves and depth, Pressnall, an acclaimed visual artist, and Fackler, a spirit-award nominated filmmaker, combined with Bohling’s mesmerizing voice and formed Icky Blossoms." saddle-creek.com
Boston-based Saucy Lady is the Space Godess of Funk. saucyladymusic.com
Check out the great write-up at Bandcamp: starcreatureuniversalvibrations.com
From Pitchfork: On her new album, Jessie Ware sounds like the host of the kind of party you heard about in ‘70s Manhattan—velvet banquettes and powdery surfaces, mink coats and cigarette holders. Watch the video for this disco-tinged title track off of Jessie Ware's fourth album here: www.youtube.com
Ah-Mer-Ah-Su is almost the name of a Japanese goddess. Star Amerasu told The Bay Bridged, "“I think it’s, like, a very traditionally urban Black African-American experience to make names that sound like things that you like. So I chose a name that sounded something like the goddess that I like — not trying to take her name as my own, cause that’s not something that I could take. And so Ah Mer Ah Su was born.” bit.ly
‘I Felt Love’ describes the difficulty of trying to communicate over the phone with a lover, in an airport drowned out by the loud background noise. It has a special context in the post-corona world, where we have had the opportunity to tune out distractions, dig deeper, and discover what is important to us. The arrangement features a relentless electro baseline with dubby breaks driving forward a soothing piano/synth progression." bit.ly
Ellen Allien runs two labels, performs regularly at at prestigious clubs and festivals all over the world, and has released eight solo albums ellenallien.bandcamp.com
Jersey clubkween UNiiQU3 says, "I like to party, I decolonize dancefloors world wide and twerk on tops and behind the dj booth lol ( srsly tho) I produce ,
rap, sang, and do creative stuff.." uniiqu3.bandcamp.com
Canadian producer DJ Shub's new track features a sample of the Grandmaster Flash track ‘Superrappin.’ He orginally gained fame as a member of A Tribe Called Red. www.thehypemagazine.com
Magugu is a Lagos-born UK-based avante-garde rapper. He said of new single, "Big Don" “the rhythm gave me the vibe I needed, and the rest came naturally“.bit.ly
MC Solaar is one of France's most famous and influential hip hop artists
"The record is about what Brazil is today aesthetically, in this electronic age. I tried not to limit myself to a certain musical style, and in this diversity there is unity. I wanted to revisit the Brazilian rhythms and other sounds that I have heard growing up from a contemporary, electronic and urban perspective." luisamaita.bandcamp.com
"Khruangbin (pronounced KRUNG-bin) gets its name from a Thai word that means airplane, its members are low-key and shun the spotlight, and its music is an atmospheric collage of global subgenres, including reggae dub, surf-rock, Southeast Asian funk and Middle Eastern soul." Learn more about this Houston trio when you read this recent New York Times article: www.nytimes.com Check out their 2018 KEXP live performance at: www.youtube.com
Seattle band Spesh performing live in the KEXP studio www.youtube.com
Son Lux is the grand genre-less dream of Los Angeles composer Ryan Lott brought to roiling, vivid life with the help of two New Yorkers, guitarist Rafiq Bhatia and drummer Ian Chang. Each is a writer, producer, and performer with omnivorous taste and a penchant for wild improvisation. sonlux.bandcamp.com
Julianna Barwick is a composer, vocalist and producer. The new album, ‘Healing Is A Miracle’ features collaborations with Jónsi (Sigur Rós), Mary Lattimore and Nosaj Thing. juliannabarwick.bandcamp.com
James Blake produced one-off track "Are You Even Real?" which he co-wrote with Starrah and Ali Tamposi. Blake has covered songs by Frank Ocean, Stevie Wonder, Joni Mitchell, Joy Division and more during his quarantine live performances on his instagram www.instagram.com
"Daniel" is Bat for Lashes best selling single to date selling over 46,000 copies worldwide
Curve was formed in 1990 as a collaboration between Toni Halliday and Dean Garcia. www.curve.co.uk
“‘Dumb Driver’ is an examination and grieving of, both during and after, a broken relationship. It describes the toxic cycle of being so overtaken by your love for someone that you put yourself in harm's way for it - like a car crash you can't look away from. On ‘Dumb Driver’ I am pleading with myself to stop the car, pull over, and get out of the situation before the damage is irreversible.” -Jilian Medford (IAN SWEET) iansweetmusic.bandcamp.com
Wye Oak moved away from guitar and focused on a more bass and keyboard heavy sound for their fourth record "Shriek" Singer-bassist Jenn Wasner told Spin, “If I don’t feel right about something or connected to something, then it’s just not going to happen; I can’t fake my way through it. [While writing Shriek], there was all this weird baggage associated with the guitar for me, and I couldn’t get around that."bit.ly
Spanish rock group Hinds and Japanese band CHAI collab on the new track "UNITED GIRLS ROCK‘N’ROLL CLUB." They said in a statement, “‘UNITED GIRLS ROCK’N’ROLL CLUB’ is a song that screams GIRL POWER! You might be from different countries, different languages, but at the end of the day, the music speaks for itself. You can hear it, you can feel it! It’s that type of song! Take a listen!” bit.ly
Shonen Knife is a Japanese alternative rock band formed in Osaka, in 1981. They list 1960s girl groups, The Beach Boys, and the Ramones among their influences.
Influential Minneapolis punk band led by Bob Mould, who took the name Hüsker Dü from an old board game.
Check out a Live on KEXP with Japandroids....Live at s 2009 KEXP BBQ : www.youtube.com
Haim said in a statement, "Now i’m in it is about going through it. A depression. not leaving the house type of shit. for my sisters and i, there have been times in our lives where we have felt like we are stuck in a dark hole. This track speaks to that emotion." bit.ly
Seattle based electronic pop duo Crater played live on KEXP back in 2016. Watch here: www.youtube.com
New music from The Avalanches that features a sample from 1977’s 'The Voyager Golden Record,' which Stereogum describes as "NASA’s mixtape for aliens." The track also features vocals from Neneh Cherry and CLYPSO, and was co-produced by Jamie xx. bit.ly
The Voyager Golden Records are two phonograph records that were included aboard both Voyager spacecrafts launched in 1977. The records contain sounds and images selected to portray the diversity of life and culture on Earth, and are intended for any intelligent extraterrestrial life form who may find them.
Read the description on YouTube for the official music video: youtu.be
Crack Cloud is a Canadian mixed-media collective. Founder Zach Choy told i-D, "You have people from all walks of life. You have people that are escaping traumatic life situations, people who are entrenched in historical trauma and discrimination, people who have just been discharged from prison; everyone is under one roof. You would think that that would cause a lot of dissonance, but it’s easily the most inclusive and harmonized community that I’ve ever been a part of. In a lot of ways it operates on a level that I take a lot of inspiration from, and is how I envision Crack Cloud functioning.” bit.ly
The London trio's take on the Solange song from 2016. Find this cover, and the rest of their work, here: bigjoanie.bandcamp.com
Gloria Ann Taylor was an American R&B and soul singer. Her early 1970s recordings with producer and husband Walter Whisenhunt became sought-after rare grooves before being reissued in the 2010s.
British funk group that was originally active in the early 1970s. The band name derives from a calypso word for "dove"
