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Wednesday, Nov 30 2016, 1AM
Lim Giong is a leading figure on the Taiwanese experimental electronic music scene and created "A Pure Person" for the film Millenium Mambo
When talking about her inspiration for the song "Second Skin" Maiah Manser told THE 405 "Taking many inspirations from the novel Dracula, I explored the meaning of what it is to have a second skin in this yearning love song. Whether this defines emotional armour or making one stronger, a second skin is a part of every human process,"
A new release by poet/musician Marie Davidson, "Naive to the Bone" was praised for its commentary on 2016 culture, find Marie Davidson's bandcamp here: mariedavidson.bandcamp.com
Ryan Reed of The Rolling Stone "Safe and Sound" "a psychedelic disco epic built on finger snaps, synth-strings, spastic jazz-fusion synths and one of the fiercest slap-bass grooves since Patrice Rushen's 1982 classic 'Forget Me Nots'."
Check out the new album from the local Portland band: weareaan.bandcamp.com
Hail to the Thief is the sixth studio album of Radiohead in 2003. Thom Yorke is quoted to say this record reflects the "frustration and powerlessness and anger, and the huge gap between the people that put themselves in control and the people that allegedly voted for them."
"Near to the Wild Heart of Life" is the first single released off Japandroids upcoming January 27th release. Their first release since their 2012 Wild Heat of Life
Yeah ride on your bicycle to this and you will feel super cool.
Adult Swim created a special episode of Off The Air which brought together nine of their favorite animators to each animate one section of Dan Deacon's song "When I Was Done Dying" off his latest album Gliss Riffer. www.youtube.com
check out a Live on KEXP from 2014: www.youtube.com
Invisibl Skratch Piklz's first full length release, The 13th Floor was described as "Fusing elements of jazz, rock and hip hop, the album demonstrates true artistry, creative composition, and masterful turntablism. The 13th Floor solidifies that no matter how much time has passed, the Invisibl Skratch Piklz are still among the most innovative musicians in the world."
Taking inspiration from Erykah Badu on her new album, watch Xenia Rubinos' 2014 Live on KEXP: www.youtube.com
Watch Dr. Dog's Live on KEXP session from March: www.youtube.com
The band's first release, it is the only studio album to feature contributions from drummer Kyle Lloyd.
Ty Segall wil be touring at Neumos March 2nd to support his brand new song off his upcoming album. "Orange Color Queen" is quite a departure from most of Ty Segall's work, stream his 2016 In studio here: www.youtube.com
Check out the Bandcamp for this Italian post-punk band: sovietsoviet.bandcamp.com
A-Z is the debut studio album by Colin Newman, lead singer for post-punk band Wire. "Alone" was used in the 1991 film "Silence of the Lambs"
Platinum Blonde also recorded "Not In Love" in 1983, some versions of the Crystal Castles version feature Robert Smith of The Cure
A Portland based band originally from Olympia, Team Dresch was originally active from 1993 until 1998 and later reunited in 2000. They were praised for their voice in the LGBTQ+ community.
Watch Sinéad O'Connor perform her song "Mandinka" on the 1989 Grammy Award show www.youtube.com
Their first new album in three years, Jessica Rabbit was released on November 11th. Sleigh Bells released "I Can Only Stare" and it's video as a teaser: www.vevo.com
Watch Sylvan Esso's Live On KEXP www.youtube.com, and check out their new singles "Radio" and "Kick Jump Twist" www.sylvanesso.com
Check out the Brooklyn Based band's Bandcamp: yvette.bandcamp.com
"1979" featured uncharacteristic sounds for the Smashing Pumpkins, and was Nominated for two Grammy Awards. The music video for "1979" also won an MTV Music Video award. www.youtube.com
"Puberty 2" was named Best New Music from Pitchfork with a score of 8.5, and gained lots of attention for many Best of 2016 lists. "Happy" features some nice Saxophone, check it out on Mitski's Bandcamp: mitski.bandcamp.com
Named Best New Music A Seat at the Table received a score of 8.7 from Pitchfork. A Seat At The Table was a long time coming, as writing for the album began as early as 2008, while the albums recording sessions took part from 2013 to June 2016.
Naked Giants will be joining Father John Misty and more at SMooCH 2916, find the full lineup here: blog.kexp.org
Only around from 2010-2013, Friends became insanely popular and received many "Best Of" reviews during their short career
Watch Blondie's first TV appearance and a cool old live version of "Rip Her to Shreds" www.youtube.com
STRFKR is playing Seattle on March 24th at the Showbox, In the meantime check out their live on KEXP www.youtube.com
When questioned about the album cover for Ritual Union, Little Dragon's lead singer was quoted to say "It's a bunch of pics of our parents and relatives so there's that obvious connection [the overt idea of marriage]. But it's basically one perspective on the whole 'Ritual Union' theme which is pretty ambiguous. It can represent a band, a marriage, humanity, the universe... what ever you feel connected to."
recently signing with Partisan, Cigarettes After Sex's new release "K" has received excellent reviews
Watch the official music video directed by Tegen Williams & Raf Felner: www.youtube.com
Watch the short video featuring Tryna Survive by Shamir for Ray-Ban uproxx.com
Catch Father John Misty at SMooCH along with other great artists December 3rd: blog.kexp.org
Watch the Live on KEXP with Courtney Barnett: www.youtube.com
Check out Jail's artist profile on local label Subpop: www.subpop.com
'Scratch My Back' was originally released in 2010 and 'And I’ll Scratch Yours', the concluding part of a series of song exchanges in which Peter and other leading artists reinterpret each others songs was released in 2013. 'And I'll Scratch Yours' features Arcade Fire covering "Games Without Frontiers" as well as Lou Reed covering "Solsbury Hill"