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Thursday, Jan 30 2020, 6AM
Good morning Seattle, and welcome to the Thursday edition of The Morning Show. Watch Strand of Oaks performance in our Live Room from April 2019 here: www.youtube.com
Off the sixth album from this Seattle band. It also ended up being their most successful due to their inclusion on the 'Singles' soundtrack
L.A.'s Deserta will be live at KEXP on February 20th at noon, and you can come watch it in action! Find out how to view our public in-studios here: www.kexp.org
L.A. band that formed in 2002, and is made up of Brian Aubert, Christopher Guanlao, Joe Lester, Nikki Monninger. Keep track of them here: silversunpickups.com
According to their Bandcamp bio, Citrus Clouds are "A 3 piece dreampop band based out of Phoenix, AZ. They write melodic songs with a driving rhythm section and shoegazey guitars. Music to daydream to." Mmm, dreamy // citrusclouds.bandcamp.com
London's Dean Garcia and Toni Halliday formed Curve in 1990, and disbanded in 2005 after making five albums together. 'Doppelgänger' is their debut full-length album, released in 1992
The lead single from the forthcoming new album from Torres (Mackenzie Scott), out on January 31st. She stated about this song: "I guess I could say that falling in love is a lot like the Superman crawl. If you’re not familiar with Superman’s crawl, it’s a terrifying maneuver used in spelunking that’s only performed when certain passages are too narrow, so a person has to hold one arm against the body and the other above the head, all while trying to crawl forward. When you fall in love with someone, it’s scary like the Superman’s crawl, but you have no choice but to keep moving forward even though you have no idea what’s ahead of you."
This one's for Morning Faithful, Peter, who was at the Showbox last night for Michael Kiwanuka, and can confirm that show was "It."
Playing Barboza on February 11th, Alexandra Saviour was born in Portland and just released her second album, 'The Archer.' Find her here: alexandrasavior.com
And there's millions of people // To offer advice and say how I should be // But they're twisted and they will never be // Any influence on me
...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead just released their tenth album, and are fresh off a show here at the Crocodile. Find the rest of their tour dates here: www.trailofdead.com
R.E.M.'s Peter Buck claimed that Michael Stipe's hastily written lyrics for this song (that was done in one take) was "exactly what was on his mind that day. It was real."
Alex from Vermont (who's going to this show in Burlington in a KEXP shirt!) this one's for you
This album was released in 1973, and it was right here in Seattle that the first live (documented) performance of this song happened in June of 1972
Looooving the heavy 80's influence of this one from Toronto's The Weeknd (alias of Abel Makkonen Tesfaye) // www.theweeknd.com
For Stacey, who woke up with "Dream Police" in her head this morning, so we're guessing this was the image in her head all night: bit.ly
The Districts will be live at KEXP on March 27th at 9:30 AM!
Spacey indie band from the grunge era. They formed in Manchester in 1988, and made three full-length albums, this one is off their sophomore release, 'Body Exit Mind'
The second album from L.A.'s Moaning is due to arrive on March 20th. They'll be at Chop Suey with Black Marble on April 9th, get tickets here: www.chopsuey.com
Vancouver's Art d'Ecco will be in Seattle at the Crocodile on February 7th! Watch their 2018 live performance at KEXP here: www.youtube.com
From 1986's 'The Pacific Age', their seventh album
Cover version of the Neil Young tune that Saint Etienne released on their debut album, 'Foxbase Alpha'
A one-off single from Chromatics that was released last week! Their last album, 'Closer to Grey,' showed up in October... does this single mean lost album 'Dear Tommy' is imminent? Probably not, but one can hope.
Hotels asks us, "What if Solange and Joy Division collaborated on a James Bond soundtrack?" Find this new song from the Seattle band (their first with Adra Boo on vocals) here: hotels.bandcamp.com
This Indiana band's take on the David Bowie song that was his breakthrough to the U.S. audience
And now that I'm older, stress weighs on my shoulders // Heavy as boulders, but I told y'all // Until the day that I die // I still
will be a soldier
According to his web bio, Jonathan Emile is "A Jamaican Canadian hip-hop recording artist from Montreal, Quebec. He is a rapper, singer, producer, activist and a cancer survivor." Find his music here: www.jonathanemile.com
Phife Dawg (with a verse on this one) passed away in 2016 at the age of 45 before the completion of this album. 'We Got It from Here... ' arrived eight months after his death. Watch the video for "We the People" here: www.youtube.com
IDLES ended their U.S. tour last year with a free performance right here in our Gathering Space. Watch them doing this one live here: www.youtube.com
Sounding like they could be the offspring of Corin Tucker, this Australian trio is releasing their second album 'Far Enough' on March 27th! Find it here: cableties.bandcamp.com
Minutes-old Greg Dulli song! Watch for the new full-length album 'Random Desire' on February 21st. He'll also be at the Showbox on May 23rd with Joseph Arthur, show info here: www.showboxpresents.com
Also on the Say Anything soundtrack, and a song that Paul Westerberg recorded without his fellow Replacements
The softer side of Jimi Hendrix that also makes an appearance on the Singles soundtrack
The debut album from Nashville-based singer/songwriter Devon Gilfillian is out now! Find out more about him here: www.devongilfillian.com
Bowie manager Kenneth Pitt recalled about the recording of this song in his book "Bowie: The Pitt Report" that, "During the break for lunch, freed from the silence imposed on them on the set, people were laughing, chattering and singing about the unconventional hero Major Tom. When David came through a doorway someone said, ‘Well, if it isn’t Major Tom.’”
Actual astronaut, Dr. Stanley Love, will be on The Morning Show on April 20th to talk about what a day in space is actually like!
The new album from Wolf Parade is out now, and you can catch them at the Showbox with Land of Talk on February 11th. Find tickets here: www.showboxpresents.com
This Canadian quartet is coming to Neumos on March 31st! Find show info and tickets here: www.neumos.com
For anyone that just got a buzz, bangs, or bob after a breakup
Happy 31st birthday to New Order's 'Technique,' released on this day in 1989!
Collaboration between two Seattle artists that you can find here: bit.ly
KEXP & Cloudbreak Music Festival Present: Smokey Brights 10 year Anniversary 2024
Friday, Nov 22, 2024
Event Info
Check out our feature on local DJ/producer Rudy Willingham and his album 'Dunk Reactions' here: bit.ly
You might also recognize this one from its inclusion on the 'Clueless' soundtrack from 1995. This has been The Morning Show, we're audi!
Underworld's Karl Hyde and Rick Smith's aim was to release new and previously unreleased music, film, and written stories throughout a full year, on a weekly basis, every Thursday, "and see where the journey took them." They admitted that the episodic idea for the project "grew out of boredom". bit.ly