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Thursday, Mar 5 2020, 6AM
Mercury Rev cover by Matt Berninger of The National for this album that benefits Planned Parenthood. He told Rolling Stone about this track - “I found myself wasting a lot of time and energy worrying about all the threats to the world and to my kid’s rights. Finally, I just turned everything off and tried to chill. I started listening to a lot of old favorite records and re-reading books. All my energy and optimism came back and I started recording a lot. So many people I know are having this experience and doing their best work right now. Instead of watching everything being destroyed, why not have fun and create things that can fight back?” // bit.ly
The latest single from the German duo. Keep an eye on upcoming tour dates and releases here: www.facebook.com
"Sober and reassuring, the piano and strings are 6 a.m. coffee for a narrator who’s been through a long night and knows there are many more to come. Why don’t they throw parades for noble strivers who work hard and always come up short? They’d have to close the streets every day." - Read the rest of Billboard's track-by-track review of this album here: bit.ly
The stage name for Canadian singer Ladan Hussein. "The next time I record music, I’ll use my own name instead of Cold Specks. Because I finally feel like myself again." - Read about how she got through her diagnosis of schizophrenia in 2018 here: torontolife.com
People like to speculate who Baby Blue is (if anyone) but Dylan, as always, has remained mysterious about the subject
Hank Williams Sr., Johnny Russell, and Charley Pride have also all done covers of this Fred Rose-penned tune, which was originally performed by Roy Acuff in 1947
Bonny Light Horseman vocalist, Anaïs Mitchell, is also a Tony Award winner for Best Original Score for her play "Hadestown," a musical based off one of her own albums
Watch the local legend's performance at KEXP in 2018 here: www.youtube.com
Fear is not so far from hate // So if you get the folks to fear // It only takes one small twist // To kick up a gear
New single from Sharon Van Etten that she says is, "about love, patience, and empathy. It’s about making life-changing choices and remaining strong enough to see them through.”
Thom Yorke of Radiohead kicks off vocals for this track from PJ Harvey's Mercury Prize-winning fifth album, released in 2000
A lot of 'OK Computer' was recorded at St Catherine's Court, a historic mansion owned by actress Jane Seymour. This particular track was captured in the library, according to guitarist Ed O'Brien
They'll be at the Showbox on April 30th, find tickets here: www.showboxpresents.com
Brooklyn duo's take on the Pixies classic from 'Doolittle' // bit.ly
A much more chill version of the song that originally appears on 1989's 'Doolittle'
Happy 13th birthday to Arcade Fire's second album, 'Neon Bible,' released on this day in 2007!
Will there be another race to come along and take over for us? // Maybe Martians could do better than we've done...
Beauty of a track from the collaborative EP between Texas artists Leon Bridges and Khruangbin
Townes Van Zandt cover found on the B-side for Kiwanuka's 7" single "You've Got Nothing To Lose"
Found on the debut album from Texas-born singer Townes Van Zandt, released in 1968
"How do you write about the daily absurdities when you can't even wrap your head around them in the first place? I think our response was to focus at the core emotional level. More heart and less cerebral perhaps. Eventually the songs did come, some in mysterious ways. A day-long layover at an exit outside of Gillette, Wyoming resulted in "21st Century USA", the song that for me opened up the floodgates, enabling me to write my portion of the album... " - Read more from Drive-By Truckers Patterson Hood here: www.drivebytruckers.com
Watch Langhorne Slim performing this song live for us in 2018 here: www.youtube.com
This 1981 single from the British ska band was inspired after their 1980 tour during a recession. They told The Guardian: "You travelled from town to town and what was happening was terrible. In Liverpool, all the shops were shuttered up, everything was closing down ... We could actually see it by touring around. You could see that frustration and anger in the audience. In Glasgow, there were these little old ladies on the streets selling all their household goods, their cups and saucers. It was unbelievable. It was clear that something was very, very wrong." // bit.ly
From 1982's 'Madness Presents the Rise & Fall', their fourth album
Here's Blur's adorably dark video for "Coffee & TV" - www.youtube.com
Nation Of Language have a new single out JUST NOW from their forthcoming album titled 'Introduction, Presence.' It's called “Tournament.” The band says the song is about moving to NYC and "coming to terms with your circumstances – some big decision has been made; a path has been chosen – and accepting that things will be much harder than you imagined, but there’s nothing to do but to keep going."
Find more songs from Brooklyn's Nation Of Language here: nationoflanguage.bandcamp.com
“I just happen to like looking at people and wondering what’s up,” says Tunde Adebimpe, frontman for TV on the Radio. “We got some people together, some of whom we ran into on the street while we were shooting, and did that. We asked if they could quietly (or not) go to brighter or darker places inside themselves let us be there with them for a little while. Everyone’s sifting through something, right?" // bit.ly
Read an in-depth look into the making of this iconic song from Freddie Mercury and David Bowie here: bit.ly
One of the many artists you can find at Timber Music Festival this July 16-18 in Carnation, Washington! Get your tickets and more info here: summer.timbermusicfest.com
Amigo the Devil with TK & The Holy Know-Nothings and Rattlesnake Milk
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Here's Spoon live at KEXP from a couple years ago! www.youtube.com
Supergroup alert! Interpol frontman Paul Banks has a new project with Walkmen drummer Matt Barrick, and Josh Kaufman, the multi-instrumentalist best known for his other recent supergroup, Bonny Light Horseman. The new song is called “Bad Feeling” // soundcloud.com
The new two-part album from San Fermin will be out on March 27th! Find news and tour updates here: www.sanferminband.com
This new song from Gordi's Sophie Payten was inspired by the loss of her grandmother, "a great feeder of people." Find Gordi here: www.gordimusic.com
Off the debut album from Pete Yorn. Watch the video for "For Nancy ('Cos It Already Is) here: www.youtube.com
Peruse the Radiohead Public Library here: www.radiohead.com
Okay, we've Google mapped it, and it looks like the closest Fascination Street to KEXP is 17 hours away in Las Vegas. Road trip! Wear black!
Find this new song from the L.A.-based shoegaze band here: filmschoolmusic.bandcamp.com
Opening for Black Marble at Chop Suey on April 9th, get tickets here! www.chopsuey.com
Found on Bowie's sixteenth album, 'Tonight,' released in 1984
Something something something something something something LEONARD BEINSTEIN!
Nick Cave is coming to the WaMu Theater on October 14th with Weyes Blood: bit.ly
The first single off 1983's 'Speaking in Tongues' album
Austra has just announced a new album, due out on May 1st! About this new release, she's stated it "traces a deeply personal journey towards regeneration, dealing with the fallout of toxic relationships, queer shame, and insecurity along the way." Find pre-order info here: bit.ly
A one-off new single from Chromatics that vocalist Ruth Radelet says is, “a song about trying to forget someone you’re still in love with even though they treat you like an object.”
From 'I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got,' which has sold over 2 million copies since its release in 1990
Opening track for the new album from Yves Tumor, due out on April 3rd. Find pre-order info for 'Heaven To A Tortured Mind' here: yves-tumor.bandcamp.com
The debut solo album from Radiohead guitarist Ed O'Brien is set to arrive on April 17th. Here's your info link! www.eobmusic.com
Dry Cleaning is playing Belltown Yacht Club on Tuesday, March 10. bit.ly
Shame's live session here at KEXP from February 2018, including "Concrete": www.youtube.com