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Tuesday, Jul 28 2020, 7AM
Good morning Seattle, and welcome to the Tuesday edition of The Morning Show, and it's new start time of 7:00 AM! How are you? Reach out to us during the show at dj@kexp.org.
Watch the Australian band performing this one live on The Morning Show in 2019 here: www.youtube.com
New from the Galway-based Irish band. They stated about this one: "Art and articles in the past would talk about 2020 and expect us to be driving flying cars in houses that clean themselves where nobody has to work. In reality we’re driving third hand Fiat Punto’s to 9-5’s that barely pay the rent. I guess the point is that the lifestyle may change but a lot of the problems are the same."
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Watch a tour documentary from Cold War Kids (recorded shortly before COVID-19 stopped all tours) here: faroutmagazine.co.uk
Happy 3rd anniversary to 'Everything Now,' the fifth album from Arcade Fire, released on this day in 2017
New from Arcade Fire member (and brother of the other Butler in Arcade Fire) Will Butler. This second solo album is set to release on September 25th: smarturl.it
Opening track to the debut album from the Hershey, Pennsylvania band, released in 1989.
“I originally imagined the chorus being sung by the Earth, or some other omniscient entity, to humans, like a loving parent to a wayward teenager – not angry, just disappointed."
This new single from the Melbourne artist can be found here: jesslocke.bandcamp.com
The first of only two albums we got from the Brit-pop band that formed in 1992.
Wire came to play at KEXP in 2017, watch their full performance here: www.youtube.com
Happy 72nd birthday to singer-songwriter, guitarist, director and member of Devo, Gerald Casale, born on this day in 1948!
Doves have recently announced their first new album in 11 years! 'The Universal Want’ will be out on September 11th. Vocalist Jimi Goodwin told NME, “We find ourselves in the middle of such strange world events. It’s still exciting to be releasing music, because I’m dead proud of what we’ve managed to pull together after 11 years."
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Here's the official video for this Tuesday theme song: www.youtube.com
A sample of the 1982 Sister Nancy song “Bam Bam” in this 2020 single from Gabriella Wilson, better known as H.E.R. Find more of her work here: everythingrevealed.her-official.com
Jamaican duo Althea Rose Forrest and Donna Marie Reid were only teenagers when they released 'Uptown Top Ranking' in 1978, their first album.
It's been eight years since the L.A. duo last released a full-length album, but their new one, 'Miles' is out now: bluandexile.bandcamp.com
Dinner Party is Robert Glasper, Terrace Martin, Kamasi Washington, and 9th Wonder. Their self-titled debut album is out now: dinnerparty.lnk.to
New single from the band that hails from Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Watch them performing live at KEXP in 2018 here: www.youtube.com
Check out our recap of when De La Soul played Sasquatch Fest (R.I.P.) in 2014 here: www.kexp.org
"I’m loving the new line up, well done KEXP!! Always agile. It was fantastic hearing Riz last night (and it wasn’t too late)
I have a special birthday request if you have the time. Today is my love’s Andy’s 50th birthday. We are separated due to Covid. He is in Phoenix and I am in Detroit. It’s a total bummer but at least we are celebrating birthdays. So in the spirit of Kasey Kasem, I’d like to long distance dedicate Happy Birthday by Altered Images. It’s a fun song and a beautiful day for a wonderful man who makes me happy every day." - Kathleen
New single from Future Islands! We're still waiting to hear on an LP announcement from the Baltimore band, but watch this space: www.future-islands.com
New from the Buffalo band, find their work here: previousloveny.bandcamp.com
Formed in 2018, the self-titled debut album from L.A. band SPICE is out now here: spiceispain.bandcamp.com
The second single from Bob Mould's new album 'Blue Hearts,' which will be out on September 25th. Find all the pre-order links you need for it right here: smarturl.it
Watch School of Seven Bells performing this one live at KEXP in 2009 here: www.youtube.com
The Avalanches have released this new single in advance of their third album, which doesn't have a release date yet. Find their latest tracks here: www.theavalanches.com
A reflection of police brutality in this one that was written and sung by Clash bassist Paul Simonon.
Keep yourself entertained during quarantine with four different coloring/activity books from Run the Jewels that you can download for free here: runthejewels.com
24 years after the release of this one, the Beastie Boys admitted in their new book that it's about a sound engineer: “We were totally indecisive about what, when, why and how to complete songs. Mario [Caldato Jr.] was getting frustrated. That’s a really calm way of saying that he would blow a fuse and get pissed off at us and scream that we just needed to finish something, anything, a song."
IDLES have created a virtual quiz show pitting their rhythm section against other bands. First up, it's IDLES vs The National: www.youtube.com
"This song is an assertion of a voice, a cry of independence. As the lyrics state, I ‘spent a few years in tears, but now I’m steel’. It’s a song about the role of words in constructing the self. We create ourselves like books, and I’m ready to tell a different story.”
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Opening track off the third album from the eerie shoegaze band Cranes, released in 1994
Concrete Blonde's Johnette Napolitano opens up this one from the side project of Talking Heads members Jerry Harrison, Tina Weymouth, and Chris Frantz
More from the new collaborative project between ODESZA and Golden Features. Full length here August 7th: preorder.wearebronson.com
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Happy 3rd anniversary to 'Everything Now,' the fifth album from Arcade Fire, released on this day in 2017
The fourth LP from this NYC band (and their first in over a decade) is set to arrive on August 21st. Look for 'Awake in the Brain Chamber' here: secretmachines.bandcamp.com
Electrafixion was a brief side project from Echo & the Bunnymen members Ian McCulloch and Will Sergeant. They released only one LP, 1995's 'Burned'
Bad Moves is a four-piece from the other Washington, (D.C.) and you can get their new album 'Untenable' here now: badmoves.bandcamp.com
Jehnny Beth, born Camille Berthomier, is a French artist who is best known as the frontwoman of the band Savages. She says of her acclaimed debut solo album: "I’ve worked really hard in the face of many adversities, but this is far more than an album release to me, it’s my own investment into myself, the proof that I was right to believe I could do it.": www.facebook.com