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Wednesday, Jul 29 2020, 7AM
Good morning Seattle, and welcome to the Wednesday edition of The Morning Show at our new start time of 7:00 AM. Are you holding up okay this week? Reach out to us during the show at dj@kexp.org
Happy 58th birthday to DJ Krush (born Hideaki Ishi, or 石 英明 Ishi Hideaki), record producer and DJ born on this day in 1962.
The third single from BRONSON, the new collaborative project of local duo ODESZA and producer Golden Features. Their debut full-length album will be out on August 7th: preorder.wearebronson.com
Vocals performed by Canadian singer-songwriter Patrick Watson on this haunting ballad from The Cinematic Orchestra's 2007 album, 'Ma Fleur.'
Recorded sometime between 1995-1996 by Jeff Buckley and the Cocteau Twins Elizabeth Fraser. It would not be finished before Buckley's tragic death in 1997. She told the Guardian in 2009 that while recording Massive Attack's "Teardrop" - "I'd got letters out and I was thinking about him. That song's kind of about him – that's how it feels to me anyway."
Eric Burton of Black Pumas: "To me, "Fast Car" is a song of hope, dreams and a relentless heart to go somewhere and be someone. I learned the song when I first began to busk and of the covers that I knew, it garnered the most attention from the random passerby."
Find this Tracy Champman cover here: blackpumas.bandcamp.com
This new album from Canadian band Elliott BROOD is out September 18th. Find pre-order info for 'Keeper' here: www.elliottbrood.com
Watch the official video for this classic song by The Shins: www.youtube.com
The Minneapolis band's new album 'XOXO' is out now here: www.jayhawksofficial.com
Stevie Nicks noted in a Rolling Stone list that contained this classic break-up anthem: "I very much resented him telling the world that 'packing up, shacking up' with different men was all I wanted to do."
Find this new album of covers from Gillian Welch and David Rawlings here: gillianwelch.bandcamp.com
Fifth LP from the Boise band, recorded locally, and released in 2001
This new one from Roy Ayers, dubbed "The Godfather of Neo Soul," can be found here: royayers.bandcamp.com
This new one from Seattle's Terror/Cactus is out now: terrorcactus.bandcamp.com
Found on the debut album from Seattle MC Gifted Gab and San Francisco-bred Blimes Brixton. They 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
Happy 43rd birthday to musician, songwriter and record producer, Danger Mouse (Brian Joseph Burton), born on this day in 1977.
Find videos, merch, music, and a whole lot more from Run the Jewels here: runthejewels.com
You can see our review of this 2015 release from Kendrick Lamar here: www.kexp.org
This song lists the names of various African-Americans who died as a result of encounters with law enforcement and/or racial violence:
Walter Scott
Jerame Reid
Phillip White
Eric Garner
Trayvon Martin
Sean Bell
Freddie Gray
Aiyana Jones
Sandra Bland
Kimani Gray
John Crawford
Michael Brown
Miriam Carey
Sharonda Singleton
Emmett Till
Tommy Yancy
Jordan Baker
Amadou Diallo
Note that this song is from 2015, so many more names would need to be added by this point.
Features a sample from Gloria Barnes 1971 song "Home," which can be found on her only album, 'Uptown'
The mysterious SAULT has given us three excellent full-length albums in only just over a year's time. Get them all here: saultglobal.bandcamp.com
Happy 24th anniversary to Hooverphonic's debut album 'A New Stereophonic Sound Spectacular,' released in their home country of Belgium on this day in 1996. (The U.S. would see it on April 15th, 1997)
Happy 23rd anniversary to Catherine Wheel's fourth album, 'Adam and Eve,' released on this day in 1997
And also in 1997, local band Harvey Danger released their debut LP 'Where Have All the Merrymakers Gone?' on this day 23 years ago.
www.thestranger.com
Four-piece band based out of Buffalo, NY that you can find here: previousloveny.bandcamp.com
Hum originally disbanded in 2000, but then surprised everyone with this release two decades later. (Their last LP was 1997's 'Downward is Heavenward') Find them here: humband.bandcamp.com
New single off of Death Valley Girls third LP, 'Under the Spell Of Joy,' which will be out October 2nd on local label Suicide Squeeze: deathvalleygirls.bandcamp.com
The third single released from Fontaines D.C. second album, 'A Hero’s Death' which will be here this Friday, July 31st: fontainesdc.bandcamp.com
A sample in this one from our previous song, The Who's "Baba O'Riley"
You can dive into the wormhole that is our International Clash Day features here: www.kexp.org
Straight from the band's web bio: "From behind the Hammond B3, clad in flamboyant outfits from rompers to rainbow jackets and silly hats, bayou-born installation performance artist Michael Zabrek leads Proud and Nasty with the ruthless intensity of James Brown juxtaposed with the clownish hijinks of Andy Kaufman."
Find them here: proudandnasty.godaddysites.com
This lost, and then found, 1968 live album from Thelonious Monk was supposed to have a beautiful vinyl edition coming this Friday, but is on hold for release right now!
Read more here: www.almanacnews.com
Here's Fugazi playing this song live at the Wilson Center in DC on December 29, 1988: www.youtube.com
Formed in 2018, the self-titled debut album from L.A. band SPICE is out now here: spiceispain.bandcamp.com
English band that was active between 1985–1992, and originally called themselves the Sherbert Monsters
New from Seattle's Left at London, and features guest vocals from Pacific Northwest rapper Nobi. Proceeds from this single will be donated to the National Police Accountability Project. Find out more here: www.kexp.org
Nice note from David with this request: "I listen to KEXP all day at work and any time I’m in my truck. This may sound a bit strange, but I almost feel like I know are you guys at the station. I love listening to the diverse playlist you guys put out every day. Thank you for your positivity. Could you please play Citizen Cope‘s cover of Karma Police? Thank you so much for ALL the staff it takes to keep KEXP up and running."
Sample from Radiohead's "Planet Telex" in this one. Watch the video for "Letter From God to Man" here: www.youtube.com
Thom Yorke of Radiohead premiered a new song while making an appearance on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon in April. It's called "Plasticine Figures" and you can watch it here: www.youtube.com
This has been The Morning Show! We'll see you all again at our new start time of 7:00 AM tomorrow. Take care of yourselves in the meantime, friends.
Find our new programming schedule here: www.kexp.org
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