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Monday, Aug 3 2020, 7AM
Good morning Seattle, and welcome to the Monday edition of The Morning Show. How are you feeling today? Reach out to us during the show at dj@kexp.org.
The new album from Angel Olsen, 'Whole New Mess' is coming on August 28th: angelolsen.ffm.to
Watch Jimi Hendrix performing this one live in Stockholm, Sweden in 1967 here: www.youtube.com
Ben Harper dropped in to the KEXP studio back in 2016, you can watch his full performance here: www.youtube.com
"My songs were being 'synced' to things like the James Baldwin documentary I Am Not Your Negro. I started to learn more about Baldwin's life and artistry, and also really got into the work of Gordon Parks - his movies but also his photography around the Civil Rights Movement, his portraits of poor black families in the south. And when I started reading up on Fred Hampton of the Black Panthers, it helped unlock the lyrics to 'Hero,' which I'd be done a year earlier but couldn't get any further than the chorus. But thinking about Fred and the movement, the lyrics just poured out of me." - Michael Kiwanuka in an interview to Mojo magazine
As part of the Newport Folk Festival's virtual show this past weekend, Phoebe Bridgers and Courtney Barnett took part in a remote duet covering Gillian Welch's "Everything Is Free” from her 2001 album 'Time (The Revelator).' Watch video of it here: www.youtube.com
The super trio of Phoebe Bridgers, Lucy Dacus, and Julien Baker performed this cover of The Chicks classic for KEXP live in 2018. See the whole thing here: www.youtube.com
The Dixie Chicks have dropped the Dixie out of their name, and 'Gaslighter,' their first new album in fourteen years: thechicks.com
The second single released off the only studio album from Jeff Buckley. He passed away tragically of an accidental drowning in 1997.
The second album from the Finnish band, 'ÖB' will be out in October, arriving a decade after they debuted with 2008's self-titled effort.
Cover art for this third album from the English band was created by Sandy Skoglund, and is titled, "Revenge of the Goldfish."
The first new album in eleven years from Doves is due to arrive on September 11th. Find pre-order info for their fifth LP, 'The Universal Want' here: dovesofficial.com
Brand new version of an old Bill Callahan song that originally appears on Smog's 1999 'Knock Knock' album. Callahan's new album 'Gold Record' will be out on September 4th: billcallahan.bandcamp.com
'Waterfall II,' is the second half of the album My Morning Jacket released in 2015. Get it here: mmorningjacket.bandcamp.com
This album from Arcade Fire turned ten years old yesterday. Check out Stereogum's in-depth reflection of it here: www.stereogum.com
Request for David in West Seattle! Here's Ride performing this one live for KEXP in 2017: www.youtube.com
That was a test of the Emergency Broadcast System. If that had been an actual emergency, you would have received a message to scream into a pillow over the catastrophe that is 2020...
Watch the Seattle band's video for this 1995 single here: www.youtube.com
Recent Lawn in the Morning performer Chong the Nomad guest stars on this track from BIIANCO. Watch the video the pair wrote and produced for the song here: www.youtube.com
Found on the fourth LP from Portland dream theme creators, Chromatics: italiansdoitbetter.com
The first album in eleven years from Norwegian singer Annie is set to release on October 16th. 'Dark Hearts' will be her third album.
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Happy 49th birthday to DJ, rapper, producer and Salt-N-Pepa member, Deidra Roper (aka DJ Spinderella), born on this day in 1971!
Happy 33rd anniversary to "Pump Up the Volume," which was 4AD Records first single to hit # 1 in the UK.
"I Know You Got Soul" was a prominent sample from our previous song, MARRS "Pump Up the Volume."
Another one that was featured in MARRS "Pump Up the Volume" which turns 33 years old today!
More MARRS "Pump Up the Volume" action! This one comes The Bar-Kays, a Memphis group that formed in 1966.
FUNKY FRESH FOR 1983. Or 2020. Or any year, really.
Arthur Baker is the mastermind behind this song. He produced Afrika Bambaataa and the Soul Sonic Force's "Planet Rock" single, produced and co-wrote "Confusion" and "Thieves Like Us" by New Order, and with Little Steven Van Zandt organized and produced the anti-apartheid anthem "Sun City" by Artists United Against Apartheid.
Funk band that took its name from founder Larry Graham (of Sly and The Family Stone), and NYC's Grand Central Station.
Request for Justine who wrote in: "Good morning from Wyoming! I was going to tell you something funny, but it evaporated out of my head. How would you feel about playing Starfish and Coffee. I've adopted purple as my campaign color. It's in my hair, I have a purple dress to wear to tomorrow night's candidate forum. KEXP is my morning soundtrack as I write and my sweet 18 year old - and first time voter- works on a coloring page for me to hand out tomorrow."
Proceeds from the sale of this single will support Black-owned small businesses in need through Beyonce's BeyGOOD initiative: www.beyonce.com
Find this third album from the mysterious SAULT here: saultglobal.bandcamp.com
According to the Foo Fighters Dave Grohl, this one is not about a particular person. It's an ode to the ordinary, everyday heroes that aren't necessarily famous.
"Ship" is the title track to a new Notwist EP, their first new music since 2014: www.stereogum.com
Hinds stated about this recent Clash cover: "As Spaniards, we don’t usually get shout-outs in songs, like New York or London, so the Clash writing a song about our civil war made us feel honored. We recorded it during our last day in the studio, pretty much live, while recording our third album.”
This has been The Morning Show! We'll see you all again tomorrow at 7AM! Take care, friends.