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Tuesday, Sep 1 2020, 7AM
Good morning Seattle, and welcome to the Tuesday edition of The Morning Show. How you holding up today? Reach out to us during the show at dj@kexp.org.
Greg Dulli (Afghan Whigs) and Mark Lanegan (Screaming Trees) take on the singing parts that Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash originally did in this song off of Dylan's 1969 album, 'Nashville Skyline.' // www.youtube.com
Julien Baker joined Frightened Rabbit frontman Scott Hutchison for vocals on this song, and after his death in May 2018 she stated: "Been trying to find the right words but there are none; Frightened Rabbit’s music had a huge impact on my life, and what interaction we had was always marked by such kindness. My heart is broken for this loss and for those who loved and were close to Scott."
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."
Known best for the 1999 hit song "Babylon," this one from the English singer is the opening track from his debut album, 'A Century Ends,' released in 1993.
Recorded with Bon Iver and Big Thief producer Andrew Sarlo, Courtney Marie Andrews vulnerable new album 'Old Flowers' is out now here: courtneymarieandrews.bandcamp.com
A recently unearthed Oasis song that Noel Gallagher thought was lost forever until he started digging through a pile of unlabeled CDs during a fit of COVID-19 boredom.
"I'm really missing my husband who passed away in December. I need to sit in the sadness for a moment. Would you please play Shawn Smith's Wrapped in My Memory? Thanks for being there KEXP. I'm proud to be an amplifier!" - Amber in Bainbridge Island, this one's for you.
Foals frontman, Yannis Philippakis, explained to Consequence of Sound about this song: "Our ancestors built up, progressed and built civilizations and they built amazing cities. And now at the point of precipice where we're kind of in a perilous situation in many ways socially and environmentally, they're not around to help. And we're not adults. Sometimes I'm just like, where are all the adults?"
Watch Amen Dunes (the stage name for Damon McMahon) performing live on The Morning Show in 2018 here: www.youtube.com
Request for Kevin in Beacon Hill!
Michael Kiwanuka spoke with KEXP earlier this year about his new album 'Kiwanuka' and you can check it out here: www.kexp.org
Three requests for this one this morning!
In a statement about this single, frontman Ian Devaney noted: “September Again is about struggling with the feeling that with each passing year you’re only becoming a worse version of yourself—less capable of wonder or grand ambition, less sure of your footing in your own life."
Found on the first new album in 29 years from The Psychedelic Furs. Find a copy here: thepsychedelicfurs.com
Lo Tom is David Bazan (Pedro the Lion), Trey Many (Velour 100, Starflyer 59, His Name is Alive), Jason Martin (Starflyer 59, Bon Voyage), and TW Walsh (Pedro the Lion, The Soft Drugs). They've been friends for 20 years, and say about this new track, "... it’s about not being able to hear yourself. Please enjoy."
Look for their second album to arrive on September 11th: lotomlotom.bandcamp.com
Produced by Brian Eno, and recorded at Slane Castle, which feels like a very U2 thing to do. www.slanecastle.ie
Request for Eric, who also added this note: "My wife and I saw We Are Augustines back when they were called that in Cambridge MA. It was one of the best shows I have seen in a long time. At the end of the show when people started leaving, maybe 50 people stayed behind. I felt like the show was not over so we hung out. After about 10 mins the band came out and sang acoustic. No electricity. The crowd had to keep quiet and listen as the singer sang with all his might. And of course we all sang along. Still gives me a happy feeling when I think of the connection with the artists. I was proud to be part of it."
Happy 50th birthday Roger! Allison wrote us: "Well, Roger is 50 today. While not the epic party we had hoped to ring it in, he is still the same guy I want to wake up with every damn day. He’s kind, smart, funny, and amazingly good looking for his age. And since he’s always been a touch forgetful, he doesn’t mind me repeating stories and laughs every time. Can you play LCD Soundsystem’s Losing My Edge?"
There's a good chance a lot of these have happened during this pandemic. This album is 3 years old today!
Happy 65th birthday to English bass player (and occasional lead vocals) for The Jam, Bruce Foxton, born on this day in 1955!
The Pixies meet synthesizers with this cover from Brooklyn's Nation of Language. Here's your link! nationoflanguage.bandcamp.com
SPICE is an L.A. band made up of Jake Casarotti and Ross Farrar of Ceremony, and members of Creative Adult and Sabertooth Zombie. Check them out here: spiceispain.bandcamp.com
Boss Hog dropped in to the KEXP studio back in 2016, watch the full performance here: www.youtube.com
The New Zealand band was live on KEXP from home with Troy Nelson back in July! Video is still up here: www.youtube.com
New single from the Nashville-based singer/songwriter. She notes that this song “is a prayer, an affirmation, and a battle cry all at once. It is a promise to engage in the kind of ‘good trouble’ John Lewis understood is necessary to form a more perfect union.” Support her work here: www.adiavictoria.com
Watch Kacey Musgraves performing this one live on SNL in 2018 here: www.youtube.com
Jim James told Rolling Stone that releasing the scrapped second half of 2015's 'The Waterfall' album came while he was taking a walk in Louisville during quarantine this year. One of the songs popped into his headphones, "And then I remembered, ‘Oh, sh*t, we still have whole second half of we never have released, and maybe this will be a great way to connect again with our listeners and kind of connect with ourselves as a band again.”
The final single released off of The Police's debut album from 1978, 'Outlandos d'Amour.' Watch the video for "So Lonely" here: www.youtube.com
The long-running reggae band covering the classic song off Bob Marley's 'Exodus' album from 1978.
Can be found on Black Thought's forthcoming new solo album, 'Streams of Thought Vol. 3: Cane & Able,' out on September 18th. The Roots member noted to Variety about this collab: "On any given day, the space that I occupy in the world is somewhere between a Killer Mike and a Pusha T, between an activist and a street hero, a man of the people and a man of the streets — that’s my origin story. I feel like both of their energies represent my own creative bipolarity.”
A member of the Rhymesayers hip hop collective, this one is found on Brother Ali's fifth album, 'Mourning in America.'
Congressmen in Washington
Receive their brief n' brew
While lead it fills the pipe lines
In a Detroit county school
Watch Durand Jones & The Indications performing this one live at KEXP in 2019 here: www.youtube.com
We're still 20 days away from the 21st of September, which is officially Earth, Wind & Fire Day in L.A.: edition.cnn.com
Happy 34th birthday today to Morning Show friend, Michael Lerner of Telekinesis! Here he is performing this one in West Seattle at our Hood to Hood Day in 2015: www.youtube.com
"Carousels" is the lead single off the first new album in 11 years from Doves. Expect to see 'The Universal Want' on September 11th here: dovesofficial.com
Featuring Tanya Donelly from Throwing Muses, Breeders, and Belly on vocals for this one.
Can be found on Cartalk's forthcoming debut album, 'Pass Like Pollen,' out on October 2nd. Watch the L.A.-based artist performing this song live on The Morning Show earlier this year here: www.youtube.com
Sharon Van Etten guest stars on this new single from local band Deep Sea Diver's upcoming third album, 'Impossible Weight.' Seattle's Neptune Theatre also makes an appearance in this video: www.youtube.com
Happy 33rd anniversary to R.E.M.'s 'Document' album, released on this day in 1987!
This has been The Morning Show! We'll see you all again at 7:00 AM tomorrow. Take care of yourselves out there, friends. Eva Walker is up next to take you through The Midday Show!
Get this new album from Seattle band Spesh here: spesh.bandcamp.com