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Majical Cloudz was a Canadian music group from Montreal consisting of singer-songwriter Devon Welsh, and variously Matthew E. Duffy and Matthew Otto. The group disbanded in March 2016.
'Ghosteen' is a double album and the first album Nick Cave fully wrote after the tragic death of his son in 2015. Cave said, "The songs on the first album are the children, the songs on the second album are their parents. Ghosteen is a migrating spirit.” - bit.ly
“This is a new song about an old frenemy. Not Paul McCartney or Westerberg,” Berninger said of the new track. - bit.ly
Here's The National performing live in the KEXP studio in 2017:
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Black Sheep Boy Appendix is the fourth EP by indie Austin,TX-based band Okkervil River.
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Here's Strand Of Oaks performing live in the KEXP studio in 2017: www.youtube.com
From the second studio album by Philadelphia rock band.
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Featuring members of Okkervil River (Will Sheff) and Kingfisher (Jonathan Meiburg), Shearwater was formed in Austin in 2000. Jet Plane and Oxbow is the ninth LP for the band, and their second on local label Sub Pop. shearwatermusic.com
From the Brooklyn-based band's eighth studio album.
"The songs on OPEN DOOR POLICY are about power, wealth, & mental health. They're about technology, occupation, consumerism, freedom, fandom and escape. And although the album was written and recorded in 2019, the themes of this record seem to be underscored and highlighted by this year of virus and quarantine."
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The sophomore release from this British band. Enjoy Live Video from shame's 2018 KEXP Gathering Space performance: bit.ly.
From the second album ‘Today We’re The Greatest’ by Sydney-based trio Middle Kids:
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tUnE yArDs performed live in the KEXP studio in 2018:
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From the London band's fifth studio album:
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This is the first track on the band's first album, Leisure, released in 1991.
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The female backing vocals on this song are by Juliana Hatfield, who also played bass on the album.-
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Juliana Hatfield'sr 19th studio album, Blood, is out May 14th.
“I think these songs are a reaction to how seriously and negatively a lot of people have been affected by the past four years,” Hatfield says of Blood.
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This is the second single from Phair's seventh studio album, Soberish, her first full-length release in over a decade. "Hey Lou" dropped two years after the first single, "Good Side."
Hey Lou” is an homage to Lou Reed and Laurie Anderson and its accompanying music video stars puppet versions of the iconic artists. Here is the video: youtu.be
Dinosaur Jr have announced their 12th studio album 'Sweep It Into Space' and shared its lead single, 'I Ran Away' featuring Kurt Vile. It's the first new music from the band in almost five years. - bit.ly
Dolly Parton (is) a national treasure.
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I'm getting the first shot of the vaccine today and everything seems lighter. I didn't think I would be able to get it for months until I heard the Veterans Administration was offering it. I checked and I'm eligible! I encourage every veteran to check your eligibility with the VA. You just might be!
-Melissa in Bremerton
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Country star Dolly Parton, 75, sang an adapted version of Jolene before receiving the vaccine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee on Tuesday.
Parton was credited with helping fund the Moderna vaccine after donating $1m to Vanderbilt University Medical Centre.
Dolly Parton donated 1 million dollars to help fund the latest coronavirus vaccine! - bit.ly
Good morning! What great show from Gabriel this morning! Wondered if you could get You and I by Valerie June in the mix today. Still one of my favorite songs of the year so far. Thanks
-Josh in Mount Vernon
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Valerie June performed this song, among others, on Live on KEXP at Home, recorded February 17, 2021:
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A new interview with Bob Dylan on his website reveals that he is a fan of such artists as Irish singer-songwriter Imelda May and Mississippi native Valerie June, as well as Norah Jones, Stereophonics and Amy Winehouse. - bit.ly
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I would love to hear Bob Dylan singing Maggie's Farm today.
Thank you,
Gary
Looks like it's time to play Tom Waits "I Don't Want To Grow Up" F*** Adulting! Thanks, John.
Chad in San Diego
Mornin. Could you spin that Tom Jones Todd Snider cover for a guy who got some great health news yesterday? Also increased my Amplifier donation. Good day.
-Phil
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This song is amazing! I mean, it's Tom Jones so that's not (wait for it...wait for it) unusual.
Ben in South Seattle
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Darryl in San Fran: "(I) have never played Tom Jones so loud."
Vitamin D has been holding down the Northwest since early 1989. This established DJ, Producer & Emcee has opened up for nearly every significant artist that has come through Seattle. - tallhomeyvitamind.bandcamp.com
Debut single from Germany's Winston Brothers. The brainchild of Sebastian Nagel, the feel straddles the line between classic funk and hip-hop oriented drums. Forthcoming LP in 2021. thewinstonbrothers.bandcamp.com
"Mork n Mindy" is a single released by the UK band Sleaford Mods, featuring Billy Nomates on guest vocals.
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Bobby Byrd released "I Know You Got Soul" in 1971, where he sang: "I know you got soul - if you didn't you wouldn't be in here!" This Eric B. & Rakim track borrows the title and samples the main riff. The drumbeat loop came from Funkadelic's "You'll Like It Too."
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Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio—or as it is sometimes referred to, DLO3—specialize in the lost art of “feel good music.” The trio is composed of Delvon Lamarr on keyboards, Jimmy James on guitar, and Dan Weiss on drums. Watch their February 3rd Live at Home on KEXP performance at www.youtube.com
Debut solo album from Aaron Frazer of Durand Jones & The Indications, written by Frazer and Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys. - aaronfrazermusic.com
Tell Mama is the seventh studio album by American singer Etta James. This was a comeback song for Etta James, who hadn't had a hit since 1963 with "Pushover." Along with "At Last," it became one of her signature songs. - bit.ly
British psych-rock provocateur Nancy, known also as Jamie Hall, singer and guitarist in the Brighton noise-pop trio Tigercub, celebrates survival in this anti-suicide anthem, which samples the melody of MGMT’s “Time to Pretend.” - bit.ly
T. Rex were an English rock band, formed in 1967 by singer-songwriter and guitarist Marc Bolan. The band was initially called Tyrannosaurus Rex, and released four psychedelic folk albums under this name. In 1969, Bolan began to change the band's style towards electric rock, and shortened their name to T. Rex the following year.
Our fearless leader, Jessica Finn Coven, is leaving the City of Seattle’s Office of Sustainability and Environment. We’re sad to see her go and so grateful for all her work combatting climate change. One of her favorite days is Int’l Clash Day, and she participated in KEXP’s Int’l Clash Climate Day last year. We’d be so very grateful if you could play Clampdown by the Clash in her honor tomorrow morning. I’d like to record it and then play it during our virtual happy hour send off tomorrow afternoon.
Thank you!
Christine
Corvair is a Portland-based “super duo” comprised of Brian Naubert (Ruston Mire, Tube Top, Pop Sickle, The Service Providers) and Heather Larimer (Eux Autres). www.corvairband.com
This song was written to reassure that everything will be all right with life. Lead singer Isaac Brock had lost two close friends in life and felt he needed to be reassured with the good things in life. "I was just kind of fed up with how bad s--t had been going, and how dark everything was, with bad news coming from everywhere," he told the A.V.Club in 2004. "I just want to feel good for a day." - bit.ly
It's a message we all need to hear and/or say in these tough times: "I Am OK"
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a song that was written by Dan Navarro, the cousin of guitarist Dave Navarro of Jane's Addiction.
Stevie Nicks recalled to The Daily Mail October 16, 2009: "I remember the night I wrote 'Dreams.' I walked in and handed a cassette of the song to Lindsey. It was a rough take, just me singing solo and playing piano. Even though he was mad with me at the time, Lindsey played it and then looked up at me and smiled. What was going on between us was sad. We were couples who couldn't make it through. But, as musicians, we still respected each other - and we got some brilliant songs out of it." - bit.ly
Brandi Carlile covers Tears for Fears in this exclusive recording she released on her Twitter
The famous orchestral riff incorporates a sample from an obscure instrumental version of the 1965 Rolling Stones song "The Last Time." - bit.ly
Happy Wednesday! “This is kind of about you/This is kind of about me/We just kind of lost our way/But we were looking to be free.” This beautiful song is from PJ Harvey's paean to New York City and love, "Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea."
“Favor” features backing vocals from her boygenius bandmates Lucy Dacus and Phoebe Bridgers.
“We sang on ‘Favor’ in Nashville the same day we recorded vocals for ‘Graceland Too’ and a song of mine,” Dacus said in a press statement. “That day had the same atmosphere as when we recorded the boygenius EP.”
Bridgers added, “Julien is one of those people whose opinion you want to hear about everything. A true critical thinker with an ever-changing and ridiculously articulate worldview. Her music changes in the same way, and this record is my favorite thing she’s ever done. I’m sure I’ll think the same about the next one.”