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Dylan Revisited is a new compilation that comes packaged with the June 2021 issue of Uncut. It features covers of Bob Dylan songs by the Flaming Lips, Weyes Blood, the Weather Station, Thurston Moore, Richard Thompson, and many others including Low’s amazing cover of “Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door.”
The last Low album was 2018’s Double Negative. The band recently revealed that a new album had been mastered and was expected to arrive in September.
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Swedish sister duo First Aid Kit released "Who By Fire: A Live Tribute to Leonard Cohen" on March 26th, 2021. The 20-track recording was performed across two nights at the Royal Dramatic Theater in Stockholm in March of 2017 as a theatrical staging of Leonard Cohen’s songs, poems, and letters.
The duo said in a statement: “We recently listened back to this concert and realized that this was something out of the ordinary for us. It was a challenge to create a performance that wasn’t centered around First Aid Kit songs. It was something we’d never done before, but everything came together so well. Dwelling deeply into Cohen’s world was a pleasure, he was so prolific as both a poet and a songwriter, and everything he ever put out held a very strong standard. He cared immensely for his work."
The Highwomen are made up of Brandi Carlile, Natalie Hemby, Maren Morris and Amanda Shires. On this live version of the Fleetwood Mac cover, they are backed by Jason Isbell and brothers Phil and Tim Hanseroth on acoustic guitars. Don't miss Shires' soaring fiddle accompaniment to this song: www.youtube.com
Watch Brandi Carlile with Soundgarden guitarist Kim Thayil, bassist Ben Shepherd and drummer Matt Cameron (and Peter Frampton on guitar) as part of a Chris Cornell Tribute Concert in 2019: bit.ly
A forthcoming EP featuring three new orchestral remix of tracks from the artist's 2020 debut 'Giver Taker'.
Composer Daniel Hart wrote the new string arrangements for 'Reunion'.
Anjimile shared in a statement.
“When Daniel sent me his arrangements, they knocked me on my ass. "
Gabriel talked to the artist on a recent Live at Home session - check it out on our YouTube channel:
youtu.be
“Hear My Voice” concludes the Aaron Sorkin film about the controversial 1969 court case involving Tom Hayden (Eddie Redmayne), Abbie Hoffman (Sacha Baron Cohen) and other protestors caught up in the riots at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
Watch video of this performance where Chris Cornell (Soundgarden) stepped in for Layne Staley's (Alice in Chains, Mad Season) vocals here: www.youtube.com
On January 17th, 2009, elbow played a very special show to an invited audience at the world-famous Abbey Road Studios. Alongside the BBC Concert Orchestra, the band created an orchestral version of ‘The Seldom Seen Kid’, the album that had won them the Mercury Music Prize of 2008.
Thinking back to the show, elbow’s Guy Garvey has fond memories of a recording he now considers “the definitive version of ‘The Seldom Seen Kid’”.
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Villagers (aka Irish musician Conor O’Brien) has announced a new album, Fever Dreams, which will be out on August 20 via Domino.
O’Conor said, with regard to creating Fever Dreams: “I had an urge to write something that was as generous to the listener as it was to myself. Sometimes the most delirious states can produce the most ecstatic, euphoric and escapist dreams.”
This song was inspired by a comment in the studio about Yoshimi P-we, the drummer of Japanese band The Boredoms (who appears on this album) and how her abstract singing sounded a bit machine-like.
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If you have not see The Flaming Lips live, or if you have and you want to re-live it, check out this dreamy live performance of "Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots" at the Beale Street Music Festival in Memphis, Tennessee:
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The band's James Moginie has said that this song "...was inspired by a TV show I saw about NASA astronauts who have gone into space looked back down on earth. You can see the outline of the continents, the rivers, the weather patterns and of course you see the stains, the oil spills in the gulf or whatever else is wrong." #noplanetB
A resident of Topanga Canyon for many years, Tim Booth wrote the lyrics of "Beautiful Beaches" in response to climate change migrations and the subsequent increasingly regular Californian fires bringing devastation to his community. It was inspired by a friend who lost his 'fire proof' home and had to flee for his life to the beaches and a recurring vision Tim had last year of earthquakes and fires in California - a vision which resulted in his family packing up and leaving the Canyon. 'That life we left behind, we're racing down to those beautiful beaches'.
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Written by The Clockworks' James McGregor prior to the first COVID lockdown, “Feels So Real” reflects life before the pandemic and a hopeful forecast of a returned normalcy.
Legendary UK label 4AD is celebrating their 40th anniversary (which was technically last year) with "Bills & Aches & Blues," a new compilation album in which current artists on the label cover songs by other artists on the label, which is out now. One recent single from the compilation is this tUnE-yArDs cover of The Breeders’ “Cannonball.”
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No points for guessing the sample of "Cannonball" by The Breeders. Shad also pulled bits of "Top Billin'" by Audio Two and "La Di Da Di" by Doug E. Fresh and Slick Rick
Canadian alternative hip-hop artist and broadcaster Shad released his latest single, “Out of Touch” (ft. pHoenix Pagliacci). “‘Out of Touch’ is basically the thesis statement for this upcoming collection,” Shad explains in a statement. “It’s about how our individual sense of wholeness can’t be disentangled from our collective well-being. It’s about the idea that we belong to each other.”
Around the World in a Day is 36 years old today.
It was Prince and the Revolution's second number-one album on the Billboard 200. Two of its four singles reached the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100: "Raspberry Beret" and "Pop Life". Following Prince's death, "Raspberry Beret" re-charted on the Billboard Hot 100 as a top 40 hit, reaching number 33.
Sky's the Limit was The Temptations' fourteenth studio album and was released 50 years ago today.
“’Afrique Victime’ is a message to all of the countries with money and power who come into Africa and kill the leaders who try to empower the people and lead revolutions,” Moctar says. “This pushes the area into danger and instability and emboldens the terrorists, and it’s the people who suffer and have no justice. Africa is innocent. The French use our uranium, but 90% of the people here don’t have electricity. Imagine.” www.stereogum.com
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Mdou Moctar stopped by the KEXP Live Room in July 2018, check out their session here: www.youtube.com
The end of that live version of Daughter just flattens me. I have sung the "It's ok" refrain to myself - and my dogs - several times in the past few weeks, including while waiting in line for my shot last Sunday. Sitting alone in my car, isolated, and extremely anxious, I heard those words and powered through. It's not just the big things, it's all the little things that add up too.
I appreciate you and the KEXP crew.
Jason in Portland
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"It's getting harder and harder to say 'it's okay'" - Eddie Vedder asking for help from the audience during this performance at The Gorge. Don't forget you can ask for help too! For a list of resources, you can go here: www.kexp.org
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See a fan video of this performance here: www.youtube.com
Hands All Over by Soundgarden radicalized me for the environment so seems like a good day to request it.
Richard
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This is an environmental song written by guitarist Kim Thayil (music) and lead singer Chris Cornell (lyric). It's about the abuse of mother nature (blanketing the ocean with oil, the clear cutting of old growth forests). Then the lyrics go on to say, "Put your hands away, your gonna kill your mother," meaning the Earth. --- www.youtube.com
Bachelor is friends Jay Som (Melina Duterte) and Palehound (Ellen Kempner).
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In a statement regarding this song, Kempner explained: “I wrote the lyrics to ‘Stay In the Car’ back in December of 2019 when I was in Florida for my partner’s top surgery. I had run out one afternoon, post op, while he was healing to grab lunch for us and as I was gathering my stuff in the parking lot, a big car pulled up and this absolutely beautiful woman got out. “She was yelling at the man behind the wheel asking him what he wanted from the store and I wished I was that man. I wanted to be a part of her life, her best friend, her driver, whatever she wanted me to be. I was completely mesmerized.”: bit.ly
Throwing Muses gave a terrific performance for KEXP VIP Club members from Seattle's Triple Door in 2014: www.youtube.com
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Read this article in The Guardian: "Cult heroes: Kristin Hersh – the dislocated star of the 80s US indie scene" - www.theguardian.com
Hi John,
I'm celebrating another quarantine birthday - last year I nearly cried at the surprise Zoom party my friends had for me. Thank you for all the music you've played over the last year plus that has given me joy and solace. I'm so glad to have you and KEXP in our community reminding me that I'm not alone.
For a request, can I just list some songs and you choose which fits best with your set? Thanks!
Like a Friend - Pulp
Car - Built to Spill
Perfect Day - Lou Reed
Don't Let's Start - They Might Be Giants
Bone Machine - the Pixies
Suzanne - Weezer
Ryan, Seattle
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Happy birthday Ryan from the Morning Show! Great list of songs to choose from, hard to pick just one...
Released on this day in 1997! It reached number 19 on the Billboard's Heatseekers Albums chart, becoming the first Yo La Tengo album to enter the charts.
In 2003, Rolling Stone magazine ranked the song number 161 on its list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. It noted:
Originally a rootsy Dylan hommage, the song evolved into a proto-punk classic steeped in New York grit. The Velvets mixed R&B rhythm-guitar workout, blues-piano stomp and dreamy art drone, as Reed deadpans a story about scoring $26 worth of heroin in Harlem. "Everything about that song holds true," said Reed, "except the price."
en.wikipedia.org
"Hit" is Björk's attempt to write a love song, but her vision of love is not what you typically find in love songs. Speaking with Melody Maker in 1992, she said: "I tried. I really did. But with a sense of humour. I wanted it to be gross and powerful. Because it's contrary to what people think of when they fall in love."
“This is one of the songs we wrote thinking that we would play it live,” lead singer Ellie Rowsell said in a press release. “I miss that feeling of singing on stage. It’s like screaming into a pillow or something — you can get away with being more nasty. There’s a whole other part of me missing.”
Preorder Blue Weekend here: wolfalice.co.uk
"Working Men's Club is about the music, the vibe, and that feeling, forcing you to move. Anyone can join" - workingmensclub.bandcamp.com
pronoun aka Alyse Vellturo shares regarding the track: “’I WANNA DIE BUT I CAN’T (CUZ I GOTTA KEEP LIVING)’ is about the uncomfortable feeling that everyone around you is growing into their own lives while I feel like nothing’s changing within myself. It’s the uncomfortable feeling of not wanting to be on this planet but knowing I really have to put in effort and figure out how to make life work for me. It’s about the uncomfortable but at the same time comforting feeling that others feel the same. It’s literally a hard look in the mirror, by myself, in a bathroom, asking myself what the hell is up. I’m talking to myself throughout the entire thing, but these days who isn’t.”
musicpronoun.bandcamp.com
New local music! You can preorder here: shinemusicseattle.bandcamp.com
and there is also limited vinyl...
"Mountain Song" was the first song written by the band in 1985, before a band name had even been decided upon.
Opening track from Public Enemy's fourth album 'Apocalypse 91… The Enemy Strikes Black.' Includes a sample from A Tribe Called Quest's "Can I Kick It?"
After getting hit with a great deal of negative publicity back home in London, The Sex Pistols felt like they had been trapped in a prison camp environment, so they decamped to the Channel Island of Jersey. The group was so notorious, they couldn't find a place to stay. Steve Jones and Paul Cook returned to England, but John Lydon and Sid Vicious continued on to Berlin, where they spent two weeks. The lyric was inspired by this trip, including their views over the Berlin Wall into communist East Berlin.
Kae Tempest performed "Perfect Coffee" live in the KEXP Studio in 2017. Watch their full session here: youtu.be.
Kae Tempest performed "Perfect Coffee" live in the KEXP Studio in 2017. Watch their full session here: youtu.be.
Debbie Harry gives a shout out to Fab Five Freddy and Grandmaster Flash on this song. "Rapture" by Blondie was the first song with a rap to go No. 1, spending two weeks at No. 1 on the Hot 100.
During an interview with NME, St. Vincent said she wanted to create a 70’s inspired record that is "all about groove, feel and performance". She explained, "There's something interesting about what the early '70s were, and the parallels between then and now – even socially.” The song was written and produced by St. Vincent and Jack Antonoff for her newest and sixth studio album.
Check out the music video: youtu.be
Bowie described this Eddie Cochran-inspired single in a 1987 interview as "a piece of sexist rock 'n roll. [laughs] It's about picking up birds. It's not very cerebral, that piece." - bit.ly