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Monday, May 3 2021, 7AM
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So much time had been spent on (this recording) that producer Brian Eno thought it would be best to start from scratch. His idea was to "stage an accident" and have the song's tapes erased to trigger a fresh performance. At one point, Eno had the tapes cued up and ready to be recorded over, but engineer Pat McCarthy returned to the control room, dropped the tray of tea he was carrying and physically restrained Eno.
Keyboardist Tom Cowan commented on this song: "We hope it gets your hips shaking and your foot tapping. I like the idea of the kind of music that you can't help but move to."
The Horrors played a glorious live performance at KEXP in 2018; check it out here: bit.ly
New Order's album, 'Republic,' out on this day in 1993. Check out this exclusive KEXP interview imaginary Morning Show producer Owen Murphy did with New Order's Bernard Sumner last year: bit.ly
Happy birthday to Michael Kiwanuka, born on this day in 1987. Michael will be performing in the online live stream for Glastonbury Festival, May 22nd. glastonburylivestream.seetickets.com
Jose Gonzalez has announced his first album in six year. In a multi-tracked, reverbed voice, González harmonizes with himself over the sound of a guitar, and the track also features birdsong and other nature sounds. To read more or watch the accompanying video, go here...
www.stereogum.com
Lightning Bug is a NY project fronted by Audrey Kang whose parents are Taiwanese immigrants. She told WHRB that "...there's a loneliness and a courage to being an immigrant. I think there's a loneliness to Lightning Bug's music, and hopefully there's a courage, too. Support the band here: lightning-bug.bandcamp.com
Learn more about how KEXP is pushing boundaries while centering Asian and Pasifika voices locally and nationally in conversation with the Asian and Pasifika diaspora. www.kexp.org
Brand new track from Warpaint. It appears in the new HBO show 'Made For Love.' The band’s last album was 2016’s Heads Up. www.undertheradarmag.com
Due for release in May, ‘Blackest Blue’ will be the band's 10th studio album in a discography that spans three decades. 2020 saw Morcheeba unable to tour or perform live, which gave Skye Edwards & Ross Godfrey “time to write songs and really get to hone them,” as Godfrey puts it. “There weren’t so many pressures so we could really take our time getting the songs right,” adds Edwards. morcheeba.bandcamp.com
PJ Harvey is continuing her vinyl reissue series with a new edition of 2007’s White Chalk, out June 25. That same day, Harvey will also release White Chalk – Demos. pjharvey.lnk.to
Sam Beam has announced an unearthed Iron & Wine album. Archive Series Volume No.5: Tallahassee, which arrives May 7 via Sub Pop, was recorded in the late ’90s, dating back before his debut LP, The Creek Drank the Cradle. ourculturemag.com
Cover of the 1988 hit song from When in Rome that appears on Simpson's second album 'Metamodern Sounds in Country Music'
And when you're in doubt
And when you're in danger
Take a look all around
And I'll be there
released on this day in 1988
Bachelor is Jay Som and Palehound. Their debut album ‘Doomin’ Sun’ will be out on the 28th of May.
www.polyvinylrecords.com
Since its release, "A Forest" has become the most played Cure song, with over 1,000 live appearances. The sound of Smith's guitar was a departure from that prevalent in the 1970s.
Mike Hedges favored the use of flanging at the time, and he estimated that there were seven flanger devices used on "A Forest. "
Mike Cameron: "I don't know you very well, you know, but I wanted to ask you - how'd you get Diane Court to go out with you?"
Lloyd Dobler: "I called her up."
Mike Cameron: "But how come it worked? I mean, like, what are you?"
Lloyd Dobler: "I'm Lloyd Dobler."
Mike Cameron: "This is great. This gives me hope. Thanks."
From 1989's "Say Anything" // www.youtube.com
This ’90s lo-fi legend from Sebadoh, Dinosaur Jr., and Folk Implosion has just released a new 7″, a one-time pressing limited to 500 hand-numbered copies. Both songs, “Love Intervene” and “Don’t Like Changes,” were recorded with a full band.
loubarlow.bandcamp.com
A request from Parker on Mercer Island!
Charles Thompson IV is best known for his work with the Pixies, performing under the stage name Black Francis -- as well as his solo career under the name Frank Black.
His family moved to Westport, Massachusetts just before his senior year of high school -- and he received the "Teenage of the Year" award that year, giving the title for this solo album
Toronto's Ducks Ltd. were formerly known as Ducks Unlimited -- with Tom McGreevy and Evan David Lewis joining a rotating group os supporting artists. The band is reissuing their debut 2019 EP with this new single -- ducksltdband.bandcamp.com
New single from their fourth full-length album, Long Lost, scheduled for relesase May 21!
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Here's Lord Huron performing live in the KEXP studio in 2015:
www.youtube.com
Night Beats is the Texas-born brainchild of Danny Lee Blackwell. This is a single from their fifth album, "Outlaw R&B," due out this week
nightbeats.bandcamp.com
Natasha Khan (Bat for Lashes), is a Pakistani British singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. She has released five studio albums: Fur and Gold (2006), Two Suns (2009), The Haunted Man (2012), The Bride (2016), and Lost Girls (2019). Learn more about how KEXP is pushing boundaries while centering Asian and Pasifika voices locally and nationally in conversation with the Asian and Pasifika diaspora. www.kexp.org
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This Donnie Darko inspired single shot music video from the band Bat For Lashes, and directed by Dougal Wilson, was nominated for the MTV Europe Music Award for best video in 2007: vimeo.com
New track and music video from Little Simz! youtu.be Pre-order the album here, due for release in September: littlesimz.ffm.to
Okay. I lied. One request. M.I.A Paper Planes. She's my favorite Sri Lankan Tamil rapper. -Phil
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Born in London to Sri Lankan Tamil parents, M.I.A. and her family moved to Jaffna in northern Sri Lanka when she was six months old. The first 11 years of her life were marked by displacement caused by the Sri Lankan Civil War, and she and her family eventually returned to London as refugees.
Learn more about how KEXP is pushing boundaries while centering Asian and Pasifika voices locally and nationally in conversation with the Asian and Pasifika diaspora. www.kexp.org
This track is about how, “in the search for your true calling in life, it’s easy to try so many things that you end up confused," Dry Cleaning said in a statement. "It can lead to an enormous build-up of frustration. You may fantasize about exacting revenge upon your real or imagined enemies. Ephemeral things and small-scale escapist experiences can provide some relief!"
Cheryl Waters hosted Dry Cleaning Live on KEXP at Home on March 18, 2021, check it out; youtu.be
Released on this day in 1994, Middle Class Revolt is the sixteenth album by the Fall.
Brand new music from French band Mad Foxes! elmuchachorecords.bigcartel.com
Released on this day in 1988! See the video for this groundbreaking release: www.youtube.com
Thao & The Get Down Stay Down released their fifth full length album, Temple, on May 15th of last year. Frontwoman Thao Nguyen told KEXP’s Sound and Vision about how her latest album is about coming out to her Vietnamese family and processing her family’s story of war. “It’s about the idea of existing as my full self and that full self is also acknowledging my heritage and who I come from and my culture,” Nguyen says.
Learn more about how KEXP is pushing boundaries while centering Asian and Pasifika voices locally and nationally in conversation with the Asian and Pasifika diaspora. www.kexp.org
Beabadoobee's newest album was co-written and co-produced by the 1975's Matty Healy and George Daniel.
Beatrice Laus was born in the Philippines and moved to London with her parents at the age of 3. Inspired by the music of Karen O, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Florist and Alex G, he taught herself how to play the guitar using YouTube tutorials.
Learn more about how KEXP is pushing boundaries while centering Asian and Pasifika voices locally and nationally in conversation with the Asian and Pasifika diaspora. www.kexp.org
Catagorized as “jangle pop,” “Here’s Where the Story Ends,” is the bands signature song. The vocals of Harriet Wheeler – who co-wrote the song with guitarist and future-husband David Gavurin – are the defining element of “Here’s Where the Story Ends”, but its breezy arrangement and lightly melancholic lyrics make its eventual success seem inevitable in hindsight. Watch the video here: youtu.be
Brand new music from the Boston artist Juliana Hatfield: julianahatfield.bandcamp.com
New solo record from Gary Louris of The Jayhawks out this June! www.garylourismusic.com
"There She Goes" is a song by English rock band the La's, written by the band's frontman, Lee Mavers. In May 2007, NME magazine placed the song at number 45 in its list of the 50 Greatest Indie Anthems Ever.
Current Joys – the project of Nick Rattigan – shares the new single/video, “Money Making Machine,” from its forthcoming album Voyager, out May 14th on Secretly Canadian. secretlycanadian.com
Brand new music from the Melbourne band. Self described as "Five skinny kids with roots firmly placed in their own blown-out, distorted brand of soulful RnB." themurlocs.bandcamp.com
X is the first new music from Working Men’s Club since their acclaimed self-titled debut was released in the autumn of 2020. workingmensclub.bandcamp.com
Out on this day in 1969! Have a great day, Morning Show listeners!