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Thursday, Jun 24 2021, 7AM
Happy 55th to the incredible Hope Sandoval.
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I drove two hours by myself from my university town to Toronto to see the Jesus and Mary Chain on the Stoned and Dethroned tour. I got to the show in time for the opener who I had never heard of before. They opened with Into Dust. I was transfixed.
Some asshole yelled "you suck" after the song and Hope shot back "f*ck you" which received more cheers than the song.
Anyway, remember going to shows? Good times.
Cheers,
Dave@Ottawa
Radiohead is a band from the UK. They made "The Bends" and then were never heard from again.
Russia's Blankenberge have released a breathtaking two-track single No Sense, following their 2019 sophomore record More. Great to see so many people supporting them via bandcamp.
blankenberge.bandcamp.com
Los Angeles-based singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Matt Doty and Deserta talked with he who does not exist (producer Owen Murphy) in an interview earlier this year: www.kexp.org
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Watch the live KEXP in-studio performance that included "Hide": www.youtube.com
In 1983, the interview-shunning New Order were still shrouded in mystery and regarded with reverence. So Sumner’s eyebrow-raising, straight outta Salford kiss-off – “You’ve caught me at a bad time, now why don’t you piss off?” – was astonishing to fans. Morris later explained: “It was a very majestic piece, and we thought, ‘Ah, it’s getting too serious.’” - www.theguardian.com
John's top albums of 2014. This one is number one.
www.kexp.org
Follow KEXP chief meteorologist John Richards on Twitter at twitter.com the latest weather news like: Seattle Weather Forecast: "79 degrees, party cloudy.
Extended Forecast: GET THE FUCK OUT OF TOWN! RUNNNNN!!! EVERYONE RUNNNNNNNNNNNNN!!!!!!!! WE ARE ALL GOING TO MELT AND DIE! AHHHH!!!!!!!"
Now back to you, already in progress...
Man, Mackenzie Scott (TORRES) is firing on all cylinders right now. See her at the Tractor Tavern on Monday, September 27th.
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Her new album, 'Thirstier,' comes out on July 30th.
torrestorrestorres.bandcamp.com
Try not to dance to this. It's impossible. This is the lead single from the just-released deluxe edition (with six new songs) of Jessie Ware's 2020 album, 'What’s Your Pleasure?'. According to Ware,
“‘Please’ is full of optimism and ready to be played in a place where we can all be together and flirt, dance, touch, and kiss."
www.jessieware.com
Watch the video: youtu.be
Scotland's Chvrches have announced their fourth studio album. It’s called "Screen Violence" and it arrives August 27. The video for this fourth single features The Cure's Robert Smith appearing on a television screen (He filmed himself at home in front of a greenscreen.).: www.youtube.com
A request from Insta' this morning. Join us every morning at 6:45 for Shenanigans and fun, err, funanigans. www.instagram.com
Animal Collective cover! Oh, and happy 60th birthday to Curt Smith of Tears for Fears!!!
"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
Released on this day in 1997, which makes this 14...nope, 24-years old. Oy, my back.
Remember that time Green River opened for P.I.L. and ruined Johnny's day. Sigh...so good.
Go here and scroll down. www.ocf.berkeley.edu
As we New Yorkers on the Left Coast will be sweltering in the summer sun this weekend as you will (though not as triple digit prickly) can I request a classic of the summertime genre, Sly & The Family Stone ‘s “Hot Fun In The Summertime”
As for me I going to have my summer fun laying in the shade of my hammock in the backyard this weekend listening to you guys. So there you go.
Take care & hydrate frequently.
Frank from Brooklyn NYC
Matt via twitter...
Dropped off my kiddo at summer camp after we rocked through the south end with windows down, blasting
@TrueLovesBand’s Objects in the Mirror on @kexp this beautiful summer morning. Thank you for the tunes @djjohnrichards
This samples the 1988 Prince song "Alphabet Street," but just the word "Tennessee." Speech explains that he didn't clear the sample: "I didn't know to in 1991, the sample laws weren't very clearly set out back then. It was our first record, we definitely weren't vets in the industry, we didn't understand all the game play and the rules. So we didn't ask for permission. I learned as a producer pretty quickly the laws of sampling: it's the wild, wild West out there. So what happened was the record obviously was getting some pretty good heat. MTV had a show called Buzz Clips, and they added it and it just became this huge phenomenon. And as the song moved up the chart the album got to #3 on the pop charts. And once it went down, the very week it went to #4, we got a call from Prince's representation. They waited for that song to sell as many possible copies as they could wait for. As soon as it started to go down the charts we got a call, and the Reaper became the reaped. So we got charged for that sample pretty heavily. I paid $100,000 for that word."
"We zoom like dat" in 1993. So ahead of their time!
Here's the Digable Planets KEXP live show in Iceland in 2016: www.youtube.com
From the collaborative album between Nas and Damian Marley. 'Distant Relatives' also features appearances from K’naan, Stephen Marley, Dennis Brown, Junior Reid and more/
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Watch the official video: www.youtube.com
Sampled in Nas and Damian Marley's "As We Enter."
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Mulatu Astatke is an Ethiopian musician and arranger considered as the father of Ethio-jazz. Born in the western Ethiopian city of Jimma, Mulatu was musically trained in London, New York City, and Boston where he combined his jazz and Latin music interests with traditional Ethiopian music.
Find this double vinyl on bandcamp: mulatuastatke.bandcamp.com
This is perfect "scootin through the universe " music... ❤️❤️❤️😎
-Jes in the Central District.
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This mysterious steel pan band from Hamburg, Germany has collected a cult following around the world. "Expansions,"
out in July, is their newest effort Buy the album and check out the full track list here: bacaorhythmandsteelband.bandcamp.com
The Presidents of the United States of America (occasionally referred to as PUSA, The Presidents or Pot USA) was an American alternative rock power trio band formed here in Seattle in 1993.
What, no, I'm not copying and pasting from Wikipedia? Why do you ask?
The originators of the Paisley Underground. KNOW THIS BAND! So. Much. Great.
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Two-fer-Thursday on 90.3 FM The Bone! 100,000 blowtorch, baby! Kidding aside, Thank you @MichaelQuercio for such incredible music!
Wet Leg, a duo, hail from the Isle of Wight off the south coast of England.
Here's the official video: www.youtube.com
Rock and Roll Hall of Famers. About time. Absolute pioneers that made our world infinitely cooler.
He cowrote the song. But you know this. They wuz sneaky dating. :)
Jungle will perform at The Paramount Theatre on Friday, October 22nd. Tickets for The Moore sold out so quickly, they moved to a larger venue! bit.ly
Simon. Le. Bon. That translates to Simon The Good. Mmm, so. much. handsome. Not John-Taylor-level-handsome, cheekbones, but still pretty damned good.
AHhhhh love it the GO-GOs! Now please play Bananarama or The Bangles. Shout out from the WS Junction - Kerrie
This was a request from...a crap, I can't find it. Thank you, PERSON!
Good morning- Can you please play Alice Cooper's "Schools Out," for Stella and Beck and all their friends in the Edmonds School District? ✌🏻☀️
Mary in Edmonds
