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Yesterday, it was announced that all nine of Radiohead's studio albums, a live collection, a remix album, reissues, and more are now available on Bandcamp.: pitchfork.com
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"Stop Whispering" was written as a tribute to the Pixies (though Radiohead later said they missed the mark, and landed somewhere in early U2 territory)! Radiohead's Ed Obrien described this song as being “about people not standing up for their rights: Stop whispering and start shouting.” - bit.ly
This song has two likely influences: Iggy Pop and Cyrinda Foxe. Many of the lyrics reflect Iggy Pop's lifestyle and stage antics (he often slithered around on stage and cut himself). Cyrinda Foxe (Aerosmith singer Steven Tyler's first wife) was an actress who starred in commercials for Jean Genie jeans. Legend has it that Bowie wrote this in Foxe's apartment in an effort to entertain her. Foxe would go on to appear in the song's official video alongside Bowie.: bit.ly
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Amazing!! Hearing Pixies on The Morning Show!!
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Three different storylines are at play in "Bone Machine". In an interview with Pixies frontman and songwriter Frank Black, he explained the inspirations: "Girlfriend. Unfaithfulness. Creepy pastor whose intentions I later questioned. In that order." bit.ly
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Pixies played live in the KEXP studio in February 2014! Watch here: www.youtube.com
Deep Sea Diver will perform at The Showbox on Friday, November 12th, 2021.
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“In the past I’d often tell myself, ‘This other person is going through something worse than I am, so their pain weighs more,’” said Jessica Dobson about this song. “‘Impossible Weight’ is about finding more compassion for yourself, instead of discrediting your pain in that way.”
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See collaborator Sharon van Etten in the video for "Impossible Weight": www.youtube.com
“Scolds bridle” discusses women’s suppression at the hands of men, which is a common theme across the "Rabbit Wench" EP. A scold’s bridle was an instrument of punishment as a form of torture and public humiliation. It was used overwhelmingly on female victims to silence them from speaking entirely. The victims were punished due to their speech being deemed “riotous” or “troublesome”.
Vocalist Caitlin Elliman of this Bristol band wrote the song about her own experiences of being silenced by men and how bad that made her feel.: bit.ly
This was Elastica's first single. It was released on November 1, 1993; its production was limited to 5,000 copies pressed on 7-inch vinyl.
John Harris in his book "The Last Party" wrote: "Its lyrics concerned [Justine] Frischmann's frustration with the occasional problem of drunken male impotence."
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Watch a live performance by New York trio Sunflower Bean in the KEXP studio in 2018: www.youtube.com
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Of this new song the band wrote that, “So many things in our lives are disposable. Content and news is consumed and discarded leaving us unfulfilled. ‘Baby Don’t Cry’ is about enjoying the real. The things right in front of us that give us meaning and how sometimes, even sad songs can give you that warm feeling of hope.” bit.ly
Ahhh...the Friday song. Join KEXP and Bloodworks NW for the ‘Music's In Our Blood’ campaign. With blood supply levels at a critical all time low, we are using our collective voices this Fall to share the need for volunteer blood donors.
We, as the music community, are committing to getting 10,000 new blood donors by the end of the year. Get involved to save lives by making an appointment today to give blood. Find your nearest donation location and make an appointment at bloodworksnw.org/music.
Anthonin Ternant is from the French pop collective The Bewitched Hands: www.francerocks.com
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It's so much fun to see Jake Gyllenhaal starring as a serial killer in the video for "Time to Dance": www.youtube.com
Jungle will be LIVE on KEXP this very day, Friday, October 22nd, at noon. That performance will be Broadcast only.
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Jungle will play a sold-out show at The Paramount Theatre tonight.
"Performed and recorded over three nights in front of a sold out crowd at The World Famous Theater in Harlem, NY (December 4th - 6th, 2014), this album brings the electrifying performances that helped put Daptone on the map directly to your living room! Featuring live sets from: Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, Charles Bradley and his Extraordinaires,, Antibalas, The Budos Band, Menahan Street Band, Saun & Starr, and others. This album is lovingly dedicated to the memory of our dear friends Sharon, Charles, Naomi and Cliff."
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Go hear to purchase this new release: shopdaptonerecords.com
Harlem's Disco Four was one of the prime party-jam producers in rap's old school, recording classics like "Move With the Groove" and "Do It, Do It" for Enjoy during the early '80s.: www.allmusic.com
Speaking of NYC bands, Ultramagnetic MC's were a hip-hop group based in the Bronx. They were founded by Kool Keith in 1984. The group also included Ced Gee, TR Love and Moe Love.: hip-hop-music.fandom.com
Adrian Quesada of Black Pumas released a new funky cover of The Majestics "Funky Chick," featuring Brownout and Tomar Williams (of Tomar and the FCs).
This song is a single from a compilation "Look At My Soul: The Latin Shade of Texas Soul," a collection of music rich with a mixture of R&B and Latin sounds. The songs themselves were recorded onto analog tape, with a few of them done entirely live in the studio - a true component to the Latin Soul sound which embraced imperfection in exchange for energy on recordings. tinyurl.com
The New York/New Jersey-based Soul Survivors were formed by three white guys – Kenny Jeremiah and the Ingui brothers, Richie and Charlie – to play the R&B music they loved. They connected with Philadelphia based Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff who wrote “Expressway…”, their first hit.
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Kenny Jeremiah died of Covid last December: bestclassicbands.com
The lyrics deal with getting a second chance ("So darn glad he let me try it again") and making the most of it. Strangely, Wonder recorded it three months before he was almost killed on his way to a benefit concert in Durham, North Carolina. The car he was riding in was behind a truck carrying a load of logs, which stopped suddenly, sending a log through the windshield and hitting Wonder in the head. The accident put Wonder in a coma for four days. His road manager and good friend, Ira Tucker Jr., knew that Stevie liked to listen to music at high volume, so he tried singing this song directly into his ear. At first he got no response, but the next day, he tried again and Wonder's fingers started moving in time with the song - the first sign that he was going to recover.
Recalling his time in the coma, Wonder said, "For a few days I was definitely in a much better spiritual place that made me aware of a lot of things that concern my life and my future and what I have to do to reach another higher ground. This is like my second chance for life, to do something or to do more and to face the fact that I am alive."
W.H. Lung — whose core-songwriting duo of Joe Evans and multi-instrumentalist Tom Sharkett met at school and have been playing in bands together ever since — emerged out of Manchester in 2019 with the debut album "Incidental Music."
Read about the band and their new album "Vanities": www.stereogum.com
Hey John, I just wanted to send you a reminder for my request of sending my boyfriend George some birthday wishes. He is such a big fan of KEXP especially of your morning show. He is listening every day and is also a donator.
His birthday is tomorrow (he will be 35 years old on 22nd of October). I know he is definitely listening at 8 o‘clock so around this time would be perfect.
And he is such a big fan of Nation of language because of KEXP! So maybe you could play a song from them for George. Next year we have tickets for their concert in Berlin. Thanks for supporting such amazing bands :-)
Thank you so much for making KEXP so special and awesome.
All the best, Jacqueline
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See the video for "The Grey Commute," Nation of Language's just-released new single: www.youtube.com
In September, Belfast-based producer and composer David Holmes released a new single, “Hope Is the Last Thing To Die” featuring vocalist Raven Violet. With lyrics in both French and English, the track calls out the governments of the world for their corruption and incompetence during the pandemic and their inaction in the face of the climate crisis.
“I never thought I would sing again unless I had something to say and like everyone else the last 18 months have shaken and stirred many emotions,” Holmes says of the track.: bit.ly
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Prince Rama was a two-piece "now age" psych-dance band based in Brooklyn, New York, founded by sisters Taraka Larson and Nimai Larson.
The album "Top 10 Hits of the End of the World" finds the band "performing" as ten fictional bands that (fictionally) had top-ten hits on the eve of the apocalypse.: bit.ly
"Swoon" was the first official single from The Chemical Brother's 2010 "Further." (They sampled themselves, using "Nude Night' from 2003.).
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The name "Chemical Brothers" came about in 1995 after they dropped their original name "The Dust Brothers" bc another band had the same name. "The Chemical Brothers" refers to the duo's 1993 groundbreaking "Chemical Beats", which epitomized their genre-defining sound. www.thechemicalbrothers.com
This was a side project of the Bauhaus members Daniel Ash and Kevin Haskins (who later went on to form Love and Rockets with David J), and the Bauhaus roadie Glenn Campling. The band's name was a reference to the way calibration tones were recorded on the "tail" of reel-to-reel tape. bit.ly
Don't miss the skeletons dancing in the video for "Go!": www.youtube.com
"Pays P. is a French trio that takes their cues from the likes of Sonic Youth and other experimental brooders that are as big on dynamics as they are on atmosphere. You can’t really tell what they are brooding about though, seeing as vocalist Laura Boullic belts out her lines exclusively in French. But a happy camper she is not. Meanwhile, brothers Lucas and Pablo Valero create a tapestry of moodiness so thick you can cut it with a knife.": www.punkrocktheory.com
“Ca v aller” means ‘It’s gonna be okay’
Mandy, Indiana is the experimental project of Scott Fair, Valentine Caulfield and Liam Stewart.
From vocalist and lyricist Valentine Caufield on "Bottle Episode": "I wanted to build up on the military style of the track, but in a very slow crescendo, and not in a very obvious way. The lyrics talk of men waiting, moving forward; war is never mentioned, yet it is obvious that the men are waiting for death. The song ends with the men almost dancing as the bullets hit them."
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The ...EP is out on November 19th!
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Experimental rock band Battles released their debut studio album "Mirrored" in May of 2007. "Atlas," with its high-pitched vocals from Tyondai Braxton, was the lead single.
Watch the video for "Atlas" here: www.youtube.com
There was considerable debate between the band and producer Ben Allen about the level of the vocals on this song. Brian Weitz said, "To Ben the vocal melody and the lyrics are the core of the song, along with the rhythm. We have a different view. We like everything to blend together. Even if we want everything to be defined, we want it to all have a lot of presence and personality. To us it’s more about a psychedelic sonic listening experience than just a straight pop listening experience. So there was that discussion...." Read more of the story behind this song and "Merriweather Post Pavilion": culturedarm.com
Brooklyn band Geese will release their debut album "Projector" digitally on October 29th.
Geese wrote and recorded "Projector" while they were still in high school, originally planning to release the album as a final "teenage recording project" before heading off to college. But when labels started calling, the rest became history...
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See the official music video for "Low Era": www.youtube.com
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Breeze is the project of Toronto-based producer, Josh Korody. "Come Around" features Canadian-American rapper Cadence Weapon (Rollie Pemberton).
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Korody said of the song, "“Come Around” is about someone that has done something horrible and has not shown any accountability or true remorse and the fear they – or have the nerve – to be able to jump back into a community that no longer feels comfortable around them. So, as I’m singing the song I’m picturing performing it live with them walking into the room and making people, especially the people closest to them, extremely uncomfortable and angry. The lyrics: ‘Yeah, you really did a number on this one’ references the trauma they imposed upon the community.: bit.ly
"You made your own wish and your bed so lie in it..."
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You can read the lyrics as you watch Rob Birch perform in the video: www.youtube.com
This Joy Division song first appeared on their debut EP, "An Ideal for Living." It was written by Ian Curtis, Bernard Sumner, Stephen Morris, and Peter Hook.
Hello! Just tuned in, maybe you’ve already played something by him but Matthew Sweet! Girlfriend one of my top 5 albums of all time! Released 30 years ago TODAY ---Trevor in Ottawa, Ontario
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"In October 1991, a polite singer/songwriter from Lincoln, Nebraska, named Matthew Sweet released his third album. There was no reason to believe it would be a commercial success. Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch were sucking all the oxygen out of the charts alongside Mariah Carey, and though Nevermind had just come out, Nirvana had not yet infiltrated every household in America. But Girlfriend, a mix of grungy pop and sarcastic lyrics, proved to be Sweet’s breakthrough." In 2011, Spin talked to Matthew Sweet on the (then!) 20th anniversary of "Girlfriend" www.spin.com
Hey John! My husband and I are celebrating our 22nd anniversary tomorrow and would love to hear something from The Cure (your pick). We met on AOL back in 1997 with our mutual love for the band (among other things - art, veganism) bringing us together. We even planned our honeymoon to Paris around their tour at the time and saw them twice while we were there. 🖤 Thank you!
Elise and Patrick (Allentown, NJ)
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The music video was the first the band made with Tim Pope, who became their director of choice. The band felt that Pope presented the whimsical side of the band, which helped dispel the notion that they were humorless brooding goths. The "Let's Go To Bed" video finds Robert Smith and keyboard player Lol Tolhurst larking about in a series of strange rooms shot at distorted angles from behind a scrim. At one point, Tolhurst is dancing naked behind a screen.: www.dailymotion.com
Any chance you could slot that new parquet courts in around 9:10 for the kids commute to school
-James in West Seattle
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"Sympathy for Life" is out TODAY, Friday, October 22nd. NME says "Brooklyn indie-punks at their adventurous best...": www.nme.com
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Catch Parquet Courts at the Showbox in Seattle on April 22, 2022. www.parquet-courts.com
Any chance you can work some Husker Du into todays show? That would be awesome. --Rich in CT
Good morning! My wife and I will see Bob Mould tonight in Cincinnati -- 580 days after the show was originally scheduled in March 2020. Would love to hear anything solo or from one of his bands. Thanks. Tom
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Watch Bob Mould live in our studio in 2016: www.youtube.com
After spending the past few years wrestling with skin cancer, post-natal depression, and the challenges of motherhood, Melbourne-based Pip Brown (Ladyhawke) began going to therapy and working on her mental health.
As she explains, “I was feeling pretty grateful to be alive and making music, so I felt like I didn’t ‘care’ anymore - not in a bad way, I just stopped over thinking it.” The resulting album, "Time Flies," (out November 19th) not only unearths a sense of reflective nostalgia, but also deeply held joy.: bit.ly
Australian rocker Alex Lahey says of this new rocker: "“‘Spike The Punch’ is a song about the fun that comes with self-sabotage and reckless abandon. It’s big, it’s loud, it’s fun, it’s its own beast. There are some super sinister tones in there rubbing up against really bright anime style guitar harmonies (guitarmonies, anyone?..) and shout choruses. ‘Spike’ feels like a raucous bookend to navigating these cruelly unpredictable times. Touch wood.”
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The video was directed by Matt Sav and features a performance by Matthew Pope, who goes from sporting a business suit to rocking out in heels and drag.: www.youtube.com
You can hear this L.A. quartet at The Crocodile on Friday, November 26th, 2021.
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Someone wrote of their music: “Sometimes you wanna dispense with formality and just say, "This song is f*cking great." Now is one of those times.": cuffedupmusic.com
"You're One" was the breakout single from their debut album "Seasick." Here's the official music video: www.youtube.com
Seattle trio Tres Leches are playing at Freakout Fest 2021, November 11-14! www.the-freakout.com
Watch the music video, shot at Seattle's Paramount Theatre: www.youtube.com
Here's an Isolated Tracks deconstruction of this classic tune, isolating each of the band member's contributions: www.youtube.com
Happy birthday to PJ Harvey's fifth album, actually released on October 24th, 2000. (It can legally buy alcohol now --or apply to adopt a child in the UK): www.theodysseyonline.com
New PTM! A cover of the Len classic.
Portugal. The Man will be touring with alt-J and Cherry Glazerr in 2022! They are playing at the WAMU Theater on March 29.
www.portugaltheman.com