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Wednesday, Oct 27 2021, 7AM
Hey Wednesday, it's time for The Morning Show!
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"Oh, it's such a perfect day / I'm glad I spent it with you..."
Originally the B-side of his major hit, "Walk on the Wild Side", "Perfect Day" was co-produced by David Bowie. - bit.ly
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Lou Reed, Lou Reed, Velvet Underground Leader and Rock Pioneer, died at age 71 on this day in 2013
New music from Big Thief, who play The Paramount on Monday, May 2nd, 2022 - bigthief.bandcamp.com
Metric performed a stripped down version of "Help I'm Alive" live on KEXP from the Bumbershoot Music Lounge in 2009: bit.ly
Acoustic version of Skeletons, found on Yeah Yeah Yeah's third studio album - www.yeahyeahyeahs.com
Her third full-length album, A Southern Gothic is a collection of blues and folk from Adia Victoria. The album is her ode to the "Southern experience." Whenever Adia Victoria found herself struggling to write during quarantine in 2020, one source of creative comfort she found was the imposing magnolia tree visible just outside her mother’s house in Nashville. tinyurl.com
From The Verve singer's first solo album - richardashcroft.com
Blue Banisters is Lana Del Rey’s eighth studio album and second album of the year - www.lanadelrey.com
Friends That Break Your Heart is the fifth studio album by English singer-songwriter and producer James Blake. - www.jamesblakemusic.com
1999, the fifth studio album by American recording artist Prince, was released on this day October 27, 1982.
Lawmakers may honor Prince with a Congressional Gold Medal - bit.ly
Skylarking, the ninth studio album by the English rock band XTC, was released on this day in 1986
Tim Showalter’s eighth album as Strand of Oaks - www.strandofoaks.net
The War on Drugs will be releasing their new fifth album, I Don't Live Here Anymore on October 29.
They play Seattle's Paramount Theatre on Monday, Feb 21 & Tuesday, Feb 22 - www.thewarondrugs.net
Hi, my name is Vasily (VUH-SEE-LEE) , i'm from Moscow, Russia. You know this scary country with nuclear weapons, walking bears, caviar and f’d up president. My band is called Zorkiy (It's actually my surname, in Russian it means "the one with sharp eyes", it's pronounced like you would say Zorkee with a long eeee with the accent on eee), and we made our first english-language release about a week ago. After the quarantine, and all that is happening in Russia today, we understood that we want with all our hearts to try and make something that would be interesting for the world and people in different countries, so we worked hard and made our first record. For a lot of years we, here, are watching KEXP as a window to the wonderful world of amazing new music and we always wanted to become a part of it. It's my honest dream and hope that you' ll find some time to listen to our record.
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Here's Nation of Language performing "Across That Fine Line" live in the KEXP studio on October 13, 2021 - www.youtube.com
Hello KEXP!
Can I please request the KEXP studio version of Pixies Velouria?
My husband and I have been trying to get pregnant for 10 years and had always planned on naming our child Velouria after the Pixies’ song, if it ever happened (we particularly like the in-studio KEXP version). We resorted to the fact that pregnancy would not happen, but were surprised to find out recently that we are expecting our Velouria. :)
Thank you!
Maria
Remy Zero vocalist August Cinjun Tate spoke about his cancer treatment, recovery, and never being the same again in this exclusive KEXP "Music Heals" interview: www.kexp.org
From the third studio album by Scottish rock band Travis.
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Here's Fran Healy and Andy Dunlop of Travis performing "The Beautiful Occupation" live for KEXP from the Cutting Room Studios NYC in 2009: www.youtube.com
"Well, if you want to sing out, sing out..."
Playing The Showbox on Saturday, Nov 13th - handhabits.bandcamp.com
4th studio album from the former Seattle residents La Luz.
Catch them Nov. 19 - Seattle, WA @ The Neptune Theatre Listen LIVE on KEXP (Live Room) Wednesday, November 24th at 12:00 PM!!! (broadcast only) -
laluz.bandcamp.com
The Afghan Whigs released 1965, their sixth studio album, on this day in 1998.
theafghanwhigs.com
From the sixth (and best-selling) album from Seattle's Screaming Trees
Austin shoegaze 4-piece Blushing have just released a new single featuring Miki from Lush/Piroshka from their forthcoming LP “Possessions” out February 18, 2022 on Kanine Records.
Bandcamp: weareblushing.bandcamp.com
UPCOMING SHOWS:
-Oct 29 - LA LUZ • L.A. WITCH • PARANOYDS • BLUSHING
-Nov 12 - HOUSTON - Blushing * Flower Graves * Daiistar * Texas Skeksis
-Jan 14/15 - ATX - The Ocean Blue at 3TEN
-March - NYC - The New Colossus Festival
-March - ATX - SXSW
The second single from Lush. Here's the official video: www.youtube.com
From the debut studio album.
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Here's Washed Out performing Live on KEXP at Home, featuring Ernest and Blair Greene, recorded in 2020:
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“Polaris,” is the lead single from Damon Albarn's upcoming solo album The Nearer the Fountain, More Pure the Stream Flows. www.damonalbarnmusic.com
Here's Neon Indian performing live in the KEXP studio in 2011: www.youtube.com
John selected this song about '60s surfer/financial criminal Miklos "Miki" Dora as a KEXP Song of the Day: www.kexp.org
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Damon McMahon (Amen Dunes) performed live on The Morning Show in 2018. Check out "Miki Dora" from that set: www.youtube.com
Texas-based instrumental outfit's soundtrack to the PBS nature documentary 'Big Bend' that marks their first new release in 5 years ~ explosionsinthesky.bandcamp.com
The final song on M83's sixth album.
"Facing tempests of dust, I'll fight until the end / Creatures of my dreams, raise up and dance with me..."
ilovem83.com
The Race for Space is the second studio album by British alternative group Public Service Broadcasting. Working with sound samples from the British Film Institute, the album relives the story of the American and Soviet space race from 1957–1972. This track features the speech by John F. Kennedy on September 12, 1962 at Rice University.
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Here's Public Service Broadcasting performing live in the KEXP studio in 2017: www.youtube.com
Here's HÆLOS performing live in the KEXP studio in 2019: www.youtube.com
Here's HÆLOS performing"Pray" and more live in the KEXP studio in 2016: www.youtube.com
"Protection" is a collaboration between Massive Attack and Everything but the Girl singer Tracey Thorn that appears on Massive Attack's second studio album
Let It Bleed is their 8th British and 10th American studio album. - rollingstones.com
Hi. Thanks as always for all you do for such great music in the morning. If you have the time may I request the song “ The Only Living Boy In New York” for my brother Anthony who we lost two years ago today? And send my love to my sister in law Cheryl and nephew Colin on this day. For some reason this song always reminds me of him. There was a big age gap and he moved away from home when I was young, away from NY. Much love to everyone today who is missing those they have lost.
Lisa
New York