John Richards

Good morning and welcome to the Monday edition of the Morning Show! "Pride (In the Name of Love)" is a song produced by Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois, and written about Martin Luther King Jr., who died on this day in 1968.

This song's title was also given to the 2013 documentary film Mistaken for Strangers, a documentary about the National. Back in 2017, John hosted The National Live in the KEXP Studio. Enjoy Live Video from the In-Studio: youtu.be. americanmary.com

Spiritualized will be at The Neptune this Thursday, April 7th, 2022 www.spiritualized.com Jason Pierce wrote "Everything Was Beautiful" by himself in isolation, which seems like a natural state for him, pandemic or no. As usual with Spiritualized, the album features a ton of musicians, but Pierce plays 16 instruments on the record himself. bit.ly

For Megan in Ottowa. RIP to Taylor Hawkins, who died March 25th at age 50.

Hatchie will be at Neumos on Saturday, May 21st, 2022. -- Giving The World Away is the title track from her forthcoming sophomore album, out on April 22nd. hatchie.bandcamp.com) “‘Giving The World Away’ is about being gentle with yourself in the throes of depression,” Hatchie said in a statement. “We made a simple lyric video with analogue effects to let the lyrics of the song speak for themselves.”: www.youtube.com

Watch Phantogram performing "When I'm Small" live on KEXP at the Triple Door as part of KEXP's VIP Club concert series. Recorded October 16, 2013. youtu.be

Brand new music from Odesza! The album will be released July 22, just in time for 3 sold out shows at Climate Pledge arena. Pre-save/pre-order the album here: odesza.lnk.to

Asked in an interview how he felt about other people using his music, Idris Muhammad said, “It don’t really belong to me, man,” adding: “The gift the Creator has given me, I can’t be selfish with. If I keep it in my pocket, it’s not going to go anyplace.” -- Well, it went someplace as Jamie xx sampled the previous song for his 2015 song, "Loud Places." -- The Simon Halsall and Jean-Baptiste Fugger-directed video features both Jamie "xx" Smith and Romy Madley Croft skateboarding through the streets of London late at night: www.youtube.com

Once Twice Melody is the 8th studio album by Beach House. It is a double album, featuring 18 songs presented in 4 chapters. Across these songs, many types of style and song structures can be heard. Songs without drums, songs centered around acoustic guitar, mostly electronic songs with no guitar, wandering and repetitive melodies, songs built around the string sections. In addition to new sounds, many of the drum machines, organs, keyboards and tones that listeners may associate with previous Beach House records remain present throughout many of the compositions. beachhouse.bandcamp.com

LA indie rock act Warpaint's fourth studio album (their first in nearly six years) will be out on May 6th. You can pre-order 'Radiate Like This' here: www.warpaintwarpaint.com. The first single "Champion" is about “being a champion to oneself and for others,” the band said in a press release. “We are all in this together, life is too short not to strive for excellence in all that we do.” bit.ly Here's Live Video from Warpaint's 2016 KEXP In-Studio, hosted by Cheryl Waters: youtu.be.

"John, Thank you for the Jamie XX this morning. Just the right groove to get going. Makes me desire a little Avalanches if you have the chance : ) thank you for all you and your teams bring to the city. Stay Amazing!!! Matthew" ===== Read KEXPs Martin Douglas, "Who Stole the Soul from Rock 'n Roll?," with a feature on Pink Siifu. kexp.org There's a David Berman (Silver Jews, Purple Mountains) homage in the middle of this song, "a solemn reading of lines from the late, great Berman’s “Darkness and Cold." The video for this new one from The Avalanches is dedicated to Berman, who passed away on August 7, 2019, too: youtu.be

Off the third album from the English band, released in 1985. Yes, those are frog samples on this track.

Art d'Ecco is a Singer / Songwriter / Producer from Victoria, British Columbia. artdecco.bandcamp.com

"Good morning John - Sounding so good this morning! Read an article about Moses Sumney at BAM and was reminded of Rank and File - think you could fit it in? - Alex in the Catskills" ==== Moses Sumney wrote this song after attending a protest in 2014 that resulted from an officer not being charged from the shooting of Mike Brown - "I felt like a camouflaged outsider at the protest, like an anthropologist performing a study amongst his own kind." - www.kexp.org

Playing The Crocodile on Saturday, May 21st! bit.ly Nilüfer Yanya is the daughter of two visual artists, her mother is of Irish and Barbadian heritage and her father is Turkish. She grew up in Chelsea, London listening to Turkish music and classical music playing at home. She gravitated to guitar rock and learned how to play the instrument at the age of 12. Check out her Live on KEXP At Home session: bit.ly

Yves Tumor will be at The THING in Port Townsend Aug 26-28 yves-tumor.com

This track is the first song on the NYC band's fourth album Nine Types of Light. Check out the music video for it here: www.youtube.com www.tvontheradio.com

"Good morning sonic mediators of motivation and peace throughout the land!! Request for some Morphine this morning. The band not the drug please 😜 Shaedra (like shade) from Albuquerque" ===== Morphine disbanded after lead vocalist Sandman died of a heart attack onstage in Palestrina, Italy, on July 3, 1999. Founding members have reformed into the band Vapors of Morphine, maintaining much of the original style and sound. www.vaporsofmorphine.com

'Keep On Keepin' On' is a track from the new album 'Cold as Weiss' which is their third full-length album. Support DLO3 through their bandcamp - delvonlamarrorgantrio.bandcamp.com

"Good morning, John!! Today is my dad Randy’s birthday - a loyal Morning Show faithful, arbiter of good taste, unmatched artistic eye, and an incredible father, he’s shown me so many of the world’s greatest things. We’re not together to celebrate today, so I’d love to send him one of his favorites, Devil Knows You’re Dead by Delta Spirit. Happy birthday, Dad! - From Nora in New York" ===== San Diego band Delta Spirit dropped by KEXP in Austin during SXSW 2009 to perform an acoustic set including this new song at ME Television studios. youtu.be

"Hey fellas. I watched Licorice Pizza this weekend. Great movie, great soundtrack! Would love to hear Let Me Roll It by Paul McCartney and Wings if you can fit it in. Got the song stuck in my head now and would love to share the burden with the morning show faithful, ha! -Andrea in College Station"

This is the second single from TV Priest's sophomore album, out on June 17th on Sub Pop. Watch the video for this banger (Note: it has flashing images.): www.youtube.com -- Watch TV Priest perform LIVE on KEXP at Home, with host Kevin Cole, here: bit.ly

New single from Soccer Mommy who'll be at Day In Day Out 2022 August 12th! www.dayindayoutfest.com

Bachelor is the project from Melina Duterte (Jay Som) and Ellen Kempner (Palehound). John selected this song,"Stay in the Car," as a free KEXP Song of the Day last year: www.kexp.org -- Bachelor shared a live performance recorded exclusively for KEXP in August 2021. They closed out their set with "Stay in the Car": youtu.be

Scrunchies, the Minneapolis based rock band, will release their sophomore record Feral Coast (Dirtnap Records) on April 1, 2022. The album continues their consciousness of the intersection of personal and political, pushing the edges of the soft and the heavy, with intimate yet surrealistic lyrics and melodic hooks. scrunchies.bandcamp.com

Smokey Brights played at this year's Freakout Fest Weekender www.thecrocodile.com, but if you missed them, don't worry, see them on April 15th at the Showbox! www.smokeybrights.com

Here’s what Ibibio Sound Machine’s Eno Williams had to say about “Electricity”: Even in trying times, “without love, there’s no electricity.” This one started out as an idea to mix Afrobeat with Giorgio Moroder–style synth vibes. The end section with Alfred’s korego (Ghanaian 2-stringed folk guitar) solo was already there when we got into the studio, but then we added the big kick drum that happens underneath and Owen from Hot Chip’s crazy drum machine percussion at the end, which gave it a futuristic Afro feel when mixed with the more talking drum parts. omny.fm ibibiosoundmachine.bandcamp.com

A request for Sarah in Shoreline! ==== "In lesser hands, it might be confusing. When Robyn does it, it's human. Contrary emotions wrapped up in one package, happiness and sadness living together in a groove: Everything about this song is a juxtaposition. That's what makes it an anthem." NPR featured this breakup song as an American Anthem: www.npr.org

Robyn covering Neneh Cherry! With Mapei and producer Dev Hines (Blood Orange). --- Cherry said in a statement. “I’ve known Robyn for three decades; she is my sister, my friend, my family, a creative inspiration. So to have Robyn doing her version of a new life interpretation of ‘Buffalo Stance’ is an absolute honor… and with Dev Hynes and Mapei, this is what dreams are made of!” - bit.ly

Guiding Star, released by Naya Records, is a collab between reggae legend Clinton Fearon and Naya Rockers, the band of drummer Nathan Sabanayagam and bassie Nate Edgar.

NPR says that, on their third album, this wonderful Melbourne band replaces "rage with quiet confidence": www.npr.org -- "The only way out is up..." See them perform this song live in a studio: www.youtube.com

Willie Nelson's new album, A Beautiful Time, will be released on his 89th birthday, April 29th. This Leonard Cohen cover will be on it. Pre-order here: willienelson.lnk.to

Orville Peck will be at Showbox SoDo on Sunday, June 12. bit.ly -- New from Canadian country artist and songwriter Orville Peck. www.orvillepeck.com

You can hear Blushing at the Lo-Fi Performance Gallery on Friday, April 22nd, as part of the Seagaze Festival. -- As the band explains, “‘Sour Punch’ originated In the summer of 2019 when our lead guitarist Noe shared an experimental, crunchy chord progression he’d written, unlike any the band had previously explored. He said he was watching the movie “Clueless” and was inspired to write something he could see being a title track to some 90’s teen rom-com.: weareblushing.bandcamp.com

"Tristessa" was the Pumpkins' second ever release, and their first, and only, release on Sub Pop. Sub Pop released it as their "Single of the Month". They probably would have released more on Sub Pop if the small indie record label hadn't gone out of business. RIP Sub Pop.

"Mountain Song' was written by Eric Avery and Perry Farrell in 1985. Eric Avery has stated that this was the first thing he and Perry wrote together and pre-dated the Jane’s Addiction band name. This song was a staple of the band’s live set.: janesaddiction.org -- The official video has the band performing at The Scream in 1988: www.youtube.com

Released on this day in 2005! Have a good week!