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Monday, May 15 2023, 7AM
Good morning, Morning Show listeners. Start your mornings with this long Jane's Addiction track.
At a live show in 1986, Jane’s Addiction front man Perry Farrell cryptically introduced “Summertime Rolls” as “This song’s about getting laid on a waterbed…no…it’s about laying in a park…no, it’s not…yes, it is.”
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The song features only Mike Mills on piano, Michael Stipe on vocals and orchestral instruments arranged by Led Zeppelin’s John Paul Jones.
R.E.M. guitarist Peter Buck wasn’t needed on the track, but he recalled the song’s creation: “Being competitive bastards that we are, Mike and I started auditioning chord changes and tunes for Michael,” he said. “Mike had a piano instrumental that he played to Michael. He listened once, nodded his head to hear it again, and on the second pass he sang the lyrics. It was ‘Nightswimming,’ exactly like the record we would record a year later. I was standing in the corner dumbfounded.”: americansongwriter.com
"Hljómalind" was a record store in Reykjavík which was run by Kristinn "Kiddi Kanína" Sæmundsson, the band's then-manager. The record shop started out as a mail-order operation, partially run from the Reykjavík flea market Kolaportið. It was for a time Iceland's only Indie Rock record store. The shop moved two times before ending up on Laugavegur 21, where it ran for many years before closing in 2003.[2] The organic co-op café Kaffi Hljómalind later opened on the premises. The Hljómalind house is currently occupied by Kaffibrennslan, a café and sandwich shop. The name "Hljómalind" is made up of two words, "hljóma-", which means sounds or chords, and "-lind", which means fountain, spring or well. It could be translated as "a wellspring of sounds" or "a fountain of music"
BRONSON, Grammy-nominated duo Harrison Mills and Clayton Knight of ODESZA and ARIA-platinum-selling Australian producer Tom Stell of Golden Features, said of this single, ‘DAWN' and working with Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs, "Not only do the lyrics provide this renewed sense of hope, but his vocals complement the tone and energy of the song perfectly – ‘DAWN’ is a song meant to take you on a journey and explore various concepts and emotions of the record. We couldn’t think of a more fitting song to end the album with.” - bit.ly
The English trio's first album since 2016’s "Not To Disappear." ohdaughter.com
Produced by Igor and Elena, Stereo Mind Game was written and recorded in various locations, including Devon, Bristol, and London, England; San Diego, California; Portland, Oregon; and Vancouver, Washington.
Tonra shares of the new album, "It has been in the making for a long time, pieced together delicately (obsessively maybe) over years, trying to make it as complete as it could ever feel. I think it’s more optimistic than our past records (but it still has my lyrics.. so.. it’s never going to be full sunshine) but I’ve tried to document experiences, thoughts, feelings, conversations and memories from my life, and hope that we’ve turned them into something listenable, something positive."
New EP from Beach House!
“The Become EP is a collection of five songs from the Once Twice Melody sessions,” the band explained in a press release. “We didn’t think they fit in the world of OTM, but later realized they all fit in a little world of their own. To us, they are all kind of scuzzy and spacious, and live in the spirit realm. It’s not really where we are currently going, but it’s definitely somewhere we have been. We hope you enjoy these tunes.” - bit.ly
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Singles is the fourth studio album by American synthpop band Future Islands.
“I wanted this record to be very impactful live. The idea was to come back with something closer to the energy of ‘Before the Dawn Heals Us.’ The combination of guitars and synths is always in my music, but it’s maybe more present on this new record than on the previous ones.” - ilovem83.bandcamp.com
Exit Planet Dust is the debut studio album by English electronic music duo The Chemical Brothers. It was first released on 26 June 1995 in the United Kingdom by Junior Boy's Own, Freestyle Dust, and Virgin Records, and on 15 August 1995 in the United States by Astralwerks. The album was recorded between August and November 1994, with "Song to the Siren" performed live. Its title is a reference to their departure from their earlier name The Dust Brothers.
NEW MUSIC! Arlo Parks is joined by Phoebe Bridgers on the new single "Pegasus" from Parks' forthcoming album 'My Soft Machine' - out May 26th!
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'Pegasus', Parks shares "is about experiencing the warmth and lightness of good love for the first time. It also explores how the absence of chaos and the presence of real connection can be a little bit terrifying after a long time of not having it." As for the album, she writes, "The world/our view of it is peppered by the biggest things we experience—our traumas, upbringing, vulnerabilities almost like visual snow. This record is life through my lens, through my body—the mid 20s anxiety, the substance abuse of friends around me, the viscera of being in love for the first time, navigating PTSD and grief and self sabotage and joy, moving through worlds with wonder and sensitivity—what it’s like to be trapped in this particular body. "There is a quote from a Joanna Hogg film called The Souvenir, it’s an A24 semi-autobiographical film with Tilda Swinton—it recounts a young film student falling in love with an older, charismatic man then being drawn into his addiction—in an early scene he’s explaining why people watch films—‘we don’t want to see life as it is played out we want to see life as it is experienced in this soft machine.' So there we have it… My Soft Machine." bit.ly
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Catch Arlo Parks' performance live in studio at KEXP last year:
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boygenius will play the Gorge Amphitheatre on Saturday, July 29th!
Their debut full-length album came out in March: xboygeniusx.bandcamp.com
Smokey Brights will be LIVE on KEXP on Thursday, May 25th, on The Morning Show at 9:30 a.m. They will be playing Friday, June 2nd (with Sera Cahoone) at the Showbox.
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“‘No Getting Out’ is a call out,” vocalist Kim West says. “It’s a battle cry. It’s a self-help anthem for those of us who know we gotta figure it out and that we can’t wait for anyone else to do it for us. Raise my hands to the sky, tonight I refuse to burn.”: floodmagazine.com
KEXP & Cloudbreak Music Festival Present: Smokey Brights 10 year Anniversary 2024
Friday, Nov 22, 2024
Event Info
By request!
Title track off the fifth studio album from the Scottish band, released in 1988.
Writing credit is given to Attrell Cordes (Prince Be of P.M. Dawn) and Gary Kemp of Spandau Ballet, as the song is built around samples of their 1983 hit "True," as well as samples from The Soul Searchers' "Ashley's Roachclip." The main drumbeat also samples from Eric B. & Rakim's "Paid in Full".
The lyrics for this song were inspired by a crush Spandau Ballet's Gary Kemp had on Altered Images singer and Gregory's Girl star Clare Grogan: "I was infatuated with Clare Grogan," he told The Guardian. "I met her on Top of the Pops and, at one point, travelled up to Scotland to have tea with her and her mum and dad."
According to Gary Kemp, the feelings were unrequited and their relationship was platonic, however, it was enough to inspiration to write this song.
. “Lovely Day” was written and produced by Withers, with co-songwriter on the track being Skip Scarborough. who worked with Earth, Wind & Fire, Patti Labelle, LTD, and many other R&B stars before his death in 2003. In an interview with Bill Withers, he explained: "Skip was a very nice, gentle man. The way Skip was, every day was just a lovely day. He was an optimist. If I had sat down with the same music and my collaborator had been somebody else with a different personality, it probably would have caused something else to cross my mind lyrically. It was a combination of the music and the person and the ambiance in the room."
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Toward the end of this song, Bill Withers holds a note for 18 seconds, the longest of any Top 40 hit in the United States. --
Pomplamoose takes Bill Withers’ “Lovely Day” and Lizzo’s “Good as Hell” and mashes them up into one fantastic arrangement. Joe Ayoub is the bassist in this song.
Lizzo co-wrote the self-loving anthem with Ricky Reed. This was one of the first songs Lizzo made with Reed. She recalled they were still at the stage when they were checking out their chemistry with each other. Reed played her a piano riff and asked how it made her feel. Lizzo replied that it brought to mind the pink sweater emoji girl with the hair toss. Then the next thing she thought of was checking her nails. "It was a natural statement that came out my mouth," Lizzo said.
Reed then responded with the phrase "feeling good as hell." After that, the lyrics rolled out easily.
Ritmo Machine is the new collaboration between CYPRESS HILL’s percussionist Eric Bobo and mix master Latin Bitman.
ritmomachine.bandcamp.com
Released on this day in 1985.
Fun fact: this song actually is better played at the highest volume you can set your stereo to!
"Raising Hell." the group's third album, dropped on this day in 1986 and became the first rap album to go multiplatinum en route to hitting the Top 3 on the Billboard 100.
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Killer Mike is going on tour with his choir, the Midnight Revival. Catch them at the Showbox in Seattle on July 27.
www.showboxpresents.com
New Depeche Mode! Performing at the Climate Pledge Arena November 26th.
The name of the new Depeche Mode record is Latin for 'remember that you [have to] die', and is an artistic or symbolic trope acting as a reminder of the inevitability of death.
Brand new music from the London artist!
babaali.bandcamp.com
Sisters of Mercy play The Moore on May 21st!
The third single from the goth rock band's second studio album is about the fall of an empire and the aftermath of war. The title refers to Lucretia Borgia of the prominent Borgia family of the Italian Renaissance, who were notorious for their ruthless political tactics and alleged crimes.
Lucretia herself is often cited as a murderer with a penchant for poison. Lead singer Andrew Eldritch wrote the track for bandmate Patricia Morrison (bass), who "always strikes me as a Lucrezia [Borgia]-type person."
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Part of a special record store day release this year, featuring rare and unreleased tracks including 2008's "Witness To Your Love” -- never before on vinyl-- and a cover of Siouxsie & The Banshees’ "Cities In Dust" and more!!
Pressed on Transparent Red vinyl!
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Watch the music video, directed by Ooh La La's Kii Arens: www.youtube.com
"With the twenty four hour party people plastic face can't smile a white out
Cause I have to wait for you to conduct
Press the pause of the self destruct..." Yes, you should memorize the lyrics to "24 Hour Party People": songmeanings.com
Released on this day in 1995!
Bassist Mick Quinn told Uncut magazine about his contribution to the song. "I think Danny and Gaz cooked up the verse and the chorus - they'll always argue about who came up with that piano," he recalled. "Then I came along and said, well, you need a middle 8. And I took it to G and Gaz did that very rock-and-roll solo over the top, and then I came up with the idea of doing that Peter Green bending solo, and Gaz came up with a harmony for that. We always wrote a lot of lyrics in the pub as we were recording."
Released on this day in 1990!
This song was written by Andy Prieboy, who in the mid-'80s was lead singer of the Los Angeles group Wall Of Voodoo. On his 1990 album "Upon My Wicked Son," Prieboy released a duet version with Concrete Blonde lead singer Johnette Napolitano. Concrete Blonde put it on their third album, "Bloodletting."
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In 2013, Napolitano told the story behind this song: ""Wendy was a real person. She was diagnosed with AIDS and rather than suffering the stigma, she decided to commit suicide. It's an old song, so this is a long time ago, and not that anything's changed much, by the way. But it's basically her dialogue with herself as to the decision she's going to make on her own. She's making the decision on her own, it's her one act of dignity in her life. And it's heavy, to say the least."
Brand new music! Jonathan Owen Bree is a singer-songwriter and producer from New Zealand, best known for his work as a solo artist, as well as co-founding the indie pop group The Brunettes, in 1998 and Lil' Chief Records, in 2002. He frequently collaborates with label-mates as a musician, engineer, and record producer.
www.jonathanbreemusic.com
This song is about how people use technology and material goods to isolate themselves from human contact. Numan has stated that he has Asperger syndrome, which is a mild form of autism, but until he was diagnosed, he had a lot of trouble relating to other people.
Numan told Mojo magazine March 2008 about the original inspiration for this song: "A couple of blokes started peering in the window and for whatever reason took a dislike to me, so I had to take evasive action. I swerved up the pavement, scattering pedestrians everywhere. After that, I began to see the car as the tank of modern society." bit.ly
Brand new album from South African artist Skinny Pelembe.
From their Bandcamp: "'Hardly The Same Snake' is the sound of the Johannesburg-born, Doncaster-raised artist Doya Beardmore finally finding his voice – both literally and figuratively. In practical terms, that involved finding the courage to foreground his gravelly baritone in these gloriously genre-agnostic productions. But it also meant branching out beyond his safety net to figure out the artist he truly wanted to be. As Skinny puts it today, “This album is what I would have created first time round had I rated my own voice.”"
skinnypelembe.bandcamp.com
Yves Tumor is on their To Spite or Not to Spite tour and will be performing at Showbox Sodo May 20th! Get tickets now: www.axs.com
"This Miami-born, Paris-based artist’s fifth album is an imaginative blend of psych-rock, soul, electro-pop and other styles, with a densely produced sound combining guitars, keyboards and other instrumentation with their elastic vocals and lyrics ranging from dark and moody to sunny and celebratory." kexp.org
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John in Delaware: We are in the process of prepping our home for sale... big move across the US to California. Right now I'm heavily regretting our decision to put glow in the dark stars on the kids ceilings. Is there anything musical you can play that will help me not want to punch the big dipper in the face?
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The lead single from the soundtrack to Marvel's 2018 Black Panther.
It is the first song from a Marvel Studios film to receive an Academy Award nomination for best song.
Built to Spill visited the KEXP studio last year - watch the performance here: www.youtube.com
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Released as a single on this day in 1984!
Thom Yorke has commented that "So. Central Rain" is his favourite R.E.M. song.
On this day in 1987... This is Jane's Addiction cover of the classic Velvet Underground 1970 song.
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Lou Reed wrote, "'Rock and Roll' is about me. If I hadn't heard rock and roll on the radio, I would have had no idea there was life on this planet. Which would have been devastating - to think that everything, everywhere was like it was where I come from. That would have been profoundly discouraging. Movies didn't do it for me. TV didn't do it for me. It was the radio that did it."
Rolling Stones cover, but re-titled as "Sympathy" on the live album from Jane's Addiction. The basic tracks were recorded live over a single night at the Roxy Theatre in Los Angeles in January 1987.
Tinariwen have announced a new album, Amatssou ,which will be out May 19 via Wedge. The album was originally to be made in Nashville at Third Man, but it ended up being made remotely due to the pandemic, with help from producer Daniel Lanois, and country musicians Wes Corbett and Fats Kaplin.
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