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Tuesday, Jul 11 2023, 7AM
Good morning. Joy Division released the "Substance" compilation on this day in 1988!
It is the companion to a similar singles compilation by their subsequent band New Order, also titled Substance. The cover features the title of the album in green spelled with characters from Dutch type designer and typographer Wim Crouwel's New Alphabet typeface.
Happy birthday to singer and musician Peter Murphy (vocalist of Bauhaus and Dalis Car), born on this day in 1957 in Northampton, England!
Yeah Yeah Yeahs released their return album Cool It Down in 2022, making the debut with lead single "Spitting Off the Edge of the World", featuring Perfume Genius. A year later, they've shared this new "lush" edition of the song, along with the following statement via Twitter:
“There haven’t been many duets in the history of Yeah Yeah Yeahs, maybe we were waiting for a unicorn like Mike to come around,” wrote the band. “Having a chance to try a different rendition of Spitting Off the Edge of the World with Mike was always on the wishlist. Our producer wanted to bring the track into Lee Hazlewood territory as far as lush arrangements were concerned, there is some influence but in the end it’s very much a stand alone sum of its parts, the gem of another collab between Dave Sitek, @perfumegenius , and YYYs. Enjoy!”
www.stereogum.com
American singer-songwriter and record producer Suzanne Vega was born on this day in 1959!
Vega came to prominence in the mid-1980s, releasing four singles that entered the Top 40 charts in the UK for the following decades including "Luka", "Marlene on the Wall", "Left of Center", and "No Cheap Thrill".
'Til Tuesday are best known for their 1985 hit single "Voices Carry", the debut single from their debut album of the same name. Til Tuesday is from Boston, fronted by Aimee Mann, who later emerged as a formidable solo artist.
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Watch a live performance by Aimee Mann in the KEXP studio in 2017: www.youtube.com
From PJ Harvey's tenth studio album of the same name, released earlier this month on July 7th. It is her first album in seven years, recorded with longtime collaborators John Parish and Flood.
The album apparently took many years to make and was inspired by her epic poem "Orlam". Harvey described the meaning of the record as "searching, looking—the intensity of first love, and seeking meaning".
pitchfork.com
Album: store.pjharvey.net
Orlam: store.pjharvey.net
“Where My Wild Things Are” is the lead single from Oscar and Grammy-winning singer/songwriter and Yellowstone star Ryan Bingham's forthcoming record Watch Out for the Wolf, to be released on August 11, 2023.
www.ryanbingham.com
Happy birthday Andrew Bird, born on this day in 1973!
Andrew Bird performed this track live in the KEXP studio in October 2019. Watch the full session here: www.youtube.com.
Andrew Bird says of this song, "I focus on the moment when Sisyphus gets to the top of that mountain and actually feels like he might have a choice. Either he’s going to jump and end the struggle or let the rock roll down. And I imagine, "Who’s down there when the rock rolls down. Is there a village that’s getting destroyed?" Read Bird's comments on each song on 'My Finest Work Yet': bit.ly.
andrewbird.bandcamp.com
Chaos for the Fly is the solo abum of Grian Chatten, the frontman for Fontaines D.C!
grianchatten.bandcamp.com
Fontaines D.C. played Live on KEXP in 2022. Watch the performance here: www.youtube.com
This cover of the 1988 hit song from When in Rome that appears on Simpson's second album 'Metamodern Sounds in Country Music,' his second studio album.
The original recipe.
When In Rome started out as a British new wave trio consisting of vocalists Clive Farrington and Andrew Mann, and keyboardist Michael Floreale. Farrington and Mann had been members of a locally popular band called Beau Leisure when they decided to strike out on their own. This song was from their debut LP in 1988 and became both an instant hit and the song they're best known for.
"Ah hey ma ma mommy doo-din-nie-ya... Ah hey ma ma ma hey-y-yah..."
"Northern Town" started life with a different title. Laird-Clowes told Mojo that he had befriended Paul Simon at one point and the two stayed in touch. He recalled: "I played him the song and he asked, 'What are you going to call it - 'Ah Hey Ma Ma Ma?' I told him that we intended to name it 'Morning Lasted All Day.' 'That's no good,' he said and so I came up with 'Life In A Northern Town.' which he thought was a great title."
Lightning Seeds was formed by English singer Ian Broudie (formerly of the bands Big in Japan, Care, and Original Mirrors). "Pure" was the band's first single release, and the first song Ian Broudie had written and sang entirely on his own.
Broudie was originally apprehensive about the release: "I didn’t think that many people would be interested if I’m going to be honest, I suppose I didn’t have the confidence really and I wasn’t in a band but I did want to put my music out and get it heard."
Good morning, John —
We’ve been traveling in Europe for the last three weeks and returned to Seattle last night. We ended the trip by seeing Blur at Wembley on Sunday night. Singing along with 90,000 fans was surreal and moving. My husband Shawn and I went with a friend named Neil who I met at a gig in London 28 years ago. Our shared love of live music created a connection that I’m so grateful for! If it pleases you, can you play Coffee & TV (or any other Blur track!) this morning?
Hope you are well and thank you!
Heather.
Bully will perform Live in the KEXP Studio at noon on Friday, August 18, then later that night again at the Neptune Theatre in Seattle!
New album Lucky for You is out now!
More info here:
www.kexp.org
www.bullythemusic.com
bullythemusic.bandcamp.com
Wand's Cory Hanson has announced his third solo album, Western Cum, is out now! Hanson produced the album himself. The album features his brother, Casey, on bass, drummer Evan Backer, and pedal steel player Tyler Nuffer.
coryhanson.bandcamp.com
"Breath" first appeared on the soundtrack to the 1992 film, "Singles."
Guitarist Mike McCready on the song:
"That was a really old song of Stone's (Gossard) from his days in Mother Love Bone. It was just another chance for me to do a lot of leads. The song was kind of cool at the time because it reminded me of performing. For me, it was about playing live."
Protomartyr is a post-punk band formed in 2010 in Detroit, Michigan. The band consists of Joe Casey, Greg Ahee, Alex Leonard, and Scott Davidson. In 2020, Kelley Deal joined the band in a touring capacity, providing additional keyboards, guitar and backing vocals.
Released earlier this month, Formal Growth in the Desert is Protomartyr's sixth album. protomartyr.bandcamp.com
Nothing's Shocking is the debut studio album by Jane's Addiction. "Mountain Song" was the first song written by the band in 1985, before a band name had been decided yet. - janesaddiction.com
Brooklyn, NY-based band Geese will be at the THING Festival in Port Townsend, WA on Saturday, August 26th, 2023. They'll also play an all-ages show at Madame Lou's on Thursday, October 19th.
geesebandnyc.bandcamp.com
The second and final album from alternative rock band School of Fish, formed in 1989 and disbanded in 1994. The core members were Josh Clayton-Felt and Michael Ward who would play club dates in Los Angeles, California as a duo accompanied by programmed drums and bass.
www.nytimes.com
Watch Alex Lahey's most recent Live on KEXP here:
www.youtube.com
“Good Time” is a big, bright track about the mad and familiar rush to have any kind of fun in the rare moments when that’s even a possibility: “Everyone is a bit f'd up but they think they’re okay/ Especially when they’re out of their houses today.” Alex Lahey co-wrote the song with Jacknife Lee, and she also co-directed the song’s video with longtime collaborator Jon Danovic. www.stereogum.com
Skating Polly will be live at the South Sound Block Party in Olympia on Friday, August 25th!
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"Formed when stepsisters Kelli Mayo and Peyton Bighorse were just 9 and 14, the band have channeled their chameleonic musicality into a sound they call “Ugly Pop,” unruly and subversive and wildly melodic. With Kelli’s brother Kurtis Mayo joining on drums in 2017, they’ve also built a close-knit community of fans....": www.soundspheremag.com
The Breeders will be performing at the Paramount Theatre on October 25th, 2023 on their Last Splash 30th Anniversary Tour (with Belly).
thebreeders.bandcamp.com
"Go Man Go" comes from the 1993 album, Last Splash. The Breeders are releasing a 30th anniversary remastered version of the album on September 22nd.
In Times New Roman... is the eighth studio album by American rock band Queens of the Stone Age:
In an interview with NME ahead of the album's release, Josh Homme spoke on how life events had an influence on the recording of In Times New Roman...:
"I think when you're dealing with the extreme ups and downs of life, you don't stop and go: 'I should really make a record.' Those things don't exist in that moment. If your roof is flooding, you don't say: 'We should make a record about this!' You have to stop yourself drowning in a flood. We recorded it probably two-and-a-half years ago, but it just sat there waiting to be finished. I didn't sing it until last November. I wasn't done living. Honestly, I was probably afraid. I wasn't ready. You need the flood to be over, and then you can decide whether you can accept the flood. I think with this being a record about acceptance, you need to actually get there yourself."
Sweet Oblivion is the sixth studio album by Screaming Trees, released on September 8, 1992. It quickly became the band's best-selling record, and was the closest they ever came to achieving mainstream success. Sweet Oblivion sold in excess of 300,000 copies.
Mark Lanegan played at KEXP numerous times. Watch his full performance in the studio from 2014 here: www.youtube.com
"Hit the City" is the second and last single from Lanegan's breakthrough album "Bubblegum," released in 2004. The song features PJ Harvey on vocals.
"Outshined" was written by Chris Cornell and was first released in 1991 as the second single from the band's third studio album, Badmotorfinger (1991). It became the band's first single to reach the U.S. Mainstream Rock charts, where it peaked at number 45.
Bully will be at the Neptune Theater on Friday, August 18th.
www.stgpresents.org
www.bullythemusic.com
Here is Bully Live on KEXP back in 2018: www.youtube.com
The latest from Australian band Cable Ties.
cableties.bandcamp.com
New music from Strange Ranger! strangeranger.bandcamp.com
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“When you’re young, it feels like life has a kind of arc to it and up ahead in the future, there’s some point where all your experiences converge and this fog of confusion will lift and you will have arrived,” says Isaac Eiger of “She’s On Fire.” - bit.ly
"A Letter to Elise" was made public for the first time on MTV's Cure-"Unplugged" show in 1991.
Watch the performance here: www.youtube.com
Robert Smith was inspired by Franz Kafka's "Letters to Felice" when writing the song's lyrics.
The The released Mind Bomb, featuring former The Smiths' guitarist Johnny Marr, on this day in 1989!
Out on Sub Pop now! Spirit Award is the moniker for Seattle-based singer/songwriter Daniel Lyon.
The album was recorded in various places, houses, studios, basements and bedrooms by Daniel, then co-produced and mixed at Way Out in Woodinville, Washington. Spirit Award has chosen to donate a portion of proceeds to MusiCares, which provides a safety net of critical health and welfare services to the music community.
megamart.subpop.com
www.spiritawardmusic.com
Antennae is the latest release from New York-based artist binki.
Upon its release, binki shared, “I put my guts out on the table with this one. Tears were shed. Blood was bled. I was on a wild ride these past two years. I feel so lucky I get to do this.”
www.onestowatch.com
Released on this day in 2011! "I Can See Through You" was the second single from the Horrors third album, Skying, released in 2011 only as a promotional two-track CD single in the UK.
Watch The Horrors perform "I Can See Through You" live on KEXP at the Doug Fir during MusicfestNW in 2011: www.youtube.com
Leaving The Light is the lead single from "Struggler," the forthcoming second studio album by Ghanaian-Australian musician Genesis Owusu, scheduled for release on August 18th.
Genesis Owusu will play an all-ages show at Neumos on Thursday, November 9th. - www.genesisowusu.com
In case you missed it, watch Genesis Owusu perform Live on KEXP earlier this year here: youtu.be
Have a great day! Thanks for spending your morning with us!
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Killer Mike will be bringing the High and Holy Tour to The Showbox in Seattle on Thursday, July 27 - www.showboxpresents.com