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Wednesday, Jul 19 2023, 7AM
Happy Birthday to Kevin Haskins of Love and Rockets born on this day in 1960!
Kevin Haskins, English drummer, songwriter, and composer for Bauhaus, Love and Rockets, and Tones on Tail.
Don't you love the great bass line in this song? Here's a live version from 2019: www.youtube.com
Adorable's debut album 'Against Perfection' turned 30 this year; originally released March 1, 1993.
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Spacey indie band from the grunge era. They formed in Manchester in 1988, and made three full-length albums, this one is off their sophomore release, 'Body Exit Mind'
Former New Fast Automatic Daffodils guitar player returns with new project : Au-Turn. it seemed like it was all done and dusted for the band but out of the blue guitar player Dolan has taken his treasured Telecaster out of the cupboard and created an enchanting new project of artful inventiveness. louderthanwar.com
Birth, school, work, death... This 1998 album was the second from sharp-dressed English band The Godfathers.
Hear this track on 'This Is War! Godfathers Live!' thegodfathers.bandcamp.com
Not to be confused with their first album, which is also called 'The House of Love'. This one was released in 1990. It is generally referred to either as 'Fontana' (after the record label it was issued on) or 'The Butterfly Album' (after Trevor Key's sleeve art). bit.ly
On this day in 1993, Catherine Wheel released "Chrome"!
Catherine Wheel have truly pushed their sound to its ultimate potential on this record, and it’s quite surprising that the band is relatively unknown and under-appreciated nowadays. Regardless, both Ferment and Chrome are absolutely essential within the shoegaze genre...www.sputnikmusic.com
The Smashing Pumpkins will perform at the White River Amphitheatre in Auburn WA, Saturday August 5, 2023!
Big birthday love to Ellie Rowsell - singer, songwriter & guitarist for London's Wolf Alice - born on this day in 1992!
Yeah Yeah Yeahs have a new “lush” version of their single ‘Spitting Off the Edge of the World’. The original version of the track, which features fellow indie rocker Perfume Genius, was released as the first single from the band’s 2022 album Cool It Down. “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,” they wrote in a statement. “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!” - bit.ly www.yeahyeahyeahs.com
Sufjan Stevens’ signature album “Illinois,” which references elements of the state’s history and geography in its rich lyrics, is coming to the stage.
A musical also called “Illinois” had its world premiere June 23-July 2, 2023 at the Fisher Center at Bard College in New York State’s Hudson Valley, the college announced. Chicago Shakespeare Theater, one of the companies that commissioned “Illinois,” will present the show in January 2024.
“Illinois” is being directed by Tony Award winner Justin Peck, who also choreographs and co-wrote the story with Jackie Sibblies Drury.
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This orchestral version of 'Sometimes' is part of a new double album released in celebration of James's 40th Anniversary! The album is a collection of some of James’ most loved and rare tracks, reimagined with a 22 piece orchestra and eight piece choir. - wearejames.com
Released on this day in 1985!
'The Head on the Door' was The Cure's first album where all the songs were composed solely by singer and guitarist Robert Smith. When asked by Rolling Stone Magazine in March 2019 on what The Cure's 40th anniversary meant to him, Robert Smith replied, "It means I’m f***ing old!" bit.ly. Check out the band playing this live on the BBC's Whistle Test in 1985: bit.ly. What were you doing in 1985? *Were* you doing in 1985? www.thecure.com
...'Coming Up', became the band’s biggest ever commercial success. Spawning a staggering five UK top ten singles, the album revitalised the band’s fanbase and established a new variation of Suede’s sound. But, as Brett Anderson remembered in his second autobiography, Afternoon With The Blinds Drawn, “Coming Up was an album snatched against the odds from the savage jaws of failure.” guitar.com
Genesis Owusu will perform at Neumos in Seattle, November 9!
Genesis Owusu has released the second single from his highly-anticipated sophomore album, STRUGGLER, due out August 18th www.youtube.com
A drum that turns into a snake? Bob Geldof with a snake? Just sayin'...: www.youtube.com
'The Ecstatic' was released in 2009! This track from Mos Def's fourth album contains snippets of an interview with Nigerian multi-instrumentalist and pioneer of the Afrobeat music genre, Fela Kuti, from the 1982 documentary "Music Is the Weapon."
This game-changing album was produced with the Dust Brothers, whose use of sampling helped establish the practice of multi-layered sampling as an art in itself. In total, 105 songs are sampled. KEXP broke down the entire album in 2015. www.kexp.org
The Budos Band play the THING Festival at Fort Worden in Port Townsend, WA on Friday, August 25th. thebudos.com --- Watch their 2019 in-studio here: www.youtube.com
Buffalo Soldier requested by Kristin for her dad, James. "...a tribute to an old Scottish guy, but he thought it was a total bop." #yana
Beck and Phoenix are touring together this summer and will play Climate Pledge Arena on Tuesday, August 1! The tour is called "Summer Odyssey". www.livenation.com == Last year, Phoenix released their seventh studio album Alpha Zulu. Beck’s most recent LP was 2019’s Hyperspace. Since then, he has collaborated with the Gorillaz and Paul McCartney. In February, Beck returned with the folky song “Thinking About You” but has yet to confirm when his next studio album will be released.
ODESZA and Yellow House's collaborative EP, "Flaws in Our Design," is out July 21, 2023. Yellow House (born Emile van Dango) said that "Heavier" was “the idea that sparked the entire collaboration five years ago. From the jump, it had that unmistakable energy of having discovered something special. It captures the exact moment our two worlds met.” odesza.bandcamp.com
The Australian producer's new album, 'Sisyphus', arrives nearly five years after his scintillating solo debut ('Sect'). It's certainly a prolonged period of time in the mercurial world of electronic dance music, though Features has undoubtedly made leaps in the time since, even joining ODESZA on their collaborative BRONSON project, which yielded one of 2020's most acclaimed albums. edm.com
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New album from edapollo!
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"edapollo is UK native, Melbourne-based producer Ed Bidgood. He independently self-released two albums Endless Cascades (2019) and Blue Spring (2021) which both received widespread critical acclaim from blogs, tastemakers & radio, with regular support from the likes of BBC Radio, SiriusXM, Worldwide FM, Triple J and more..."
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This track off the third album from the Swedish band is based off a real person. Andrew Wyatt of Miike Snow told Notion in 2016 that this album, "kicked off with the first time anyone’s really ever broken my heart and it was a long process of recovery, much longer than I thought it would be." Back in 2009 Mikke Snow performed "burial" live in the old KEXP studio! bit.ly
British production duo Jungle has returned with the latest single from their upcoming fourth studio album Volcano, 'Dominoes'. - www.junglejunglejungle.com --- Jungle is performing live in the KEXP studios on Friday, September 15th at noon. Later that evening, they'll play an all-ages show at WaMu! www.axs.com - www.junglejunglejungle.com
Watch a Full Performance (Live on KEXP) from October 2021 hosted by DJ Cheryl Waters @ youtu.be
Air's 'Moon Safari' turned twenty-five this year. One of the most impressive debuts of the 1990s, the French Electronic duo released 'Moon Safari' to the world on 16th January, 1998. www.musicmusingsandsuch.com
The Budos Band will be playing THING Festival at Fort Worden in Port Townsend, WA on Friday, August 25. Lineup here: thingnw.org --- Frontier’s Edge comes out on July 28! budosband.bandcamp.com
Queens of the Stone Age will perform at Seattle's Climate Pledge Arena, October 4!
Queens of the Stone Age have announced their new album, 'In Times New Roman' released in June via Matador...Largely recorded and mixed at Joshua Homme’s Pink Duck Studios, In Times New Roman… was produced by the band and mixed by Mark Rankin. Boneface, a frequent collaborator of the band, designed the artwork and double album gatefold for the vinyl release. pitchfork.com
Portugal. The Man will perform in Portland @ the Wonder Ballroom July 20!
"Portugal. The Man have released seven studio albums, with their newest, 'Chris Black Changed My Life', coming six years since their last effort, 'Woodstock'. Over half a decade might have passed, but the Oregon-based band haven’t lost sight of their summery sound, creating an album perfect for the warmer, more relaxed period of the year." faroutmagazine.co.uk
Thanks for this request from Jason in Columbia, SC!
Watch Parquet Courts' Full Performance (Live on KEXP) hosted by DJ Troy Nelson from April 2022! youtu.be
In case you may have missed it or didn't know - Violent Femmes played a free show in The Gathering Space 5 years ago. Reminisce with us here: www.youtube.com
"This show always makes me feel like I belong. So does Darren, whom I would like to dedicate Adorable’s 'Breathless' to." —Stephanie in NY
New music from Strange Ranger! strangeranger.bandcamp.com
Strange Ranger will perform at Seattle's The Vera Project, September 15! theveraproject.org
Newest single from Depeche Mode's latest album, 'Memento Mori'. Depeche Mode will be at Climate Pledge Arena on Sunday, November 26th, 2023. This is their fifteenth record, and their first since the passing of keyboardist Andy Fletcher. Martin Gore revealed, "We started work on this project early in the pandemic, and its themes were directly inspired by that time. After Fletch's passing, we decided to continue as we're sure this is what he would have wanted, and that has really given the project an extra level of meaning."
Nine Inch Nails release 'Add Violence' on this day in 2017!
"'Add Violence' and the matching EP that preceded it, 'Not the Actual Events', are the first NIN releases to include an official band member other than Reznor, Atticus Ross...Add Violence kicks things off with its lead single, “Less Than”—as close to an outrun/synthwave song as Reznor has gotten since the birth of those micro-genres in the first place." pitchfork.com
Militarie Gun will be at The Vera Project on Tuesday, October 17th, 2023!
New album, Life Under the Gun, was released last month. militariegun.com
"Meantime" was Helmet's second studio album and major label debut, released in 1992."Unsung" quickly became the band's signature song and the video was a MTV favorite during late 1992. Watch it here: www.youtube.com -- Then, watch Helmet playing live in the KEXP studio in 2013: www.youtube.com
Cable Ties will perform with Pile at Seattle's Tractor Tavern, September 21!
"The sound and the fury are back on the third album from Melbourne punk trio Cable Ties. ‘All Her Plans’ harnesses the band’s signature rage as they pummel through songs that are equally frantic and tender, veering from expressing frustration with the status quo to heartfelt and sincere odes to loved ones." www.nme.com
On August 25, California's Film School will release their new album 'Field' and today, they’ve released the closing track, “All I’ll Ever Be.”
"With over two decades in the industry, Field cements Film School as a distinct, dominant force in the shoegaze scene. Soaked in an emotionally open, imaginative atmosphere, the album is both singular and expansive, and leaves the door open for a constantly evolving interpretation." filmschoolmusic.bandcamp.com
Palehound will perform @ Madame Lou's in Seattle on Monday, November 6, 2023!
Eye on the Bat is Palehound’s first LP in four years, following 2019’s Black Friday. The new album also follows Doomin’ Sun, a 2021 album that Kempner made with Jay Som’s Melina Duterte under the name Bachelor. Palehound’s new album was co-produced by Kempner and Sam Owens, and features multi-instrumentalist Larz Brogan, a longtime member of the band since its early Boston days.
See the video here youtu.be pitchfork.com
Check out recently released Live Video from Alex Lahey's May 2023 KEXP In-Studio, hosted by Cheryl Waters: bit.ly. This Australian artist’s third album is a well-crafted set of anthemic, hook-filled indie-rock with crunchy guitars, punchy rhythms, sing-along choruses and sometimes-biting, sometimes-humorous lyrics of identity, relationships, isolation and resilience. alexlahey.bandcamp.com
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Liz Phair has described 'Whip-Smart' as a chronicle of the beginning, middle and end of a relationship: "a rock fairy tale, from meeting the guy, falling for him, getting him and not getting him, going through the disillusionment period, saying 'F**k it,' and leaving, coming back to it." - bit.ly
Newest album from the Breeders, 'Go Man Go' releases September 22, 2023. thebreeders.bandcamp.com
Lucky for Seattle-based fans, The Breeders are going to be here on October 25th, 2023 at the Paramount Theatre! For info & tickets: www.paramounttheatreseattle.net www.thebreedersmusic.com
The Pixies will perform at Seattle's Climate Pledge Arena on Friday, September 8 with Modest Mouse!
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Pixies covering the great Leonard Cohen in 1991 with their version of, "I Can't Forget". This track originally appeared on Cohen's 1988 release, "I'm Your Man".
Shamir's 9th studio album, "Homo Anxietatem", will be released August 18th. shamir.bandcamp.com
Shamir joined Cheryl Waters live on KEXP last year. Watch the performance here: www.youtube.com.