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Released on this day in 2020!
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
"Loading" is the second single from James Blakes's new album, due in September.
The song features the Ragga Twins, which consist of brothers (not actual twins) Flinty Badman (Trevor Destouche) and Deman Rocker (David Destouche), They are MCs from North London: www.allmusic.com
New music from George Clanton, Formerly known as Mirror Kisses. Also known as ESPRIT.
Via their bandcamp: Utilizing elements of grunge, acid house, trip hop, shoegaze and vaporwave as a sonic palette, George Clanton makes nostalgic music for the modern era.
georgeclanton.bandcamp.com
Moby sampled this song by Deep Forest in the song "Flying Foxes."
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Deep Forest were formed in 1992 by French electronic musicians Eric Mouquet and Michel Sanchez. Inspired by the music and culture he observed on a trip to Africa, Sanchez delved into recordings he'd acquired on his trip, and he and Mouquet began sampling the native sounds for use with their atmospheric dance tracks.
Deep Forest's sound has been described as an "ethno-introspective ambient world music". They were nominated for a Grammy Award in 1994 for Best World Music Album, and in 1995 they won the Award for the album "Boheme."
“Porcelain” was the sixth single off Moby’s commercial breakthrough Play. The song was based on particularly painful breakup. Moby recalled:
"I was involved with this really, really wonderful woman, and I loved her very much. But I knew deep in my heart of hearts that we had no business being romantically involved. So, it’s sort of about being in love with someone but knowing you shouldn’t be with them."
"Soul Capturer" is the opening track for Animal Collective's upcoming album "Isn’t It Now?" which is releasing on September 29
The Flaming Lips will be at Woodland Park Zoo on Wednesday, August 23rd.
In 2007, it was announced that the album would be made into a Broadway musical by The West Wing creator Aaron Sorkin and director Des McAnuff.
Des McAnuff stated that Aaron Sorkin exited the project after it became clear the musical would be sung-through.
Scottish Band The Beta Band's Dry the Rain was Featured in the film High Fidelity back in 2000.
Happy birthday, Kristin Hersh! We think. We're honestly not sure. Born on this day (maybe) in1966, she's an American singer-songwriter and guitarist, of solo work, Throwing Muses, and 50FootWave.
"Your Ghost" is the first track from Kristin Hersh's debut solo studio album Hips and Makers, released in 1994. It features additional backing vocals from Michael Stipe.
On Saturday, August 5th both Big Thief AND Lucinda Williams played a sold-out show at Marymoor Park. After releasing their double album last year, we've already got a new track from Big Thief.
Big Thief’s Adrianne Lenker recently explained the nexus of this song: “For me, it’s about getting out of toxic internal patterns — leaving the empire of energy drains that obscure pure essence, learning about what healthy boundaries are, and finding the power to implement them for the possibility of giving and receiving (both inwardly and outwardly) unbroken and infinite Love.” Here's the lyric video: radiomilwaukee.org
Cheryl Waters hosted Lucinda Williams Live on KEXP from Home in August 2020: youtu.be
The Village Voice's Robert Chrisgau called this one of the best 10 albums of the 1990s --
'Williams's cris de coeur and evocations of rural rootlessness—about juke joints, macho guitarists, alcoholic poets, loved ones locked away in prison, loved ones locked away even more irreparably in the past—are always engaging in themselves. And they mean even more as a whole, demonstrating not that old ways are best, although that meaningless idea may well appeal to her, but that they're very much with us.' -- tinyurl.com
The Captain is the solo debut album of Australian country music singer Kasey Chambers. Prior to releasing this album, Chambers had performed more than a decade with her family's Dead Ringer Band, a popular Australian country music group.
kaseychambers.com
Courtney Barnett performed "History Eraser" as part of a great live performance for KEXP VIP Club members at Seattle's Triple Door in 2014. Watch that entire show: www.youtube.com
New music from former Cymbals Eat Guitars frontman Joseph D’Agostino’s solo project!
emptycountry.bandcamp.com
Brand new music from the Linda Lindas!
The Linda Lindas are a rock band from Los Angeles. The all-girl group comprises Bela Salazar, Eloise Wong, and sisters Lucia and Mila de la Garza.
After Amy Poehler watched the Linda Lindas open for Bikini Kill on April 26, 2019, at the Hollywood Palladium, she had them record songs for her film Moxie. In 2020, the Linda Lindas wrote a song for Netflix documentary The Claudia Kishi Club, titled "Claudia Kishi", after the Japanese-American character in Ann M. Martin's novel series The Baby-Sitters Club.
This L.A. New Wave group first formed in 1980 and initially called themselves U.S. Drag. The original band members were: Dale Bozzio (vocals), Terry Bozzio (drums), Warren Cuccurullo (guitar), Patrick O'Hearn (bass), and Chuck Wild (keyboards). (Dale and Terry Bozzio met while working with Frank Zappa during sessions in 1979 for the album Joe's Garage.) Missing Persons released their self-titled debut four song EP in 1980. They signed with the major label Capitol Records in 1982 and released their first full-length album "Spring Session M" that same year.: www.imdb.com
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Don't miss the video for "Walking in L.A.": www.youtube.com
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Memento Mori, the fifteenth studio album by Depeche Mode, was recently released!
Depeche Mode plays Seattle's Climate Pledge Arena on Sunday, November 26th -
www.depechemode.com
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We selected this song as a KEXP Song of the Day. Download it for yourself here: www.kexp.org
You just heard a test of the emergency broadcast service. Possum Dixon was an American rock band between 1989 and 1999.
New! Nation of Language will be playing the Day In Day Out Festival (August 12-13). tinyurl.com
Nation of Language formed in Brooklyn, New York in 2016. The new album, "Strange Disciple," will be released on Sept. 15. The album was produced by Nick Millhiser (Holy Ghost!, LCD Soundsystem).
Watch Nation of Language's live 2021 performance at KEXP Studios: tinyurl.com
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Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark are an English electronic band formed in Wirral, Merseyside, in 1978. The group consists of co-founders Andy McCluskey and Paul Humphreys, along with Martin Cooper and Stuart Kershaw; McCluskey has been the only constant member.
Brand new Music from London's Bombay Bicycle Club!
The band have announced their upcoming album "My Big Day" set to be released in October this year and will feature collaborations with Damon Albarn, Jay Som, Nilüfer Yanya and Holly Humberstone.
Bombay Bicycle Club will be playing Iceland Airwaves this year!!
icelandairwaves.is
New, lost single from The Last Splash!
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
"Good morning John! It’s a bittersweet day as I’m moving my oldest daughter to Bozeman for grad school. Will you please play Sleater Kinney’s Lions and Tigers for her. I’ll try to keep it together.
'Its a long long way to go now
I'll be there if you call
It's a long long way to go now
I'll be there if you call“
-Trey in Walla Walla WA "
Happy birthday Kristin Hersh! Born on this day in 1966.
WORDS FROM KRISTIN:
- "On tour, my youngest son, Wyatt, found a cherry cough drop on the back seat of the car and asked, "is this a ruby?" I figure he'll be doing that for most of his life, but all I could think to tell him was that cough drops are more valuable than rubies when you have a cold."
hersh-head.tripod.com
Strange Ranger will be right next door at The Vera Project on Friday, September 15th, 2023!
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Strange Ranger (fka Sioux Falls) is an Indie-Rock/Post-Punk band from Montana, then in Portland, now in NYC and Philly.
the band was formed by the duo of Isaac Eiger and Fred Nixon, who have been playing music together since 2009 when the pair were still in high school.: strangeranger.bandcamp.com
New supergroup featuring Lol Tolhurst (The Cure), Budgie Clark (Siouxsie and the Banshees), and producer Jacknife Lee - this is their debut single, featuring LCD Soundsystem's James Murphy
Their new LP also includes guest appearances by Primal Screan's Bobby Gillespie, U2's The Edge, Mary Lattimore, and Mark Bowen from IDLES
Read an interview at The NME: tinyurl.com
New Yard Act!
Yard Act will be performing at Iceland Airwaves in November!
Despite the success that followed over the last 18 months, Yard Act have stuck to their word for comeback single "The Trench Coat Museum." Or, as guitarist Sam Shipstone puts it, "we’ve gone full The Chemical Brothers."
This song from Cake's second studio album was written by Greg Brown, who was the band's guitarist until 1998. It remains Cake's most popular song.
GHOST OF VROOM- the band comprised of Mike Doughty and his longtime collaborator Andrew "Scrap" Livingston - their new album "GHOST OF VROOM 3" is due out this September!
www.ghostofvroom.com
Inspiration for this song struck in 1989 when Mike Edwards was listening to the Simple Minds' version of "Sign O' The Times," The song, written and originally recorded by Prince, is his perspective of the troubling events of the late '80s. Watching the Berlin Wall come down, Edwards said, "I wanted to write a sort of updated but positive 'Sign O' The Times' to reflect what was happening."
Happy birthday to Ian Dench, guitarist of EMF, born on this day in 1964.
Did you know that EMF stood for Epsom Mad Funkers? Read the "unbelievable" story behind the band: rockandrolltruestories.com
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The song has three separate parts dubbed "Rhythms". The first one, titled "Rhythm One: Lust", is the version released as a single and banned by the BBC. It appears by itself on the Beverly Hills Cop II soundtrack, and mixed with the second version, titled "Rhythm Two: Brass in Love", on Faith.
New music from Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band, a steel pan ensemble from Hamburg, Germany. __ bigcrownrecords.com __ bacaorhythmandsteelband.bandcamp.com
As sampled in Deee-Lite's release "Groove Is in the Heart," which was put forth unto this world on this day in 1990.
Also sampled in Deee-Lite's "Groove Is in the Heart," I have a feeling I know where this is going.
Washington, D.C., guitarist Vernon Burch spent two years backing the Delfonics as a teen sensation. He was 13 when he joined them. He later played with the Stairsteps, and then with the Bar-Kays for four years.: wbssmedia.com
OH, and this song was also sampled in "Groove Is in the Heart"
Sampled in "Groove Is in the Heart" by Dee-Lite.
Ok at this point I'm beginning to wonder if anything wasn't sampled in "Groove is in the Heart."
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Funny note about the man who wrote this song...his name was Vic Mizzy whose best-known works are the themes to the 1960s television sitcoms Green Acres and The Addams Family. Mizzy also wrote top-20 songs from the 1930s to 1940s. One of his compositions, "In the Middle, In the Middle, In the Middle", an early 1960s anti-jaywalking public service announcement for New York City, was sung by Mizzy's daughter Patty Keeler. The song was later covered by They Might Be Giants.
*checks notes* yep, also sampled in "Groove is in the Heart"
WE DID IT!!!! Released on this day in 1990, in all its glorious sample-loving fun.
That entire bass line is supplied by Bootsy Collins of Parliament-Funkadelic fame; he also provides backing vocals. Q-Tip is the rapper on this song.
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The song samples the main riff from Herbie Hancock's track "Bring Down the Birds" from the Blowup soundtrack and Vernon Burch's "Get Up", which provided the drum track and also formed the basis for the breakdown featuring a slide whistle.
Released on this day in 1970! Stevie Wonder was 20 years old. It was the first track he produced.
www.steviewonder.net
This Ska version covers the infamous Sanford and Son theme that was originally created by Quincy Jones.