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Thursday, Sep 14 2023, 7AM
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Frontman Adam Granduciel on this song: "“In Reverse” is one song that’s surprises me I wrote it. It’s one of those things that came about from mixing and arranging. At the last minute I started changing the song around. Now it’s a unified piece I can’t believe I effing put this together. I really can’t. It’s awesome. It gives me hope for my future musical endeavors. It was a last minute visualization of the song in terms of the arrangement, so to perform it now as if that’s how I wrote is pretty funny, but amazing too."
This is the closing track from Halycon Digest, the fifth studio album by American indie rock band Deerhunter. Vocalist Bradford Cox stated, "The album's title is a reference to a collection of fond memories and even invented ones." - bit.ly
Watch Lord Huron performing for KEXP back in 2012 here: www.youtube.com
From the the third studio album by the Scottish indie rock band Frightened Rabbit. --- Here's Frightened Rabbit's KEXP in studio from April, 2016: youtu.be
Lead singer Mike Scott composed about 20 different verse lyrics before choosing the best five for the final product. The Waterboys came to KEXP and played an inspiring set in 2013 which can be found here: bit.ly
First Aid Kit's cover of Patti Smith's 1979 track. Watch First Aid Kit perform this track for Patti Smith her self www.youtube.com
Palehound will perform @ Madame Lou's in Seattle on Monday, November 6, 2023!
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Don't miss the opportunity to see El Kempner performing this song so powerfully in the video: www.youtube.com
Sinead O'Connor said in an interview in The Tech April 12, 1988: "Mandinkas are an African tribe. They're mentioned in a book called Roots by Alex Haley, which is what the song is about. In order to understand it you must read the book."
Skinny Pelembe and Beth Orton have shared a cover of Leonard Cohen’s 1974 track “Who by Fire.”
Orton says, “I have always felt connected to the work of Leonard Cohen. I toured “I’m Your Man” with an amazing cast of people, and every night I was intrigued by the mystery of “Who By Fire.” I was never totally satisfied that I understood the song. When Doya [Skinny Pelembe] sent me his version I was immediately taken by the Serge Gainsbourg quality of the drums and the overall feel, and I loved the cheek and punk-like spirit of this version, and seeing as I was in a studio in Paris, I didn’t give a second thought to throwing myself into Doya’s re-interpretation. Climbing inside the words this way brought the meaning of the song into new focus, the passion and heart-breaking inevitability of human nature that Leonard Cohen writes of like no other came alive to me finally.”
Jungle visit the WAMU Theater in Seattle for an all-ages show this Friday, September 15! - www.wamutheater.com
Cheryl Waters hosted Jungle's 2021 visit - Live in the KEXP Studio: youtu.be
New Music! The Chemical Brothers' brand-new album, following performances at festivals around the world.
Their forthcoming book, "Paused in Cosmic Reflection" - the definitive story of The Chemical Brothers, told in the voices of Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons, with contributions from friends & collaborators - is due on October 26.
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www.thechemicalbrothers.com
Brand new music!
The debut album from the gothiest super group ever will be out November 3rd.
The group is Cure drummer Lol Tolhurst, ex-Siouxsie and the Banshees drummer Budgie and producer Jacknife Lee. The album will also feature guests such as The Edge and IDLES Mark Bowen. -www.nme.com
Only Up is the second album from Josh Korody's indie rock project Breeze.
This song features Cadence Weapon (the musical pseudonym of rapper/writer Rollie Pemberton) jumping in halfway through for an unexpected verse of nonsensical but clever as hell lines like, “On the web I surf like Brian Wilson.”
The track was previously one of KEXP's songs of the day: www.kexp.org
The bass riff that plays throughout this song is based on a riff lead singer Thom Yorke came up with at age 16.
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Jazz composer Charles Mingus was a big influence on this. Yorke and Greenwood wanted the horns to sound like something he would come with.
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Radiohead performed this one live on Saturday Night Live in 2001: www.youtube.com
Its THURSDAY!
Released on this day in 1993!
Hailing from Cambridge MA, the self proclaimed "low rock" group Morphine were a dynamic part of the 90's alt-rock movement. The trios' distinctive combination of saxophone, double bass and drums merged with the vocal stylings of lead singer Mark Sandman to create a truly original sound.
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Mark Sandman died of a heart attack during a performance in Italy in 1999. He was 47 years old.: www.nytimes.com
Another one for Thursday!
Performing at the South Gate Roller Rink September 22nd! Find out more: www.southgaterollerrink.com
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Seattle supergroup Who Is She? is Robin Edwards (Lisa Prank), Bree Mckenna (Tacocat), Julia Shapiro (Chastity Belt), and Emily Nokes (Tacocat). Their debut is out now!
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"Thursday" was selected as a free KEXP Song of the Day: www.kexp.org
The Morning Show has voted that this is the best song right now.
The Bug Club are a three piece from the little-known rock n' roll hotbed that is Caldicot, Monmouthshire, Wales. They've been gigging relentlessly for a few years now (until recently, obviously), mainly in Cardiff and Bristol.
Their upcoming double album, "Rare Birds: Hour of Song," is out Oct. 18! tinyurl.com
This track from German group Trio was produced by Klaus Voormann who did the cover art for the Beatles' "Revolver" and played bass with the Plastic Ono Band.
Check out Cheekface's live performance on KEXP from earlier this year: www.youtube.com
Good morning.
My Dad and I have had a very on and off relationship. In the past couple of years we have been building up a new relationship with movies and dinners and ice cream dates. It's been really good to "finally have a Dad."
He is in the hospital right now and I am having big feelings.
Last night I was looking through his phone for a number and kept seeing “Lil.” I’m like - who’s Lil?
He says - that’s you.
I connected the dots quickly and said “oh - her name was McGill, she called herself Lil, but everyone knew her as Nancy.” To which he nodded and chatted about the White Album.
This bit of sweetness has been pulling at my heart since. I feel actually loved by my Dad - a feeling I never thought I’d have.
If you could play Rocky Raccoon by The Beatles for us this morning it would be so appreciated. Thanks for all you do. You are not alone.
Watch the full performance here: www.youtube.com
Yellowstone star Ryan Bingham's new record Watch Out for the Wolf, out now! www.ryanbingham.com
Alexander is the first solo album by Alex Ebert, lead singer of Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros and Ima Robot. He played all the instruments on the album.
alex-ebert.bandcamp.com
New from Leed's "post-wonk" band English Teacher!
“We talk a lot about the post-punk term, so we decided to come up with a few of our own like post-pank, post-wonk, post-lame (as seen on the band’s Instagram and Twitter bios). It’s not completely left-field, it’s got a bit of wonk to it, you know?”
www.thelineofbestfit.com
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englishteacher.bandcamp.com
Released on this day in 1979!
"Dreaming" is the opening track from their fourth album, "Eat to the Beat".
Blondie guitarist Chris Stein wrote the music for this song and came up with the line "dreaming is free." Stein said this song was "pretty much a cop" of "Dancing Queen" by ABBA.
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"Blondie’s songs tend to be so much fun that’s it’s easy to overlook their depth and the craft behind them. Don’t make that mistake with “Dreaming,” or you might miss the hurting yet ultimately hopeful heart beating inside that pristine pop shell." Enjoy this tribute to the songwriting of "Dreaming": americansongwriter.com
Released on this day in 1979!
Colin Moulding recalled to Uncut magazine March 2014: There were no Nigels at school. I wasn't bullied, but I think I had a natural empathy for people that were. 'Nigel' was my song for the bullied, I suppose."
He added: "British Steel was just a bit of naughtiness. What I hadn't bargained on was the union boss later ringing me up and asking me to join the cause! I had the devil of a job to convince him it was an organisation I chose at random."
www.songfacts.com
Hotline TNT with a fresh track and upcoming tour dates! Catch them at Neumos on November 29th
hotlinetnt.bigcartel.com
Featuring Tanya Donelly from Throwing Muses, Breeders, and Belly on vocals.
"How was it singing with Tanya Donnelly on "Judy Staring at the Sun?" Rob Dickinson and Brian Futter of Catherine Wheel were asked in an interview.
"It was fun. We actually did our parts separately, I did my bits in England and then me and Gil flew to fort Apache in Boston and Tanya did all her parts in about six hours. Then we took it back to England and pulled it apart and put it back together. It was kind of a disjointed way of doing it but it worked out very well."
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An early incarnation of James was called Venereal and the Diseases, and they played their first ever show at Eccles British Legion in March of 1980. By December they were known as Volume Distortion and supported good friends The Fall at Manchester Poly’s Cavendish Hall. wearejames.com
"Wake up, kids
We got the dreamers disease..."
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“You Get What You Give” became the signature song of the New Radicals, released as the lead single from their only album Maybe You’ve Been Brainwashed Too. The song received critical acclaim, with Rolling Stone calling it one of the greatest One Hit Wonder songs and later calling it one of the best songs of the 90s. In an interview, U2 lead guitarist the Edge is quoted saying "You Get What You Give" is the song he is "most jealous of. I really would love to have written that."
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.
New record from B-52's founding member Cindy Wilson!
Wilson titled the record Realms “because it’s like each song is like a room you go through.”
cindywilson.bandcamp.com
Latest release from Ritmo Machine. Check them out at:
ritmomachine.bandcamp.com
Great cover of Kate Bush + a music video full of dogs! www.youtube.com
We Were Promised Jetpacks formed in Edinburgh, in 2003. The band played their first gig at their school's 'battle of the bands' competition, which they won. The four-piece eventually relocated to Glasgow.: www.allmusic.com
Here is We Were Promised Jetpacks Live on KEXP back in 2019, including "Quiet Little Voices": www.youtube.com
Watch this English band performing for KEXP at Bowery Electric in NYC in 2008 here: www.youtube.com
Released on this day in 1987. Have a great rest of your Thursday!
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John Lydon had this to say about the song when asked in an interview with The Stranger in 2015: “We had a week off in the tour for some reason, due to gig rearrangements and/or whatever, and I flew back to LA, but the band hung out in Seattle and they started jamming about and rehearsing and started putting together a really catchy tune. So I flew up, and the words just flowed out instantly. It’s a great song. The subject is about rioting, really, and when you see them World Trade Organization riots, it’s kind of appropriate. It’s an homage to Seattle, a town that’s never done us any harm. A town we feel quite warm about… great atmosphere, the gigs are always amazing. It feels like home to me.” -- See if you can identify any Seattle images in the official video: www.youtube.com (Didn't think so.)