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Wednesday, Nov 1 2023, 7AM
Hey Wednesday, it's time for The Morning Show!
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"Road to Nowhere" is written by David Byrne for the 1985 Talking Heads album Little Creatures. The song is about facing a dire future with optimism.
"I wanted to write a song that presented a resigned, even joyful look at doom," Talking Heads singer David Byrne recalled in the liner notes of Once in a Lifetime: The Best of Talking Heads. - www.songfacts.com
Copper Blue is the debut studio album by American alternative rock band Sugar. All of the songs were written by guitarist/vocalist Bob Mould.
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Check out Bob Mould performing "Hoover Dam' Live on KEXP in 2013: youtu.be
Disguised as a four-minute pop song, Orange Crush is an anti-war commentary about the use of Agent Orange. - bit.ly
That harmonica and that guitar are being played by Johnny Marr.! -- "I am very fortunate for a living I plug my guitar into a bunch of loud speakers and people want to listen" --Johnny Marr That's what Mr. Marr said when he came to the KEXP studio for this live performance in 2018: www.youtube.com
Superchunk covers The Cure!
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Misfits & Mistakes: Singles, B-sides & Strays 2007–2023 is Superchunk's fourth singles compilation, a massive 4-LP or 2-CD collection covering their triumphant return from hiatus up to 2023. - superchunk.bandcamp.com
Built to Spill plays The Showbox on Friday, Nov 24th & Saturday, 25th - www.builttospill.com
Jets to Brazil was a band from Brooklyn, New York and was active from 1997 until 2003. - jetstobrazil.bandcamp.com
In 2013, The Dismemberment Plan performed live at Seattle's Triple Door in a concert for KEXP VIP Club members. It included "You Are Invited": www.youtube.com
Sharon Van Etten has shared a new song that she co-wrote with Courtney Barnett - www.sharonvanetten.com
Beginning with 23 minutes of Kraftwerk, straight through to Bob Moukd/Sugar. On a day when I needed to feel not alone, you guys are killing it.
Thank you.
If you snuck in some Radiohead that wouldn’t suck.
Thanks for all you do. And thanks to Eva teaching me that 23 minutes of Kraftwerk can make me feel not alone. It was a revelation.
Yours, Ben / West Seattle
Future Islands have announced their first album since 2020, titled "People Who Aren’t There Anymore" and it releases January 26th! - futureislands.bandcamp.com
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On this day in 1994, Tom Petty released his second solo album, Wildflowers.- www.tompetty.com
Depeche Mode plays Seattle's Climate Pledge Arena on Sunday, Nov 26th - www.depechemode.com
New music from A Beacon School! A Beacon School is the dream pop project of New York-based songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Patrick J. Smith. - abeaconschool.bandcamp.com
Beach House are a dream-pop band from Baltimore. The track "Myth" is from their fourth studio album "Bloom". - www.beachhousebaltimore.com
Named after the French horror film "Les yeux sans visage". Billy Idol's girlfriend Perri Lister sings the French phrase in the background on the track - billyidol.net
New album from Middle Kids coming February 16, 2024. "Dramamine" is the latest single from it. middlekids.bandcamp.com www.middlekidsmusic.com
Man, it's been a tough week already. I am trying to hang in there but it's hard. Hearing "In the Morning" almost had me in tears. Definitely feel half right but moving towards alright. Would love to hear anything peppy by Buffalo Tom. Thanks for all you do.
Brian
Genesis Owusu will play an all-ages show at Neumos on Thursday, November 9th. - www.genesisowusu.com
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Here's Genesis Owusu performing live in the KEXP studio in May: youtu.be
New single from this Leeds band. Their new album Where's My Utopia? is out March 1, 2024. -
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Yard Act plays The Crocodile on Saturday, June 8, 2024 -
www.yardactors.com
www.kidkapichi.com
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the Hastings punks are back with a “motivational” song which is “about getting a job done yourself”. “That’s really important, especially at a time like this when you can’t rely on the government,” explains frontman Jack Wilson. “You’re more reliant on your friends, family and loved ones to come together because no one else is going to help us.”
- www.kerrang.com
New music from Lol Tolhurst (The Cure), Budgie (Siouxsie and the Banshees, The Creatures), and the celebrated Jacknife Lee (U2, R.E.M., Bloc Party). This latest single from the record is “We Got To Move,” featuring Modest Mouse’s Isaac Brock. - loltolhurst.com --- The video also stars Fred Armisen. See it here - www.youtube.com
Check out Firewater playing in the KEXP studio in 2013: blog.kexp.org
Off the ninth album from this long-running L.A. band - www.loslobos.org
Here's Steve Earle performing "Copperhead Road" live in the KEXP studio in 2015 - www.youtube.com
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From the upcoming album "Inner Battles" out the 2nd February 2024, here's the official video - www.youtube.com
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Mad Foxes performing Live on KEXP at Home in 2021 - www.youtube.com
Dogrel is the debut studio album by Dublin post-punk band Fontaines D.C. - fontainesdc.com
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Here is Fontaines D.C. performing "Boys In The Better Land" live in the KEXP studio in 2018 - www.youtube.com
New from IDLES! This track features James Murphy and Nancy Whang of LCD Soundsystem. "TANGK. I needed love. So I made it. I gave love out to the world and it feels like magic. This is our album of gratitude and power. All love songs. All is love. "'Dancer' is the violence that comes from the pounding heart of the dancefloor and rushes through your body and gives you life from music, from love and from you." tinyurl.com
---idlesband.bandcamp.com www.idlesband.com
James Murphy played a Supro Dual Tone guitar on "Emotional Haircut." The LCD Soundsystem leader had worked with David Bowie on his Blackstar album and it was because of the Thin White Duke's advice that he picked up the instrument. - www.songfacts.com
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Playing Human Leagues "Love Action" would be a wonderful action 😉 I will love it.
Peace
Tim
Released on this day in 1982!
After an original release in Australia in August of 1982, Duran Duran release the single "Rio" from the album of the same name in the UK. The b-side is just crazy great featuring "The Chauffeur" (Sing Blue Silver), "Hold Back the Rain""Rio Part 1" and the song "My Own Way," which had previously been released as an A-side in 1981.
- duranduran.com
Friendly Fires is the debut album from British band Friendly Fires - friendlyfires.co.uk
Here is Nation Of Language performing this song and more live in the KEXP gathering space on August 15, 2023 - www.youtube.com
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Leisure is Blur's 1991 debut studio album.
- www.blur.co.uk
Released on this day in 1993, the title song from Manchester alternative rock band James's fifth studio album, Laid. - wearejames.com
On this day in 1994, Nirvana released Unplugged in New York, seven months after Cobain took his own life. Nirvana: Unplugged in New York sold over 5m copies in America alone, topped the album charts in seven countries, and went on to win a Grammy for Best Alternative Music Album. - www.nirvana.com
In 1944, in New York, Lead Belly recorded the first of at least a half-dozen versions of “In the Pines,” which he most often calls “Where Did You Sleep Last Night,” or “Black Girl,” or “Black Gal.”
- slate.com
Genesis Owusu will be at Neumos on Thursday, November 9th. - www.genesisowusu.com
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Check out his recent Live On KEXP performance : www.youtube.com
Watch the 12-minute documentary of the creation of this song here www.youtube.com
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Together and apart, The Beatles have always had a talent for the unexpected. And now, 2023 brings one of the most anticipated releases of their long and endlessly eventful history. “Now And Then” is the last Beatles song – written and sung by John Lennon, developed, and worked on by Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, and now finally finished by Paul and Ringo over four decades later.
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Good morning and welcome to the Morning Show! What better way to start your Thursday than with a BRAND NEW Beatles track (released with an assist from AI).
www.bbc.com