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From Beirut's most recent record released in November of last year.
Check out Beirut's August 2015 KEXP performance from the Cutting Room Studios in NYC: kexp.org.
www.beirutband.com
"Kiss Them For Me" is a tribute to the '50s and '60s blonde bombshell actress Jayne Mansfield, and includes Manfield's famous catch phrase "divoon."
This song is the opening track of Superstition, the 10th studio album by Siouxsie and the Banshees, released in 1991.
Happy birthday to Robin Guthrie of Cocteau Twins, born on this day in 1962!
The third studio album from Cocteau Twins was recorded from August to September 1984 at Palladium Studios, Edinburgh and Rooster, West London. The label originally tried to hire Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois to produce the album.
For Rob in Tacoma!
"There She Goes" is a song by English rock band the La's, written by the band's frontman, Lee Mavers. In May 2007, NME magazine placed the song at number 45 in its list of the 50 Greatest Indie Anthems Ever.
Happy birthday Michael Stipe! Born on this day in 1960.
Michael Stipe, birthday boy and frontman for R.E.M., collaborated with Thom Yorke, The National, Dinosaur Jr., and others on this album, recorded to support musician Mark Mulcahy's family after the death of his wife. - markmulcahyhq.bandcamp.com
This release comes form Grizzly Bear's 2017 and last release. In 2020 front person Ed Droste left the band to return to school to become a therapist.
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From the Shins' debut album. Recorded in part in lead singer James Mercer's Portland basement, and at Avast! Studios here in Seattle!
This classic from the Replacements features Peter Buck of REM on guitar. Can you hear it?
Happy birthday to Mark Hollis, co-founder and song writer for the Talk Talk.
This track comes form the final record of the band and is formational release within the post-rock genre.
This is a cover of "Only You", originally by English synth-pop duo Yazoo.
Nouvelle Vague is French group known for covering New Wave tracks from the 70s, 80s and 90s.
This is the remix of Flight Facilities releases from 2012. Watch the music video here:
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flightfacilities.com
The drum beat for this 1994 Enigma hit is sampled from Led Zeppelin's "When the Levee Breaks" Thank John Bonham!
Moby sampled this song by Deep Forest in the song "Flying Foxes."
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.
The song Porcelain was based on an emotional 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."
The title of the song is an allusion both to Orinoco Studios (now Miloco Studios), where it was recorded, and to the river of the same name.
The music video for this songs was nominated for a Grammy. Watch it here:
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Happy birthday to singer Beth Gibbons!
Check out our exclusive 2019 interview with Portishead's Geoff Barrow and Adrian Utley about the 25th anniversary of this iconic album: www.kexp.org
www.portishead.co.uk
Wishy is a new band from Indiana songwriters Kevin Krauter and Nina Pitchkites.
wishy.bandcamp.com
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Watch the video for their newest single "Spinning" here: www.youtube.com
Reading, Writing and Arithmetic is the debut studio album by The Sundays. This song was their biggest international hit, but was never released as a single in the group's native UK due to the collapse of the Rough Trade Records label. - bit.ly
Middle Kids leader Hannah Joy co-wrote the infectious "Dramamine" with Tim Fitz, who happens to be her husband, and it captures some of the happy helplessness of falling in love. Their new record will come out next month!
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See the colorful “Dramamine” video, which Fitz co-directed with Nick Mckk: youtu.be
Another one form Middle Kids' up coming album, out February 16th! -
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The band said of this single: "We wrote this song last year together with songwriter and producer Björn Yttling. It was the first time we wrote for First Aid Kit with someone else and it was very inspiring. The song was written in the spur of the moment, almost like a stream of consciousness. It's about feeling stuck inside your own thoughts and desperately wanting to escape."
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www.firstaidkitband.com
A couple days late...
"New Year's Day" was the first U2 song to chart in America, where it reached #53, but the song got a lot of exposure on MTV and attracted the kind of fans that tell their friends. In the UK, it was their first Top 10 hit, reaching #10.
The single was released, not on New Years Day, but on Jan 10, 1983.
The Jesus and Mary Chain will celebrate their 40th year as a band with Glasgow Eyes, their eighth album, on March 8 via Fuzz Club.
The group has also announced EU/UK tour dates. tinyurl.com
If the EU/UK tour doesn't work for you, they'll be at the Cruel World Festival in Pasadena, CA in May!
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English Settlement is XTC's fifth record and a departure from previous records. Principle song writer Andy Partridge hated touring and intended to develop a sound that didn't favor live performance in hopes to reduce touring expectations. This would continue for the remainder of the band's career, and arguably produced their best work.
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KEXP would like to send you and a friend to see IDLES at the Paramount on May 7th, an all-ages event. Text IDLES to 206-903-KEXP (5397) for your chance to win.
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This album was recorded in and captures the energy of New York in the summer of 1977 when punk was breaking into the mainstream.
Happy birthday to Bernard Sumner!
“Love Vigilantes” is the first song on New Order’s third album, 1985’s "Low-Life." It’s a record that established the band’s own unique potency and helped to legitimize the quartet as its own entity separate from Joy Division, its original incarnation. The song is attributed to all four band members (Bernard Sumner, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris and Gillian Gilbert), although the idea and lyrics sprung mainly from singer and guitarist Sumner.: americansongwriter.com
"Good morning! Today marks 21 years I have been a mom. My son Duncan emerged after 38 hours of labor on a cold, snowy Settle morning. Since then he has brought so much joy (and agony haha) to my life. After a celebration tonight he flies back to England where he goes to college. Can you play Groove is in the Heart for me? I listened to it in labor and love it any and every day, just like my kiddo. Thank you!"
Aseop Rock's ninth record is described as a "loose concept album" with themes ranging from technology and capitalism.
www.allmusic.com
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"The [Kent State] incident spurred The Isley Brothers to record “Ohio/Machine Gun.” Fusing Neil Young with Jimi Hendrix, The Isleys re-framed the narrative of the song around rising racial tensions, bridging the cultural gap between the two songs as a deliberate statement: music was one of the few forces that could bridge the racial divide and bring people together - cultural connective tissue for a divided world." - jperiod.com
'I'm New Here' is the 15th and final studio album by American vocalist and pianist Gil Scott-Heron, released in 2010. This song is an adaptation of blues musician Robert Johnson's "Me and the Devil Blues" (1937). gilscottheron.net
Kae Tempest performed "Perfect Coffee" live in the KEXP studio in 2017 and it's about one of the best things you will ever see/hear. Watch the full session here: youtu.be
New from Pure Bathing Culture! Catch them live at the Sunset Tavern on February 2nd!
www.purebathingculture.com
This is Saint Etienne's gorgeous cover of the Neil Young classic. The band recorded the song in producer Ian Catt's bedroom studio. The recording, made in under two hours, got them a record deal, their first single, and their first hit. Those vocals are from Moira Lambert.
From the debut studio album, "Boy" was written by band member Theodore “Ted” Ottaviano. The song describes the frustrations of a girl with feelings for a boy who likes boys. - www.bookoflovemusic.com
"A Little Respect" was written by Vince Clarke and Andy Bell, and released on Erasure's 1988 album "The Innocents". Andy Bell was one of the first openly gay pop stars and he would sometimes introduce this song on stage by saying: "When I was a little girl, I asked my mummy, 'Can I be gay when I grow up?' She replied, 'Yes, if you show a little respect."
Here's Andy Bell in a wonderful live performance of "A Little Respect": www.youtube.com
Originally released on this day 41 years ago!
"“When somebody says ‘“Sweet Dreams” is 40 years [old],’ you go, ‘Blimey,’” Stewart recalled about the song from an earlier interview last year. “So much fun, so little time. And if I get in a car, somehow every third car ride, Eurythmics comes on the radio. Or I'm in a coffee shop or wherever, it's around all the time 40 years later. I think it has a lot to do with the person, the duo or the band, but I really do believe it's the power of the song...The song is king, really.”" - bit.ly
Happy birthday Sweet Dreams!
Live form International Clash Day 2018!
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