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Monday, Apr 22 2024, 7AM
On this day 44 years ago in 1980 The Cure release "Seventeen Seconds."
On this day in 1997, 27 years ago, Yo La Tengo release I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One.
"Exit Music (For a Film)" was originally written for Baz Luhrmann’s 1996 Romeo + Juliet. It plays over the end credits, but didn’t make the official soundtrack.
Paul McCartney wrote this as if he fell for a meter maid while she was taking his plate number. Said Paul: "I was bopping about on the piano in Liverpool when someone told me that in America, they call parking-meter women meter maids. I thought that was great, and it got to 'Rita Meter Maid' and then "Lovely Rita Meter Maid' and I was thinking vaguely that it should be a hate song: 'You took my car away and I'm so blue today' and you wouldn't be liking her; but then I thought it would be better to love her and if she was very freaky too, like a military man, with a bag on her shoulder. A foot stomper, but nice." (from Beatles 'In Their Own Words')
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The band sites the dystopian anime Akira as an inspiration. “I’m fascinated by that—falling in love at the end of the world,” he says. “The album is about protecting that tiny flame. The bigger Armageddon looms, the more precious it becomes.”
As of now, Cruel World Festival - Pasadena, CA - USA Saturday, May 11, 2024 is the only US date for JAMC.
Happy 69th birthday to producer and DJ Arthur Baker who was born on this day in 1955. Baker is best known for his work with hip hop artists like Afrika Bambaataa, Planet Patrol, and the British group New Order. He produced Afrika Bambaataa and the Soul Sonic Force's "Planet Rock" single, produced and co-wrote "Confusion" and "Thieves Like Us" by New Order, and with Little Steven Van Zandt organized and produced the anti-apartheid anthem "Sun City" by Artists United Against Apartheid. He is the mastermind behind Criminal Element Orchestra's "Put The Needle To The Record," which was sampled on MARRS "Pump Up The Volume."
On this day 39-years ago in 1985, Prince was awesome...and he released the album "Around the World in a Day." The next day, Prince was still awesome.
Brinheim performing live on KEXP at Dypång, in Aarhus, Denmark, during the SPOT Festival in May 2022. - www.youtube.com
“When I first made that, I felt stupid,” French indie-pop artist Anthony Gonzalez said in 2011, the same year he unleashed the song. “It’s my voice under heavy distortion, and I was feeling so dumb doing those high-pitched vocals while my girlfriend was sleeping downstairs.” The song that made Gonzalez feel “dumb” ended up being the lead single for M83’s magnum opus, "Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming," Here's a 2021 retrospective on this song on its 10th anniversary: www.mtv.com.
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Good morning from Folsom, CA! Love starting my day with a cup of coffee and KEXP, and would love to hear "(Nothing But) Flowers" by the Talking Heads on Earth Day! Thanks for all you do, I love this community!
-Coy
David Byrne has covered Paramore’s After Laughter single “Hard Times,” returning the favor after Hayley Williams and the band took on Talking Heads’ “Burning Down the House” in January. Check out the song below, ahead of its 12" release for Record Store Day.
Byrne wrote on social media, “The band told me that their song ‘Hard Times’ was inspired by Talking Heads, so I learned it and recorded my version of their great song with a horn section. This was fun!”
Paramore offer their take on Talking Heads' "Burning Down The House."
The track appears on a forthcoming album, Everyone’s Getting Involved: A Tribute to Talking Heads’ Stop Making Sense, which will also feature tracks from artists including Lorde and The National and Toro y Moi offering their unique interpretations of Talking Heads' tracks.
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PLUS Star Anna will be at
Belltown Yacht Club this Friday, April 26th!
LCD Soundsystem are coming to Seattle - four sold-out shows on May 16th, 17th, 18th, and 19th at the Paramount Theatre!
Latest from Canadian musician, singer, producer, and composer Alex Henry Foster (AHF).
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Wild God is the upcoming 18th studio album by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, set to be released on August, 30th 2024. Cave says "Wild God… there's no (bleeping) around with this record. When it hits, it hits. It lifts you. It moves you. I love that about it."
The album features Mark Lanegan as primary vocalist AND guests Jimi Goodwin of Doves, Will Oldham (a.k.a. Bonnie "Prince" Billy), P.W. Long and Richard Warren. The album spawned two singles, "Revival" and "Kingdoms of Rain". "Kingdoms of Rain" was initially released on Lanegan's second solo album, Whiskey for the Holy Ghost, in 1994. The album also features cover versions of Neil Young's "Through My Sails", Josh Haden's "Spiritual", and The Rolling Stones' "No Expectations".
Krauss recorded this traditional folk tune for the movie O Brother, Where Art Thou?. Here's a brief history of this traditional hymn: www.thetabernaclechoir.org alisonkrauss.com
Allison Russell, Brandi Carlile, Brittany Howard, Brittney Spencer, Amanda Shires, Emmylou Harris, Langhorne Slim and more — billed as the Tennessee Freedom Singers — released 'Tennessee Rise' to get out the vote in Tennessee. In a post on Instagram, Russell wrote the song is “a call to all who care about human rights, voting rights, equality, democracy & freedom in Tennessee“ and added "It has never been more important to use our powerful voices & votes in Tennessee. Go and make yourself known! Register! Vote! Rise!”
Middle Kids will be at August Hall in San Francisco on Saturday, June 15th and at Neumos on Tuesday, June 18th!
The Sydney, Australia-based group released Faith Crisis Pt 1 on February 16th!
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New music from Toronto band Ducks, LTD!
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JUL 15 MON Rickshaw Stop San Francisco,
JUL 17 WED Polaris Hall Portland, OR,
JUL 18 THU Madame Lou's Seattle
The inspiration for the title came from the band Arab Strap, who are also from Scotland and briefly toured with Belle and Sebastian. Lead singer and songwriter Stuart Murdoch admitted to Q magazine in April 2011: "It's about Aidan Moffat from Arab Strap. I never really thought about it at the time, but I think he deserves to be a bit peeved that we hijacked the name of their band. But it was an honest thing - I was describing my experiences hanging around with him and the words tumbled out very easily. I remember playing it to Isobel (Campbell, ex Belle & Sebastian) on the piano when I first wrote it and she thought it was ridiculous. She said it sounded like Chas & Dave."
"Lyrically, it’s maybe the most personal song on the album," says Aidan Moffat, "About a period when I wasn’t doing very well, both mentally and physically. I was walking with a cane and in pain most of the time, and drowning my sorrows too, trapped at home and watching the phases of the moon through a window."
Didn't you play that earlier today? Damn right we did.
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Brand new music from Fontaines D.C.!
Their new album Romance will be released August 23rd.
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KEXP's music director Chris Sanley has this review of the latest Mannequin Pussy album:
Urgent, raw, honest and intimate, the fourth album from the Philadelphia outfit finds them digging deeper both lyrically and musically than ever before. Ranging from absolute punk rippers ("I Got Heaven") to dreamy shoegaze ("I Don’t Know You"), I Got Heaven is an exhilarating listen from an exceptional rock band who refuses to be put in a box.
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Ride will be at The Showbox on Saturday, May 25th! They are also playing in Portland at McMenamin's Mission Theatre on Thursday, May 23rd. -- Andy Bell said about "Last Frontier": “This was the runt of the litter of the very first jam session from Mark’s OX4 Studio and I didn’t even include it on my shortlist of the best tracks. It was our producer Richie Kennedy who saw the potential of the song, and we attacked this with a vengeance at Vada studio. A complete revamp of the backing track and arrangement was needed and we took it right back to basics, more towards a pounding Joy Division feel.”
Support this AMAZING local band here somesurprises.bandcamp.com
Happy Monday and welcome to the Midday Show with Cheryl Waters! We're so happy to have you with us.
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This track by New York band Widowspeak was a KEXP Song of the Day back in 2015, as selected by Cheryl Waters.
Read more about the band, "All Yours", and download the track here:
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Check out Widowspeak live in the KEXP studio from 2014:
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