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Tuesday, May 14 2024, 7AM
Frank Sinatra died on this day in 1998 at the age of 82
On this day 192 years ago, in 1832 German composer Felix Mendelssohn's "The Hebrides Overture" also known as "Fingal's Cave" is premiered in London. The composition of this piece was inspired by Mendelssohn's trip to Fingal's Cave, a sea cave off the island of Staffa.
The "Split Mix" was a different version of this track that was played throughout the 1990 World Violation Tour. Live performances at the Giants and Dodgers Stadiums were broadcast live on MTV.
Happy Birthday to David Byrne who was born on this day in 1952. The song was produced by Brian Eno who also wrote the chorus.
Moby released "18" on this day in 2002. Moby said the song is relatively accurate, scientifically speaking. "Apart from two elements everything else on the periodic table of elements came from the furnace of a star somewhere. Just remember: there's not a single part of you that wasn't present in the first 1/2 second of the big bang. Technically, we're all 13,600,000,000 years old." 13,600,000,000 years old?
Out August 23rd! Playing Showbox SoDo on September 20th in Seattle and The Warfield on September 24th in San Francisco. Fontaines DC sited the dystopian anime Akira as an inspiration for the new record. “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.” fontainesdc.com
"Everybody Knows This is Nowhere" was released on this day in 1969, the first with his backing band Crazy Horse.
New music from Asha Jefferies, check out more here: ashajefferies.bandcamp.com
Madder Rose is a New York City-based alternative rock band who recorded in the 1990s. After a 20-year hiatus, a new album was released in 2019. - www.madderroseband.com
Justin Harris and Danny Seim make up the band Menomena from Portland, Oregon.
B.B. King,"The King of Blues" died at age 82 on this day in 2015.
Suki Waterhouse will perform at Day In Day Out Festival at Seattle Center on July 13th and at The Warfield in San Francisco on October 25th. www.dayindayoutfest.com sukiwaterhouse.tv
New music from Shannon and the Clams: shannonandtheclams.bandcamp.com
New York peeps! Catch Angélica Garcia at Elsewhere in Brooklyn Tuesday, July 9th. 'Gemelo' is the new album from songwriter and pop auteur Angélica Garcia. Its title is a reference to the twin self – the idea of a second, more intuitive self within. It’s a vibrant, prismatic hybrid-pop record that soundtracks a journey through the different stages and forms of grief. Angélica explores its inherent loneliness, beauty, and tension, eventually finding liberation. 'Gemelo' also expertly deconstructs facets of universal themes like religion, spirit, heritage, womanhood, and ancestral veneration. angelicagarcia.bandcamp.com
Ice-T's 4th studio album "O.G. Original Gangster" was released on this day in 1991
adeeperheaven.bandcamp.com A Deeper Heaven “Fire” (Salt Lake City solo project of Marc Wheeler who pulls inspiration from Wild Nothing, Beach Fossils, DIIV, Film School, and The Haunted Youth, as well as Ride, Echo & the Bunnymen, Adorable, Catherine Wheel, New Order, The Cure, and The Smiths. Hey, we like all those bands, too!
The Charlatans released "The Only One I Know" as a single on this day in 1990
The latest pop opus from Glenn D is out this Friday! theredspinksandpurples.bandcamp.com
“Work Is A Four Letter-Word” is a cover of a Cilla Black's song. This cover was recorded during The Smith's last session together. Johnny Marr hated the song so much that it was one of the reasons he left the band. Marr recalled to Record Collector magazine in 1992: “‘Work Is A Four Letter Word’ I hated. That was the last straw, really. I didn’t form a group to perform Cilla Black songs. That was it, really. I made a decision that I was going to get away on holiday. The only place I could think of was L.A. L.A. was the only place I knew where there’d be sunshine, so off I went. I never saw Morrissey again.”
Girl and Girl will play Live on KEXP Thursday, May 23rd at 12 PM! They'll be in San Francisco at the Rickshaw Stop on Monday, May 18th, then in Seattle at the Neptune Theater on Wednesday, May 22nd. Their debut full-length album, Call A Doctor, is set to release May 24th. girlandgirl.bandcamp.com
Vampire Weekend Tour Dates:
Berkeley, CA - The Greek Theater - Saturday and Sunday, June 15th and 16th.
Seattle, WA - Climate Pledge Arena - Thursday, June 20th, 2024.
New York City - Madison Square Garden - October 5th and 6th.
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Their fifth album "Only God Was Above Us" is out today! Pitchfork calls it "best new music": pitchfork.com
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"Gen-X Cops" 'was written by Ezra Koenig and drummer Chris Tomson, and features Chris Baio on bass and fretwork from co-producer Ariel Rechtshaid. Check out the official video: www.youtube.com
Hey David Byrne, it's your birthday and we love you! May the next 72 years kick even more butt in the ass.
The Go! Team played at Neumo’s last night, 20 years after their debut album, and 20 years after KEXP introduced me to them. It would be a full circle moment for me if you played “Junior Kickstart”, the song I first heard on KEXP that turned me into a lifelong fan of The Go! Team. Thank you!!
Doug
West Seattle
Released on this day 44 years ago. Yeesh. The song features rapping vocals by graffiti artist Futura 2000, who had previously designed the sleeve for The Clash's "This Is Radio Clash" 7" single
Man, remember when 2000 was "the future." Jetpacks, promised, and yet, here we are, NOT floating in space. Thanks science.
RIP six-time Grammy Award-winning saxophonist David Sanborn who passed away on May 13, 2024, at the age of 78. That's him on this song and other favs like
Stevie Wonder - Tuesday Heartbreak
James Taylor - How Sweet It Is
Carly Simon - You Belong to Me
Bruce Springsteen "Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out"
Steely Dan “Time Out of Mind”
Bryan Ferry "Don't Stop the Dance"
Rolling Stones “Pretty Beat Up”
There's three saxaphone players on this one.
Clarence Clemons – tenor saxophone
Michael Brecker – tenor saxophone
Dave Sanborn – baritone saxophone
Brass instruments were arranged by Steve Van Zandt.
Rolling Stones deep cut alert featuring David Sanborn on sax! The Stones will be live at Lumen Field tomorrow! Whoa.
Today Nada Surf announced they are releasing a new album called Moon Mirror coming out on September 13th AND a world tour...
Tue, OCT 15 The Crocodile Seattle, WA
Wed, OCT 16 Wonder Ballroom Portland, OR
Fri, OCT 18 Great American Music Hall San Francisco, CA
Strand Of Oaks have announced the new album Miracle Focus and just released the third single from it called “Future Temple”. No Seattle dates yet, but they will be in NYC.
06/29 – New York, NY @ Mercury Lounge
This track was initially dismissed by singer Ian McCulloch as too commercial. However, it has since then become one of the band's most notable hits.
Happy Birthday to David Byrne who was born on this day in 1952. David Byrne, the most talkative of the Talking Heads, wrote "Wild Wild Life" for the 1986 movie 'True Stories,' which he starred in and directed. He recorded the songs for the film with the band, and that became their seventh album, 'True Stories.' Many of these songs were used in the movie with the actors replacing Byrne's vocals, but the "Wild Wild Life" film version is identical to the one on the album. bit.ly
New music from Seattle band, Acid Tongue: acidtongue.bandcamp.com