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Oasis released Be Here Now, their third album, 27 years ago today. It was a 1997 best-seller in the UK.
Released on this day 34-years ago in 1990.
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From the band's second studio album, Classic Girl by Jane’s Addiction is a love song about Perry’s then girlfriend Casey Niccoli, written in early 1987 by Perry Farrell and Dave Navarro. - janesaddiction.org
Eddie Vedder's "Save It for Later" is a cover of the classic song originally performed by The English Beat, released in 1982. Vedder's rendition has gained significant attention after being featured in the third season of the FX series The Bear, where it plays a crucial role in conveying the show's emotional landscape.
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The English Beat performed this incredible song live for KEXP listeners from the Bumbershoot Music Lounge in 2010: www.youtube.com
Happy 36th Kacey. This song may have been listened to 10-12 times yesterday afternoon.
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"Kacey Musgraves’ third album goes down so smoothly that it might not even scan as a total reinvention. Throughout the songs on Golden Hour, the East Texas singer-songwriter is radiant, awestruck, taking the scenic route to the bar just for the hell of it."
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Sheryl Crow's Wildflower was her fifth studio album. "I Know Why," starts off the album with a pop rock edge.
Happy birthday to John Mellor! Aka Joe Strummer, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (The Clash, The Mescaleros, and The Pogues) (d. December 22, 2002) 50 years old
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Here, Joe Strummer & the Mescaleros play an uplifting cover of the Bob Marley and The Wailers track.
On this day in 1995, Will Oldham released Viva Last Blues under the name Palace Music.
palace-music.bandcamp.com
Bright Eyes will play The Fox Theater in Oakland on Friday, October 11th.
Bright Eyes have returned with their first album in four years. "Five Dice, All Threes" is slated for release on Sept. 20.
The music video for this lead single features the band rocking on stage, a magical photo booth sprouting show attendees, and a bar fight:
www.youtube.com
On this day in 1988, Robert Smith of The Cure married Mary Poole. As a wedding gift to her, he wrote “Lovesong." and released it on this day in 1989.
Happy 40th birthday to Mirror Moves!
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In a 1985 promotional interview with Canal Plus, Robert Smith from The Cure called "Mirror Moves" one of his five favorite albums of all time. bit.ly
New single from dark and visceral post-punk band, Crows. Their new album is set to release on Sept. 27th.
badvibrationsrecords.bandcamp.com
This duo from Vancouver has a new record dropping on September 13th, keep your eyes peeled! Read more about the band here: www.dearrouge.com
The London based Los Bitchos' new album, Talkie Talkie will be out in two weeks. This is one of the most recent tracks off that album.
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The band consists of Western Australian-born Serra Petale, Uruguayan Agustina Ruiz, Swede Josefine Jonsson, and South London-born Nic Crawshaw. They predominantly play instrumental music in the style of cumbia from the 1970s and 1980s.
Los Bitchos es una banda pan-continental con sede en Londres, Inglaterra. La banda está compuesta por Serra Petale, nacida en Australia Occidental, Agustina Ruiz, uruguaya, Josefine Jonsson, sueca, y Nic Crawshaw, nacido en el sur de Londres. Tocan principalmente música instrumental en el estilo de cumbia de las décadas de 1970 y 1980.
losbitchos.bandcamp.com
This new track was written by Flying Mojito Bros with London-based American musician and vocalist Robert Chane. Check out more of their music here.flyingmojitobros.bandcamp.com
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The title track of British electronic band Stereo MC's fourth studio album, Deep Down & Dirty.
They have a new project out with Anja Schneider called Sanctuary, that released in May.
www.stereomcs.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
Shaun Ryder to Clash Music: “We was just a band of fuckin’ misfits, really!”
Read their interview, "Wrote For Luck: The Rise And Fall Of Happy Mondays"
www.clashmusic.com
Thank you for listening Hugh Proud Amplifier in Indianapolis. You requested a great song, "You Get What You Give" from 90s' pop rock band, New Radicals.
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"I was watching the Democratic National Convention last night and was thrilled to see Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff walk to the podium to the New Radicals song."
Thank you Duncan for tuning in from Larrabee State Park
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This was featured in the final scene of the John Hughes-directed movie Pretty in Pink, and OMD wrote it specifically for the film. Andy McCluskey of OMD explained: "We were delighted to be asked by John, and went to the set where Molly and John Cryer were shooting. Unfortunately, the original song that we wrote didn't fit after they changed the whole ending (the original ending had Molly Ringwald's character choosing Duckie, who was played by Cryer, instead of Andrew McCarthy's Blane)."
Thanks to its use in the movie, this was the biggest hit for OMD in America.
- www.songfacts.com
- www.omd.uk.com
Thank you for the request, Blondshell is back with her first solo, standalone single of 2024: “What’s Fair,” a new alt-rock bop!
Phantogram will perform Live in the KEXP Studio on the Midday Show NEXT THURSDAY - August 29th! They're touring in support of Kings of Leon, and performing that same night at Climate Pledge Arena
Bay Area listeners can catch Phantogram at the Greek Theatre in Berkeley on Sunday, August 25th
"Super Breath" is their first collaborative single since 2019’s critically acclaimed Lux "Prima."
The new track, as well as a cover of Lou Reed’s “Perfect Day,” are to be included in a new reissue of Lux Prima (due out on September 19th), which will also come with a 16-page booklet drawn from the pair’s An Encounter with Lux Prima, the immersive exhibition that appeared at LA’s Marciano Arts Foundation in 2019.
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Happy Birthday to Kenny Rogers! The American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor was born on this day in 1938.
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Kenny Rogers & The First Edition formed and added drummer Mickey Jones before signing with a new label. They recorded the pop-psychedelic single 'Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In).' The single became a hit early in 1968, climbing to number five on the charts.
On this day in 1965, McGuire released this protest song, Eve of Destruction. For the song his vocal was recorded late at night as a rough take. It was raspy and tired, but the producer loved it and used that take. The producer Jay Lasker brought the song to Los Angeles radio station KFWB the morning it was finished, where it was played for the first time.
At the time, many radio stations refused to play the song because of its antigovernment lyrics. There was an upside to this controversy, however, as it piqued interest in the song, sending it to #1 in the US.
Speaking of Eve of Destruction, No Geography‘s opening track of the same name features amazing contributions from Aurora and Japanese rapper Nene.
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Brand new Caribou song produced and recorded by Dan Snaith. Contains a sample of the recording ‘Pump Up The Volume’ by MARRS.
caribouband.bandcamp.com
The Swedish experimental psychedelic rock outfit, Goat, describe themselves as: "Formidable psychic warriors, channelers of the mystic and proponents of a spiritual quest that transcends this realm"
This single's name - and the album's inspiration - come from the mystic icon of the snake or dragon, eating its own tail - learn more at Goat's site on Bandcamp: goat.bandcamp.com
New music from local band, Parlor Greens.
parlorgreens.bandcamp.com
Happy birthday Peter Edward Clarke aka Budgie!
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Supergroup featuring Lol Tolhurst (The Cure), Budgie Clark (Siouxsie and the Banshees), and producer Jacknife Lee - this is their debut single, featuring LCD Soundsystem's James Murphy. The LP also includes guest appearances by Primal Scream's Bobby Gillespie, U2's The Edge, Mary Lattimore, and Mark Bowen from IDLES.
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loltolhurst.com
On this day in 1979, Gary Numan released Cars from his debut album, The Pleasure Principle.
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This song is about how people use technology and material goods to isolate themselves from human contact. Numan told Mojo magazine March 2008 about the original inspiration for this song: "A couple of blokes started peering in the window and for whatever reason took a dislike to me, so I had to take evasive action. I swerved up the pavement, scattering pedestrians everywhere. After that, I began to see the car as the tank of modern society."
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Sombra which translates to shadow is the new single from locals, Dark Chisme.
It aligns with their dark wave sound inspired by groups like VR SEX, Light Asylum, Twin Tribes. The band features Chicago-raised Latina DJ and Producer Christine Gutierrez (Vocals, Synths) and E (Bass, Synths).
darkchisme.bandcamp.com
This 1978 track is off Euro-disco group Boney M's LP Nightflight to Venus.
Revival Season new release, standalone single, Dim Sum.
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The title references the concept of touching the heart according to Jonah Swilley.
Eight-piece brass ensemble from Helsinki, Finland - inspired by the soulful sounds of groups like Hot 8 Brass Band, Curtis Mayfield, and Kashmere Stage Band
bronzesilverbrass.bandcamp.com
On this day, Diesel and Dust and the song Midnight Oil, was released.
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It touches on both the mistreatment of the indigenous people in Australia, and to raise awareness of the Aboriginal children that were taken from their families between the years 1910 and 1970.
Their upcoming documentary will share news reports of Australia’s defining moments: from Sorry Day protests to the Nuclear Disarmament Rally to the Tampa affair, “The time has come for the story of Midnight Oil”.
Learn more about it: themusic.com.au
Supersad is the most recent single off Waterhouse's upcoming album "Memoir of a Sparklemuffin"
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Suki Waterhouse performs at the Warfield Theater in San Francisco on Friday, October 25th and Showbox SoDo in Seattle on Friday, November 1st.
sukiwaterhouse.bandcamp.com
Sunsick Daisy released this banger, a week ago. The four piece band Formed on Kaurna Land, Adelaide SA, in late 2021.
sunsickdaisy.bandcamp.com
This song request is special because it's the only Pixies song to use a string section and the first to use outside musicians: two cellists (Arthur Fiacco and Ann Rorich) and two violinists (Karen Karlsrud and Corine Metter).
Being Dead – the Austin-based project of multi-instrumentalists Falcon Bitch and Shmoofy — have shared ‘Van Goes’, the second single and video from their upcoming album EELS. The album drops on September 27th.
Commenting on the clip, the band said: “Our goal is simple. When you die and your life flashes before your eyes we’d like this video to be included in the reel. (Or at least lay a blueprint for how yours might be). Fast and furious is one’s life when betrayed. And in a flash, your whole life before you: everyone you’ve ever known, everything you’ve been brave enough to feel – extinguished in a twinkle of clarity.” ourculturemag.com --
Being Dead performed Live on KEXP in April. Check it out here! www.youtube.com
“Listen up, little babies.” This is how the Bug Club start their second single, “Lonsdale Slipons.” from the duo’s Sub Pop debut, "On The Intricate Inner Workings Of The System," out August 30.
thebugclub.bandcamp.com
Violent Femmes are an American folk punk band from Milwaukee. The band consists of singer, guitarist and songwriter Gordon Gano, bassist Brian Ritchie, saxophonist and keyboardist Blaise Garza, and drummer John Sparrow.
violentfemmes.bandcamp.com
? & the Mysterians release the single "96 Tears" on this day in 1966.
Who is ?, the man who brought us this 1966 classic song?
His birth name might be Rudy Martinez, or it might not. It doesn't really matter, because his legend is built on enigma (he has steadfastly refused to remove his sunglasses), and if there is any pretense to his mysterious ways, he has kept it convincingly concealed.
www.songfacts.com
Ohio Express' standout track Yummy, Yummy, Yummy is off their '68 self-titled.
The group came together in 1966 and enjoyed some of the largest successes of the bubblegum rock craze of the late '60s. (Bill Dahl & Fred Thomas, Rovi)
www.discogs.com
Seattle-based Experimental indie chinese pop/rock duo, Chinese American Bear will release their album Wah!!! this October!
chineseamericanbear.bandcamp.com
