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In 2021 Moby, partnering with the Budapest Art Orchestra, reimagined 13 of his songs on Reprise.
Explaining the album’s creation, Moby explains in a press release, “...for me the main purpose of music is to communicate emotion, to share some aspect of the human condition to whomever might be listening.”
Artists who joined him included Alice Skye, Amythyst Kiah, Darlingside, Deitrick Haddon, Jim James, Kris Kristofferson, Luna Li, Mark Lanegan, Nataly Dawn, Skylar Grey and Víkingur Ólafsson.
Renowned, award-winning, Berlin based electronic music artist Ben Böhmer has just released his first new studio album in three years, Bloom.
Coming off a record-breaking world tour in support of his previous album, during which he sold out all dates months in advance, Ben Böhmer made a point to take time to himself and return to the space that compels him the most: his studio. Boom.
benbohmer.bandcamp.com
This was written by Roland Orzabal but sung by the group's other vocalist, Curt Smith, who connected with the tune right way. He explained it "was easy for me to sing because I could relate to Roland's lyrics. We were both the middle of three sons and had been brought up by single mothers with absent fathers. My father always worked away, and died when I was 17, but I hated him by that point. It hit me later in life, but back then I was teenage and angry."
rivate Revolution is the debut album by the British rock band World Party. At the time, singer-songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Karl Wallinger was the only member of World Party, and the only person pictured on the cover. Watch World Party performing live in the KEXP studio in 2012 - www.youtube.com
Broadcasting live from San Francisco NEXT week!
American Music Club was a San Francisco-based indie rock band led by singer-songwriter Mark Eitzel, and was formed in 1982.
San Francisco was their seventh and last album before the band's break up in 1995. The band reunited in 2003 after a nine year hiatus, producing two more albums.
Speaking about "Come Find Me," Dan Snaith shares, "I love this kind of chord sequence and the sort of French touch type of vibe, but it took a lot of time to find the right vocal hook and breakdown and make it more pop and concise."
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Are you reading my diary from when I was young?
Are you gonna play The Damned's version of Alone Again Or next?
Or maybe something from Joy Division
Erica in Oakland
Featuring 10 tracks that traverse Trentemøller’s many musical strengths, Dreamweaver also represents an obvious artistic leap, treading new ground while retaining the overall plot. Tracks featuring vocals come courtesy of of Iceland’s Disa, who has been in Trentemøller’s fold since the Memoria tour.
What you gonna do when things go wrong?
What you gonna do when it all cracks up?
What you gonna do when the love burns down?
What you gonna do when the flames go up?
Who is gonna come and turn the tide?
What's it gonna take to make a dream survive?
Who's got the touch to calm the storm inside?
Who's gonna save you?
Alive and kicking
Good morning KEXP crew,
It was 20 years ago today that I got a ride to Union Station in Chicago, where I boarded a train to Detroit. From Detroit I took a Greyhound to Toronto, and upon arrival at the bus station I took a cab to my new digs. I met my new roommate Michelle for the first time; when she opened the door she took a look at me, smiled, and said 'you're a friend!'
Neither of us had any idea that that friendship would blossom into the most fulfilling, loving relationship we would ever experience. She passed away last month, and it still hurts every day knowing she had to go. I would love it if you could play "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" in honour of the anniversary, and "With A Little Help From My Friends", as she requested that be sung at her Celebration of Life (which I am calling Michellebration).
Thanks KEXP for always being there through the laughter & the tears.
Matt, amplifier in Toronto
For the Michellebration.
“When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, "Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.”
- Mr. Fred Rogers
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An untrained children's choir accompanies the Yeah Yeah Yeahs frontwoman on this song from the soundtrack that she composed for the 2009 film.: www.youtube.com
Sarah, our fav' school counselor writes:
On my way to the school based health center...short staffed and a lot of need. Waking up in the middle of the night working on treatment plans. And. This set rocks. Thanks for slowing me down when I didn't realize I was moving to fast.
This song samples multiple elements of The Beatles' "Strawberry Fields Forever (Orchestra Session)"
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Noel Gallagher of Oasis guest stars on vocals and songwriting credits for this one
Nowhere released (cough) everywhere on this day 34 years ago in 1990.
New Music from Seattlites, Bloococoon featuring Sharim, formerly of Black Nite Crash.
bloococoon.bandcamp.com
"Starburster" was written about a panic attack that frontman Grian Chatten suffered at London's St Pancras station.
Morgan hosted them in the studio 2 years ago. See the full performance here:
youtu.be
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Hey John, great show this morning. My friend Brock is visiting me in New York from Idaho and I'm wondering if I can request some Built To Spill in his honor. Thanks!
Justin (Puh-kip-see) in Poughkeepsie
Excited to be seeing The Bug Club tonight at Baby's All Right in Brooklyn! You introduced me to them as you have so many other amazing new bands. Thank you for the music. Thank you for the community. And please play something from The Bug Club (Marriage, maybe?).
Janet in NJ
As requested by Rhiannon in Seattle
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Sea Lemon is the Seattle-based dreampop solo project of musician Natalie Lew. This new song features Ben Gibbard of Death Cab For Cutie and The Postal Service. sealemonmusic.bandcamp.com
Sea Lemon was our guest DJ last year for "Midnight in a Perfect World." Go here to enjoy her mix: tinyurl.com
Congrats to Jessica Dobson and Deep Sea Diver for their recent signing to Sub Pop Records. Read more here: www.subpop.com
The rapturous “Billboard Heart” is a stunning introduction to Deep Sea Diver’s universe. You can watch the official video for “Billboard Heart” via the link below, a new song from their forthcoming album, due in early 2025.
www.youtube.com
Siouxsie wrote this song as a tribute to Jayne Mansfield, the late actress and pin-up girl, who starred opposite Cary Grant in the 1957 film “Kiss Them for Me.” Mansfield died tragically in a car accident at the age 34. In the chorus, Siouxsie references her death: “Nothing or no one/ will ever make me let you down’ Kiss them for me/ I may be delayed Kiss them for me/ if I am delayed…”
As requested by Dez in Georgia.
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This song by Soho features a sample of The Smiths' "How Soon Is Now?"
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Fun fact # 2: This song was mixed by Leigh Gorman (ex bass guitar for Adam & the Ants & Bow Wow Wow).
Happy 89th birthday (1935) to singer-songwriter Barry McGuire who had the 1965 US No.1 & UK No.3 single with the protest song 'Eve Of Destruction'. Top LA session players: P. F. Sloan on guitar, Hal Blaine (of Phil Spector's "Wrecking Crew") on drums, and Larry Knechtel on bass played on the track. The vocal by McGuire was thrown on as a rough mix and was not intended to be the final version, but a copy of the recording "leaked" out to a DJ, who began playing it.
Stephen Stills was inspired to write the song because of the Sunset Strip curfew riots in Los Angeles in November 1966, a series of early counterculture-era clashes that took place between police and young people on the Sunset Strip in Hollywood, California. Local residents and businesses had become annoyed by how crowds of young people going to clubs and music venues along the Strip had caused late-night traffic congestion. In response, they lobbied Los Angeles County to pass local ordinances stopping loitering, and enforced a strict curfew on the Strip after 10 p.m.
It worked. Young people no longer hang out at night in Hollywood. #Facts #Science
He Got Game is the soundtrack to Spike Lee's 1998 film of the same name and sixth studio album by Public Enemy, released in 1998.
P.E. not only sampled the original recording, but also brought Stephen Stills into the studio to play guitar and re-sing a chunk of Buffalo Springfield’s 1966 protest classic “For What It’s Worth.”
"A Fragile Thing" will be part of the new album, Songs of a Lost World, due out November 1st! On that date, the band will stream video of a performance Live at Troxy London. More info here: www.thecure.com
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"Down In It" was the first single for the 1989 debut album 'Pretty Hate Machine.' It has been stated by Trent Reznor that this song is the first he ever wrote. Reznor has openly admitted that this song "was a total rip-off of 'Dig It' by Skinny Puppy, the first band NIN toured with, in 1988.
Kassie Krut's "Reckless" is born from her own experiences, when the thrill of living on the edge collides with the sobering reality of consequences. It's a experimental song for anyone who's ever danced too close to the flame.
kassiekrut.bandcamp.com
In 1999, 'The Fat of the Land' entered the Guinness World Records as the fastest-selling UK album. The album was also nominated for the 1998 Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album, but lost to Radiohead's 'OK Computer.' --- “Diesel Power” was inspired by the band’s love for the power and raw energy of diesel engines.
Belfast post-punk/electronic band Chalk have returned with their new single “Tell Me” and its accompanying video.
The song, produced by Chris Ryan (NewDad, Enola Gay, Just Mustard) and bandleader Ross Cullen, features on their forthcoming EP ‘Conditions III’, due to be release on February 21st 2025 via Nice Swan Records.
Los Angeles artist TR/ST is on tour!
- Seattle, WA: Friday, Nov. 15
- San Francisco, CA: Wednesday, Nov. 20
www.daisrecords.com
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Check out their 2019 Live on KEXP performance here: www.youtube.com
XTC's The Big Express turns 40 today regardless of what our playlist says.
The Waeve are an English band formed in London, in 2021 by singer-songwriters and musicians Rose Elinor Dougall (The Pipettes) and her partner, Graham Coxon of Blur fame.
Speaking of Blur.
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Polaris is a star in the northern circumpolar constellation of Ursa Minor. It is commonly called the North Star or Pole Star. With an apparent magnitude that fluctuates around 1.98, it is the brightest star in the constellation and is readily visible to the naked eye at night.
The debut full-length album from this Los Angeles band is a strong set of soaring, dreamy, confident shoegaze. While much of ‘opaque’ showcases Mo Dotti’s refreshing take on the classic shoegaze formula, the album also offers up gritty jolts of noise-pop and blissful, gauzy fuzz-pop numbers, and the band showcases a sharp pop sensibility throughout with an assured fusion of big guitars, enveloping feedback, and Gina Negrini’s warm, ethereal vocals.
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The band’s name is inspired by Tina Modotti, an Italian photographer and communist revolutionary known for her work in Mexico during the early 20th century.
recorded and mixed by joey oaxaca at studio 22 and mo dotti at studio h in los angeles. mastered by mark gardener.
mo-dotti.bandcamp.com