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Wednesday, Oct 16 2024, 7AM
This is Nathaniel Rateliff's cover of "Don't Come Around Here No More" from the Bad Monkey soundtrack.
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New single from American rock-and-roll five-piece. In "Aren’t We One?,” My Morning Jacket offer's a plea for unity. The song was co-written by the band’s Jim James and Bo Koster in tandem with Manchester Orchestra frontman Andy Hull. It was produced by Brendan O’Brien.
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Happy birthday Bob Mould!
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Bob Mould is frontman of Husker Du and this is his second band Sugar. "The Slim" is off their first record which won album of the year according to NME in 1992. Bob Mould credits a lot of the success of the record to how Nirvana's Nevermind changed the way people listened to music.
“That's Amazing Grace” is a debut single from new project All Seeing Dolls of Brian Jonestown Massacre’s Anton Newcombe and Dot Allison.
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Here's that little Medicine scene from "The Crow" movie: www.youtube.com -- The soundtrack album included a different version titled "Time Baby III" which features guest vocals from the Cocteau Twins' Elizabeth Fraser.
Formed in 1985 in Portsmouth, England by siblings Alison and Jim Shaw and named after the many mechanical cranes around the city's docks, Cranes are best known for the singular childlike vocals of lead singer Alison. bit.ly
'Shining Road' is the opening track off their third album, released in 1994.
Another gem from the 1981 time machine!
According to its creator, Roger Linn, this was the first hit song to use the LM-1 drum machine. Introduced in 1980, the LM-1 was the first programable unit that sampled real drums rather than creating them synthetically. It became the basis for many hits of the era, with acts like Culture Club, Peter Gabriel and Gary Numan using it to make backing tracks. Its most prolific proponent was Prince, who used it on songs like "Little Red Corvette" and "When Doves Cry."
Sneaker Pimps' "Post-Modern Sleaze" is from their debut album 'Becoming X'
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New out of New Zealand! Fazerdaze is artist and producer Amelia Murray.
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Playing at Seattle's Neptune Theatre on November 29th and in San Francisco on December 3rd.
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To continue the cherry theme, here's Chromatics’ “Cherry,” the title track of their 2017 album. Sally Shapiro is on Italians Do It Better inspired by synth and italo disco and founded by Johnny Jewel who is a member of Chromatics.
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Thank you for the request! Here's "England" by indie rock outfit, The National, it's from their 2010 album 'High Violet.' Here's a live version of the song: www.youtube.com
New Zealand singer-songwriter Aldous Harding was most recently Live on KEXP in 2019. You can watch the full session which includes "The Barrel" here: youtu.be
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"Silent Sigh" is a single by British musical artist Badly Drawn Boy from the soundtrack to the 2002 film 'About a Boy.'
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John:
We just celebrated my daughter Cora’s first birthday. One of the hardest parts of this mostly amazing year was starting daycare. Quickly, though, thanks to the Morning Show, the *drive* to daycare became one of my favorite parts of each day! It’s been such a joy to get that father-daughter time, hopefully molding her little mind to have excellent musical taste, and feeling the loving vibes and sense of community you cultivate so well. Thanks for being a big part of a cherished ritual of our growing family’s life!
- Sam in South Seattle
Song request: “Corrina, Corrina” by Bob Dylan
My son turns 18 today! He's overcome so much to make it to his senior year with learning challenges, the pandemic and his Dad and I divorcing. Yet he's always asking me how he can help with his siblings, especially his sister with special needs. He's an avid music lover who isn't afraid to love on the classics like Johnny Cash ❤️ He's taken up running the last few years and we actually ran the KEXP 10k at Lake Union over the summer. He makes me so proud. If you could play some Johnny Cash for my boy Tanner
Erin in Bellevue
"Crazy" by Patsy Cline is a classic country ballad written by Willie Nelson. The song has been covered by many artists and remains one of Cline's most iconic hits.
Hi John,
We recently lost someone near and dear to us. She was our beloved speech learning pathologist at a school in West Seattle. She was 33 years old and died suddenly and tragically this past Sunday.
One of the last things she did with my classroom was support my students on an educational tour of KEXP a couple weeks ago. She said it was one of her favorite school outings she’d ever done. Julia loved music and her community here and one of her favorite bands was the Flaming Lips. Can you play Do You Realize and dedicate it to her sweet 2 & 1/2 year old boy Franklin?
One day he will listen to the Mom show and feel even more connected to the community that his mom was a part of through KEXP, and realize that he is not alone.
Thank you,
Justin & the staff at Bridges Roxhill
"English trio London Grammar combine sparse electronic pop in the model of the xx with lead singer Hannah Reid's dramatic, soulful vocals evoking Annie Lennox and contemporaries like Florence Welch and Natasha Khan of Bat for Lashes."
Read more about the band here:
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Dance Fever was recorded in London over the course of the pandemic. The songs evoke what singer Florence Welch “missed most during lockdown — clubs, dancing at festivals, being in the whirl of movement, and togetherness,” according to a release. On Instagram, the singer described the album as “a fairytale in 14 songs.”
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On this day 17-years ago in 2007 Soulsavers release It's Not How Far You Fall, It's the Way You Land featuring singer Mark Lanegan as primary vocalist.
Celebrating the life of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, born on this date in 1948. The Pakistani singer, songwriter, and music director died in August of 1997.
Note: The segue between "The Face of Love"and "Copperhead Road" has been gold stamp certified by the President of Radio.
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Here's Steve Earle performing "Copperhead Road" live in the KEXP studio in 2015 - www.youtube.com
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UK group Wunderhorse had this to say about the new track: "The song was written in a bathtub in Paris, and forgotten about until it resurfaced in Minnesota. Midas is the guy who makes you feel like a pencil stub, all used up and nothing to show for it, but it’s always just business as far as he’s concerned." www.clashmusic.com
They are playing at the Crocodile in Seattle in February next year!
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Here is Strand of Oaks performing "Shut In" Live on KEXP back in 2016:
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The Head and the Heart have a new, as yet unnamed album coming out next year and it all came together when they decided to change their songwriting process, taking a more collaborative approach similar to their early days as a band, Before they went anywhere else, Charity and Matty from the band stopped by KEXP to share that story and to give us the exclusive first play of their new excellent single “Arrow.”
Thank you SO MUCH to The Head and The Heart!!!!
As mentioned by our pals in The Head and The Heart.
Here is a recent article featuring Olympia's Olivia Rose talking about Oh, Rose's new album Dorothy.
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Catch Oh Rose's Live at KEXP Full Performance from 2020 here: www.youtube.com
Rolling Stone's description of this song's music video in 1983: "Fronted by a singer-synth player with a haircut stranger than anything you'd be likely to encounter in a month of poodle shows, A Flock of Seagulls struck gold on the first try."
Official Video here: www.youtube.com
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“This song is kind of about learning how to deal with your problems and not catastrophizing,” John Ross said. “Just trying to be more realistic and objective when times get stressful. It’s one of the faster songs I’ve written in a while and really fun to play live.”
The band's new album, "Dulling The Horns" dropped on October 4th.
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The War on Drugs have visited KEXP multiple times - they performed this song Live in the KEXP Studio in 2014: youtu.be
BTW, the war on drugs worked. Now no one ever uses them. Yuperdoo. Well done, team!
It's a two-fer-Twednesday on 98.9 KKZX, Spokane's home for CLASSIC ROCK, AND your home Woody and Wilcox in the morning, featuring Stunt Boy Zappo. Plus, make sure head out to Mootsy's on Sprague for ladies night tonight, and their famous buffalo dog special!
HONEYMOAN is a South African born, London based alternative pop band, started in 2017 as a "just for fun" project. It worked!
honeymoan.bandcamp.com
The fourth studio album from husband-and-wife duo Danielle and Drew McTaggart is an electrifying set of rugged, pop infused indie-rock boasting epic hooks, excellent guitar riffs and an outstanding vocal performance from Danielle.
On this day 23-years ago, Fugazi release The Argument, their sixth and final studio album.
Morning, Chuck from Bremerton here.
Any chance for R.E.M 'It's the end of the World...' this morning. Feels like a dance with your skateboard in an abandoned house kind of morning.
Cheers!
hi! Teddi from Berkeley here, loving the show! i have a long drive ahead of me... could you play something by the breeders? thanks!!
Bellingham, WA band Death Cab for Cutie! The band is composed of Ben Gibbard, Nick Harmer, Jason McGerr, Dave Depper, and Zac Rae. Nominated for eight Grammy Awards!
More Ben Gibbard, this time with Sea Lemon!
"Ben’s contribution to this song is so exciting for me to say the least; as a huge Death Cab fan growing up, Ben’s songwriting has inspired me since I got interested in songwriting myself." (Lew)
Sea Lemon (Natalie Lew) is a Seattle-based deampop solo musician, who was a guest DJ on our "Midnight in a Perfect World.
Check out her mix here: sealemonmusic.bandcamp.com
Psych gaze rock band out of San Francisco, this is Pink Breath of Heaven!
This Friday, Oct 18th, they will be releasing the third single "Always" for their upcoming DEBUT album, out in early 2025!
You really must watch the music video to this song "Carolyn's Finger's" off of their fifth studio album Blue Bell Knoll:
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'Carolyn’s Fingers' may be peak Cocteau Twins, with Liz Fraser‘s voice hitting operatic registers amid a sea of layered guitars. The track was included on the band’s 1988 LP, Blue Bell Knoll, which was the band’s first LP to receive wide distribution in America. As a result, for any Americans, it was their first exposure to Cocteau Twins in all of their otherworldly, shimmering glory. In many ways, the song is the perfect encapsulation of the band’s “sonic cathedral” sound, with every note mirrored and hitting strangely cascading ripples.": www.djdmac.com