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Thursday, Dec 5 2019, 6AM
Good morning Seattle, and welcome to the Thursday edition of The Morning Show. (PS, did you know you can take a course about Bruce Springsteen at Rutgers University?!) bit.ly
Featuring M. Ward on this track from 2007's 'Four Winds' EP
Local legend Mark Lanegan recently discussed with MusicRadar about the 9 albums that changed his life. "If any record ever truly saved me, it was this one. Still today one of the greatest records ever made and still my companion on a regular basis." Find the one he's talking about here: bit.ly
Watch Kurt Vile's live performance in our Gathering Space last December here: www.youtube.com
Sub Pop resurrected their 7" Singles Club this year, and this Julien Baker tune made the cut in 2019. See the full discography here: www.subpop.com
Found on the third album from Elliott Smith, and the soundtrack for Gus Van Sant's 1997 Oscar-winning film Good Will Hunting
Bassist Este Haim about this new song, which was inspired by the support from her sisters on her type 1 diabetes diagnosis when she was 14: “I came home from the doctor super upset and frustrated and the only two people I felt comfortable enough to talk about it with were Danielle and Alana. Sometimes it feels like they’re the only two people that truly understand me and support me when I feel like giving up. This song is for anyone struggling with chronic illness and the people around us who we truly rely on for help and guidance.”
This long-running Lancaster, PA band has a new album due on January 17th! Find pre-order info for 'See You Tomorrow' here: bit.ly
Nick Cave about the double album format of 'Ghosteen,' the first album he fully wrote after the tragic death of his son in 2015: "The songs on the first album are the children, the songs on the second album are their parents."
“With this record, I needed to extract myself out of this environment of make-believe. It's something that was necessary for me to do in the wake of my mother's death—to pursue a sense of peace and serenity in spite of suffering. It's not really trying to say anything new, or prove anything, or innovate. It feels artless, which is a good thing. This is not my art project; this is my life.” Read Sufjan's full interview with Pitchfork about this album here: bit.ly
Montreal band Majical Cloudz disbanded in 2016 after two albums. Watch the video for "Downtown" here: www.youtube.com
Also featured in the 1989 film Say Anything, though Peter Gabriel's song always made the biggest impression in that one
There is no escaping the thing that is making it's home in your radio! (Unless maybe you do this we guess, www.youtube.com )
Inspired by a real life experience of tranquilizers that were given to Roger Waters before a Pink Floyd show for stomach pains - “That was the longest two hours of my life, trying to do a show when you can hardly lift your arm.”
Playing the Showbox on January 29th! Go get your tickets here: www.showboxpresents.com
"One wild January day, when the wind charged like stampedes of wild horses down the mighty avenues, I walked down a narrow backstreet and discovered the most curious shop I'd ever seen. It was a witches' store, its shelves filled with potions, grimoires, scraps of wood, bark and root and numberless weird things I had no words or names for. And as I squinted around this dark space my eye was attracted by a massive, enigmatic-looking black-bound book..." Read more about the inspiration for this album from The Waterboys here: bit.ly
The second single off the multi-platinum selling 'Violator' album. Watch the video for "Enjoy the Silence" here: www.youtube.com
Thurston Moore's cover of the closing track off of New Order's 1983 album, 'Power, Corruption & Lies'
'Suddenly,' the new album from Caribou, is due out on February 28th! About this new single, Dan Snaith stated that it "... changes suddenly and unpredictably, and it is about a change in my life that happened out of the blue.”
A song inspired by a woman David Byrne once knew that would take acid and lie down in a field next to a Yoo-hoo chocolate factory - "And this girl was flying above it all, but in it too."
From their surprise EP release this year! Eva Hendricks told Rolling Stone, “This EP serves as a bridge, spanning the distance between Guppy and Young Enough. It’s easy to hear how our sound was starting to change" bit.ly
Tanya Donelly to Spectrum Culture about the making of 'Star' and Belly - "At that point I said, I think it probably makes more sense if I just do this solo. And originally I was just going to start off on a solo gig but then I just really wanted another band. So I went home to Rhode Island and started Belly." | bit.ly
L.A.'s Moses Sumney will be releasing his new album 'græ' on May 15th! Find more here: mosessumney.bandcamp.com
From the soundtrack for the forthcoming animated film, 'Spies in Disguise.' See the video here! www.youtube.com
Straight from Sudan Archives artist bio: "Violinist/vocalist who writes, plays, and produces her own music. She is self-taught on the violin, inspired by Sudanese fiddlers, R&B, West African rhythms, and experimental electronic music." Playing a sold out show at Barboza on Feburary 21st! | sudanarchives.bandcamp.com
Opening track off the soundtrack for the 1993 film, "In the Name of the Father"
Another new single from New York duo Phantogram. (We're still waiting to hear an official album announcement!) | bit.ly
Holy Fuck's new album 'Deleter' will be out on January 17th, and you can catch them at Neumos on March 31st. Tickets here! www.neumos.com
The "the ultimate Seventies teen anthem" according to Rolling Stone
Playing SMooCH benefit show on December 7th, find the info you need here: www.kexp.org
Chris Cornell stepping in for Layne Staley on this live rendition of Mad Season's "River of Deceit"
Happy 20th anniversary Brian and Diana!
Off the debut studio album from Modest Mouse, released in 1996
The first new track from the Melbourne band since their 2016 release, 'Mindfullness'
Playing a sold out show at the Crocodile on December 10th! Check out their performance for KEXP in 2012 here: www.youtube.com
Watch Avalanche Party at our International Clash Day event in London this year here! www.youtube.com
Check out our exclusive interview with Carrie Brownstein about S-K's latest album 'The Center Won't Hold' here: bit.ly
Here's a lovely Christmas tune for ya! Loading up my truck // A big teen wheeler // Carryin' lots of candy cane // Stockin' up more than a mistletoe
// Ask anybody that you want // Ask any cat that you happen to know // Well I drink more eggnog than malt liquor // I'm gonna get you with that cocoa
They played at Iceland Airwaves for us last month, stay tuned for video! In the meantime here's more SONS info: www.facebook.com
Check out B.R.M.C.'s live KEXP performance for us in 2013 here: www.youtube.com
Profits from the sale of this new single from Manchester's W. H. Lung will benefit two of their local charities, Mustard Tree & Booth Centre: whlung.bandcamp.com
Pop quiz hot shot, what is Confidence Man? An Australian electro-pop band, a 1924 silent film, or an old timey term for "con man?" (Okay, yeah, it's all three of those)
Here's the Bellingham-born band ODESZA live at KEXP in 2017! www.youtube.com
Found on the Liverpool band's sixth album, 'Crush,' released in 1985
Off the debut record from Sweden's Shout Out Louds. Hey, guess what, they've performed this very song live for us! www.youtube.com
The perfect girl according to The Cure? A strange one <3
See what Quivers had to say about this new song, and watch their recent KEXP performance here: bit.ly
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