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Wednesday, Oct 9 2019, 6AM
TR/ST played this song and others live in the KEXP studio earlier this year. Check out the full performance here: www.youtube.com
"And now I'm sorry I missed you
I had a secret meeting in the basement of my brain
It went the dull and wicked ordinary way..."
Want to see the video for "Everything's Gone Green" by New Order? Here: www.youtube.com
This album is packed with Bowie references, since it was David Bowie who encouraged LCD Soundsystem to re-form. “I was talking about getting the band back together,” according to James Murphy. “He said, ‘Does it make you uncomfortable?’ I said ‘Yeah.’” He said, ‘Good – it should’ … David was always making himself uncomfortable.” - bit.ly
The vocals for this were recorded in a Voice O Graph booth (an obsolete 1940s coin operated phonograph booth). The only working one in existence is at Jack White's Third Man Studio in Nashville, which is where Alexis sang. - bit.ly
Seattle-based DJ and music producer Rudy Willingham is well known for his artistic photography skills: bit.ly
Future Islands lead singer Sam Herring has announced a new rap album under his alias Hemlock Ernst. - bit.ly
Future Islands performed live in the KEXP studio back in 2017. Watch it here: www.youtube.com
"‘Home’ revolves around a sample of Gloria Barnes’ song of the same name. According to Caribou's Dan Snaith, “I’m always listening to lots of music and sometimes a loop just jumps out at me – it’s too perfect. That’s how it was with Gloria Barnes’ ‘Home’." - bit.ly
Maya Bouldry-Morrison, better known by her stage name Octo Octa, is an American house producer and DJ based in Brooklyn, New York. “Resonant Body”, the third studio album is her most spiritual and nature--connected work. Maya recorded the songs at her cabin in New Hampshire in order to channel the resonance of the forest, the beauty of the river, and the energy from the rituals she conducts within it. - octoocta.bandcamp.com
Aurora (Norwegian singer-songwriter and producer Aurora Aksnes) appears on three tracks on the album – ‘Eve Of The Destruction’, ‘Bango’ and ‘The Universe Sent Me’ – and this is the first time a guest has performed multiple times on the same Chemical Brothers album. - bit.ly
The song title comes from the name of a racing greyhound. - bit.ly
Land of the Loops is the stage name of Alan Sutherland, a musician from Boston, Massachusetts, who began recording in the early 1990's and continues to record today. His music is electronic, makes heavy use of samples and loops, and has an indie rock influence. - bit.ly
Closer to Grey is the fifth studio album by Portland synth-pop group Chromatics.
"Mercy Street" by Fever Ray is a cover of Peter Gabriel's "Mercy Street" from 1986. bit.ly
Thanks for the request. The new - and third - album from London's Michael Kiwanuka is set to arrive on October 25th. Michael Kiwanuka will perform at The Showbox in Seattle on Wednesday, January 29th! - www.michaelkiwanuka.com
Want more information on this mysterious artist? Yes! So would we! foreverlivingoriginals.com
Brittany Howard will be LIVE on KEXP on Monday, November 18th at 12:00 PM! - www.kexp.org
Then she performs at The Moore Theatre that night! - brittanyhoward.com
Then she performs at The Moore Theatre that night! - brittanyhoward.com
Pretty Lights initially turned down the offer to contribute this Verve compilation, which remixes Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday. That is, until Nina Simone came into the picture. "The thing with Nina is that every song I listen to of hers is mind-blowing," Pretty Lights Derek Vincent Smith said. "They all manage to hit me in that same place, whether it's about women's rights or love or love gone bad or politics. She's one of those rare, rare artists that are able to do that." - bit.ly
Austrian producer Wolfram's first LP in eight years! Tehran is a beautiful capital and a country that's been shaken up by lots of political crisis since the Persian revolution in 1979. During the last few years, Tehran Municipality has been drawing graffiti in order to beautify the city.
Dawn Chorus is Jacques Greene’s most collaborative project to date. - jacquesgreene.bandcamp.com
By request it's the new single from Cherry Glazer teaming up w Portugal. The Man! - www.cherryglazerr.com
Off the Los Angeles-based band's debut studio album. Here's the video: www.youtube.com
Happy 50th PJ Harvey!!! Polly Jean Harvey was born on Octpber 9th, 1969 in Bridport, UK.
Moor Mother, or Philly-based artist Camae Ayewa, has a new album titled Analog Fluids of Sonic Black Holes, out November 8 on Don Giovanni Records. This follows up her 2016 album Fetish Bones.
Rowland Kelechukwu "Kele" Okereke, also known by the mononym Kele, is an English musician, best known as the lead singer and rhythm guitarist of the indie rock band Bloc Party. His solo album "2042" is snapshots of fractured political and cultural landscape in 2019. He recently said of our political/cultural landscape, “I’ve never experienced such widespread public racism” - bit.ly
English rock band Editors have announced details of a “best of” album. Titled "Black Gold," the collection will feature 13 tracks from across their 15 year career, plus three new tracks. Black Gold is one of the new recordings that appears on the album. - www.editors-official.com
Listen Like Thieves is the fifth studio album by the Sydney-based group INXS. It spent two weeks at number one on the Australian Kent Music Report Albums Chart, peaked at No. 11 on the United States Billboard 200, No. 24 on the Canadian RPM 100 Albums and top 50 in the United Kingdom.
‘The Runner’ is lyrically set in the aftermath of what’s described in the last songs on ‘Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost – Part 1’. In a press release, frontman Yannis Philippakis said of the new track: “It’s a call to find a sense of purpose and perseverance despite the odds and despite the troubles we may find inside or outside ourselves.” - bit.ly
Here's the official video: www.youtube.com
Here's the official video: www.youtube.com
Bombay Bicycle Club are back after a three-year official hiatus! Here's the video: www.youtube.com
Hey Seattle, it's sunny today, but please no staring at the sun!
Here's the video (yes that's Tanya Donelly singing on this song): www.youtube.com
Here's the video (yes that's Tanya Donelly singing on this song): www.youtube.com
Soccer Mommy played live in the KEXP studio last year: www.youtube.com
"Let all the children boogie..."
Happy birthday to Bowie fan Shelley from Claire and Max!
Happy birthday to Bowie fan Shelley from Claire and Max!
John Winston Ono Lennon, or John Lennon, was born on this day, October 9th, 1940 in Liverpool, England. John Lennon died on December 8th, 1980 at the age of 40 years.
Looking for more information about Death and Music on Wed, Nov 13th? - townhallseattle.org
Looking for more information about Death and Music on Wed, Nov 13th? - townhallseattle.org
Fame was written by Bowie, Carlos Alomar and John Lennon! www.youtube.com
Although not released commercially until 1984, R.E.M. performed "Pretty Persuasion" live in concert as early as 1980 and 1981. A live version of the song was recorded for the band's 1983 debut album Murmur but was not released on that album, although the recording was eventually included as a bonus track on a 1992 release of Reckoning. Here's the video: www.youtube.com
Happy birthday to Wayne who told John to check out this band!
John Richards welcomed Quivers to the KEXP studio earlier this year for a live session that included this song! Here's the full performance: www.youtube.com
John Richards welcomed Quivers to the KEXP studio earlier this year for a live session that included this song! Here's the full performance: www.youtube.com
Released on this day 30 years ago in 1989, "Automatic" is the third album by Scottish alternative rock band The Jesus and Mary Chain. "Blues From A Gun" reached number One in the US Billboard Modern Rock charts. Here's the official music video: www.youtube.com
Happy 61st birthday to Al Jourgensen, founder and frontman of pioneering industrial metal band Ministry, who was born on this day in 1958.
The industrial music pioneer is still going strong. “I’ll tell you what,” says Jourgensen, “to detractors of Ministry, I promise you, I will stop making music. You just make it a nice little utopian world. All right? Then I’ll shut the fuck up.” - bit.ly
The industrial music pioneer is still going strong. “I’ll tell you what,” says Jourgensen, “to detractors of Ministry, I promise you, I will stop making music. You just make it a nice little utopian world. All right? Then I’ll shut the fuck up.” - bit.ly
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Hey what live show do you regret missing? Tell us your story soundandvision@kexp.org
Hey what live show do you regret missing? Tell us your story soundandvision@kexp.org
Grimes has released a new single called “Violence,” in a collaboration with the producer i_o. It also arrives with an accompanying video directed by Grimes, which opens with her reading Sun Tzu’s The Art of War to the soft breeze of a wind machine before exploding to choreography featuring a collection of backing dancers. There are also surgical masks and swords in the video. - www.youtube.com
Velvet Negroni is the project of Minneapolis artist Jeremy Nutzman. Here's the official video: www.youtube.com
By request for Susan!
Loaded is the fourth studio album by American rock band the Velvet Underground. It was the final album recorded featuring founding member and main songwriter Lou Reed, who left shortly before its release.
Loaded is the fourth studio album by American rock band the Velvet Underground. It was the final album recorded featuring founding member and main songwriter Lou Reed, who left shortly before its release.
"Ooh La La" is a 1973 song by the band Faces, written by Ronnie Lane and Ronnie Wood. www.youtube.com
"Whole Wide World" is a song written by English rock singer-songwriter Wreckless Eric.
"I'd go the whole wide world / Go the whole wide world just to find her..."
"I'd go the whole wide world / Go the whole wide world just to find her..."
TR/ST's Robert Alfons calls this single, "a trepidatious push through murky waters, searching for shore.” - bit.ly