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Thursday, Aug 8 2019, 6AM
Good morning Seattle, and welcome to the Thursday edition of The Morning Show. It was confirmed yesterday afternoon that David Berman of Purple Mountains and Silver Jews has passed away at the age of 52. The cause of death has not been made public at this time.
Less than a month after the release of this new project as Purple Mountains, frontman David Berman has passed away at the age of 52 | bit.ly
Tributes for David Berman of Silver Jews from his many friends and collaborators: bit.ly
See our recap of when David Byrne of Talking Heads was in town for a show at the Paramount Theatre last May: bit.ly
New album out on September 13th! We're not seeing Seattle dates for a tour yet, but stay tuned... www.pixiesmusic.com
Radiohead's Thom Yorke will be in town for a sold out (natch) show at the Paramount Theatre on October 20th
Giants Of All Sizes, the forthcoming new album from Elbow has been set to release on October 11th, and this is the first single from it. Frontman Guy Garvey stated to NME that the new album is, “At times, it’s a bleak record, but it has a huge, if bruised, heart. It was a pleasure to make and we are all immensely proud of it.”
Watch The War on Drugs performing this song live for us in 2017 here: www.youtube.com
One of the many great artists we had play here on the grand opening day of our new home: www.kexp.org
Lucy Dacus will be back in town at Neumos on October 22nd! Get your tickets here: bit.ly
Catch Black Belt Eagle Scout at the Tractor on October 24th, and pre-order her new album At The Party With My Brown Friends here: bit.ly
Angie McMahon is an Australian singer/songwriter who also claims to be "90% spaghetti bolognese" | www.angiemcmahon.com
Off the latest - and third - solo effort from the Radiohead frontman. He'll be in town for a sold-out show at the Paramount Theatre on October 20th
In 2009, Animal Collective became the first band that the Grateful Dead officially allowed use of a sample from one of their songs. The song was 1974's "Unbroken Chain" and it was used for this one!
Playing a sold-out show at the Crocodile on September 23rd! Beginnings, the debut release from Girl in Red, is set for release on September 6th, find it here: www.worldinred.com
Miki Berenyi to i-D about this song: "I've had comments about "Ladykillers" from rather bruised men who tell me that it's hard enough to screw up your courage and chat up a woman you fancy without a song like this scything you down for your efforts. But that's not what this song is about. Chatting and flirting is a world away from hunting prey and using every weapon in your artillery to get it, from persistent one-track 'sexy' talk to playing you off other women to imply that you are all somehow fighting for attention. The song is pretty clear that it's a certain type of man, not all men, that pull these con tricks, and what makes it more irritating is that often us women fall for it and feel stupid when we do."
Happy 24th birthday to Luna's Penthouse, released on this day in 1995! According to Rolling Stone, it is the 99th best album of the 90's: bit.ly
Happy 58th birthday to U2's David Howell Evans (universally known as The Edge), born on this day in 1961!
We learned that David Berman of Silver Jews (and latest project Purple Mountains) passed away yesterday afternoon at the age of 52. His cause of death has not been made public yet.
The Lumineers will be back in town for Bumbershoot festival this Labor Day weekend! Find passes and the full lineup here: bumbershoot.com
Brand new single from Jay Som! Her second album Anak Ko is set to release on August 23rd, and she'll be at Neumos on September 18th. | jaysom.bandcamp.com
And now here's Stephen Malkmus performing this song live in our Gathering Space last year: www.youtube.com
In case you missed it, "Time After Time" is Stephen Malkmus' least favorite R.E.M. song
The Horrors came to play for us last year and it was really great: www.youtube.com
A U.S. Modern Rock number-one hit for JAMC in 1989... We don't care about the state of their hair either: www.youtube.com
Happy 31st birthday to N.W.A.'s debut album Straight Outta Compton, released on this day in 1988! MTV banned the video for this track in the spring of 1989 - "The video ain’t half of a half of what go on for real" said MC Ren to LA Weekly at the time.
Featuring guest appearances on this track from rap legends Ice Cube and Big Daddy Kane!
Happy 8/08! The drum machine introduced by the Roland Corporation in 1980 (and discontinued in 1983) was a commercial failure, but gained a cult following. As commercial failures tend to do...
The inventor of the 808 drum machine (used here in this Beastie track) was Japanese engineer Ikutaro Kakehashi. He died on April 1, 2017 at the age of 87.
Celebrating the 808 drum machine on 8/08! When this commercial failure from Roland launched in 1980, it came with a US price tag of $1,195 (which would be about $3,634 today)
Watch the official trailer for the 2015 documentary about the 808 drum machine here: www.youtube.com
A diss song about Kool Moe Dee that uses the 808 drum machine on 8/08... which just so happens to also be Kool Moe Dee's birthday. (Happy 57th!)
Here's local rap duo Blue Scholars performing this ode to the 808 drum machine for KEXP at Capitol Hill Block Party in 2010: www.youtube.com
One of the earliest live performances using the 808 drum machine was this song from Yellow Magic Orchestra in 1980. (Which was the same year the 808 was released) Happy 8/08 everyone!
According to their bio: "Africa Express was founded in 2006 and brings together musicians from different cultures, genres and generations to break boundaries and offer a new perspective on Africa and its music.
Each record and event is unique, based upon on-the-spot collaboration and filled with unique moments of magic; the collective have hosted trips and concerts in Nigeria, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Mali and UK to date." Pre-order the new album (out July 12th!) here: bit.ly
One of the greatest live bands out there today. See them performing for KEXP last year here: www.youtube.com
The new album from Brooklyn's Ikebe Shakedown is set to arrive August 16th, find it here: ikebeshakedown.com
Italian composer Ennio Morricone has written scores for hundreds of movies and television shows. His work for The Good, the Bad and the Ugly film is considered one of the most influential and was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame
A portrait of Beyonce has just been inducted into the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery in Washington. It was taken by Tyler Mitchell, who was the first African-American photographer to shoot a cover for Vogue. | nyti.ms
We still don't know anything about this mystery band! soundcloud.com
This Austin octet was live in our Gathering Space back in 2017! Check it out here: www.youtube.com
This was our Song of the Day back on February 23, 2015 (We showcase a different one every Monday through Friday!) bit.ly
New single from L.A.'s Starcrawler, with a full-length due to arrive on October 11th. About this new song, it “... came from thinking about the tunnel people in New York and Vegas and the Catacombs in France, and the underground village of people who live in the sewers of the L.A. River,” de Wilde noted. “I was fascinated with the fact that there is a whole other world happening right under our feet.” - www.starcrawlermusic.com
