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Thursday, Jul 11 2019, 6AM
Good morning Seattle, and welcome to the Thursday edition of The Morning Show. Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest is the latest solo effort from Callahan, released in June of this year
Good Morning Spider is the second album from Sparklehorse, and it had its 20th anniversary in 2019. See Stereogum's recap of it here: bit.ly
The title of this track from L.A.-based duo El Ten Eleven is an oft-quoted response from Johnny Cash when asked what his definition of paradise was. (The "her" referencing his wife June Carter Cash)
Watch Mogwai's full performance at KEXP in 2017 here: www.youtube.com
Off the forthcoming album from the British dance duo, set to arrive on October 25th. Find Drift Songs pre-order info here: underworldlive.com
Recorded over a three day time period, this is the third live album release from LCD Soundsystem. In an Instagram post, James Murphy stated, "It started with us playing radio sessions at various radio stations, and we often really liked these recordings, as they’re quite different than the records, and then we wound up doing the London sessions in 2010, which we released as a record. So this is one of those."
Operators were recently back in the KEXP studios to record a live session with us, but while you're waiting for that one, here they are in 2014: www.youtube.com
Happy 62nd birthday to the Godfather of Goth, Peter Murphy! The solo artist and Bauhaus frontman was born on this day in 1957
For Kara in Boston - Tell me not to trip or to lose sight | You are walking in my guided light
"We just needed someone to tell us: “It’s all ok. Life is still good. You are still here. Love exists. Take care of yourself and experience all this. Live who you are. There is no one else that can be you.” | bit.ly
From Oliva Rose of this Olympia-based band: “This song is so hard for me to play. “25, Alive” was the only song on the album I wrote after my mother passed. I will never forget when it was finished, when I took my hand off the fret and my middle finger locked into my palm and I thought I was so f**ked. Like, physically, emotionally f**ked up. Like I would never play again.” Find their work here: ohrose.bandcamp.com
Happy 30th birthday to The The's Mind Bomb, released on this day in 1989! It's the third album from this London band led by Matt Johnson, and features the Smith's Johnny Marr on guitar
Pronoun's Alyse Vellturo on this album: "If anyone ever treated you badly, I hope it picks you back up and helps you realize you deserve better. I like the idea of empowering yourself to know you're worth something and get what you deserve." | bit.ly
Lucy Dacus in an interview with Newsweek about this (punch to the gut) breakup song: "It was the first time I kissed somebody other than my ex. I dated this person for like five years. To kiss anybody else—it felt really weird. It felt kind of wrong. And it wasn't a happy or fulfilling or victorious experience." She'll be at Neumos on October 22nd: bit.ly
Watch Miya Folick performing live here at KEXP this past February here: www.youtube.com
Happy 60th birthday to singer/songwriter Suzanne Vega, born on this day in 1959!
“Within my conscious self, there is always a sense of questioning the legitimacy of the world when you grow up on an Indian reservation. We are all at the party (the world), trying to navigate ourselves within a good or bad situation. I happen to be at the party with my brown friends—Indigenous, Black, POC who always have my back while we walk throughout this event called life.” - Black Belt Eagle Scout's Katherine Paul about this new release. Get your pre-order in for her second album (out on August 30th) here: www.blackbelteaglescout.com
The first new album in nine years from NYC's Versus is set to release on August 16th. Find Ex Voto here: versusny.bandcamp.com
Happy 57th birthday Rob in Tacoma! And anyone else that happens to be having a birthday today!
Mavis Staples just turned 80 years old yesterday, and is touring for her new album We Get By. Catch her at Marymoor Park on August 17th! More info here: www.chomplocal.org
In a 2016 interview with Observer, Kiwanuka explained that Love & Hate was “about being unique and standing out. The album is about breaking through to be myself, regardless of what’s happening in the outside world.”
Off the ninth album from this long-running L.A. band, released in 1992
"Lifetime Piling Up" was a new track that first appeared on Talking Heads 1992 compilation album Sand in the Vaseline: Popular Favorites
Catch these shoegaze legends touring for their new album This Is Not A Safe Place at the Crocodile on October 8th! Find tickets here: bit.ly
This concept album from British band Public Service Broadcasting uses sound bites relating to the space race that spanned from 1957-1972. The track "Go" is inspired by the 1969 Apollo 11 mission, the first Moon landing by a manned spacecraft
This first single released from The Chemical Brother's 2015 album, Born in the Echos, features vocals from A Tribe Called Quest's Q-Tip
Only two days before the release of this new album, Phillippe Zdar, French producer and member of Cassius died from a fall in Paris. He was 52
Michael Hutchence: "I had packed my bag and called a taxi to take me to the international airport. While the taxi was approaching I thought I'd just mess around musically for a little while on my 8 track. I suddenly found myself playing the riff and chords that eventually became "Need You Tonight". The taxi driver was oblivious to my creative urges and reminded me that unless I got in the cab I was going to miss my flight."
Watch this London band's live KEXP performance from March here! www.youtube.com
Chaka Khan will be at the Chateau Ste Michelle Winery in Woodinville (with Michael McDonald) on July 25th! Find tickets here: bit.ly
The Chicago artist breaks down every song on her new album Legacy! Legacy!: bit.ly
New track from local producer Lusine, featuring the vocals of (also local) Jenn Champion. Watch the video for "Not Alone" here: www.youtube.com
Happy 60th birthday to Suzanne Vega! Also known as the "mother of the MP3" due to German inventor Karl-Heinz Brandenburg using the acapella version of this song as a test track to perfect the audio quality of the MP3 due to the warmth of her voice
Jay Som will be at Neumos on September 18th! Find show info and tickets here: bit.ly
The Orb's Youth to Spin in 2012 on the making of this song: "I had this tiny studio on Wandsworth Rd called 45 RPM, and very quickly I put together a vibe with a pulse, a couple of beats, a weird keyboard sample from 808 State’s “Pacific State” and maybe a couple of other things. Including the Ricky Lee Jones sample, which I ran through my Akai S-900 sampler, and which created the stuttering effect. It was sublime psychedelia and was directly inspired from taking E and LSD, as that kind of thing can happen in your trip."
Phantogram is headlining at Capitol Hill Block Party this month! Find the full festival lineup and tickets here: www.capitolhillblockparty.com
Sarai Gonzalez, the young, confident star of the charming "Soy Yo" video: “They told me that the character of the ‘Soy Yo’ video was a spunky, just being herself kind of girl. She would always just hold her head high and be proud of what she was doing. And that’s who I am, so it was pretty easy to transform into that character.” | www.youtube.com
Despite forming in 1976, The B-52's didn't actually play a show in Idaho until 2011
Imperial Teen's first new album in seven years will be out tomorrow! Find it here: imperialteen.com
462 years young today, it's goth godfather (he hates being called that BTW) Peter Murphy of Bauhaus and Peter Murphy!
"It’s expensive to license an actual book for a film, so Mike (Mills) had to write one himself." - The National's Matt Berninger on how the playful children's books lyrics came to be in this song that accompanied the mini film for I Am Easy To Find
Happy 31st birthday to Joy Division's Substance singles compilation, released on this day in 1988!
See Tyler, The Creator at Bumbershoot Festival this Labor Day weekend right here at Seattle Center! Find the full lineup and tickets here: bumbershoot.com
New from British rapper/producer Slowthai. His debut album Nothing Great About Britain is out now, find it here: slowthai.bandcamp.com
Watch this dynamic trio's live performance at KEXP from 2018 here: www.youtube.com
Ill Communication turned 25 years old this year, and they released a 14 minute documentary to accompany the anniversary. You can watch it here: bit.ly
The Hu is a heavy metal band that uses traditional Mongolian throat singing and instrumentation. They'll be at the Paramount Theatre on October 16th, find show info here: bit.ly
Quote possibly the most Seattle thing we've ever done happened on this day in 2013. KEXP, Sub Pop Anniversary, Mudhoney, top of Space Needle... (it wasn't raining though) www.youtube.com
Off Sub Pop's 1988 compilation that also featured Tad, Nirvana, Fastbacks, Cat Butt, Screaming Trees, Green River, etc... a plethora of grunge if you will.
Found on the 1978 debut album Another Music in a Different Kitchen from this Manchester punk band
Ty Segall's approximately 837th album is coming out on August 2nd! Here he is kind of freaking us out in 2016: www.youtube.com