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Thursday, Jun 6 2019, 6AM
Good morning Seattle, and welcome to the Thursday edition of The Morning Show. A portion of the sales from this gorgeous cover of Tears For Fears "Head Over Heels" will benefit the ACLU. Read more about it here: bit.ly
New song from FKA Twigs, which arrives after a tough winter for her that involved surgery to remove six fibroid tumors. “Thank you precious body for healing... you are a wonderful thing, now go create and be other once again” she has since stated. Keep up with her here: fkatwi.gs
The Lumineers will be playing Bumbershoot Festival right here in Seattle Center (also home to KEXP!) this Labor Day weekend. Find tickets and more info here: bumbershoot.com
Lykke Li is hosting a women-only music festival lineup this August at L.A.'s Historic Park. Cat Power, Courtney Love, SOPHIE, Kelsey Lu,Empress Of, and more are currently on the list to perform - read more about it here: bit.ly
Terrible Thrills Vol. 3 is a new release of Bleachers covers that will also feature Mitski, MUNA, and Ani DiFranco. More info here: store.bleachersmusic.com
Off the forthcoming Safe and Also No Fear album from this Philidelphia-based band. It's set to release on August 2, and you can find it here: slaughterbeach.bandcamp.com
Found on the debut full-length record from Toronto singer/songwriter Hayden Dessner, released in 1996
Another cover this morning, this one originally from Daniel Johnston that appears on his eleventh album 1990 (which, yes, was release in 1990!)
New solo record from Julia Shapiro (of local bands Childbirth and Chastity Belt) is set to release on June 14th! The album release show will be at Barboza on June 27th, find tickets here: www.thebarboza.com
Hot off the KEXP press, it's the latest live session from London band Haelos! Watch the full performance from their visit in March here: www.youtube.com
The 2015 solo effort from The xx's Jamie Smith, with a vocal appearance on this track from his xx bandmate, Romy Croft. Watch the video for "Loud Places" here: www.youtube.com
"I think music helped to get David to 52.... Could you please play Pink Floyd's "Great Gig in the Sky" for him, to mark his birthday and celebrate a life that was way too short" - Annette, this is for you (and David), thanks for reaching out this morning.
Watch LUH performing this song for us live in October 2018 here! www.youtube.com
Alrighty folks, here's your link to The Cure performing all of Disintegration live for its 30th anniversary in Sydney last week: www.youtube.com
The final single released off the Canadian band's debut album Funeral
New single from this L.A.-based shoegaze band! Watch their live session with us from November here: www.youtube.com
Rachel Goswell of Slowdive graciously chatted with KEXP in 2017 about the release of this self-titled album, which arrived 22 years since their last one. Listen to it here! bit.ly
Watch the video for "De-Luxe," the first single off Lush's Mad Love EP here: www.youtube.com
Happy 38th birthday to Siouxsie and the Banshee's Juju album, released on this day in 1981!
A couple of months have gone by | I feel the same | Don't know why I've forgotten the way | That I once was - For all of the recent heartbreaks out there, here's the link to this new album from Alex Lahey: alexlahey.bandcamp.com
Everything about this song and video feels extremely 90's. It also won the MTV Video Music Award for Best Alternative Video in 1996, so there's that: www.youtube.com
Get your pre-order in for Jay Som's new album Anak Ko here! www.jaysommusic.com
Check out our photos and a recap of De La Soul's performance at Sasquatch 2014 right here: bit.ly
“I just kind of conceptualized who Mr. Dobalina would be, which is basically somebody who thinks he know what hip, he think he cool, but he’s really right off. Like he ain’t right on — he right off.” - Del to Rolling Stone on the characterization of Mistadobalina, which he took from The Monkees member Peter Tork repeating of the name “Mr. Bob Dobalina.”
Off the brand new - and ninth - album from The Chemical Brothers. This song features a sample of vocals from the Hallelujah Chorus' "I've Got To Find A Way"
The first single off Beck's new album Hyperspace, which has been stated as being released “at an as yet undetermined point in the space time continuum”
Cherry Glazerr will be one of the acts at our Concerts at the Mural series this August! They'll be with Red Ribbon and Antonioni on August 9th, and this show is free and all ages
Wolf Parade will be the headlining act for our Concerts at the Mural series along with DUMB and Jock Tears on August 2nd! It's free and all ages, come join us at the Mural in Seattle Center!
Operators will be live at KEXP this Monday, June 10th at noon, and you can come watch it in action! Find out how to view our public in-studio sessions here: www.kexp.org
New from !!! Relive their memorable performance in the Gathering Space from 2017 here: www.youtube.com
Happy 41st birthday to The Cars self-titled debut album, released on this day in 1978!
Sleater-Kinney is back!!! No official release date for the new St. Vincent-produced album The Center Won’t Hold yet, but they'll be at the Paramount on November 23rd! Watch this space: www.sleater-kinney.com
The fourth single from Garbage's 1995 self-ttiled debut album, and features a sample from The Clash's "Train In Vain"
We did a whole thing for International Clash Day this year. IN LONDON! We had bands perform for us there! Here's video of one of them! www.youtube.com
Off the debut full-length album from London's Tom Vek, released in 2005
Formed in London in 1986, this third album from the electronic band was released in 1994
According to Neil Tennant, this song is about two losers who are actually NOT going to make lots of money
James Murphy on where the inspiration for this debut LCD Soundsystem single came from: "When I was DJing, playing Can, Liquid Liquid, ESG, all that kind of stuff, I became kind of cool for a moment, which was a total anomaly. And when I heard other DJs playing similar music I was like: 'F**k! I'm out of a job! These are my records!' But it was like someone had crept into my brain and said all these words that I hate. Did I make the records? Did I f**k! So, I started becoming horrified by my own attitude. I had this moment of glory though. People would use me to DJ just to get them cool. They'd be like 'It's the cool rock disco guy' and this was really weird. And to be honest I was afraid that this new found coolness was going to go away and that's where 'Losing My Edge' comes from"
Opening track off of Music for the Masses, Depeche Mode's sixth album
London artist Kate Tempest has a new album coming on June 14th! Pre-order The Book Of Traps And Lessons here: katetempest.lnk.to
Happy 24th birthday to The Innocence Mission's third album Glow, released on this day in 1995!
The second single released off the London band's debut album Doppelganger. Watch the video for "Horror Head" here: www.youtube.com
According to the band, this new single "...embodies the personal journey that both of us have taken since we released Three — it's been a long path, coming out of the darkness and into the light." Phantogram will be at Capitol Hill Block Party this July, find tickets and full lineup here: www.capitolhillblockparty.com
Beneath the Eyrie, the new album from the Pixies, is due out on September 13th! According to a press release from the band, the songs will be about “witches, Daniel Boone, misfits” | www.pixiesmusic.com
Temples has recently announced their third full-length album, with a release date of Sept. 27th! According to bassist Thomas Walmsley, “It’s not a ten-track, relentless rock record from start to finish, it’s got a lot of light and shade and more tender moments, but that heavier, darker sound is something we wanted to explore further.” | www.templestheband.com
Ty Segall has a new album coming, which surprises no one, and it's due for release on August 2nd! Find more info about First Taste and keep track of tour dates here: www.ty-segall.com
Spoon came to play for us in 2017, and you can watch the full performance here! www.youtube.com
Jack White-led band The Raconteurs have reunited, and they'll be at the WaMu Theater on July 18th! Find ticket info here: bit.ly
From the brand new covers album by Eagles of Death Metal (This one from Queens of the Stone Age) Member Jesse "Boots Electric" Hughes has said that this collection of songs helped to get him out of the depression he experienced after the 2015 terrorist attack in Paris. Find it here: eaglesofdeathmetal.com
This has been The Morning Show, we're out! We're leaving you in the hands of Cheryl Waters for the next four hours, thanks for tuning in!