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Friday, Apr 12 2019, 6AM
An unreleased track by the late Shawn Smith, which was debuted on The Morning Show on Monday. Here's Shawn's in-studio for KEXP from 2016 www.youtube.com
Berlin-based duo Lea Porcelain, recently released their new single "I Am OK". Telling Complex via email, they said: "We felt that New York was the perfect city to describe what we were feeling in this song. It was a moment of losing and finding yourself again. Never hide from who you are. And it's ok to feel lost sometimes, you just have to pick yourself up again and know your path. This comes straight from the heart. Know you're alright!"
From NPR: Van Etten struggles with social anxiety and panic attacks, though she's figured out ways to manage them — one of them is asking a friend to talk to her. As she was working on "We Are Fine" she realized she wanted the song to be closer to the way she experiences an attack, by adding a voice. "We Are Fine" is a duet with Beirut's Zach Condon, who has social anxiety, too.
The National will release their 10th studio album, "I Am Easy to Find”, on May 17th and they play Marymoor Park on Thursday, August 29th.
"With or Without You" originated from a demo recorded in late 1985 that the group continued to work on throughout 'The Joshua Tree' sessions.
This was KEXP's Song of the Day on May 22, 2014. Pick up a free copy right here www.kexp.org
In an interview with Esquire, when told this song would be a great funeral song, Guy Garvey replied “I’ve not thought about playing it at my own funeral but it wouldn’t be a bad choice, would it? I chose my epitaph the other day. I want my tombstone to say ‘I’d like to do that again, please.’ Here's a live version www.youtube.com
Ok, I see you singing - very cool! Keep it up with the karaoke version www.karafun.com
This is off their recently released 6th studio album. My Morning Jacket (sans frontman Jim James) served as Tim Showalter's backing band during the recording sessions.
This is off a tribute album to Mark Mulcahy, who was the frontman for the 1980s Connecticut-based alt-rock band Miracle Legion. His wife died unexpectedly in 2008, leaving him to care for his twin 3-year old daughters and a few of his friends got together to make an album with the proceeds going to Mark. These friends included Thom Yorke & Michael Stipe. It's good to have friends. You are not alone.
Gabriel originally wrote the song from a reference point of American roots music and he approached country singer Dolly Parton to sing it with him. However, Parton turned it down, so his friend Kate Bush took her place.
Released in 2002, the album was recorded live in the studio with no overdubs. According to the Pitchfork review, the band "sound[s] hungry, focused and ready to blast your internal organs into a mushy pulp." Yep, took the words right outta my mouth!
Watch David Bowie play "Wake Up" with Arcade Fire www.rollingstone.com
BRMC are touring in Europe starting in May - doing some dates with Alice In Chains. No US dates yet. www.blackrebelmotorcycleclub.com
I saw these guys open for Simple Minds back in the day. Ya ya ya ya ya ya
'Live Through This ' was released on this day in 1994, one week after Courtney Love's husband, Kurt Colbain died in their home.
Yikes, supergroup alert! Filthy Friends, led by Sleater-Kinney’s Corin Tucker and R.E.M.’s Peter Buck, are ramping up for the release of their sophomore album, 'Emerald City'. It drops on May 3rd.
I'd tell you about the Fontaines D.C. show that's coming up on May 28th at Neumos, but it's sold out!
Live fan video of Crows performing "Wednesday's Child" right from the front row! www.youtube.com
Pick up a copy of 'Nest' on their bandcamp site, they'll be glad you did! wearebrutus.bandcamp.com
Yeah, I know, it's still early and you just got woken up, but it's Helmet man! Go grab the day by the neck and make it yours!
From 1997, here's KARP doing "We Ate Sand" live at Yoyo a Gogo & filmed at the Capitol Theater in Olympia. www.youtube.com
Snapped Ankles formed in East London in 2011. They began performing at DIY nights creating live improvisations by chopping up 1960's films before sequencing and augmenting them with synthesizers. Here's the video www.youtube.com
Stereogum breaks down the video for “Hobo Humpin’ Slobo Babe” which was one of those “we-recorded-it-as-a-joke-but-it-went-to-number-fifteen” kind of deals. It's fun, it's wacky, it's Whale! www.stereogum.com
You'll find this track (track 11 to be exact) on their fifth studio album 'Invaders Must Die'
The Budos Band will be LIVE on KEXP on Saturday, April 20th at 3:30 PM
"Sure Shot" features a sample from jazz flautist Jeremy Steig's "Howlin' For Judy", which provides the main instrumental part of the song.
Two decades after the song's release, The Knack sued Run-D.M.C. on the grounds "It's Tricky" sampled their song "My Sharona" without permission. Damn, it took them that long to notice?
When Queen released the soundtrack for the Flash Gordon movie, it surprised everyone since the project was hush-hush, kept under wraps so as not to dilute the impact of the movie’s premiere. www.udiscovermusic.com
I don't know about you, but I think the title of this song would make a great name for a bar. Just sayin'
'Murmur', R.E.M.'s debut album, debuted on this day way back in 1983, almost a 100 years ago. I think. I can't do math in my head anymore.
From Kansas City, MO, according to their FB page, "The Quivers are guaranteed to rock your socks off with the band's retro sound and pleasing tunes. Get ready for the band's super keen sound that will make you wanna shimmy your way over to the nearest sock hop!" bonus points for saying "sock hop!"
Ok Katie B, we acquiesce to your demands and we have enacted the New Order protocol. Henceforth known as #TNOP
"Funky Drummer" Alert! According to the band's Ian Brown, "the song was written over "Funky Drummer" by James Brown, which Reni had to learn the beat from"
Yep, that's a sample of Them's "Gloria". Good ear!
"Deeper Shade of Soul" is the debut single by Dutch band Urban Dance Squad and it samples the Ray Barretto song recorded in 1968 with a similar name ("A Deeper Shade of Soul")
"Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat)" won the Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group at the 36th Grammy Awards.
"Check the Rhime" has been sampled in 74 songs by artists such as Gang Starr, Snoop Dogg, Beastie Boys and MC Hammer. It's Hammertime!
Sing-a-long time. You know the words - Ah hey ma ma ma
If you like videos of New Wave artists laying down in a field and then playing on a cliff in the Catskills, you're gonna love this one! www.youtube.com
This song was featured on Rock Video Monthly, a VHS sent to your home quarterly which doesn't make any sense, since it had "monthly" in the title
It's Will Sergeant's birthday! You know, guitarist for Electrafixion and some band named Echo & The Bunnymen. He's 61 today.
It's Will Sergeant's birthday! You know, guitarist for Echo & The Bunnymen and Electrafixion! Yes, that Will Sergeant - he's 61 today.
"Transmission" was performed once by the band on TV - on the BBC 'Something Else' program and here's the video www.youtube.com
'Alligator' was released on this date in 2005. Relax, I mean the album, not a real alligator. Christ, that would have been pretty scary.
Want a copy of this song for your very own? Damn straight you do! go get it here voyagerone.bandcamp.com
Brooklyn's Dead Leaf Echo play tonight at Lo-Fi as part of Seagaze Fest, Seattle's four day-long shoegaze fest festival. Fotoform, the Foreign Resort and Black Ferns are also playing.