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Monday, Feb 4 2019, 6AM
John in the Morning is broadcasting live from London in celebration of International Clash Day 2019
Check out the live stream of this performance here: www.youtube.com
Ibibio Sound Machine has material sung in both English and Ibibio, a Nigerian language native to the state of Akwa Ibom.
Ibibio Sound Machine are releasing their sophomore LP 'Doko Mien' on March 22 via Merge Records.
In addition to this stellar performance from Ibibio Sound Machine, KEXP will also be broadcasting live performances from Big Joanie at 8:30am PST and Avalanche Party at 11:00am PST.
This tune is dedicated to the influential New York artist Jean-Michel Basquiat.
This track features New York trumpeter, bandleader and composer Jordan Mclean.
Check out this profile on Charles Bradley's final album Black Velvet: www.kexp.org
Billy Bragg will be playing the Tractor Tavern from Feb 28th - Mar 2nd as part of his One Step Forward, Two Steps Back tour.
Due to frontman Lee Mavers' perfectionism, The La's worked with several producers on their debut album including John Porter, Gavin MacKillop, John Leckie and Mike Hedges.
Electric Warrior is considered a pioneering glam rock album.
In an interview with The Ringer, Van Etten said “Whenever I get stressed out, I’ll cut my hair. So people are like, you must be in a really good place right now, your hair’s pretty long.”
Produced by James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem and British producer Markus Dravs.
In an interview with Olga Sladeckova, Jim Reid said "The punk ideal was that you shouldn't be able to play your guitars very well. You just got up and did it, but then we heard all these records by the Sex Pistols and Clash, who all sounded like they could play guitars very well."
In Search of the Miraculous will be released on February 22nd. Pre-order the album here: desperatejournalist.bandcamp.com
Boat was mixed by engineer Dillip Harris (King Krule, Mount Kimbie) in a shipping container on the banks of the Thames in East London.
Nanami Ozone was recently featured on KEXP's Song of the Day: kexp.org
Wolf Alice on this song "It’s an ode to childhood imagination and friendship and all the charm that comes with that."
Big Joanie will be live on the air in t-minus 17 minutes from Studio 9294 in London.
Wanna find out if your city is participating in International Clash Day? Find out here: internationalclashday.com
Learn more about the group and check out a Q&A w/ band member Stephanie Phillips on The Clash: www.kexp.org
"This song is about hating people. Not you, you all are nice..."
Big Joanie were featured on KEXP's Song of the Day recently: www.kexp.org
Inspired by a talk Melissa Harris Perry gave where she compared the way black women have to negotiate our racist, sexist, classist, homophobic society while maintaining a sense of self as trying to find your vertical in a crooked room.
A cover of a 90's classic that denounces cat-calling and street harassment.
Coming live through your speakers all the way from Studio 9294 in London as part of KEXP's International Clash Day.
International Clash Day runs Febuary 4th-7th from 6am-2pm PST. Stay tuned for live performances from top-notch bands all week.
The majority of the music for Rock the Casbah was written and recorded by Clash drummer Topper Headon.
The morse-code guitar lick before the choruses was inspired by "You Keep Me Hangin' On", made famous by the Supremes.
“David Bowie said that you should always be slightly out of your comfort zone if you want to achieve greatness, and for the first time perhaps ever, I deliberately pushed myself into that place. Who doesn’t want greatness?”- Steve Mason
Alan Lawrence was lucky enough to catch Echo & The Bunnymen in Seattle a couple years back. Read his review here: www.kexp.org
The snow patrols are out in Seattle today. Stay safe and take this opportunity to stay home and tune in to International Clash Day.
Check out Jasmine Albertson's preview on Bob Mould's upcoming release, Sunshine Rock: www.kexp.org
Austin funk band doing covers of classic Public Enemy tracks. The Bomb Squad should be jealous.
If you are hanging out at home today, don't forget to tune in at 11am for Avalanche Party LIVE on KEXP.
