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Thursday, Jan 31 2019, 6AM
Good morning Seattle, and welcome to the Thursday edition of The Morning Show. Steve Gunn will be in town to promote his new album The Unseen Inbetween at the Tractor on February 13th. (He'll also be live on KEXP at noon that same day!) Find your show tickets here: bit.ly
Found on the fourth full-length release from Cat Stevens. He'll be inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame this June in New York! Read more about it here: bit.ly
Closing track off Elliott Smith's self-titled second album
Cover of the Radiohead song that Adams performed live on BBC Radio 2 in 2017. In his interview with BBC, he stated: "I wanted to do a couple of covers. And I know plenty, but I wanted to do something new that I hadn’t done before. So I went, what are two or three songs I could try to learn before I have to go to my first thing. And this was one. I don’t know if I’ve learned it in a great, new and interesting way, but I also thought it’s fitting, because there’s a pretty awful person who just got elected in the United States. So I don’t know why, but that song popped into my head this morning.” bit.ly
The sophomore release from the UK band that proved Radiohead was no one-hit 90's wonder. Revisit the official video for this moody track here: bit.ly
We're not really sure this morning. (Fun fact, this is the most played Pixies song on The Morning Show, but you probably knew that already)
Found on the soundtrack for the 1990 film about a DJ that goes rogue with radio and plays artists such as Pixies, Leonard Cohen, The Jesus and Mary Chain, etc. (Gee, where have we heard something like this before?)
Lost Under Heaven (also sometimes known as LUH) stopped by the KEXP studios in October 2018 to play a few songs for us! Watch the session here: www.youtube.com
So this one time, David J came to The Morning Show to play us some songs and it was awesome: www.youtube.com
Found on the Montreal-based band's second album Sleeping Operators. Watch their 2017 performance at KEXP here: www.youtube.com
Andrew Bird announced yesterday that his 12th LP (the confidently titled) My Finest Work Yet will be released on March 22nd! Read more about it here: bit.ly
This Seattle band's new album Desert Dreams is coming March 1st! They'll also be playing a show at the Tractor on March 10th, find tickets here: bit.ly
The Black Keys frontman, solo artist, and producer stopped by our studio for a performance in 2018! Watch it here: www.youtube.com
The Raconteurs are back with their first new material in over a decade! Expect to see a full-length album from the Jack White-led band later this year. thirdmanstore.com
Bellbottoms! Bellbottoms! Yeah! (This one's for you Mark in rainy Oakland)
Found on the 1988 full-length release from Jane's Addiction, but an early demo version of this song also appears on the 1987 soundtrack for the film "Dudes"
This opening track off of Vivid would later win a Grammy for Best Hard Rock Performance in 1990
This one's for Nik and the two other KEXP faithfuls out there in Dong Van Vietnam. Thanks for tuning in to us this morning! (Or wait...10:30 PM there?)
Check out our recap of when Santigold played Little Big Show #15 with Kilo Kish and DoNormaal in 2016 here: bit.ly
Off the first full-length album from Luscious Jackson, who formed in 1991. The three core members met in the NYC post-punk scene in the 80's, and drummer Kate Schellenbach has also played for the Beastie Boys
Found on the French singer's EP Take 2, released in December. Watch her performing at KEXP way back in 2010 here! www.youtube.com
This one's for Tom, who (according to him) is pulling off the embarrassing dad status in spades. You go Tom! Here's your Stats song! | statsstatsstats.bandcamp.com
Frontman Damon Albarn actually had shares on a greyhound in real life, thus, the Parklife album art inspiration: bit.ly
New track from the Swedish band! Find "Demands" and the rest of their work here: makthaverskan.bandcamp.com
Big Joanie will be live on The Morning Show all the way from London for International Clash Day on February 4th at 8:30 AM! (Seattle time) Check out our exclusive interview with the band here: bit.ly
The fourth album from the singer/songwriter that marked a departure from her more folk-oriented sound. See the 1992 video for "99.9 F" here: www.youtube.com
We are sitting in the DJ booth, drinking up the coffee, at the KEXP on the corner...
New Craig Finn song and a Polar Vortex request! (Stay warm out there y'all) Find out more about Finn's forthcoming new album I Need a New War here: bit.ly
Happy 27th birthday to The Afghan Whigs third album Congregation, released on this day in 1992! Sub Pop co-founder Bruce Pavitt about this release: “The Congregation album at that time was kind of an expensive record. I remember ’91 was a very, very difficult time for the label. We laid off most of our staff. That August, we released Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge by Mudhoney, which wound up selling 100,000 copies, and that really revived the label. And then by Christmastime ’91, we realized that Geffen was going to send us a check for half a million bucks. So, right before Congregation came out, we knew we were back on our feet, but at the time Congregation was being recorded, we were totally broke. It’s a miracle we paid off that recording." Read more about it here: bit.ly
Happy 63rd birthday to John Lydon (aka Johnny Rotten) of the Sex Pistols and Public Image Ltd., born on this day in 1956!
London shoegaze band Swervedriver will be in town at El Corazon on April 19th! Find show info here: bit.ly
Playing with Swervedriver at El Corazon on April 19th! Tickets go on sale February 1st, here's your link: bit.ly
The first single released off the U.K. shoegaze band's second album. Watch the video for "Crank" here: www.youtube.com
Local band Telekinesis will be live on KEXP on May 3rd at noon! Find the new album Effluxion on February 22nd here: telekinesis.bandcamp.com
The Stranglers bass player Jean-Jacques Burnel in a 2014 interview with The Guardian about an infamous fight they had: "In 1976, we played with the Ramones. In those days, [Clash bassist] Paul Simonon had a nervous tic: he used to spit on the ground. He did this just as we came off stage at Dingwalls in London, so I thumped him and it all kicked off. We were thrown out by the bouncers and it continued in the courtyard. On one side were the Pistols, the Clash, the Ramones and a load of their journalist friends. On the other side was us, a few of our fans and me, nose to nose with Paul. Dave [Greenfield, Stranglers keyboards] had John Lydon up against the ice-cream van." bit.ly
Straight from Sir Babygirl's artist bio: "Sir Babygirl quickly swapped diploma for a microphone to explore Chicago’s DIY and comedy scenes, but was ultimately visited in a dream by pop princesses Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, and dear departed high priestess Whitney Houston. The three divinities implored: pop was the pure plastic expression and cartoon catharsis for which Sir Babygirl was meant." Find out more about this musical project from Kelsie Hogue here: bit.ly
This Americana duo is back with new tunes and tour dates! None listed for Seattle yet, but keep track of the band and pre-order By Blood here: shovelsandrope.com
Request for all the old 90's guys (and gals) out there. Okay, but everyone else too, it was a great era for music
Bob Mould cover! Find it on Beach Slang's forthcoming two-track EP MPLS, which also pays tribute to a Paul Westerberg tune: bit.ly
The debut album from Sugar, featuring guitarist/vocalist Bob Mould, bassist David Barbe and drummer Malcolm Travis
Ripe for Anarchy is the sophomore effort from Business of Dreams, set to release tomorrow, February 1st. Find it here: businessofdreams.bandcamp.com
Off the debut full-length album from the New Zealand band that took their name from a Clash song. Hey, that reminds us! International Clash Day is coming! www.kexp.org
WHEREAS, we at KEXP proclaim we are going to London for International Clash Day this February! Read all about it here: www.kexp.org
Happy 63rd birthday to Public Image Ltd and Sex Pistols frontman, John Lydon! He told The Stranger in 2015 about the song "Seattle": "It's a great song. The subject is about rioting, really, and when you see them World Trade Organization riots, it's kind of appropriate. It's an homage to Seattle, a town that's never done us any harm. A town we feel quite warm about... great atmosphere, the gigs are always amazing. It feels like home to me." bit.ly
Found on the latest (and tenth) album from the influential LA rapper. Get Everythang's Corrupt here: icecube.com
This L.A. band will be making a stop at Neumos on April 14th, find your tickets here: www.neumos.com
We thought we were getting a new TR/ST album in 2018 after the release of the song "Destroyer," but maybe this year it'll happen?! Stay updated here: www.facebook.com
According to Trent Reznor, there is "LOTS COMING IN 2019" from Nine Inch Nails. Watch this space! www.nin.com
Set to release March 15th, it's the second album from Phoenix, Arizona band Nanami Ozone. Find it here! nanamiozone.bandcamp.com
The debut single from Garbage, released back in 1995. Watch the official video here (and seeing as how it was the 90's, of course features a shirtless man): www.youtube.com
Here's some new Deerhunter to play out The Morning Show today. Cheryl's got ya covered for the next four hours!