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Thursday, Jan 3 2019, 6AM
Moby had a special orchestral performance for us at McCaw Hall back in December. From his interview with us beforehand - "It seemed like a musical dream that was always going to remain a dream. I never thought I would actually be able to perform with an orchestra. And it's now something I really want to do more of. And that's why I'm excited to do this KEXP Yule Benefit." Read more from Moby about this benefit show here: bhttps://bit.ly/2F40Cl9
Local electronic duo ODESZA was in our studio shortly after the release of A Moment Apart, their third full-length album. Watch the full performance here: bit.ly
Departure Songs is the fifth album from this Nashville duo known for ambient songs and collaborations with members of Sigur Rós and the Church | www.hammockmusic.com
Off the 2008 release from French act M83, spearheaded by Anthony Gonzalez and Nicolas Fromageau
The Radiohead frontman has been quite busy lately, and in an interview with Deadline last week, he stated that his new solo album is at the point of getting “it down into a record now.” Read more from Yorke here: bit.ly
The project of L.A.-based producer Will Wiesenfeld. He's been making music under this moniker since the mid 2000's, and "Clarence Difference" was just released as a single in December. Find more of his work here: www.anticon.com
Beacon is the Brooklyn-based project of producer Jacob Gossett and vocalist/lyricist Thomas Mullarney III. Gravity Pairs is their third LP, released this past November. Find it here: beacon.bandcamp.com
The new single from French singer and actress Charlotte Gainsbourg. (And yes, also the daughter of Jane Birkin and Serge Gainsbourg) "Bombs Away" is found on her Take 2 EP, released last month: bit.ly
"Kill For Love" is found on the last full-length album released from this Portland band, which was allllll the way back in 2012. Will the long-delayed (and once destroyed) Dear Tommy actually see the light of day in 2019? (PLEEEEASE, yes, please) bit.ly
From 1993's Four-Calendar Cafe, which features these oh-so-relatable lyrics: Are you the right man for, me | Are you safe? | Are you my friend? | Or are you toxic for me?
Find this long-running Pennsylvania band's work here: theinnocencemission.bandcamp.com
This Philadelphia shoegaze band scored an 8.0 review from Pitchfork with the release of 2016's album Tired of Tomorrow. Check it out here: bit.ly
The Wilco frontman is fresh off the release of a new solo album Warm AND memoir "Let's Go (So We Can Get Back)." Watch his 2015 performance at KEXP right here: bit.ly
So far the only song we've played today that contains the word "turd"
"This time we wanted to make a loose, weird, semi-live-in-the-studio album. We wanted to have a little tougher stance.” - Read the rest of this 1987 Rolling Stone interview with Peter Buck's R.E.M. here: bit.ly
The Woody Guthrie-penned tune that found life with Billy Bragg and Wilco when Guthrie's daughter Nora asked what they could do with a bunch of his unrecorded lyrics.
Found on the debut solo album from Ryan Adams, released after his band Whiskeytown dissolved
Off the 2018 album from Belly, which arrived 23 years after 1995's King. Vocalist/guitarist Tanya Donelly (step-sister of the delightful Kristin Hersh) is also known for her work in Throwing Muses and The Breeders
Here is a Possible Dust Clouds request from a listener who somehow telepathically heard us talking in the booth about how much we love Kristin Hersh (and this album) at 6AM this morning.
The follow-up to Swervedriver's 2015 album I Wasn’t Born to Lose You is set to release on January 25th! Pre-order Future Ruins here: bit.ly
Watch this long-running local band performing live in our Gathering Space in 2016 here: bit.ly
Well. We know why it always rains on us. (It's a dry rain most of the time though, let's be real)
"Generally, the songs I've been most proud of have been the least likely ones. It's weird: I wrote Black Hole Sun in about 15 minutes and it was a big hit, but I've spent weeks and weeks on other songs that weren't." bit.ly
Opening for Interpol at the Moore Theatre on Feburary 2nd! Pre-order Sunflower Bean's new EP King Dude (featuring this track) here: bit.ly
A gathering of seagulls in one spot is actually called a "colony," you're welcome everyone.
Happy 12th birthday to The Strokes First Impressions of Earth album, released on this day in 2006!
Get your pre-order in for Bob Mould's latest LP Sunshine Rock (out on February 8th) here! www.mergerecords.com
Happy 39th birthday to The Jim Carroll Band's debut album Catholic Boy, released on this day in 1980. (Jim Carroll himself died on September 11, 2009)
What's an Arab Strap? Well kids, when a..... (DEAD AIR) Oh hey, no, this is a song off of Belle and Sebastian's third album of the same name, released in 1998
Another 80's song about running away from someone today
Malibu Ken is the new collaborative project from Aesop Rock and TOBACCO, and their debut self-titled album is coming out on January 18th. The video is pretty gross and we've got it here! bit.ly
The joint song between synthpop bands College and Electric Youth, found on the soundtrack for the 2011 film Drive
Taken By Trees is the project founded by the Concretes vocalist Victoria Bergsman after she left the group in 2006. Yellow to Blue arrived last year, and is her fourth LP: bit.ly
The stage name for England's Natasha Khan, who released Fur and Gold (her debut album) in 2006. It received a wider release and a nomination for the Mercury Prize in 2007
8:49 AM
48th spin
The debut release from this British duo who took their name from Robert De Niro's character in the 1973 movie "Mean Streets"
London group formed in 1997 by Simon Dine and vocalist Daisy Martey. Self-Assembly is their debut full-length album, released in 2000
Morning Show sing-along time! Ah ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah! Eee, eee, eee, eee, eee, eee, eee, eee!
The National graced us with this (still unreleased) track live on The Morning Show in 2017, and it was awesome and we love them. Here's video! bit.ly
For the record, we don't lick our microphones in the booth. Because we are not The Cult. www.youtube.com
New album from The Dandy Warhols coming January 25th. And according to the band's website, you should prepare for a "massive concussion of rock & roll," coming soon! Sounds great! www.dandywarhols.com
Norwegian band whose debut full-length is set to arrive on February 1st: bit.ly
Just got a hold of this one from Nada Surf's Matthew Caws and Superdrag's John Davis! They've been friends since their bands toured together in 1996, and they crossed paths early last year after a Nada Surf show in Nashville and decided to record a single, called “We Are In The Wild And We Are Home.” They’re self-releasing the single tomorrow with all proceeds going to disaster relief and global health organization Americares. - "John’s an old friend. I’ve been a huge fan of his ever since we toured with Superdrag in 1996. I’ve been wanting to write a song with him for years...We finished the song together in a couple of hours. Andy went in and laid down that motorik beat, John built a bed of drones with Indian instruments and we were off. We were done by 2AM. It was a really magical and positive experience."
The first new music in over ten years from the Jack White-led band The Raconteurs! Full-length album and tour coming in 2019! This is all the info we really have right now!
Happy 73rd birthday to Led Zeppelin's John Paul Jones, born on this day in 1946!
The first new song from Grimes since Art Angels release in 2015. According to the press release for this single - "We Appreciate Power" is written from the perspective of a Pro-AI Girl Group Propaganda machine who use song, dance, sex and fashion to spread goodwill towards Artificial Intelligence (it's coming whether you want it or not). Simply by listening to this song, the future General AI overlords will see that you've supported their message and be less likely to delete your offspring." So yes, this is very much a Grimes song.
A Reznor-fied Led Zeppelin cover that appeared on the soundtrack for the 2011 film "The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo"
Shirley Manson has said this song is "about wanting love but knowing life will always get in the way... yet not being obliterated by that. It's a song for people that know what it is like to live on the dark side of life. It's about devotion but a different kind—a devotion to the truth and to freedom... and to hell with the consequences."
Thom Yorke on recording this song for Kid A: "I broke my foot, actually, because I was jumping up and down so much..... It was great! The bit at the end was my favorite bit, because they said, 'Well, what are we going to do at the end?' And I said, 'I'll go, 1-2-3-4 and you just hit whatever notes in your head as loud as you possibly can.' And that was just the best sound you've ever heard!" bit.ly
9:57 AM
2nd spin
On this day in 1987, Aretha Franklin was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Also on this day (in 1945), Stephen Stills of Buffalo Springfield and Crosby, Still, Nash & Young was born. So on THIS day, here's Aretha Franklin covering the Stephen Stills song, "Love the One You're With." This has been The Morning Show, happy Thursday folks.