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Thursday, Aug 23 2018, 6AM
Good morning Seattle, and welcome to the Thursday edition of The Morning Show. This is the opening track off of Apparat's 2011 album The Devil's Walk. Led by German artist Sasha Ring, his other band Moderat made a stop to KEXP in 2016: www.kexp.org
San Francisco duo made up of producers Kingston and Young God. Find their work here: bsbd.bandcamp.com
This local duo granted us an exclusive interview after the release of their acclaimed third album A Moment Apart. About the title of the album, "That’s what it was. Separation from all the noise around you. To step back from all these distractions and allow yourself to grow in those moments." Read it in full here: www.kexp.org
Long-time producer and artist Moby is part of a new hour-and-a-half long Netflix special Once In A Lifetime. "Whether it's doing an interview or writing a book or making a record like, 1: I don't want to waste people's time, and 2: I'm not trying to promote myself so I can have more of a career" Read the rest of his interview with Billboard about the show here: bit.ly
Off the fourth full-length album from the Brooklyn trio. Hear their 2014 session with us here: bit.ly
Italian trio made up of Erica Terenzi on drums and vocals, Costanza Delle Rose on bass and vocals, and guitarist Nicola Lampredi. Earthbeat is their second album, and was produced solely by the band. Find them here: www.wwnbb.net
"Most people when they start a band, they try and copy their heroes. They listen to people they like and try to copy it. We didn't really do that, we went the other way a bit. We said, well, what don't we like? And what was left is what we played." - Read the rest of our exclusive interview with founding member of The Cure, Lol Tolhurst, in 2016 here: bit.ly
Born in Kentucky in 1911, Bill Monroe is known as the father of bluegrass music, and was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1997: bit.ly
The Argentine composer and Grammy-winning artist who has scored numerous films, such as The Motorcycle Diaries, Brokeback Mountain, On The Road, and more.
Opening track off of the third album from the Canadian legend. Cohen passed away on November 7th, 2016 at the age of 82: bit.ly
I can't seem to join in the celebration | But I'll go to the service | And I'll go to pray | And I'll sing the praises of my maker's name | - Sending condolences out to the friends and family of Morning Faithful listener, Chris.
Happy 30th birthday to Nothing's Shocking, which was released on this day in 1988
This long-running Australian band stopped by the KEXP studio in 2017, watch the full performance here: bit.ly
Florence & the Machine will be at Key Arena on September 10th, with opening acts St. Vincent and Lizzo (Holy crap, right?!) Show info here: bit.ly
New single from the German duo who moved to New York in 2010 and started making music together in their Brooklyn apartment shortly afterwards. Find them here: www.haertsmusic.com
The new supergroup made up of Julien Baker, Lucy Dacus and Phoebe Bridgers (!!! is the only way to punctuate the end of that sentence) Their self-titled debut EP is due out on November 9th, and you can pre-order it here: bit.ly
Fronted by Lillie West, the Chicago-based band Lala Lala will be releasing their new album The Lamb on September 28th. They'll be at Neumos on November 12th, find tickets here: bit.ly
Keep up with this Brooklyn band's whereabouts here: grizzly-bear.net
Happy 13th birthday Ella, this one's for you and your love of fund drive craziness! (Oh man, the next one's coming up soon...)
Opening track off the Australian group's sixth full-length album, released in 1988.
Check out our recap of Arcade Fire's show at Key Arena (along with Phantogram) in 2017 here: bit.ly
Happy 59th birthday to Edwyn Collins, solo artist and member of Aztec Camera and Orange Juice, born on this day in 1959!
Another one from Edwyn Collins, founder of Orange Juice, who is turning 59 years old today!
"Usually zombies, alien invasions, and tsunamis (last night, all three), when I've had a stressful period." - Ken Stringfellow on what he actually does dream about in our interview with The Posies in 2013: bit.ly
The first new solo song from Kurt Vile in three years! Watch him trying to avoid some pretty aggressive parking enforcement officers in the video for this track here: bit.ly
For someone (Ilaria!) somewhere (Italy!) in the summertime!
Catch Saintseneca at the Sunset Tavern on October 19th, ticket info here: bit.ly
This St. Louis band wil be stopping in Seattle on September 22nd at Chop Suey, find details here: ticketf.ly
Film School is gearing up for the release of their first new album in eight years, Bright To Death. Find it this fall here: bit.ly
This Boston band split up after releasing three albums over the course of only three years. "Tugboat" is found on Today, their debut album.
Happy birthday to Jimi Hendrix's debut album Are You Experienced?, released in the U.S. on this day back in 1967!
The Tribe Called Quest album that came eighteen years after the release of their 1988 effort, The Love Movement. This sixth album from the group was released eight months after the death of member Phife Dawg from a longtime battle with diabetes.
Childish Gambino is coming to Key Arena on September 29th, get your tickets here! bit.ly
Trent Reznor on when Pretty Hate Machine came out: "It was a great year. It was very strange for me, 'cause I had modest...I had dreams that we would resonate with people, but my realistic expectation was one of, “y’know, if we could headline that club someday, that’d be awesome.” That was how high I thought it might realistically get. It seemed to touch a nerve at the time. I’d like to think it’s because it had a truthfulness to it." Read the rest of our 2017 interview with Trent Reznor here: bit.ly
Closing track off the debut album from the English industrial band that formed in 1982
This is the day (Thursday!), this is the hour (9:00 AM!) this is this (a song by English band Pop Will Eat Itself!)
Found on the second album from the Chicago industrial band that formed in 1987. (And will make you wonder what exactly a daisy chain for Satan would look like?)
Oh, the mental anguish and emotional torture of a crush. *Everyone sigh deeply* Watch Wolf Alice performing this song live in our studio here: bit.ly
BUT FOR REAL THOUGH. Pour some misery down on us, Seattle: bit.ly
Happy birthday to Dinosaur Jr's sixth album Without A Sound, released 24 years ago today!
The first single off of Siouxsie and the Banshee's fourth album Juju, released in 1981
The Scottish group has just announced a 4-CD boxset featuring their Fontana Label albums, Four Calendar Café and Milk And Kisses. B-sides and rarities will be included! See more details here: bit.ly
Found on Songs of Faith and Devotion, the eighth album from Depeche Mode. It would reach #1 on both the U.K. and U.S. charts after its release in 1993
The Morning Show has played New Order more than any other show on KEXP by...well...multiple hundreds of times in case you were wondering. #thingsthatsurprisenoone
Watch this local group performing live on The Morning Show earlier this year here! bit.ly
7 facts about Tom's Diner (which was actually called Tom's Restaurant): bit.ly