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Thursday, Jul 26 2018, 6AM
Good morning Seattle, and welcome to the Thursday edition of The Morning Show. The video for this hit single from 'Til Tuesday (whose plot depicts singer Aimee Mann in an abusive relationship) would lead to the band winning Best New Artist in a video at the 1985 MTV Video Music Awards. Mann is still making solo records to this day, see her at KEXP last year here: bit.ly
Off the second album from the Irish singer/songwriter. O'Connor famoulsy refused to accept the award (and nominations) she received for this album at the 1991 Grammy Awards
M83's Anthony Gonzalez has said that Saturdays = Youth was heavily inspired by Tears for Fears, the Cocteau Twins, and John Hughes films: "I wanted to have the feeling of a teenager mixed with this period of the Eighties"
The English songstress is turning 60 years old on Monday! Here's the video for "Running Up That Hill" to inspire you to for whatever metaphorical (or literal) hill you may be running against: bit.ly
Featuring the vocals of Karin Dreijer from Swedish band, The Knife
The new band from Bon Iver's Justin Vernon, and The National's Aaron Dessner. The self-titled LP is due out on August 31st, via their PEOPLE streaming platform: beta.p-e-o-p-l-e.com
This local band will be playing the (free!) Mercer & Summit Block Party on August 18th. They'll be joined by Snuff Redux, Tres Leches, Telekinesis, DoNormaal, and many more great local bands. Find more info here: bit.ly
The local legends are back with a new album (their ninth!) on August 17th, and a tour is already well underway. Revisit their first session here at KEXP, recorded back on July 11, 1998 here: bit.ly
Off the debut album from New Order, who formed from the remains of Joy Division after the death of Ian Curtis in 1980
The debut full-length from this sister/brother duo. Check out our feature on them here: bit.ly
This 1984 album from the Scottish band recently received the reissue treatment, find it here: 4ad.com
This Columbus, Ohio band formed in 2007, and are gearing up for the release of their new album Pillar of Na, out on August 31st. See them at the Sunset Tavern on October 19th! bit.ly
This long-running New Zealand band recently announced their follow-up to 2015's Silver Bullets. You can find Snow Bound (which we are definitely not here in the Northern Hemisphere) on September 14th: thechillsmusic.bandcamp.com
The Breeders were here at KEXP to perform this song live not that long ago, but alas, the video is not up yet. So here's "Cannonball" because of course you want to listen to this: bit.ly
The project led by 19 year old singer/songwriter Lindsey Jordan, who once performed in a Liz Phair cover band called Lizard Phair. So, naturally, she got to do a joint interview with Liz Phair herself! bit.ly
Allison Crutchfield (solo artist and twin sister to Waxahatchee's Katie Crutchfield) is back with a new album for her band Swearin'! Find more about Fall Into The Sun here: www.mergerecords.com
Local artist Katherine Paul of Black Belt Eagle Scout taught herself guitar from Hole and Nirvana video tapes. Self-described as a “radical indigenous queer feminist,” you can find her debut album Mother of My Children on September 14th here: blackbelteaglescout.bandcamp.com
Fun Fact: At the beginning of the song "92°," there is a sample from the 1953 film It Came From Outer Space with the line: "Did you know [...] that more murders are committed at 92 Fahrenheit than any other temperature? I read an article once. Lower temperatures, people are easygoing. Over 92, it's too hot to move. But just 92, people get irritable" (Well, THAT'S comforting)
The album that came after the success of DNA's electronic version of Vega's (originally a cappella) single "Tom's Diner." Inspired by the dance beats, it led her to experiment with them on 99.9°, her fourth album
The debut album from this four-piece band based out of Cardiff, Wales. Find more about them here! bit.ly
Off the solo album that came after the demise of Adam's band Whiskeytown. Widely regarded as a quintessential break-up album, the name apparently was inspired by Mariah Carey: "My manager called and said, 'You have 15 seconds to name this record,' "My eyes focused on this poster of Mariah wearing a T-shirt that said HEARTBREAKER. I just shouted, 'Heartbreaker!'"
Opening track off of Green, the Athens band sixth album
Astronomers have found a lake of water on Mars! Soooooo I guess now we're just waiting to hear that Bowie has actually made his way to space, and is prepping a shiny new planet for us all to exist on: econ.st
The obvious next thing to look for after discovering water on Mars
New from Desert Mountain Tribe! This London-based trio made a stop to the KEXP studios in 2016, watch their full performance here: bit.ly
Revisit the Dandy's live performance with us back in 2013 here: bit.ly
Playing a (FREE!) all-ages show at our Concerts at the Mural on August 10th, along with Mass Gothic and The Afghan Whigs. Find full deets here: bit.ly
This long-running English band is back with a new album! You can find Living In Exile, their 15th studio release, on August 3rd. Pre-order here: wearejames.com
One of four new songs the Chicago rapper launched last week! Find more here: chanceraps.com
New from the former Carissa's Wierd member! See Jenn Champion playing at Chop Suey on August 9th, get your tickets here: bit.ly
Playing Bumbershoot Festival this Labor Day weekend! Watch their March 2018 live session with us here: bit.ly
Cover of the jazz tune written by musicians Melvin "Sy" Oliver and James "Trummy" Young, which was first recorded in 1939
Found on 1980's Wild Planet, the Athens band second full-length album
Hey, remember that time the Violent Femmes performed this song for all of us in the Gathering Space last year?! bit.ly
Fresh off a performance here at KEXP and at Capitol Hill Block Party, you can find this D.C.'s band new album Constant Image here: flasherdc.bandcamp.com
Do you yoo hoo too? See Imperial Teen performing this song for KEXP at SXSW in 2012 here! bit.ly
Off the debut album from this Vancouver-based band! Find It Will Come To You here: actors.bandcamp.com
Mike Score on the origins of this inescapable 80's hit - "We'd just been to the Cavern in Liverpool and saw a band play a song called "I Ran" and thought "what a great name," although we didn't particularly like the song. And then the next day saw a picture from the 1950s of a flying saucer and two people running away from it. And because we had this sci-fi thing going on, it was like "look at that! First 'I Ran' and now that! So even though we had the basics of the music already, we went to rehearsal that night and the picture was in my head and we started to try to formulate words about that." bit.ly
Interpol's back with a new album on August 24th, and the tour dates are steadily stacking up. No Seattle listed yet, but keep up here: interpolnyc.com
The Toronto band almost broke up after the release of their debut LP, 2015's Sore. They're back though, and playing at the Showbox Sodo on October 30th with Fidlar! Show info here: bit.ly
Wolf Alice's Visions of a Life was announced today as one of the nominees for the 2018 Mercury Prize, an annual award that's given to the best British album of the last year. See the full list here: bit.ly
"Records are a snapshot... a picture capturing the emotions and feelings of a given time. For me, listening to our old records is really like looking at an image of my subconscious and the circumstances of the time when it was written." - Check out the rest of our feature on this local group here: bit.ly
Animal Collective will be in town at the Moore Theatre on July 29th, find tickets here! bit.ly
Peter Bjorn AND John stopped by the KEXP studio in 2016 to play a few songs for us in our new digs. Watch it here: bit.ly
Annnnnd now for Ray Charles covering this song on The Johnny Cash Show in 1970! bit.ly
Canada’s Walk of Fame announced its 2018 Inductees on July 23rd, and Leonard Cohen is going to be one of them. Find the full list and more info here: bit.ly
Hey Zach, this one's for you, thanks for supporting (and listening) to KEXP!
Happy 75th birthday to Mick Jagger, born on this day in 1943! That “I’d rather be dead than sing ‘Satisfaction’ when I’m 45” quote has thankfully not held up: ti.me
Off of Liz Phair's debut album that was inspired by The Rolling Stone's Exile on Main Street. Catch her at the Showbox on September 18th: bit.ly
Okay, this one's just going to go out to anyone out there that needs to tell someone their name is F-U-C-K: bit.ly
