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Wednesday, May 30 2018, 6AM
Here's James Blake and Justin Vernon performing "I Need A Forest Fire" live for the BBC bit.ly
Here's the video for "House in LA" and what a nice house in LA it is bit.ly
From 1998's Live 101 DVD, here's Martin singing it live bit.ly
Beach House is in Portland on August 10th and Vancouver BC on August 12th, but no Seattle date! WTF? write 'em and ask them add us! www.beachhousebaltimore.com
Remember when The Antlers performed live in the old KEXP studio in 2014 and it was hosted by the loverly Cheryl Waters? Re-live the moment! bit.ly
This is the second full-length LP from Chatham Rise. buy it here chathamrise.bandcamp.com
'A Storm in Heaven' is the debut studio album by The Verve, at the time known just as Verve.
'Heaven or Las Vegas' is the sixth studio album by Cocteau Twins and was their last for the music label 4AD. You can really hear the 4AD influence on the previous Hatchie track
Earlier this month, Phantogram accepted the Public Awareness Award at the American Foundation For Suicide Prevention’s annual Lifesavers Gala for their work in raising mental health awareness after Sarah Barthel’s sister died by suicide. They just released this single and all proceeds will go to AFSP and you can buy it here www.phantogram.com
'High as Hope' is their fourth studio album and it drops June 29th. They play Key Arena on Monday September 10th.
Miya Folick was born in Santa Ana, California and was raised as a Jōdo Shinshū Buddhist, learning to play the taiko drums in a church group. She later attended NYU to study acting. During a gap semester, a high school friend taught her how to play guitar. She later started her band using Tinder, where she created a profile that said, "looking for a band." miyafolick.com
Massive Attack encoded 'Mezzanine' into DNA for the album’s 20th anniversary. The DNA will be preserved for hundreds to thousands of years in 5,000 tiny glass spheres - SCIENCE! Read more here bit.ly
This song is listed in Robert Dimery's book '1000 Songs: You Must Hear Before You Die'. guess it's ok for me to check out now. Kidding! I'm kidding!
John Richards hosted their 2013 in-studio, check it out www.youtube.com
Bettie Serveert are a Dutch band and their name translates to "Bettie Serves", or "Service to Bettie", which is the title of a book written by Dutch tennis player Betty Stöve, who made it to the Wimbledon ladies singles final in 1977. www.bettieserveert.com
You can pre-order their new album from their website and catch 'em live at Bumbershoot! www.rollingblackoutsband.com
Speedy Ortiz will be LIVE on KEXP on Wednesday, June 13th @ 12 noon. The session is open to the public and sign-up starts at 10:30 am
Here's The Letterheads on Lemonman playing "It's a Shame About Ray" live bit.ly
Ruler is the project of Seattle-based singer and songwriter Matt Batey and this is their debut album. They're performing at Upstream on June 1st www.upstreammusicfest.com
To celebrate the fifteenth anniversary of their album, 'Hearts of Oak', Ted Leo and the Pharmacists are embarking on a limited run of shows. No Seattle shows, but perhaps they're coming to your town www.tedleo.com
'Marquee Moon' was released in 1977 to widespread critical acclaim and unexpected commercial success in the United Kingdom, but sold poorly in the United States (figures!). The record has since been viewed by critics as one of the greatest albums of all time and a foundational record of alternative rock.
If you're keeping score at home, last year, the musician formerly known as Haley Bonar announced that she would be legally changing her name to Haley McCallum, adopting her maternal grandfather’s last name. She also said that she would no longer be putting out music under her birth name, instead choosing the abbreviated HALEY. This track is a limited edition released for Record Store Day 2018.
According to lead singer Tanya Donelly, the song "is a metaphor about commitment and respect, with the tree being a place on a large farm where a family would be buried." hmm, that tree part is kinda creepy if you ask me.
digging the old Matthew Sweet, we are too - and he's not old dammit!
While bassist Mike Mills had previously written the lyrics to the single "(Don't Go Back To) Rockville" and had sung the cover song "Superman", 'Near Wild Heaven" was the first single released by the band to have had its lyrics both co-written and sung by Mills.
"American Girl" is the second single off the band's self-titled 1976 debut album. The single did not chart in the U.S. when it was released (figures!) but in the UK it peaked at No. 40 the week ending August 27, 1977.
This is Downtown Boys covering Selena's "cover" of The Pretenders "Back On The Chain Gang" "Fotos y Recuerdos" was written by Chrissie Hynde with Spanish-language lyrics by Ricky Vela. Lyrically, the song describes a lonely female protagonist who "kisses the photo of her [lover] each night before falling asleep."
"Back on the Chain Gang" was recorded after James Honeyman-Scott, the Pretenders guitarist, died of a drug overdose at the age of 25 on June 16, 1982 and two days after the Pretenders fired their longtime bassist Pete Farndon because of his drug problem. So it was down to Chrissie and drummer Martin Chambers and they pulled in musicians from Rockpile and Tony Butler from Big Country and pulled it off
There's a couple of versions of this Gil Scott-Heron classic. He first recorded it for his 1970 album 'Small Talk at 125th and Lenox', on which he recited the lyrics, accompanied by congas and bongo drums. And a re-recorded version, with a full band, was the B-side to Scott-Heron's first single, "Home Is Where the Hatred Is", from his 1971 album 'Pieces of a Man'
Fan video of "Fists of Fury" live. It's a 20 minute jam - dig it! bit.ly
Don't just stream it - it's a fact, streaming don't pay the bills! Instead buy music and you can get this album directly from the artists that made it! delthefunkyhomosapien.bandcamp.com
Sub Pop Count Up #677. Rogue Wave is from Oakland, California, and headed by Zach Schwartz (a.k.a. Zach Rogue) who created the band after losing his job in the dot-com bust. See? Something good came out of the dot-bombs!
Band member John Ross told NPR music that "This song is about growing up and moving on and about the struggle to not get caught up in anything that doesn't really matter. It's also for the Western New Yorkers in my life." n.pr
This was KEXP's Song of the Day on April 8, 2013. Pick up a free copy! blog.kexp.org
From 2002, here's a live version from 'Live on Later With Jools Holland' bit.ly
KEXP presents Superorganism performing live at the Halle de la Courrouze in Rennes, France, during Trans Musicales 2017 bit.ly
According to the band, “There’s not enough dork in dance music these days" and "The writing process is just us getting drunk and doing stupid shit," says frontwoman Janet Planet.
Read more at bit.ly
Papa is an outfit built around songwriters Daniel Presant and Darren Weiss, a multi-instrumentalist who also served as the drummer for Girls.
Sub Pop Count Up #678! 'The Wolf Parade EP' was released on July 12, 2005, and features songs like "Shine a Light" and an extended version of "You Are a Runner and I Am My Father's Son" which also appeared on Wolf Parade's first full-length release, 'Apologies to the Queen Mary' later that same year.
Jo Passed will play SPF30 on August 11th. Here's the rest of the great events that are going on to celebrate Sub Pop's 30th Anniversary www.kexp.org
LA band Blushh, is the project of Shab Ferdowsi who says "I'm a hyper-creative who thrives off making cool things happen with cool people. Willing to travel anywhere in the world if you buy my plane ticket." www.shabnamferdowsi.com
They're doing a few live dates during the summer, no SEA date. mattandkimmusic.com
Six years ago, 4 people were killed at Cafe Racer and a fifth person was later murdered as well. We remember the victims of this senseless tragedy which included the members of this band.