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Thursday, May 3 2018, 6AM
It's another sunrise, Seattle....welcome to The Morning Show. Revisit when Elbow was in town for their sold-out performance at the Showbox in November here: bit.ly
From the London band that took their name from the title of a 1994 poem by Thom Gunn. It opens with the lines: "One by one they appear in the darkness: a few friends, and a few with historical names. How late they start to shine! but before they fade they stand perfectly embodied, all."
The third LP from London's The Veils, formed by Finn Andrews after his mother pointed him towards music as a young lad. It would become an escape from the relaxed way of life in the village of Devonport, New Zealand he was living in at the time.
Villagers is the solo effort of Irish singer/songwriter Conor J. O'Brien. He formed the project after the breakup of his band the Immediate in the late 2000's.
Found on 1990's Union Street Demo tape, back when they were still going by On A Friday
Watch this Icelandic artist's performance live in our new studio here! bit.ly
New Jersey native Pete Yorn has reunited with actress Scarlett Johnansson for a new EP called Apart. You can find it on June 1st here: www.peteyorn.com
This long-running Manchester band's new EP Better Than That can be found on limited edition 10″ vinyl on May 18th! wearejames.com
The debut full-length album from this South Korean band! The trio became a quartet after meeting vocalist Sumi Choi in a tea shop and enjoyed her speaking voice so much that they asked her to be in their band. Find their music here: saysueme.bandcamp.com
Snail Mail is vocalist Lindsey Jordan’s first band, and you can catch them at the Crocodile on June 23rd! Tickets here: bit.ly
This Detroit-based singer will be opening for Lord Huron at the Moore Theatre on June 7th! Find her music here: bit.ly
Screaming Trees frontman, Mark Lanegan, will be at the Neptune Theatre TONIGHT with special guest (and fellow Screaming Trees member) Mark Pickerel. Find tickets here: bit.ly
Colin Meloy dropped by KEXP recently to have a chat about The Decemberists synth-inspired new album, I'll Be Your Girl. Read the whole thing here: bit.ly
Happy birthday to New Order's sixth LP Republic, released on this day in 1993!
The second single released off the sophomore album from LCD Soundsystem that Pitchfork listed as the #1 song of 2007. Watch the music video here! bit.ly
Fresh off the release of his new album American Utopia, David Byrne will playing at the Paramount AND Sasquatch Festival later this month!
Happy birthday to life-long KEXP listener, Noah, who turns 13 years old today!
ACTORS is a Vancouver-based band fresh off the release of their new LP, It Will Come To You. Keep track of them here! www.actorstheband.com
Off the debut album from this U.K. New Wave band that formed in 1980. They'll be playing at the Woodland Park Zoo with Adam Ant on August 2nd, tickets here! ticketf.ly
Beach House is gearing up for the release of their seventh LP (appropriately titled 7) on May 11th via Sub Pop. Get your pre-order here: bit.ly
A modern rock hit from the Bauhaus frontman that sold over 250,000 copies in three weeks after its release in 1990
The second full-length LP from this Minneapolis band is set to arrive on May 25th, and you can find it right here: bit.ly
The re-recorded track from Medicine that features guest vocals by Elizabeth Fraser of Cocteau Twins, and appeared on The Crow soundtrack from 1994
The former Pavement frontman (and his band The Jicks) will be LIVE right here in our Gathering Space on May 21st at noon! Come hang out and watch it with us, no ticket required!
Seattle band Big Bite's self-titled debut is set to release on May 18th! Claimed to be, "For fans of rock music and fire signs." Find it here: bit.ly
Happy 24th birthday to The Fall's Middle Class Revolt, released on this day in 1994
"I work in a record store where I've gotten to hear the Pixies EVERY F****** DAY for 2 yrs now. I'm sick of them! So I can't help but prefer this to them. As good as I'd hoped it would be . . . like Kim Gordon, Kim Deal is one of the unsung heroines of rock." - find out more of what KCMU DJ's thought of The Breeder's first album, Pod here! bit.ly
The Brooklyn band will be in town touring for their new album Wide Awake! at the Showbox on September 23rd! Find ticket info here: bit.ly
"They said I should record their new record. I said, 'I dunno, you guys have a lot of momentum. I might screw it up." - TV on the Radio co-founder Dave Sitek, who became a sought-after producer after helping with Fever to Tell
Sub Pop Count-Up release #443! It was released in October 1998 as a 7" on yellow translucent vinyl as part of their Singles Club
Sub Pop Count-Up release #443! It was released in October 1998 as a 7" on yellow translucent vinyl as part of their Singles Club
"Snuff Redux was made in the rain." Their new album Denim American will be released on June 8th: www.snuffredux.com
Nada Surf will be playing our sold-out Little Big Show #21 on May 9th at the Neptune! Since the inaugural show in 2012, the Little Big Show concert series has collectively raised more than $270,000 for local arts nonprofits.
Bob Dylan is now a whiskey maker! (Best headline regarding this: "It Ain't Tea Babe") Read about his new venture here: bit.ly
David Lowery of Cracker is one of the artists featured in the new documentary Unsound. Find out more about it here: unsoundthemovie.com
The first solo single from Morrissey after the dissolution of the Smiths. Watch the video for "Suedehead" here: bit.ly
This new album from the project of Philadelphia native Damon McMahon can be found right here: bit.ly
The debut single from the English pop star, released in early 1981. It would later be covered by The Muff's for the platinum-selling soundtrack to the 1995 film Clueless