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Wednesday, Apr 4 2018, 6AM
Start planning your trip now - HÆLOS will play Festival Number Six 2018 in Portmeirion, UK this September. Their only published tour date for 2018 haelos.com
ODESZA stopped by KEXP last September for an in-studio hosted by the loverly Cheryl Waters bit.ly
Want more DJ Wally? Check out his bandcamp page for everything Wally (AKA Pish Posh) djwallypishposh.bandcamp.com
John finally plays some New Order. Only took 35 minutes.
The Pumpkins' reunion tour starts July 12th and they've announced they'll release a couple of EPs this year with the first track dropping in May bit.ly
What is a horse’s favorite sport? Stable tennis!
Here's Radiohead performing "Karma Police" on Letterman in 1997. They were a small band then - the week prior they played in the auditorium where I graduated high school (many years previously) read about it and watch here rol.st
Beach House's latest album, '7', drops in May and they are heading out on a big tour that goes everywhere in the effin' world except Seattle! WTH? At this point, you'll have to go to Portland or over the border to see 'em. www.beachhousebaltimore.com
Here's a fan video of them performing this song live in 2009 bit.ly
Their new album is coming your way on May 25th. You can preorder some cool album bundles from their website some of which include early ticket access to their upcoming tour www.chvrch.es
Happy Birthday Meredith from Mike and all of us at KEXP!
The band will be releasing a new, re-imagined version of 'The Stars, The Oceans & The Moon' calling it "Transformed & New Songs With Strings & Things Attached" in May. Learn more at their website www.bunnymen.com
New music from Actors and it's not bad. Get it? bad actors? oh, never mind. www.actorstheband.com
Editors will be LIVE on KEXP on Monday, May 7th @ 4:00 PM. The play Neumos on May 8th.
Formed in Omaha, Nebraska, The Faint was originally known as Norman Bailer and included Conor Oberst.
Moby's latest single samples the traditional folk song "Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child". Here's the original bit.ly
'I'm New Here' is the final album from the late Gil Scott-Heron. Released on XL Recordings, the record was produced by XL owner Richard Russell, who said his production was influenced by the 2009 self-titled debut album of English band The xx
One of the great KEXP in-studios from 2017, here's Kate Tempest bit.ly
Martin Luther King, Jr was murdered in 1968, 50 years ago today. Three days after he was assassinated, Nina Simone and her band played at the Westbury Music Festival on Long Island, N.Y. They performed "Why? (The King of Love is Dead)," a song they had just learned, written by their bass player Gene Taylor in reaction to King's death. read more here n.pr
"MLK Song," features words from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s speech "The Drum Major Instinct" and music by M. Ward. The album was produced by Jeff Tweedy.
Written about both Dr King and Rodney King, the LA taxi driver who was the victim of Los Angeles Police Department brutality.
This was the last speech delivered by Martin Luther King Jr. King spoke on April 3, 1968, at the Mason Temple (Church of God in Christ Headquarters) in Memphis, Tennessee. the next day, he was assassinated.
The song had been intended to be based on Ronald Reagan's pride in America's military power, but Stephen B. Oates's book Let The Trumpet Sound: A Life of Martin Luther King, Jr. and a biography of Malcolm X caused the lyricist Bono to ponder the different sides of the civil rights campaigns, the violent and the non-violent. The song contains the erroneous reference to King's shooting as "Early morning, April 4," when it actually occurred after 6 p.m. Bono acknowledges the error and in live performances he occasionally changes the lyric to "Early evening"
This track samples MLK's "I Have A Dream Speech". Here's the speech in its entirety and, yes, the dream is still alive bit.ly
On November 6, 1990, the people of Arizona voted down a proposal to create a state holiday for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. by a margin of 17,000 votes. The vote came two years after then-Governor Evan Mecham cancelled MLK Day, saying, “I guess King did a lot for the colored people, but I don’t think he deserves a national holiday.” This song is Public Enemy's response. Read more and watch the video here bit.ly
The Breeders will be LIVE on KEXP on Thursday, April 12th @ 1:30 PM and it's open to the public. Sign up starts at noon. They play Showbox Sodo Friday, April 13th.
Speedy Ortiz will be live on KEXP on June 13th @ 12 noon (open to the public) and they play The Vera Project that night. Get tickets and pre-order their new album on their website. I command thee! speedyortiz.com
Their new album, 'Sparkle Hard.', is due out May 18th and they play The Neptune on August 4th.
Nice! It sounds very James-y! This is from their forthcoming, self released EP ‘Better Than That’ which drops May 18th. Pre-order now! wearejames.com
We've just changed to an all James format. From now on we'll be known as JMES, Where The James Matters.
On May 30, 1990, prior to their headlining gig at Radio City Music Hall that evening, Midnight Oil took to the streets of New York City and performed outside the Exxon building, before a lunchtime crowd on 6th Avenue to bring awareness to the Exxon Valdez oil spill. You can listen to the whole set, including a live recording of "Dreamworld" here
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Fontaines D.C. will be LIVE on The Morning Show on Monday, May 14th @ 9:30 am. This show is open to the public so get your rear in gear and get down here 90 minutes prior to sign up!
Pitchfork's take on this track? "Flanked by Sky Ferreira, her backup vocals the very embodiment of nonchalant cool, Iceage frontman Elias Bender Rønnenfelt oozes thirst as he casts his lust as a form of addiction." Guess they like it! pitchfork.com
The song was written by John Lydon and Bill Laswell about apartheid in South Africa, specifically about Nelson Mandela
Yikes! TVOTR and LCD Soundsystem on the same bill? Yep, at U.C. Berkeley later this month - 3 shows, but tickets are almost sold out. more here www.tvontheradio.com
The Horrors just released two new tracks, titled 'Fire Escape' and 'Water Drop', both of which came from the band's recording sessions for last year's album. www.nme.com
Here's Zola Jesus performing live in the KEXP studio on January 9, 2015. bit.ly
We're loving this album and so are the reviewers. Pitchfork gave it an 8.8! pitchfork.com
Hosted by the dashing Kevin Cole, Superchunk played a great set for KEXP in the Bumbershoot Music Lounge back in 2013 bit.ly
The Breeders will be LIVE on KEXP on Thursday, April 12th @ 1:30 PM and it's open to the public. Sign up starts at noon. They play Showbox Sodo Friday, April 13th - stay tuned for your chance to win tickets!
They've got a new LP coming out in May - 'Grand Bargain!' - their first new release in 14 years! Order it here www.pledgemusic.com
From their 1996 debut studio album which was recorded in one week (they'd only been a band for 6 months when they recorded it).
From Paste Magazine, here's a live, stripped-down, version bit.ly
