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Thursday, Feb 15 2018, 6AM
Good morning, Seattle. This live session with the Swedish sisters was recorded in our studio back in October 2012, watch them performing "America" here: bit.ly
The 2006 solo effort from Neko Case, which also features members of the Sadies, Calexico, Garth Hudson of the Band, and Howe Gelb from Giant Sand
The tenth solo release from Laura Veirs, 'The Lookout,' will be released on April 13th. Says Veirs, "It's about the importance of looking out for each other. I'm addressing what's happening around me with the chaos of post-election America, the racial divides in our country and a personal reckoning with the realities of midlife." Find it here: lnk.to
Brandi Carlile's new album, 'By the Way, I Forgive You' is out tomorrow! She'll also be at the Moore Theatre for two sold-out nights on March 30th and 31st. Find more details here: bytheway.brandicarlile.com
Watch this Minneapolis alt-country band's live session with us from 2015 here! bit.ly
"I still feel conflicted by the horror and violence of my mom's passing." - Elvis Perkins in 2007 on the tragic death of his mother as a passenger on the plane that hit the north tower of the World Trade Center on 9/11: bit.ly
Calexico is gearing up to tour for their new album, 'The Thread That Keeps Us.' Catch them at the Neptune Theatre on June 9th, album and more here: www.casadecalexico.com
Watch Sunny Day Real Estate frontman, Jeremy Enigk, performing live on KEXP during Upstream Music Fest in May 2017 here: bit.ly
Off the English singer/songwriter's debut solo LP, released back in 1996
The one and only full length release from Death Cab for Cutie's Ben Gibbard, and Jimmy Tamborello of electronica bands, Dntel and Figurine. They named the project after the service that helped them exchange song ideas while living in separate locations.
The electronic project from Marc Bianchi, who started Her Space Holiday in his bedroom in 1996. Find more about his new EP, 'Gravity' here! www.herspaceholiday.com
'Still Life' is the solo effort of Houses' Dexter Tortoriello, released in 2014: www.dawngoldenmusic.com
A recently released demo of the hit 1984 song from the 2018 Rock n Roll Hall Of Fame inductees. "Drive" originally appears on their fifth album, 'Heartbeat City' and an expanded reissue is coming in March. Find it here: wma.lnk.to
Watch Washed Out's live session with us from August 2017 here: bit.ly
Brand new single from the Sub Pop band! Read more about their new album (coming this Spring) here: bit.ly
BRAND new single from Courtney Barnett's forthcoming second album, 'Tell Me How You Really Feel,' which puts into song the frustration of being any and every woman once the light gets dim. (It's always the longest, sharpest key on the keyring) bit.ly
Watch The New Pornographer's live session with us from 2017 right here: bit.ly
Buffalo Tom will be LIVE right here on The Morning Show on March 1st at 9:00 AM! This session is open to the public, find out how you can come watch it with us here: www.kexp.org
Check out our spotlight on this long-running local band here! bit.ly
Okay, here is a complete timeline of the recent Smashing Pumpkins reunion drama, cause honestly, I've lost track at this point: bit.ly
See our recap of the Manchester band's sold-out performance at the Showbox in November here: bit.ly
You can catch B.R.M.C. touring for their new album, 'Wrong Creatures' at the Showbox on February 20th. Ticket info here: bit.ly
Out now from Rhye (the electronic project of Mike Milosh), get your hands on his second album, 'Blood' here: www.rhyemusic.com
The second album from this U.K.-based project is out on February 23rd, find it here: bit.ly
Featuring the lead vocals (and lyrics) done by Elizabeth Fraser of the Cocteau Twins
Cover of the Massive Attack song done by the Swedish-born singer/songwriter, José González. See him performing live on KEXP in 2016 here: bit.ly
One of many songs written during a period that Cat Stevens spent in the hospital (and a long stint of bedrest afterwards) when he was only 19 years old
Watch Kristin Hersh performing live for us in late 2016 here: bit.ly
M83 leader Anthony Gonzalez about the little girl on this song: "She's [producer] Justin Meldal-Johnsen's five-year-old daughter. She's amazing, a born actress. The first time I met her, she talked to me for 30 minutes non-stop: "Anthony, I had this dream." I didn't know her, and she was talking to me like I was a friend."
Watch this scene from 1979's "The Muppet Movie" here: bit.ly
Found on the soundtrack for the 2009 film "Where the Wild Things Are," it features the vocals of Karen O from the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and an untrained children's choir
You say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one | bit.ly
From Nada Surf's fourth album, recorded in two sessions, one of which was at the Hall of Justice in Seattle
Playing Sasquatch festival this May, see the full lineup here: bit.ly
Written by Peter Gabriel, "Don't Give Up" was inspired from Dorothea Lange's photographs taken during the Great Depression
R.E.M.'s Michael Stipe doing a cover from Mark Mulcahy, the frontman for the 1980s Connecticut-based band Miracle Legion. Read more about this tribute album to Mulcahy here: bit.ly
Gird your loins, Seattle. The local legends will be playing two shows for the largest headlining concert in Seattle since the two nights the Rolling Stones were here at the Kingdome in 1981... rol.st
Just a quick reminder that this song is from 1983: And it's true we are immune | When fact is fiction and TV reality | And today the millions cry | We eat and drink while tomorrow they die
The first U.S. hit for the English band, released as a single here in 1973
Found on this Austin band's fifth full-length release, "Currency" was our Song of the Day on June 12, 2017. Find a new (free!) song every Monday through Friday here: bit.ly
The Library of Congress added this 1969 song to the National Recording Registry in 2014 due to being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant." (Still holds up today too)
Found on the sixth album from Primal Scream, released in early 2000
Watch the video for "Fight the Power" (which was nominated for a Best Rap Performance Grammy in 1990) here: bit.ly
Off the fifth album from the Madison, Wisconsin-born rapper and activist, Brother Ali. Keep track of him here: bit.ly
From the Bay Area hip-hop duo's 2002 album: He's been sweeping the nation with a hard hitting campaign, paragraph president | As a politician he regards himself as a national harmonizer, paragraph president | And so mister president we urge you to do something about the deplorable state of our nation
1958 song from Johnny Cash that still holds up well today. See him performing it live here: bit.ly
Langhorne Slim will be LIVE tomorrow, February 16th at 9:30 AM, and you can come watch! Find out how here: bit.ly
Shovels & Rope will be playing two nights at the Triple Door on February 28th and March 1st. Show details here! bit.ly
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9th spin
The 1974 Nick Lowe-penned tune covered by Elvis Costello
