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Monday, Feb 12 2018, 6AM
Icelandic composer Jóhann Jóhannsson passed away Friday at the age of 48. Read more over at the KEXP blog: www.kexp.org
Arnalds is embarking on an "All Strings Attached" tour this summer that includes a couple stops in the US - San Francisco on June 21st, and LA on June 22nd. olafurarnalds.com
Pitchfork has a great description of Richter's work: "I hear Richter's music first as night music, sound that makes darkness feel alive. I don't tend to associate music with a mood or a time of day or a season, but I like to listen to his albums when I'm working late."
The string arrangement was influenced by Polish composer Krzysztof Penderecki, and was performed by the Orchestra of St John's and recorded in Dorchester Abbey, a 12th-century church about five miles from Radiohead's Oxfordshire studio.
From the Nashville band's sixth album. www.hammockmusic.com
From the German electronic musician's second album. (Paracetamol is what we Americans generically call acetaminophen, like Tylenol.)
Jóhann collaborated with the dancer and choreographer Erna Omarsdottir for several years, performing a dance piece called IBM 1401, A User's Manual in more than forty cities around Europe. When Jóhann signed to 4AD in 2005, he began reworking this music for am album release. 4ad.com
Apparat is Sascha Ring, out of Berlin. As of August, he was "back to the lab exploring possible future versions of myself"... www.apparat.net
Moby describes the video: It "involves my friend julie and i, visiting a post-apocalyptic earth after all the people are gone. someone described us as ‘time traveling aliens’, which i guess is pretty accurate.." ttps://youtu.be/Nl9rKRS6LjI?list=PLpllqzgq8wPYAVRHIoC3vzo4Mxtm3XUar
BRMC will be playing at the Showbox on February 20th w/ Night Beats: www.blackrebelmotorcycleclub.com
From the debut album of this group out of Zagreb, Croatia. "Three people, some occasional guest players, and a lot of genre mixing." tus-nua.bandcamp.com
Editors will release their sixth album, Violence, on March 9th. www.editorsofficial.com
Last January, Interpol announced that their sixth album would be out in 2018 and that they would embark on a tour for Turn on the Bright Lights' 15th anniversary, playing the entire album front to back. interpolnyc.com
Bassist Peter Hook talks about the importance of this song: "We were doing a soundcheck at the Mayflower, in May, and we played 'Transmission': people had been moving around, and they all stopped to listen. I realized that was our first great song."
Playing Neumos April 23rd in support of their new album: www.djangodjango.co.uk
Mien is: The Black Angels’ Alex Maas, The Horrors’ Tom Furse, Elephant Stone’s Rishi Dhir and The Earlies’ John-Mark Lapham. mienband.com
This track by Seattle duo Crater was our podcast song of the day recently - read more over on the blog: blog.kexp.org
From their recently released third album. According to the band, this track "illustrates the mundanity of life." Video: www.youtube.com
Sophie Allison says "The song comes from a feeling of being paralyzed in a relationship to the point where you feel like you are a pawn in someone else's world. The song and the video are meant to show someone breaking away and taking action, but at the same time, it's only a quick burst of motivation. It's a moment of strength amidst a long period of weakness." Soccer Mommy plays Barboza April 4th. sopharela.bandcamp.com
Out of Melbourne, Australia - campcope.bandcamp.com
Diet Cig plays the Aladdin Theater in Portland on February 12. dietcig.bandcamp.com
Fun fact: Juliana Hatfield doesn't actually have a sister. "I’ve always been in this sort of perpetual state of existential longing. I feel like something’s missing. I almost feel like I have a twin who died at birth but no one ever told me that the twin existed. And with this song, I was trying to explore the idea of a sister who I never had. In the beginning, that seemed like a really nice idea. I had two brothers, but I never had a sister. But then the song ended up being kind of sad. It was more of a longing for a sister who was never nice to me, or a relationship lacking the things that I wanted from it."
Playing a live in-studio at KEXP March 1st! Also playing Neumos later that night. www.buffalotom.com
The Aussie trio’s long-awaited debut album is due May 4th. middlekids.bandcamp.com
Brazilian Girls will release their first album in 10 years, Let's Make Love, on April 13th via Six Degrees Records. www.braziliangirlsmusic.com
Arcade Fire’s Win Butler will play in the 2018 NBA All-Star Celebrity Game, for Team Clippers. 🏀
www.nba.com
Elbrecht explains "About a decade ago I started a musical project called 'REMYNYS.' The first song released from this project, "Flesh To Ash." from his new album "Here Lies" out later this month. www.facebook.com
Fun fact: a professional whistler is called a "siffleur". 🎶
They out-Wes-Anderson'd Wes Anderson for this music video: www.youtube.com
The Breeders will be playing a Friday the 13th show at the Showbox in April! 💀 thebreedersmusic.com
On the band name: Chan Marshall explains “Back when we got our first gig we didn’t have a name yet, and I was on a payphone trying to come up with a name and I saw someone wearing a Cat Diesel Power hat. I decided the name of our band would be Cat Power.” www.catpowermusic.com
Playing Neumos July 15th. www.wyeoakmusic.com
Rev Run is Joseph Simmons, one of the founding members of Run-D.M.C. (Yes, he's an actual Reverend)
A sample from jazz musician Jimmy Smith's "Root Down (And Get It)", from his seminal album Root Down, serves as the basis for "Root Down". A small vocal sample from "Root Down" was later sampled on The Prodigy's 1997 track "Funky Shit".
Currently opening for Franz Ferdinand while on tour.. fontainesband.com
GQ has a great read about how the Dead Kennedys, Black Flag, and other punk bands took back their scene from white supremacists: www.gq.com
