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Wednesday, Aug 23 2017, 6AM
Good morning and happy Wednesday. Briana Marela will appear with Perfume Genius at KEXP's Little Big Show #19 at The Neptune Theatre on Saturday, October 21st, 2017.
Watch the video for "Shadow," the song Chromatics performed in the Bang Bang Bar in Twin Peaks: www.rollingstone.com
Sylvan Esso explains their new album, track-by-tack, in this NPR interview: www.npr.org
Torres is playing a sold-out show at Neumos on Tuesday, October 10th, 2017.
Read poet Maureen Alsop's poem about Sinead O'Connor's version of this song (and then watch the video): coldfrontmag.com
Aren't these lyrics fine? "You're cold, maybe you just missed the sun...
You fall, feeling like its just begun...
So far, keeping it together's been enough...
Look up, rain is falling, looks like love...": www.azlyrics.com
The words for "In My Heart" are derived from the American gospel hymn "Lord, I Want to Be a Christian".
You can watch the video for this song and several others at the band's official website: thedomusic.com
You can hear Mogwai at The Showbox on Friday, November 24th, 2017.
Mammut will be here in Seattle on Saturday, October 14th, 2017, as part of The Taste of Iceland Festival. The venue is still TBA.
Rainer Maria will play Neumos on Thursday, October 5th, 2017, in support of their first new album since 2006: www.npr.org
Listen to an exclusive live session by Ride on KEXP on Tuesday, October 3rd, 2017, at noon. Ride will be playing Seattle's Neptune Theatre on Sunday, September 24th, 2017.
Japanese Breakfast is going to perform at The Crocodile on Wednesday, September 27th, 2017.: www.ticketfly.com Get "Machinist," a recent KEXP Song of the Day from Japanese Breakfast: blog.kexp.org
Watch live video of a 2015 KEXP in-studio performance by this New Zealand-born, New York resident: blog.kexp.org
The music video for this song features the band walking outside and then playing in a brothel: www.youtube.com
Slowdive will be LIVE on KEXP on Wednesday, October 25, 2017, at 12:00 PM. This performance is open for the public to sign up and attend. Slowdive will be playing The Neptune Theatre that evening. Read a recent NY Times article about the band: www.nytimes.com
Watch Catherine Wheel performing "Texture" live in September, 1991: www.youtube.com
Pearl Jam's two-night stint at Wrigley Field – during the 2016 season the Chicago Cubs ended their 108-year World Series drought – will be showcased in a new concert film and live album, Let's Play Two. Learn more here: www.rollingstone.com
Learn more about this Pennsylvania band at their official website: thedistrictsband.com Here's an NPR review of their new album, "Popular Manipulations": www.npr.org
"And I want to walk around with you...": www.youtube.com
As John said, they ARE playing KeyArena on Sunday, October 15th, 2017.
Broken Social Scene will bring their Hug of Thunder tour to The Neptune Theatre on Monday, October 23rd, 2017.
Oh, Canada! "Twin Cinema," the third studio album from The New Pornographers, was released on this date in 2005.
Edwyn Collins is a Scottish musician who grew to fame as frontman of the post-punk band "Orange Juice." "A Girl Like You," which is an Iggy Pop tribute, was his biggest solo hit. Here's the video: www.youtube.com
"'Jane Says,' And We Still Listen" Read this tribute to this song that belongs in "the pantheon of great rock songs.": www.washingtonpost.com And happy birthday to "Nothing's Shocking," released on this date in 1988.
Watch the live version of this incredible song from the KEXP studio in 2013: www.youtube.com And then watch the Matthew Houck-directed video: www.youtube.com
It's fun to read listeners' interpretations of this song.: www.u2interference.com
The Horrors' new album, "V," will be out on September 22nd, 2017. You can pre-order it through their website: www.thehorrors.co.uk
The KEXP blog featured a live review of Foals' show at The Paramount last year: blog.kexp.org
Vocalist and guitarist Ellie Rowsell says that "Yuk Foo" was written “so that anyone who was frustrated at something could have it as their anthem.” But she says her own spin is “being sick and fed up of certain expectations. For me a lot of it is about being a young woman. Even the shit, everyday wolf-whistle thing. As I get older, I feel like: ‘Why have I always put up with that?’ When I sing that kind of song, it’s everything that I want to do when that happens.”: www.nme.com
A Nirvana-themed vegan cafe is opening up in Glasgow, Scotland.: www.altpress.com
This famous Dylan cover came from Hendrix's "Electric Ladyland." His first album, "Are You Experienced," made its US debut fifty years ago today.
When you go to Chop Suey on Thursday, October 12th, 2017, you can hear this Detroit band perform "My Children": www.ticketfly.com
"Here’s Everything We Know About Queens of the Stone Age’s New Album, 'Villains'....": www.spin.com
Here's a live version of this little ditty (plus "Black Dog"): www.youtube.com
The new album will be out on September 15th, 2017. The band is touring, but California is as close as they're coming to Seattle.: antibalas.com
James Murphy said, “For the rest of my life, now matter what happens in this band, we’ll never ‘break up’ again. One day we’ll just stop making music, but no one is going to say a f**king word about it ahead of time.”: www.pastemagazine.com
The Laetitia Sadler Source Ensemble is in town tonight (!!), Wednesday, August 23rd, 2017, playing The Crocodile.: www.thecrocodile.com
Alvvays performed this song live at the Treefort Music Festival this spring.: www.youtube.com
Great Grandpa will perform at Neumos on Sunday, November 19th, 2017.
"'Fade' is about the dulling of pleasure that comes with repeated exposure to the same experiences, locations, persons, etc. and the small ways in which we struggle — and often fail — to find newness," Great Grandpa wrote.: www.thefader.com
John Richards chose "Teen Challenge" as a recent KEXP Song of the Day. Download it for yourself here:blog.kexp.org
You can purchase "Plastic Cough" at Great Grandpa's Bandcamp page: greatgrandpa.bandcamp.com
