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Her new album is out September 8th and she plays The Crocodile on October 19th www.zolajesus.com
Tricky's new album, 'ununiform', will be out September 22nd and you can pre-order it here tricky.greedbag.com
The soundtrack album will be out on September 8th...I'm betting DJ Morgan has pre-ordered it already...
Briana's new album, 'Call It Love', is out early next month, but if you pre-order it from her website, you get two tracks now! Act now, operators are standing by! brianamarela.bandcamp.com
Widowspeak play Barboza on Saturday, September 23rd. Their new album, 'Expect The Best' will be out on August 25th. widowspeak.bandcamp.com
Amelia Murray is a 24-year-old Auckland musician who records as Fazerdaze. Her album, 'Morningside', is named after the area of Auckland she calls home. www.thefader.com
Kristin Hersh released 'Wyatt at the Coyote Palace', her ninth solo album, late last year. Here's a great article on the creative process www.premierguitar.com
Here's a live performance from October 29, 1990. Recorded in Brussels www.youtube.com
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Written by band member Pat Mahoney and frontman James Murphy, "I Can Change" was featured on the soundtrack for the video game FIFA 11
Here's Arcade Fire performing 'Everything Now' live for BBC Radio 1 www.youtube.com
You can watch the video for Gorillaz's band member 2-D's new release right here www.rollingstone.com
Waxahatchee will be LIVE on KEXP on Monday, July 24th @ 3:00 PM. This session is open to the public and sign-up starts at 1:30 PM!
Broken Social Scene has added a 2nd show at the Neptune - Sunday, October 22nd. Tickets go on sale this Friday.
Brian is washing his deck and wanted to hear some Georgie James. It's a well known fact, that Georgie James pretty much rules the powerwashing genre
Joel Plaskett and his dad, Bill, have released an album of folk songs titled, 'Solidarity' and it is getting good reviews - check out this review and then pick it up! joelplaskett.com
Ted Leo is funding his next album via Kickstarter and he raised all the money needed to make it happen. Here's an update www.kickstarter.com
Henrik Harlaut believes Wu Tang is for the children www.youtube.com
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Their new album is called "Woodstock", Originally, it was going to be called 'Gloomin + Doomin' and they were worked on it for 3 years, but never felt satisfied with the tracks they had recorded. Singer John Gourley received some fatherly tough love that kick-started his musical drive resulting in 'Woodstock' - “What’s taking so long to finish the album?” Gourley's dad said, “Isn’t that what bands do? Write songs and then put them out?” #tufflove
ALVVAYS' new album is out on September 8th and they play The Showbox on October 28th! alvvays.com
Check out our blog post about Nearby blog.kexp.org
Jen talks about "this awesome Remix of "Fell in Love" that my friend Ted Chen has been working on", in this article from 2016. She said she was going to release it "sooner or later". After hearing it this morning, I think we all want it sooner! www.cltampa.com
Rostam's debut solo album, 'Half-Light', drops on September 8th. You can read more about it and pre-order it too using this handy link that I put right here www.nonesuch.com
This track is off his upcoming album, 'Dedicated to Bobby Jameson', a tribute to the late Los Angeles folk outsider, and will be out on September 15th
This was the first music video aired on MTV on August 1, 1981. Yes Virginia, MTV used to play music videos.
Hey, you got your Wu Tang Clan in my Fugazi! Ok, don't like that joke? have some fun with the Wu Tang Clan name generator...I'm now known as 'Fearless Specialist' www.mess.be
Their new album, 'Love What Survives', drops on September 8th - holy crap, lots of great albums dropping that day! Pre-order it here www.mountkimbie.com
Here's their in-studio from June 19, 2015 hosted by Cheryl Waters www.youtube.com
Here's the video www.youtube.com and it's true, we weren't so good at cleaning the dishes...
'Let's Dance' was nominated for the Album of the Year Grammy Award in 1984 but lost to some album called 'Thriller'.
All their shows in the PNW are sold out! Seattle? Yep! Portland? Yep! Vancouver BC? Yes! Missoula, MT still has tickets though...here's the schedule www.sylvanesso.com
Their new album is out at the end of September and they are playing a sold out show on Friday night at The Tractor Tavern
Jessica Jalbert first began performing solo under the name Faith Healer. Now, she's teamed-up with drummer/multi-instrumentalist Renny Wilson. Their first LP as a duo is called 'Try ;-)' and it will be out on, you guessed it, September 8th!
There is a great documentary about The Mekons - 'Revenge of the Mekons' - rated "FRESH!" on Rotten Tomatoes. Check it out www.rottentomatoes.com
According to Wikipedia - Prolapse formed in the summer of 1991 under a table at Leicester Polytechnic's Friday night disco, "With the aim of being the most depressing band ever". en.wikipedia.org
ProtoMartyr plays Chop Suey on October 12th and their new album 'Relatives In Descent' comes out September 29th. Smart move, avoiding the big September 8th date! Pre-order it here - www.protomartyrband.com
You heard right - The War on Drugs will be LIVE on KEXP on Tuesday, August 1st @ 12:00 PM. This in-studio is open to the public and you can sign up starting at 10:30 am! If you can't make it, they are playing The Moore on October 9th & 10th.
Chad also plays in two bands with his kids (the improvised hardcore punk duo, Crocodile Teeth & The Snugglers, and the live techno band, Banana Bread). At one point, Chad and his daughters conspired to replace the name, “Chad VanGaalen” with “Banana Bread,” as his main performing identity. According to Chad “Everyone was like, ‘What the F? You’re going to change your name to Banana Bread?!’”
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We thought we'd bring it down a bit with this new track by Upper Wilds. Om.....www.thrilljockey.com
The Slowdive show on October 25th is sold out, but we're giving away tickets all the live long day! Keep listening for your chance to win!
The Replacements are releasing a live album For Sale: Live at Maxwell’s 1986. It's from a show they played on February 4, 1986 at Maxwell’s in Hoboken, NJ., It sounds great and is one of the final shows with the original lineup of Paul Westerberg, Bob Stinson, Tommy Stinson, and Chris Mars, before Bob left the band. It comes out October 6