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Wednesday, Jul 12 2017, 6AM
The opening track from his great 'Tea for the Tillerman' album which was released on November 23, 1970
This is a collaboration with the Egyptian musician Ramy Essam. Essam, an artist famously associated with the Cairo demonstrations during the 2011 Arab Spring, co-wrote “The Camp” with Harvey, and the song is specifically intended to raise awareness of the plight of Syrian refugees currently living in Lebanon. www.theguardian.com
It IS a perfect day and I want to spend it with you. just you baby.
'Pink Moon' is the third and final studio album by Nick Drake, released in the UK by Island Records on February 25, 1972
This Is the Kit is the alias of British musician Kate Stables, who is based in Bristol and Paris. thisisthekit.co.uk
Here's the video of their in-studio performance which was recorded on October 20, 2012 www.youtube.com
According to Tricky, the track is meant to be a nod to the 1995 Maxinquaye-era of his career, even going so far as to describe “The Only Way” as “Hell Is Round The Corner Part 2”. There is also a stripped down version of the song - hear both here consequenceofsound.net
This tribute album celebrated the 30th anniversary of Springsteen's 'Born In The USA' and features stripped down versions of the songs (to get a more 'Nebraska' feel) from Jason Isbell & Amanda Shires, Low, Nicole Atkins, Justin Townes Earle, Blitzen Trapper, Joe Pug, Trampled by Turtles, and more.
In their retrospective review, AllMusic gave the album four-and-a-half stars out of five, writing, "rich in sonic detail, the neo-psychedelic Express offers a listening experience like no other album – guitars spiral to dizzying heights from beds of sound, arrangements swirl, songs change and mutate."
Here's their in-studio from 2013 which kicks off with 'Line of Fire' www.youtube.com
From Spin magazine, here's a live version of 'Lit Up' from 2005
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The National's Matt Berninger is featured on this track and here's their in-studio they did for KEXP, sorry, no Matt - John did his vocals...;) www.youtube.com
Guess who's coming to Seattle? That's right, The Black Angels! How'd you guess? See 'em October 23rd at the Showbox!
Watch First Aid Kit perform Patti Smith's "Dancing Barefoot" live at the Polar Music Prize awards ceremony 2011 with Patti weeping in the audience...well, not weeping, but a little teary www.youtube.com
Their new studio album drops September 22nd and is called ‘Music For the Age of Miracles’ and they play Neumos on November 9th!
Apparently Dan Auerbach is having fun in Nashville and you can read about it here www.guitarworld.com
Rafael Leon "Googie" René (March 30, 1927 – November 25, 2007) was an American musician and songwriter. He was nicknamed "Googie" because that was the first word he ever uttered as an infant.
Tommy Guerrero is an American professional skateboarder, company owner, and musician. As a teenager, he was one of the prominent members of the Bones Brigade, Powell Peralta's professional skateboarding team that was successful during the 1980s. Now a full time solo artist, his critically acclaimed albums, EPs, and singles incorporate various types of music, from rock, hip hop, and funk, to soul, and jazz
If you're a fan of the Beastie Boys, check out Amazon's 'The Patriot'...lots of references to the band in the later episodes...funny show too...if you like it dark...and I do!
Former Vampire Weekend singer and producer Rostam Batmanglij will release his debut solo album, Half-Light on Sept. 8 via Nonesuch Records.
Queen Live Aid 1985 - Bohemian Rhapsody/Radio Ga Ga www.youtube.com
Hot off the press - here's an interview with Ms Ditto from hotpress.com! www.hotpress.com
Algiers plays the Crocodile Saturday night (7/15) and you can listen them play live on KEXP on Saturday at 3 pm!
Billy Bragg performed a great set for KEXP at SXSW 2013. Watch it ASAP! www.youtube.com
Ted Leo is gearing up to release his Kickstarter-funded album 'The Hanged Man'. The album, out September 8, is his first solo release since 2010’s 'The Brutalist Bricks'. This is the first single from the album www.spin.com
Kevin Morby will be LIVE on KEXP on Monday, August 21st @ 1:00 PM. This is a broadcast only performance, but you have plenty of time to make some sock puppets if you want to act out what is sure to be a great performance! He'll also play the Tractor that night.
This track is off their new album, 'Try ;-)', and it comes out September 8th. www.stereogum.com
Th' Faith Healers recorded a couple of EPs and two LPs between 1990 and 1993, and although their singles reached the UK Indie Top Twenty, their success might best be described as "moderate".
They disbanded in 1994 after a tour to the States. Roxanne wanted to return to art college, Joe to his photographic studio, while Ben returned to his job as a tree surgeon and Tom formed a new band called Quickspace. thfaithhealers.aardvark.at
Lea Porcelain are Berlin / London based producer / singer duo Julien Bracht and Markus Nikolaus.The pair met in 2012 at their favorite club in their hometown of Frankfurt and their debut album is out now! primarytalent.com
A very good album that came out last year. Here's Pitchfork's review pitchfork.com
The xx stopped by ye olde KEXP studios in April for an in-studio and we have video! www.youtube.com
You can catch Ride in Seattle when they play the Neptune Theatre on Sunday, September 24th
On this date in 1979 the infamous "Disco Demolition Night" occurred in Chicago where a bunch of disco albums were "blowed up real good" causing utter mayhem! Mayhem I tell you! en.wikipedia.org
The new Arcade Fire album ‘Everything Now’ will be released on July 28th
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Luckily I wore my platform shoes with goldfish this morning...I just had a feeling they'd come in handy www.thebalance.com
Debbie Harry and Chris Stein wrote an early version of "Heart of Glass", called "Once I Had a Love", in 1974–75. This earlier version was initially recorded as a demo in 1975. The song had a slower, funkier sound with a basic disco beat. For this reason the band referred to it as "The Disco Song"
Broken Social Scene play the Neptune on Monday October 23rd brokensocialscene.ca
Their new album, 'Relatives In Descent', comes out on September 29th and they'll be in Seattle on October 12th @ Chop Suey www.protomartyrband.com
While this was a big hit for The Lemonheads, it is actually a cover song - it was written by Robyn St. Clare of the band The Hummingbirds and she made the first recording in 1990 as part of Love Positions with Nic Dalton
For Team Radiohead who are gonna crush RAGNAR this weekend!
Chaz Bundick (aka Toro Y Moi) has announced a new collaborative album with the Mattson 2–identical twins Jared (guitar) and Jonathan (drums)