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Monday, Jun 26 2017, 6AM
The video for this track, “was created by filming a variety of subjects from nature, such as water, crystals and plants. The footage was composited in several stages to eventually form a moving tunnel of light that features synchronised repetition and bilateral symmetry.” Watch it here: www.youtube.com
Turiyasangitananda is her adopted Sanskrit name. After the sudden death of her husband (jazz saxophonist and composer John Coltrane), she sought spiritual guidance from a Swami and ended up founding the Vedantic Center in California, near Malibu. Turiyasangitananda translates as "the Transcendental Lord’s highest song of Bliss." Learn more about Alice Coltrane at www.alicecoltrane.com
Steve Biko was a former student leader and an anti-apartheid activist who was picked up at a road block, questioned for 22 hours and beaten into a coma. He died on September 12, 1977, and the police were never charged.
Lea Porcelain are Berlin / London based producer / singer duo Julien Bracht and Markus Nikolaus. www.leaporcelain.com
Forest Swords is English music producer and artist Matthew Barnes. He'll be in the US for a few tour dates in November (Brooklyn, Chicago, SF, LA): www.forestswords.co.uk
Public Service Broadcasting will be playing the Colombia City Theatre September 22nd. Their new album chronicles the rise and fall of the Welsh coal industry, and was recorded in the Ebbw Vale institute in Wales. www.publicservicebroadcasting.net
According to the musician, 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”.
Big news for Iceland Airwaves fans!: Michael Kiwanuka was just added to the festival line-up. More at icelandairwaves.is
Emancipator is s producer and DJ based in Portland, Oregon. emancipator.bandcamp.com
Chemical Brothers released their debut album Exit Planet Dust on this day back in 1995.
Adam Yauch: "The song began as a goof on all the 'Smokin' in the Boys Room'/'I Wanna Rock' type songs in the world."
Mike D: "The only thing that upsets me is that we might have reinforced certain values of some people in our audience when our own values were actually totally different. There were tons of guys singing along to [Fight for Your Right] who were oblivious to the fact it was a total goof on them. Irony is oft missed."
Lots of Beastie Boys requested this morning by teachers and students alike. School's (almost) out for summer! Last day! 😀
Beth Ditto will be playing at Marymoor Park August 12: www.bethditto.com
"Goo" released on this day in 1990. Please enjoy this selection of album cover parodies: www.buzzfeed.com
Samples "(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party!)" by the Beastie Boys, among (Many!) other tracks
Singer/bassist Steve Kilbey on this track: it "fell out of the sky very quickly and the music is dreamy and evocative of past futures.” The Church will be returning to the US for a limited run this summer beginning June 28th in Ann Arbor, MI. More info at thechurchband.net
David J of Love and Rockets joined John Richards recently for an in-studio here at KEXP where he performed an acoustic version of "The Dog End Of A Day Gone By". We just posted it a few days ago - check it out at www.youtube.com [He posted about it on Facebook, too! www.facebook.com]
The Horrors are back with a new song, their first new material since 2014’s Luminous.
Playing Key Arena Oct 21st - www.depechemode.com
Arcade Fire will be playing Key Arena October 15th: arcadefire.com
The Dip will be playing at the Pike Place Marketfront Grand Opening this Thursday. More info at pikeplacemarket.org !
Grace Love, Seattle's first lady of soul! You can catch her at the Marketfront grand opening this Thursday, too. missgracelove.com
This previously unreleased track is appearing for the first time on the ‘OKNOTOK' resissue of 'OK Computer’
The Sonics will be at Elysian Brewing Company's Search Party at Seattle Center on Saturday, July 1st. 100% of the proceeds will benefit the Vera Project! 3:00PM :: THUNDERPUSSY | 5:00PM :: BLACK PISTOL FIRE | 7:00PM :: THE STRUTS | 9:00PM :: THE SONICS. DJ Riz and Stevie Zoom will be DJ'ing, too! More info here: www.elysianbrewing.com
Debut album from this group out of LA comes out September 8: lawitches.bandcamp.com
We have no words. Oh, wait - sorry, *Jack White* actually has no words here. Just some amazing guitar-y noises 🤘
This one's for our friends down in PDX. Bridgetown. Stumptown. P-Town. City of Roses. Portlandia. Thanks for amplifying KEXP! ❤️
Fun fact: This song is playing on the radio in the beginning of the movie E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, right after the UFO leaves, when you first see the boys sitting in the around the table listening to the radio?
"Ça plane pour moi" is a French idiom that translats as "everything's going well for me" (literally: "it is gliding for me"). ✈️
Leonard Cohen cover! The Pixies will be playing the Paramount Theatre on December 3rd: www.pixiesmusic.com
Playing Chateau Ste. Michelle in Woodinville July 13 with Blondie - garbage.com
"We all get stupid in the heat" - yep, gonna have to agree after yesterday's temperatures here in Seattle. 🔥🔥🔥
More info on this amazing artist from Anacortes, WA here: iamjohnvandeusen.bandcamp.com
See The Shins live at Marymoor Park in Redmond, WA September 23rd at 6:30pm.