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They'll be playing FYF Fest in Los Angeles on July 21: www.slowdiveofficial.com
You can also check out KEXP's exclusive interview with Slowdive's Rachel Goswell from last month at goo.gl
One of three piano compositions written by French composer and pianist Erik Satie.
Tiersem uses lots of interesting instruments and sounds in this music for the Amélie soundtrack: In addition to accordion and piano, it also uses harpsichord, banjo, bass guitar, vibraphone and ... yes - a bicycle wheel in "La Dispute", the opening track.
Check out the review of Radiohead's recent Key Arena show at the KEXP blog: blog.kexp.org
The words for "In My Heart" are from the American gospel hymn "Lord, I Want to Be a Christian".
Forest Swords is Liverpudlian music producer and artist Matthew Barnes. 🌲 ⚔️ www.forestswords.co.uk
New Mogwai out September 1! They're playing Nov 24th @ The Showbox: www.mogwai.co.uk
All proceeds from sales of the album will benefit the ACLU. "My Idols Are Dead + My Enemies Are In Power brings together artists, activists, and academics to explore how we got here, and what to do next. We stand with poor folks, Muslims, people of color, the LGBTQ community, and all Americans against any attack on our civil rights." lushlifemedia.bandcamp.com
Kate Tempest performed at KEXP back in December - check it out at www.youtube.com
Cover of "Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos" from Public Enemy's "It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back." The song tells the story of a draft dodger who escapes prison. It uses a high-pitched piano sample from Isaac Hayes' "Hyperbolicsyllabicsesquedalymistic". (Say that 3 times fast..)
Debut album from Lea Porcelain is out June 16th! They're an electronic duo out of Frankfurt. They'll be supporting Alt-J for a series of dates in Europe this summer, and will be at the Redding Festival this August. www.leaporcelain.com
Other Lives joined us here at KEXP for an in studio that you can check out here: www.youtube.com
The trippy visuals of the music video for this track are perfect for the psychedelic vibes of the song (and the whole album) ☮️ - youtu.be
Low is playing the Neptune on June 16 - this Friday! www.subpop.com
New album out this Friday! They're playing the Neptune September 24th: www.thebandride.com
Released back in 1991 on June 10th! TV on the Radio's Dave Sitek is a fan: "I've always tried to make a song that begins like "Kiss Them for Me". I think songs like "I Was a Lover" or "Wash the Day Away" came from that element of surprise mode where all of a sudden this giant drum comes in and you're like, what the f!(#?! That record was the first one where I was like, okay, even my friends're going to fall for this. I feel like that transition into that record was a relief for me. Really beautiful music was always considered too weird by the normal kids and that was the first example where I thought, we've got them, they're hooked! I watched people dance to that song, people who had never heard of any of the music that I listened to, they heard that music in a club and went crazy." 💯
Phantogram will be opening for Arcade Fire at Key Arena on October 15th: www.phantogram.com
Arcade Fire will be at Key Arena October 15th: arcadefire.com
Debut album from this London group! Guitarist Neville James "I feel all music is political to some extent... Even if you’re just providing people with some way to release their anxieties and think about something completely different for a while. You're doing something political there." www.pumarosamusic.com
Kevin Morby will be playing the Tractor Tavern on August 21. kevinmorby.bandcamp.com
New music from Dan Auerbach, guitarist and lead singer for The Black Keys & The Arcs. danauerbachmusic.com
Read about Dan Deacon and watch a recording of the live in-studio performance from KEXP here: blog.kexp.org
Odesza will be playing Bumbershoot on September 1st: www.bumbershoot.com
The Revolution will be playing at the Showbox on July 15th! 💜 www.showboxpresents.com
According to the Bob Dorough sample used in this track, Three Is a Magic Number.
Want more numbers? Check out "Counting Bats with the Count"!
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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
With Perry Farrell on vocals. Thievery Corporation will be in Seattle playing at Marymoor on July 29 for the Rootfire festival, which "will bring together artists from throughout the U.S., Hawaii, and New Zealand to both celebrate and create community around progressive roots, reggae, and dub music." www.thieverycorporation.com
Watch Ben Gibbard perform in the KEXP studios: www.youtube.com
Lo Moon is playing June 18th at Barboza! Ticket gives in progress - good luck! www.thebarboza.com
Lush's first U.S. show in 20 years was right here in Seattle at the Showbox last year with the Young Evils - read all about it on the KEXP blog: blog.kexp.org
St. Etienne released their 9th studio album last week. They'll be playing the Neptune on October 2nd. www.saintetienne.com
Good news: Sylvan Esso is playing TWO nights at the Neptune, August 18th and 19th. Bad news: They're both sold out. 😭 . www.sylvanesso.com
Pixies cover! Heathen was released on this day (yesterday) back in 2012.
Fun facts: the riff for this song isn't actually a bass guitar (which the White Stripes had *never* previously used) -
it's the sound of Jack White's guitar being run through a whammy pedal set down an octave. The song's title comes from what White used to call The Salvation Army when he was a kid. #TheMoreYouKnow
New music from this south London band. Check 'em out at inheaven.tmstor.es
More new music! This track was featured on the latest episode of Silicon Valley. twitter.com
Followup to October's "These Systems Are Failing", "More Fast Songs About the Apocalypse" is hot off the presses this morning. Free download here: mobyandthevoidpacificchoir.wetransfer.com
One of two new tracks released in advance of their new album. lcdsoundsystem.com
Live on KEXP Mon. June 19 at 12pm, and playing West Seattle Summer Fest Friday, July 14: wsjunction.org.