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Lord Huron performed an in-studio here at KEXP in 2015 - check it out at www.youtube.com
Grizzly Bear will be playing the Moore Theatre on Dec 8th: www.grizzly-bear.net
After 21 years, "I Promise" is one of 3 unreleased tracks to be included on the new OK Computer re-release "OKNOTOK". If you want to watch the saddest bus ride ever, check out the video: www.youtube.com
Last week Broken Social Scene released this, their third single off off o their forthcoming album that's due out in July.
Featuring vocals by Damien Jurado. The music video, according to Moby, "is the best video ever made involving a stuffed animal on an airplane for a budget of $10 or less!
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Moderat performed an in-studio here at KEXP last May. Give it a listen at www.youtube.com
Can we make #MusicVideoMonday a thing? Because there are some good ones today! This one features Jamie and Romy skateboarding together while getting covered in colorful confetti: www.youtube.com (Jamie: "“Before we made music together, from the age of like 13, Romy and I used to go out and skate.")
Lo Moon's Matt Lowell on Talk Talk's influence on the band: "When I heard Spirit of Eden in particular, it stopped me – like, what the **** is this? That's any band's goal.... There are beacons for Lo Moon, and I think Talk Talk is, definitely."
Arcade Fire are playing Key Arena October 15th: www.everythingnow.com
Andy Partridge described how surprised the band was that 'Nigel' ended up being as much of a hit as it was: "I don't think anybody knows what will become a massive hit. It's such an usual song, that you think, "My god, is it too unusual for the public?" I think I thought perhaps it was a little odd -- a little Toytown, a little childish, perhaps. The melody was almost nursery rhyme-like, so I had me doubts about it." Read more at chalkhills.org
(Sandy) Alex G will be playing the Crocodile on June 20th. sandyalexg.com
"In a way, "Memories Can't Wait" is almost like a Doors song, by Talking Heads. It plays that kind of portentous doominess, in the way it sounds and in the way David Byrne sings. It's a little heavy metal-ish." Read more in this great article about "Fear of Music": www.npr.org
Featuring Mavis Staples! This was our podcast song of the day a month ago: blog.kexp.org
Cold War Kids are playing the WaMu Theater on August 11th: www.coldwarkids.com
MC 900 Ft Jesus is Mark Griffin's stage name, which came from a sermon by Oral Roberts, in which the televangelist claimed that he had received a vision of a 900-foot-tall Jesus, who commanded him to build a hospital on the campus of Oral Roberts University.
The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy was Michael Franti and Rono Tse. They opened for U2 on their Zoo TV Tour, as well as for Rage Against the Machine, Nirvana and Arrested Development.
!!! is playing the Crocodile!!! On June 28th!!! chkchkchk.net ❗️❗️❗️
TV on the Radio's debut single. Featuring Nick Zinner of Yeah Yeah Yeahs on guitar and Katrina Ford of Celebration on vocals.
Sylvan Esso is playing two sold-out nights at the Neptune August 18th & 19th. www.sylvanesso.com
Is #MusicVideoMonday a thing yet? Air's "Sexy Boy" features the band wandering around New York City with a toy monkey: www.youtube.com
Watch AM & Shawn Lee performing live in the KEXP studio in October 2015: www.youtube.com
Recorded on this day back in 1983 at Red Rocks, where, despite terrible weather, the planned recording of the show went on and actually turned out to be pretty epic.
The National are playing TWO nights at the Paramount November 28th and 29th: americanmary.com
Check out the trippy music video for this song: www.youtube.com #MusicVideoMondayIsAGo!
Check out our exclusive interview with Rachel Goswell of Slowdive
at blog.kexp.org
The Dø visited us here at the KEXP studios for a performance in 2015: www.youtube.com an in-studio at KEXP
See a KEXP in-studio performance by Django Django at www.youtube.com
