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Monday, May 15 2017, 6AM
Perfume Genius is playing the Capitol Hill Block Party this July: perfumegenius.org
Moby, on the music video for this song: "i firmly believe that my 'almost home' video is the best video ever made involving a stuffed animal on an airplane for a budget of $10 or less!" You can watch it here: www.youtube.com
New Prince?! Yes! This track will be on the upcoming Purple Rain reissue.
Playing the Neptune Theatre May 30! www.justintownesearle.com
You can catch them TOMORROW at the Knitting Factory in Spokane. (Their Seattle show at The Showbox on May 19th is
SOLD OUT..)
Also, how cool is this? For you Aussies, they're playing 4 nights at the Sydney Opera House. !!!
fleetfoxes.co
Sound familiar? Both Tricky and Portishead sampled the same track, which ... we might reveal to you. 🔮
Isaac Hayes was a songwriter, session musician and record producer at Stax records. Maybe you've heard his score for the film 'Shaft'...? His "Ike's Rap II" was sampled by both Portishead and Tricky, among many others. Also, fun fact: He's the voice of South Park's Chef!
One half of the Black Keys, Auerbach is releasing his first solo album in almost 8 years. Look for it June 2. www.nonesuch.com
This band out of Portland has a new album out May 19th. thebuildersandthebutchers.com
Fun fact: the term “know your onions” was coined in Harper’s Bazaar in 1922. It basically means that you know your $#!^!
By request! Good luck with those theses :) Also, Father John Misty will be LIVE on KEXP Wednesday, May 24 at 11:30 AM. More info at www.kexp.org
Aimee Mann played a great show recently with Jonathan Coulton, and she'll be back playing the Woodland Park Zoo July 18: aimeemann.com
Recorded during The Hope Six Demolition Project sessions in 2015.
González on his hometown near Gothenburg, Sweden: "It's a very small town. It has about a half-million people living there. It's a pretty good music city by the ocean. It rains a lot there, but it's beautiful in the summertime." Sound familiar? 🤔
Kevin Morby (formerly in Woods and The Babies) has a new album out June 16: www.kevinmorby.com
Lucius contributed to David Byrne's "Contemporary Color" film inspired by color guards: www.contemporarycolor.com
Playing two sold out shows at The Neptune August 18th and 19th: www.sylvanesso.com
You need to watch the music video: www.youtube.com
New music from this Argentina-born singer and composer. "Sin dones" translates to "no gifts".
ODESZA is playing May 17th AND 18th at The Knitting Factory in Spokane. No Seattle shows until they come back for Bumbershoot in September. odesza.com
The arrangements for this track were too complex to be played live, and had to be reworked for live performances. Fun fact: the album's title is a play on words referencing the Hornstull neighbourhood in Stockholm, where the band is based, which has a high concentration of creative artists. Get it? Writer's block? 🏙
LCD Soundsystem will be playing Sasquatch in George, WA May 26: lcdsoundsystem.com
Gang of Four was hugely influential - Kurt Cobain said that Nirvana started as "a Gang of Four and Scratch Acid ripoff", and Michael Stipe says they were one of R.E.M's biggest influences as well.
Singer Robby Grote on this track: “'Ordinary Day’ deals with a sort of personal alienation and the realization that you and the world you’ve existed in have changed...Sort of the feeling of coming through a tunnel and having no way of relating to things in the same way as before. It was written in late summer/early fall and came together quite naturally… Personal lives were in flux and we were sitting around Philly losing our minds.” thedistrictsband.com
We are TRYING to get them here for an in studio! Fingers crossed. dietcig.bandcamp.com
Watch a past KEXP in studio performance by Clap Your Hands Say Yeah here: www.youtube.com
They're playing The Showbox June 5: www.mountain-goats.com
The National is playing The Paramount Nov 28 and 29 here in Seattle, and advanced sales for tickets start TODAY. Like... in an hour. americanmary.com
they're playing a few living room shows in May: www.facebook.com
Watch Silversun Pickups perform at Sun Liquor in Seattle for KEXP: www.youtube.com
The Black Angels will be playing The Showbox Seattle on October 23: theblackangels.com
Playing The Showbox Sodo May 23: thejesusandmarychain.uk.com
