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Monday, Apr 3 2017, 6AM
LIV is the new Lykke Li-fronted supergroup that also features Andrew Wyatt and Pontus Winnberg of Miike Snow, Björn Yttling of Peter Bjorn and John, and producer Jeff Bhasker. Liv is the Swedish word for "life".
Majical Cloudz is a duo out of Montreal. Last year they announced that Are You Alone? would be their last release before going their separate ways. majicalcloudz.tumblr.com
Land of Talk WILL BE LIVE on KEXP Tuesday, June 27 at 9:30 AM! Find out more about that and other performances at www.kexp.org.
Seattle artist Brenda Xu is heading out in April and May for a European tour: brendaxu.com
Lake's new album, Forever or Never, is out Friday! They're playing the Kalakala Farewell Fest on Saturday, April 8th in Langley. www.laketheband.com
Truth Is A Beautiful Thing is out on June 9th. www.londongrammar.com
Sylvan Esso is playing TWO sold out shows at the Neptune August 18th and 19th. (There are still tickets left to the Vancouver, BC show!) www.sylvanesso.com
This was KEXP's song of the day back on March 13, 2013: blog.kexp.org. Check out the latest at blog.kexp.org
This was our podcast song of the day on March 28th. Need more Fufanu in your life? (Don't we all?!) Check out a live in-studio performance by Fufanu at KEXP from October: www.youtube.com
Check out Kate Tempest performing live at Kex Hostel in Reykjavik during Iceland Airwaves in November: www.youtube.com
Fun fact: Cherry was a deejay on DBC radio, Dread Broadcasting Corporation, a London pirate radio station in the 80's.
This track samples SO. MANY. SONGS. James Brown, Eric B. & Rakim, Fab 5 Freddy, Kool & the Gang, Afrika Bambaataa, the trailer for the 1968 film Mars Needs Women, Run-D.M.C., Public Enemy... TOO MANY TO LIST. Rolling Stone says this track "wasn't the first hit record to feature a prominent sample, but it was the first big hit to be made up largely of samples." www.rollingstone.com
Sampling Eric Clapton's "I Shot The Sheriff", which is itself a cover of Bob Marley's original.
The Avalanches sampled everything form Debbie Reynolds to Sesame Street in this one.
This set started with Neneh, and ended with Nina!
Your Monday will improve when you watch the video for this song: www.youtube.com 😺
Playing a show at the Paramount on July 20: www.portugaltheman.com
Spoon will be playing a show in Spokane on August 28th at the Knitting Factory. (Sounds cozy) www.spoontheband.com
NEW New Pornographers! That's double newness. They're playing the Moore Theatre with Waxahatchee on April 15th. You can also catch them at KEXP doing a live in-studio that afternoon at 1PM! Find out more at www.kexp.org.
They're playing at the Neptune on June 29th. www.myanimalhome.net
From the soundtrack to Spike Lee's 1998 film "He Got Game". Samples Buffalo Springfield's 1966 song "For What It's Worth"
Maximum Balloon is the solo album debut of TV on the Radio'a David Sitek.
Gargoyle, the new album from Mark Lanegan Band, is out April 28th. marklanegan.com 🐝
The Magnetic Fields are playing The Moore May 6th and 7th - one night for each half of 50 Song Memoir. www.houseoftomorrow.com
They'll be at the Showbox SoDo May 23rd at 8:00pm: thejesusandmarychain.uk.com
Cocteau connection: This track was remixed by the Cocteau Twins’ Robin Guthrie, with additional vocals from the band’s lead singer, Elizabeth Fraser.
Live performance from just a few days ago! New album is out May 5th: www.slowdiveofficial.com
Remember that time we interviewed Kevin Shields? blog.kexp.org
Status Quo cover. Its origin story is great: "I wrote it on the bog. I'd gone there, not for the usual reasons...but to get away from the wife and mother-in-law. I used to go into this narrow frizzing toilet and sit there for hours, until they finally went out." Hey, whatever works!
Shelby Earl will be playing the Vashon Center for the Arts April 22nd. ALSO she'll be live on the Morning Show May 3rd! www.shelbyearl.com ALSO ALSO, she's going to be at Timber! music festival this July 13-15 at Tolt-Macdonald Park in Carnation. Get tickets at www.timbermusicfest.com
Sera Cahoone will be performing at Timber! Music Festival. Get yer tickets at www.timbermusicfest.com 🌲🎶
More Timber! Music Festival performers announced: Shovels and Rope will also be there. Get yer tickets at www.timbermusicfest.com, only $65 for all 3 days is a deal.
Want to hear a Violent Femmes Campfire Singalong with Troy Nelson? Well maybe get some tickets to Timber! www.timbermusicfest.com
Pearl Jam is being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on Friday! www.rockhall.com Keep an eye on KEXP's social media, where Troy Nelson will be posting photos from the ceremony.
KEXP presents Smokey Brights + Bread & Butter w/ Great Spiders performing Saturday, April 15 at 9PM PDT (8:00 PM Doors) at Tractor Tavern - www.breadandbutterrules.com
Check out some liver performances by Metric on KEXP's blog: blog.kexp.org
