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This is from her 2nd album which was nominated for four Grammy Awards in 1991, including Record of the Year, Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, and Best Music Video, Short Form for "Nothing Compares 2 U", which won the award for Best Alternative Music Performance. O'Connor refused to accept the nominations and award.
Burial has shared a pair of new songs, “Young Death” and “Nightmarket" and you can listen to both here pitchfork.com
Well, we're still waiting for 'Dear Tommy' to drop...since 2014 actually...and when it is finally released, you'll be sure to hear it on KEXP first! In the meantime, if you like "Shadow", you can pick up for just a buck on their label's website italiansdoitbetter.bigcartel.com
'In Colour' was voted 9th best album of 2015 by KEXP listeners who apparently forgave Jamie XX for misspelling "color"...'murica!
Phantogram did a great version of this song when they did an in-studio for KEXP at the Bumbershoot Music Lounge. check it out! www.youtube.com
They've found enough unreleased music in Prince's vault and there is enough music in it to release a new album every year for the next 100 years! And the unreleased music is for sale for a cool $35M. Let's a gofundme! www.bbc.com
Singer Star Kendrick says “This song went through a geographical & creative metamorphosis over almost two years. We originally wrote it in Copenhagen, demoed it in Stockholm and then revisited it recently when Toma & I were both in London. I guess the song speaks for itself but ultimately it falls in the good ol’ “wanting-something-that-ain’t-good-for-you” vein …”
In an interview with Jezebel, the singer explained the song's meaning: "Sometimes as a songwriter and a human, I feel very restricted by words. One word can have so much social implication, standard, limitation, qualification that it doesn't give a person their own opportunity to really choose their identity. I wrote 'Woman Is A Word' at a time when I felt like the word 'woman' put me in a box of things I was capable to do, things that defined me that didn't necessarily define me."
The xx just shared this track from their new album which drops next week. They'll be supporting the release of the new album with a world tour and play Coachella on 4/14 and 4/21
Kristin Kontrol, the solo project of Dum Dum Girls bandleader Dee Dee (a.k.a. Kristin Welchez), just released this B-side single. It's from the recording sessions for her 'X-Communicate' album which was released May 2016. Regarding this song, she says “I really regret not including it on the album. It was super fun to make—Kurt Feldman and I let loose on the production, trying to pin down that nebulous aggression from Evil Heat-era Primal Scream, but let it cork off the party at the end."
Like The Knife? Like skateboards? Like flying paper mache birds? Then you'll love the video for "Heartbeats" www.youtube.com
Sounds like a Tiger Beat article - Bio: Vancouver based three piece that describes their music as "sun drenched flying nun influenced pop with sweet licks that'll stick with you for days
Band interests (via their Facebook page): Keanu, cheese ramen, going to the YMCA, cruising, slurpees
Influences: the clean, new zealand, eddy current suppression ring, jesus and mary chain, dinosaur jr, my bloody valentine, air, keanu reeves
Here's the video...obviously no expense was spared! www.youtube.com
Great song from their upcoming album 'Grow Up' which should be released at the end of March. They also just released a second track from the album, "Resolution", and you can listen to it here www.stereogum.com
This song is from their upcoming album 'Split' which will be released in 2017. If you missed their debut 2016 debut album buy a copy of the album from their Bandcamp site! campcope.bandcamp.com
An ode to "In The Mouth a Desert" from a fan pavemoresongs.blogspot.com
This live album will be out later this month. In the meantime, if you want some live Sleater-Kinney AND Britt Daniel, check out their cover of "Rebel Rebel" from their NYE show this past weekend consequenceofsound.net
From Wikepedia - The song is based upon an electronic drum beat by Stephen Morris, accompanied by a high-pitched keyboard line by Bernard Sumner. Midway through the song, a rushing drum and hi-hat motif come in, propelling the song toward its dramatic end. Joy Division Bassist Peter Hook said the ending came as the result of Martin Hannett's efforts to rescue the original master tape from a botched edit by a junior sound engineer.
actually, it's been a very creative period for new lies! Just sayin...
Knock Knock. who's there? Michael Stipe. Michael Stipe who? Michael Stipe's birthday! He's 57 today.
Looks like she'll be doing some dates in Europe in February, but no additional 2017 dates posted on her Facebook page at this time. follow her on FB for tour announcements.
Hurray for the Riff Raff is the project of songwriter Alynda Segarra, whose last album 'Small Town Heroes' was released in 2014. Segarra has shared the music video for her new song “Rican Beach,” from her upcoming LP 'The Navigator', which drops March 10. watch it here pitchfork.com
Here's James Mercer's KEXP in-studio from 2012 www.youtube.com
From 2013, here's a great in-studio from Okkervil River, hosted by the fabuous Cheryl Waters www.youtube.com
for those of you keeping score at home, that segue scored a perfect 10, even from the Russian judge!
turn it up and tell the boss you wanna see some moves!
The Cool Kids are rappers Antoine "Sir Michael Rocks" Reed (originally from Matteson, Illinois) and Evan "Chuck Inglish" Ingersoll (originally from Mount Clemens, Michigan). they were active from 2078 - 2012 and reunited last summer (2016) and recorded this new single.
The Avalanches have released two albums, 'Since I Left You' (their debut) and 2016's 'Wildflower'. great music from Austrailia
50th anniversary of this album's release is this year. I remember when it was fresh! Obviously I'm not!
American Wrestlers will be LIVE on KEXP on Tuesday, January 24th @ 12:00 PM. This is open to the public and you can sign up to see the in-studio starting @ 10:30 am. See you there!
the out of this world video for "Saturn 5" is right here www.youtube.com
we may not be 24 hour party people any longer, but KEXP is here for you 24/7! And thanks for your support! www.kexp.org
oh yeah!...Savoy Motel will be live at Barboza on Tuesday, January 31st with The Lemon Twigs! It's their first time on the west coast savoymotel.com
Roberto Carlos Lange, the son of Ecuadorean immigrants, heads up Helado Negro. He currently lives in Brooklyn, NY and you can learn more about him here - asthmatickitty.com
Portishead formed in Bristol in 1991 and, like fellow Bristol natives Massive Attack, became known as purveyors of the "Bristol Sound". learn more about the Bristol sound here en.wikipedia.org
New to Cocteau Twins? Here's 10 of their best and a good place to start www.theguardian.com
arguably the best band from Lancaster, PA whose members met during a Catholic school production of Godspell.
ahh, the nineties...it was a simpler time - faxes, pagers, no Tweets...
Originally called the Whelps, the band changed their name to The Lemonheads, like the candy manufactured by Ferrara Pan...luckily they weren't a flash in the pan! Ha! See what I did there? oh, you do...sorry
What?!?! New Ty Segall? Damn, he hasn't put anything out new since....last year!
See 'em live on Friday, Feb 24th at the Tractor Tavern www.ticketweb.com
Here's Lord Huron's 2015 KEXP in-studio for your viewing pleasure www.youtube.com
"I Saw The Light" didn't get a lot of play when it was originally released, but after being covered by other acts (Pat Boone, Johnny Cash, a duet by Willie Nelson and Leon Russell, Merle Haggard and others) it has since become a country gospel standard.
Allo Darlin' called it quits last year and they played their last live show in December...boy I'm glad that year (which shall not be named) is over! pitchfork.com
Her new album drops in March and she's on tour...no Seattle dates yet, but she will be in Vancouver BC on April 8th. jenngrant.com
Watch them perform "Radio" live on The Tonight Show with (KEXP supporter) Jimmy Fallon! www.youtube.com
'Root Down' is a 1972 live jazz album by Jimmy Smith, released on the Verve label and a sample from his song "Root Down (And Get It)" forms the basis for the Beastie Boy's "Root Down"
the soothing sounds of "Mess On A Mission" by request! have a great day!
The album Pretty Hate Machine helped bring Industrial music to the forefront of the music scene with its drum machines, synths, distorted guitars, and by breaking the mold of verse-chorus structure.