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Wednesday, Nov 30 2016, 6AM
The lowdown on 'Low-Life': 8 fun facts to amuse your friends and confuse your frenemies! www.buzzfeed.com
Is this album in your Top Ten for 2016? If it is, then get your vote in dammit! Heck, even if it isn't, vote for your top ten of 2016 now! polls.kexp.org
Moby has been a great friend to KEXP over the years and here he is performing "Mistake" live in the KEXP studio on 10/18/09. www.youtube.com
D.D.Dumbo released his self recorded debut EP 'Tropical Oceans' in 2013 and then opened for bands like Warpaint, Tune-Yards, St Vincent, Jungle and Iron & Wine. He signed to 4AD in 2014 and this track is off his debut album which just came out last month. Is it one of the best of 2016? You tell us! polls.kexp.org
Formed in Perth Australia in 1996, 'The Hill for Company' is this band's 2nd album.
"Miss Sarajevo" is the only single from the 1995 album Original Soundtracks 1 by U2 and Brian Eno, under the pseudonym "Passengers".
Requested by Peter who says this album is in his Top Ten for 2016. Is it in your Top Ten? polls.kexp.org
Did you know? The band hails from Austin, Texas and the chief members of the band are Jason Reece and Conrad Keely who switch between drumming, guitar and lead vocals, both on recordings and live shows.
where is MY mind? good question...might be under the desk...
Her new album will drop in March 2017. When asked, Marling told The Fader “I started out writing Semper Femina as if a man was writing about a woman," she explained, “And then I thought it’s not a man, it’s me — I don’t need to pretend it’s a man to justify the intimacy of the way I’m looking and feeling about women. It’s me looking specifically at women and feeling great empathy towards them and by proxy towards myself.”
Los Lobos performing "Kiko and the Lavender Moon" live from 1996...www.youtube.com
Now this is gonna be fun - Dan Deacon performing live for KEXP and hosted by Mr Troy Nelson! www.youtube.com
Although the song was originally recorded in 1982, Prince drastically reworked it with The Revolution to give it more of an international sound and Prince plays cello! Damn I miss this man...
December 15th it's the Tacocat Christmas Miracale Extravagaza Show at The Showbox!
Reviewed in Roadrunner at the time of release, it was said the song, "positively drips with appeal that only philistines could fail to appreciate," and asked readers to buy a copy as, "it deserves to be a hit." Pearl Jam, Marilyn Manson, Something for Kate and Semisonic are among the artists who have played the song live.
Get a copy of this of your very own from Beck's Record Club recordclub.beck.com
Here's the official video for "Song For Zula", that's right, the official version, don't accept imitations! www.youtube.com
MMJ's Jim James plays The Neptune on Tuesday, December 6th.
Hey Matt in DC, it's your birthday! How 'bout we play some Midnight Oil to celebrate!
Japandroids will be live at The Neptune on March 18th...in the meantime, sing along!
On their FB page, under Genre, they state "post punk/idol/idol". Speaking of Idol, it's his birthday today William Broad (Billy Idol), was born on this date in 1952.
PJ's cover of the Dylan classic from her 1993 album Rid of Me. Paste magazine selected this version as the 15th best cover of a Dylan song of all time.
Sam Watts AKA Ghosts I’ve Met that emailed us this morning and it reads: “Hey John, I hope you and your family had a wonderful, peaceful Thanksgiving. So, I have this brand new song that I just recorded called 'Ocean Park' I would be honored if you would be willing to premiere the song on your show? Thanks always, Sam.” Thank you Sam for letting our listeners hear your new music first!
Here's a live version for your viewing pleasure...after The Morning Show of course! www.youtube.com
The Head and The Heart are in Seattle next week. Deets are on their website.
Mark your calendar! American Wrestlers will be LIVE on KEXP on Tuesday, January 24th, 2017 @ 12:00 PM. This session will be open to the public!
Jets to Brazil was a band from Brooklyn, New York and was active from 1997 until 2003.
Word has it that the band will tour in 2017. At this point, they only have March & April dates in LA at the El Rey Theatre. 4 nights - the first 3 nights sold out in 3 minutes, so they added the fourth night
I have a sneaking suspicion that this album is on quite a few of our listeners' Top Ten lists for 2016. Have you voted yet? polls.kexp.org
You can catch them live at The Crocodile on Friday, December 16th and here they are performing live on KEXP from the Bumbershoot 2012 Music Lounge www.youtube.com
These guys have a great sound...I think they could be big.
Top Ten contender for sure! Vote now! polls.kexp.org
another great request! Man, you guys are on it this morning!
AKA the "show me show me show me song". Hope you're feeling better Henry!
According to Paste, "Someone Great" is the band's third bestest song. www.pastemagazine.com
here's the video...looks like the same place they filmed the video for "Crank". what do you think? www.youtube.com
The album title is taken from a quote by Melvyn Douglas's character Homer Bannon in the 1963 film Hud: "Little by little, the look of the country changes because of the men we admire." and the title of the song "Cream and Bastards Rise" is a quote by Paul Newman's character in Harper (1966).
