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Wednesday, Oct 26 2016, 6AM
Speaking of versus...on this date in 1881 it was the Earp brothers vs the Clanton-McLaury gang in the shootout at the OK Corral in Tombstone, Arizona.
Kate Tempest will be LIVE on KEXP and Facebook from Iceland Airwaves on Friday, November 4th @ 1:30 PM
Here's the video and, you guessed it, they do a lot o' loungin' www.youtube.com
''Full Clip'' is dedicated from rapper Big L died in '99 www.youtube.com
Digable Planets will be LIVE on KEXP and Facebook from Iceland Airwaves on Friday, November 4th @ 8:30 AM
Don't be misunderstood...here's 33 common misunderstood words & phrases www.grammarcheck.net yeah, you see what I did there...go easy, it's early!
If you're heading to the Iceland Airwaves Music Festival and some extra time, jump over to Norway to see GOAT playing the Oslo Psych Fest on November 12th
Little known fact - Freddie the Flute from H.R. Pufnstuf sat in on this track. Hey, I read it on Wikipedia so it must be true!
"Ghostwriter", is composed of vocal and fingerpicking loops sampled from Elliott Smith's "I Didn't Understand"
Holmes grew up in Belfast, Northern Ireland and was the youngest of ten children. He was DJing by the age of 15 at the local clubs and pubs
Beth - congratulations on your new home and we hope the move goes well today!
this was Gorillaz's first release and, while all songs made it on their first album, the song "Latin Simone" was heavily edited, and dubbed into Spanish, for the album release. The new version was sung by Ibrahim Ferrer, and renamed "Latin Simone (¿Que Pasa Contigo?)". The original version is sung by 2D (voiced by Damon Albarn) and can be found on 'G Sides' if you can't find this EP.
Founded in 2012, BLKKATHY is Kate Faust and Kate Linhardt, a Brooklyn-based duo who like to sing sad songs over very heavy bass beats. According to the Kates, these are dance songs, so its okay to cry. We want “to make your booty bounce and ruin your makeup.” No full length release...yet
there's a cool acoustic version of "Saltwater" on their Soundcloud page soundcloud.com
Here's the video and it was directed by and features Milla Jovovich. Yes, that's right, Leeloo! www.youtube.com
The US single was originally released with the album track "All the Critics Love U in New York" as the B-side and in the UK, "Lady Cab Driver" was the B-side. damn good.
she'll be live at Black Lodge on November 26th. "Here Comes The Wave" is available now from Shana's bandcamp page shanafalana-tl.bandcamp.com
New Today! go get a copy. you know you deserve a treat!
Not only has Lykke Li formed the super group LIV, alongside producer Jeff Bhasker, Miike Snow members Andrew Wyatt and Pontus Winnberg, and Björn Yttling of Peter Bjorn and John, she also directed the video for this song - www.youtube.com
Performing live tonight at Neumos. This track is from SUPERRADIANCE, an hour-long, original, instrumental machine-music set recorded live at Kremwerk in Seattle on September 16th, 2016. Features 11 new tracks produced in 2016 and 4 reworkings. Created and performed by Vox Mod with a Korg EMX-1 and Korg KP3. Available now for download voxmod.bandcamp.com
This is the first new Grandaddy music since 2006's 'Just Like the Fambly Cat'. Holy crap...2006? No date yet for the album's release. 2006? really? #ripvanwinkle
Shirley would be ecstatic if she lived in Seattle. just sayin' And, yes Lawrence, Garbage is awesome.
We received this note: “James Mercer wanted to give you all a Halloween gift while you wait for the album. It's a song called "Dead Alive”. Why thank you James, but this doesn't get you off of the "trick" list quite yet!
New music from American Wrestlers and the new LP drops early next month.
In their native Sweden, the band was known as Caesars Palace, which they changed to avoid conflicting with the name of the Las Vegas hotel. I'm so glad they did that because it is so easy to confuse buildings with bands...like Hotels and The Motels...building or band...it's damn confusing
From 2010, Wavves live version of "King of the Beach" www.youtube.com
The Thermals will be just one of the great bands playing the Timbrrr! Winter Music Festival in Leavenworth, WA on January 27th and 28th, 2017. You'rrre going arrren't you? winter.timbermusicfest.com
Naked Giants is doing some dates in NM, AZ and CA with Car Seat Headrest in early November, but you can catch them at SMooCH in Seattle if you act fast - not many tickets left. blog.kexp.org
The New Pornographers are also playing at this year's SMooCH benefit which is Saturday, December 3rd @ The Showbox. See ya there! blog.kexp.org
Cocktail trivia - nobody in the band has actually owned a Camaro.
Hey, we know it's Johann Strauss' 212th birthday today, but despite all of your requests, I don't think we'll be able to fit any of his waltzes on today.
Here's the tour dates for Beach Slang - www.facebook.com
Lee Fields & The Expressions play Neumos on Tuesday December 6th
text request from one of The Morning Faithful that saw them live last night. Said it was an amazing show. BTW, the 2017 tour has been announced and they'll be at the Tractor Tavern on Saturday, January 21st.
Here's their 2012 in-studio which includes a great live performance of "Would That Not Be Nice". dig it. www.youtube.com
Formed in 2013, the band features Dan Boeckner (Wolf Parade, Handsome Furs, Divine Fits) on vocals, guitar, and synths and is joined by New Bomb Turks and Divine Fits drummer Sam Brown and electro-wiz Devojka. get your analog post-punk on.
Casper Skulls are a Toronto based band. Formed a little under a year ago, their album drops this Friday
The classic debut single from Gang of Four, it became an indie hit, which led Gang of Four into signing to EMI and the rest, as they say, is history
Today would have been Pablo Picasso's 135th birthday. Imagine that, 135 years old and never been called an a-hole for picking up girls. And he was only 5'3", but girls could not resist his stare. No, Pablo Picasso never got called an a-hole, not in New York.
Joanne Loughman and Hugh O'Carroll formed The Glee Club when they left their former band, the Swinging Swine. Bet they are kicking themselves after all of the success the Swinging Swine had.
Another track from Kate's great new album. Because.We.Can. Because we're Listener Powered thanks to you! and she'll be LIVE on KEXP and Facebook Live from Iceland Airwaves Friday, November 4th @ 1:30 PM
A Tribe Called Quest sampled Minnie Riperton's "Baby, This Love I Have" at the very beginning of this song "Check the Rhime"