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Wednesday, Oct 12 2016, 6AM
Iron & Wine's cover of New Order's "Love Vigilantes". This song has also been covered by Superchuck, Duncan Sheik, Hungry Lucy, Digital and others.
Grant-Lee Phillips is nicer than Ian McCulloch or so I've heard. Not that Ian isn't nice, Mr Phillips is just, well, nicer. And both guys are nicer than Richard Butler, who is also nice, but not quite as nice as these other two guys. Oh, and this is a cover of a Psychedelic Furs song
War Child Presents Heroes is a 2009 charity album devoted to the War Child charity's aid efforts in war-stricken areas, such as Iraq, Uganda & Afghanistan. It features covers of some pretty well known songs (like this one) by artists such as The Hold Steady, Hot Chip, Beck and others. It's pretty good & proceeds still go for a great cause. If you don't own it, go to your local record shop today and get a copy!
Could this be the start of International Covers Day? You decide - send in some requests!
Sharon Van Etten wrote this for for the victims of the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando and all proceeds are being donated to their families
If you listen closely, you can hear St. Vincent on the click track. Listen REAL close-like...it's her I tell you!
This song was Song Of The Day back in July. It's from the Swedish band's fourth studio album. Grab a free copy of this track from your friends at KEXP! blog.kexp.org
The Church did a great in-studio for KEXP just last year and you can watch it right here ---> www.youtube.com
The good news is the band is on tour. The not-so-good news is there isn't a Seattle date...yet! Get after them with your texts, emails, tweets and, yes, faxes! www.springtimecarnivore.com
Wow, it's 7 am already - that first hour went fast! Get ready, there's more. Lots more.
While the band has released a couple of EPs, this is their first full-length album. Another song from this album "It's Tomorrow Now" was KEXP's SOTD in August and if features a rock god guitar solo! blog.kexp.org
Another great band from Australia, Deep Sea Arcade started out as a home recording project of high school friends Nic McKenzie and Nick Weaver. This song is out on Friday. Go get it. You've got two days to plan. I know you can do it. I believe in you.
Founded in a Cleveland basement when he was 18 years old, Cloud Nothings is the one-man recording project of Dylan Baldi. His new album is due out in early 2017 and you're hearing the world debut of his latest song "Modern Act" here at KEXP!
Formerly known as Viet Cong, this is the band's second album. Name may have been changed to protect people's sensibilities, but the groove remains the same. good stuff.
yet another great request from our listeners...this time from Lucas @ La Marzocco. Keep 'em coming!
We'd like to thank Safe Crossings Foundation for everything that they do to help grieving children heal. You can learn more about Safe Crossings and their upcoming luncheon at their website. safecrossingsfoundation.org
The Helio Sequence plays The Crocodile on Friday, December 16th
October (the album, not the month) came out on this date in 1981.
SMooCH (Seattle Musicians for Children’s Hospital) is back for its 6th year and is ready to rock the Showbox. This year’s stellar lineup includes Father John Misty, J Mascis and special guests, Naked Giants. blog.kexp.org
“Have you watched Stranger Things? This album ('Warm Shadows') is the upside-down to 'Outer Heaven',” frontman Shehzaad Jiwani said when talking to Stereogum about this album's surprise release. consequenceofsound.net
Autry and Jamie from Trail of Dead are a part of the punk "supergroup" Vanishing Life and their debut album will be out November 11th noisey.vice.com
Emerging from the woodlands, riverbanks and the dales like the grizzled ‘green men’ resistance fighters of the post-Norman invasions, the spirit-raising purveyors of pagan folk psyche prog Wolf People return to ye olde recording shoppes November 11th
Great studio album by The Black Keys, in collaboration with Damon Dash, co-founder and former co-owner of Roc-A-Fella Records w/ a lot of guest artists - 11 to be exact. They have about 8 more songs that have been recorded, but there is no indication if or when Blakroc 2 will be released. www.blakroc.com
"Pictures of Matchstick Men" was the first hit single by Status Quo, released in January 1968. Although they had hits in the UK, it was the only song of theirs to make it to the Top 40 in the US peaking at #12.
thank gawd for internet lyric sites...I always wondered why people looked at me funny when I sang "town called alice"...
Blurt gives Purling Hiss's new album 4 out of 5 stars and says it's their best album yet. The album drops on Friday. blurtonline.com
The Lemonheads' sixth studio album as released on this date in 1993 and it was their most successful album to date. The single, "Into Your Arms", reached number one on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks for nine weeks (from November 6, 1993 to January 1, 1994) which was a record at the time.
We don't have the 2016 in-studio (hosted by the fabulous John Richards) up yet, but here's Angel's performance from 2014 with the lovely Cheryl Waters www.youtube.com
This was the first single released from their debut album 'Exit Planet Dust' in 1995.The recurring lyric "the brother's gonna work it out" later led to the name of their 1998 mix album of the same name
At work and don't have 8 minutes free for the album version? then watch the video - 3:34 of Underworld bliss www.youtube.com
The vocal track on the original 12" version features an audible startled "yelp" during the song's intro. Bernard Sumner has since explained that the scream was from him due to bandmates thrusting a snowball down his shirt during recording. Glad it was his shirt...just sayin
big storm coming, so go get beer, chips and keep your dial on KEXP for the windageddon dance party!
Thievery Corporation just stopped by KEXP for a heartfelt in-studio performance with a medley of lead vocalists. Stay posted to the blog for the release of their live session footage! kexp.org/blog