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Wednesday, Aug 31 2016, 6AM
World Premier of the new Agnes Obel song.... www.agnesobel.com
Daughter plays the Neptune Theatre on Sunday November 27th ohdaughter.com
This is from their first and so far only LP. 'If You Wait' has been certified platinum in Australia and the UK. Good stuff.
Massive Attack uses a variety of vocalists. On this one it was Elizabeth Fraser (Cocteau Twins). While recording the song, she found out that her once-close friend, Jeff Buckley, had drowned. "That was so weird ... I'd got letters out and I was thinking about him. That song's kind of about him – that's how it feels to me anyway."
Emma Ruth Rundles lives in LA and she's a member of Marriages, Red Sparowes, & The Nocturnes. Her debut solo album 'Some Heavy Ocean' was released in 2014 and her new album 'Marked for Death' is out end of September
Cassius is a French musical duo consisting of producers Philippe Cerboneschi and Hubert Blanc-Francard, better known as Philippe Zdar and Boom Bass. I gotta get a cool last name...
This is a solo release from Oscar Dowling, guitarist with Auckland's New Gum Sarn. he's on Spunk Records along with a lot of great artists like Arcade Fire, Built to Spill, Guided by Voices among others. www.spunk.com.au
"Stop Whispering" is one of Radiohead's oldest songs; it was created when the band was still known as On A Friday, and it is a tribute to the Pixies who had a lot of influence on the band at the time. Never really thought of the Pixies as a whispering band.
Keith Urban, Dierks Bentley & Little Big Town will cover Bowie's 'Heroes' for Stand Up to Cancer. I know it's for a good cause, I just hope they do a great job on it. please! www.billboard.com
New song from their upcoming release 'A Corpse Wired For Sound". their first new album since 2014's 'After the End'
Their cover of the classic Lou Reed song. it's good. damn good. and it's got whistling...can't go wrong with whistling
Running out of time to jump in the pool...at least here in Seattle...so get out there and jump in the...jump in the...
From yesterday's live session from The Cutting Room Studios.
Here's a video of Naked Giants performing "Ya Ya" live. dig it www.youtube.com
Great song and a SOTD back in 2006. I'm sure you already have a copy, but if you don't, you can get it free (and all of KEXP's Song of the Day) on our website. here's the link for "Thoughts of Rena" blog.kexp.org
Kestrels are a 3 piece band from Halifax, Nova Scotia kestrels.ca
The Buzzcocks are playing some dates in a few select US cities in September & October. Dates are here www.buzzcocks.com
Thanks for the request Jason!
Junius Meyvant is playing Iceland Airwaves in November and KEXP will be there too! Maybe we'll get him on the air like we did in 2014 www.youtube.com
Dave Berry's thoughts on why Van Morrison's "Gloria" is the best.song.evah. (U2 would argue otherwise) www.wsj.com
Word has it that U2 is ticked off because Dave Berry thinks Van Morrison's "Gloria" is best.song.ever. guess they read the playlist
A birthday request from Stacie in Denver. Happy Birthday Stacie; you're not old, you're just getting started!
Flamingosis is New Jersey DJ Aaron Velasquez. The name "Flamingosis" comes from a free-style Frisbee move that his dad invented. www.flamingosis.com
"Moira Jane's Cafe" features a sample from Van Morrison and Them's "Gloria" and was the first UK rap record to be played on daytime radio 1. It also hit #1 on Billboard's Dance Charts
"Tom's Diner" was written by Suzanne Vega and was first released in 1987 as the first track of her Solitude Standing album. It was later used as the basis for this remix by the British group DNA in 1990
Cocktail trivia - Dave Allen was an original member of Gang of Four and left the band in 1981 to form Shriekback. He then left Shriekback, starting his own label. Later he was director of Consumer Digital Audio Services at Intel. In 2014, he joined Beats Music and after Apple acquired Beats, he stayed on in Apple Music Artist Relations. iamdaveallen.com
did you know that Levi's wanted to use this song in a commercial? Yeah, unbelievable. Luckily Jello Biafra refused
Jagwar Ma is playing KEXP's secret stage this weekend during Morgan's show. Are you on the list?
Lyrics from this song "We were just pretending to be Japanese" may be in reference to the fact that they are actually from Brighton, England. The origins of the band's name come from a character in the film The Karate Kid and the brand of a record player.
The Avalanches planned to tour in support of their new album (first in 16 years), but they've had to postpone the tour because Tony Di Blasi is dealing with a medical condition that prohibits him from touring consequenceofsound.net
Two things that go great together - Brazilian Girls and Good Time...or so I've heard
Thanks for the request Brian. Great choice and Happy Birthday!
"Barabajagal" was Donovan's seventh studio album and released in 1969, but it wasn't released in the UK because of a continuing contractual dispute that also prevented "Sunshine Superman", "Mellow Yellow", and "The Hurdy Gurdy Man" from being released in the UK. Luckily the Brits had some pretty good bands in the sixties to make up for it
25 minutes of live Tame Impala from their 2014 in-studio...from your friends at KEXP! www.youtube.com
KEXP Presents Thee Oh Sees with Alex Cameron + Mommy Long Legs on Friday November 25th @ Neumos. Dance off your Thanksgiving dinner. neumos.com
Enjoy Sin Fang's live in-studio performance from 2014 blog.kexp.org