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Originally brought together by Mute founder Daniel Miller for 2011's Mute Short Circuit Festival, labelmates James Chapman (Maps) and Polly Scattergood decided to continue their collaboration via onDeadWaves.
Minor Victories is a supergroup of sorts that includes: vocalist Rachel Goswell (Slowdive), guitarists Stuart Braithwaite (Mogwai) and Justin Lockey (Editors), and bassist James Lockey. The group was never all in the same room during the recording process and some had never met in person. They jokingly hint at this in their liner notes...“We made this record as a band, because who really knows what a band is nowadays anyway?”
After 20 years, Lush has returned to tour and released their EP, 'Blind Spot' this past April. Initially starting out as Baby Machines (taken from Siouxsie and the Banshee's "Arabian Nights"), they added a couple of members and evolved into their signature shoegazing sound that defines them as Lush.
Massive Attack just dropped a new single: "The Spoils" featuring Mazzy Star's vocalist, Hope Sandoval. Also, check out their new music video featuring Cate Blanchett: www.youtube.com
Following the success of 1997's 'OK Computer', Radiohead felt exhausted and Thom Yorke felt disillusioned with music. In an article with the Guardian Yorke mentioned how he listened exclusively to Aphex Twin and other Warp artists while writing Kid A, "It was refreshing because the music was all structures and had no human voices in it. But I felt just as emotional about it as I'd ever felt about guitar music."
'Total Depravity' is the upcoming new record from The Veils, set to drop on August 26th. El-P, Adam “Atom” Greenspan, and Veils frontman Finn Andrew all helped to produce the new effort. The Veils will be performing at Barboza on Saturday, November 12th. Get excited for their show by reliving their 2013 KEXP session right here...www.youtube.com
Foals described their sophomore release, 'Total Life Forever' as it as sounding "like the dream of an eagle dying" in an interview with NME. They will be returning to Seattle on September 23rd at the Paramount Theatre. Check out their 2013 KEXP session right here: www.youtube.com
"King of Pain" was written by The Police's bassist, Sting about his separation from his first wife: "I conjured up symbols of pain and related them to my soul. A black spot on the sun struck me as being a very painful image, and I felt that was my soul up there on there on the sun. It's just projecting your state into the world of symbolism, which is what poetry's all about, really."
Phantogram will be playing a free, all-ages show at the KEXP gathering space and you can be there! Just be listening all week for a chance to win a pair of tickets to this special event taking place on Monday, August 22nd at 6pm.
Erika M. Anderson (Amps for Christ, Gowns) honed her experimental guitar work and struck out on her own as EMA in 2010. 'The Future's Void' is her third studio release.
Nice as Fuck is the new project of Jenny Lewis, Au Revoir Simone's Erika Forster and the Like's Tennessee Thomas. They surprised released their self-titled debut on June 24th.
Warpaint will be releasing 'Heads Up' on September 23rd and will be playing the Showbox on Monday, September 19th. They stopped by in May 2014 for full KEXP session and you watch that here...www.youtube.com
Happy school day to Rivers and Story who love Belle & Sebastian! "We Rule the School" hails from this Glaswegian outfit's debut album, 'Tigermilk' released in 1996.
Active since 1979, The The is the guise of Matt Johnson who had an interesting childhood growing up in the upstairs of a famous pub called The Two Puddings where he saw various bands like The Kinks, Howlin' Wolf, and Muddy Waters. This exposure to live performance inspired him to start his first band Roadstar when he was 11.
Júníus Meyvant is the alias of Icelandic singer-songwriter Unnar Gísli Sigurmundsson who will be performing at this year's Iceland Airwaves Festival. When he was younger, he was suspended from music school and didn't touch an instrument until his early 20s. He managed to tame his musical style and released his latest, 'Floating Harmonies'.
'Superfly' is the third studio album of soul pioneer Curtis Mayfield and soundtrack for the film of the same name.
Sample masters, The Avalanches returned this past July with their second release after nearly 16 years since their debut. The track, "Because I'm Me" features various artists including, Lil Mama, King Houdini and His Calypso Parliament, Honey Cone, Wild Man Fischer, and Aceyalone.
Jamie Smith aka Jamie xx is an English record producer, remixer and DJ who is known both as a solo act and as a member of the London-based band The xx.
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion formed in 1991 in NYC and have been going strong for the past 25 years.
'Saturdays=Youth' is the fifth studio LP from the French electronic group, M83 released in April 2008. In an interview with Interview Magazine, frontman Anthony Gonzalez talks about how he approaches the group like scoring a film, "For me this is definitely a teen movie because it talks about teenagers and all the issues teenagers can have. It’s also a story about dance, and I did all the music for the dance scenes. It’s beautifully filmed and directed. It’s a shame the movie isn’t out."
Phantogram will be performing at our gathering space on August 22nd and you can get tickets by tuning in to KEXP. Also, catch them at the Paramount Theatre on October 7th.
Miike Snow kicked off in 2007 and their line-up consists of producing team Bloodshy & Avant and singer Andrew Wyatt. "Animal" is the first single off their debut record released in June 2009.
New Order released the famous "Blue Monday" track via Factory Records in 1983. Synthesizers were pricey back in the 80s and New Order's Bernard Sumner really wanted a sequencer to make synths and drums communicate so he built one himself and hired a scientist to program the sequencer using binary code.
'Apple' is the only studio full-length released by Seattle's Mother Love Bone on July 19, 1990. Only days before Apple's release, lead singer Andrew Wood passed away after a long struggle with drug addiction.
RIP David Bowie. "Golden Years" was written and recorded by Bowie in 1975. He originally wrote it and offered it to Elvis Presley, who declined it.
Passion Pit is the one-man electronic project of Michael Angelakos. He release his debut, 'Manners' in May 2009. Passion Pit stopped by in 2012 for a special acoustic set at KEXP that you can view here: www.youtube.com
Heading to Bumbershoot this Labor Day Weekend? Stop by our gathering space which will feature amazing local acts including Fly Moon Royalty. Check out the line-up on KEXP.org: blog.kexp.org
Deep Sea Diver will also be playing Bumbershoot 2016! Check out their stunning in-studio session with us earlier this year: www.youtube.com
'Surfer Rosa' is the debut release of the Pixies from 1988. The record took ten days to record and they used unusual techniques to do so including recording Kim Deal's vocal in the studio's bathroom to achieve a "real echo" rather than a "studio echo" according to producer, Steve Albini.
Merchandise return with 'A Corpse Wired For Sound' on September 23rd. Frontman Carson Cox explains the new record... “it’s about the truth of growing up. You can’t take your friends or lovers with you. It’s about finding peace with that loneliness.” Catch them on December 1st at Barboza.
Portland's Ages and Ages recorded 'Something To Ruin' at Isaac Brock’s studio (Ice Cream Party) and will releasing it this Friday, August 19th. 'Something to Ruin' reflects on rapid growth and development changing both its landscape and culture across the nation and world.
"Ghosts I've Met" is a musical project that came to be in Seattle in 2005 by singer songwriter & musician Sam Watts.
The group was formed by Watts in Seattle along with guitarist Ben Blankenship and cellist Brent Arnold both formerly of Seattle band Modest Mouse
In 2011 Ghosts released their first full-length vinyl album (also out on Yerbird) entitled “From A Spark” which features guitarist Bill Patton (Fleet Foxes, J.Tillman) as well as Jenna Conrad (Damien Jurado).
"Songbirds" from 'Night Repair' was our song of the day earlier in June and you can read more about the track on our KEXP blog...blog.kexp.org
Happy Birthday Easton! First Aid Kit is a Swedish folk duo that consists of the sisters Klara (vocals/guitar) and Johanna Söderberg (vocals/keyboards). 'Stay Gold' introduced new elements including a 13 piece orchestra. Check out their KEXP session which also includes this track here...www.youtube.com
Jack White has announced plans to release a compilation album full of 26 recordings from the years 1998 to 2016 on September 9th including "City Lights", a previously unreleased White Stripes track.
Case/Lang/Veirs began with a one-line email from K.D. Lang inviting Laura Veirs and Neko Case to collaborate and fuse their musical strengths into their deut.
Ben Harper released his politically charged 'Fight For Your Mind' in July 1995 which collages of blues, folk, reggae, and funk. He stopped by in March of this year and you can watch his live session here: www.youtube.com
'Grace' is the one and only studio album by Jeff Buckley released on August 23rd, 1994. He passed away in 1997.
Michael Kiwanuka got his start as a session guitarist before releasing two EPs as a solo artist. He recently dropped his latest full-length, 'Love & Hate' this past July. Kiwanuka will be performing at the Showbox on December 8th.
On this day in 1995, electronic duo, The Chemical Brothers released their ambitious debut, 'Exit Planet Dust'.
