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Tuesday, Jul 26 2016, 6AM
Velvet Underground cover! Cowboy Junkies are still touring and playing in BC in October, the closest they come to Seattle this year! www.cowboyjunkies.com
John put this album in his top ten of 2014, check out what filled up the rest of the list here! blog.kexp.org 2016 is over half over, have you started putting your list together?
Foals are coming back to town and playing at the Paramount on Friday, September 23rd! Watch their latest in studio while you wait for the show! blog.kexp.org
Potential candidate for my number 1 album of the year already! Merchandise will be playing at Barboza on December 1st and releasing this new record on September 23rd, the same day Foals will be in town! www.wmerchandise.com The website has videos for the first two singles! They also played at KEXP a couple of years ago! blog.kexp.org
Film School released a new EP earlier this year, it's their first release in 5 years and their first with the original lineup in 10! www.filmschoolmusic.com
Supergroup consisting of Rachel Goswell of Slowdive, Stuart Braithwaite of Mogwai and Justin Lockey of Editors! Grab the record here www.minor-victories.com or watch any of the many videos they've released for the album!
French Kicks had a song of the day about 8 years ago! Subscribe to the Song of the Day podcast and you'll receive a new song everyday hand picked by John, Cheryl or Kevin! blog.kexp.org
Vancouver, BC, based band, Twin River, released their sophomore album last month! Listen to more from it here twinriverband.com
PJ Harvey just released a new album earlier this year and is currently touring, unfortunately the dates are pretty sparse in the US, one show in New York and one in LA. Check out the full tour here pjharvey.net
Remember when Father John Misty premiered this on Letterman and he turned around and the piano kept playing? That was pretty awesome. In other news, FJM released a soundcloud song earlier this year titled, Real Love Baby, and it turns out he's officially releasing it! pitchfork.com
The Innocence Mission released a new single a couple weeks ago and released their latest record at the end of last year! theinnocencemission.com
Mitski played in Seattle not too long ago and I heard nothing but great things! Go see them if you get the chance! Listen to more and check out tour info here mitski.bandcamp.com
Belly is just about a month away! They'll be playing at the Neptune Theatre on Sunday, August 28th! www.stgpresents.org
Courtney Barnett stopped by KEXP a couple years ago and recorded two sessions, one live on Halloween, complete with costumes, and one that wasn't released until the next year! Watch them both here blog.kexp.org blog.kexp.org
The Dandy Warhols stopped by KEXP after playing the John in the Morning at Night show to record an in studio for this album! Watch it right here www.youtube.com
Michael Kiwanuka is stopping by Seattle on his massive worldwide tour on December 12th at the Showbox! New record is out now, go grab it at your local record store or on his website! www.michaelkiwanuka.com
Check out a bunch of awesome Arcade Fire videos here arcadefire.com some of them are even interactive! David Bowie is featured on this album on the song, Reflektor, he sings one line and goes uncredited
When is the new Frank Ocean coming out?? One of the most talked about topics for the last couple of years! Here's a timeline of what he's been up to the last 4 years while we wait for the new record time.com
Here's an interview with Prince from 2014 at Paisley Park www.rollingstone.com
David Bowie's musical, Lazarus, is opening in London, and still starring Michael C Hall! www.bbc.com
New record from Bueno is set to come out August 19th! Listen to a single and pre order the record on two different colored records here! bueno.bandcamp.com
Protomartyr, will be playing at Neumos on August 5th! On the great local label, Hardly Art! Listen to more from them here www.protomartyrband.com
The Fall started in 1976 and have consistently released records for the last 40 years, they currently have 30 studio albums and released another one last year! They are one of the originators of post punk and the only continuous member is Mark E. Smith, I'd like to see a chart of all the past members. Found one!!! It's pretty crazy, there have been 66 members and a third of them have lasted less than a year en.wikipedia.org
Preoccupations, fka Viet Cong, are releasing their self titled debut on September 16th! They are also playing Neumos on November 2nd! preoccupations.bandcamp.com
Just getting in Sisters of Mercy and want to learn more? Their website has the answer to any question you may need! Bios, discography, gigography, FAQ, you name it, they got it www.the-sisters-of-mercy.com
New release from Weval came out last month! Stream the whole album here and then buy it once you fall in love with it! weval.bandcamp.com
Pretty much sums up Renegade Soundwave, "Formed in London during the late '80s, Renegade Soundwave applied the punk and industrial ethic to both dub and dancefloor electronica" - AllMusic
Morning Show intern, Ben, is leaving for Tuscon, Arizona tomorrow! Have fun! Check out this article on this song, written after Arizona voted down a proposal to make MLK Day a state holiday. The video was only shown once on MTV www.spin.com
Wolf Parade will be Live on KEXP on August 8th at Noon! They are playing two shows at the Neptune Theatre, one the night before, August 7th and one the day of the in studio, August 8th!
BADBADNOTGOOD's new album has some killer guests including Kaytranada on this song, and Sam Herring of Future Islands! Catch them at Pickathon on August 6th in Happy Valley, Oregon!
Ahh! Just like Frank Ocean we have been patiently waiting for the new Chromatics record to come out! Check out more from the great Portland based collective here italiansdoitbetter.com
Low performed at KEXP 3 years ago on Troy's show, I was still new here and only assisting Troy at the time, it was a beautiful in studio and feels like it was just last year www.youtube.com
Low is on tour this summer with PJ Harvey and also has some dates with Explosions in the Sky in Norway, how great do those shows sound??? www.chairkickers.com
Debut full length from Junius Meyvant is out now! Listen to more from it here! juniusmeyvant.com He'll also be playing at Iceland Airwaves, and I wouldn't be surprised if KEXP did something with him!
Dutch rap rock band, those three words don't seem like they would go together, but somehow it works! Supposed to be a one time jam session for a festival, things went over so well they formed a band!
Listen to Jamila Woods debut record, Heavn, on her soundcloud! soundcloud.com Out of Chicago, Jamila Woods recruited some fellow Chicago musicians like Chance the Rapper, Saba and Kweku Collins!
Lily Allen's website is a bit disorienting and hard to find anything, but if you click on random stuff it will bring you to cool youtube videos and instagram posts! www.lilyallenmusic.com
New record from Eric Copeland is out now on the great DFA record label! Stream it here and then pick up one of the limited records here ericcopeland.bandcamp.com
Released by German band, Trio, as a single in 1982 and on the Da Da Da record in 1981. I largely associate this with Volkswagen
Featuring Father John Misty and David Berman of the Silver Jews! Speaking of Father John Misty, he just went on a big rant during one of his shows and then him and Strand of Oaks got in a twitter fight pitchfork.com
Read up on Blockhead while listening to more of his music right here ninjatune.net
Tears for Fears will be playing at Chateau Ste Michelle in Woodinville on Sunday, September 18th! I know they haven't been in their prime for around 30 years, but I know several people who saw them last year and were completely blown away
Holy Fuck were just in town, and if you missed them you can still watch a bunch of cool videos of them! holyholyfuckfuck.tumblr.com
New album from Nice as Fuck, project from Jenny Lewis, Au Revoir Simone's Erika Forster and Tennessee Thomas of the Likes! They formed for a Bernie rally and it went so well they stayed together an made an album!
Swedish group, Little Dragon, performed at KEXP a couple years ago! blog.kexp.org Go see them live if you get the chance, they have great stage presence and have a cool stage setup!
(Ruined by Justice) is hilarious, and maybe because I'm sleep deprived and hyped up on caffeine, but I think it's genius! Justice just released a new single a couple of weeks ago! justiceelectro.com
There's a new film coming out focusing on Michael Hutchence! Read more here www.rollingstone.com
Listen to more from this Australian band right here! soundcloud.com
Want to hear more PAWS? Check out their website which has more songs, some videos and a bio about the band! www.wehavepaws.com They're also playing a few shows in the UK, but that's it for right now
Trail of Dead's website has some videos on the front page, it looks like a couple of them bring up some political topics, maybe good for a time like this? andyouwillknowusbythetrailofdead.bandpage.com
The Raveonettes are releasing a new song every month for the entire year of 2016! Subscribe to them on their website and check them out! www.theraveonettes.com
This is, of course, a Creedence Clearwater Revival cover. See a KEXP review of M. Ward's 2016 Sasquatch performance: blog.kexp.org