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Tuesday, Jul 19 2016, 6AM
Brooklyn-based band Liars stopped by the KEXP studios back in 2014 for a captivating in-studio session. Check it out over at the KEXP blog: blog.kexp.org
Dawn Golden is the solo project of Dexter Tortoriello from the electro-pop duo Houses.
Brad Hale is the brains behind this project, which he admits is heavily influenced by some of his high school favorites, Britney Spears, N*SYNC, and Spice Girls. Later on, he discovered Daft Punk which really got him into the electronic genre. consequenceofsound.net
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Three former members of Electric Company, Andrew Kenny, Lisa Roschmann, and Mark Smith, decided to stick together and form a new project, which ultimately evolved into The American Analog Set. www.allmusic.com
Based out of London, this indie quartet has released three albums to date and have toured internationally, including an appearance at the Austin, TX music festival SXSW. www.allmusic.com
Icelandic outfit Sin Fang played a set for KEXP in Iceland during our live broadcast from KEX Hostel back in 2012! Check out video from that performance over on the KEXP blog: blog.kexp.org
Creeper Lagoon haven't released an album in 10 years, but their website still has free downloads for the last album and a previous album along with a documentary! www.neglektra.com
Pixies announced a new album just a couple weeks ago titled, Head Carrier, and will be released on September 30th! They also just announced a Winter UK tour, let's hope they announce some US dates soon!
Though Portishead is from Bristol, UK, they were one of the pioneers of bringing the trip hop movement to the US, and have been active since 1991. They also recently released a cover of the ABBA song "SOS": pitchfork.com
Phantogram will be releasing their aptly titled third record on September 16th, they'll also be at the Paramount on October 7th! Watch one of the best in studios ever at KEXP right here blog.kexp.org
Nice as Fuck is a supergroup featuring Jenny Lewis, Erika Forster, and Tennessee Thomas that just released their debut self-titled album.
Beth Orton recently stopped by the KEXP studios for a live in-studio performance. Video from that session was released yesterday! Check out the full performance over on our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com
Local outfit Crater is one of the artists playing as part of our Concerts at the Mural series! Catch them on August 19th! They also recently stopped by the KEXP studios for a live in-studio performance, which you can check out over at our blog: blog.kexp.org
David Byrne is most notably known as the lead singer of Talking Heads, also had a very prolific and successful solo career. www.allmusic.com
The Flaming Lips have remained busy for the last 30 years as they continue to release cover albums with their friends or back Miley Cyrus on her latest project. They also released a Space Oddity cover with a video a couple months after Bowie's passing www.flaminglips.com
KEXP dissected the classic Beastie Boy's album Inside Paul's Boutique almost exactly one year ago. Check out exclusive interviews, rare source materials, and rare demos over on the KEXP blog: blog.kexp.org
Pretty sure Wilco just won best album title of 2016 with the just-announced Schmilco. They also stopped by KEXP last August for an in-studio performance: blog.kexp.org
You can't play a song off of Wilco's Schmilco without playing something from Nilsson Schmilsson! Fun fact: Harry Nilsson and John Lennon were drinking buddies in the mid-70s after John and Yoko split. www.allmusic.com
"I was there in 1974 at the first Suicide practices in a loft in New York City." RIP Alan Vega
The Avalanches have returned with their sophomore effort after their critically acclaimed debut album from 2000! That's right, it's been 16 years and it sounds like they never left! This album features some amazing artists from MF Doom and Biz Markie to Father John Misty! Unfortunately they had to postpone some tour dates for health concerns, let's hope they get better soon!
Air France are actually from Sweden which is quite confusing, along with the fact that they share the name with a major airline. Their music has been described as "post-rave bliss" and "Beach foam pop",and if those aren't the best descriptions you've ever heard then I don't know what is
Recently signed to Sub Pop, Morgan Delt will be releasing this new record on August 26th! You can order the record, loser edition even, on his bandcamp or Sub Pop's website! This album is definitely in the running for best album cover of the year too morgandelt.bandcamp.com
Washed Out will be playing Capitol Hill Block Party in just a few days, Friday, July 22nd at 10:45 PM! Great lineup this year with other bands like Woods, Wand, Chvrches and STRFKR! capitolhillblockparty.com
This is the last XTC record before they turned into a purely studio band, they had released 4 records before this one dating back to 1976!
Foals are coming to Seattle for the first time since their latest album came out last year! They'll be playing at the Paramount on September 23rd! And if you can't wait that long they'll be playing two shows on August 7th and 8th at the Commodore in Vancouver! And if you can't even wait that long you can watch their latest in studio here blog.kexp.org
Supergroup consisting of Rachel Goswell of Slowdive, Stuart Braithwaite of Mogwai and Justin Lockey of Editors, so you know it's going to be epic and shoegazy! Their website has several videos for this album and you can even pick up the album there! www.minor-victories.com
Great new record released by Portland band, Summer Cannibals, on local label, Kill Rock Stars! Grab a copy of their record here, only 4 left! summercannibals.bandcamp.com
Wolf Parade are back! They released this new EP this year and will be playing two shows at the Neptune on August 7th and 8th! www.wolfparade.com
Archers of Loaf's website has a nice bio on the front to familiarize yourself with the band, and then you can check out their store which features a vinyl bundle of 4 albums and a live album for $100, that's a steal! archersofloaf.net
The Voom Blooms were a short lived band from Loughborough, England who only released two EP's in the mid 2000's! They were instantly a hit and signed to Fiction for their debut single, but disbanded before they ever released a debut record. Wish we could've heard more from them!
Doves are comprised of twins, Jez and Andy Williams, and Jimi Goodwin! You gotta love those bands with twins, like Blonde Redhead!
The Temper Trap just released their new record last month! Grab a copy here, they even have cool T-shirt bundles! thetempertrap.com They'll also be playing at the Neptune Theatre on September 20th!
London based band, Lull, released this new EP last month and just released a video for the title track! clashmusic.com
Kevin Cole recently put together a Music that Matters podcast featuring Mitski, Holy Fuck and Jessy Lanza! Listen to the whole thing here! blog.kexp.org
Belly are back and will be playing at the Neptune on Sunday, August 28th! More Belly here bellyofficial.com
So many bands are coming to town in August! Band of Horses will be playing at the Paramount on August 18th! This new album from them was released last month and is their first in 4 years www.bandofhorses.com
The Jayhawks will be live on KEXP today at 3 PM! It's a public one too, so come on down before the in studio and put your name on the list! They are also playing tonight at the Neptune!
Listen to even more music from New Jersey based musician, Flamingosis, right here www.flamingosis.com
Blackalicious, Big Freedia and James Blake are featured in a new campaign by Youtube to empower people who have been discriminated against. More on it here www.billboard.com
One of the harder bands to find on google if you don't know the pronunciation, chk chk chk, as google doesn't recognize punctuation! Here it is to help you out chkchkchk.net Maybe a comment on the RNC?
The Rapture were on DFA for a little bit and KEXP put together a cool article on DFA Records from a few years ago! blog.kexp.org
Aesop Rock just released a new album a couple of months ago! He doesn't have much in the way of a website, but he does have this awesome store with a bunch of his merch on it! www.thegiantpeach.com
Although The Clash are no longer a band, for obvious reasons, they still have a great website with their albums and singles and a bunch of music videos! Watch some of the videos here www.theclash.com
4AD has just been killing it lately, and by lately I mean for the last 30 years! D.D. Dumbo released this single a few months and released a video for it as well! Check it out here www.dddumbo.com
Maybe one of the coolest people out there? Check out the video for this song that was originally released as a "demo" version after she scrapped an entire album www.youtube.com She's also starring in a tv ad for Stella McCartney's new perfume pitchfork.com
Brazilian Girls took a brief hiatus a couple years ago, but have been back together for a few years now! If you're on the east coast they'll be playing a few shows at the end of this month out there! You can also watch a video on their website braziliangirlsband.com
Debut record from Michael Ivey from 1992! He released two albums in the mid 90's before focusing more on Christian themes with his albums Faith and In the Name of Jesus released in the late 90's
Debut album from supergroup comprised of Neko Case, KD Lang and Laura Veirs, but I'm sure you could've got that from their band name or album title caselangveirs.com
The Jayhawks will be live on KEXP at 3 PM today! And then playing at the Neptune later tonight!
Radio Cineola is an online radio show hosted by Matt Johnson and guests and talks about all sorts of topics and plays music, it's kind of all over the place! www.thethe.com
Margaret Glaspy was just in town and stopped by KEXP, the in studio isn't up yet, but keep an eye out for it! atorecords.com
Aimee Mann and Ted Leo teamed up to form The Both and played KEXP's Bumbershoot Music Lounge a couple of years ago! Watch it here! blog.kexp.org Bumbershoot is right around the corner too, grab your ticket soon!
