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Tuesday, Jun 28 2016, 6AM
Grab the new James Blake here! jamesblakemusic.com He'll be playing at the Moore on October 12th, and while you wait for his show I suggest checking out his in studio from a few years ago! blog.kexp.org
A Moon Shaped Pool was released digitally in early may, but physical products weren't released until last week! Grab a copy at your local record shop or right here www.amoonshapedpool.com And don't forget about that $86 deluxe edition that comes out in September!
The Twilight movies always have great soundtracks like this one which features artists like UNKLE, Black Angels and Dead Weather! New Bat For Lashes comes out this Friday! www.batforlashes.com
Haelos have been to Seattle a couple times in the last year or so and consider Seattle like their US home! Watch their KEXP in studio from earlier this year here blog.kexp.org
Massive Attack released this 4 song EP earlier this year and they should be releasing another one later this year! They also did videos for all the songs, this one happens to be on the front page of their website right now www.massiveattack.co.uk
Interpol currently doesn't have any tour dates but their webpage says it's being updated and to check back soon so I really hope they announce some upcoming dates! interpolnyc.com
Aaron and Bryce Dessner of The National put together the massive 5 CD and 5 hour long Grateful Dead box set, Day of the Dead! Just some of the musicians include War on Drugs, Kurt Vile, Unknown Mortal Orchestra and Charles Bradley! www.4ad.com
Echo & the Bunnymen are still touring worldwide and will be playing at the Moore on September 23rd! www.bunnymen.com
Ride came by Seattle last fall and were the last band to play at KEXP's old home before the big move! Watch it here! blog.kexp.org
Brandon Bethancourt, also known as Alaska in Winter dropped out of art school in Albuquerque and moved to a small cabin in the middle of Alaska during the winter to record music on his laptop!
It's been 10 years since Beirut released this album! Time really does fly. He also released a new album last fall! beirutband.com
Watch Damien Jurado's in studio from a few years ago, you might even recognize some faces in his band! blog.kexp.org
American Analog Set haven't done much for the last 10 years, but they kept a tour journal and you can read about every date! One of the first dates from their 2005 tour is Seattle and talks about the Waffles and Biscuits and Gravy at the Comfort Inn in Spokane and playing at Chop Suey! www.amanset.com
Yo La Tengo are playing tonight in NYC at the Bowery Ballroom with a ridiculously good lineup for the closing of Other Music. More info here www.brooklynvegan.com Yo La Tengo also played the closing of Easy Street Records in Queen Anne, I see a trend here. They will also be playing in Seattle on August 7th at the Crocodile!
The Helio Sequence produced the debut record from Kyle Craft! Watch their performance from the old home here! blog.kexp.org
Pixies are playing a bunch of shows across Europe in July! Hopefully that means they'll announce a US tour soon! www.pixiesmusic.com
Check out Jacuzzi Boys' cool and wacky website where you can watch a video, download this EP for free and buy a shirt! jacuzziboys.com
KEXP Song of the Day 4 years ago! Subscribe to the Song of the Day podcast and receive a free song every day hand picked by John, Cheryl or Kevin! blog.kexp.org
Elbow released a video of their performance at The Apollo in Manchester last year! They state Manchester is the greatest city for music in the world and the Apollo is the best venue in Manchester elbow.co.uk
onDeadWaves debut record came out last month! Check out their website where you can watch a cool music video or buy the album which comes with a limited edition signed art print! www.ondeadwaves.com
Washed Out are playing this year's Capitol Hill Block Party in less than a month! capitolhillblockparty.com They'll be playing with a bunch of great bands like STRFKR, Joy Formidable and Woods!
One of the great things about KEXP's New Home is the sheer size! When Alt-J came by last time they had to back a semi into a tiny parking lot and had gear throughout the entire building! Now that won't be a problem with a giant room for storing gear and a massive performance space! Watch that in studio here blog.kexp.org
New record from PB&J out now! Check out their website where you can listen to the rest of the album, watch a video and buy the album! www.peterbjornandjohn.com
Apostle of Hustle haven't done anything for a few years, but the beauty of recorded music is that you can always go back and listen to it! www.facebook.com
The Drums have stopped by KEXP a couple different times, watch them perform on KEXP from 2014! blog.kexp.org
Black Mountain will be playing at the Bowery Ballroom this Thursday, June 30th! They are coming back to the northwest to play a bunch of shows in August but none of them are in Seattle! Check out the full tour here www.blackmountainarmy.com
Watch Car Seat Headrest perform at the KEXP grand opening! blog.kexp.org The new album is out now digitally, but all physical copies were destroyed because Ric Ocasek didn't want them to use a Cars sample a week before the album came out! It should be coming out physically on July 8th!
New Thee Oh Sees record is coming out on August 12th! They are also ending their tour at Neumos on November 25th! If you haven't seen them live you have to go because they put on one of the best shows out there! www.theeohsees.com
We've hit both the last in studio at the old home and now the first in studio at the new home! I'm sure you've probably already watched this video but if you haven't you definitely should because it's crazy! Also his band features Mikal Cronin, King Tuff and members of Wand! blog.kexp.org I think I could write a paper on Ty Segall, there's too much to say! His interview with Nardwuar is great too www.youtube.com
Originally recorded for the extremely weird and amazing movie, Born to Boogie, with Ringo Starr on drums and Elton John on piano!
LCD Soundsystem have come out of retirement for a tour this year, unfortunately they aren't coming to the Northwest... Check out the rest of the dates here lcdsoundsystem.com
New single from Beck who is constantly changing his sound! The new album will be out on October 21st! www.beck.com
Architecture in Helsinki's website hasn't been updated for a couple years but it doesn't need to be because it has beautiful colors and patterns going on! architectureinhelsinki.com
Dr. Dog have played at KEXP several times! Watch their in studio from 2012 here blog.kexp.org
Alexander Ebert is the lead singer for Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros which is kind of confusing, Alexander is his real name, Edward Sharpe is his band's name! Learn more about Alexander and listen to more of his music here! alexanderebert.com
Moses Sumney's website is an actual Tumblr! A lot of artists use Tumblr but just post their videos and tour dates and stuff, Moses Sumney posts that stuff but also answers questions that people ask him! Read some of his responses and then ask your own! mosessumney.com
Animal Collective and it's members always have the coolest websites! myanimalhome.net They just played Seattle not too long ago but they will be in Vancouver on September 27th and playing in New York in November!
Jane's Addiction are playing at the Coney Island Amphitheater in July which is pretty dang cool and then playing Lollapalooza, the festival they started, on July 30th!
Debut album from supergroup featuring Rachel Goswell of Slowdive, Stuart Braithwaite of Mogwai and Justin Lockey of Editors! You think that's enough? Well they also collaborated with Mark Kozelek of Sun Kil Moon and James Graham of the Twilight Sad on this album! minor-victories.com
New single from the upcoming Phantogram album, Three, coming out on September 16th! They will also be playing at the Paramount on October 7th! www.phantogram.com
AM & Shawn Lee stopped by KEXP 5 years ago! Watch it right here blog.kexp.org
Ian Curtis would have been 60 in just a little over a few weeks, I always wonder what he would be like today and what would have happened to Joy Division.
Watch The Afghan Whigs performing at the old home back in 2014! blog.kexp.org Greg Dulli has been talked about a lot lately as KEXP did the six degress of Greg Dulli day and Afghan Whigs played SMooCH shortly after!
Eagulls just released their second album, Ullages, which is an anagram of Eagulls! Check them out here! www.eagulls.co.uk
John pulling out a bunch of the New York bands while he broadcasts from there! Check out the video for this song here! www.youtube.com This song was also featured on the video game MVP Baseball 2004!
The Airborne Toxic Event got their name from the novel White Noise written by Don DeLillo! This was also a song of the day 8 years ago! blog.kexp.org
The Helio Sequence stopped by KEXP about a year ago for an in studio! Watch it right here! blog.kexp.org
The Cure just finished their North American tour and are taking a break before heading to Hawaii, Australia and then Europe! If you live in one of those areas and are tempted to go don't even think, just go! They've been playing for 3 hours and pulling out B sides and songs that haven't played in 30 years! Not to mention Robert still sounds great and Simon looks 20 years younger than he really is!
New single from Sigur Ros! They'll be playing at the Paramount on Tuesday, September 20th! Check out the disturbing video for this song here www.youtube.com
Be sure to tune in to KEXP on Saturday, July 30th, 2016, at 6:30 p.m. to hear a live NAVVI session: www.facebook.com
Oh, what a voice...and such songwriting talent. "Lover, you should've come over--it's not too late..." Read an American Songwriter discussion of this song: americansongwriter.com