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Monday, Jun 20 2016, 6AM
UNKLE (James Levelle and DJ Shadow) were one of the original groups releasing work through U.K. label Mo' Wax, which helped launch the instrumental breakbeat revival also termed as trip-hop. Apart from utilizing samples and merging trip-hop with rock, this record collaborates with a variety of musicians including Richard Ashcroft on this track.
London trio, Haelos released their debut, 'Full Circle' early this March and delivered an amazing session earlier this year and you can experience it here: www.youtube.com Can't get enough? No worries, the group will be back in Seattle on August 2nd at Neumos.
Hammock is a Nashville duo formed in 2004 who orchestrate lush, ambient soundscapes. They recently released 'Everything and Nothing' on April 1st.
'A Moon Shaped Pool' is the ninth studio album by Radiohead just unveiled last month with a week's notice.
Junip are childhood friends José González, Elias Araya, and Tobias Winterkorn who formed the group as a hobby in 1998. Check out their full performance from 2013 right here: www.youtube.com
Seattle's Damien Jurado unveiled his thirteenth full-length and final stop in the dreamed up town, Maraqopa. He stopped by in 2012 and you can watch his in-studio session here: www.youtube.com
Peter Gabriel once left Joseph Arthur a voicemail inviting him to join his Real World label to release his debut, 'Big City Secrets' in 1997. Joseph Arthur refers to his music as "someone struggling to heal over experimental folk-rock." He will be performing at The Triple Door on September 15th.
Augustines will return with a new record this Friday, 'This Is Your Life'. They stopped by in 2014 and you can view their session here: www.youtube.com Augustines will play The Crocodile on July 30th.
Frontman Chris O'Connor recorded the material that comprises 'Rocket' at a friend's garage, releasing it independently. Somehow, the song "Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth with Money in My Hand" made its way to the soundtrack for Jim Carrey's comedy The Cable Guy, and the tune became a surprise hit and Rocket was released via Columbia Records.
Led by Tim Gane and Laetitia Sadier, Stereolab relied heavily on lost forms of recording including analog synthesizers and hi-fi test recordings.
Broncho just dropped their new record, 'Double Vanity' and will be stopping by Neumos on August 26th.
"Love Will Tear Us Apart" was written in August 1979, and debuted when the band supported Buzzcocks on their UK tour in Fall 1979. The lyrics reflect the problems in his marriage to Deborah Curtis, as well as his frame of mind in the time leading up to his suicide in May 1980.
Due to budget restrictions, 'Seventeen Seconds' was recorded and mixed in seven days, which resulted in the band working 16 or 17 hours a day to complete the album.
Shout out to the kids who have their last day of high school today and get to drive!
Funeral is the debut record from the now larger than life, Arcade Fire. Released in 2004, 'Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels) was the first single. It was given its title because several band members had recently lost members of their families: Régine Chassagne's grandmother died in June 2003, Win and William Butler's grandfather (swing musician Alvino Rey) in February 2004, and Richard Reed Parry's aunt in April 2004.
"Changes" was originally released on the album Hunky Dory in December 1971. The lyrics reflect his chameleonic personality, the frequent change of the world today, and frequent reinventions of his musical style throughout the 70s.
A chance trip to K-Mart gave Kyle Craft his first album, a David Bowie hits compilation that helped inspire him to pick up rock and roll and eventually craft his debut, 'Dolls of Highland' out on Sub Pop. Kyle Craft will be playing KEXP & Seattle Center's Concerts at the Mural series on August 26th, more info here: blog.kexp.org
After signing with Columbia, Pete Yorn debuted 'musicforthemorningafter'. He played the bulk of the instruments himself and supported the album by touring for 18 months, enabling the record to go gold by April 2002.
Beck encompasses all manners of modern music, scooping up hip-hop, blues, trash rock, pop, soul, lounge music then blurring it together until fully realized. 'Odelay' was released in the summer of 1996 with production by the Dust Brothers.
Cibo Matto is a Japanese-born duo who relocated to New York and took on an Italian band name to reflect the melting-pot aesthetics of their origins--- funk samples, hip-hop rhythms, tape loops, and fractured pop melodies with narratives sung in a combination of French and broken English.
Modest Mouse were founded in 1993 by guitarist and vocalist Isaac Brock, bassist Eric Judy, and drummer Jeremiah Green. Brock was only 18 and living in a shed next to his mother's trailer home when Modest Mouse began working together, with the shed becoming the new band's rehearsal space and base of operations. They released their debut on Northwest indie Up Records in 1996.
Named after an Interstate 5 intersection in Lacey, Washington, the band was initially planned as a side project but the recording of its debut album in an all-night session in Melbourne, Australia with drummer Lora MacFarlane in early 1994 turned the group into a full-time endeavor.
Formed from the core of guitarist Max Kakacek and singing drummer Julien Ehrlich, Whitney released their debut, 'Light Upon the Lake' last week.
In November 1970, George Harrison released a version of the Bob Dylan's song (a month after Dylan released it) on his album All Things Must Pass.
Caveman will be playing the KEXP and Seattle Center's Concert at the Mural series on August 12th with Naked Giants and Bread & Butter. They just dropped their new record 'Otero War' and you can catch their session with us here: www.youtube.com
Founding members vocalist/guitarist/pianist Nathan Willett, bassist Matt Maust, drummer Matt Aveiro, and guitarist Jonnie Russell began crafting their blues-inflected take on indie rock as Cold War Kids in 2004
Beginning in 2012, Speedy Ortiz worked day jobs (as a college writing instructor, a guitar teacher, a librarian, and a burger-stand employee) while playing shows in and around N.Y.C.'s five boroughs while working on Sports. Speedy Ortiz return with their new EP, 'Foiled Again' early this June Check out their 2015 KEXP session here: www.youtube.com
The bluesy punk duo the Kills consist of vocalist/guitarist Alison Mosshart, formerly of the Florida punk band Discount, and drummer/guitarist/vocalist Jamie Hince. They returned early this June with their fifth studio record, 'Ash & Ice'. Check out their 2010 session at KEXP here: www.youtube.com
Animal Collective formed in 2003 by Avey Tare, Panda Bear, Deakin, and Geologist. Merriweather Post Pavilion is their 8th studio release and dig into their 2007 session here: www.kexp.org
Buffalo Tom hails from Boston, Massachusetts and formed in 1986. Its members are guitarist Bill Janovitz, bassist Chris Colbourn, and drummer Tom Maginnis.
Superchuck, the 90s pride of Chapel Hill, NC rejected all major label advances for freedom to release whatever they wanted on their highly successful label, Merge Records. The group came together in 1989 by singer/guitarist McCaughan, bassist Laura Ballance, drummer Chuck Garrison, and guitarist Jack McCook.
Violent Femmes hails from Milwaukee, WI and found instant success with their 1983 debut with hits including "Blister in the Sun".
"Sunny Afternoon" like its contemporary "Taxman" by The Beatles, references the high levels of progressive tax taken by the British Labour government of Harold Wilson.
Active from 1967 to 1983, the band was crucial in the development of funk, soul, rock, and psychedelic music.
Founded in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1988,the band serves savage, hard rock, classic soul, and frontman Greg Dulli’s searing lyrics. 'Black Love' is the band's fifth release from 1996. The group stopped by in 2014 and you can relive their KEXP session here...www.youtube.com
After spending several years with the post-punk outfit Sidecar Kisses, vocalist/guitarist Ritzy Bryan and bassist Rhydian Dafydd left the lineup and launched the Joy Formidable combining their love of shoegaze and rock to shape their sound. See "Whirring" performed live here on our old KEXP studio: www.youtube.com
Wolf Alice released 'My Love is Cool' last June and stopped by our studio to deliver to this rad performance...www.youtube.com
Empress Of is the solo project of New York based, Lorely Rodriguez and she dropped a single, 'Woman Is A Word' this past March. No word yet if this means a new record is on the way.
Haerts formed in 2011 and The band consists of Nini Fabi, and Ben Gebert. You can watch their 2013 session with us right here: www.youtube.com
On this date in 1995, The Verve released their second studio album, 'A Northern Soul'. Reportedly produced under the influence of excessive drug use, you can sense the themes of loss and losing control through their spiraling guitars and frontman, Richard Ashcroft's dark anthems.
THE BLESSED ISLES began as a solo project by former Hourly Radio (Kirtland Records) frontman Aaron Closson, but quickly became a collaborative effort when Nolan Thies (Little Black Dress, N∆TIONS) started recording the band.
Philadelphia, PA’s Mercury Girls features Sarah Schimineck, Kevin Attics, Andrew Hagiwara, Chris Schackerman, and Kevin O'Halloran.
After more than two decades, The Stone Roses are releasing new material including this single, "Beautiful Thing".
Recorded at Isaac Brock’s studio (Ice Cream Party), the band’s fourth album explores what it’s like to watch your environment implode in a frenzy of real estate development, lifestyle branding, and where things lose meaning when a price tag is attached to it. Their new record, 'Something to Ruin' will be revealed on August 19th.
Olly Knights and Gale Paridjanian were friends in elementary school and decided to try out for the cathedral choir because it would give them the chance to perform in front of the Queen of England, which they eventually did. The two eventually formed a band and recorded their jam sessions.
