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Tuesday, May 10 2016, 6AM
Radiohead just released their 9th studio album on Sunday and it's not like I'm freaking out or anything! You can grab one of several different versions on their website, there's the digital version, cd which will ship next month, vinyl on silver foil sleeve that will ship next month as well and then the uber deluxe package with a bound book of 32 pages of artwork and piece of master tape from a Radiohead song for the low price of $86! www.amoonshapedpool.com
Sigur Rós are going on a small, and when I say small I mean small for them, theater tour where they are playing places like the Paramount instead of Key Arena! They are playing here on September 20th, I hope you got your tickets because they went quick, like real quick! sigur-ros.co.uk
New Hammock album came out about a month ago and you can buy it straight from their website either digitally or physically, the latter includes a limited edition colored vinyl version too! www.hammockmusic.com
M83 are one of the many great bands playing the Sasquatch Music Festival in just a couple weeks! www.sasquatchfestival.com
New Minor Victories comes out in June, but don't worry, you can watch a video on their website with a giant cat attacking a city in the meantime and it's just so adorable! minor-victories.com
Silversun Pickups played at Sun Liquor last fall for KEXP donors! Watch it all right here! blog.kexp.org
Strand of Oaks was one of the many great bands that played KEXP's grand opening! Watch them perform at the old home here blog.kexp.org
Former WU LYF frontman, Ellery James Roberts has gone on to form LUH, Lost Under Heaven, and released their debut record last Friday! Check out their website where you can buy their record in the usual forms of vinyl, cd or digitally! luh.international
Shearwater played in Seattle not too long ago and as their encore they covered all of David Bowie's Lodger in full! They are only touring in Europe right now, but if you see this you should go to their show, hopefully they're still covering Lodger! shearwatermusic.com
The Waterboys stopped by the old home a couple of years ago for an in studio! Watch it here blog.kexp.org
Cover of the Velvet Underground! Brand new album from Brian Eno! KEXP will be playing 4 straight hours of Eno and Eno related or produced projects on the Morning Show next Monday, May 15th!
This song still gives me the chills and often hits me pretty hard, 2016 sucks. Also check out what happen's to the sleeve of this record in the sun www.nme.com
Like I said, 2016 sucks. Minnesota state legislature just introduced the Prince Act, read more about it right here pitchfork.com
Father John Misty will be playing Bumbershoot this year over Labor Day Weekend! Check out the rest of the lineup here bumbershoot.com
Band of Horses will be releasing a new album in June and it was produced by Jason Lytle of Grandaddy! www.bandofhorses.com
Foals are still touring behind this album and right now the closest they are coming to Seattle is Vancouver for two shows at the Commodore Ballroom on August 7th and 8th! www.foals.co.uk
You might also recognize this as part of Kanye's Blame Game from My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy! Also apparently Kanye's team didn't want to pay for the sample www.theguardian.com
More Radiohead!!! Not losing my mind right now or anything! You can buy the new album digitally on their website now or buy it on CD or silver foil sleeve vinyl which will both ship on June 17th! Or if you want to go super uber deluxe you can buy the $86 version with a bound book of artwork, a segment of master tape of a Radiohead song and two extra tracks!! That one doesn't ship until September, but comes with an automatic download of the album. Check them all out here www.amoonshapedpool.com
Moderat are playing at the Showbox on Tuesday, May 24th! This is the third album from Moderat, and they just did an essential mix for BBC Radio 1! moderat.fm
Ash & Ice is out in just a little over 3 weeks on June 3rd! The Kills will also be playing at Showbox Sodo on June 1st! Check out their website where you can watch a video and then pre order the new album! thekills.tv
Watch local band My Goodness perform at KEXP a couple years back! blog.kexp.org
Happy birthday to Sid Vicious who would have been 59 today!
Happy 22nd anniversary to the Blue album!
Diary also came out on this day 22 years ago!!
Keep an eye out for the Desert Mountain Tribe in studio! They were here just a couple of weeks ago and were the only break in Prince programming on the day of Prince's death. Also their website is cool and has stars that follow your cursor www.desertmountaintribe.com
The So So Glos are releasing their new album on May 20th! They will also be playing at the Funhouse on May 28th! www.thesosoglos.nyc
Ty Segall and the Muggers are one of the many great artists playing Sasquatch this year! The Muggers feature King Tuff, Mikal Cronin and members of Wand! If this doesn't convince you to go see them then I don't know what will blog.kexp.org They will be playing on Saturday, May 28th at 4:50 PM! www.sasquatchfestival.com
Huge day for releases throughout history! Blur's second album, Modern Life is Rubbish, was also released on this day back in 1993!
Oscar's debut album comes out in just a few days! Check out more from him here www.oscaroscar.co.uk
The new PB&J album comes out on June 10th! They are also touring behind it and the last stop on their tour is Revolution Hall in Portland, they closest they come to Seattle! www.peterbjornandjohn.com
The unmistakable voice of Bjork during her time in The Sugarcubes! Watch the video for this song here! www.youtube.com
Neko Case is releasing an album with Laura Veirs and K.D. Lang on June 17th! You can pre order it here caselangveirs.com and they will also be playing at the Woodland Park Zoo on June 30th!
50 Foot Wave, also known as L~ and are led by Kristin Hersh! They are releasing a new EP on May 27th and you can listen to some songs here! www.kristinhersh.com
Albert Hammond Jr, rhythm guitarist for The Strokes and who Julian Casablancas has described as the sound of The Strokes, released a solo record last year and stopped by the Morning Show for an in studio hosted by Troy Nelson! blog.kexp.org
One of the many great releases from Captured Tracks this year! My top ten at the end of the year might just be my top ten Captured Tracks releases of 2016! Listen to more of this EP or buy it here bboys.bandcamp.com And then go check out the rest of Captured Tracks' releases! www.capturedtracks.com
Shortly after Prince's death Morrissey stated that Prince was "far more royal than the Queen" www.theguardian.com
New album from SULK came out about a month ago, and although the special edition LP is sold out you can still buy their album here! www.sulktheband.com
Gimme Fiction came out on this day 11 years ago! Last year Merge released a deluxe edition for the 10th anniversary! www.mergerecords.com
Summer Cannibals are releasing their new record on May 27th on Kill Rock Stars! You can pre order the album here www.summercannibals.com or here summercannibals.bandcamp.com and then go see them at Sasquatch in a couple weeks! lineup.sasquatchfestival.com
Speaking of Sasquatch, TacocaT will also be playing Sasquatch this year! TacocaT just released their third album last month! You can listen to a bunch of their music and buy it all here tacocat.bandcamp.com You can also buy sweet merch here including X Files related shirts and their iconic bumper sticker squareup.com
Little Big Show #15 with Santigold and DoNormaal is just a few days away on Saturday, May 14th! blog.kexp.org
So many new records coming out this month!!! Beth Orton is releasing her new record on May 27th and then playing at the Triple Door on June 23rd! www.bethortonofficial.com
What a great year 1995 was! Want some free Radio Dept. downloads?? Here you go, there are some live things and rarities and other cool stuff! www.theradiodept.com
MC 900 Ft. Jesus' name comes from a sermon given by televangelist Oral Roberts in which he said a vision of a 900 ft jesus came to him and commanded him to build a hospital on the Oral Roberts University campus
Ugly Duckling have announced they will be touring this year but haven't announced any dates yet, keep your eyes out for any more announcements! www.uglyduckling.us
Want to learn more about Z-Trip? Read all about him right here djztrip.com
The Dandy Warhols' website has a page for each of the members of the band and they all have different things on the page! Check out Courtney's where you can read all of his movie reviews! www.dandywarhols.com
Ned's Atomic Dustbin's name comes from The Goon Show, a British radio comedy show in the 50's! Or as the British put it, a British radio comedy programme
Order The Blessed Isles debut album right here! www.theblessedisles.com It looks like it's on blood splatter vinyl!
Here's the uncensored version of that video John was talking about! vimeo.com Duran Duran are coming back to town with Chic playing the Xfinity Arena in Everett on September 1st and playing Project Pabst on August 27th in Portland with some other great acts like Ice Cube and Tame Impala! projectpabst.com
New project of Dan Boeckner of Wolf Parade, Divine Fits and Handsome Furs! They just played at KEXP but the in studio hasn't been posted yet, in the meantime you can watch their performance from Iceland Airwaves last year! blog.kexp.org
First release from Lush in 20 years! This new EP came out a few weeks ago! www.lushofficial.com And if you missed them in Seattle they had to reschedule their Portland date and will playing in Portland on September 27th!
