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Tuesday, Feb 9 2016, 6AM
Buffalo Tom performed for KEXP at the Sunset for Hood to Hood a few years ago! You can listen to it right here kexp.org
Frontman of Catherine Wheel, Rob Dickinson, cousin of Iron Maiden's Bruce Dickinson, has played at KEXP a few times! Here's one from almost 10 years ago! kexp.org
KEXP's Song of the Day from a couple years ago! Subscribe to KEXP's Song of the Day Podcast and get a free song every day that was hand picked by John, Cheryl or Kevin! blog.kexp.org
Bombay Bicycle Club have released a statement that they are going on a hiatus, they haven't broken up, but they have been playing together for 10 years since they were 16 and they decided it was time to take a bit of break. All of the members are doing cool things though and I'm sure you'll hear from the again soon! Full statement www.bombaybicycle.club
Damon Albarn will be performing with the Syrian National Orchestra at a festival in Denmark in May as a way to support Syria and the refugee crisis
Bradford Cox, frontman of Deerhunter, has never performed Deerhunter songs at KEXP, but he has played under his solo moniker, Atlas Sound, a couple of times! Here's his most recent in studio kexp.org
Depeche Mode are currently doing anything as a band, but Dave Gahan released an album with Soulsavers last fall and Martin Gore released a solo album the spring prior!
New album from Porches came out a few days ago and they will be playing at the Vera Project on Friday, March 25th!
LCD Soundsystem have returned!! They will be releasing a new album later this year and have announced select festival dates, like Coachella! They will be touring this year so let's hope for a Seattle date!
New Order released their first album in nearly 10 years last year, and it was the first without Peter Hook! It still was amazing and tons of people put it on their end of the year lists! www.neworder.com
The Cure are embarking on their first North American tour in 8 years!! They will be playing Sasquatch this May and then playing in Vancouver on Tuesday, May 31st! I'll see you at both shows!
Underworld is back and will be releasing their first album in 6 years! Karl Hyde released a couple albums with Brian Eno since then, but this will be the first Underworld album since 2010! Watch the video for it here! www.spin.com
Nearly two years ago KEXP debuted our live streaming service! Watch the very first one performed by the Pixies! I remember watching this from my school's cafeteria in New York and being so amazed and proud blog.kexp.org
Members of Doves went on to form Black Rivers who released their debut album last fall! www.blackriversofficial.com
Arcade Fire performed for KEXP at CMJ in 2004 and almost got KEXP banned from the Museum of Television and Radio! Listen to the crazy performance here! kexp.org
M83 will be playing at Sasquatch this year with so many other great artists like The Cure and The Cure! Oh and The Cure will also be there! lineup.sasquatchfestival.com
There have been some pretty amazing bands coming out of Canada lately, especially in the post punk world! Ought is one of these many great bands, and although they are currently on tour, have no Seattle date announced. Let's hope they stop here soon! cstrecords.com
The Fall have consistently released albums for the past 37 years and now have 31 studio albums during that time, including one released just last year! The Fall's only constant member is the delightful Mark E Smith!
You want your own Energy Dome?? You can buy one from the official DEVO merch store! officialdevomerchandise.bigcartel.com You can also watch how they're made here www.youtube.com
One of the greatest in studios of all time was when Stephin Merritt performed in the KEXP bathroom, the old home might have been too small, but it had some amazing moments like this one! blog.kexp.org
British Sea Power released a new album last fall! You can order the album and DVD right here! www.britishseapower.co.uk
Check out this amazing video of Producer Tony Visconti breaking this song down track by track! It is mind blowing to hear how everything was recorded and hear each track isolated! www.bbc.co.uk
Preorder the new Operators album here! It comes out on April 1st, I sure hope it's not an April Fool's Joke! operators.store-08.com They are also playing at the Sunset on April 4th!
Watch EL VY perform at the old home with sweaters that matched the lights! blog.kexp.org
Happy Birthday Stephin Merritt!!!
Wussy will be live on KEXP in 10 days on Friday, February 19th at Noon and then will be playing at Sonic Boom that night at 6 PM! They are also releasing this new album on March 4th!
Ted Leo and Aimee Mann teamed up to form The Both! Watch them perform at the KEXP Bumbershoot Music Lounge from a couple years ago blog.kexp.org
The Dandy Warhols will be releasing a new album on April 8th! You can preorder it here www.dandywarhols.com They are then embarking on a world tour, they just played Seattle in December, but I'm sure their tour will end up in Seattle sooner or later! They also always play a Holiday show in Seattle and one in Portland!
Battleme just released this album last month and will be playing at The Sunset this Friday, February 12th! battleme.tv
Silversun Pickups performed at Sun Liquor for a KEXP New Home benefit last year and you can watch the performance here! blog.kexp.org
Brand new album from Iggy Pop that was recorded with Josh Homme is set to be released on March 18th! He'll also be performing at the Paramount with Homme on March 28th! www.stgpresents.org: Tickets are almost gone!
This was the final album from the legendary Gil Scott-Heron, and his first in 16 years! It features a cool mixture of trip hop, spoken word and industrial blues.
The Chemical Brothers released a new album last year and it has some amazing guests like Annie Clark/St Vincent, Beck and Q-Tip!
The Beatles famed performance on the Ed Sullivan show was on this date in 1964!
The Beatles performed on the Ed Sullivan show on this date in 1964!
Suede released a new album a couple weeks ago! Check it out here! www.suede.co.uk
New album from Shearwater came out a couple weeks ago and they will be playing at The Crocodile on Friday, March 25th!
Local band Tangerine will be playing at the Black Lodge on Friday with Bod, Versing and Great Spiders! Definitely a show worth checking out! tangerineband.com
Back to back Seattle bands! Listen to more from Low Cut High Tops here! soundcloud.com
Debut album from Exmagician is set to come out on March 25th! So far only European tour dates, but hopefully US dates get added soon! www.exmagician.com
Check out KEXP's interview with Liz Phair from 2010! blog.kexp.org
Bethany Consentino of Best Coast recently wrote an essay on sexism and the music industry, you can read it here pitchfork.com
Hey Marseilles will be performing at the Showbox on Saturday, April 2nd, 2016.