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Death Cab are currently on an international tour in support of their new album, 'Kintsugi' - deathcabforcutie.com
Silversun Pickups are playing Coachella in April! Find out more info on the band's web site: silversunpickups.com
Ride were the last musicians to play in our old in-studio location on Dexter & Denny! Relive the historic moment on our KEXP Blog : blog.kexp.org
"Girls" is also the 5th track on the excellent Lost In Translation soundtrack featuring Kevin Shields (MBV), Phoenix, Air, Jesus Mary Chain & more
Trevor Powers of Youth Lagoon announced yesterday that they are breaking up! Via Twitter he stated, “There is nothing left to say through Youth Lagoon. It will exist no more.”
Wild Nothing's new album, "Life of Pause", will be released on February 19th via Captured Tracks. Find out more about the release on the label's web site: www.capturedtracks.com
Listener Request! Dandy Warhols also just announced their new record, "Distortland" will be out in April! More info on the band's web site: www.dandywarhols.com
Can't get enough Bob Mould this morning? Visit the KEXP Blog for a live in studio with Bob Mould playing his solo material, some Husker Du classics, and a few Sugar favorites. blog.kexp.org
Wussy's 6th album, Forever Sounds, will be released in March! More info on the band's web site: wussy.ella.net
Revisit the Dream Syndicate's 30 year anniversary tour at Bumbershoot 2014 via the KEXP Blog : blog.kexp.org
Stone Roses meets British beat magician Lion Rock. This remix of Stone Roses "Waterfall" is one of many great songs remixed on the Old School vs. New School albums. Other artists include A Tribe Called Quest, KRS-One, Kid Rock, Groove Armada, & more.
Fun Fact: "Natural One" was featured in the Larry Clark film Kids, but does not appear in the film itself.
Former Pedro the Lion member Tim Walsh has another solo record coming out on February 12th! More info on his web site: www.twwalsh.com
For your viewing pleasure - Heath Ledger dancing to David Bowie in the film "A Knights Tale" : www.youtube.com
Bowie covering the Pixies classic "Cactus" with D-A-V-I-D spelled in the break instead of C-A-C-T-U-S
Low Cut High Tops is the brainchild of 23 year-old Seattle-based musician/art school dropout David Burns. Keep track of Low Cut High Tops via his Facebook page: www.facebook.com
Vocalist Nathan Willett, of Cold War Kids, with his project -- French Style Furs.
Rob Dickinson, former frontman of Catherine Wheel, has played at KEXP a few different times! Here's an acoustic performance he recorded from his 2006 solo release! kexp.org
Holy Esque's debut record is coming out in a few weeks! Find out more about the release via the band's web site: athopesravine.tumblr.com
World Premiere! New Emmy The Great album out in March! www.emmythegreat.com
Listener request for Band of Horses! Enjoy this acoustic KEXP session the band did back in 2014 via the KEXP Blog : blog.kexp.org
Fun Fact: Worried about controversy, Atlantic Records forced Lemonheads to change "My Drug Buddy" to "Buddy" on the first edition of It's a Shame About Ray. Later, it was changed back.
If you haven't seen it, don't miss out on the music video for "Time To Dance", clocking in at almost 10:00, the video-short illustrates a dark day through the eyes of a detached-looking Gyllenhaal. That's right, Jake Gyllenhaal
Fun Fact: Mylo was working on a Ph.D. when he decided to return to the UK and make music instead
Indie pop outfit Lucius have announced their new record, Good Grief, out in March via Mom + Pop Records. More info on the band's web site: www.ilovelucius.com
Get “Always Winnin” by Shad & DJ T.LO as a free KEXP Song of the Day download: blog.kexp.org
Save the date! May 23rd. Neumos. Charles Bradley! More info on his web site: www.thecharlesbradley.com
Hold On! by James Hunter Six is out this Friday via Daptone records: www.jameshuntermusic.com
The band claimed that the lyrics to "Golden Brown" act as an aural Rorschach test in that people hear in it what they want to hear.
March 28th! Iggy Pop and Josh Homme (Queen of the Stone Age) will be playing the Paramount in support of the 17th Iggy Pop record. More info on his web site: iggypop.com
Nick Cave fanatic? Be sure to check out his fan web site featuring a full encyclopedia of all things Cave, a full history of live shows, interviews, lyrics, & a ton more: www.nick-cave.com
The Cave Singers LIVE on KEXP -- Wednesday, February 24! Be sure to catch their show at Neumos on Feb 20th as well. More info on the band's web site: www.thecavesingers.com
Harvey Danger's album "Little by Little..." is 10 years old this year
#65 on the favorite songs of all time list. See them all on the KEXP Blog: blog.kexp.org
Debut single from London based pop outfit, Drones Club. Follow the band on their web site : www.drones-club.com
Check out The Flaming Lips performing "Do You Realize??" live on KEXP back in 2002 : www.kexp.org
On this day., February 3, 1959, Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson and their pilot Roger Peterson died in a plane crash, a tragedy that has been remembered as “The Day the Music Died.”
Local band Versing just released their new album "Nude Descending". Be sure to check them out via their bandcamp page: versing.bandcamp.com
Glasgow veteran indie rockers Franz Ferdinand performed songs from their fourth studio album "Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action" live on KEXP in 2013: kexp.org
Dan Boeckner (Wolf Parade, Handsome Furs) synth-rock project Operators will release their debut album Blue Wave on April 1st! Wolf Parade are also reuniting & working on new material
Depeche Mode was one of the subjects of a KEXP documentary--"Pop Goes Electronic": kexp.org
Porches new album "Pool" will be released this friday via Domino. More info on the label's web site: www.dominorecordco.us
Hey Marseilles will be playing at The Showbox Saturday, April 2nd!