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Wednesday, Jan 6 2016, 6AM
Great new single from London based band, Daughter! Daughter’s second album ’Not To Disappear’ will be released worldwide on 15th January 201 via 4AD records. More info on the 4AD web site: www.4ad.com
Here's a live performance from London Grammar on our KEXP Blog: blog.kexp.org
Fun Fact: The name of the record, Heligoland, is named after a German archipelago. Also - yes - that's Damon Albarn from Blur / Gorillaz on vocals.
The first single off TV on the Radio's great release, Nine Types of Light. Anyways, here's a performance from TV on the Radio via the KEXP Blog in 2004: www.kexp.org
Wolf Alice headlined our Yule Benefit concert a few weeks back. All proceeds benefited KEXP's New Home Campaign. Find out more about how to get involved at newhome.kexp.org
Erika M. Anderson has been using her EMA moniker for a few years now, this new song will be part of a score to the new scary movie #Horror. More info about the movie & soundtrack via IMDB: www.imdb.com
Brighton, UK based singer/songwriter/keyboardist Natasha Khan played a stripped-down set featuring songs from her sophomore release "Two Suns" live in KEXP in 2009: kexp.org
Fitting title & lyrics for this early morning. "Get up, get down, feel the turn of rotation... Wild Winter, Warm Coffee"
Great remix of the Nina Simone classic, "Take Care of Business". Verve Remixed is a series of albums released by Verve Records centered on the concept of classic Verve tracks, remixed by contemporary electronic music producers and DJs. More info about the project here: www.vervemusicgroup.com
After spending the year touring with bands like Vampire Weekend and Sky Ferreira, Australia to Brooklyn band High Highs are releasing their new album in February!
Brand new single from local favorites, Hey Marseilles! Find out more about the upcoming album on their website: heymarseilles.com
Another (now defunct) local favorite! Here's a great interview with Lonely Forest's John Van Deusen covering the band's breakup and growing up in the Seattle area: www.seattlemet.com
And of course, the ultimate local favorite...
Fun Fact: A cover of Marvin Gaye's "Mercy Mercy Me" was recorded as a B-side of this song. It features Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam sharing vocals with Julian Casablancas, while Josh Homme (of Queens of the Stone Age, Them Crooked Vultures and Eagles of Death Metal) plays drums alongside Fabrizio Moretti.
Fun fact: After Pela's split in 2009, lead singer Billy McCarthy and bassist Eric Sanderson formed the band Augustines.
From the ashes of Pela... Augustines! Here's a performance from the band in the KEXP Studio from 2014: blog.kexp.org
Fun Fact: The music video for "Cruel City" has the rotating sign from Seattle's own Elephant Super Car Wash that was located next door to our old KEXP home at Dexter & Denny. Here's proof: www.youtube.com
We're giving away tickets to Timbrrr! Winter Music Festival starting on January 29th in Leavenworth, WA. Who's headlining, you might ask? STRAND. OF. OAKS. More info on the festival's web site: www.timbermusicfest.com
Mark the date people! February 5th -- the debut record from Mass Gothic out via Sub Pop Records. More info on the Sub Pop web site: www.subpop.com
Car Seat Headrest is playing the Sunset Tavern on January 9th! More info on the venue's web site: sunsettavern.com
British four-piece band, Rain, with the single from their debut EP "Symphony Pains". More about the release on their label's web site: closetohomerecords.com
Butthole Surfers played at Bumbershoot a few years ago, here are some photos of it if you missed it or just want to relive it! www.flickr.com
Keep tabs on London based band, Drones Club, via their Facebook page: www.facebook.com
New single from Swedish band, The Sweet Serenades. From the band: "Our goal is to create unpretentious pop songs that make you feel cool, makes you wanna dance and spontaneously scream “YEAH”. More info about their upcoming release: www.thesweetserenades.com
It's 2016 and Suede is coming out with a new album! You can watch the new music video to their single "Like Kids" on their website: www.suede.co.uk
Louisiana based band, Givers, are back in action! 4 years after their excellent debut "In Light", the band just released their sophomore followup "New Kingdom". They're on a US tour right now, but no Seattle dates announced quite yet! More info on the band's web site: giversband.com
Altered Images "Happy Birthday" turns 35 years old this year!
Merchandise + Dum Dum Girls = KEXP Song of the Day. Their 7" collaboration is now out via Sub Pop. You can find out more about the collaboration on our KEXP Blog: blog.kexp.org
Better known for her work in Blouse, Portland's own Charlie Hilton is releasing a brand new record on 1/22 via Captured Tracks! www.capturedtracks.com
Shawn Smith (Satchel) will be playing the High Dive tonight! More information on the venue's web site: www.highdiveseattle.com
Performed in Spanish in collaboration with Nrü (a.k.a. Rubén Isaac Albarrán Ortega) from Café Tacuba, the title means "I Am Unknown" in English.
Tim Love Lee founded the Tummy Touch label back in 1996, and immediately established a presence in the dance music world with Groove Armada. In the last few years has brought us Tom Vek and The Phenomenal Handclap Band as well! This record is a collection of his releases over the past 15 years remixed with dub influence.
Fun Fact: Two music videos exist for "Can't Stand Losing You". One features the group playing the song on a stage with Sting wearing huge glasses. Slow motion shots of the group live appear as well. The second features the group performing the song in front of a red backdrop. This was filmed on the same day as the red backdropped version of "Roxanne".
Polish artist Coldair's album “The Provider” will be released on January 15th 2016 -- more info can be found on his label's website: www.twelvesrecords.com
The Big Pink are back in action after 3 years off! This is the first song from the English group’s forthcoming Empire Underground EP, due out later this year. Word is that there will be another full-length to follow some time after.
"Obstacle 1" was ranked at number 64 on Pitchfork 's 'Top 500 Tracks of the Decade' list. Read more from the list here: pitchfork.com
Jehnny Beth of Savages + Julian Casblancas of The Strokes = this epic cover of Sort Sol/Lydia Lunch track "Boy/Girl". Jehnny Beth stated about the song: "Sort Sol are cult in Denmark, and today very influential in the Copenhagen scene (Iceage etc...). I would be pleased to make their name known better."
The first single off TRAAMS sophomore album, Modern Dancing, out later this year! More info on their label's web site: www.fat-cat.co.uk
"I Wanna Get Out of Here, But I Can't Take You Anywhere" was the KEXP Song of the Day back in February of 2014. Read up about the band & the song on our KEXP Blog: blog.kexp.org
Fun Fact: The Jam songwriter Paul Weller has "Town Called Malice" was written about his hometown woking as a result of his teenage experiences there. The title is also a play on the 1950 Nevil Shute novel A Town Like Alice.
Fun Fact: Beck once had a job as a leaf blower -- as mentioned in the song. About the job, he stated, "There's a leaf-blower contingent. There's no union that I know of so far, but there's certainly a spiritual brotherhood. They are the originators of noise music. It's like a cross between a Kramer guitar and a jet pack."
New Miike Snow! Here's the single off the upcoming record due this March 4th. Find more info on the band's web site: www.miikesnow.com
25 years ago... this London based hip hop duo released "Love and Life: A Journey With the Chameleons"
Brooklyn veteran duo, Washer, with their new record "Here Comes The Washer" out on January 22nd via Exploding In Sound Records. www.explodinginsoundrecords.com
Grace Love & The True Loves are playing this Sunday, January 10th at the Tractor in Ballard!
Polyrhymics are playing their first show of 2016 in Tacoma at Jazzbones on Friday, January 29th