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Thursday, Dec 10 2015, 6AM
Listen to Rah Rah, our friends from the north's, in studio from a few years ago right here! kexp.org
Want to learn more about The Police? Check out their bio on their website! www.thepolice.com
Watch one of the coolest bands out there perform at the old home of KEXP right here! blog.kexp.org That is so weird to say, let's hope they stop by the new home sometime soon! Very excited for all the upcoming in studios in the new home!
The National have played on KEXP a few times, including one from 10 years ago! Here's their most recent performance from 2013! www.kexp.org
Rob Crow announced earlier this year that he was retiring from music, it was very sad news but a lot of people didn't believe him. Well it turns out he's back! He started a new project titled Rob Crow's Gloomy Place and will be releasing a new album on April 3rd! He will also be playing at Barboza on March 23rd! More info and pre order here www.pinback.com
Now It's Overhead is a project by singer songwriter Andy LeMaster who has performed with a lot of Saddle Creek bands including Bright Eyes and Azure Ray!
EL VY is a collaboration between Matt Berninger of The National and Brent Knopf of Ramona Falls and formerly Menomena! They recently stopped by KEXP and recorded an amazing in studio where they matched their outfits to the room! Watch it here blog.kexp.org
Bradford Cox is known for his extensive stage banter, often telling long stories and rants, so it was no surprise the other night when he told a long story about being mistreated by The Smashing Pumpkins and Billy Corgan, you can read all about it here! pitchfork.com
Local band, The Cave Singers, are releasing a new album on February 19th and will be playing at Neumos on Saturday, February 20th! www.thecavesingers.com
Manchester band, Money, will be releasing their second album on January 29th! They were selling out shows before they even released a single and have announced a UK tour for next year, if their live performance is that great I can't wait to see them in the states! bellaunion.com
Majical Cloudz just released a new album a couple months ago and will be playing at Barboza on Saturday, January 23rd! majicalcloudz.com
This was on my top 10 of the year, get yours in before tomorrow night and then count down with us next Friday! Kurt Vile also just played on the Late Show with J Mascis and the Violators! Here's a video for that pitchfork.com And he also played a couple nights with Dinosaur Jr for their 30th anniversary, including a song with Kevin Shields, Kim Gordon and Lee Ranaldo
Foals have a couple more dates across the US this month before they head off to Europe for 6 months! Let's hope they swing by Seattle later next year! www.foals.co.uk In the meantime you can watch their in studio from their last album! blog.kexp.org
Holy Esque are releasing their first full length on February 26th! Despite only having an EP out, Holy Esque have become one of KEXP's favorites, watch their in studio from earlier this year right here blog.kexp.org
Former members of WU LYF(World Unite Lucifer Youth Foundation) have started LUH(Lost Under Heaven)! Check out their crazy website here luh.xxx
Chris Baio, bassist of Vampire Weekend, released a solo album a couple months ago and is currently on tour! He is unfortunately skipping Seattle but will be playing in Vancouver on February 5th and playing Portland February 6th! baiobaio.com
Beach Slang made Don Slack's top ten list of the year blog.kexp.org get yours in by tomorrow night and listen to the countdown next Friday! blog.kexp.org
So many great performances happened over the years at the old home including several by Catherine Wheel frontman, Rob Dickinson! www.kexp.org I can't wait to see what the new home holds!
Cover of Duran Duran who are donating their profit to the families affected by the Paris attacks. EoDm have been doing a lot lately, they recently held a very emotional Vice interview, played with U2 the other day in Paris and visited the Bataclan for the first time since the attack. www.nydailynews.com
Here's the classic video for this song, I wasn't alive when it was released, but I've heard it was impossible to escape in 1990! www.youtube.com
Solo debut from Warpaint bassist, Jenny Lee Lindberg! The album is being released tomorrow, she's currently touring Europe and is hoping to set up a US tour for early next year! www.jennyleelindberg.com She also just performed on the Morning Show from the Cutting Room Studios, listen to it here! www.kexp.org
If you like the sounds of this London based band you can listen to more on their soundcloud! soundcloud.com
Watch Sylvan Esso's performance on KEXP from last year! blog.kexp.org Sylvan Esso released this debut album last year and has absolutely blown up since then! www.sylvanesso.com
Want to learn some more about Basement Jaxx? Check out KEXP's blog post about Basement Jaxx! blog.kexp.org
David Bowie will be releasing a new album on his birthday, January 8th!! He also released a single with an amazing 10 minute long accompanying video! Preorder the album or watch the video here! davidbowie.com
Brand new music from Suede who will be releasing a new album on January 22nd! Preorder the album here in various formats including a special bundle with two exclusive prints! www.suede.co.uk
Dum Dum Girls stopped by KEXP about a year and a half ago for an awesome in studio with Troy Nelson, watch it here! blog.kexp.org
The Chemical Brothers released a new album this year and it made several DJ's top ten lists of the year! Get your top ten in by tomorrow night and then tune in next Friday as we count them down! blog.kexp.org
Check out the video for this song on Haelos' website! haelos.com John is blasting this song in the new booth and I am sitting right under one of the monitors and can feel the bass in my chest, that's pretty rad!
Moby's new project has released two singles so far and each one comes with a video! Not much has been released about the project, and the website features the two videos and that's it. mobyandthevoidpacificchoir.com
Here's the in studio John was just talking about! blog.kexp.org
Strokes guitarist, Albert Hammond Jr, released a solo album earlier this year and just performed an in studio! www.kexp.org
New single from Public Access TV who will be releasing their debut full length next year! Watch the video for this song here publicaccesstv.tumblr.com
The Undertones 40th anniversary is in 2016 and to commemorate they will be touring around the UK! www.theundertones.com
The Fall have released 31 studio albums in 36 years! Check out KEXP's documentary on post punk bands including all my favorites like The Cure and The Fall! kexp.org This is also one of John's 2 year old's favorite songs which is amazing
Duo out of Belfast have released a new EP on Bella Union! Bella Union is putting out some really good music right now! www.exmagician.com
Crocodiles stopped by KEXP almost exactly two years ago! Watch the video right here blog.kexp.org I can't wait to see what videos from the new home look like!
The New Pornographers stopped by KEXP after releasing this album last year! blog.kexp.org
The Cure announced the first North American tour since 2008 last month and will be playing a sold out show in Vancouver on May 31st, I got my tickets, I hope you did too, and have a Seattle date that is yet to be announced, I think it's going to be Sasquatch!
Pete Yorn released a new song earlier this year, you can listen to it on his website! www.peteyorn.com
Local band Car Seat Headrest landed on a bunch of top ten lists this year! They'll be playing at the Sunset on January 9th! Listen to or buy the record here! carseatheadrest.bandcamp.com
All Rentals merch is on sale for a Holiday sale! Get some sweet shirts and posters here therentalsmusic.tumblr.com
I wonder what the longest span is between two in studio performances, I think Imperial Teen would be up there! They played at KEXP in 2002 and again in 2012! kexp.org
Wavves released their 5th album, V, earlier this year and will be playing across the US early 2016, unfortunately no Northwest dates have been announced! wavves.net
This was a KEXP Song of the Day a few years ago! Subscribe to KEXP's Song of the Day podcast and receive a free song hand selected by John, Cheryl or Kevin every day of the week! blog.kexp.org
Check out KEXP's interview with Japandroids from 2009, just after they released their debut album! blog.kexp.org
Lucius played a very cool intimate benefit for our New Home a few weeks ago, check out pics and a recap of that show here: blog.kexp.org