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Tuesday, Oct 20 2015, 6AM
Good Morning. Sharon Van Etten of "6 Degrees of Sharon Van Etten" fame, recently recorded the Donavan song "Teen Angel" which can be found on the brand new Donovan tribute album. Greg Dulli of recent "6 Degrees of Greg Dulli" Day just announced that he will be embarking on a solo tour beginning in February. To celebrate the announcement of the tour, he has released a cover of Sharon Van Etten's song "A Crime" which was originally found on her 'Epic' album.
The new album from Daughter will be out on January 15th. They've just announced tour dates in the UK during the month of January. ohdaughter.com
Two weeks ago during a performance in London, PJ Harvey debuted two brand new songs, "Chain of Keys" & "Ministry of Social Affairs", which will be featured on her ninth studio album, which was recorded earlier this year during a public art installation. No word yet on a specific release date. Footage of PJ performing the songs can be seen here: www.youtube.com
Shelby Earl will one of the featured artists performing at City Hall this upcoming November 11th during the next Death and Music event along with Rocky Votolato, Sean Nelson, and Noah Gundersen. For more info and tix: townhallseattle.org
Here is a mini documentary and interview with movie director Ken Kwapis in which he talks about how Lord Huron's music impacted the making of the film, "A Walk in the Woods" www.youtube.com www.strangetrails.com
Earlier this month, Caspian played the KEXP studios for the 2nd time. That performance can be streamed here: www.kexp.org
Radiohead are currently in the studio working on their next album. In an online article from this weekend. Jonny Greenwood said that the band hopes to tour in 2016. www.digitalspy.com
Blur play tonight at Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles. They will then play Madison Square Garden on Friday. www.blur.co.uk
Cowboy Junkies will be playing a handful of tour dates in November in Cleveland, Chicago, and Ann Arbor. They play two nights at Great American Music Hall in San Francisco on January 21st and 22nd. www.cowboyjunkies.com
Widowspeak are playing tonight in Asheville, North Carolina. This Friday they'll be in Brooklyn at a "Secret Brooklyn Rooftop Location" according to their Facebook. They'll make their way to the West Coast and will play The Sunset Tavern on Sun. Nov. 15th. widowspeakamerica.com
It's been 3 years since any of the social media connected to Mazzy Star and Hope Sandoval has been updated. But you might like to know that during this past May, the debut album from Mazzy Star, "She Hangs Brightly" turned 25. So there's that.
Saintseneca will play a live show tonight in Minneapolis. Later this month they take off for overseas tour dates. No word on any dates on the West Coast though. See their full tour schedule here: www.saintseneca.com
Conor Oberst's other band, Desaparecidos will be in Seattle on Wed. November 18th at The Showbox at the Market.
The Toronto band recently played shows around their native Canada. They have a show planned for Nov. 20th in Manitoba. www.facebook.com
Crooked Fingers are currently working on a brand new album, which is slated for a 2016 release date. They were last on KEXP back in 2012. You can watch that full performance here: www.youtube.com
Deerhunter and Atlas Sound are playing tonight in Portland at the Wonder Ballroom. They'll make their way to Seattle tomorrow night at the Showbox at the Market. 4ad.com
FAMY's single "Ava" was finally released a few weeks ago on October 9th, which is almost an entire year after it was released in the UK. www.facebook.com
Eef Barzelay of Clem Snide is currently trying to locate hosts in Seattle and Portland for a couple of 'home shows' on January 7th and 10th. If you're interested, hit him up on Facebook: www.facebook.com
Kurt Vile played Seattle this past Saturday and stopped by The Midday Show yesterday. You can stream that audio now via our streaming archive. The video footage of that performance will be posted later via our blog.
Ought stopped by KEXP last Friday for an in studio session. They are playing tonight in San Diego. cstrecords.com
Divine Fits, featuring Britt Daniel and Dan Boeckner, played KEXP back in August 2012. Watch the performance here: blog.kexp.org
Out of Philadelphia. Making their way to Seattle on Nov. 9th at the Vera Project. beachslang.com
Pixies will be making an appearance at the Corona Capital Festival in Mexico during the weekend of November 21st. www.pixiesmusic.com
Out of Detroit! They stopped by the Morning Show back in May of 2014. Watch here: www.youtube.com www.hardlyart.com
EODM are currently on tour to support this album. They play tonight in Phoenix, AZ. EODM are also featured in a pretty crazy new movie called 'Gutterdämmerung". The silent film also stars Iggy Pop, Grace Jones, Mark Lanegan, Justice, Slash, Lemmy, & Henry Rollins, The "loud and dark fairy tale" will apparently accompany a touring live show as well. Watch the promo trailer here: www.youtube.com www.gutterdammerung.com
Coming to Seattle on Sat. Oct. 31st at The Neptune. westernvinyl.com
New Seattle music. Playing in Olympia this Saturday. At Easy Street Records on Fri. Oct. 30th: www.graceloveandthetrueloves.com
Watch Ray Charles perform this song in 1963 right here: www.youtube.com
Playing Freek Fest in Bremerton for Halloween. Originally out of Tacoma, but now Seattle based duo. Check out their KEXP in studio session from January 2013: www.youtube.com www.thefameriot.com
London band New Young Pony Club have shortened their name to NYPC. www.facebook.com
No set release date yet, but Ladyhawke has been working on a new album that will be out soon. www.facebook.com
U2's debut album was released 35 years ago today. ultimateclassicrock.com
The next chance people will have to see Foals live will be on December 8th in Denver, CO. www.foals.co.uk
