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Thursday, Oct 15 2015, 6AM
Brand new Majical Cloudz album is being released tomorrow, pre order here! majicalcloudz.com They are also touring and will be playing at National Sawdust in Brooklyn on Wednesday for our New York listeners and will be in Seattle at Barboza on Saturday, January 23rd!
Low just released this new album and will be playing at the Crocodile on Saturday, November 21st! www.chairkickers.com
M83 haven't released a proper album in a few years, but they have released a couple of cool soundtracks! ilovem83.com They've also played at KEXP a couple of times over 10 years ago! Here's their in studio from 2005 kexp.org
New album from Yppah is being released tomorrow! yppah.bandcamp.com He will also be at the PlayStation Theater in New York on Saturday, October 17th! And don't forget to listen to his Midnight in a Perfect World! blog.kexp.org
New album from Small Black is coming out tomorrow on pretty colored vinyl! They will be playing Live on KEXP on Wednesday, October 28th at 1 PM and then will be playing at the Crocodile later that night with Painted Palms! www.small-black.com
Watch Washed Out perform for KEXP at the Doug Fir Lounge in Portland as part of MFNW a couple of years ago! blog.kexp.org
Dave Gahan of Depeche Mode has teamed up with Soulsavers for a new album that comes out next Friday! They will also be touring, but only a few major cities across the world like New York City and London! Here's an interview with Gahan that touches on Soulsavers and Depeche Mode www.wsj.com
Depeche Mode aren't currently working on anything, but they are all pretty busy, Dave Gahan is releasing that new album next week, Martin Gore released a solo album earlier this year, and Andy Fletcher is going on a European DJ tour this month! www.depechemode.com
Cold Beat released this album last month but will be playing their album release show in Oakland tonight, their last show for the remainder of the year! coldbeatsf.tumblr.com
Here's a short documentary on Cut Copy and the Melbourne dance culture! cutcopy.net Their website also makes it really easy to listen to their music and buy merch!
The Cure recently announced their first North American tour since 2008 and the Twilight Sad will be opening! So far they have only announced shows in LA, NYC and Chicago, all of which have needed extra shows because of overwhelming demand. They plan to announce hopeful dates soon and official dates in January! www.thecure.com
This debut album from Norwegian multi instrumentalist, Farao, was released early last month! Right now she is only touring in Europe, but you have to assume US dates are coming soon! Listen to more of Farao right here www.farao.co.uk
Back to back Scandinavian artists! Lykke Li released a new album last year and stopped by KEXP during her tour! Watch the in studio here! blog.kexp.org
Florence and the Machine will be playing a the Key Arena on Tuesday, October 27th! Watch their in studio at KEXP from 5 years ago to get ready for the show! blog.kexp.org
Foals released this album about a month and a half ago and although they are touring behind it they have only announced a few US dates! They are playing at Terminal 5 on Friday, December 18th for all of our New York listeners! www.foals.co.uk
Silversun Pickups released their first album in 3 years, and their 4th overall, a couple of weeks ago! Most band websites have links to itunes or their label to buy the album from, but Silversun Pickups also include a button for your local record store that helps you find a record store near you! silversunpickups.com
Whiskeytown were an alt country band in the 90's, led by Ryan Adams, who were only around for 5 or so years before the band fell apart! Ryan Adams went on to play solo and just released a cover of Taylor Swift's album, 1989
Speaking of Ryan Adam's cover of Taylor Swift's album, here it is! You can pick up the album right here! paxamrecords.com
Ryan Adams is one of the most prolific musicians out there! He has regularly been releasing 7 inches and has released the 1989 cover album and a live at Carnegie Hall album this year! paxamrecords.com
Wavves just released a new album titled, V, and also released an album with Cloud Nothings earlier this year! They also posted a video to one of the songs from the new album on their website! wavves.net
This British band is still relatively new and don't have much material out there! They released an album last year and this single a couple of months ago! Good thing we have the internet though as you can listen to it all right here 3108.bandcamp.com
The Jesus and Mary Chain just toured around the world for the 30th anniversary of their debut album, Psychocandy, and if you're under 21 like me you probably missed it, but hey, maybe they'll come back in 8 more years, that was the last time they came through Seattle! thejesusandmarychain.uk.com
Cold War Kids performed on KEXP from the Cutting Room Studios during CMJ last year! kexp.org
New project from Dan Auerbach of the Black Keys and a thousand other projects! Watch the video for this song and another one right here! www.youtube.com
Little May released this debut album, produced by Aaron Dessner of the National, last week! They will be playing two shows in New York next week and will be at Barboza on Thursday, October 29th! You can see the rest of their tour right here! www.littlemaymusic.com The front of their website also has a video for this song!
Watch Father John Misty's performance on Kimmel from last night right here! pitchfork.com That link also has the Over/Under video that he did with his wife!
Brass Bed are planning on releasing their 4th LP this coming Spring! This is the first single and the B side is a cover of Sometimes by Gene Thomas and was recorded by Chris Woodhouse of Thee oh Sees and Ty Segall's band! There's not much current stuff on their website right now, but the latest news is of KEXP naming one of their songs Song of the Day last year! brassbedisbrassbed.tumblr.com
New project from Moby who is being deliberately vague about his new music, this new song is being sent around by his publicists with hardly any information attached! Watch the video for this song and one other song that they've released! www.stereogum.com
Dan Deacon released this album earlier in the year and hit Seattle on his tour! Don't worry, if you missed it you can always watch his in studio from that tour! blog.kexp.org He will also be playing at the Brooklyn Bowl on Tuesday, December 29th!
Current issue of the annual magazine, Esopus, is medicine themed and all the songs are about medicine! Lovestreams is the solo project of Will Sheff of Okkervil River! Sheff had a Tracheotomy as a young child and chose to sing about that event and other famous people who have had the procedure! www.esopus.org
The current issue of Esopus is supposed to be on new stands still, but since it came out in the spring you never really know! If you don't want to search for it you can pick the current issue and back issues up right here! secure.esopus.org
KEXP listeners who subscribe to ESOPUS today receive the current issue and Three Types of Reading Ambiguity! But do it now, it's just for today! secure.esopus.org
I love when John is in New York because he plays all sorts of New York themed songs, and there are just so many great ones out there! Death Cab just played three sold out shows at the Paramount, but luckily they are from Seattle and play in or around Seattle quite often! Death Cab has played at KEXP a few times, but here is their first from 2002! kexp.org
Seattle resident, Telekinesis, released a new album about a month ago and is currently on tour with another Seattle resident, Say Hi! They will be closing out their tour at Neumos on Saturday, November 7th!
I don't think anybody in Radiohead slows down! They are working on their 9th studio album, Thom released a solo album last year, Phil Selway recently released a solo record and Jonny keeps on releasing soundtracks and just announced an Indian album! More info on that here www.tinymixtapes.com
Failure just released their 4th album, and first in almost 20 years! They played at KEXP a couple months ago and you can watch it right here! blog.kexp.org
Inheaven are releasing this album on October 30th on Julian Casablancas' Cult Records! Listen to the song again here and read some more about them! www.nme.com
Check out a bunch of cool DMA's stuff like pictures and videos here! www.dmasmusic.com They are currently on an extensive European tour, I hope they come over to the states sometime next year!
Cover of Architecture in Helsinki from a live album they released earlier this year! www.drdogmusic.com
Mercury Rev will be playing tonight at Le Poisson Rouge as part of CMJ!
Mercury Rev released a new album a couple of weeks ago! www.mercuryrev.com
New album from Kurt Vile was released late last month! He will be playing at the Showbox this Sunday, October 18th and then will be live on KEXP the next day, October 19th, at 1 PM! Also this video is pretty pimpin www.youtube.com
New Order over! Destroyer will be live on KEXP tomorrow at 1 PM and then will be playing at the Neptune Theater tomorrow night!
Before there was New Order there was Joy Division! New Order just released their first album of new material in 10 years and their first without Joy Division and New Order founding member Peter Hook!
