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Tuesday, Sep 15 2015, 6AM
I don't think it's possible to dislike Sharon Van Etten, she just seems like the nicest person out there and makes amazing music! Watch here performance at KEXP from last year here! blog.kexp.org
O+S is a project from Orenda Fink of Azure Ray and Cedric LeMoyne, or Scalpelist, of Remy Zero! opluss.tumblr.com
Yppah's front page of his website has his KEXP Midnight in a Perfect World set! www.yppahmusic.com
Check out the Adult Swim Singles series for 2015! They have released 15 and have 4 more to go this year! www.adultswim.com
Can't get enough of Hope Sandoval's voice? If you've exhausted Mazzy Star and Opal you can always turn to the many songs she's guested on by some great artists like Massive Attack, Air and The Chemical Brothers! PS she's on my favorite Massive Attack track!
Yo La Tengo just released an album of mostly covers, and the occasional alternate version of their own songs! One of the songs they covered was Friday I'm in Love and they just performed it on CBS This Morning! Watch it right here www.stereogum.com
New album from Youth Lagoon is going to be released in just 10 days, adding to the best month of releases all year! He will also be playing at Neumos on Friday, November 20th! Listen to more Youth Lagoon here! fatpossum.com
Other Lives played at the Seattle Center Mural for one of KEXP's Concerts at the Mural and blew the crowd away! Watch their in studio from earlier this year right here! blog.kexp.org They have a lot of equipment and hair for our small studio!
Radiohead are currently working on a new album, but that hasn't stopped band members from pursuing solo projects! Thom Yorke released a solo album last year and will be headlining Club to Club, an Italian festival, Jonny Greenwood has making soundtracks and Phil Selway released his second solo album last fall!
New song from Deerhunter guitarist, Frankie Broyles! Almost everyone else in the band has a solo project and Broyles decided it's time he had one too! Unfortunately Broyles is leaving Deerhunter to pursue his solo career, but it sounds pretty rad, so I guess that's ok! www.stereogum.com
Oscar has quickly become a favorite on KEXP and will be playing an in studio on Monday, October 5th at 9:30 AM! He will also be playing Barboza later that night! Check out more from Oscar right here! www.oscaroscar.co.uk
The Ocean Blue are reissuing their albums on 180g vinyl and to coincide with that they are playing 4 shows across the country, none in the northwest, and playing their first two albums in their entirety! www.theoceanblue.com
Wax Idols are releasing a new album in about a month on October 16th, and will be playing at the Highline on Wednesday, October 21st! wax-idols.com
Mike Score of A Flock of Seagulls has been the main driving force behind the band during the past 20 years. He's continued to tour as A Flock of Seagulls with a different backing band. Score released his first solo album last year titled, Zeebratta!
Next year will mark the 40th anniversary of The Clash! I'm willing to bet International Clash Day will be even more spectacular! Check out John's rundown of International Clash Day from this past year's festivities! blog.kexp.org
Yuck just released this new single and you can listen to it all day right here! www.yuckband.com And while you're there, why not stop by their store and buy a sweet shark shirt! yuck.bigcartel.com
Social Distortion performed at Bumbershoot a couple weekends ago, and if you missed it you can still read about it and see pictures from it right here! blog.kexp.org
Beirut's first album in 4 years, No No No, was released last Friday! They will also be playing at the Paramount on Tuesday, October 13th! beirutband.com
Love & Rockets' Express was released 29 years ago on this day and it still sounds relevant today!
Foals released a new album a couple of weeks ago! Check out their website where you can order the new album, watch a new video and keep up on their tour to see when they announce a US tour! www.foals.co.uk
Pixies have released their entire catalog on their website as well as put together a gigography where they want you to share pictures and videos of the shows that you attended! www.pixiesmusic.com
Tijuana Panthers also just released an album and will be playing at Lucky Liquor in Seattle on Saturday, October 3rd! Check out more of Tijuana Panthers here! tijuanapanthers.com
New video for this song just came out, the second video released so far! You can watch them both on Deerhunter's website! deerhuntermusic.com The new album comes out on October 16th and then you can watch Bradford Cox open up for himself as Atlas Sound on Wednesday, October 21st at the Showbox!
Kurt Vile is releasing a new album in just 10 days! He will also be playing with his backup band, The Violators, on Sunday, October 18th at the Showbox! The video for this song is also quite amazing, as is everything Kurt Vile does! www.youtube.com
Woods played at KEXP a few months after this album was released! Watch it right here! blog.kexp.org
Stephen Colbert just started his run on the Late Show and has already had some pretty amazing musical guests, including a mind blowing performance from Kendrick Lamar last week! Colbert had Michael Stipe on the Colbert Report a few times towards the end for little roles here and there, here he is singing with Mandy Patinkin! pitchfork.com
New Zealand band, Salad Boys, will be releasing an album this Friday and will be playing at the Highline on Wednesday October 21st! saladboys.wordpress.com
Sean Nelson has performed on KEXP several times, with Harvey Danger, The Long Winters, solo or as a DJ! Here's an in studio from Harvey Danger from 10 years ago! kexp.org
The song was a KEXP Song of the Day 3 years ago! Subscribe to KEXP's Song of the Day podcast and receive a new song every day of the week that was hand picked by John, Cheryl or Kevin! blog.kexp.org
FIDLAR's sophomore album was released a couple weeks ago! You can buy the new album here and can even include it in a t-shirt bundle that comes with a sweet FIDLAR t-shirt! They will also be playing at the Showbox on Friday, October 23rd! fidlarmusic.com
Seattle band, The Intelligence, just released this song and premiered a new song on Noisey a few days ago! noisey.vice.com The new album is set to be released on September 25th! theintelligenceband.com
MGMT performed at KEXP right around the release of this album! You can listen to it right here! www.kexp.org
New music from Tamaryn, this album was released a couple weeks ago and although she just played Seattle a couple months ago, I expect her to come back around for the release of this album! tamarynmusic.com
Wolf Alice released their debut album in June and have absolutely blown up since then! They've also been touring extensively, already playing Seattle twice this year, and although they have no Seattle dates currently on their tour, I'm pretty sure they'll stop here again sometime in the near future! wolfalice.co.uk
You can pre order Doe Paoro's new album, After, right here, it's set to be released on September 25th! doepaoro.com You can also check out some of her videos and listen to more of this album on her website!
Karen O released a solo album last year titled Crush Songs! You can watch a video from the album and then purchase it all right here! www.karenomusic.com
Debut album from DC duo, Gems, is being released on October 30th! You can pre order the album on their website and go watch them live on Tuesday, October 13th at Barboza! www.killtheoneyoulove.com
This album was released over 20 years ago and it still blows my mind! It still sounds fresh and could have been released today, it was way ahead of it's time! Speaking of that, Portishead is one of the bands featured on KEXP's Electronic Innovators documentary series! blog.kexp.org
Keep Shelly In Athens are releasing a new album on October 16th and will be playing at the Sunset on Saturday, November 21st! Listen to more right here! keepshellyinathens.blogspot.com
The second studio album from Love and Rockets, Express, was released on this day 29 years ago!
Primal Scream will be playing at Showbox SoDo with The Cult on Saturday, November 14th! I'll see you there!
6 piece British band, Chain of Flowers, are releasing their debut album on October 16th! Read about it and listen to that song over and over again right here diymag.com
Protomartyr are releasing a new album on October 9th, their second in under 18 months, and it's on Hardly Art! They just released this single and you can listen to more from them right here and even buy a cool t-shirt! www.protomartyrband.com
The Walkmen have performed at KEXP several different times and usually bringing a different sound! This in studio is of all Johnny Cash covers! blog.kexp.org
Beach Slang are from Philadelphia, do you think they know much beach slang there? They are releasing a new album on October 30th and will be playing the Vera Project on Monday, November 9th!beachslang.bandcamp.com
Swervedriver are currently touring around the country, unfortunately they are not stopping in Seattle as of now, but check to see if they are coming to a city near you! www.swervedriver.com
Good morning and welcome to The Midday Show. "This is why events unnerve me..." Read a little more about New Order and "Ceremony" and get the complete lyrics here: genius.com