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Thursday, Sep 10 2015, 6AM
Karen O released her debut solo album, Crush Songs, almost exactly 1 year ago! www.karenomusic.com
Sufjan Stevens played a VIP Club Concert for KEXP about 10 years ago, listen to it in it's entirety here! www.kexp.org
Isn't today such a perfect day already? It's the first day of football and the weather is supposed to be a nice mid 70's and nothing but sun!
This in studio is almost 15 years old now! You can listen to the rest of it here kexp.org
The War on Drugs performed at Sasquatch this past year and it they couldn't have played at a better stage, I've always loved the Gorge, but some bands are just perfect for that stage. Unfortunately we don't have video of that show, but you can watch them playing at KEXP right when this album came out last year! blog.kexp.org
Silversun Pickups are on a short west coast record store tour and they will be playing a KEXP New Home Benefit at Sun Liquor Lounge on Capitol Hill! blog.kexp.org They will also be playing at Easy Street Records on Tuesday, September 15 at 7 PM! Their new album is set to be released on the 25th! Pre Order it here! silversunpickups.com
Lord Huron was recently in Seattle following the release of his latest album, Strange Trails, check out his KEXP VIP Club Concert from the Triple Door! blog.kexp.org
Band of Horses haven't released an album for a few years, but Ben Bridwell just released a covers album with Iron and Wine!ambientmerch.com
U2 recently announced a 6 date welcome home Belfast and Dublin series of shows in November, and although tickets aren't on sale yet, one site already has tickets for sale up to €1,000! www.thejournal.ie
Although Catherine Whell has never played at KEXP, Rob Dickinson has, a couple of times! Here's his performance from 2006! www.kexp.org
Phosphorescent have only a couple of tour dates and neither of them are near Seattle, but if you want to listen to a live performance from them you can check out their triple LP live album, recorded at the Music Hall of Williamsburg, that they released earlier this year! phosphorescentmusic.com
Featuring the very recognizable Johnny Cash! This song was originally released on Dylan's second record, The Freewheelin Bob Dylan, in 1963 before recording this duet in 1969 and releasing it on Nashville Skyline!
Mark Lanegan will be playing the KEXP Mainstage at Macefield Music Festival in Ballard on Saturday, October 3rd! He also just released an album called Houston, which is a series of demos from 2002 that are all amazing! macefieldmusicfestival.com
Villagers released their third studio album, Darling Arithmetic, earlier this year! Check it out here www.wearevillagers.com and then go see them at the Neptune on Wednesday, September 30th!
The Veils are currently working on their 5th album! Not much information has been released yet, but they are planning on recording in London and then the United States! www.theveils.com
The Waterboys released a new album, Modern Blues, at the beginning of the year! www.mikescottwaterboys.com
Today is the first day of football! And although the Seahawks aren't playing until Sunday, and John isn't playing their anthem, Bittersweet Symphony, I thought I could fit that connection in!
Jane's Addiction have been a band for 30 years now! Perry Farrell is also the only person to have played all 12 Coachellas! DJ Peretz and The Chemical Brothers are the only acts to have played Coachella more than 4 times! Perrry Farrell also started Lollapalooza in 1991 as the farewell Jane's Addiction tour, but Jane's Addiction is still touring, and Perry is still a producer of the festival!
British band, Foals, just released this album almost two weeks ago! You can listen to the album sampler right here before deciding to buy it! www.foals.co.uk They still only have one US date, LA, but I'm pretty sure they'll announce a tour through the US for early 2016!
Wilco's new album, Star Wars, is a bizarre album, from the name to the picture of a cat on the cover! The CD is out now and the vinyl is set to be released on October 13th! They originally gave the album out for free and sent with it a list of albums they like and that you should support, so here is the list in case you wanted to see what Wilco currently likes and supports! www.thetop22.com
Robert Smith covered The Twilight Sad's song, There's a Girl in the Corner, for a special 7" that is all sold out, but luckily we have the internet and you can still listen to the song! pitchfork.com
Mark Lanegan will be playing at the KEXP Mainstage at Macefield Music Festival on Saturday, October 3rd! macefieldmusicfestival.com
Welsh band, The Joy Formidable, covered the Twin Peaks theme song earlier this year! consequenceofsound.net They also are finishing work on a new album, and they have a monthly vinyl singles club that they started last year! thejoyformidable.com
Jeremy Enigk is currently working on a new solo album! You can help fund it here and receive exclusive songs, videos and photos while he works on it! www.pledgemusic.com
FIDLAR's sophomore album was released last week! Buy it on their website and get a sweet t-shirt bundle! They will also be playing the Showbox on Friday, October 23rd! fidlarmusic.com
A movie was released last year titled, Love & Mercy, and was all about the Beach Boys and Brian Wilson! Dennis Wilson was also the only surfer in the band, Brian Wilson never surfed!
Neumos is having an 80's vs 90's dance party tonight and local Prince cover band, Purple Mane, featuring members of Trick Candles and Hotels, will be playing! They are not to be missed!
Soundgarden is working on a new album, and Chris Cornell is releasing a new album followed by an acoustic tour, both of them kinda scare me, we'll see how they turn out! radio.com
Arcade Fire had an extensive ad campaign for their last album, the logo for Reflektor was everywhere! You can still find some of the stencils on the ground! The movie on Arcade Fire, The Reflektor Tapes, is showing in theaters on Wednesday, September 23rd! arcadefire.com
Pixies are asking for your help to help complete their gigography! They want you to send them photos and videos of past shows! You can also look at shows with downloads of digital recordings! www.pixiesmusic.com And if you want to watch them play you can watch KEXP's in studio with them from a year and a half ago! blog.kexp.org
We've had a lot of British bands today, and not just English, this is the second Scottish band and John also played The Joy Formidable, a Welsh band! We Were Promised Jetpacks will be playing at Neumos on Tuesday, November 17th!
XTC's second #1 hit and it came in 1992 towards the end of their career! Nonesuch is named after Henry VIII's palace of the same name built in London in the 16th century!
Telekinesis will be releasing a new album next Friday! He's also starting his tour at KEXP with an in studio on Monday, September 21st at 1 PM! He then plays a few shows around the Seattle area before returning and playing Seattle proper on Saturday, November 7th at Neumos! telekinesismusic.com
Speaking of bands that are hard to find by googling them! Google doesn't recognize punctuation so you have to search Chk Chk Chk, which is the pronunciation of this band! Anyway, they will be releasing a new album on October 16th and will be playing at the Crocodile on Tuesday, December 1st!
Painted Palms just released a new album last week! They will also be playing at the Crocodile on Wednesday, October 28th with Small Black!
The Replacements just released a box set of the Twin/Tone years! I believe it is out of print so I would rush to your local record store, they might have a couple copies left!
Karl Wallinger, or World Party, played at KEXP a couple years ago! Watch it in all of it's glory right here blog.kexp.org
Luna performed on KEXP, not too long after the call letters were changed! www.kexp.org
Youth Lagoon's new album comes out in just over 2 weeks! He will also be playing at Neumos on Friday, November 21st! Youth Lagoon/Trevor Powers just released a new single too! pitchfork.com
The Temper Trap stopped by KEXP shortly after this album was released! Listen to them perform this song and a few others! www.kexp.org
Small Black are releasing a new album next Friday! Listen to the single, Boys Life, and pre order the album on pretty colored vinyl all at the same place! They will also be playing at the Crocodile on Wednesday, October 28th! www.small-black.com
New Order is releasing a new album on September 25th! It will be their first of all new and original material in 10 years! It will also be the first one without founding member Peter Hook! Those might scare you, but the single sounds good and it's received positive reviews so far! www.neworder.com
Inspiral Carpets came from the same scene in Manchester as the Stone Roses and Happy Mondays! Manchester just seems like it has been pumping out amazing music for a really long time now!
Debut album from Petite Noir is going to be released tomorrow! Listen to another song by Petite Noir and if you pre order the album you get that song for free! soundcloud.com
Stephen Colbert made his Late Show debut on Tuesday night and his first two weeks of guests are amazing! Kendrick was last night, Willie Nelson will be interviewed and perform next week, and TV on the Radio will be performing with Run The Jewels on Tuesday, September 15th!
Noah Gundersen will be playing at the Neptune this Saturday, September 12th!