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Thursday, Jul 9 2015, 6AM
Portland band The Helio Sequence will be playing at the Neptune this Saturday, July 11th!
Need a little luck today? Check out some songs KEXP put together about luck for Friday the 13th a few years ago. The next Friday the 13th is in November! blog.kexp.org
The Waterboys released a new studio album a couple of months ago and are currently touring! Unfortunately the only tour stops are in Europe www.mikescottwaterboys.com
Listen to Bob Mould's in studio from the Cutting Room Studios last summer! kexp.org
Of Monsters and Men will be playing at Marymoor Park on Sunday, August 9th! Sounds like the perfect setting for their beautiful music! www.ofmonstersandmen.com
New Beach House album is set to be released in about a month and a half! First new album in 3 years and I think it's going to be a big one
18 year old SOAK will be live on KEXP on Monday, August 10th at 9:30 AM and then will be playing at Barboza that night!
It sounds like The Temper Trap are nearly done with their 3rd album!
Want to listen to more of British artist Oscar? Well here you go! www.oscaroscar.co.uk
Some bands bring their own sound guys or even their own sound board, but Bombay Bicycle Club brought two sound boards. Each one was in a different production room looking into the live studio. As you probably know KEXP doesn't have much space and we had to fit them wherever we could blog.kexp.org
Happy Birthday to Isaac Brock! Modest Mouse will be playing two shows at the Paramount on Monday and Tuesday, August 24th and 25th!
CAKE will be playing this year's Bumbershoot on Labor Day Weekend! bumbershoot.com
Little Dragon might be one of the best bands to see live right now. Their Sasquatch set was absolutely mind blowing, check out KEXP's coverage of it right here and don't miss them next time they come to town blog.kexp.org
If you want to stream some Prince you're going to have to get Tidal because Prince pulled all of his music from Spotify and Apple Music
Hot Chip will be playing Squamish Music Festival in BC in early August! squamishfestival.com
New project from Dan Auerbach, debut album is being released on September 4th! www.thearcs.com
Franz Ferdinand just released an album with Sparks under the moniker FFS, and abbreviation of Franz Ferdinand Sparks!
Wavves will be playing at the Neptune on September 8th and the closest Cloud Nothings will be is Pickathon at the end of July!
A play titled Girlfriend was inspired by this album and debuted in California in 2010!
Original recording of Tainted Love by Gloria Jones was a B side and was made famous by Soft Cell 17 years later in 1981!
Seattle band Grace Love & The True Loves have a couple shows coming up. They will be playing at Timber next weekend, an awesome festival that everyone should check out, and Bumbershoot during Labor Day Weekend! www.timbermusicfest.com
Happy Birthday Jack White! Did you know that Jack White and Isaac Brock were born on the same exact day? Check out KEXP's exclusive interview with Jack White from last fall blog.kexp.org
This album was produced by The Bewlay Brothers, David Bowie and Iggy Pop's production pseudonym, and was written, recorded and mixed in 8 days! Iggy Pop is also featured on the new New Order album coming out this fall!
This album was released 20 years ago! Check out the reissues here www.supergrass.com
New Chemical Brothers album is being released in a week from tomorrow, probably the biggest release date of the year, and features Beck, Q-Tip and Annie Clark/St. Vincent!
Probably my favorite album of the year so far. - Atticus Listen to Thee Oh Sees' performance at MFNW from 2010 right here! kexp.org
Lead singer, Michael Quercio, came up with the term Paisley Underground to describe the subset of bands in LA that they played with the most, these include The Dream Syndicate and the Bangles!
Wolf Alice is blowing up and touring like crazy! They're back in Seattle on Wednesday, August 12th at Neumos!
Bow Wow Wow is a group manufactured by Malcom McLaren, former manager of the Sex Pistols, featuring Annabella Lwin and the members of Adam and the Ants who weren't Adam Ant. Lwin was 14 when she first joined Bow Wow Wow in 1980
Original version of I Want Candy which was written by The Strangeloves, a New York band who pretended that they were from Australia
The Cheerleader shop has said it's coming soon for a while now, I sure hope it's soon because those shirts are sweet! cheerleadersounds.com
Cut Copy have a DJ set coming up at Q Nightclub on Thursday, July 16th!
Ride are currently on tour, but they only have European and East Coast dates! Maybe they'll add a West Coast tour!
Basement Jaxx are currently only playing in Europe, but you can buy some Basement Jaxx stuff here! shop.basementjaxx.com
Jamie xx is playing Capitol Hill Block Party next weekend! capitolhillblockparty.com
Ryuichi Sakamoto was diagnosed with throat cancer last summer www.sitesakamoto.com
Listen to more of Hudson Mohawke and watch some videos of his right here hudsonmohawke.com
Public Enemy is still touring, but all of their dates are in Europe or on the east coast! www.publicenemy.com
Galactic are playing a couple shows in the Seattle area soon! They will be playing Pemberton and Summer Meltdown Festival in Darrington, Washington
Light In The Attic just reissued this album and you should get it because it's great! lightintheattic.net
Listen to legendary band The English Beat perform for KEXP from the Bumbershoot Music Lounge in 2010! kexp.org
The Twilight Sad just released a 7" with Robert Smith covering one of their songs as the B side, unfortunately they're already sold out... You can still stream it here though www.theguardian.com
Discover more about The Libertines here! www.thelibertines.com
New Telekinesis album is coming out on September 18th! It sounds really awesome and I'm really excited for it! telekinesismusic.com
Happy Birthday to Isaac Brock! Modest Mouse is playing two shows at the Paramount on Monday and Tuesday, August 24th and 25th! Their show at Sasquatch was great, I would highly recommend going
Watch Unknown Mortal Orchestra's recent in studio right here! blog.kexp.org But watch the Tanlines live stream first!
Tanlines are playing Mississippi Studios in Portland TONIGHT!