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Monday, Aug 5 2013, 6AM
Kind of like a New Order / Kraftwerk mash up song, innit?
Swinging new release from Australian duo Jagwar Ma. Great summer soundtrack!
Courtship advice: dance to the Daft Punk version of "Get Lucky," entice dancing partner by saying "hey, want to watch Daughter's live set on KEXP at my place?" then seal the deal, as it were with Daughter's cover of "Get Lucky" - www.youtube.com
Didn't you hear, Brit Pop fans? Floppy bucket hats are back in style
Here's Villagers' Conor O'Brien playing a great solo acoustic set on the Morning Show - kexp.org
It's been eight years since Boards of Canada's last full-length, Campfire Headphase
Don't fret: the whispering you hear is IN the song itself, off the latest from Montreal's Antoine Bédard
That handsome visage that greets you on the KEXP front page? It's Mr. Daughn Gibson. Scope his tune "The Sound of Law," today's Song of the Day selection! - kexp.org
The new album from the pairing of Modeselektor and Apparat is out tomorrow! Catch them at the Neptune Theatre, Wednesday August 28
clod·hop·per (noun) - a clumsy and uncouth rustic / a large heavy work shoe or boot / crunchy fudge candy from Canada / band featuring Danny Pearson of American Music Club
Released concurrently with the film of the same name, starring Simon and Rip Torn (and Lou Reed!)
South African duo of producer John Withers and singer Emmanuel Nzaramba (originally from Rwanda). The two struck up a conversation in the streets of Cape Town and decided to make music together
Currently in the midst of a big world tour (including a stop in exotic Calgary, AB!). Check 'em out in a road house, or enormous arena, near you - www.vampireweekend.com
This set of music features TWO musicians who co-starred in movies with Rip Torn (Bowie in his acting debut, 1976's The Man Who Fell To Earth)
On cue everybody listening to this just started pumping their arms and yelling "YAH YAH YAH YAH YAHYAHYAHYAHYAHYAH YAH!"
Debut from Brooklyn four-piece Bear Ceuse - medicalrecordsuk.bandcamp.com
Their new LP - Defend Yourself - is out September 17th! On tour now, too. Dates 'n' stuff right here - sebadoh.com
Here's Sunny Day Real Estate in a print ad for Nordstrom, dressed as people who would now draw considerable attention from security guards at Nordstrom - tiny.cc
Revolver, The Beatles' 7th LP, came out on this day in 1966!
Chicago's Bare Mutants are led by ex-Ponys frontman Jered Gummere (who's also played in The Muggles, Defilers, Real Cool Killers and Guilty Pleasures)
That album that resulted when Atlantic Records head Ahmet Ertegun asked the band for an LP "loaded with hits"
Single only from 1981 that one critic deemed the "first British hip hop song"
Mark Pickerel, Screaming Trees' drummer, is playing Monday, September 2nd at Bumbershoot! He'll also be LIVE on KEXP - Thursday, October 10th on the Midday Show
STAY TUNED for your chance to sign up to see Bob Mould play a KEXP exclusive live broadcast performance at Bumbershoot!
A deluxe 20th anniversary edition of In Utero is being released September 24th, featuring B-sides, unheard demos, compilation tracks, live recordings (numbering over 70 tracks) and video of the band's "Live and Loud" concert from Pier 48 in 1993 // Happy Birthday to guitarist Pat Smear!
Playing the Summer Meltdown Festival in Darrington this Saturday
This "Mississipster" from Oxford is playing with Hanni El Khatib - Saturday, September 21st at Barboza
Catchier than their original title, "Combustible Hydrocarbon Liquid Fuel Hat"
Depending how comely / confident you are, this pickup line will either work like gangbusters or fail spectacularly
Out August 27th! Visit here for a free download of another cut off Electric Slave, "Skulldiggin" - www.blackjoelewis.com
LIVE on KEXP - Friday, August 16th 1:00 pm! // That night at Barboza
Visit here to see Bob Mould play an exclusive live performance for KEXP at Bumbershoot on Sunday, September 1st! - kexp.org
MCA a.k.a. Adam Yauch was born on this day in 1964. Celebrate his life and work by bumping "Jimmy James" - and other such classics at inappropriate volumes all day (crashing a party by kicking down the door and smashing a TV with a baseball bat is also acceptable)
Again we celebrate the Born Day and musical legacy of Adam Yauch
Get Sade'd at Neumos TONIGHT with L.A. R&B duo Rhye #BabyMakingMusicYa'll
Playing a buncha dates upcoming, including a show at Salish Lodge & Spa on August 25th and then Bumbershoot on Sunday, September 1st
TRIVIA: Luther Perkins, influential guitarist in Johnny Cash's backing band the Tennessee Three, passed away August 5th in 1968
LIVE on KEXP - Friday, October 4th at 1:00 pm! // That night at the Tractor Tavern with Karl Blau
wah wah wah wah wah wah wah wah *reverb* *crazy drumming* wah wah wah wah wah wah wah wah
Request from the City of Champions - Edmonton, AB - for a song to soundtrack some home brewing. Crack open a cold one and enjoy!
Vancouver's WEED is playing the Summit St block party on Capitol Hill this Saturday along with Airport, Lisa Dank, Specs One, MTNS, Health Problems, Weed, WaMu, Terminal Fuzz Terror, So Pitted, Gang Cult, The Rhagmagma Show, Witches Titties, Sweet Pups, Drekavac and Ronnie Earl Porter. Starts at 11:00 am!
Second full-length from Bay Area outfit Weekend, back with a more muscular, gauzy sound. Catch 'em on tour here - www.facebook.com