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Monday, Apr 1 2013, 6AM
Good morning! It's April Fools. But please refrain from pulling a weak joke on your spouse or significant other (cuz that is so played)
Playing Saturday, May 4th at the Showbox Market with Bleeding Rainbow!
Ack!! Milk & Black Spiders!! (in Cathy's voice). DON'T WORRY - Foals are playing Friday, May 31st at the Neptune Theatre with Surfer Blood and Blondfire
Playing Tuesday, April 16th at the Showbox Market! (be sure to tune in to KEXP on Wednesday, April 10th as well - a big day of ticket giveaways for the Bat for Lashes show)
Soooooo... O'Connor was a divisive figure back in the day, obvs, but DID YOU KNOW, that Mr. Blue Eyes himself, Frank Sinatra, once threatened to "kick her ass" because she refused to perform if "The Star Spangled Banner" was played before her gig in New Jersey?
The recording of Gold Afternoon Fix was fraught with internal conflict - particularly with drummer Richard Ploog - who was replaced in many of the song with *gasp* a drum machine
No need to Wikipedia it, Hildegard von Bingen was "a German writer, composer, philosopher, Christian mystic, Benedictine abbess, visionary, and polymath." (oh yeah, Mr. Banhart is also playing Sasquatch! this year)
Michael Benjamin Lerner (of Telekinesis) will be LIVE on KEXP - tomorrow at 9:00 am! Also, here's a free download from Seattle's Telekinesis! Did we mention it's FREE FREE FREE?!? - blog.kexp.org ts and Creatures
The Nashville four-piece played a great, tidy set for KEXP at SXSW just recently. Dig in! - kexp.org
If you just missed them in Seattle, they're still on tour! (playing Vancouver tomorrow night, by the way) - englishbeat.net
Should it please the court, check out Junior Boys' Jeremy Greenspan reworking electronic music pioneer Laurie Spiegel's "Drums&Drums&Drums" - soundcloud.com
From his bio: "Manu Chao is a French singer of Spanish descent. He sings in French, Spanish, English, Italian, Galician, Arabic and Portuguese and occasionally in other languages" UH, way to make the rest of us look bad, Manu
Kobo Town is the project of Trinidadian-Canadian songwriter Drew Gonsalves (so-named for the neighbourhood of Port of Spain in Trinidad and Tobago)
MORBID TRIVIA: The Goo album cover was designed by the prolific American artist Raymond Pettibon and based on a photo of the infamous "Moor Murderers" from the UK
Playing an AWESOME local bill at Neumos - Thursday, April 25th - with Wimps and La Luz
Coming through town in support of their latest, Clash the Truth, Saturday, April 27th (venue is officially TBD... your house?)
Playing April 20th *cough cough* at the all-ages Vera Project with Dude York, CCR Headcleaner and Big Eyes! Go see them SHREDDDD
GOOFY FACT: his latest is a play on the "Heroes" album cover, which here at KEXP some joker back in the day sharpie'd over his hands on the vinyl cover to give the illusion that Mr. Bowie was giving DJ's the finger
Latest from slacker brat Nathan Williams a.k.a. Wavves. Rock on d00d
Arguably their coolest 12" cover (b/w the rad "Kill Surf City) - www.discogs.com
More from the dreamy Seattle band Jetman Jet Team - jetmanjetteam.bandcamp.com
Second album from the Brooklyn band. Some back story, La Big Vic’s lead guitarist, Toshio Masuda, was in a prominent J-Pop band as a teenager back in Japan.
New release from Oakland's Wax Idols, whose front woman Hether Fortune, used to work as a dominatrix and still engages in all-round badassery, as evidenced by this record
New from the Brighton, UK group. Check 'em out! (for their Frank Ocean cover, if nothing else) - www.cavepaintingmusic.com
The opening guitar riff kinda sounds like the Chicago Bulls intro song they used during Jordan's reign #Stupid90sRecollections
If you think about, the best kind of hooligan
Take a listen to the Scottish group plying their trade here at KEXP (pro tip: play it LOUD) - kexp.org
Some people, like Little Dragon's Yukimi Nagano, are just talented and lovely and we should embrace this
Was nominated for a Grammy at the age of five (!). It'z true
Cover features Chicago's iconic residential towers Marina City (also, was Wilco inspired by Modest Mouse's cover for The Lonesome Crowded West?)
The NYC band's name was inspired by Philadelphia 76'ers centre Lucious Jackson
Latest from NYC quintet Caveman is out tomorrow! They're gonna be playing Sasquatch! next month too
Playing Friday, April 26th -AND- Monday, April 29th at the Neptune Theatre (cuz Seattle shows the love)
The "Ambling Alp" was the nickname for Italian heavyweight boxer Primo Carnera
Stellar synth-pop debut from Montreal duo Adam Hunter and Clarian North
New 12" release from Seattle's Volvo-est rapper, Grynch (with Budo on the production tip)
The local group will be at the Sunset Tavern in Ballard on April 20th. boat.ohnodisaster.com