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Monday, Mar 25 2013, 6AM
Welcome to the Morning Show, a refuge for the sun-deprived and bracket-busted
Take a listen to Seattle native Perfume Genius' dynamite in-studio here at KEXP - kexp.org
Shearwater are working on two new albums for 2013, one a follow up to their last LP Animal Joy and the other a collection of covers of artists and bands they've toured with over the years
On the fourth single from their album Ten, Vedder said "I remember for 'Oceans,' someone asked me to put change in the parking meter for them. I went and did that and then I came back and was locked out. It was drizzling and I wasn't dressed for an outing in the rain. I had a scrap of paper and a pen in my pocket, and they were playing this song [inside]. All I could hear was the bass coming through the wall, this window that was boarded up. So I wrote the song to the bass."
Written back when Bono was in his big poetry phase (later to be supplanted by his big "giant sunglasses" phase)
The German musician's latest - Krieg und Frieden (Music for Theatre) - was just released, based on and commissioned for a Berlin-based production of Tolstoy's War and Peace (original title: War, What Is It Good For?)
This was the Manchester, UK band's follow up to their 2003 debut Effloresce
Tadpoles have a bit of an usual back story as they formed in NYC and moved TO Hoboken, NJ (voluntarily) where they peddled their psychedelic sounds in the '90s
Frightened Rabbit are criss-crossing the country right now in support of their new album Pedestrian Verse. Here's a little taste of what to expect from their live shows - youtu.be
Available as a free download here (the music video is worth checking out too, shot on 8 mm) - blog.kexp.org
Thanks to BellaMaine for contributing their time, energy and support for KEXP's Audioasis Benefit show this weekend! Yay!
Apparently Robert Smith couldn't handle writing a nice, simple song about an afternoon at the beach unless it's suffused with anxiety, paranoia and depression (potentially stemming from an incident where he dropped his hot dog in the sand circa 1991 in Blackpool)
BIG Moon last night / this morning here in Seattle. Better yet, no reported incidents of lycanthropy... yet
Playing Sasquatch! in May (and dates in Oregon and B.C. if you can't make it out to the Gorge)
Silent letter enthusiasts Django Django just stopped by KEXP to play an upbeat, energetic live set for us. Take a listen to the session here! - kexp.org
"And She Was" is reputedly inspired by / about an acquaintance of Byrne's who would take LSD and veg out in a field next to the Yoo-Hoo bottling plant in Baltimore
The London band are playing Barboza - Saturday, April 27th in support of their debut album, 180
Playing with Hanni El-Khatib and Wall of Death at the Neptune Theatre - Monday, May 13th! BOLD PREDICTION: it'll be a night of fuzzz, reverb and, ahem, undulating colours and lines
The "slow version" of "Mirror People" is the B-side to The Light 7" / 12" single
Telekinesis' Michael Benjamin Lerner will be LIVE on KEXP - Tuesday, April 2nd at 9:00 on the Morning Show!
Evil Friends is due out June 4th and was produced by Danger Mouse. Here's the weirdo, night-cam, snowmobiling video for the lead single - youtu.be
If you're listening at work with headphones on and just jumped three feet in the air screaming LIGHTS AND MUSIC, congratulations - you're definitely a KEXP fiend
The opening line - "Is Dexter ill" - comes from John Water's Divine-starring 1981 film Polyester
Friday, May 31st at the Neptune Theatre! Also, check out the slinky, house-driven remix courtesy of Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs - soundcloud.com
Will Sergeant, Ian McCulloch and Les Pattinson like their kisses sweet rather than savoury (probably a better title than "Lips Like Salt")
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
LIVE on KEXP - Sunday, March 31st at 2:00 pm! Playing their record release show the night before - Saturday, the 30th - at Neumos. ALSO, they're playing a FREE in-store performance at Easy Street on Monday, April 1st at 8:00 pm
Songs for Slim is a collaborative cover series benefiting Replacements guitarist Slim Dunlap, hospitalized several months ago for a massive stroke and who needs ongoing care. More here - www.songsforslim.com
You heard it here first: these flannel-clad, bearded young men are gonna be big! (Give Up is receiving the 10th anniversary deluxe reissue treatment April 9th on Sub Pop. They'll be at Sasquatch! too)
Portland's Lost Lander spent all night watching TV and squashed the resulting footage into a four minute video for "Cold Feet" - youtu.be
The follow to 2007's sublime After Dark also features related acts Glass Candy, Desire, Symmetry, Farah and more! Check out the impossibly chic and atmospheric vid for "Cherry" here - youtu.be
The new album from Bibio, a.k.a. Stephen Wilkinson, is due out May 14th!
The musician's stage name is an homage to British comedian Vic Reeves (real name Jim Moir)
As you can see from this video of Sin Fang at the Iceland Airwaves festival, his eyes are in perfect working order, devoid of any patches or redness - youtu.be
The Nashville four-piece put on a nice show for KEXP at SXSW. They even played their own instruments! - blog.kexp.org
Another big thanks for River Giant for donating their time, energy and sweet licks to the Audioasis Benefit show this past weekend!
If you're going to see one worshipping, congratulatory concert film directed by a "jittery" Martin Scorsese, make it this one! - youtu.be
A better joke about the Swedish singer / songwriter's name has probably been written elsewhere, so search for that
LIVE on KEXP - Monday, May 6th at 1:00 on the Midday Show! (playing that night at the Neptune Theatre)
Happy Birthday Ryan Lewis! ryanlewis.bandcamp.com
Read about releases last Spring we loved including Giraffage, Mogwai, The Green Pajamas and more in the KEXP blog right here: blog.kexp.org