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Wednesday, Feb 6 2013, 6AM
Nick Cave will be making an appearance at SXSW March 12 & 13 and also with Grinderman at Coachella!
Sin Fang spent some time with us at KEX Hostel in Iceland during the Iceland Airwaves festival. Check out the video! blog.kexp.org
Hear a teaser for Junip's new album due out this spring at www.junip.net
Atoms for Peace (Thom Yorke's super-side project) has a new album coming out on Feb. 25 called AMOK.
Foals' new album will be out Feb. 11! Check out Foals' in studio at blog.kexp.org
Devotchka has a few dates coming up in CO, IL, MN, and PA. This song was the featured song of the day a while back. blog.kexp.org to
Cloud Boat are a duo from London. Listen to them here www.cloudboat.co.uk
Substance is a double album released after Ian Curtis' death.
Young Fathers seems to be a walking contradiction, defining themselves as a psychedelic/hip-hop boy band from Scotland.
If ever a band name was an onomatopoeia, it's Jinja Safari. This self produced band from Sydney makes music from "afropop rhythms, (and) tumbling island guitar".
It sounds like a flashback, but Inflatable Optimism was released just last year. turnpikeglow.bandcamp.com
Parquet Courts are a band from Brooklyn. They'll be playing in Austin during SXSW this year.
You can download Bear Hands new album for free on their site www.bearhandsband.com
REM are definitely music revolutionaries so it's no surprise that they are featured in our Music Revolutionaries Documentary.
Happy Birthday to Bob Marley! and Hadley Duke!
Unknown Mortal Orchestra is playing the Crocodile on March 22!
You can listen to Santi narrate the making of Master of My Make Believe on her site santigold.com
Believe it or not M83 was live on KEXP before they were selling out Key Arena www.kexp.org
The Cult released a new album last year. Check out the "Review Revue" of the Cult's Sonic Temple blog.kexp.org
Frightened Rabbit's first US stop on their Pedestrian Verse Tour will be Seattle's own Showbox at the Market on March 8!
Sonic Youth joined us live from the Bean Room at Capitol Hill Block Party in 2009 blog.kexp.org
BellaMaine, River Giant and the Commettes are playing the next Audioasis Community Partnership Show to benefit Amara at Chop Suey on March 23!
Ride is re-releasing some its BBC sessions on their label RideMusic ridemusic.net
My Bloody Valentine's first releases since 1991, there server crashed just minutes after it became available online due to overwhelming demand.
Local Natives are playing the Neptune on April 26- get your tickets early!
Watch a live performance by Fanfarlo on our blog! blog.kexp.org
Also from Beirut's The Rip Tide album, East Harlem was featured on our song of the day blog blog.kexp.org
Brand new music- preview music- from Merchandise! Their new album will be out this year.
The Smiths is one of KEXP's favorite afternoon artists blog.kexp.org
The Helio Sequence are playing at the Neptune on Feb. 17 with Talkdemonic!
Listen to more from Scottish trio Young Fathers www.young-fathers.com
Watch live video from Merrill Garbus AKA tUnEyArDs on our blog blog.kexp.org
Watch a short clip of David Byrne teaching Annie Clark to dance on their site lovethisgiant.com
My Life in the Bush of Ghosts is a groundbreaking album- it includes clips from radio talk-show hosts, Lebanese mountain singers, preachers, exorcism ceremonies, Muslim chanting, and Egyptian pop, among others.
The Game is Jayceon Terrell Taylor. Artists like NWA, 2Pac, and Jay-Z inspired him to quit the drug "game" and pursue music in 2001.
You can get a brief and wonderful musical history of Blue Hawaii at their bandcamp bluehawaii.bandcamp.com
You can learn more about Blue Hawaii and their upcoming release Untogether at arbutusrecords.com
If you like the Cure you don't want to miss Dancing on the Valentine on Feb. 9 at Neumo's! Come see and hear your favorite local artists cover the cure to find a cure! Proceeds benefit the Lukemia & Lymphoma society. Some artists include Adra Boo, Daniel G. Harmann & The Trouble Starts, Erik Blood, Fox and the Law, Gibraltar, Head Like a Kite, Hotels, Lesli Wood of the Redwood Plan with Jupe Jupe, NighTraiN, Panama Gold, The Grizzled Mighty, and Vox Mod, plus DJ Mike Steve.
The Commettes will be playing the Audioasis Community Partnership Benefit for Amara at Chop Suey on March 23 with BellaMaine and River Giant!
Playing Feb. 19 at Showbox Market. The Eels new album "Wonderful, Glorious" is out this week. See "New Alphabet" from the album here: blog.kexp.org
LCS Soundsystem is releasing their 2004 hit "Yeah" on vinyl: www.factmag.com