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Monday, Jul 30 2012, 6AM
Foals are from Oxford. In other British news, the Olympics are happening
Morrissey - pictured here with a cat on his head: media.tumblr.com - will be in Seattle November 8th at the Moore Theatre!
Be sure to watch this video from Cold Specks' KEXP in-studio (some powerful pipes on this Canadian chanteuse) - blog.kexp.org
The Submarines, from L.A., have a band member named Blake Hazard... Just thought that was a cool name is all
Fort Union is the garage-recording Seattle duo of Jace Krause and Jake Rohr. Stream their debut album here - fortunion.bandcamp.com
The Seattle duo will be playing the most excellent (and under-the-radar) Doe Bay Fest on Orcas Island, August 9th! Check out the good times here - doebayfest.com
The Haunted Man, Bat for Lashes' third LP, is out October 23rd (if you squint really hard, there's semi-naked people on the cover)
Supported herself whilst attending the Dublin College of Music by delivering singing telegrams
Swedes Miike Snow were on this survival-horror trip before most. To wit, their music video for "Silvia" (dudes look grizzled with a capital 'g') - vimeo.com
Mutations, Beck's follow-up to the hugely successful Odelay, was co-produced by frequent Radiohead collaborator Nigel Godrich
You may remember Rilo Kiley's Jenny Lewis from her star turn in the 1989 film The Wizard ("I love the Power Glove.. it's so bad") - tiny.cc
Fleetwood Mac cover! It's from a compilation featuring Marianne Faithfull, Best Coast, Antony, Tame Impala and more... just don't resume the same *ahem* habits you had back in the '70s when the waves of nostalgia wash over you
Out August 14th! (LP and CD release is slated for September 25th)
LIVE on KEXP - Friday, August 3rd at 1:00 on the Midday Show! Catch 'em that night at the Tractor Tavern
Translates in German to "The The The" (but only in reference to feminine / plural nouns in the nominative and accusative)
Playing the Seattle Center Mural this FRIDAY, August 3rd along with Sallie Ford, Legendary Oaks and Fly Moon Royalty. Scope the other great Concerts at the Mural shows here - blog.kexp.org
The lead single from Lord Huron's forthcoming debut album Lonesome Dreams, out October 9th
David Bazan formed Pedro the Lion here in Seattle back in 1995
Does the Matilda Alt-J knows also have telekinetic powers? Is that a common trait in British kids? Anyway, here's another cut from Alt-J's An Awesome Wave - blog.kexp.org
In a bizarre incident from 1992, Charlatans' keyboardist Rob Collins was arrested as an accessory to armed robbery when "[he] had been drinking with an old friend and wound up following him into a liquor store." Before spending eight months in the clink, Collins recorded his bits for the band's next album
The Reading, UK trip-hop group took their name from a blurb they read about the Beastie Boys hiring somebody to track down a classic pair of kicks for them
An early interview with The Horrors, just as they were gaining traction in North America, from Nardwuar, the Human Serviette - youtu.be
Their new album's out August 21st! Catch them at the Showbox, SoDo with Ceremony, September 28th
As featured on KEXP's Song of the Day podcast - blog.kexp.org
You won't be wanting in reading material when you Google search "The Rapture"
If you see people abusing the HOV lane, you know which number to call... (the 'hero' designation isn't really commensurate to the infraction, though, is it?)
Some more on Macklemore's new single, "Same Love" - blog.kexp.org
A must-read story on Passion Pit frontman Michael Angelakos' ongoing struggle with mental illness and addiction (plus, you know, effervescent music) - pitchfork.com
Follow-up EP to Welsh songstress Cate Le Bon's Cyrk from earlier this year
Catch him on tour with Other Lives later this year - www.heyiamindians.com
Catch their KEXP session this Wednesday, August 1st on the Morning Show!
Here are other, more pressing things you should be afraid of: food poisoning, paper cuts, exact change, running out of green salsa, odd numbers of socks, misspelling "definitely," etc., etc.