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Monday, Jul 16 2012, 6AM
Check out the other covers from Fujiya & Miyagi, Destroyer, Errors and more - soundcloud.com
Peter Saville reproduced french painter Henri Fantin-Latour's "A Basket of Roses" for the iconic cover to Power, Corruption & Lies
After Ian Curtis' death, "Atmosphere" was released as a double A-sided 12" single (b/w "She's Lost Control")
If you're afflicted by entomophobia then Mezzanine is probably not your favourite Massive Attack sleeve
Port St. Willow of Brooklyn's Nick Principe - portstwillow.bandcamp.com
Playing the Columbia City Theater July 27th and Shoreline's NW Solar Fest the next day
Swedish sister duo First Aid Kit's cover shot in the woods back before they, you know, got famous - youtu.be
If you're quarreling with your father / son, why not try throwing this track on? At the very least you'll get 3.5 minutes of reprieve from your father / son
Although he sounds like a Victorian-era sideshow attraction, The Tallest Man on Earth is rather Swedish singer / songwriter Kristian Matsson. Catch him September 9th at the Moore Theatre
The British group's 4th full-length features Depeche Mode’s Dave Gahan on vocals (the group previously had Mark Lanegan handling singing duties [side note: damn, these guys have famous friends])
Amnesiac's cover was designed and drawn by Thom Yorke, going under the name pseudonym "Tchocky" (a.k.a. Dr Tchock)
This may be how you feel upon listening to Kill for Love - vivaitalians.blogspot.com
(August 5th at the Crocodile) Fang Island are an indie band from Brooklyn - NOT a malevolent island base teeming with kung fu lackeys and fronted by a charismatic villain with a distinguishing feature, let's say an eye patch - who are releasing their third album later this moth
New music from Band of Horses! Their new album is due out September 18th. Check out the video for "Knock Knock" while you're at it - youtu.be
The Seattle band is embarking on a mini West Coast tour starting July 26th in LA as well as Bumbershoot in September! - www.theyoungevils.com
Here's Portland's Ramona Falls playing "Spore" as part of the recent Hood-to-Hood challenge Ballard broadcast - youtu.be
Request! Sate your desire for Plants and Animals (perhaps while you eat some plants, animals) by listening to their KEXP in-studio! - kexp.org
The English group disbanded in 2009 after putting out two singles and two EPs
Playing (Wolf Hotel are Barfly and Graves) with White China Gold + OC Notes - this TUESDAY at Barboza. Chuch
The new album - The Heist - is out October 9th! It's their first full-length together. Celebrate, why don't you, October 12th at the big CD release party at the WaMu Theater!
The R&B singer is an Odd Future compatriot and just released his much anticipated major label debut
We have our six ticket giveaway winners. Thanks for playing, calling, participating, listening, e-mailing, hot air ballooning, etc!
What, whaaaaaaaaaa?!?! OFWKTA remix? Yup. They're a cosmopolitan bunch of rabble-rousers
Although critically acclaimed, The Death of Cool flopped upon its release and was popularly ignored for the most part. On the public reaction lead singer Patrick Fitzgerald said "It was too dark and gloomy and questioning, this being the height of Madchester and E. You had '...Tooting Broadway' and the queer-bashing scenario of 'Breathing Fear,' the AIDS death song of 'When in Heaven'... perhaps a little challenging for its time"
Here's another cut from the Icelandic group's new album Exorcise (based on the short story Tilbury by Þórarinn Eldjárn) - youtu.be
Playin' the Capitol Hill Block Party this FRIDAY, July 20th! Check out all the LIVE broadcasts KEXP's doing for this year's Block Party - kexp.org
"A Boy Named Sue" was written by Shel Silverstein (you know, author of THE GIVING TREE!)
Also by Shel Silverstein, off his 1962 album Inside Folk Songs (Cash covered it on 1965's Sings the Ballads of the True West and 1968's live album, At Folsom Prison)
Playing Friday, August 3rd as part of the KEXP Concerts at the Mural (Seattle Center), every Friday in August! Check out full lineups and more here - blog.kexp.org
The L.A. band, who call Echo Park home (that's were the young, hip crowd goes to Lindy Hop, right?), is playing a show this Wednesday at the Bootleg Theater to celebrate their new single release
Here she is playing "Suzanne & I" live at KEXP. There were a lot of British people milling around the station that day. Everybody felt a little smarter and more erudite as a result - youtu.be
The Swedish electro trio is bringing their particular brand of Scandinavian cool to Bumbershoot, September 2nd
One reason to get the new album on CD / vinyl from Crocodiles is the nudity on the front cover, something KEXP listeners appreciate (probably... guessing here... it's true though, innit?)
"Elevate My Mind" became "the first British rap single ever to reach the U.S. pop charts" upon its release in 1990
Funnier if you say it like the Klingons in Star Trek - "Hue-mon" (the group is Icelandic, which is approximately the same as Klingon) - www.facebook.com
Land of the Loops is Alan Sutherland; he got started in electronic music when his parents bought him a sampler as a college graduate gift
Playing the Capitol Hill Block Party this SATURDAY, July 21st! Check out some of the Mad Max-esque, motorcycle-themed music videos he made for the new album, no doubt to showcase his ability to look fly in leather goods - twinshadow.net
Part of the soundtrack to the seminal 1972 film The Harder They Come (starring Jimmy Cliff)