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The Cure are currently making their rounds at various European festivals. Their next stop will be tomorrow in Belfort, France for the Euroeenes Festival. www.thecure.com
UNKLE continue to keep themselves busy by remixing the music of other artists and having their music remixed by other folks. Most recently they released a remix comp which featured UNKLE songs remixed by others. unkle.com
Performing at this year's Capitol Hill Block Party taking place Fri. July 20th-Sun. July 22nd. Catch Father John Misty on the Neumos stage on Fri. July 20th. If you don't live in the Seattle area and would like to win a chance to fly out to Seattle for the CHBP, learn more about our Flyaway taking place now by going here: blog.kexp.org
Playing this year's Bumbershoot Music Festival here in Seattle taking place Labor Day weekend. Catch this Swedish band on Sun. Sept. 2nd. www.nikiandthedove.com
The rumor at the moment is that Daft Punk will be releasing a brand new single on July 21st. The song is called, "Renoma Street" after a Parisian cafe. It's been reported that they are working with legendary songwriter Paul Williams who penned "The Rainbow Connection". www.nme.com
Read more about Factory, the legendary and highly influential indie UK label, which is currently spotlighted on our blog as a part of KEXP's Celebration of Independence: blog.kexp.org
Returning to Seattle on Sat. Sept. 8th at Neumos. future-islands.com
Playing the Capitol Hill Block Party on Sun. July 22nd on the Neumos Stage at 9PM. porcelainraft.com For listeners outside of Seattle, sign up for KEXP's flyaway contest for the Capitol Hill Block Party- the winner will also be provided with lodging at the Sorrento Hotel- more info and to sign up go here: blog.kexp.org
In honor of the 20th anniversary of the 1992 release date, Bob Mould will be performing Copper Blue in it's entirety at the Shwobox at the Market on Tues. Sept. 18th. www.bobmould.com
Playing at the White River Amphitheater w/ Florence and the Machine on Sat. July 21st. thewalkmen.com
The new full length will be out on July 10th. Playing the Capitol Hill Block Party Mainstage on Sat. July 21st at 6PM. capitolhillblockparty.com
A Public Enemy Cover with Martina Topley-Bird on vocals. Recently the pair performed songs from the Maxinquaye album at select venues in the UK www.dominorecordco.us
Heading out on tour this Fall. They'll make their way to Seattle at the Crocodile on Tues. Nov. 13th. Watch their full performance for KEXP during the Afternoon Show from August 2011 here: www.youtube.com The official video for "Bellbottoms" from 1994: youtu.be
Paul McCartney will be performing at the Olympic opening ceremonies in London on July 27th. www.paulmccartney.com
Their next live show will take place in Columbus, OH on July 16th. aptbs.tumblr.com
Next Monday July 2nd, Blur will be debuting two new songs on their twitter channel @blurofficial - This will be broadcast via a world wide live video stream. www.blur.co.uk
Kathleen Hanna, frontwoman for Bikini Kill and Le Tigre, is currently working on music with her new band, The Juile Ruin. www.kathleenhanna.com
Watch Art Brut's performance for KEXP when they stopped by in June of 2009: www.youtube.com www.artbrut.org.uk
Tune in to hear Alt-J LIVE on the Morning Show from the Cutting Room Studios in NYC on Tues. Aug. 7th at 9AM
The reunited Happy Mondays will be playing the V Festival in the UK on Sat. Aug. 18th. www.happymondaysonline.com
Stream the audio from Cut Copy's last KEXP in studio session here: kexp.org
The LCD Soundsystem documentary, "Shut Up and Play the Hits" will be showing at select theatres around the country on Wed. July 18th. The Seattle showing will take place at Cinerama. lcdsoundsystem.com
Django Django will be playing UK tourdates at the end of October. The last two nights on Oct. 31st and Nov. 1st in London are SOLD OUT. www.djangodjango.co.uk
Fitz & the Tantrums are currently in the studio recording their next full length. They'll be returning to Seattle for the Capitol Hill Block Party on Fri. July 20th. fitzandthetantrums.com
Currently on tour. Their next appearance takes place tonight in Philadelphia. japandroids.com
Matt Johnson, aka The The, continues to keep busy. he recently provided the soundtrack for a documentary called Cineola Volume 2: Moonbug. Read more about the project here: www.thethe.com
If you haven't heard yet, KEXP is celebrating the 4th of July by spotlighted independent music. Read about the history and impact of many of your favorite indie labels on our blog here: blog.kexp.org
David Bowie with some help from Trent Reznor- can you tell? Watch the official video with Trent Reznor being a scary American stalking David Bowie: youtu.be
God Bless America, Trent Reznor is back on twitter: @trent_reznor
This single was originally released by the Factory label. Read more about it's history on our blog as we celebrate independent record labels: blog.kexp.org
Currently playing performance dates overseas. Next stop will be for the Heineken Opener festival on July 4th in Poland. www.thetingtings.com
