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Wednesday, May 2 2012, 6AM
Bill Callahan has a new special 7" with Mickey Newbury called "Heaven Help the Child" www.dragcity.com
Orton's live performance from 2006 playing songs from her album "Comfort of Strangers" kexp.org
We have great in studio sessions from Yppah and many many more at our blog kexp.org
That track featured on our Song of the Day podcast blog.kexp.org
Co-creator of Medicine, Brad Laner, lists Captain Beefheart, Throbbing Gristle, Yoko Ono, and the Residents as influences.
Chromatics says they've been working on that album for 5 years! No wonder it's so good!
Off Metric's newest album, Synthetica, coming out June 12. Catch Metric at this year's Sasquatch festival on Sat., May 26!
Catherine Wheel actually turned down Brian Eno's offer to record with his Opal label.
Greg Dulli also fronted the Twilight Singers. The Afghan Whigs doing a 25th anniversary tour. You still have time to get your tickets to their only US date in New York on Oct. 5.
Cold War Kids new guitarist Dan Gallucci (who also played with Murder City Devils and Modest Mouse) is producing their new album.
Do your business, but don't forget to sort the recycling!
Be sure to tune into the Midday show with Cheryl Waters today for a chance to win tickets to the *sold out* Sasquatch Music Festival featuring Santigold!
Raised in Seattle, only 18 years old studying Popular Music at Goldsmiths University of London. We'll be hearing a lot more from her soon!
That album just came out on White Denim www.whitedenim.com
Drummer Dave Maclean younger brother of Beta Band's John Maclean.
Aloe Blacc using his dollars and time to aid Ghana's fight against malaria. Check out his fabulous in studio session here kexp.org
If you were at one of the Pixie's reunion shows you can perhaps download a digital recording of it. They list all of them on their site www.pixiesmusic.com - Neat huh?
Their new one coming out May 15- check out their live performance at kexp.org
See the Cure and more Portraits of Post Punk on our documentary blog kexp.org
Also doing the soundtrack for the film by Adam Smith "Don't Think" www.thechemicalbrothers.com
Watch the muppets perform LCD Soundsystem! blog.kexp.org
The Rolling Stones are releasing a series of bootleg compilations Live 1975.
Dry the River playing Sasquatch on Sat. May 26 along with Jack White!
The Veils featured on our Song of the Day blog blog.kexp.org
Shovels & Rope have booked more dates, but none on the West Coast yet!
See our video of the Walkmen covering Johnny Cash blog.kexp.org
Stay plugged into our song of the day blog for all your new favorites and old favorites blog.kexp.org
That's her latest album in a long and impressive discography.
Playing the Audioasis Benefit show for Rosehedge Multifaith works on May 5 @ the Sunset!
Check out We Are Augustines' live take on "Book Of James" from their 2011 KEXP studio visit. kexp.org