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Monday, Apr 23 2012, 6AM
B5 (the final song) on The Replacement's 1985 LP Tim
First Aid Kit's (Swedish sister duo Klara and Johanna Soderberg) live in-studio performance from earlier this month - kexp.org
XXYYXX a.k.a. Marcel Everett, is a 16 year-old (!) producer from Orlando. Stream the entire album here - xxyyxx.bandcamp.com
With Damon Albarn (Blur, Gorillaz) on vocals, as well as a co-writing credit on this tune
Like tUnE-yArDs, Elephant & Castle (David Reep) calls Oakland, CA home
Got his start after his parents bought him a sampler for college graduation.
From Chicago, "I Walk" features Jessica Blanchet on vocals. It's a free single (search for that steez on the internet), but you can check out the rest of the EP here - misterlies.bandcamp.com
Formed in Toronto and then relocated to New York City before settling down in Montreal for good, presumably for the poutine and cheap rent
The brothers Hartnoll's first full-length in eight years... "New France" features Zola Jesus on vocals
LIVE on KEXP - Wednesday, May 2nd at noon on the Midday Show! Mr. Chillwave, esq. is playing the Neptune Theatre that night with Memoryhouse
New 7" from Swedish duo jj. You can download "Beautiful Life" gratis right here - www.secretlycanadian.com
Playing their hometown - Anacortes, WA - June 22nd
Playing Sasquatch! May 26th at the Bigfoot stage
John Lennon drew his inspiration for "Good Morning Good Morning" from a Corn Flakes commercial
Happy Mondays are reuniting - including Bez (!!!) - for select dates in the UK this May, playing with Inspiral Carpets. It will be the first time since 1992 the band's original lineup will play together
From the soundtrack to the film Jeff Who Lives at Home, directed by Jay & Mark Duplass, part of the so-called "Mumblecore" scene in independent American cinema
Debut solo album from Jack White out tomorrow! In the buildup to the release he's offered up some strange promotions, including an Insane Clown Posse collaboration, a flexi-disc single he tied to a 1000 balloons and another single that's intended to be played at 3 RPM...
Sounds like something Don Draper would say in a high-powered business pitch.. "Girls Can Tell"
Check out video from the Seattle neo-soul duo's in-studio here at KEXP! - blog.kexp.org
New from Portland's Chromatics! Feel free to picture yourself as one of the characters from Drive when you're listening to this (except the unlucky bloke in the infamous elevator scene, unless that floats your boat)
Coming to town April 27th at Neumos! "Sleep Paralysist" was a one-off single released by Green Label Sound, an imprint started by Mountain Dew. So, yah, do the Dew at his show this Friday...
The Dublin band, led by Bob Geldord, took their name from Woody Guthrie's novel Bound for Glory and subsequently moved to London in 1976
Recorded in September 1994 ("in Tony's basement"), prior to the other songs on his S/T debut, and was the album's first single. "Needle in the Hay" was also used in The Royal Tenenbaums, the scene where Richie, uh, cuts himself... GRIM
The seemingly pastoral, but super trippy upon closer examination, cover art for their S/T is a blown up section of Netherlandish Proverbs by Pieter Bruegel the Elder, a painting from 1559
Playing the Capitol Hill Block Party July 22nd! Check out video from their in-studio performance here at KEXP to aurally and visually prepare thyself - youtu.be
Dig this rather funny high school yearbook-esque promo shot of the band - image.allmusic.com
Recorded and released less than a year after The Idiot, pretty impressive considering he checked himself into a mental hospital for a spell after the Stooges broke up in 1974
Be sure to catch their KEXP in-studio session TODAY at 4:30 on the Afternoon Show!
Playing TONIGHT (with School of Seven Bells) at the Crocodile
A new live album (and concert film) from The Chemical Brothers taken from their performance at last year's Fuji Rock festival in Japan
Gossip's 5th album is due out May 22nd! Frontwoman Beth Ditto sez she "spent the whole year listening to ABBA" prior to, and during, the recording process...
Not to be confused with 70s power pop group Shoes (which you should totally check out: start with their 1977 LP Black Vinyl Shoes)
Joined a supergroup of sorts with Tim Exile, Jeremy Ellis, Mr Jimmy y and DJ Shiftee, with plans to play Barcelona's Solar festival this summer
Reputedly The Lightning Seeds named themselves after mishearing a lyric in the song, ""Thunder drowns out what the lightning sees." Also, here's a cover by Hindu Love Gods (R.E.M. & Warren Zevon) - youtu.be
Remember when George W. Bush waved to Stevie Wonder? That was HI-LARIOUS...
The Walkmen are set to release Heaven June 5th. Expect some Seattle vibes on their new one as they enlisted local producer Phil Ek, recorded it nearby and brought in Robin Pecknold to sing on one of the tracks, "No One Ever Sleeps"
New full-length from this Seattle band. Check out the rest here - rivergiant.bandcamp.com
New EP out tomorrow from Seattle's Hotels! Check them out Friday, April 27th at the Columbia City Theater for the album release party
Resulted in a tiff between Arab Strap's Aidan Moffat and Stuart Murdoch
Another cut from I Love You, It's Cool was featured as a Song of the Day (it's a free download, you turkey!) - blog.kexp.org
Things that are hard to find on a North American keyboard: "æ." As in, "I can't spell out Lætitia Sadier's name without copying and pasting from anther website"
LIVE on KEXP (from The Cutting Rooms Studios NYC) - TOMORROW at 9:30 on the Morning Show!
