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Monday, Apr 9 2012, 6AM
"Therefore, according to the powers vested in us, we sentence the accused before us, Tuco Benedicto Pacifico Juan Maria Ramirez ('Known as The Rat') and any other aliases he might have, to hang by the neck until dead. May God have mercy on his soul. Proceed."
They locked up a man / Who wanted to rule the world / The fools / They locked up the wrong man
Backing vocals on this track courtesy of Brian Eno and Peter Gabriel
The limited edition version of DRRT unfolds into a home planetarium. Well played Lost Lander, well played - lostlander.bandcamp.com
One of the stranger album covers in the Cloud Cult catalogue
London duo Labyrinth Ear also made a video for Amber (NSFW, but tastefully so) - vimeo.com
Destroyer, Walls, Biosphere, Fujiya & Miyagi and more are featured on this covers compilation of New Order's 1983 album Power, Corruption & Lies. Stream the whole thing here - soundcloud.com
April 27th at Neumos! Today is also Śmigus-Dyngus (Easter Monday) in Poland, where tradition states "boys awake girls by pouring a bucket of water on their head and striking them about the legs with long thin twigs or switches made from willow, birch or decorated tree branches"
Perfume Genius' moving in-studio session from February - kexp.org
This 2001 live album features Radiohead performances from Oxford, Berlin, Oslo and Vaison la Romaine (a tiny commune in SE France)
Searching for Sugar Man, a documentary about Rodriguez, premiered at this year's Sundance Festival. Watch out for it!
Arcade Fire were most recently featured on the Hunger Games soundtrack, a little ditty called "Abraham's Daughter"
Playing Sasquatch! May 25th! Check out their (early) in-studio videos playing for KEXP - youtu.be
"Ooh. 'Big Pink.' It's the only gum with the breath-freshening power of ham." (and it pinkens your teeth as you chew) - tiny.cc
New album from Johnny Jewel and company! Like the movie Drive, it's best enjoyed in near silence with brooding looks, aching longing, leather goods and maybe some eye makeup, if you have it handy
The originally self-released King of Limbs (thought it later came out as a newspaper, among other formats), the band's 8th full-length, is also their shortest
Written by Clash bassist Paul Simonon, who grew up in the south London neighbourhood of Brixton (worth noting, the song was also written and released before the 1981 Brixton riots)
More from Sydney, Australia chanteuse Catcall (whose new LP, The Warmest Place, is due out May 4th) - www.catcallmusic.com
Also from Australia. Have they supplanted Canada as the "cool indie band scene" country-o'-the-moment?
Monday, April 23rd at the Crocodile with Exitmusic!
This is Seattle-born K. Ishibashi's debut full-length; he's also played and toured with Of Montreal, Regina Spektor and Sondre Lerche
Kicking off the N. American segment of their tour TOMORROW night in NYC, Radio City Music Hall (for two engagements) before they ship off to Coachella
Seattle band's full-length, Palace Garden, is expected out this summer!
Radiohead dedicated The Bends, their second LP, to comedian Bill Hicks, who passed away during the album's recording
We have our two ticket winners for this hour, but stay tuned as there's more tickets to give away!
Elbow have teamed up with an English brewery to producer their own beer, a golden ale they've named (appropriately) "Build a Rocket Boys!"
New release from Deerhunter guitarist Lockett Pundt (the quiet, cute one) who will be playing Barboza on May 5th
Perchance if you're looking for a new read (and appropos of the band's name) author Susan Casey wrote a badass book about big-wave surfers and oceanographers that study rogue waves called The Wave
"Stop Whispering" was also released in 1993 on a 12" maxi-single that also included an acoustic version of "Creep"
Definitely check out the video of their raucous, energetic live set here at KEXP from February! Also, doesn't Alabama Shakes sound like an old time-y affliction? As in "Roy's really been a wreck since he contracted Alabama Shakes during shore leave..." - blog.kexp.org
The new collaboration between Quantic (Will Holland) and Alice Russell was partially inspired by 70s soul and funk emanating from New York and Miami and music native to Quantic's adopted town of Cali, Colombia
Before striking out firmly on his own, Harry Nilsson worked at a bank and wrote songs for The Ronettes, The Monkees and the Yardbirds, among others
Rumour has it they're playing a show tonight in Austin...
Father John Misty (a.k.a. J. Tillman, ex-drummer for Fleet Foxes) and Zach Galifianakis share a stage together. Song and comedy ensues - youtu.be
"A Boy Named Sue" was actually written by Shel Silverstein, although Cash's version, recorded live at California's San Quentin prison in 1969, became the standard
Playing TONIGHT at the Neptune Theatre with Band of Skulls and Posse! (hear their KEXP session today at 4:30 too)
OK, gotta sneak in the video of Thom Yorke dancing before the end of the show - youtu.be
It's not the Sabbath, but it's still Passover
LIVE on KEXP - this Wednesday April 11 at 2:00 on the Afternoon Show! Catch the Swedish sister duo that night at the Crocodile as well.
Check out their LIVE in-studio performance from last week! kexp.org