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Monday, Feb 13 2012, 6AM
Don't tell people you haven't seen Eternal Sunshine or they get, like, upset and take it personally
"He was innocent, not a charge was true, and they say he ran away... Branded!"
Long time Bowie collaborator Tony Visconti produced this album with guitar hero Mick Ronson doing his thing on there as well
As featured in KEXP's Song of the Day podcast - blog.kexp.org
LIVE on KEXP - this Thursday (the 16th) 9:30 on the Morning Show!
LIVE on the Morning Show - Tuesday, April 3rd at 9:30! Their S/T debut is out the same day and make sure to catch them at the Tractor Tavern on Saturday, March 31st.
March 24th at the Neptune Theatre! Here's their music video for the song "Popular," a little blast from the past off their debut album High/Low - youtu.be
This is the URL for Lou Barlow's website, which he titled "Lou Barlow's Vast and Confusing Website" - www.loobiecore.com
Originally came out in the UK on the Kwyet Kinks 7" EP in 1965 on Pye Records
Some people posit this song is *gasp* about intravenous heroin use...
Featuring Kotos the Rock Thrower on this track, a.k.a. Mic Mulligan (I'm assuming the latter is the real name...)
LIVE on KEXP - Wednesday, April 11 on the Afternoon Show! If you had to guess where the sister duo First Aid Kit hails from, based on their accents, you probably wouldn't choose Sweden. Or maybe you would, who knows. The point is they pull off that country twang like it's nobody's business.
The Knitters were a one-off project of LA punk band X (featuring band members Exene Cervenka, John Doe and drummer D.J. Bonebrake, with Blasters' Dave Alvin)
Some cool animation in the music video for "Something in the Water," which has over 3.1 million views on Youtube...woah - youtu.be
Regularly played a club called Sausage Machine in their hometown of Hampstead in the UK until the club's owner founded Too Pure records and signed the band in 1990; they joked that the the "e" in the article was stolen by the band Thee Hypnotics.
Very cool soundtrack put together by Cliff Martinez (ex-drummer for Red Hot Chili Peppers, Captain Beefheart, The Dickies, Lydia Lunch, The Weirdos). Also, Albert Brooks should have been nominated for Best Supporting Actor. Real talk.
Harkens back to those carefree, halycon days of "chill waves" - blog.kexp.org
Frankie Rose previously played with Vivian Girls, Crystal Stilts and Dum Dum Girls before striking out on her own. This is her first album without backing band The Outs (their 2010 S/T is well worth seeking out too)
Check out the New York Times' profile of O'Connor from a couple of days ago - www.nytimes.com
This Brooklyn-based trio's debut album is out tomorrow on Carpark Records! It would make an excellent Valentine's Day gift, especially if you're seeing somebody.
Appears on the very awesome soundtrack to Wim Wenders' 1991 film Until the End of the World. Also on there: Lou Reed, Can, Elvis Costello, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Depeche Mode and Daniel Lanois
Stage Whisper is a collection of live performances and outtakes from her previous album, IRM
When you tap alt-J on an Apple keyboard you get this symbol (the real, er, name/glyph for this Cambridge, UK producer): △ - soundcloud.com
Si vous parlez français, pourriez-vous expliquer les paroles pour des gens comme nous? Merci! - www.francoisandtheatlasmountains.com
Luscious Jackson formed in 1991 and toiled for nearly a decade until calling it a day. LUCKILY, they're back and making new music with their first new song in quite a while.
Brand new remix from the New Division - www.facebook.com
When is jumping in the pool NOT a good idea?!? For our Irish listeners, you can catch Friendly Fires doing a DJ set in Cork on the 18th and then they'll be at London's famed Plastic People on the 24th doing the same
Co-headlining a stacked lineup at Neumos on Friday, the 24th with 206 rap eccentric Nacho Picasso (whose mixtapes BSBD provided the beats for), Bruce Leroy, Kung Foo Grip, Jarv Dee and Swervwon
Came out in 1984 as both a 7" and a 12" (with the latter containing the sexy-sounding, 9 minute long "All Night Version"), and then on the band's Ocean Rain LP
CHLLNGR (a.k.a. Copenhagen-based producer Steven Borth) presumably styled his stage name that way, with the missing letters, to save money as if it were a Western Union telegram... - blog.kexp.org
Keepaway's debut LP, Black Flute, came out last month on Greedhead, the label founded and run by Heems from Das Racist
This the full-length debut from Barcelona producer John Talabot, who's earned his stripes doing sublime remix work for the likes of Delorean, Glasser, Teengirl Fantasy as well as releasing as string of 12"s. Check out his recent mix for FACT Mag too - www.factmag.com
The cover art for Killing Joke's S/T debut is a collage compiled from photographs of sectarian unrest in Derry, Northern Ireland shot by photographer Donald McCullin
New release from NY-based, Italian-bred musician Mauro Remiddi - blog.kexp.org
Ian Broudie, formerly of Big in Japan and a producer for bands such as Echo & The Bunnymen and The Fall, formed The Lightning Seeds in 1989. Also, an artist you should request during DJ El Toro's show as he'll almost certainly play it!
Check out Austra's performance from their live in studio session here at KEXP not long ago - blog.kexp.org
Canadian pride in this set, word. To keep that theme going, here's the Junior Boys remix of "Odessa" off the Swim album - pitchfork.com
Playing the Tractor Tavern March 10th. Make sure to catch their in studio session on KEXP Tuesday, March 13th at 1:00 to get your monthly Scottish brogue fix
Check out this very cool retrospective of Mo'Wax album covers over the years - www.factmag.com
Will be LIVE on the Morning Show - Wednesday, March 28th at 9:30. Their new album, Strange Land, drops (as Skrillex would say...NVM, that was dumb -ed.) March 6th!
The travails of getting to a party: a very relatable experience, innit
