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Brian Cook, bassist for SUMAC & Russian Circles, talks about being gay in the metal scene in this article. chicago.gopride.com
Happy Pride, all you Turbo Lovers out there. Playing Sat. Oct. 2nd at Angels of the Wind Arena in Everett. www.angelofthewindsarena.com
Playing some Ride for drummer Laurence Colbert's birthday today!
In January 2020, as she accepted a Grammy award for her album "Celia," Angelique Kidjo said, "The new generations of artists coming from Africa [are] going to take you by storm. "The time has come."
It seemed as though Kidjo, who's originally from Benin, was anointing a generation of younger artists across Africa – and now, she's brought many of them together on a new album, called "Mother Nature." The list includes Nigerian artist Burna Boy, who was also nominated for a Grammy behind his 2019 album African Giant. Many of Mother Nature's songs address issues across the world, from climate change to state oppression and police violence.: n.pr
BLK JKS defy description. With a wrecking crew rhythm section, debonair vocals, and guitar concoction of one part shred and two parts soul, BLK JKS shoot an African music sensibility through the tenets of rock. secretlycanadian.com
Most videos for the songs on "Kick" had slick special effects and lots of glamour shots of the band, especially Michael Hutchence. The "Mystify" video took a different approach, opening with a scene where Hutchence and Andrew Farriss are composing the song at a piano. It feels very authentic - Hutchence is wearing a tank top and has his hair in a ponytail as he directs Farriss through his lyric. When the drums come in, we switch scenes and see the full band recording the song.
"One of the things I really love about that video is it looks like the band I played in, not just some fantasy video," Farriss said. "That's pretty much what the guys' personalities were like and how we dressed in those years. It's a more natural-looking video of us during that period.": bit.ly.
Wolf Alice is coming to the Showbox Market on October 25th! bit.ly
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"Smile" was inspired by lead singer Ellie Rowsell’s desire to fight back against those who try to define her. “It’s about people that make assumptions about you,” she said. “This is one of the songs we wrote thinking that we would play it live."
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Watch Wolf Alice channel their inner punk in the video: youtu.be
Bachelor, the new project from Melina Duterte (Jay Som) and Ellen Kempner (Palehound), is not a band, it’s a friendship.
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Here’s what Kempner had to say about the track: I wrote the lyrics to “Stay In the Car” back in December of 2019 when I was in Florida for my partner’s top surgery. I had run out one afternoon, post op, while he was healing to grab lunch for us and as I was gathering my stuff in the parking lot, a big car pulled up and this absolutely beautiful woman got out. She was dressed all in red, dripping with jewelry and had the most wild fiery mane I’d ever seen. She was yelling at the man behind the wheel asking him what he wanted from the store and I wished I was that man. I wanted to be a part of her life, her best friend, her driver, whatever she wanted me to be. I was completely mesmerized."
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Hey, local jounalis Joe Veyera has a great thread on ways that you can keep cool during the worst heat wave in Seattle recorded history. Look through here: twitter.com
Playing a reunion show at Neumos Sat. Aug. 28th with Dust Moth & Filth Is Eternal. www.neumos.com
Happy Pride in your car that's as big as a whale. "Cosmic thing" was released on this day in 1989.
Third Seattle show added for Japanese Breakfast at The Neptune Theatre!! Saturday - Monday, September 25-27
Tickets for the 3rd show, Monday September 27, are on sale Friday June 25th:
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CONCERTS ARE BACK BAY-BEE!!! Chong the Nomad will be playing Barboza grand opening on July 1st.
www.thebarboza.com
"Get Lost in the Music” is the first new single from the 20-year-old singer-songwriter since she released her debut album "Garden of Lucid" last year.
Watch the official video for "Get Lost in the Music": www.youtube.com
The most recent Shannon and the Clams record heavily features The Black Keys' Dan Auerbach, who also put the record out on his label.
Read more here: www.nme.com
In a 1994 interview, it was suggested that "Seether" could either be about female "animalistic instincts" or bouts of rage. Vocalist Nina Gordon agreed that her songs' meanings often changed during and after the writing process. "You write a song, think it's about one thing for five minutes....and discover that it's about many different things and working on many different levels."
“Taliat means woman,” Tuareg guitarist Mdou Moctar explained in a press release. “In our community, women are queens, they have a lot of power, that why I use the term taliat to talk about them. A woman in the Tuareg community has to be protected, but she also has to be treated as equal.” - bit.ly
You can watch this in-studio performance of "Lucky 88" here: youtu.be
Pom Pom Squad is an indie rock/grunge band from Brooklyn, New York. Their new album Death of a Cheerleader comes out on June 25th!
pompomsquad.bandcamp.com
"It's such a beautiful thing...
This musical thing...
When I can do it my way..."
RIP Gift of Gab.
Here are the lyrics: www.metrolyrics.com
UK rapper Little Simz will release her fourth studio album, "Sometimes I Might Be Introvert," on September 3rd.
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Simz said of her new track 'Woman' “I love it when I see women doing their thing and looking flawless; I’m here for that! It’s empowering, it’s inspiring; I wanted to say thank you and I wanted to celebrate them.” bit.ly
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Watch the official music video - music produced by Inflo and creatively directed by Little Simz & Jeremy Ngatho Cole: youtu.be
Listener request! Here is KEXP's "Rewind" on Arthur Russell's album "World of Echo." www.kexp.org
Check out our exclusive 2019 interview with Portishead's Geoff Barrow and Adrian Utley about the 25th anniversary of this iconic album:
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Jenn Champion + Oyster Kids are sharing “Love Nobody,” a new lyric video for the title track from their forthcoming collaborative EP. The three-song, Love Nobody EP (Hardly Art) to be released June 29th, 2021, is packed with as many sexy synth lines and longing looks, much like an 80s teen movie. The project was born when Champion met Andrew Eapen (Oyster Kids) at a party shortly after she moved to LA. They became fast friends once they realized they shared a passion for sad pop songs. The two started writing music together only a few weeks later, and the song “Love Nobody” materialized in their very first session.
Champion says, “‘Love Nobody’ is about the fear of falling so hard for someone when you know it’s destined to crash and burn. Those crushes where it feels like your heart is cannibalizing your brain. We’ve all been there when you look into someone’s eyes and know they will destroy you, and yet, nothing can pull you away. You are all in. You hate it and have never wanted anything more.”
New music from the Melbourne-based funk-soul group. 'Mood Valiant' drops June 25.
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New sounds from Bay Area artist Chrystia Cabral. spellling.bandcamp.com
