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Sunday, Apr 7 2019, 12PM
Formed in 2002 in a Lakeside loft in Chicago with their shared love of West African rhythms, Chicago Afrobeat Project have spent 17 years honing their craft. chicagoafrobeatproject.com
Members of Ozomatli and Locos Por Juana join in to make a statement on the American-Mexican border. American Music: Volume 7 released end of March www.grupofantasma.com
Natalie Mering, known professionally as Weyes Blood, is from Santa Monica. This is her fourth studio album, which released last Friday. She will be at The Tractor on Thursday May 16. www.weyesblood.com
From London. www.theclientele.co.uk
Singer-songwriter from Asheville, North Carolina. Ramsey was the lead guitarist for the band Band of Horses. For the Morning released on Friday. www.tylerramsey.com
Husband and wife duo Ryan Devlin and Kim West first met while working at a pizza joint at a south Seattle restaurant in their early 20s. This is their latest EP. They appear at The Tractor this Saturday. www.smokeybrights.com
KEXP & Cloudbreak Music Festival Present: Smokey Brights 10 year Anniversary 2024
Friday, Nov 22, 2024
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The best hardly known, under-practiced pop band in the Pacific Northwest. Featuring Charles Bert (Math and Physics Club), D. Crane (BOAT), Chris McFarlane (Jigsaw Records) and a rotating cast of many local musicians. We Blast Last covers PNW bands including The Sonics, Mudhoney, and The Ventures! www.facebook.com
LIVE on KEXP (OPEN TO THE PUBLIC) on Friday April 19 at noon. They play The Crocodile on Saturday April 20. exhexband.com
Band name was inspired by retired 76er Lucious Jackson. lusciousjackson.us
Sadly, we lost Shawn on Friday at the age of 53 due to complications of diabetes. A gentle giant in Seattle, he will be sorely missed. kexp.org
V is The Budos' latest. They perform at Neumos on Saturday April 20. thebudos.com
Originally released in 1974 on Epic. www.shuggieotismusic.com
Album release party for Cobain and Cornbread is this Thursday at Chop Suey. www.theblacktones.com
Tamaryn Brown is a New Zealand born singer-songwriter. She left home at 13 and now calls the US her home. tamarynmusic.com
From Geelong, Australia. Lead vocalist Ambrose Kenny-Smith and guitarist Cook Craig also play in King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard. At Barboza on Sunday, April 14. www.facebook.com
Listener request. Second released single from Daydream Nation. sonicyouth.com
Live at KEXP on Friday at 1pm (open to the public) and at Neumos in the evening with Hatchie. www.girlpoolmusic.com
Stage name of Phoenix-born, Wisconsin-raised Nicole Hummel. www.zolajesus.com
The Pop Group broke up in 1980(!) but decided to reunite, 35 years later. The result was Citizen Zombie, produced by Paul Epworth, whose resume includes Adele and The Rapture. www.thepopgroup.net
Crows are from London and are signed to Joe Talbot's (IDLES) label Balley Records. This is their debut album. crowsband.com
From Oxford, Mississippi. BDD will be at The Sunset on Tuesday April 30. www.bassdrumofdeath.com
LIVE on KEXP (OPEN TO THE PUBLIC) at 9:30AM on Wednesday April 17. At Clock-Out on Saturday June 8. dannynewcomb.com
Single from their new album out May 3. www.thedreamsyndicate.com
From the first of two full length releases from Foals this year. Part 1 came out in March. Part 2 will be out in the fall. foals.co.uk
From Sydney, their new album New Songs For Old Problems comes out May 24. They will be at The Neptune a week earlier for two concerts, Thursday May 16, and Friday May 17. www.middlekidsmusic.com
J.S. Ondara is a folk singer-songwriter originally from Nairobi Kenya. He now calls Minnesota his home after falling in love with American music, calling Bob Dylan one of his influences. This is his debut release, and if you listen closely to this particular track, you will hear Andrew Bird on violin. www.jsondara.com
Fields has been recording intermittently since 1969. This is his seventh album with The Expressions. leefieldsandtheexpressions.com
Ventura is out this Friday. Coming to WaMu Theater on Thursday June 20. www.andersonpaak.com
Barr led rock band Red Jacket Mine for 13 years, and then branched out on his own. He will be at the Royal Room on Thursday, April 11, billed as his Northwest Farewell Show. lincolnbarrmusic.com
Stevenson lives in the Hudson Valley with her husband and collaborator Mike Campbell. She will be at Vera Project on Wednesday May 15. www.laurastevenson.net
Kurt played at the KEXP gathering space in December and the performance was just uploaded to our YouTube channel. You can watch the whole performance at www.youtube.com
Fascination was jointly written by Bowie and Luther Vandross. Young Americans was originally released in 1975. www.davidbowie.com
Thanks for listening, it's been a pleasure! Stay tuned, DJ Evie is up next!
The song was featured in the 2008 film Cloverfield, the 2009 films I Love You, Man and 17 Again, in the opening and ending scene of the 2011 film Horrible Bosses, and in the 2017 film Spider-Man: Homecoming