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Tuesday, Dec 13 2016, 10AM
In the spring, you can hear The Wedding Present when they play the Crocodile on Tuesday, April 25th, 2017. In the meantime, watch a SXSW 2012 live performance: blog.kexp.org
Sleigh Bell's fourth album, "Jessica Rabbit," is a 14-song testament to the power of a celebration gone weird....": www.npr.org
"There's a crack in everything; that's how the light gets in..." R.I.P., Mr. Cohen. Here's his NY Times obituary: www.nytimes.com
"Before The Dawn," just released by Kate Bush, is an extraordinary three-disk, 155 minute live album: pitchfork.com
This song is about a soldier in the American Civil War and takes place in the battle of Manassas. The soldier's wife is sitting on a blanket watching the battle take place, which many people did at the time. She is pregnant with their child, and watches her husband die in battle. Read the lyrics: genius.com
John K. Samson will be playing the Tractor Tavern on January 31st, 2017. Here's the video for "Postdoc Blues": www.youtube.com
Springtime Carnivore will be LIVE on KEXP on Thursday, January 12th, 2017, at noon. The public is invited to come down and watch that performance.
DJ John Maclean was the guest host of KEXP's Midnight in a Perfect World program this year. Go here to see his playlist: blog.kexp.org
M.I.A. was dropped from the Afropunk festival this year after a controversy over her Black Lives Matter statement.: www.rollingstone.com
Chances are good that Fauna Shade will play "1973" when they perform at The Nectar Lounge on Friday, December 23rd, 2016. Here's a KEXP Q & A with Scotty Smith of Fauna Shade: blog.kexp.org
The Therm-a-rest Honcho Poncho is an indulgent piece of gear that can shed rain and help keep you warm as a garment or convert into a blanket for more supine endeavors. Honcho Poncho is also a five-piece alternative band from Seattle. You can purchase the album, "Late Night," at their Bandcamp page: honchoponcho.bandcamp.com
Watch live video of Benjamin Gibbard playing in the KEXP studio in 2012: blog.kexp.org
Seattle's Goodbye Heart released a new song every other Friday through much of 2016. You can now stream the entire album, "Keep Me Close," here: www.goodbyeheart206.com
Get "Ambulance," the title song from Swedish band The Amazing's 2016 release,"Ambulance," and a KEXP Song of the Day: blog.kexp.org
Warpaint will be touring abroad next year in support of the new album, "Heads Up." Watch them perform "Whiteout" and three other live songs from this album in the KEXP studio in October: blog.kexp.org
Visit Ultimate Painting's official website to know more about what this London duo is doing.: ultimatepainting.band
The Radio Dept. released their first album in six years, "Running Out of Love," on October 21st through Labrador. They will be at Neumos on Wednesday, March 1st, 2017.
The Helio Sequence will perform at The Crocodile this Friday, December 16th, 2016.
Tycho is the project of musician Scott Hansen. He writes about the tragic fire in Oakland on his blog here: blog.iso50.com
Watch Stereo MC's performing "Step It Up' live at Cambridge Junction: www.youtube.com
Elbow's "Little Fictions," their seventh studio album and the follow-up to 2014's "The Take Off and Landing of Everything," will be out in February, 2017.: www.nme.com
Musician and artist Joseph Arthur has been a great frien to and favorite of KEXP. Watch a concert from The Triple Door in 2010: blog.kexp.org
Who are these guys, you might ask? Here are two biographies of this Scottish band: trashcansinatras.com and www.allmusic.com
Isn't this pretty? Visit this Portland band's official website here: www.blindpilot.com
Here's a live version of "Moon At Dawn" from the Bear Creek Studios: www.youtube.com
Here's a NPR review of Blind Pilot's "And Then Like Lions": www.npr.org
This album by Neko Case, k.d. lang, and Laua Veirs, was critically acclaimed in 2016 and made many "top ten" lists (including this one): blog.kexp.org
Wussy "knocked our socks off" with this in-studio performance this year in support of "Forever Sounds": blog.kexp.org
"Can you hear the knocking in your soul?" Here's a video for the Delays' "Wanderlust": www.youtube.com
Enjoy a KEXP album review, replete with videos, of Jagwar Ma's "Every Now And Then": blog.kexp.org
Is it significant that the release date for Austra's new "Future Politics" is Inauguration Day, January 20th, 2017?
You can get Saint Petersburg, Russian band Pinkshinyultrablast's "Grandfeathered" at their Bandcamp page: pinkshinyultrablast.bandcamp.com
David Bowie wrote this song for his son, Duncan Jones. This article says that Mr. Bowie "persuaded my wife to have a baby": www.redbookmag.com
Read the fascinating story behind Patti Smith's cover of "Gloria": www.covermesongs.com
Alejandro Escovedo joined with Scott McCaughey (Minus 5) and Peter Buck (R.E.M.) for both producing and co-writing of "Burn Something Beautiful." Read an American Songwriter article about this album: americansongwriter.com
Here's a Billboard biography for this high-energy Detroit band: www.billboard.com
A Tribe Called Quest plans a world tour, their last, in 2017 in support of "We Got It From Here...": www.facebook.com
Wow! Watch live video of Thievery Corporation in the KEXP studio last month: blog.kexp.org
"Lo'Jo, led by a smoky-voiced chanteur named Denis Pean, sounds like an itinerant cabaret band that has wandered a long way from the boulevards, hearing griot tunes and tangos and Tom Waits but not forgetting its accordion" -The New York Times: www.cdroots.com
"No Turning Back" by Brazilian artist Gui Boratto is a KEXP Song of the Day. You can download it for free here: blog.kexp.org
Alt.Latino host Felix Contreras says these Black Sabbath covers by Brownout are a "a reflection of the kind of cross-cultural life many Latinos in the U.S. live in, one where a 1970s English heavy metal prototype shares record shelf space with Latin music.": www.npr.org
Don't you love the fireworks at the end of "Continuous Thunder"? Here's a video for this fine Japandroids' song: www.youtube.com
In this video, Ted Leo is singing the Depression-era folk-hero Woody Guthrie-penned and Billy Bragg/Wilco-finished song “I Guess I Planted”: blog.kexp.org
Visit Thurston Moore's official website here: thurstonmoore.com
Cloud Nothings will be here in Seattle, playing at Barboza on Friday, February 17th, 2017.
In this review of "High Bias," NPR says, "If rock music is your salve in hard times, it helps to find something that actually rocks.": www.npr.org
Naked Giants will be back on KEXP for a live In-Studio on Wednesday, January 11 @ 9:00 AM.