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Saturday, Feb 1 2020, 12PM
In honor of Andy Gill, founding member of Gang of Four, who passed away earlier today.
Andy Gill produced this album for The Futureheads, as well as other bands such as Red Hot Chili Peppers, the Jesus Lizard and the Stranglers.
Hinds performed live at KEXP in 2018 - check it out: www.HOMEBOY SANDMAN ONRY OZZBORN, NACHO PICASSO, DIVEYEDE, QUELLE CHRISyoutube.com/watch?v=ocfN2mn36eE
Yppah will perform LIVE at KEXP this Wednesday (2/5) at noon. Broadcast only so listen in! 'Sunset in the Deep End' is the long anticipated follow up to 2015’s 'Tiny Pause'. Yppah will be at the Nectar Lounge this Fri night (2/7).
In this second album from Atlanta-based Harding, he blends some beautiful contrasting pop genres.
Sampa The Great will be at The Crocodile on Apr 8: thecrocodile.com
I saw Bear Axe at Timbrrr last weekend - fantastic local band! I highly recommend seeing them. They'll be at The Crocodile this Fri, 2/7: thecrocodile.com
A heavyweight 7th studio album from the Italian cinematic funk combo Calibro 35
Andy Gill was known for his jagged guitar style on albums such as this. Entertainment! was released in 1979! Still sounds so good. Gill was a pioneer.
Dense melodic noise from School of Seven Bells dominates this album. 'Disconnect From Desire' is the second album from the American indie rock band.
When writing 'Falling Off Rainbows', Blake Paterson of Boats found himself drawn to the world's current political, social and environmental state. He said, "‘Falling Off Rainbows’ brought fear and vertigo upon awaking from recurring bad dreams as a child. Much like the way I feel sometimes about the current state of affairs as more and more I choose to open my eyes. It’s about failure, continuing to fail, continuing to fall off something that is beautiful." -Wickedd Childd
New single from Toronto-based vocalist and producer Katie Stelmanis (Austra). Austra performed live at KEXP in 2017 - check it out: www.youtube.com
Released 15 years ago today! The album mixes a number of different musical styles, from reggae to samba and house to acid jazz, as well as many different languages, as lead singer Sabina Sciubba goes from English to French, Italian, German and Spanish
International Clash Day this coming Friday! www.kexp.org. Straight to Hell was written and recorded towards the very end of the Clash's New York recording sessions for the Combat Rock album. Mick Jones' guitar technician Digby Cleaver describes the sessions as "a mad, creative rush" that occurred in December 1981.
New from Gorillaz. The video features the members of Gorillaz hanging out for a casual, half-animated, half-live-action jam session with slowthai and Slaves, reflecting the more laid-back approach the virtual band are supposed to be taking toward collaborations: www.youtube.com
Heaven or Las Vegas is the sixth studio album by Scottish alternative rock band Cocteau Twins.
Founding guitarist Peter Koppes has left Australian alt-rock legends The Church for the second time “to explore his own musical path,” bandleader Steve Kilbey announced on Facebook today, while also revealing the group is at work on a new studio album.
Chromatics have followed up last year’s Closer to Grey album with this new single, “Toy.” The pulsating, cinematic song, produced by Johnny Jewel, was released in three versions: the original, a stripped down version called “Toy (On Film)” and an instrumental edition called “Toy (Instrumental).”
Moaning will be at Chop Suey on Apr 9: chopsuey.com. Moaning is an LA-based band comprising vocalist and guitarist Sean Solomon, bassist and keyboardist Pascal Stevenson, and drummer Andrew MacKelvie. ... but they swap their guitars for synths on this new album, Uneasy Laughter.
I hosted Andrew Bird at KEXP in October - check it out: www.youtube.com
Tame Impala will be at the Gorge Amphitheatre Fri, 8/7: www.georgeamphitheatre.com
This song satirizes the men who signed up for the British Army to fight in the short-lived Falklands War; these men knew they would likely not see combat, but could use their military credentials to impress women.
Post-horncore band Actionesse began in 2015, in Bellingham, WA, and currently reside in Seattle. Grounded in blistering punk roots, Actionesse blends twisting, zany brass with anxious, aggressive post-hardcore.
Silent Alarm is the debut studio album by British indie rock band Bloc Party. Bloc Party aimed to create an album that appealed to followers of different musical genres. Building on the arrangements in their demo songs recorded in 2004, the band members moulded tracks largely through live takes during the Silent Alarm studio sessions. The compositional focus was on rhythm and the drum and bass parts, while lyricist Kele Okereke's writing examined the feelings and hopes of young adults, including views on global politics.
This song was originally recorded as a part of the Howard Stern Show Tribute to David Bowie. Durand Jones & The Indications performed live at KEXP in July - check it out: www.youtube.com
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4th spin
'This Must Be The Place' is a love song that David Byrne sums up here: "That's a love song made up almost completely of non sequiturs, phrases that may have a strong emotional resonance but don't have any narrative qualities. It's a real honest kind of love song. I don't think I've ever done a real love song before. Mine always had a sort of reservation, or a twist. I tried to write one that wasn't corny, that didn't sound stupid or lame the way many do. I think I succeeded; I was pretty happy with that."
Sudan Archives will be at Barboza 2/21: the barboza.com. DJ Morgan hosted Sudan Archives at the Thing Festival in August - watch it here: www.youtube.com
Canadian producer Dan Snaith: "'Never Come Back’ was the first track from Suddenly that I finished. It came together very quickly and was one of those tracks that is a lot fun to make,” Snaith says. “As soon as I landed on the main synthesizer chords and the repeated refrain the rest came together very quickly and naturally. I felt like it was my job to get out of the way and not over complicate or over think it. Sometimes the best pleasures are the simple ones.”
