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Check out the official music video for "Blurry" by Petite Noir feat. Sampa the Great here, enjoy: www.youtube.com --- petitenoir.bandcamp.com www.petitenoir.world

That's Kelli Ali, also known as Kelli Dayton, British vocalist, singing here. -- See her in the official video for the 1996 tune, "6 Underground": www.youtube.com --- sneakerpimpsmusic.com

You should know the history of the very talented Minnie Riperton, who died at age 31 of cancer. She had four-octave range and was widely known for her use of the whistle register.: www.blackpast.org

New Music from Aaron Frazer, you may know from Durand Jones and the Indications. His second solo album "Into the Blue" will be released June 28th. --- Check out the official music video for "Payback" here, enjoy: www.youtube.com --- aaronfrazermusic.com

New Music from St. Vincent! --- Flea is a single from 'All Born Screaming' a new album from St. Vincent that's dropping this Friday, April 26th! --- St. Vincent will be on tour soon, here are some tour dates: + May 24 Napa, CA - BottleRock Napa Valley + May 25 San Francisco, CA - The Masonic + May 26 Napa, CA - JaM Cellars Ballroom + August 8th Bend, OR - Hayden Homes Amphitheater + August 9th Carnation, WA - Thing Festival ilovestvincent.com

The song integrates a 1970 recording called "Modern Dynamic Physical Fitness Activities" by Ed Durlacher, who was best known as a square dance caller. In his recording, he goes through some basic calisthenics, but Beastie Boys chopped it up to make it sound like dance instruction ("you will do this four times with the left... four with the right"). -- "Body Movin'" also sampled Graham Central Station's 1975 "The Jam", as well as "Oye Como Va" by Amral's Trinidad Cavaliers. --- beastieboys.com

New music from Pet Shop Boys a English synth-pop duo formed in 1981! Their brand new studio album, “Nonetheless”, will be released this Friday, April 26 on Parlophone Records --- Check out the official music video for 'Loneliness' here, enjoy: www.youtube.com --- IG: www.instagram.com www.petshopboys.co.uk

Shout Out Charlie! --- This was the first video to air on MTV. The network launched August 1, 1981, and this provided the first evidence that MTV was going to make it.

New music from South London-based Trio Goat Girl with their third album, 'Below The Waste'. The album is set to be released June 7th! --- Check out the official music video for 'motorway' here, enjoy: www.youtube.com --- goatgirl.bandcamp.com

Recorded in Burbank, California, Paris and London, the album was produced by Gil Norton, and was Pixies' final studio effort before their subsequent break-up two years later. Trompe le Monde is the last album to feature founding bass guitarist Kim Deal. The album name comes from the title of the first track, "Trompe le Monde", a French phrase meaning "Fool the World." Unlike previous albums, the title of the album comes from the name of a song (rather than a song lyric), and is a play on the French phrase "Trompe-l'œil"—a painting technique in which the painter fools the viewer into thinking objects presented are real. bit.ly

Shout Out Carrie! --- Ozzy Osbourne has premiered a new video for his classic solo single "Crazy Train." The animated clip features hand-drawn, cartoon versions of the Prince of Darkness and his band, including late guitarist Randy Rhoads. When the cartoon Rhoads finishes his epic solo, he floats into the sky, as his band mates look on.: www.youtube.com Ozzy's debut album, "Blizzard of Ozz," came out in September 40 years ago. --- www.ozzy.com

Beloved, Portland trio Gossip returns with Real Power, their first album in FOURTEEN YEARS! The album marks a reunion with acclaimed producer Rick Rubin, who helmed the band’s pivotal 2009 album Music For Men. Rubin coaxed the band started recording in 2019 after completing a tour for the ten-year anniversary of Music For Men. Recorded at Rubin’s home studio in Kauai, the process was temporarily halted by the pandemic and resumed when restrictions lifted. The result is an 11-track celebration of the galvanizing might of music, the joy of creative expression, and the power of chosen family in the aftermath of collective and personal trauma. "When we began, so much about Gossip was about running away—that was always in the music," says Ditto. "We survived. We came from nothing, and we got the fuck out of there. And to be here 20 years later and still making music together is just incredible." tinyurl.com

Polyrhythmics will be in Seattle at the Nectar Lounge, tomorrow April 24th! --- www.polyrhythmics.com

Sarah Vaughan has won 4 Grammys including a Lifetime Achievement Award. Verve Remixed is contemporary DJs and Producers reworking tracks from the Verve vault.

I might get your song played on the radio station --- This song, with its emphasis on Black pride and resilience, is the lead single of Beyonce's sixth studio album, 2016's "Lemonade." -- According to Rolling Stone, Beyoncé’s “Formation” is the best music video of all time. According to director Melina Matsoukas, Queen Bey wanted the video to show the “historical impact of slavery on black love, and what it has done to the black family.” “I wanted to show — this is black people. We triumph, we suffer, we’re drowning, we’re being beaten, we’re dancing, we’re eating, and we’re still here,” Matsoukas added while discussing the “Formation” video.: www.youtube.com --- www.beyonce.com

Shout Out Mandy! --- The Faroe Islands' Helena Rebensdorff, aka Brimheim, confides, "Throughout my life, I've behaved in a lot of self destructive ways, attempting to fill this deep, barren void inside of me with everything from drugs to self-harm. But more than anything else, I’ve had to reckon with an unquenchable desire for other people’s approval and adoration, both as a human being and as an artist. "That’s what 'Literally Everything' is about - the overwhelming impulse to sacrifice everything, including my self respect, in exchange for a moment of admiration." tinyurl.com

New second record from this French/Moroccan group from Marrakech. "This is ancient-to-future music, rooted as much in psychedelic blues, funk and rock as in the trancey, propulsive rhythms of northern Africa's Maghreb: Gnawa, Amazigh, Hassani and Houara music. The popular street music known as Chaabi, in which the word 'swaken' means to visit another dimension, as well as the space in which two dimensions overlap." bablbluz.bandcamp.com

Chisme translates into gossip in English. Dark Chisme is a new, dark wave band started by DJ Gold Chisme, a Latina artist from Chicago now residing in Seattle. Inspired by band bands like Sextile, Light Asylum, Twin Tribes, and Kontravoid. Dark Chisme not only brings dark wave influences to her music, there’s house & techno elements as well! Listen to more and support the band here, enjoy: darkchisme.bandcamp.com --- IG: www.instagram.com

When this was first released, many people thought The Cure had ripped off the sound of New Order's mega-hit "Blue Monday." Though many fingers were pointed at The Cure, no legal actions were ever taken because "The Walk" was written and recorded before (but released after) "Blue Monday." The likeness between the two was proven to be nothing more than coincidence, as both bands were experimenting with electronic instruments, sequencers and drum machines, leading them to arrive at similar sounds around the same timeframe. The Cure had lost their bass player Simon Gallup and were in limbo when the remaining two members, Robert Smith and Lol Tolhurst, got together to compose this song in late 1982. Tolhurst came up with the distinctive vibrato keyboard riff, and Smith took it from there. The song became their biggest UK hit to this point, going to #12 and revitalizing the band. tinyurl.com

Lush formed in 1987 when close friends Miki Berenyi and Emma Anderson (who were in other bands previously) joined Chris Acland’s band, Baby Machines. After bassist Steve Rippon joined the band, they changed their name to Lush: mylifeinmusiclists.ca --- 4ad.com

Here's a biography of Kavinsky, the alter ego of French DJ Vincent Belorgey.: www.allmusic.com -- He has revealed the release date of his next album, "Reborn." The follow-up to his 2013 debut Outrun arrives March 25.: bit.ly --- kavinsky.bandcamp.com

New Khruangbin! --- 'A LA SALA' was released earlier this month and is their first full-length recorded without any additional collaborators, harkening back to some of their earlier sounds. Khruangbin shared a Scott Dungate-directed video for the lead single “A Love International": www.youtube.com www.khruangbin.com

Olympia, Washington based indie-funk musical group founded by Calvin Johnson, signed to K Records. --- dnss.bandcamp.com

The 1st single off the French duo's 3rd album of 2004. They reached international success with their release of "Sexy Boy" from their first album "Moon Safari" in 1998. -- The 7" and CD single releases include an alternate version of the song that features Hope Sandoval of Mazzy Star on vocals. Dunckel recalled: "We'd seen Mazzy Star play in France, and the experience was just so slow and beautiful. We were quite moved by the show, and inspired to write the slowest Air song ever, so we wrote 'Cherry Blossom Girl' with her in mind, and she was kind enough to sing it for us. It didn't work for the album, since it ended up just being JB and I on the record, but that version is very special to me." bit.ly www.airfrenchband.com

'Black Cherry' by Goldfrapp was released in this day back in 2003! --- Alison Goldfrapp, the lead vocalist of the English electronic music duo Goldfrapp came out when she shared with fans her relationship with film editor Lisa Gunning. She is one of the most admired and interesting singers in the electronic music world. www.nyx-hotels.com Strict Machine was inspired by a newspaper article about experiments in which scientists stimulated rats' brains so that the rats would feel joy when following commands, and also by “more human aspects of machines, sex and control.” www.goldfrapp.com

"We are proud to present two unreleased sides from the late Queen of modern soul, and her Dap-Kings. Recorded during the sessions for Soul of a Woman and penned by sax stalwart and Daptone co-founder Neal Sugarman, "Don't Wanna Lose You" is a heavy slice of soul sophistication teeming with groove and vibe." sharonjonesandthedapkings.bandcamp.com Check out their Live on KEXP performance from 2016: www.youtube.com

"Moonlight Mile" came together during a loose session held at Jagger's Stargroves estate in the fall of 1970. Appropriately, recording didn't begin until after midnight, at which point Jagger says guitarist Keith Richards had already gone home, and bassist Bill Wyman wasn't present, leaving him to flesh out the arrangement with guitarist Mick Taylor and drummer Charlie Watts. "What makes 'Moonlight Mile' special is that it’s a song and a recording at once," mused Jagger. "All these things — the strange plinking piano, the tom-tommy mallets on the drums, the different guitars — they all came together to produce a feeling of vulnerability and loneliness, you know what I mean? I think the three of us finished recording the basic track around 6AM. The sun was coming up."

Yo La Tengo will be in Seattle, performing at Woodland Park Zoo, August 15th! --- The NJ trio, Yo La Tengo stopped by the KEXP studios back in 2013. Check out their entire performance here: www.kexp.org yolatengo.com

DAIISTAR will be performing in Seattle, at Freakout Festival! --- New from Austin, TX, DAIISTAR's Alex Capistran (guitar/vocals) says that "the idea behind 'Clear' was to write the perfect song for a perfect day. A song that comes to mind on a warm and sunny afternoon; inspiring thoughts of attainable bliss and encouraging you to dream up something nice for your future self." The album was produced by Black Angels frontman Alex Maas, engineered by White Denim’s James Petrali, and is out on the influential London label Fuzz Club. tinyurl.com --- daiistar.bandcamp.com

KEXP gets a shoutout on this new track from Leeds-based band, English Teacher! They've got a new album, 'This Could Be Texas,' which is being released tomorrow, Friday April 12th. englishteacher.bandcamp.com www.englishteacherband.com

Now based in Seattle, Emi Pop began her musical journey in her home of Puerto Rico. Following stints in bands like Mely y Los Poppers, and local groups Famous Lizards and 38 Coffin, Emi Pop has ventured out on her own. -- This new single "Psicópata" features Davila 666 guitarist Johny Otis‘s ripping guitar licks. --- Check out this live version of "Psicópata" by Emi Pop here, enjoy: www.youtube.com

Bob Mould, formerly of Hüsker Dü, calls this track "an unconscious homage" to the Pixies' "Debaser". bit.ly

Check out the official music video for "Only Nice When I'm High" here, enjoy: www.youtube.com --- www.laurenmorrow.com

Shout Out Mike! --- This song features actress Chelsea Alden delivering the monologue--" We're walking in the streets - or what's left of them..." -- Don't miss this live version: www.youtube.com --- ilovem83.bandcamp.com ilovem83.com

The album "Go" features strings arranged by Antony and the Johnsons and Grizzly Bear composer Nico Muhly. Birgisson told Spinner: "He did all the arrangements - the string, wind and brass arrangements. He also plays nearly all of the piano on the album, so he had a lot of input. After the strings and all of that came in, it was much more colourful, more lively. I'm really happy about that." --- jonsi.com

Chicano Batman will be in Seattle, June 20th at Moore Theatre! --- "Since forming in 2008, Chicano Batman have followed their own visionary impulses to tremendous heights—a journey that began at local dive bars and recently saw them co-headlining the legendary Hollywood Bowl. In the making of Notebook Fantasy, Chicano Batman worked with producer John Congleton (Erykah Badu, Death Cab For Cutie, St. Vincent) to double down on their hyper-creative tendencies, discovering new dimensions of their prismatic music while infusing the lyrics with an unflinching honesty." --- chicanobatman.bandcamp.com www.chicanobatman.com

Gary Clark Jr. will play the Chateau Ste. Michelle Winery in Woodinville, WA on Wednesday, August 14th. -- "Nothing is off limits in a dizzying array of influences and styles mixed with the precision of a master of his craft": Read a glowing review: www.loudersound.com --- www.garyclarkjr.com

Third studio full-length album from Melbourne based Mildlife! If you're in the Bay Area, you can catch them @ San Francisco's Independent on October 4! www.mildlife.com.au “Chorus is about a coming together of disparate elements. Not in some sort of utopian aesthetic where everything works perfectly, but in the natural flow and state of things,” shares the band’s Jim Rindfleish. “It’s about cosmic compatibility and chemistry: what makes things work? Not just what makes the band work, but what makes good music, art or love? It’s the rhythm of nature”. mildlife.bandcamp.com