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Saturday, Aug 31 2019, 12PM
Zambian-born and Australian-based artist Sampa The Great doesn't think in boundaries, saying "There is definitely more freedom in experimenting on mixtapes I’d say, for sure." - bit.ly
Many years before global warming became a hot topic, Marvin Gaye wrote this song about the environment and how we have an obligation to care for the Earth. - bit.ly
Check out the full performance when Phantogram visited KEXP a few years back: www.youtube.com
New album out in October! Here's the video, complete with a Black Bull, of course: www.youtube.com
Check out Bombay Bicycle Club performing live in the KEXP studio in 2014: www.youtube.com
Thanks to our Mixtape grand prize winner Jana Sturdivant for joining us again in the studio, and telling us that "Kid A" is one of her favorite albums of all time! What's Yours? Vote for your favorite KEXP albums of all time here: www.kexp.org
Brittany Howard of The Alabama Shakes drops her debut solo album on September 20th! www.youtube.com
By request! Check out the dazzling video for the song “Fine Slime,” where pictures of the band members are artfully distorted into other creatures, as the psychedelic rock grooves along. - www.youtube.com
Want to see Hot Chip LIVE on KEXP on Thursday, Sept 19? www.kexp.org
Jessica Dobson of Deep Sea Diver plays bass on the song "Television" for the Seattle-based band Fine Prince. - fineprince.com
Still don't know much about this UK artist. This mysterious band dropped an amazing 14-track debut album with funk and soul infused feel-good alternative rock. soundcloud.com
Escort founders Dan Balis and Eugene Cho met at Vassar College and started making house singles in the early 2000s. Escort started as a studio project for the duo who, "wanted to make records in the spirit of the old ones we were sampling." Here they are covering Dillinger's reggae-disco classic, "Cocaine in My Brain." - bit.ly
"Can I lick the crumbs from your table? Can I lick the crumbs from your table? Can I interfere in your crisis? No, mind your own business..." here's the video www.youtube.com
From Moon Duo's forthcoming seventh album, "Stars Are The Light." Moon Duo plays Neumos on Tuesday, November 26th, 2019 - www.neumos.com
Stereolab plays The Showbox on Tuesday, October 15th! www.showboxpresents.com
Portland quartet the Shivas have been chasing glory and melting faces all over the world for the past 13 years with their often-eerie brand of psychedelic garage rock. "Gloria," the first single from their forthcoming full-length Dark Thoughts. Check out the video and read more here: www.kexp.org
Playing The Crocodile on Thursday, September 26, 2019! - www.thecrocodile.com
Rapsody is back with a new song, “Ibtihaj” featuring GZA and D'Angelo, and it pays homage to the second solo album by the Wu-Tang Clan member. Here's the video: www.youtube.com
North Carolina rapper Rapsody plays The Neptune Theatre on Saturday, October 12th! www.stgpresents.org
North Carolina rapper Rapsody plays The Neptune Theatre on Saturday, October 12th! www.stgpresents.org
This remix by the Mexican Institute Of Sound features La Banda Bastön’s Mü. The retitled “GUAU!” bursts with cumbia horns, D.R.A.M.-esque Mario samples, and a new Spanish-language rap verse.: www.stereogum.com
By request! The Stooges used sleigh bells to create a holly, jolly ode to sexual submission. - bit.ly
Indie-electronica band based Ottawa. Here's the official video: www.youtube.com
The Courtneys play SEAchanger on
Saturday, September 14th, with 100% of the ticket price donated to Mary’s Place and Wellspring Family Services. More info here: www.kexp.org
Michael Kiwanuka said this new album "is about self-acceptance in a more triumphant rather than melancholy way." - bit.ly
This NYC duo announced their official split since forming in 1994, but say they still plan to release music independently. Read more here: bit.ly
Released on October 25th 2019, the new album DRIFT SONGS marks the conclusion of Underworld’s hugely ambitious 52-week DRIFT Series. During that period, music, film and text pieces are created and published every Thursday as part of the band’s on-going, very public recording process - underworldlive.com
New album, All Mirrors, is out on Oct 4! Angel Olsen will be playing at the Moore Theatre on Wednesday, December 11. - bit.ly
Medejin is the ethereal, dreamwave project of Jenn Taranto. Medejin plays the Greenwood Music Crawl on Sunday, September 1st. - bit.ly
Drab Majesty is the solo project of Deb DeMure, the androgynous alter-ego of L.A.-based musician Andrew Clinco. A talented multi-instrumentalist, DeMure composes all of the elements of Drab Majesty. - drabmajesty.bandcamp.com
The Echo & The Bunnymen frontman explains this song is "about the way people would sooner look at statues than themselves. We revere things that tell us about ourselves. It's that thing of how we think art is very important. A life without art, who knows what that would be like? We think the Mona Lisa is this thing that's valuable, when something else isn't." - bit.ly
Lower Dens plays the WAMU Theatre on Thursday, Sept 26 with Of Monsters And Men. - lowerdens.com
