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Friday, May 31 2019, 6AM
Visit English musician Jamie Isaac's official website here: jamieisaac.co.uk
She'll be at the debut THIMG Festival in Port Townsend, Washington on Saturday and Sunday, August 24th and 25th, 2019.: blackbelteaglescout.com
"This was a Joy Division song that they played live but never officially recorded." Read about this wonderful Galaxie 500 cover of a recorded New Order song: thisisthatsong.wordpress.com
That's Beth Orton contributing the vocal on this song. Want to know a little more about this artist?: www.bethortonofficial.com
"Get up....get down..." Watch Sylvan Esso perform this song live in the KEXP studio: www.kexp.org
Are you caffeinated yet? This song was written by Blur's guitarist, Graham Coxon, who also sang lead vocals, as opposed to frontman Damon Albarn. The lyrics describe Coxon's struggle with alcoholism and the song's video, featuring a sentient milk carton searching for Coxon, won several awards: www.youtube.com
James (with The Psychedelic Furs) will be at The Showbox Sodo on Tuesday, July 30th, 2019. See the video for "Ring the Bells": www.youtube.com
Go to Chop Suey on Wednesday, July 24th, for Hibou's album release party: www.chopsuey.com
Thanks, Josh, for this request. "The Low End Theory is an unqualified success, the perfect marriage of intelligent, flowing raps to nuanced, groove-centered productions." Read a review of the second album from A Tribe Called Quest: www.allmusic.com
You can hear them this very night, Friday, May 31st, 2019 at The Columbia City Theater.
A very happy birthday to Skye, turning 15 today! This request is from your mother who wants to remind you "of the good stuff."
You know that they're saying "Too young," don't you? Here's the official video for "In the Morning": www.youtube.com
Watch a terrific live performance in the KEXP studio last March: www.youtube.com
Just Mustard are a 5 piece band from Dundalk, Ireland. For a few Euros, you can pre-order the album "Frank//October," due for release on June 7th, 2019: justmustard.bandcamp.com
See the official music video for "Love Will Tear Us Apart": www.youtube.com
The Dandy Warhols will be here in Seattle, performing at the South Lake Union Block Party on Friday, August 9th, 2019.: www.slublockparty.com
Stef Chura will sing "Method Man" at Barboza on Wednesday, July 31st. 2019. Read what she has to say about this track: www.stereogum.com
"Ill Communication" was released on this date twenty-five years ago! To celebrate, a documentary, "Still III: 25 Years of Ill Communication," was released yesterday. Watch it right now: www.npr.org
See the stunning mural of Charles Bradley that took shape last year in the video for "Luv Jones": www.rollingstone.com
Yo La Tengo came to our studio for a live session in 2013: www.youtube.com
Kitsap County is not laughing after someone is making a series of prank phone calls to a number of residents claiming that disruptive city work was coming to their property. Residents reported that the caller identified himself as Bob Doblina of Kitsap County Public Works and claimed city workers would be doing projects near their home. Calls claimed:
* "We're going to be digging a 6-foot hole in your yard on Monday. There was money left in a budget and someone needed to learn how to dig a hole."
* "We're installing a cell tower at the end of your driveway." Learn more: komonews.com
Brooklyn’s The Juan MacLean have shared a new 12" maxi single featuring original and remixed versions of “What Do You Feel Free About?” and “Zone Non Linear.”
Their last studio album was in 2014.: pitchfork.com
Durand Jones & The Indications will play Marymoor Park in Redmond, Washington on Satuday, June 29th, 2019. Watch them perform "Morning in America" live: www.youtube.com
The Heavy will be at Neumos on Friday, June 14th, 2019.
"I'm afraid expulsion is the only answer.": www.youtube.com
This was not a request. It was a DEMAND from 8-year-old Finleigh. See the official video for "Teen Angst": www.youtube.com
Ahhh....the Friday song. KEXP's Father's Day Dance Party will be Sunday, June 10th, 2019. For more information and to purchase tickets, go here: www.kexp.org
The song originated with a beat sent to Santigold by producer Ricky Blaze. She said that it reminded her of a boat trip that she'd taken. "We were going really fast on this speedboat," the singer recalled, "and I was just holding on, sitting cross-legged on the very front of the boat, and my body was just, like, flying, like I could have been thrown off at any minute. And this guy was playing this old reggae through these little speakers, and it was blown out and distorted, and it was such a visual memory that stayed with me, and this song kind of felt like that."
Yes, they're playing a sold-out show at The Showbox on Friday, June 7th, 2019. "Petals' is a cover of a 1998 track by Hole.: pitchfork.com
Read a New York Times aricle on Bjork's latest live spectacle, "Cornucopia": www.nytimes.com
The song was co-written & co-produced by frequent collaborator Maya Postepski. Robert Alfons said, “Such a special collab with Maya, we wrote it together while in different parts of the world. This song was written during long walks I would take in the middle of the night around the hills in my neighborhood, watching the mist rise as the sun came up.” Read more: northerntransmissions.com
Read a glowing review of Yeah Yeah Yeahs' debut album, "Fever to Tell": pitchfork.com
IDLES gave an extrordinary live performance in the KEXP Gathering Space on Wednesday, May 29th, at 1:30 p.m. You can stream that performance for two weeks on our streaming archive: www.kexp.org
Tacocat will be at The Showbox on Saturday, June 8th, 2019.: www.showboxpresents.com
Become conversant with the biography of this Danish duo: www.allmusic.com
Flamingods performed live at the Halle de la Courrouze in Rennes, France, during Trans Musicales 2017. Watch their live performance for KEXP listeners here: www.youtube.com
Don't miss the opportunity to hear these local favorites playing LIVE in the KEXP studio on Tuesday, June 18th, at noon. That performance is open to the public. They'll be at The Capitol Hill Block Party, Friday, July 19th through Sunday, July 21st. 2-19.
On Sunday, August 18th, 2019, these prolific and talented artists will play The Paramount Theatre in Seattle.
"Everybody's got a secret to hide..." Watch Chromatics performing this song live in 2010: www.youtube.com
So, you like both Bruce and LCD Soundsystem?: www.youtube.com
"I was born like this, don't even gotta try..." This great live performer will be at The Capitol Hill Block Party on Saturday, July 20th, 2019: www.capitolhillblockparty.com
These musicians, too, will be at The Capitol Hill Block Party, July 1th-21st, 2019. See a live KEXP in-studio session that included "Busy Earning": www.youtube.com
“Old Engine Oil” is a burner of a tune that sounds like its title. It’s dirty and propulsive, with tight psychedelic guitar riffs and drum breaks driving the song’s vibe, which is best described as Tower of Power meets the Beastie Boys’ “Sabotage.” : thekey.xpn.org
Here's an essay about Kenny Rogers and his beginnings with,first,The New Christy Minstrels, and then The First Edition: bestclassicbands.com
"This is a song about disillusionment, survival, and having the strength to move on." Read a review of this single: pitchfork.com
"Moon" is a single from London's Alaskalaska's debut album "The Dots": www.thefader.com
Underworld describe “Listen To Their No” as “just over five and a half minutes of superlative sunset techno; a lucid dream built around an insistent analogue riff and a rush of pure positivity.": www.stereogum.com
It's cloudy today in Seattle with temperatures moving into the 70's. We usually play this song when it is raining. Watch the band (They're inside) performing this song: www.youtube.com
This Australian band will play The Crocodile next Thursday, June 6th, 2019.
Black Nite Crash will perform at The Parliament Tavern tomorrow night, Saurday, June 1st, 2019. Follow this link to their Bandcamp page: blacknitecrash.bandcamp.com
