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Saturday, Apr 21 2018, 12PM
Massive Attack’s Mezzanine encoded into DNA for album’s 20th anniversary
The DNA will be preserved for hundreds to thousands of years in 5,000 tiny glass spheres. consequenceofsound.net
Live on KEXP Mon, May 7th at noon! This session is open to the public. They are playing that night at the Moore as well.
Prince passed away 2 years ago today. Go back and listen to Kevin Cole's Prince special from this past Thursday, 4/19 on kexp.org.
Playing Thurs, May 31st and Fri, June 1st at the Neptune Theater.
Wyclef Jean is playing an in store at Silver Platters SoDo at 2pm as part of Record Store Day!
Live on KEXP Tues, April 24th at noon. This session is open to the public!
Check out the live video recorded at the Trans Musicales Festival in Rennes, France here: www.youtube.com
Seun Kuti is the youngest son of Fela Kuti.
Playing tonight at 7pm at Georgetown Records as a part of Record Store Day.
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AFGHAN WHIGS
BLACK LOVE, 1996
It’s been said that the songs on the Afghan Whigs fifth full-length, Black Love, were inspired by a failed film project from frontman Greg Dulli. However, upon its 20th anniversary re-issue, he clears up the backstory with Stereogum: "I was working on a screenplay. I bought the rights to a book and was working to get that done, but it was a completely different story then Black Love. It’s kind of strange how the legend has taken up with that, but it was not an unproduced screenplay, no… I will say this: My friend Nick [Klein], who had written a screenplay for a movie called The Million Dollar Hotel… it was unproduced at the time, and Wim Wenders eventually filmed it, but I had read the screenplay, and the opening scene of the movie is a guy on a roof, contemplating the end. A lady who I had known took her own life around that time, so from those two experiences I began what became 'Crime Scene Part One,' and that was, I believe, the first song that I began working on. So that set the tone for the rest of the record." — JH
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SPARKMARKER
2:20 / SAWED OFF BUT SILENT 7" Single, 1996
Formed in 1990, Vancouver hardcore band Sparkmarker made no bones about their influences, citing groups like The Jesus Lizard and Helmet. Vocalist Ryan Scott and guitarist/vocalist Kim Kinakin hosted a cable FM radio show called Blueprint, named after the Fugazi song. The spark went out by 1997, but not before they released this single, packaged in a white envelope with an embossed design, and with a flyer inside detailing the risks of contracting HIV/AIDS. The band reunited for one night only in 2012, with proceeds from merch sales benefitting the Vancouver chapter of Cystic Fibrosis Canada, in honor of their late guitarist Jordan Studdard who passed away in 2005. - JH
Playing at the Neptune Theater on Monday, April 23rd! Check out their live KEXP performance here: www.youtube.com
Playing Thurs, May 24th at the Paramount and the next day at Sasquatch.
Check out their live KEXP performance from Trans Musicales in Rennes, France: www.youtube.com
