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Saturday, Oct 15 2016, 12PM
ok kids...it's dark and stormy but DJ Morgan and her faithful guest assistant (moi) are here to save the day from now until 3 pm! get your requests in at dj@kexp.org
so where did the band's name come from? It comes from the DH Lawrence quote: "People in LA are content to do nothing and stare at the void pacific."
If you're a comic book fan (like I am) you know that Love and Rockets took their name from the classic comic book series of the same name. L&R (as it was affectionately called) was one of the first comic books in the alternative comics movement of the 1980s helping to pave the way for the graphic novels that we love today.
Don't have power? We do! Come on down to KEXP's gathering space and hang with us - we've got lights, coffee and great music!
someone made a video with this tune for their high school media project - enjoy! www.youtube.com
Goat claims to hail from Korpilombolo in Sweden which, according to the band's own publicity, has a history of voodoo worship after a witch doctor came and lived there. Supposedly, when Christian crusaders came and destroyed the village the surviving people fled and placed a curse on the town. This has been described as "a lovely story, if possibly not entirely rooted in reality. So there's that...
If you have 30 minutes or so free (after Morgan's show of course!) you can get your dance on with a live set from Empress Of which was recorded at Echo Park CA last year www.youtube.com
NAVVI is just one of the bands playing live tonight at KEXP's Reykjavik Calling 2016 @ Neumos. doors @ 8 pm. AND IT'S FREE! blog.kexp.org
Wolf Alice played a great set for KEXP last year, check it out! www.youtube.com
For his latest psychedelic pop record, Michael Collins enlisted Ariel Pink, Weyes Blood, and members of the Mac DeMarco band, among others. With song titles like "Bong Voyage", "One Hitter Wonders", and "Get Ripped or Die Trying" you know it's gonna be good, go get it!
I sense a theme here...great songs fool! what were you thinking?
the band says to file their music under the following genre - "Art Punk, Distortion Pop, Dark Basement" I think they've got it to themselves!
Due to an ink splodge on the back of the original artwork, the song "Silence Kid" has become erroneously known as "Silence Kit". This misnomer persisted when designer Mark Ohe printed it onto the back of the reissue Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain: LA's Desert Origins, despite the interior artwork showing the correct name in print several times, including written in Stephen Malkmus' own handwriting
Catch him live at The Showbox on Saturday, November 26th
In addition to be covered by a number of bands, this song is played during the credits of the concert film Shut Up and Play the Hits, which chronicles the LCD Soundsystem's last show.
Excited to hear that the band has signed to producer Danger Mouse’s 30th Century Records and are working on a new album.
"1979" almost didn't make it on the album, let alone as a recorded song. During the recording of this album, the song wasn't finished and producer Flood said that it wasn't good enuff to make the album. This inspired Billy Corgan to finish the song in 4 hours and when he played it for Flood the following day, he said "winner winner chicken dinner!"...well, maybe that's not an exact quote, but you get the idea
and here's the video for your viewing pleasure www.youtube.com
You can catch Flock of Dimes a week from today, October 22nd, at Barboza
The Dø performed live @ KEXP last year. Great performance, watch it! www.youtube.com
Australian music historian Ian McFarlane described Dead Can Dance's style as "constructed soundscapes of mesmerising grandeur and solemn beauty; African polyrhythms, Gaelic folk, Gregorian chant, Middle Eastern mantras and art rock." Nailed it!
a listener requested a song that he could press cider by, so here you go Michael! Press on!
Here's Jagwar Ma's in-studio from earlier this month. So fresh! www.youtube.com
Can't get enough Vitamin C? Well there's an 8-minute version of the song, remixed by British musical outfit U.N.K.L.E., and it is featured on Can's double remix album Sacrilege.
Common's new album 'Black America Again' lands in record stores on Election Day (November 4th). So you've got two things to do that day - vote and then pick up Common's new release. consequenceofsound.net
Yannick Ilunga, better known by his stage name Petite Noir, is a Belgian-South African singer, songwriter, and musician from Cape Town, Western Cape.
Sylvan Esso stopped by our old studios in 2014 for an in-studio hosted by Mr John Richards. www.youtube.com
"No One" was released in August as a digital single and includes six, count 'em, six remixes! you can get it here www.hardlyart.com
could be a bit blustery tonight so keep your dial on 90.3 and KEXP will get you through it!
Ex-Cult is playing at Milk Run in Omaha NE tonight. If we hurry, we just might make it!
Bread & Butter is playing The Vera Project's First Annual Rent Party tonight along with Stag and Ruler. A "rent party" is a house party with the intention of raising money for rent so the occupants can worry about other things - like their art and music. 100% of the proceeds of this party will help fund The Vera Project's rent for the coming year. www.ticketfly.com
