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Thursday, Dec 15 2016, 1AM
Killer 12" from two of Vancouver's finest! - normalswelcome.bandcamp.com
Nite Jewel had a busy year (also collaborated with Dam-Funk and Droop-E on EPs)
Super fun full-length debut from the Melbourne, AU group! - chaptermusic.bandcamp.com
Great stuff from the Portland band led by Luz Elena Mendoza - tenderlovingempire.com
Top notch jangle pop off her debut LP! - www.heavenlyrecordings.com
One of my favourite reissues of the the year! - blog.kexp.org
DITTO! (off a compilation of folk-pop, new wave and art music micro presses that span 1961-1991) - efficientspace.bandcamp.com
Video from Wild Nothing's KEXP in-studio performance earlier this year - youtu.be
"Acid Park is about the encouraging whisper of a mechanistic demon you hear upon waking, taunting you that the right balancing act between too much and too little will lead you to the perfect equilibrium" - ohal.bandcamp.com
Definitely one of the, er, stranger album covers of 2016 too
So this might be my favourite song of 2016? Mesmerizing... (collaboration between folk guitarist and vocalist Ilyas Ahmed and synth-clarinet duo Golden Retriever) - mie.limitedrun.com
Another droned-out classic from this year - mjguider.bandcamp.com
The London artist put out two incredible releases this year - soundcloud.com
OK, this might be my fave song of 2016 too, so good! - hyperdub.bandcamp.com
3:35 AM
32nd spin
New Tribe brings some much needed light to a dark world
One of my fave compilations of the year! // '80s-era disco, boogie and Zouk from the West Indies! - lightintheattic.net
Available on Seattle's Medical Records! - medicalrecords.bandcamp.com
Ace release from the Russian-born, NY-based musician - soundcloud.com
So in love with this 12" from Olympia's CC Dust - www.perennialdeath.com
Fourth and final album from SVIIB (completed before the passing of Benjamin Curtis in 2013)
Indie pop group from Brisbane, AU (fronted by Louis Forster, whose father Robert played in The Go-Betweens!)
Great debut from the Dutch band - beyondbeyondisbeyondrecords.bigcartel.com
LIVE on KEXP - Friday, February 24th at 12.00 pm on the Midday Show!
More Norwegians! (they also collaborated on 2014's terrific Meshes of Voice LP)
Osaka-based proudcer with some crazy beats on this one - www.stonesthrow.com
Passed away in his sleep on November 7th after a fall. Says Nick Cave on his passing: “For many of us Leonard Cohen was the greatest songwriter of them all. Utterly unique and impossible to imitate no matter how hard we tried. He will be deeply missed by so many.”