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Latest, June 11th, release from the Australian band. kinggizzardandthelizardwizard.com
Ambar was born in the U.S. to a Dominican mother and a Mexican father, and she started singing at the age of 5. In those early years, she’d convince her abuela to record videos of her singing in her music corner, where she’d play with a toy microphone and perform for her family.
As she got older, she began to post covers on YouTube—videos that still lurk in the depths of the internet, though Ambar now calls them "very scary." She is completely self-taught; she learned piano, guitar, and ukulele on her own, and turned to YouTube once again to refine her vocal technique when she started writing original music at 15. She spent the ages of 5 to 7 moving between the Dominican Republic, where she lived with her grandmother, and New Jersey, where her mom resided. Her memories of this time are scarce, but she recalls small bursts of joy she’d experience when her mother sent her gifts from the States. "Getting Heelys in the mail while I lived in the D.R. was such an iconic moment in my childhood," she remembers, giggling. "I was rolling everywhere."
Eventually, Ambar moved to Jersey permanently. But her family was separated once again when she turned 8, as her father was deported to Mexico. Ambar wouldn’t see her dad in person again until 2019, when she traveled to Cabo San Lucas to reunite with him. That trip was captured in a 20-minute documentary called Llegaron Las Flores (The Flowers Have Arrived). By offering her own experience, she aimed to shed light on the harsh realities of family separation. "Even though so many people in my family had gone through similar things, nobody really spoke about it," she says. "But there’s people out there that need to see that [others] are experiencing similar situations. I wanted people to not feel alone." bit.ly
Björk explained the line, "There's definitely, definitely, definitely no logic to human behaviour" during a 2011 Q&A with The Guardian:
"At the time I wrote it I was referring to my childhood and probably talking about how I felt more comfortable on my own walking outside singing and stuff than hanging out with humans... I experienced harmony with kids, the mountains and the ocean surrounding Reykjavik and animals I guess but found grown ups rather chaotic and nonsensical."
Georgia just performed on KEXP Live from Home on June 24th. Check out the performance via our YouTube channel after the show!
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Playing Wednesday, September 29th at the Neptune Theater. lucydacus.com
The Louisiana artist released this album on this day in 1998! That was 23 years ago!
This classic Gen X soundtrack was released on this day in 1992!!
Japanese Breakfast is scheduled to play the Neptune Theatre in Seattle on September 25 and 26th with Luna Li! bit.ly
This new release will be out on August 6th, from the St. Louis band. foxingtheband.bandcamp.com
Speaking about the new single, Torres' Mackenzie Scott explained, "The title emerged from a dream I had. The song’s theme is that truth is eternal, and it’s also about never stopping. "To bring it back down to earth, the song’s also about being ready to drop everything to do something essential for someone you love. In this instance, it’s bringing my girlfriend lunch so she can keep painting." bit.ly
Check out this amazing version of Prince's "Starfish and Coffee" with the Muppets after the show! www.youtube.com
Besides writing and composing the track, Prince played all the instruments on the song. Notably, there is no bass on this track; Prince took it out at the last minute to get a different sound, though he hated to see it go. prince.com
New single from the UK band. Check it out here wetleg.bandcamp.com
In October 2018, shame played live in the KEXP Gathering Space, which was so fun. You can enjoy live video from the performance here after the show: bit.ly
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This single was released on June 25th! Check it out! johntimestwo.bandcamp.com
The band has helpfully added the lyrics to this track on their band camp page. Check it out here thevegabodegas.bandcamp.com
Brand new album from the Wisconsin band. Get it here slowpulp.bandcamp.com
New music from the London band will be out July 30th!!! lump.bandcamp.com
Released on this day! The biggest hit from Sly & the Family Stone's sixth album. The song had its origins in an apology Stone wrote to his future wife, Kathleen Silva, after a fight.
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This soundtrack was released on this day in 1992. It's been certified 2 times platinum by the RIAA and is ranked #19 on Rolling Stone's 50 Greatest Grunge Albums list.
Faye Webster will be at Neumos on Valentine's Day (February 14th) next year (2022).
According to its creator, Roger Linn, this was the first hit song to use the LM-1 drum machine. Introduced in 1980, the LM-1 was the first programable unit that sampled real drums rather than creating them synthetically. It became the basis for many hits of the era, with acts like Culture Club, Peter Gabriel and Gary Numan using it to make backing tracks. Its most prolific proponent was Prince, who used it on songs like "Little Red Corvette" and "When Doves Cry."
Dignity and Shame has been billed as a concept album based on the lives of bullfighter Manolete and Spanish actress Lupe Sino. Lara Meyerratken is featured on lead vocals on four songs.
The National covered "Sleep All Summer" with St. Vincent for the album SCORE! 20 Years of Merge Records, and Eric Bachmann collaborated with singer/songwriter Neko Case on a cover of "Sleep All Summer" for her album Hell-On. bit.ly
Released on this day in 1998! Williams fifth album, Car Wheels on a Gravel Road won a Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album, and received a nomination for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance for the single "Can't Let Go"
The album features guest appearances by Steve Earle and Emmylou Harris.
Lucinda on Can’t Let Go:
“This song was written by Randy Weeks, who was part of that whole cowpunk scene in L.A. back in the ’80s. They were like a Blazing Saddles meets absurdity with guitar, bass, and drums. They played all over L.A. back then, and I used to open shows for them. They had a couple of records on the Hi-Tone label, and at some point they split up and went their own separate ways. Randy’s living in Austin now and writing and doing his own thing, and is a fantastic musician in his own right. But at some point he sent me a demo of his own songs, and this song was on there. His version of it is almost a rockabilly sort of sped-up thing, but I adapted it and put myself into it, and people really loved it.”
Tue 10/19 @ Tractor ; new solo project started by Riley Downing and John James Tourville of The Deslondes ; appeared recently on Ditty TV: dittytv.com ; rileydowning.bandcamp.com ; official video for the title track: www.youtube.com ; www.facebook.com ; www.rileydowning.com