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Tuesday, Nov 22 2022, 4PM
Drive Time -- bringing the world together through the power of music!
NEW SOUNDS from the London five-piece -- Bandleader Femi Koleoso talks about the song: "This title, 'Ego Killah,' is one we can all relate to. It’s the point in a journey where you become your own worst enemy. Where progression has to happen on the inside before you can see the fruit on the outside. The ability to kill your ego will serve you on your journey going forward. Sometimes where you’re meant to be, hasn’t happened yet, because of your own ego – that’s when you need the Ego Killah." -- ezracollective.bandcamp.com
BRAND NEW from German funk powerhouse The Winston Brothers! This is their first LP
Bringing together Hamburg-based Sebastian Nagel and Lucas Kochbeck -- members of Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band among other groups --
Get the new record: thewinstonbrothers.bandcamp.com
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Black Friday Record Store Day 2022 release! -- "Shortly after Jay Dee’s younger brother Illa J’s solo debut, Yancey Boys, was issued on Delicious Vinyl, the label and the artist knew the next step in honoring Jay Dee’s legacy was to issue the complete instrumentals from Yancey Boys as a stand-alone release."
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BRAND NEW remix by Working Men's Club! They recently dropped a new remix EP called "The Steel City", with Sheffield remixes of tracks from "Fear Fear" -- which itself received a July Record Store Day release --
and they're currently on tour in Europe with Nation of Language!
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Black Friday Record Store Day 2022 release! -- Soul Coughing's "Lust in Phaze: The Best of Soul Coughing" dropping on a double LP, the first-ever vinyl release of the record, 5000 copies only! Track list and more info: recordstoreday.com
"Hey Kevin and the DriveTime crew, we’re listening tonight from New York. Annual tradition is head to NY from Seattle to spend Thanksgiving with my folks north of the city. But we spend a night in the city to see live music before taking the train up Wednesday. In 2019, it was David Byrne’s American Utopia (incredible show). Missed a year due to COVID, and then last year LCD Soundsystem at Brooklyn Steel (also incredible!). So excited that we recently learned they are doing another residency this year, so we are going again tonight (just about to hop in a cab). Would love to please hear something from them, one of our favorite bands! Thanks, and have a great Thanksgiving break!" -- Ian and Holly
Black Friday Record Store Day 2022 release!
The Next Day Extra contains various album outtakes and remixes from David Bowie’s The Next Day album. In the summer of 2013, unreleased songs – ‘Atomica’, ‘The Informer’, ‘Like A Rocket Man’, and ‘Born In A UFO’ – were finally completed after remaining unfinished during the main album sessions. Two remixes, ‘Love Is Lost’ (Hello Steve Reich Mix by James Murphy for the DFA), a ten-minute opus by LCD Soundsystem’s James Murphy and the Venetian Mix of ‘I’d Rather Be High’ were added plus the Japanese bonus track "The Informer".
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New SZA!
This track was originally teased two years ago as "Bloodstain/Shirt." Check out the music video: www.youtube.com
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Toronto's MorMor will perform at Neumos in an all-ages show on Wednesday, February 1. Get tickets: tinyurl.com
In a statement, MorMor explains that he wrote the track about the "toxicity that occurs in a relationship when both people haven’t yet faced their demons" -- youtu.be
1978 disco masterpiece for KEXP's 50th anniversary -- kexp.org
Chic were led by guitarist and producer Nile Rodgers and the late bassist Bernard Edwards -- this track was originally slated to be recorded by Sister Sledge, and their background vocals stayed on this song with solo lead singer Alfa Anderson
Sister Sledge instead recorded "He's the Greatest Dancer", which was supposed to be recorded by Chic
NEW local music! Cumulus is the creative outlet for Seattle musician Alexandra Lockhart
Kevin Cole hosted Cumulus -- Live in the KEXP studio in 2018: youtu.be
John Richards selected another track from this album as KEXP's Song of the Day back in September -- www.kexp.org
Formally known as "Now, Now Every Children" this band was formed in 2003 by a pair of high school marching band friends from Blaine, Minnesota.
'Each song on Saved captures those stolen moments — on the highway, in the quiet reflection of the bedroom — with sparkling intimacy." -- n.pr
Now, Now joined DJ John Richards Live in the KEXP Studio back in 2016: youtu.be
‘Blue Rev’ is the reflection of a band who know their strengths, keen to immerse the listener in their fantastical world of luscious dreampop that continues the legacy of the genre’s forebears – Big Star, Ride, The Jesus and Mary Chain - while always still injecting their own unique slant.
Enjoy this review of Alvvay's just-released 14-track third album: diymag.com
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NEW MUSIC -- debut from the Belgium band, founded by Joachim Lieben! They're heading out on festival shows in Europe in 2023; find more and order their album: thehauntedyouthofficial.bandcamp.com
John Richards selected "Coming Home" as a free KEXP Song of the Day recently: www.kexp.org
BRAND NEW from Yo La Tengo! They will play at the Neptune Theatre Feb. 15-16, 2023, they'll be all-ages shows.
Get tickets: tinyurl.com
"Times have changed for Yo La Tengo as much as they have for everyone else. In the past, the band has often worked with outside producers and mixers. In their latest effort, the first full-length in five years, This Stupid World was created all by themselves"
Pre-order digital and physical: yolatengo.bandcamp.com
Black Friday Record Store Day 2022 release!
"Joe Strummer’s November 4th, 1999 in-store performance at iconic Portland independent record store Music Millennium receives its first ever release for RSD Black Friday. The soundboard recording, pressed to vinyl, captures Strummer performing intimate acoustic takes on “Junco Partner,” “X-Ray Style” “Island Hopping,” “The Road to Rock N Roll,” and “Trash City.” The exclusive RSD Black Friday release continues the ongoing celebration this year of what would have been Joe Strummer’s 70th birthday."
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The solo single debut from the co-founder of Australian band Little May
"I wrote 'Crisis' when I had moved cities after leaving Little May and a long relationship. I felt like everything I ever identified with had just exploded in front of me. I also realized I had been living on auto-pilot for as long as I could remember, and that I had been ignoring what I actually wanted for my life... this song marks that time and those feelings for me." bit.ly
elizabethmdrummond.bandcamp.com
NEW MUSIC -- debut LP from Tacoma's own Enumclaw. They joined us for a Live on KEXP at Home set in July, 2021: www.kexp.org
Martin Douglas wrote about the rise of the band and their local roots for KEXP's "Throwaway Style": www.kexp.org
1978! -- kexp.org
Speaking of Johnny Thunders, The Heartbreakers have an LP of demo sessions coming out for the Black Friday 2022 Record Store Day -- recordstoreday.com
One of Kevin Cole's favorite bands -- their self-titled 1978 debut! -- kexp.org
The band's front-man Peter Perrett also appeared on Johnny Thunder's 1978 solo debut "So Alone"
JOHN is the London-based duo John Newton (drums, lead vocals) and Johnny Healey. "The pair formed in London’s East End opting to self-manage, self-release and self-distribute, adopting an ethos that’s served as an antidote to the reality of the day jobs required to exist in an ever-inflating city."
Pre-order their new single on digital or limited-edition 7" vinyl: johntimestwo.bandcamp.com
Young Fathers have revealed of this new song, "It’s a big bully with shite down their leg, still swaggering. That pamphlet through your door blaming the establishment and immigrants for everything going wrong. The stench of long-dead empire, trudging along, a psychological hammer to your head in every step. The delusion."
We've hosted Young Fathers in the KEXP Studio multiple times; you can find the performances on our YouTube channel: bit.ly
1978 Twin Cities punk! -- kexp.org
In the summer of 2017, the Twin Cities celebrated all things Suicide Commandos along with the release of Cyn Collins' book "Complicated Fun", and Mary Lucia of The Current interviewed Kevin Cole about the band and about the famous REV 105 radio station, check it out after Drive Time: www.thecurrent.org
1978 Twin Cities punk pioneers! -- kexp.org
www.twintonedigital.com
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Record Store Day Black Friday 2022 release! -- recordstoreday.com
HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Nara!
Kevin Cole hosted Caroline Polacheck - Live in the KEXP Studio in December 2019: youtu.be
NEW MUSIC from London's Sorry!
This new single "kinda touches on how you want to be honest and say things directly, but in the end that can also ruin them."
Asha Lorenz and Louis O’Bryen of Sorry performed Live on KEXP at Home in June 2020, hosted by Troy Nelson: bit.ly
Black Friday Record Store Day 2022 release! One dollar from the sale of each record is lovingly donated to Casting for Recovery, whose mission is to enhance the quality of life of women with breast cancer through a unique retreat program that combines breast cancer education and peer support with the therapeutic sport of fly fishing.
Juliana Hatfield and Emma Swift cover Neil Young for charity on this exclusive RSD Black Friday 7" single. Side A features Juliana covering the classic "Lotta Love" and side B features Emma covering the deep cut "Give Me Strength."
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Record Store Day Black Friday 2022 release celebrating the 40th anniversary of Marshall Crenshaw's debut album. It includes a bonus EP with 4-track demos and alternate mixes
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Brand new from the enigmatic UK neo-soul collective SAULT, who released five projects simultaneously for free download on November 1. The five albums are now available for online streaming and purchase.
saultglobal.bandcamp.com
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Stevie Wonder recorded this song three months before he was almost killed on his way to a benefit concert in Durham, North Carolina. The accident put Wonder in a coma for four days. His road manager and good friend, Ira Tucker Jr., knew that Stevie liked to listen to music at high volume, so he tried singing this song directly into his ear.
At first he got no response, but the next day, he tried again and Wonder's fingers started moving in time with the song - the first sign that he was going to recover -- www.songfacts.com
1978 solo debut single from Chaka Khan! -- kexp.org
This was also Chaka Khan's first solo hit, reaching #1 on the Billboard Hot R&B chart. Whitney Houston famously covered the song in 1992, with production by C&C Music Factory
NEW MUSIC from London-based DJ and producer TSHA -- her newest album includes two tracks that team up with writer and singer Clementine Douglas, including this one.
"I like to identify with some of the positive characteristics of a Capricorn: the hardiness and the work ethic… but also the sensitivity,” she explains. “Naming the album ‘Capricorn Sun’ was a good way of saying ‘this is me’”'
tshamusic.bandcamp.com
From the sold out white label 12" single edition! ““ATK” was made around the same time as 'Fragments'. Initially a DJ edit of Atakora Manu’s ‘Dada,’ it became something fuller and a track of its own. I felt it was a little too bashy to fit on the album and wanted to save it as an OUTLIER release to be aimed more at the dance floor,” says Bonobo aka Simon Green.
Atakora Manu was an influential Ghanaian Highlife guitarist, composer, and studio engineer that formed the legendary Kakaiku No. 2 Band with Moses Kweku Oppong in the late ‘60s.
BRAND NEW from Fever Ray! it is Karin Dreijer’s third album as Fever Ray and their first in five years.
Amazing animated video for the new single: youtu.be
[during air break] -- Record Store Day Black Friday 2022 release!
"Shortly after Jay Dee’s younger brother Illa J’s solo debut, Yancey Boys, was issued on Delicious Vinyl, the label and the artist knew the next step in honoring Jay Dee’s legacy was to issue the complete instrumentals from Yancey Boys as a stand-alone release.
This mother lode of (at the time) previously untouched beats dates as far back as Jay Dee’s time working on the Pharcyde’s sophomore album “Labcabincalifornia” (1995). As Delicious Vinyl owner Michael Ross explains, “From ‘95 through ‘98 Jay Dee was my go-to guy for hot beats and remixes. He was always making beats, always. So there was a select amount of tracks that he composed for me during that time, tracks as good as anything he’d done, only they never got used.” Once these beats were used for Illa J’s Yancey Boys they were presented to the public on Yancey Boys Instrumentals."
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Black Friday Record Store Day 2022 release
"Paris Blues" compiles The Doors' greatest live blues recordings from the stage and the studio -- with cover art by Robby Krieger. It includes the legendary, never-before-released track "Paris Blues".
'Although it isn’t clear when “Paris Blues” was recorded, it is believed to be a product of The Doors’ sessions for either 1969’s The Soft Parade or 1971’s L.A. Woman. Keyboardist Ray Manzarek had the only copy of the song, although it was damaged by his son, Pablo, who, as a toddler, recorded over parts of it. It has now been reconstructed, with use of “creative editing.”' -- tinyurl.com
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Record Store Day Black Friday 2022 release!
Après has NEVER been released in the US before (there was a 2012 limited run only released in Europe). It is Iggy Pop's 16th studio release, crooner covers sung in both French and English. Both the LP and CD are currently out of print. The RSD Black Friday package has new cover art, a new poster and a never-released bonus track. The vinyl deluxe package includes an OBI strip, gatefold album jacket, printed inner sleeve, original record labels and solid pink vinyl.
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Record Store Day 2022 special release!
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Fatoumata Diawara performs at Meany Hall in Seattle on April 15, 2023. More tour dates, music and info:
fatoumatadiawara.com
NEW MUSIC -- collaboration between Malian artist and actress Fatoumata Diawara and Blur/Gorillaz frontman Damon Albarn! They've worked together in the ensembles Rocket Juice & the Moon and Africa Express. The title of the track means “destination” in Bambara.
Check out the video!
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NEW MUSIC from the Chicago artist of Nigerian heritage -- an adventurous set of playful, shapeshifting avant-pop ranging from cinematic psych-pop and intricate math-rock to astral R&B, quirky trap and much more
nnamdi.bandcamp.com
“I wanted to do this tribute [to my father] with Khruangbin because I adore their music and they are a great example of musicians from a different generation, and from a very different part of the world, who were also inspired and influenced by my father,” Vieux says. “I want this album to convey love. It is about the love that I have for him and that Khruangbin has for his music.” deadoceans.com