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Tuesday, May 16 2023, 4PM
Arlo Parks recorded this new song with Adele/Florence and the Machine producer Paul Epworth. Arlo Parks said, "Paul is just a wizard; he has this childlike spirit that I’ve always really loved and he brought that to 'Blades.' I wanted to make something that I can dance to, finally, because I feel like my songs don’t really have that quality in general. So, I took inspiration from bands like ESG, artists like Kaytranada, and a lot of the kind of ’70s Zambian psychedelic rock that I love."
Vocalist, songwriter, and producer Miya Folick will release her new album, "Roach," on May 26 via Nettwerk.
"'So Clear' is about pulling yourself out of the wreckage you’ve made of your own life again and again, for the thousands of days we live on this earth and realizing life is so much more expansive than the petty concerns we waste precious time on," Folick says. "An epiphany that I have over and over again is that I am very small, but my actions are very meaningful. So I have to choose to live truthfully every day. It’s not easy! The song is very dramatic, and I imagined it as a good karaoke song when we were making it." bit.ly
The Minneapolis artist reveals, "this song is about a very specific memory with my cousin. I was terrified of breaking rules as a kid, so this experience of swiping her stepdad’s car, without a license, to go rent a movie has sunk itself into the core memory archives."
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The band says that this song "is a silhouette of someone not quite at home anywhere, wading in the mud, somewhere in-between making and missing the point.”
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The band's new album, "O Monolith," comes out June 9. You get this track and "Undergrowth" if you pre-order now: squiduk.bandcamp.com
Drummer and singer Ollie Judge says that the lyrics for "Swing (in a Dream)" are based on a dream that he had about the painting "The Swing" by Jean-Honoré Fragonard. "In my dream, I was in the painting but it was flooded and everything was floating away," he says. www.nme.com
"Rattled by the Rush" was a single/EP released by Pavement in 1995. It is the first single from the band's third album, Wowee Zowee.
This song experienced a resurgence in popularity in 2022, taking the Ting Tings by surprise.
“I didn’t think TikTok was really for us,” Katie White said, “but now we will probably use it for our next album.”
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ĠENN is a Maltese/UK ensemble, and this song features backing vocals from John Newton of JOHN.
Lead vocalist Leona Farrugia explains, "Naturally I’ve always felt like there’s a pressure to compare myself, be that through the lens of present technologies or within the creative industry. It’s something that can be very debilitating, especially to young people in a patriarchal society." bit.ly
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Seattle act Spirit Award will release their new album, "The Fear," on May 19. Spirit Award will be live on KEXP on May 18 at noon, and they'll play at Fisherman's Village Music Fest May 20.
Pre-order the upcoming record: spiritaward.bandcamp.com
Janet Jackson was born on this day in 1966.
The last stop on her summer tour will be at Climate Pledge Arena on June 21.
Of the collaboration between the Aussie electropop outfit and UK producer, Confidence Man reveal, "Dan knows what’s good. And ConMan does too. It’s a match made in sexy rave heaven. A naughty international subgenre mashup. Yin and Yang in parachute pants. And we did it all for you. Open up and let us in."
Avery, meanwhile, is just as thrilled about the collaboration. "Ain’t nobody realer than ConMan," he says. "The best collaborations always feel like you’re flying. We’re high above the clouds with this one."
Avery and Confidence Man aren’t strangers to each other, with the producer remixing the latter’s 2022 track "Feels Like A Different Thing." They finally met in person at Glastonbury 2022, and headed into the studio to work together afterwards. bit.ly
Lanza wrote the lyrics to this song after almost getting hit by a car in LA. hyperdub.net
Binki says “In my personal life, I’m really easy going to the point where people can take advantage of me. I don’t really like confrontation, but typically there’s always a breaking point where things just become very clear to me... ‘Rocket Ship’ is about that moment where you just realize the vibes are off, and you’re ready to go."
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New music from the UK duo!
Brothers Joe and Jordan formed Avalanche party in 2016 in Castleton, North Yorkshire, England.
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Krist Anthony Novoselic was born in 1965, in LA. His family moved to Aberdeen in 1979. His younger brother, Robert, introduced him to Kurt Cobain.
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Nirvana's "Insecticide" is a compilation album comprised of demos, B-sides, covers, studio outtakes, their 1990 non-album single "Sliver," and some radio broadcast recordings. The material was sold by Sub Pop's Jonathan Poneman to Geffen Records so it could reach a larger distribution network.
The album was released on December 14, 1992, in Europe, and December 15, 1992, in the United States. It eventually reached number 39 on the Billboard 200.
The London trio will release their new album, "Tracey Denim," on May 19.
One of two songs that the Indiana band released May 5: friendtofriend.bandcamp.com
"Lyrics came last for 'All I See,' about 3 years after the track, and when I finally sat down and wrote them, I was pretty anxious about whether I had them right or not," bandleader Kai James said in a statement.
"A new Mylie Cyrus [sic] track played on the radio that afternoon, she too, was singing about houses burning down, and I took that as confirmation. So I thanked Mylie Cyrus and her great new track 'Flowers' and never looked back." girlandgirl.bandcamp.com
"Romántica Champeta" is a tribute to the Barranquilla Carnaval in Colombia. The Carnival celebrates the diversity, music, and dance traditions of the region. It is often considered to be the second most important cultural celebration in Latin America following the Carnaval in Rio de Janeiro. bit.ly
"Pet Sounds" was released on this day in 1966.
Frank Black covering the Beach Boys! www.frankblack.net
Frontman Dustin Payseur directed the music video for "Seconds," which features footage from the band's Australian tour.
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The band played live at KEXP in 2017: kexp.org
Slowdive's Rachel Goswell was born on this day in 1971.
The band performed "Star Roving" live in the KEXP studio in 2017:
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"Blonde on Blonde" was released on this day in 1966.
"Rat Saw God," released April 7, is about "riding a bike down a suburban stretch in Greensboro while listening to My Bloody Valentine for the first time on an iPod Nano, past a creek that runs through the neighborhood riddled with broken glass bottles and condoms, a front yard filled with broken and rusted car parts, a lonely and dilapidated house reclaimed by kudzu. Four Lokos and rodeo clowns and a kid who burns down a corn field. Roadside monuments, church marquees, poppers and vodka in a plastic water bottle, the sh*t you get away with at Jewish summer camp, strange sentimental family heirlooms at the thrift stores. The way the South hums alive all night in the summers and into fall, the sound of high school football games, the halo effect from the lights polluting the darkness. It’s not really bright enough to see in front of you, but in that stretch of inky void – somehow – you see everything."
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Seattle band La Fonda is fronted by Filipino-American sisters Valerie and Veronica Topacio.
They are opening for Smokey Brights and Sera Cahoone at the Showbox on Friday, June 2 (all-ages).
Check out La Fonda's live session in the KEXP studio (That session included this song, "Kaleidoscope."): bit.ly
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"I felt like I was talking to a younger version of me, stopping her from crying, looking back at the ways I betrayed and neglected that innocence from myself. I failed to protect her and I felt like I needed to go back in time and fulfill what she was starved of. So that she could return to my side. So that I can smile like a little kid again."
--yeule
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The B-side to Prince's first #1 single, "When Doves Cry."
Polythythmics will play at the Bite of Seattle at Seattle Center on Friday, July 21, 2023.
W.I.T.C.H. will be live on KEXP at 12 p.m., Aug. 4! They'll also play the Tractor Tavern that night.
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“Zango means ‘meeting place. Every village [in Zambia] will have this central place, where villagers meet to prepare for work, where youngsters go to learn, where the young ones learn from the elder folks, and where the visitors come and converge." - bit.ly
Happy birthday to Robert Fripp, English musician, songwriter, and producer (King Crimson, Fripp & Eno, and The League of Gentlemen).
Robert Fripp, born on this day in 1946, played lead guitar on Bowie classics "Heroes," "Fashion," and "Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)."
Nabihah Iqbal will perform live on KEXP, Monday, June 5, at 12 p.m. on the Midday Show! The night prior, Iqbal will play a 21+ show at Barboza (Sunday, June 4).
In 2018, she performed live for KEXP listeners from the Musée de la danse in Rennes, France, during Trans Musicales: bit.ly.
Her new album, DREAMER, came out just last month: nabihahiqbal.bandcamp.com.
