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Timothy Showalter of Strand of Oaks explained this song, which he wrote for Jason Molina, "I only met him once. I don’t know of any casual fans of Songs: Ohia. The fans that I know of Jason’s are all like me: They seem like a friend of Jason’s. It’s that weird too-deep-of-a-feeling that probably made him feel uncomfortable as a performer. But that s**t mattered. It wasn’t just a passing fad. Those songs were like a culture that you lived in."
Born in Zambia, raised in Botswana, and now based in Melbourne, Sampa The Great's upbringing continues to bear an influence on her music. Moving to Australia six years ago, the connections she made there have propelled her to where she now stands. Living in Sydney when she first arrived, it was the shock of losing a close friend which prompted her to take the leap to try to become an artist.
Catch Sampa The Great at Barboza on April 8th!
Catch Sampa The Great at Barboza on April 8th!
The name Zero 7 was chosen after Henry Binns and Sam Hardaker spent time on the Honduran island Utila, which contained a bar named Cero Siete. After returning to the UK they were asked by Radiohead to remix the song "Climbing Up the Walls" Binns and Hardaker called their mix "the Zero 7 Mix," and the name stuck.
Lyricist and singer Guy Garvey describes “Dexter & Sinister” as “a great, big, bewildered question dealing with my feelings on Brexit, the loss of family and friends and the general sense of disaffection you see all around at the moment.”
Michael Kiwanuka will be in Seattle early next year, playing The Showbox on January 29th!
The Horrors stopped by KEXP last year. Check out the full performance here: bit.ly
“‘Private Show’ strongly reflects the themes of solitude vs. community and counterbalancing the desire for personal recognition against the feelings of safety and anonymity derived from surrendering to something bigger than oneself,” Chris Stewart explains.
Watch the music video here: bit.ly
Watch the music video here: bit.ly
From Beck's new album Hyperspace, out November 22nd! Check out the music video for this track, directed by Dev Hynes: bit.ly
In a December 2000 interview, Thom Yorke described himself as a "s**t piano player", with little knowledge of electronic instruments: "I remember this Tom Waits quote from years ago, that what keeps him going as a songwriter is his complete ignorance of the instruments he's using. So everything's a novelty. That's one of the reasons I wanted to get into computers and synths, because I didn't understand how the f**k they worked. I had no idea what ADSR meant."
New track from the music/dance collaboration with Seattle choreographer Kate Wallich 'The Sun Still Burns Here.'
According to producer Blake Mills, "The amount of music Perfume Genius is going to unload in 2020 is staggering." bit.ly
According to producer Blake Mills, "The amount of music Perfume Genius is going to unload in 2020 is staggering." bit.ly
Brittany Howard will be LIVE on KEXP on November 18th at noon! This session is free and open to the public.
Ten years ago, Ikebe Shakedown began pushing the boundaries of instrumental music. Each new track and live set has sent them deeper into combining the foundational elements of ’70s soul, raw psychedelic style, and cinematic Western soundtracks with powerful grooves and soaring melodies.
With their new release, Kings Left Behind, the band is giving listeners more mystery and majesty than ever before. You'll find rhythms that punch you right in the gut, even as dreamy guitars and lush horn melodies and string arrangements capture your imagination.
With their new release, Kings Left Behind, the band is giving listeners more mystery and majesty than ever before. You'll find rhythms that punch you right in the gut, even as dreamy guitars and lush horn melodies and string arrangements capture your imagination.
"Sure Shot" features a sample from jazz flautist Jeremy Steig's "Howlin' For Judy", which provides the main instrumental part of the song.
Read our interview with Lizzo from this year's Capitol Hill Block Party: bit.ly
Algiers will be back in Seattle next spring, playing the Crocodile on March 29th!
Join Morning Show host, John Richards, and Dr. Amy Richards for a special evening on Death and Music at Town Hall on November 13th, featuring a tribute to Shawn Smith. bit.ly
“The interesting parts of our stories aren’t the famous people we meet,” Arthur remarked. "Or the times when everything is basically working. Or when we get to lay in comfort with a partner watching Netflix and the world go by. The interesting parts are when all those things break down and you’re left in isolation to finally deal with the roots of whatever had been thwarting your existence all along."
“I wrote this song after getting really lost in the suburbs of Stockholm on my way back from the studio cause my phone died” OSCAR says of '1%.' "It was inspired mostly by a conversation I was having with a girl who was taking ages to reply when I was on 1%. Then I made friends with Lily [Allen] and thought she’d sound really good on it which she does.”
The idea to create Gorillaz came about when Albarn and Hewlett were watching MTV. Hewlett said, "If you watch MTV for too long, it's a bit like hell – there's nothing of substance there. So we got this idea for a cartoon band, something that would be a comment on that."
Big Audio Dynamite toured to promote The Globe in late 1992. There was only one stop on the tour in the United States, at Tipitina's in New Orleans. However, they also opened for Public Enemy and U2 on the Achtung Baby tour.
You can catch local producer Rudy Willingham throwing concerts at roller rinks, cruise boats, pools, rooftops and laser tag arenas. rudywillingham.bandcamp.com
“Good Luck” is the first new song from Broken Bells in nearly a year, but they haven’t yet announced a new album. The band posted photos from the studio online in August 2018, and shared the new song “Shelter” as a one-off track in December. Their last full-length record, After the Disco, was released in 2014.
The National performed LIVE on KEXP back in 2017. Watch the full video here: www.youtube.com
"Sometimes making music feels like a process I’m in charge of … but there are other times when things just present themselves and my job is to follow their lead. It wasn’t until the circumstances of someone close to me mirrored the refrain of the original song that the track all came together." -Dan Snaith
Known for its signature organ licks and bare-bones lyrics, "96 Tears" is recognized as one of the first garage band hits, and has even been given credit for starting the punk rock movement.
On October 29, 1966, it reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the U.S.
The debut album from Suicide was influential in the development of many musical genres, including post-punk, synthpop and industrial rock.
Salad Boys performed LIVE on KEXP back in 2015. Watch the full video here: www.youtube.com
Lisa Prank will play at the Tractor Tavern on November 30th!
Last week, Tame Impala officially announced their new album, The Slow Rush. The album, which features 12 tracks that were produced by Parker and recorded in both Los Angeles and his hometown of Fremantle, Australia, will be out on Valentine’s Day.
New track from Chromatics' surprise album 'Closer To Grey,' released earlier this month.
"The song is about this time I took a walk late at night with a guy I was seeing, and we stopped in front his friend's apartment complex, and he put his hand around my shoulder, and he said "I think we are together because we're both similar, like we're both really messed up" and I thought it was the saddest thing I'd ever heard. And I said, "I'm not sad, I didn't know that's why you thought you were relating to me on that level, I'm actually doing pretty good". - Lana Del Rey
Good News for People Who Love Bad News was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album in 2005. It was certified platinum by the RIAA in August 2004, and had sold over 1.5 million copies in the United States by 2006.
Of Monsters and Men will play this year's Iceland Airwaves festival, happening next week (November 6-9) in Reykjavik! www.youtube.com
It´s 9 years since Sindri Sigfusson, Sóley Stefánsdóttir, Gudbjörg Hlin Gudmundsdottir, Halldór Ragnarsson, Örn Ingi Ágústsson & Kjartan Bragi Bjarnason, released their last album "We Built A Fire".
Until today there's one new song, a wonderful charming piece of folk-pop named "Waterphone" which makes us hope for more songs to come! bit.ly
“Regarding ‘Good Scare,’ I guess I could say that falling in love is a lot like the Superman crawl,” Mackenzie Scott said in a statement. “When you fall in love with someone, it’s scary like the Superman’s crawl, but you have no choice but to keep moving forward even though you have no idea what’s ahead of you.”
"I was trying to say that, really, a man and a woman can't understand each other because we are a man and a woman. And if we could actually swap each other's roles, if we could actually be in each other's place for a while, I think we'd both be very surprised! [Laughs] And I think it would lead to a greater understanding." - Kate Bush
Watch Jay Som's live session from back in 2017 here: www.youtube.com
The La's is the only studio album by English rock band the La's, released on 1 October 1990 by Go! Discs. "There She Goes" was the group's biggest hit.
Penelope Isles will be LIVE on The Afternoon Show tomorrow at 3pm! Free and open to the public.
Happy Birthday to Einar Örn Benediktsson, Icelandic singer, trumpet player and politician (The Sugarcanes, Ghostigital), born on this day in 1962.
'Ever Loving,' the new album from local band Dogbreth, was recorded at The Unknown in Anacortes, WA, Turtle Church in Olympia, WA, and Magic Lanes in Seattle, WA between March, 2018 and February, 2019. dogbreth.bandcamp.com
Avalanche Party is feral garage-punk from the wild North Yorkshire Moors.
The unstoppable Macedonian dance-punk powerhouse Bernays Propaganda presents its 5th full-length album with the well-timed title ‘Vtora mladost, treta svetska vojna’ (2nd Youth, 3rd World War). bit.ly
"Far Gone and Out" is a song by the Scottish alternative rock group The Jesus and Mary Chain, released as the second single from their album Honey's Dead. It was released by Blanco y Negro Records in March 1992 and reached #23 in the UK single charts.