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Wednesday, Dec 19 2018, 2PM
Tiefschwarz is a German house group comprised of two brothers: Alexander and Sebastian. Tracey Thorn is an English songwriter/singer and is also known as one half of the duo Everything But The Girl.
One of the bands that Kevin discovered while recently in France. The song Brain was also Kevin's song of the day on October 23rd of this year: www.kexp.org
'Supersonic' was the debut single for this English band. It was recorded in a single day in The Pink Museum recording studios in Liverpool with Chris and Tony Griffiths of The Real People.
Mikko Joensuu, named in 2017 as an Artist to Watch and a musician championed by Kevin Cole, is back with the band he formed in 2008 and played with until 2011. The band is back on tour in Finland into February 2019.
This band was launched by Benjamin Dupont (Dame Blanche) and features members (current and ex) of La Secte Du Futur and Marietta.
Anderson .Paak pays tribute to his close friend and collaborator Mac Miller who passed away in September on this track 'Cheers'. This track also features Q-Tip from A Tribe Called Quest. www.facebook.com
A Tribe Called Quest performed live here in Seattle with the FYF Fest: blog.kexp.org
A Paris-based band, This is Voiski's third foray into electronica and techno tracks. This album came directly from electronic music shop SYNCROPHONE RECORDS in France and is part of Kevin Cole's personal collection.
Disclosure is made up of brother duo - Guy and Howard Lawrence. They will be touring in Europe for the first half of 2019. You can see them in the USA at the Hangout Festival in Gulf Shores May 17th.
Musician, composer and producer, Ellis may is from Copenhagen. She is playing live in her native Denmark on February 2nd. She has a new album coming out in early 2019.
Special Request will be playing in London and Austria in early 2019.
Fontaines D.C. are on tour in 2019. They will be coming stateside in May. See them at Neumos in Seattle on May 28th. See the live recorded show from Reykjavik: www.youtube.com
NYC-based band, The Strokes, last performed live in 2017. They have announced a comeback and set their first live performance date in 2019. They will be playing the Bilbao BBK Live Festival in Bilbao, Spain.
Thee oh Sees are an American rock band from San Francisco. In 2019 they will be touring all over Australia. There is one USA date announced--May 3-5 at the Shaky Knees Festival in Atlanta Georgia.
Eddy Current Supression Ring is a Melbourne-based Australian rock band. Second Guessing was Kevin Cole's song of the day back in 2010: blog.kexp.org
Read about the new album The Raconteurs are releasing on our KEXP website: www.kexp.org
Voted #1 KEXP listener's album in 2018! Courtney Barnett has announced her 2019 tour. Her only USA date will be in Dover, DE on June 21st at the Firefly Music Festival. Watch her KEXP live performance from October here: www.kexp.org
If you are in Philadelphia, PA, you can catch a live show with The War on Drugs at several venues on December 19 to the 21st. KEXPs DJ Troy Nelson catches up with The War on Drugs in this podcast recorded in 2017: www.kexp.org
This recording is an audition tape from May 2, 1972 at CBS Records.
Bruce Springsteen just finished his New York Broadway show "Springsteen on Broadway" on December 15th. No tour dates for 2019 have been announced.
Júníus Meyvant has a new album due in early 2019 and will be touring throughout Europe through March.
Fun fact: back in 2006, this was named the Song of the Day at KEXP: blog.kexp.org
French post-punk band from Paris, Rendez Vous, is touring throughout Europe in early 2019. KEXPs Skyler Locatelli reviews them when he saw them at the Levitation Festival in France: www.kexp.org
The Killing Jokes website speaks of a Laugh at Your Peril Fortieth Anniversary World Tour! No dates are posted yet...stay tuned.
Weakened Friends will be touring the East Coast of the USA in early 2019. Common Blah is their debut album.
The American hip hop duo that make up The Craft will be playing live in Oakland, CA on March 7th at Jack London Square.
American saxophonist, Kamasi Washington, is on tour in 2019. He will be playing in Europe and South America. The only tour date for the USA is set for New York, NY on February 23rd at The Apollo.
Bob Mould, an American musician, is also known for his work with the bands Hüsker Dü and Sugar. He will be playing a live show in Seattle at Neumos on April 6th.
This English punk band formed in Bristol, England in 2011. Joy as an Act of Resistance is their second album. They will be playing in Seattle at Neumos Crystal Ball Reading Room on May 28th. Fun Fact: Danny Nedelko is the lead singer from Heavy Lungs.
Blood Brother is the Heavy Lungs song about IDLES singer Joe Talbot.
The Jam made their first appearance on the scene in a May 1977 performance on Top of the Pops. They are still performing and have announced many tour dates in the UK in 2019.
Read about the KEXP and Candeleros experience in Rennes, France with Trans Musicales. Video of the live performance is coming soon in early 2019! www.kexp.org
Read about the performance on our website. Video of the live performance coming in 2019. www.kexp.org
