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Syd Arthur formed in Canterbury, England in 2003. Their name is supposedly taken from from the Hermann Hesse novel Siddhartha. No Peace is their most recent release.
Los Angeles based band Midnight Faces recently made it on to KEXP's song of the day with Blue Haze off of Heavenly Bodies, read more here: blog.kexp.org
You in Reverse is Built to Spill's 6th full length album, at the time it was their first release in 5 years. Watch Built to Spill's 2015 in-studio performance here: blog.kexp.org.
Mikko Joensuu hails from Helsinki, Finland.
"Awaken, My Love!" is Childish Gambino aka Donald Glover's most recent release and third album. The album is his funkiest yet, leaning more towards soul then his previous hip-hop centered work.
If I Was Your Girlfriend is the second single off of Prince's 9th album, Sign o' the Times. It has been covered by artists such as TLC and Eels.
Originally from New Haven, Connecticut, FaltyDL also known as Drew Lustman, is currently making music out of New York.
Lazarus the musical is one of Bowie's final works before his death this past year. Bowie's birthday is coming up on January 8th, he would be 70.
Released in 1988, Goodbye Horses is written and produced by William Garvey and sung by New Jersey's Q Lazzarus. Goodbye Horses is featured in, The Silence of the Lambs, Married to the Mob, Clerks II, and the Maniac remake. It is also the official theme song of OverDrive1050. Most recently, The song is featured in the Gucci campaign video for Spring/Summer 2016.
Untry Love is KEXP's song of the day, today! Read up about Split Single here: blog.kexp.org
Based out of Minneapolis, Sugar formed in 1992 and parted ways in '95. They did however release a live album in 2013.
Japandroids third LP, Near to the Wild Heart of LIfe is set to be released this January, 27. The album will contain 8 songs.
Watch Vancouver trio, The Courtney's 2016 in-studio performance from 2016 here: blog.kexp.org
Danish artist Agnes Obel said that she was planning on working less with piano and more with old keyboards for his third album, Citizen of Glass.
No History is the first single off of Kevin Devine's 9th studio album, Instigator. No History is about 9/11, Devine told sterogum, "I’m 36 and a lifelong New Yorker and in many ways my life is pre/post That Day." Watch Devine's 2009 in-studio here: blog.kexp.org
Kurt Vile's 2015 in-studio: blog.kexp.org
Happy Birthday to the writer of Helplessly Hoping, Stephen Stills!
For What It's Worth is written by Stephen Still's whose birthday it happens to be today! Happy 71st!
He Got Game is Public Enemy's 6th studio album and soundtrack to Spike Lee's 1998 film also titled He Got Game.
Bread & Butter's latest single, the band describes themselves as, "A Seattle band obsessed with cramming their songs full of good fun, bad fun, rad sounds, and killer moves."
In The Street was written by Alex Chilton and Chris Bell. The song has been covered many times, it is also the theme song for, That 70's Show.
Waltz #2 was the first single off of XO.
Meilyr Jones is from Wales.
Hurry Up, We're Dreaming is M83's sixth studio album and the bands first double album.
Nostalgia for Infinity was released on March 4, 2016. The band was formed in 2014 by Karen and Ryan Hover and is based out of Fort Collins, Colorado.
We Got it From Here...Thank ou 4 Your Service is the Tribe's 6th studio album.
Each track on Lissvik's new album, Midnight, is one letter from the word "Midnight".
Kornel Kovacs is a Hungaro-Swedish DJ, producer and label manager, currently based in Stockholm.
Doug Tuttle is based out of Somerville, Massachusetts.
Car Seat Headrest LIVE on KEXP (Public Sign Up) Tuesday, January 10, 2017, 12:00 PM
Watch Courtney Barnett's in-studio performance here: blog.kexp.org
Casper Skulls is based out of Toronto, Canada. The band formed a little over a year ago.
Led Zeppelin was heavily influenced by the The Lord of the Rings and author J. R. R. Tolkien in this song. Specifically Tolkien's poem "Namárië". Today is Tolkien's birthday, happy birthday!
A. R. Rahman is an Indian composer, singer-songwriter, music producer, musician and philanthropist. Rahman composed the original score and songs for Slumdog Millionare, in two months and completed it in 20 days.
Based out of Montreal, Little Scream is Laurel Sprengelmeyer's project. Originally, People, was recorded for Little Scream’s most recent album Cult Following but didn’t ultimately make the tracklist, instead it was released as a single. All proceeds from this song are going to the ACLU.
Sun Volt was formed by Uncle Tupelo's Jay Farrar in 1994. Their new album Notes of Blue will be coming out in on February 17, 2017.