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Hooray For Earth's sophomore album, Racy, was recently released. Around the time of their debut LP, the band played a KEXP in-studio: kexp.org.
Since the release of 2011's Hurry Up, We're Dreaming, M83's Anthony Gonzalez has kept busy, writing soundtracks for the Tom Cruise vehicle Oblivion, and a french movie titled You and the Night.
Just last month, The Rosebuds played LIVE on KEXP as part of the streaming video series. The band is touring behind 2014's Sand & Silence: blog.kexp.org.
Earlier this year, Telekinesis founder Michael Benjamin Lerner wrote a drum-related quiz for NPR: www.npr.org.
Contrary to rumors of a DFA album, it was announced today that New Order will release their tenth studio album on Mute Records. The band has already written eight songs for the record.
On the eve of their CHBP-headlining performance, Spoon played a 9-song set LIVE on KEXP. The set featured songs from 2014's They Want My Soul, as well as other favorites: blog.kexp.org.
"(Nothing but) Flowers" was the most successful single off the Talking Heads' 1988 album, Naked, and had an excellent music video (featured often on MTV). The band broke up soon after the album's release.
HOLLY (aka Holly Munoz) is a Minneapolis singer-songwriter. Her lastest album, Maps & Lists, was recorded with the prolific John Vanderslice.
Romanian Names was the seventh album by musician John Vanderslice. According to an NME review, the album features "sun-kissed longing, West Coast harmonies and occasional krautrock minimalism."
Ex-Grandaddy frontman Jason Lytle has recorded multiple KEXP in-studios, most recently in 2012 following the release of Dept. of Disappearance: kexp.org.
On Nov. 24, Cold Specks will be at Barboza. Cold Specks, the project of musician Al Spx, just released their sophomore LP, titled Neuroplasticity. It features Swans frontman Michael Gira on backing vocals.
This past weekend at Bumbershoot, Shabazz Palaces members Ishmael Butler and Tendai Maraire performed as part of Chimurenga Renaissance in Memorial Stadium. The group just released their second LP, Lese Majesty.
Cymbals Eat Guitars will be at The Neptune Theater on Sept. 23, in support of Bob Mould Band. The band recently released their third LP, Lose, on Barsuk Records. It has gotten quite good reviews.
The Rentals (the project of ex-Weezer bassist Matt Sharp) just released their first album in fifteen years, titled Lost in Alphaville. The album features members of Lucius, The Black Keys, and Ozma.
Grand Hallway frontman Tomo Nakayama will be at Chapel Performance Space on October 1st. Nakayama's upcoming LP, Fog On the Lens, will be released in early November.
David Mayfield recently embarked on a lengthy tour of the US, which currently lacks a Seattle date. Mayfield's upcoming LP, Strangers, will be released on September 9th.
Superchunk's Laura Ballance recently curated a 25-hour playlist of Merge Records music for AVClub: www.avclub.com.
Sugar frontman Bob Mould will be at the Neptune on Sept. 23, touring with Jon Wurster and Jason Narducy. Mould's latest record, Beauty & Ruin, came out earlier this year.
The ideal song to start the school year. In 1979, Rock 'n' Roll High School was adapted into a movie, produced by legendary producer Roger Corman, and starring PJ Soles. The Ramones were also featured.
Following a great Bumbershoot performance, La Luz will be at Bartfest on Sept. 5, in Spokane, WA. The band played multiple new songs at the Bumbershoot gig, and suggested a new LP was in the works.
Earlier this summer, Parquet Courts played LIVE on KEXP just before a sold-out show at The Vera Project. The band's latest is titled Sunbathing Animal: blog.kexp.org.
One Simple Word was the fourth album from NC group The Connells. The record spent eighteen weeks on the Billboard 200, largely due to the success of this track, "Stone Cold Yesterday."
Just before a performance at The Tractor Tavern, Strand of Oaks played a live set on the KEXP airwaves. The band's latest LP is titled Heal: blog.kexp.org.
The New Pornographers will be live on KEXP on October 6th, at 1PM. The band (including Neko Case + Dan Bejar) will be at the Showbox on Oct 5-6, supported by The Pains of Being Pure at Heart.
Back in 2011, NPR's Robin Hilton featured this track by The Weakerthans as one of the saddest songs ever written: www.npr.org.
Ty Segall's seventh solo album, Manipulator, was just released on Drag City. The record took fourteen months to record, which is much longer than any previous Segall release. It features seventeen tracks.
The Wytches will play Barboza on Tuesday, Nov. 4. The UK trio just released their debut LP, titled Annabel Dream Reader on Partisan Records. It shares musical DNA with Ty Segall.
T. Rex's "Jeepster" was a large commercial success, peaking at No. 2 in the UK charts. Marc Bolan has acknowledged in interviews that he based the song on Howlin Wolf's "You'll Be Mine."
Happy Birthday to Steve Jones! The Sex Pistols guitarist says that his early influences include Iggy Pop, New York Dolls, the Small Faces, David Bowie, and the great Roxy Music. This track is from 1973's For Your Pleasure.
Steve Jones has said that the Sex Pistols saved him from a life of crime. Before he joined the famed band, Jones had fourteen criminal convictions, and had spent a year in a detention center.
By the time Flogging a Dead Horse was released, Malcolm McLaren and designed Jamie Reid were the Sex Pistols' only remaining members. McLaren has said that the album was an attempt to make money despite the band's implosion.
Soundgarden will play at the 2014 NFL Kickoff Concert in Seattle, along with Pharrell Williams, tomorrow at 5:30 PM. Expect major traffic delays as a result. This track opened the band's 1991 release, Badmotorfinger.
Before the release date of his first LP, Benjamin Booker has played on Letterman, opened for Jack White, and been LIVE on KEXP: blog.kexp.org.
Viet Cong consists of two members from Calgary band Women, as well as guitarists Scott Munro and Daniel Christiansen. The band's debut, tour-only cassette was recently reissued by Mexican Summer.
LA musician Hanni El Khatib played LIVE on KEXP back in 2012. El Khatib's latest album, Head in the Dirt, was released last year: www.kexp.org.
In recent years, Arctic Monkeys have become even more popular, selling out two dates at The Paramount this summer. The band recently won Best Album at the AIM Independent Music Awards, for 2013's AM.
On Oct. 20, Tennis will be at Neumos. The Denver husband-wife duo will release their third LP, Ritual In Repeat, on Sept. 9. This record features production by Jim Eno (Spoon) and Richard Swift.
Back in August, Chuck Prophet played a live set on KEXP. Prophet's latest record, Night Surfer, will be released on Sept. 23: kexp.org.
On Oct. 6, Ryan Adams will be at The Paramount Theater. Adams's new self-titled LP is available for streaming on the NPR website: www.npr.org
On Oct. 4, Thurston Moore will be at Neumos, supported by Sebadoh. Moore's new LP, The Best Day, will be released in late October, and features Deb Googe (MBV), Steve Shelley (Sonic Youth), and James Sedwards (Nought).
Best Pavement song ever? Discuss. While "Gold Soundz" failed to chart as a single, it had a quite successful music video, which featured the band dressed in Santa Claus suits throughout Irvine, CA. It remains quite entertaining.
Frequently compared to Echo & The Bunnymen, The Mighty Lemon Drops released six albums before their 1992 breakup. While not their biggest hit, "Inside Out" was quite successful on the UK charts.
Clean founder David Kilgour recently put out his tenth solo LP, titled End Times Undone. Back in 2011, Kilgour played a live set on KEXP: kexp.org.
On Wed. September 17, an exclusive interview with Jack White will be aired on KEXP at 7:30 PM. Jack White's latest solo LP, Lazaretto, sold 40,000 copies on vinyl in its first week, breaking Pearl Jam's 1994 record for most vinyl records sold in the Soundscan era.
Local electronic group ODESZA will be playing at The Showbox on Oct. 23-24. The band's second LP, In Return, will be released on September 9th.
Blues legend Freddie King was born on this day in 1934. King is considered one of the three kings of electric blues guitar, along with B.B. and Albert King. He was ranked No. 15 on Rolling Stone's list of the Best Guitarists of All Time.
King was inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame back in 2012, thirty-eight years after his untimely death. King is perhaps best known for "Hide Away," and "Have You Ever Loved a Woman," which were both quite successful.
