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Friday, May 5 2023, 1AM
Supergroup formed by Charles Moothart, Ty Segall (on drums!) and Chad Ubovich (Meatbodies).
intheredrecords.com
Happy 75th to Bill Ward, one of the greatest drummers ever.
Who's the weak link in Black Sabbath?
The Birthday Party were an Australian post-punk band, active from 1978 to 1983. Despite limited commercial success, The Birthday Party's influence has been far-reaching, and they have been called "one of the darkest and most challenging post-punk groups to emerge in the early '80s."
From Atlanta hip hop duo Earthgang's 2022 sophomore studio release, 'GhettoGods'.
'It’s a sharp, finely observed track with a funky, watery beat from producer Natra Average. Johnny Venus raps about America’s unending legacy of slavery and racism — “Stuck over here like 400 years/ Stayed iced-out through the pain and my tears/ Ice in my veins, ice in my ears” — while Doctur Dot tries to envision a better world.'
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Video!
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www.ghettogods.com
The Beths will Play THING Festival (Fort Worden near Port Townsend, WA: thingnw.org) on Sunday, August 27th and later, will open for The Postal Service/Death Cab For Cutie on Friday/Saturday, October 6/7 at Climate Pledge Arena!
Brand new from Jenny Lewis! She'll perform at Climate Pledge Arena on August 1 with Beck & Phoenix! - tinyurl.com
Her upcoming album "Joy'all" was produced by Dave Cobb, and features support from Jon Brion as well
Listen back on the KEXP archive to hear Yo La Tengo's live in studio session from February 2023.
Bachelor is the project from Melina Duterte (Jay Som) and Ellen Kempner (Palehound). John selected this song,"Stay in the Car," as a free KEXP Song of the Day last year: www.kexp.org
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Bachelor shared a live performance recorded exclusively for KEXP in August 2021. They closed out their set with "Stay in the Car": youtu.be
This is the latest single from Palehound. Their new record is called Eye On The Bat, the follow-up to 2019’s Black Friday, and is due out July 14 via Polyvinyl Record Co.
palehound.bandcamp.com
This may be a perfect song. Released as a single on this date in 1967
Playing right next door at Climate Pledge Arena on Thursday, May 31st!
Celebrating the 10th anniversary last week! Juice is officially on streaming services
Sampled by Chance the Rapper and Pusha T, covering John Lennon, recorded at The Bitter End in New York.
Black Thought's collaborative project with El Michels Affair, 'Glorious Game'. This track featuring KIRBY!
elmichelsaffair.bandcamp.com
20th anniversary! Produced by Nick Rhodes of Duran Duran!
Also playing next door at Climate Pledge Arena on Wednesday, May 31st!
"'Free Yourself' is the beginning of a new era for me," Ware has revealed. "I’m so excited for people to have this song for the end of their summer; to dance, to feel no inhibitions, and to feel joyful because that’s how I’ve been feeling recently being able to tour again and being able to sing again. Enjoy yourself, Free Yourself!"
In the video for this banger, watch Ware stride into a regal hall to lead a freaky congregation in a ritual dance: bit.ly
From the minds that brought you CCFX, “What Are You
Waiting For?”, and Daisies “2” comes the
7th release from the purveyors of the electronic paisley
underground, “Great Open Big Sky” daisies.bandcamp.com
From James Blake's fourth studio album.
www.jamesblakemusic.com
Caroline Polachek will be at the Showbox SoDo (with Sudan Archives) on Thursday, May 4th, and Friday, May 5th.
She recently performed "Welcome to My Island" on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon. She played the song amid flashing strobe lights in front of an all-black background before playing a guitar solo on a one-of-one 1980s Gibson Corvus prototype.: bit.ly
Nonbinary Korean-American artist NoSo was Live on KEXP in November 2022. In the interview, they discuss how their experience with gender and transition influenced their debut album. bit.ly
noso.bandcamp.com
This solo track from Nation Of Language member Aidan Noell is a cover of A Number of Names’ early Detroit techno classic “Sharevari.” It’s a collaboration with LCD Soundsystem’s Nancy Whang, produced and mixed by Nick Millhiser of Holy Ghost!
aidannoell.bandcamp.com
Nation Of Language have officially announced their third album, Strange Disciple, out September 15.
They play at the Crocodile on May 18th and 19th! You can also find Nation of Language at this year's Day In Day Out fest August 12-13 at Fisher Pavilion at Seattle Center. www.nationoflanguage.com
And check out Aidan interviewing random people on the streets of Brooklyn for KEXP! www.instagram.com
7 AM
Dusty road
I'm gonna drive until it burns my bones.
But 7 AM on the east coast, not here...
Playing on Wednesday, May 10th at Showbox SoDo!
Playing tonight at Belltown Bloom!
This Seattle "supergroup" has a variety of influences that coalesce into a synth-pop, neo-soul sound. Influences range from classics like The Cars, New Order, Duran Duran to newer artists such as Janelle Monae, Santigold, and Sault.
rubsounds.bandcamp.com
I'm obsessed!! Playing the Vera Project on Wednesday, May 10th!
Mannequin Pussy are playing a 21+ show for Belltown Bloom in Seattle on Saturday, May 6th! www.belltownbloom.com
The band says about the single and video: “‘Sub’ was in the trash can for a minute. We recorded it in 2021 at a slower tempo before realizing it didn’t work. It was built again from the ground up, this time with a much faster tempo and different dynamics. The nice thing about iterating on songs over the pandemic was having time to revisit old ideas – the song even features a guitar part from the first recorded Deeper song that we ended up discarding. Lyrics jump around events from the last few years, often reflecting on the past and present. The video functions as a vessel for us to reference characters from past videos, showing them stuck in a loop, in a purgatory where they’re waiting to move on to whatever is coming next.”
www.subpop.com
