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The title track and first single from MGMT's "Little Dark Age" album, the song was released on October 17, 2017. "We felt like we had reached a flow, it was the sort of chemistry, the kind of magic feeling we had when we started the band," the duo explained.
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MGMT's newest album, "Loss of Life" will be out in February 2024. pitchfork.com
This is a new single from Brittany Howard's "What Now," co-produced in Nashville with Kacey Musgraves/SZA collaborator Shawn Everett. It's out on February 2nd, 2024.
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Here’s how Brittany Howard describes the song:
"In my past relationships, I’ve had a tendency to see red flags as part of some parade just for me — something for me to run right through without paying any attention. To me, “Red Flags” sounds very dystopian, which makes sense for a song that feels like end-of-times as far as me emotionally maturing. It’s like a big tower fell and now I have to create something new."
Basel, Switzerland-based act Malummí released their sophomore album, "The Universe is Black," last week. malummi.bandcamp.com
Seattle musician Dean Johnson released "Nothing for Me, Please" earlier this year.
He's playing a sold out 21+ show in Seattle at The Tractor Tavern on Friday, Dec. 1. www.ticketweb.com
"Help Me" was Joni Mitchell's biggest hit single and her only Top 10 hit. It peaked at #7 in 1974 on the Billboard Hot 100.
This track finds the musical prowess of BADBADNOTGOOD merging with the melodic vocal stylings of Charlotte Day Wilson.
charlottedaywilson.bandcamp.com
tv.badbadnotgood.com
Take a peek at Unknown Mortal Orchestra's 2018 in studio performance here: www.youtube.com
Grizzly Bear's third album is named after Veckatimest Island, a small island in Dukes County, Massachusetts. The eagerly awaited album was released in 2009 to rave reviews: pitchfork.com
Happy Birthday, Karen O! The Yeah Yeah Yeahs singer is 45 today.
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Yeah Yeah Yeah's debut album Fever to Tell was born on April 29, 2003.
The band wanted to finance their debut album themselves and chose to record at the low-budget Headgear Studio in Brooklyn. "It was really important for us to do it on our turf, on our terms", lead singer Karen O later told Spin. "We were all living together, and all the money we used to fund it came out of our pocket."
Cherry Glazerr is playing an all-ages show in Seattle early next year -- Monday, Feb. 26, at Neumos.
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Here is Cherry Glazerr Live on KEXP in 2019: www.youtube.com
Rostam, formerly of Vampire Weekend, and Hamilton Leithauser, formerly of the Walkmen, collaboration!
This song was inspired by the folksong '500 Miles'.
"Winter" is on TV on the Radio's fifth (and most recent) album, Seeds.
"Wishing" is the opening track from A Flock of Seagulls' 1983 sophomore album, Listen.
RIP Michael Hutchence. The INXS co-founder passed away on this day 26 years ago.
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See a live performance of the song that made INXS international stars: www.youtube.com
Parquet Courts member Andrew Savage, also known as A. Savage, released his second solo album, "Several Songs About Fire," last month.
asavage.bandcamp.com
Sextile is known in the LA Underground scene and released this album back in September.
sextile.bandcamp.com
Automatic is the trio of Izzy Glaudini (synths, lead vocals), Lola Dompé (drums, vocals) and Halle Saxon (bass, vocals).
Troy was their host for this live performance in the KEXP studio in November, 2022: www.youtube.com.
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Telehealth will be playing The Sunset Tavern on Saturday, December 2nd with Spirit Award. tinyurl.com
Watch this Mudhoney performance in KEXP's studio from 10 years ago! www.youtube.com
The band also performed on top of the Space Needle a few months after that in-studio performance: www.youtube.com
The song is unusual in that both Simon Gallup and Robert Smith play bass, with the effects pedals on Smith's giving the leads a unique sound. There are no guitars (other than bass) or keyboards played in the song. bit.ly
Ex Hex is the project of former Helium frontwoman & Wild Flag vocalist/guitarist Mary Timony with drummer Laura Harris and bassist Betsy Wright. exhexband.com
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Ex Hex performed "Rainbow Shiner" during this live performance in the KEXP studio in 2019: www.youtube.com
Snail Mail played live in studio at KEXP in 2018. www.youtube.com
"Her vocals are strong and determined, her guitar riffs anthemic. As much as teenhood can feel like an emotional prison, and heartbreak like the end of the world, Jordan seems to be finding a way to muscle through it all." pitchfork.com
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Writing for the Guardian, Tom Hughes called this track one of Kurt Vile's "loveliest songs yet, and a great summation of his ingenious-weirdo appeal."
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Cheryl was the host when Kurt Vile performed "Pretty Pimpin'" in our studio in 2015. Watch that full session here:
youtu.be.
kurtvile.bandcamp.com
Lol Tolhurst is a founding member and former drummer and keyboardist of The Cure. Peter Edward Clarke (Budgie) is the ex-Siouxsie and the Banshees drummer. Jacknife Lee is a producer (The Cars, U2, R.E.M., the Killers, etc.).
Their collaborative album, "Los Angeles," came out a few weeks ago: louderthanwar.com
Danger Mouse and Karen O collaborate on 'Lux Prima,' released in 2019. In an interview, the artists said “Turn The Light” sprang from their mutual appreciation of ’90s R&B dance music. Danger Mouse cited Mary J. Blige as having a similar “feel” to the track.
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Karen O and Danger Mouse perform "Turn the Light" live at King’s Theatre.
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The Smile have announced their next album, Wall of Eyes. The project is out January 26 via XL. The band has also shared a video for the title track, directed by Paul Thomas Anderson and starring Thom Yorke. Check it out below.
Wall of Eyes was recorded between Oxford and Abbey Road Studios, and was produced and mixed by Sam Petts-Davies. The album also features strings from the London Contemporary Orchestra, per a statement.
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23-year-old Akira Galaxy Ament, aka Akira Galaxy, is playing the 12th annual SMooCH Benefit Concert in Seattle on Saturday, Dec. 2, at the Showbox. The show benefits Seattle Children's Uncompensated Care Fund. www.seattlechildrens.org
Motels cover!
Watch Angel Olsen's 2017 performance of the song in KEXP's studio here: www.youtube.com
Parisian artist Halo Maud is releasing "Celebrate" early next year.
"Halo Maud writes songs that touch, that grab hold, that astonish, that excite. And in two languages, introspective French and projectile English, which call and respond, which augment each other, endowing each song with two complementary hearts: one centripetal for soliloquy and solitary reverie, the other centrifugal for skill, friendship and fighting. Two languages as clear as can be, with counted words, with tiny steps, two languages that can tell the tale of a stream, a sisterly celebration, worldly patience, the intoxication of dancing."
halomaud.bandcamp.com
New local band with members from Smokey Brights, PUSA, and the True Loves!
Wu-Tang instrumental cover! The "Fallin' Off the Reel" collections bring every limited-edition Truth & Soul 45 -- normally released in strictly limited editions -- together on compilations for those of us too slow on the trigger to get the 45s!
‘Confusion’, is a psychedelic, fuzz-guitar driven mover that has been a highlight of CB’s live performances. Bradley pleads “People got to make a change! Who you gonna trust, before the world turns to dust.”
Watch Charles Bradley and the Menahan Street Band perform LIVE on KEXP back in 2012: www.youtube.com
As the legend goes, Kurt Cobain stopped by KCMU (what would become KEXP) after the release of Nirvana’s first 7-inch single, Love Buzz / Big Cheese. He personally handed over a copy to the station then sat in his car with his radio tuned in and waited to hear his song. When he didn’t hear it, he called in and requested the song himself. Originally recorded by Dutch band Shocking Blue in 1969. www.subpop.com
While Brainstory is in the studio finishing their sophomore full-length, they treat us to this bombshell of a 7” as a taste of what’s to come. They teamed back up with El Michels Affair who is handling production on the whole album and everything about this is leveled up. This show stopping plug & ballad two-sider is clear evidence of that.
Side A is an uplifting, dance floor burning, smash hit that shows what years of touring and backing Lady Wray have brought out of Brainstory. “Nobody But You” is built on drummer Eric Hagstrom’s crushing back beat that lays the foundation for this inspirational feel good banger that manages to take the uncomfortable truth that “nobody will save you but you” and turn it into pure blissful motivation.
Releases December 5, 2023
brainstory1.bandcamp.com
"Subways" samples "Warm Ride" by the Bee Gees, performed by Graham Bonnet, as well as "Black Water" by Patrick Simmons. The main vocals of the song are pulled from a 1980 song titled "Subways" by Chandra Oppenheim, who was 12 years old at the time of its release. She had not previously heard about The Avalanches until they approached her regarding the sample.
"Every Day Should Be a Holiday" comes off the Portland band's second album, "... The Dandy Warhols Come Down."
The Dandy Warhols have performed a few times at KEXP, including this performance in 2016: www.youtube.com
Get to know Melenas, a garage-pop quartet from Pamplona, Spain: fortherabbits.net
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"Bang" was selected as a recent KEXP Song of the Day: www.kexp.org
Happy Wednesday and welcome to The Afternoon Show with the irrepressible Larry Mizell, Jr! It’s Hip-Hop’s 50th Birthday in 2023 and KEXP is celebrating all year! Each week (beginning on Wednesday), we highlight a particular year in Hip-Hop history. Today, it’s 1988!! Thank you for listening!
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A critic wrote about this Ric Ocasek composition: "It’s a straight-ahead Rock song, and I especially dig the song’s intro, where it sounds like The Cars are channeling The Rolling Stones through guitarist Elliot Easton. Then, Ric Ocasek’s vocals come on and Greg Hawkes’ keyboards kick in, Benjamin Orr’s and David Robinson’s bass and drums never miss a beat, and it’s The Cars again…": foreveryoung80s.wordpress.com
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Here are The Cars, performing it live: www.youtube.com