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St. Paul singer/ songwriter Haley Bonar's performing live in the KEXP studio. Recorded December 8, 2016 www.youtube.com
"Evil Woman" is a song written by lead vocalist Jeff Lynne and recorded by Electric Light Orchestra (ELO). It was first released on the band's fifth album, 1975's Face the Music.
Killion Vaults is an eclectic batch of funk instros cut at the group's KillionSound facilities in North Hollywood, somewhat modeled after classic sound library records. The group works in spacey flourishes, bits of distortion, fuzzed out psyche soul and more, great stuff!
Gruff Rhys is back with new solo album Pang! Out on September 13 via Rough Trade. It’s a collaboration with South African electronic artist Muzi who Gruff met on Damon Albarn’s traveling world music collective Africa Express.
Drawing inspiration from the past 40 years of dance music, Girls’ music joins the dots between disco, house, techno, bass, ghetto and dub, creating music that glances back into dance music’s history, whilst keeping it’s eyes firmly on the future.
New Jersey and Brooklyn hailing producer Flamingosis has flipped the original Leaving Me into a new type of summer anthem. “Believe in Me”
Bastard Jazz is proud to present the new EP from Vancouver's AstroLogical, also known as one half of production duo Potatohead People. astrological.bandcamp.com
"Hello" by Erykah Badu and André 3000 sampled The Isley Brothers's "Hello It's Me".
Blood Orange creates a decadent and gorgeous video for a track off his latest project, Angel's Pulse. Watch here: www.youtube.com
Ezra Collective are a London based jazz collective which explores different styles as afrobeat and hip-hop. Two years after their second release Juan Pablo: The Philosopher, they’re back with a new track titled “What Am I to Do?” wich features British rapper Loyle Carner. It will be part of the first full length You Can’t Steal My Joy which is out now. ezracollective.bandcamp.com
African Giant is the fourth studio album by Nigerian singer Burna Boy. It was released in the United States by Atlantic Records/Bad Habit and abroad by Warner Music on July 26, 2019.
Puerto Rican reggaeton singer Farruko released his new album Gangalee and one of the early highlights is album opener “La Cartera” which features Farruko’s “Krippy Kush” collaborator Bad Bunny. The two sound great together and the trippy animated video matches the song’s sunny vibes perfectly. www.youtube.com
British musician, singer and producer Bibio (aka Stephen Wilkinson) released a new album. Ribbons is out now via Warp Records. Now he’s back with a new track titled “Spruce Tops” which is the B-Side of the album single The Art of Living.
The Lion King: The Gift is a soundtrack album by American singer Beyoncé for the 2019 photorealistic animated remake of The Lion King. It was released on July 19 by Parkwood under exclusive license to Columbia.
Album “Leak 04-13 (Bait Ones)” officially released on June 1st, are those 16 songs, untouched and unmastered since the day they were first leaked, minus a few samples that encountered licensing issues. soundcloud.com
LP “Nat Love”, that was released via Closed Sessions, on this album Kweku shows us that hip-hop is not only about gangsters and strip clubs. The album is particularly intimate as he produced all the songs but one himself, in his room.
This song is by Michael Kiwanuka and appears on the album Love & Hate (2016).
HAIM’s new song ‘Summer Girl’ references a popular Jewish song.
Read more here: forward.com
Reggae chanteuse Hollie Cook performing live in the KEXP studio. Recorded October 21, 2014 www.youtube.com
Derwin Schlecker, aka Gold Panda is back with a new single, his first since 2016's Your Good Times Are Just Beginning EP. Last year he released a collaborative album with Simian Mobile Disco's Jas Shaw, titled Selling.
Back in March he also released a new album of instrumentals as DJ Jenifa.
GREY Area is the rapper's third studio album. It's brave but vulnerable, energetic but reflective and youthful but wise. An incredible album.
The lineup for the 49th annual Bumbershoot Music and Arts Festival 2019 was announced on June 3.
The Seattle festival will take place over Labor Day weekend (Friday Aug. 30 to Sunday Sept. 1) and feature headliners The Lumineers, Tyler, The Creator, Rezz, Louis The Child, H.E.R., Jai Wolf, LP, and Taking Back Sunday. bumbershoot.com
Electronic music duo Odesza performing live in the KEXP studio. Recorded September 8, 2017 www.youtube.com
Nacional Records is proud to announce the release of DJ Bitman's "Para Ti" featuring Ceaese. Bitman says of the track, "This is the first song of many more to come where I find myself returning to a more club sound. Bitman is one of the most prolific producers and DJs in Chile’s music scene and has been featured on the cover of Rolling Stone Chile www.nacionalrecords.com
Africa Express’ collective have shared a shimmering new track ‘City In Lights’, which features the brilliant Georgia on lead vocals.
Also featuring The Mahotella Queens, Otim Aplha and Nick Zinner of Yeah Yeah Yeahs.
“City In Lights is about Hilda Tloubatla or Mama as we called her and the journey she made from her township to the studio to join The Mahotella Queens in 1960’s Johannesburg,” says Georgia.
Ibeyi performing live in the KEXP studio. Recorded November 15, 2017 www.youtube.com
Check out exclusive guest DJ mix for Midnight in a Perfect World with DJ HARAM www.kexp.org
Gappy Ranks, is an English dancehall musician of Jamaican and Dominican descent, from Harlesden, London.
The third solo album from Thom Yorke
ANIMA is the product of what Yorke has described as an extended period of anxiety, and it sounds like it, full of wraithlike frequencies and fibrillating pulses.
“Empty Promises” another track off Luke's forthcoming new album Both-And. Which is out September 13 on Native Cat Recordings and also features the previously released single “Wounded Brightness.” The album is available for pre-order HERE native-cat-recordings.lnk.to
Whaaat a Ty Segall album without any guitar on it?
Ty Segall being Ty Segall, he pulls it off and proves that he isn't capable of making bad music.
Revolver was released this day in 1966!
John Lennon wrote this as a tribute to staying in bed, which he liked to do even when he wasn't sleeping.
Maureen Cleave wrote of John Lennon: "He can sleep almost indefinitely, is probably the laziest person in England." She clarifies that she means physically lazy, not intellectually lazy.
Cover version originally by '60s pychedelia/garage band The Other Half if the Fall had never covered this gem, we'd all would've never have heard it.
“Ann’s Jam”, the album’s first single, also serves as its opening track. It is a somber, guitar led rumination on nostalgia. It is a swirling and hazy ode to friendship.
Accompanying the song is a self shot music video. It sees the women of Chastity Belt living their best life as friends. They hike, dance, swim, play leap frog, and more. www.youtube.com
Happy Birthday Chris Foreman (1956)
This was originally recorded by Jamaican Ska singer Prince Buster as the b-side for his 1967 single "Al Capone." Having recorded another Prince Buster tune "The Prince," for their debut single, Madness covered this as their follow-up. The Nutty Boys even named themselves after a Buster song, "Madness."
Up for the Down Stroke is an album by the American funk band Parliament. It was the band's second album, and their first to be released on Casablanca Records. The album was released on July 3, 1974. Its title track was Parliament's first chart hit and remains one of the most well-known P-Funk songs. The album also contains a funk reworking of The Parliaments' song "(I Wanna) Testify" under the title "Testify".
Funkadelic is the debut album by the American funk band Funkadelic, released in 1970 on Westbound Records.
The album showcases a strong bass and rhythm section, as well as lengthy jam sessions, future trademarks of the band.
The album contains two remakes of songs from The Parliaments, an earlier band featuring George Clinton: "I'll Bet You" and "Good Old Music"