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From his official site: "Made Kuti - Fela's grandson and Femi’s son - grew up in The New Afrika Shrine in Lagos, studied at Trinity Laban Conservatoire in London, and has played in Femi’s Positive Force band from a young age."
www.madekuti.com
Second full-length from this Finnish ensemble is out now, find 'Kuru Kuru' here: queennanny.bandcamp.com
This album's title came from a scene in the film, Blade Runner, where the main character can be seen reading a newspaper headlined "Farming the Oceans, the Moon and Antarctica".
After a break of over four years between album releases, Australian duo Big Scary announce fourth LP 'Daisy'. The pair of Joanna Syme and Tom Iansek reflect broadly on superficiality, naivety and fantasy, compared with the complexities of reality, and the ongoing exercise in thoughtful living. Dynamic relationships are explored, between lovers old and new; and with the voice in your head.
bigscary.bandcamp.com
Electronic was an English group formed in 1998 by New Order singer and guitarist Bernard Sumner and ex-Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr.
From the debut record by Ya Tseen. The project's founder, Nicholas Galanin, was born in Sheet’ka (Sitka, Alaska). Galanin is Tlingit and Unangax̂, and a vital voice in contemporary art; his work spans sculpture, video, installation, photography, jewelry and music, as he advocates for Indigenous sovereignty, racial, social and environmental justice, for present, and future generations.
Visit Nicholas Galanin's website: galan.in.
Tkay joined DJ Morgan for a Live on KEXP at Home performance in November: youtu.be tkaymaidza.com
"Fix Up, Look Sharp" features a popular sample from Billy Squier's 1980 song, "The Big Beat." www.dizzeerascal.co.uk
Bomba Estéreo is a Colombian band founded in Bogotá in 2005 by Simón Mejía. Their music has been described as "electro tropical" or "psychedelic cumbia".
www.bombaestereo.com
“Rocky Trail” accompanies the announcement that Kind of Convenience will be releasing their first new album in 12 year this summer. The new album, “Peace Or Love”, was recorded over the last five years in five different cities, and is due out June 18th.
Jessie Ware announced an expanded edition of her acclaimed 2020 album "What’s Your Pleasure?" and teased it with a new single titled "Please". In a statement, Ware said "'Please' is full of optimism and ready to be played in a place where we can all be together and flirt, dance, touch, and kiss. A wonderful excuse not to stop the party from ending."
The Platinum Pleasure Edition of "What's Your Pleasure?" comes out in June.
"A blues guitar prodigy who’d been playing with his father (pioneering R&B bandleader Johnny Otis) since he was 11, Otis played on Frank Zappa’s Hot Rats when he was 16, and released an album with blues-rock gadabout Al Kooper before he was 20. Though he stayed out of the recording process, Johnny Otis served as the executive producer for his son’s work, and he convinced Columbia to build Shuggie a home studio to record Inspiration, which took the better part of three years. Upon release in October 1974, Inspiration certainly sounded like the work of an isolated L.A. savant." Read a review of this terrific album: pitchfork.com
Watch the official music video here: youtu.be
The 80's-themed video for this song is an homage to both female empowerment and love, featuring a variety of cameos like Mel C, Jaime Winstone, Miss Jason, Princess Julia, and more.
Haunted Princess is the dream pop music project of Portland based multi-instrumentalist Matt Street. In various DIY recording spaces, Street writes, records, and produces all of the project's music. His music relies heavily on vocal layering, analogue synthesizers, vocoders, and live drums.
What a Seattle local says...
"...Tunnel Gods is a killer track, built around layers of climbing, shimmering synths and some really lovely processed vocal harmonies. This song makes me think of what a dreamy, beautiful version of Black Moth Super Rainbow might sound like. A perfect song to crank on your late night drive."
-Jordan Gomes (Wild Powwers).
Chromatics is an American electronic music band from Portland. he band consists of Ruth Radelet, Adam Miller, Nat Walker, and Johnny Jewel. They were featured performing another song of theirs at the Roadhouse in Twin Peaks: The Return.
Brand new music from The Chemical Brothers! This track will be released as a Record Store Day 12" exclusive on June 12th, featuring artwork by the late abstract artist Sir Terry Frost.
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Winehouse based "Back to Black" on her tumultuous relationship with then-ex-boyfriend and future husband Blake Fielder-Civil, who temporarily left her to pursue his previous ex-girlfriend. Their short-lived separation spurred her to create an album that explores the themes of guilt, grief, infidelity and heartbreak in a relationship.
The Funk Brothers were the backing band for Stevie Wonder on this track.
Melbourne-based Good Morning have released ‘Mollyduker’ and ‘Keep It’ as their latest in a series of A-side single drops now dating back half a decade. This release also marks their first release on Polyvinyl Records. The band initially first formed after the duo, Stefan Blair and Liam Parsons, split the cost of a Foxtex 4-track tape machine.
This track is about how, “in the search for your true calling in life, it’s easy to try so many things that you end up confused," Dry Cleaning said in a statement. "It can lead to an enormous build-up of frustration. You may fantasize about exacting revenge upon your real or imagined enemies. Ephemeral things and small-scale escapist experiences can provide some relief!"
Cheryl Waters hosted Dry Cleaning Live on KEXP at Home on March 18, 2021, check it out; youtu.be
Mark Burgess, the voice and bass of The Chameleons, performed this song with his new band, The Chameleon Vox, live in The KEXP studio in 2010: www.youtube.com
Back in 2018, Netflix announced a new show anime show called Yasuke inspired by the real-life story of an African samurai in 16th century Japan. Flying Lotus has released two songs that are part of the series' soundtrack, "Black Gold" and this track "Between Memories"
In addition to being a singer spanning 20 years, Richard has also been an animator for Adult Swim, a vegan food truck proprietor, a New Orleans Hornets cheerleader, and a solo artist with five albums. "Second Line" came out last Friday. www.facebook.com
The song, produced by J-Swift, utilizes samples from "Summer in the City" by Quincy Jones, "125th Street Congress" by Weather Report and "Are You Experienced?" by The Jimi Hendrix Experience.
Kasai Allstars are a 25-piece musical collective based in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo. The musicians originally come from five bands, all from the Kasai region, but originating from five different ethnic groups: the Songye, Lulua, Tetela, Luba, and Luntu. Some of these groups have endured conflicting relationships over the centuries, they each have their own culture, their own language and their own musical traditions, which were always thought to be incompatible until these musicians decided to pool their resources and form a "superband".
mui zuy is the new project of Eva Liu, Hong Kong British artist based in London, who also fronts the band Dama Scout. This is their very first release under her new moniker.
In 1980, David Bowie was in the middle of a new kind of transformation. After launching himself to stardom in 1969 with his first hit single, "Space Oddity," he spent a decade morphing from Major Tom to Ziggy Stardust to Aladdin Sane to Halloween Jack to The Thin White Duke — a series of characters that also emblemized radically different approaches to rock music, from sci-fi glam to stark experimentalism. By the end of the '70s, however, he dispensed with such alter egos. Instead, he absorbed them all into a single if mercurial persona, one known simply as David Bowie. And that persona hinged on "Ashes To Ashes."
"...the mix dramatically demonstrated just how far he'd progressed in the '70s. His voice was now deeper and more profound. The music was jagged, jarring, and richly textured in a completely different way than "Space Oddity" had been. Rather than psychedelically spacious, it carried a sterile air of computers, androids and off-kilter motorization. Guitarist Chuck Hammer conveyed this feeling with layers of synthesized guitar. Flangers gave a grand piano an alien quality. Dennis Davis' drums were disorienting yet mathematical, a funk beat from another dimension."
www.npr.org
After putting out music for half a decade, Winnipeg-native Jeremy Haywood-Smith, has signed to Captured Tracks out of Brooklyn and released the title track of their label debut in anticipation of the EP dropping on April 23rd.
jaywood1.bandcamp.com
The debut solo album from this French producer (aka Quentin Lapoutre) is a fine set of breezy electro-pop inflected with disco, psych-pop and other styles, combining shimmering synths and propulsive rhythms with sunny melodies
The Knife were a Swedish electronic music duo from Gothenburg, formed in 1999. The group consisted of siblings Karin and Olof Dreijer, who together also run their own record company, Rabid Records
"From the beginning, Darkside has been our jam band. Something we did on days off. When we reconvened, it was because we really couldn’t wait to jam together again," states Nicolás Jaar in a press release. Dave Harrington adds, "It felt like it was time again. We do things in this band that we would never do on our own. Darkside is the third being in the room that just kind of occurs when we make music together."
www.darksidetheband.com
Maimouna Youssef aka "Mumu Fresh" is a Grammy nominated seasoned singer, emcee, songwriter and producer from Washington DC. She received a Grammy nomination for her contribution on the Roots hit “Don’t Feel Right” in 2007 for best rap song. maimounayoussef.bandcamp.com
The mysterious trio Sault’s second single, and Lyrical Lemonade wrote that, “the group’s new song is rooted in funky bass-lines with rhythmic orchestration reminiscent of the early 70’s. The funk-soaked ballad revels in self-confidence, powerful lyrics promoting strong-willed convictions provide the song with a necessary edge, providing a refreshing contrast between lyrics and production. The hip-stirring offering shines a light on the dynamic ability of the group who appear to be capable of capturing the most captivating elements of every genre.”
Watch the music video here: youtu.be
Todd Michael "Leon" Bridges is an American soul singer, songwriter and record producer from Fort Worth, Texas.
www.leonbridges.com
First tune featuring new drummer Dan Weiss.
Go right here to purchase this new music from Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio: delvonlamarrorgantrio.bandcamp.com
delvonlamarrorgantrio.com
The debut full-length from this Norwegian artist (aka Marie Ulven) is a well-crafted set of expansive, hook-filled indie-pop combining fuzzy guitars, moody synths and energetic rhythms with often-distorted vocals and frank lyrics of love, lust, identity and mental illness.
Dinosaur Jr have announced their 12th studio album 'Sweep It Into Space' due out April 23rd and shared its lead single, 'I Ran Away' featuring Kurt Vile. It's the first new music from the band in almost five years.
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dinosaurjr.bandcamp.com
Directly from Rhys Langston’s Instagram announcing the release of the new single, just a taste of what’s to come on his upcoming new album: “"a two state solution to soak eye contact" is out now, an anti-imperialist New Wave jig from the vaunted Afro-Ashkenazi polemicist of Langstónia. As the first taste of my new record (coming soon) let it linger on your palette, as you slash and burn any continued expectations.”
rhyslangston.bandcamp.com
West London's Arlo Parks last appeared on KEXP back in December. Enjoy their full performance here: kexp.org
Out on 5/28 is UV-TV’s follow-up to 2019’s “Happy”, and this is the second single in support of the forthcoming “Always Something”. Recorded during the pandemic, this record will be the band’s first since relocating to Queen, NY from Gainesville, FL and the first to feature drummer Ian Rose as a full time member.