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Tuesday, Apr 5 2022, 10PM
Solo debut from renowned Malian vocalist Rokia Koné (aka "Rose of Bamako," also a member of the feminist supergroup Les Amazones d’Afrique) teams up with California-based Grammy Award-winning producer Jacknife Lee (U2, R.E.M., The Killers, Taylor Swift, Modest Mouse, etc.) .
“’Feels Like A Different Thing’ isn’t here to mess around,” the Australian duo said in a statement about their new track. See the official video: www.youtube.com
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Confidence Man's new album "TILT" was released on April 1st! confidenceman.bandcamp.com
Pet Shop Boys will certainly perform "West End Girls" when they play Climate Pledge Arena with New Order on October 14th, 2022.: bit.ly
New Jeff Goldblumy sounds from Atlanta-based Mattiel Brown and Jonah Swilley. mattiel.bandcamp.com
NEW MUSIC from Foals!
‘Looking High’, Philippakis explains, “is looking back to a more hedonistic time in my life, and a more innocent time in society in general, pre-pandemic and before the existential threat of climate change... we wanted to refocus and do something that shared a DNA throughout the songs: a physicality, a danceability, and with energy and joyousness,” Yannis Philippakis said in a statement.
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Real VHS/raw-footage vibes on the video, directed by Kit Monteith: youtu.be
Released on the album, Album, in 1986!
John Lydon told Rolling Stone in 2018: "With “Rise,” I suppose it deals with the fact that we’re in opposition to jealousy. That’s one of the seven deadly sins. That’s what we deal with emotionally in all our songs, though, isn’t it?"
The Chicago native's new single tells of her journey of self-discovery and personal growth. KAINA says:
“Like most people, I often overthink a lot and it’s sort of just a silly song about wanting to appreciate the way I am and the way I exist at the purest form possible. I talk about being in my own way a lot, despite how hard I work and have good things going for me. Ultimately, I realise that it’s up to me to have the compassion, patience, and care for myself as well as a little humor about things.”
Check out the video!
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“Good Ones” appears on Charli XCX's new album, Crash, out now! She says, the song "laments my inability to keep hold of healthy relationships, instead being endlessly drawn back to the dysfunctional and toxic.”
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Filmed in Mexico and co-directed by Hannah Lux Davis, the video “sees me dramatically mourning the untimely loss of my partner as I battle with the realization that once again I’ve abandoned the goodness in my life, in favor of the sinister, with a visual aesthetic that marks a new era of me: Charli XCX.”: www.youtube.com
"Bigmouth Strikes Again" was about Morrissey's frustration with the music industry, specifically Morrissey's negative experiences with the music press. When asked by the NME about the song, Morrissey replied, "I can't think of one sentence [I regret saying]. We're still at that stage where if I rescued a kitten from drowning, they'd say: 'Morrissey Mauls Kitten's Body'. So what can you do?"
Keep an eye out on KEXP's Youtube for their newest in-studio performance. In the meantime, catch their last in-studio from 2017: youtu.be
The second solo album (and first posthumous release) from the A Tribe Called Quest rapper was put together by his longtime musical collaborator/business partner Dion Liverpool from mostly unfinished demos. Special guests include Q-Tip, Rapsody, Busta Rhymes, Redman, De La Soul’s Maseo and other notables
From the third album by Run-D.M.C., released in 1986, the beat for "It's Tricky" came from the guitar riff on The Knack's 1979 hit "My Sharona." Here's the official video: https://bit.ly/36BOeok
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Toro y Moi is the 12+ year project of South Carolina-reared, Bay Area-based Chaz Bear. In the wake 2008’s global economic collapse, Toro y Moi emerged as a figurehead of the beloved sub-genre widely known as chillwave, the sparkling fumes of which still heavily influence musicians all over today. Over the subsequent decade, his music and graphic design has far, far surpassed that particular designation. Across 9 albums (6 studio as Toro y Moi along with a live album, compilation and mixtape) with the great Carpark label, he has explored psych-rock, deep house, UK hip-hop; R&B and well-beyond without losing that rather iconic, bright and shimmering Toro y Moi fingerprint.
"Life's Rich Pageant" released in July, 1986, marked a change for R.E.M. " Their folk-rock influences were still there -- the song has one of Peter Buck's most memorable jangly guitar parts -- but the real changes were in Bill Berry's big snare drum sound and, most surprisingly, Michael Stipe's vocals, which were front-and-center in the mix and sung in a clear voice.": diffuser.fm
The seventh Papercuts album from San Francisco artist Jason Quever
Now all you sucker. D.J.'s
Who think you're fly
There's got to be a reason
And we know the reason why.
And act real cool
But you got to realise
That you're acting like fools.
If there's music we can use it
We need to dance.
We don't have that time
For psychological romance
Ibibio Sound Machine just released this new album, Electricity!
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Here’s what the crew had to say about "17 18 19":
"This is more of a traditional style Ibibio Sound Machine track which came out of a studio jam we had. Eno’s vocal is based around a Nigerian playground chant that seemed to fit perfectly with the playful sound of the instrumental. The lyrics are rhetorically questioning the seemingly meaningless words that come out of the mouths of people, with reference to certain world events of the day. We reworked the drum track with Hot Chip, taking it down more of a post-punk route with a bit of a nod to Tom Tom Club."
Here is Ibibio Sound Machine Live on KEXP in London back in 2019, hosted by John and Cheryl!
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Off the English rock band's fourth album, Brotherhood.
The band played this on the road long before they recorded it, tweaking it along the way. At various stages, the song was also called "Broken Promises" or "Broken Guitar Strings." - bit.ly
New Order will play at Climate Pledge Arena along with Pet Shop Boys and special guest DJ Paul Oakenfold on Friday, Oct 14 2022! climatepledgearena.com
Warpaint's newest single off of their upcoming LP 'Radiate Like This'. The band's fourth studio album is due out May 6th! bit.ly
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Mark Hollis, co-founder, lead singer, and principal songwriter of the band Talk Talk, passed away in February 2019. The biography "A Perfect Silence" about Mark Hollis is due from Rocket 88, written by Ben Wardle, in Spring 2022. It'll include interviews of Hollis' friends, musicians, collaborators, and executives. tinyurl.com
The song’s message is to work towards a better future for yourself by not having your mind focused on regrets and the past.
New fourth album from this New Zealand artist. She performed at KEXP back in 2019:
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They were founded in New Jersey in 1980 (That's 41 years ago!). Although frontman Pat DiNizio died in 2017, they're continuing to tour with guest vocalists: www.officialsmithereens.com
Another new single from the upcoming debut full-length from Wet Leg!
Ur Mum is "a mixture of a pissed-off-at-an-ex track and a goodbye to a dead-end hometown." bit.ly
The new song is accompanied by a rather dynamic music video:
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Wet Leg will be among many great artists performing at Thing! Festival at Fort Worden in Port Townsend, August 26 - 28th.
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Originally released as a B-Side to the song "Grass," this was not included with the original pressing of Skylarking. After DJ's across America picked-up on the song, Geffen Records decided to replace the track "Mermaid Smiles" with "Dear God."
Denzel Curry will be LIVE on KEXP today at 2PM. He plays Showbox SoDo on Monday, April 4.
The band Mazarati, which was formed by Prince's bass player Brown Mark and signed to his Paisley Park record label, asked Prince for a song for their debut album, so he dashed off a minute-long bluesy acoustic demo for them on a mini tape recorder. Mazarati and producer David Z re-worked the song, giving it an irresistible funk groove. When he heard it, Prince was smart enough to take the song right back. He replaced their lead vocal, added the guitar break in the chorus and included it as a last-minute addition to his eighth studio album, "Parade."
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Prince won the 1986 Grammy Award for Best Rhythm & Blues Vocal Performance for this song.
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The track was the lead single of one of Bush’s most incredible works; "Hounds of Love" remains a pop masterpiece. Bush said about this song: “I was trying to say that, really, a man and a woman can’t understand each other because we are a man and a woman. And if we could actually swap each other’s roles, if we could actually be in each other’s place for a while, I think we’d both be very surprised! [Laughs] And I think it would lead to a greater understanding.” Read the story behind this masterpiece: faroutmagazine.co.uk
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She's joined by David Gilmour in this live version: www.dailymotion.com
The second album from this Austin-based four-piece band comprised of two married couples is a set of shoegaze, dream-pop, and noise-pop that pairs whimsical melodies within a maelstrom of guitar feedback, propulsive rhythms, and dense sonic textures.
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"Velocity Girl" was the first track off the NME C86 compilation, and the name was used as a band name of a 90s indie pop band
The Smile, made up of Radiohead members Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood along with Sons of Kemet drummer Tom Skinner, have released their latest single, the darkly moody ‘Pana-vision’. It debuted during the series finale of Peaky Blinders.
This third album from the English band was recorded over five weeks at Jacob's Studio in Surrey, and released in 1986
This New York-based duo’s fourth album is a set of moody electro-pop with icy synths, propulsive rhythms, haunting vocals and lyrics of loss and regeneration.
1986! Although it only peaked at 14 in the UK Albums Chart, this album stayed on the chart for 30 weeks, making it by far The The's most commercially successful album.
This LA-based artist’s second album is a colorful blend of glitchy electro-pop, hip hop and R&B, combining bright synths and propulsive rhythms with lyrics revolving around power and identity.
Did you know that Norman Cook a.k.a Fatboy Slim, was the bassist for this band prior to his electronic career?
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The Housemartins were compared by many to The Smiths. However the Smith's guitarist Johnny Marr was not impressed. He complained that "'Happy Hour' was a complete rip-off of 'I Want The One I Can't Have', and they've nicked others too."
The first single from Depeche Mode's darker turn in 1986 features samples including the ignition of Dave Gahan's Porsche, a distorted recording of a motorcycle in the underlying beat, and the sound of fireworks at the end.
Rammstein covered this track for the 1998 Depeche Mode tribute "For The Masses"!