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Tuesday, Aug 21 2018, 9PM
Read KEXP's Levi Fuller's review of the Happy Mondays track, "Step On," here.
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Trevor Powers plays Thursday, Sep 27, 2018, at Barboza.
Check it out here. www.thebarboza.com
Check it out here. www.thebarboza.com
The Roots play nightly on Jimmy Fallon's late-night show on NBC.
They came to Seattle most recently in July at BECU ZooTunes.
They came to Seattle most recently in July at BECU ZooTunes.
Santigold will be accompanying Lauryn Hill on the 20th Anniversary Tour of The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill at ShoWare Center in Kent, WA on September 15th.
Philly singer/songwriter/multi instrumentalist/producer, current Courtney Barnett collaborator and one-time lead guitarist for War on Drugs.
Watch Kurt Vile's epic KEXP in-studio performance here: www.youtube.com
Watch Kurt Vile's epic KEXP in-studio performance here: www.youtube.com
Angel Olsen plays on Friday, September 14, at the Moore Theatre. Download the single here. www.kexp.org
Michael Nau previously led Maryland-based indie-folk band Cotton Jones.
Check out Michael Nau's previous single here. www.kexp.org
Check out Michael Nau's previous single here. www.kexp.org
Baltimore synth-pop group Future Islands
Read more about Singles, the 2014 album that put them on the map, here. www.kexp.org
Read more about Singles, the 2014 album that put them on the map, here. www.kexp.org
Sumney plays Bumbershoot on Friday, August 31 at Seattle Center. Kelela, DoNormaal, SZA and others perform. More info: www.bumbershoot.com
Sumney was inspired to write this song after attending a demonstration in his hometown of Los Angeles, following a grand jury’s decision not to indict the officer who shot Michael Brown.
Sumney was inspired to write this song after attending a demonstration in his hometown of Los Angeles, following a grand jury’s decision not to indict the officer who shot Michael Brown.
The Motown legends' funky, layered and politically compelling hit is as relevant now as it was when it was released in 1970.
The Internet play Friday, October 26 at the Showbox. Check it out here. www.showboxpresents.com
The Internet are back with their first official single since their 2015 album Ego Death. The song, titled “ROLL! (Burbank Funk),” is a groovy dance track that does a great job of melding Parliament-style funk with The Internet’s soulful and vibe-heavy sound. While no album has been formally announced, this new single may be a hint that a full project may be soon to follow.
The Internet are back with their first official single since their 2015 album Ego Death. The song, titled “ROLL! (Burbank Funk),” is a groovy dance track that does a great job of melding Parliament-style funk with The Internet’s soulful and vibe-heavy sound. While no album has been formally announced, this new single may be a hint that a full project may be soon to follow.
Mitski will be at The Showbox SoDo on Wednesday, October 31st, 2018 with the Overcoats. Check out tickets here. www.showboxpresents.com
Mitski uses her latest LP to tell the story of “a very controlled icy repressed woman who is starting to unravel.”
Mitski uses her latest LP to tell the story of “a very controlled icy repressed woman who is starting to unravel.”
The Magnetic Fields is named after the André Breton/Philippe Soupault novel Les Champs Magnétiques. They released their debut album in 1991. 69 Love Songs remains their most known album volume.
Rubblebucket plays Friday, November 09 at the Neumos Crystal Ball Reading Room.
The Brooklyn-based band was formed in 2007 by musical couple Alex Toth (trumpet) and Kalmia Traver (vocals, saxophone) after the pair parted ways with the East Coast roots-reggae outfit John Brown's Body.
The Brooklyn-based band was formed in 2007 by musical couple Alex Toth (trumpet) and Kalmia Traver (vocals, saxophone) after the pair parted ways with the East Coast roots-reggae outfit John Brown's Body.
Local band Naked Giants play Saturday, September 1, at Oak Harbor Music Fest.
Find out more here. www.oakharborfestival.com
Find out more here. www.oakharborfestival.com
Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever play Saturday, September 1 at Bumbershoot.
The Kills released an acoustic EP, "Echo Home - Non Electric" in 2017 to celebrate the 15th anniversary of their first release, Black Rooster EP. The EP features a Rihanna cover.
"Future Starts Slow" was used in a promotion for the episode "The Wait Is Almost Over" of the TV series True Blood and also as the theme music for the 2012 TV series Political Animals.
"Future Starts Slow" was used in a promotion for the episode "The Wait Is Almost Over" of the TV series True Blood and also as the theme music for the 2012 TV series Political Animals.
Check out Neneh Cherry's single for free here. www.kexp.org
The single is produced by Four Tet and 3D of Massive Attack. A video directed by Jenn Nkiru also accompanied the release: www.youtube.com
The single is produced by Four Tet and 3D of Massive Attack. A video directed by Jenn Nkiru also accompanied the release: www.youtube.com
Check out another track from Sink Ya Teeth's new album here, featured on KEXP's Song of the Day podcast, here. www.kexp.org
Phantogram's Seattle-based label Barsuk Records celebrated it's 20th anniversary this week, on August 18.
Phantogram performed this song live on the Morning Show back in 2009. The performance was captured at the Cutting Room Studios NYC during CMJ. Check out the video here: bit.ly
Phantogram performed this song live on the Morning Show back in 2009. The performance was captured at the Cutting Room Studios NYC during CMJ. Check out the video here: bit.ly
Cullen Omori describes the track as a song "meant to be an exchange of perceptions: a duet except sung by one person."
Cullen Omori recently played live on the KEXP Midday Show. Check out KEXP's youtube channel to learn more!
Cullen Omori recently played live on the KEXP Midday Show. Check out KEXP's youtube channel to learn more!
Solo hit by the late Beatles' guitarist.
Check out the KEXP Documentary series spotlighting the Beatles and Psychedelic music. blog.kexp.org
Check out the KEXP Documentary series spotlighting the Beatles and Psychedelic music. blog.kexp.org
Wu-Tang Clan's Gary "Genius" Grice, also known as GZA, turns 52 on August 22.
Alternate hip-hop artist Lizzo plays Monday, September 10, at KeyArena at Seattle Center. She co-founded The Chalice, Grrrl Prty, the Clerb, Ellypseas and Absynthe.
Check out her live performance at KEXP in 2017 here. www.kexp.org
Check out her live performance at KEXP in 2017 here. www.kexp.org
CSS is a Brazilian rock band from São Paulo. Their songs are in both English and Portuguese. They made an appearance at KEXP back in 2008. Check it out on our On Demand archive: www.kexp.org/live/liveperformance.aspx?rId=27639
The title of this track is a reference to Canadian band Death from Above 1979.
The title of this track is a reference to Canadian band Death from Above 1979.
Geotic is the alias of Los Angeles' Will Wiesenfeld, a multi-faceted artist that also releases music under the name Baths. His works under the Geotic moniker have often been self-categorized as "passive listening" music, quietly providing a home for his more ambient and meditative creations that fall outside of his more active pop-leaning Baths material.
Check out his guest-dj show with KEXP here. www.kexp.org
Check out his guest-dj show with KEXP here. www.kexp.org
NPR calls Seth Nyquist a.k.a. MorMor's music "a study in opposites." It is beautiful and spiritual without being boring.
An inspired and unanticipated mash-up of Mountain Goats, known for 90's low-fi folk rock, and the theme song from the 1998 film that brought Michael Jordan and the Looney Toons together.
KEXP will air a live performance by Let's Eat Grandma on August 29 at noon. Find out more here.
www.kexp.org
Let's Eat Grandma also plays at Bumbershoot on Friday, August 31 at Bumbershoot.
The band consists of childhood friends, Rosa Walton and Jenny Hollingworth, who were 17 when they put out their first album together.
Let's Eat Grandma also plays at Bumbershoot on Friday, August 31 at Bumbershoot.
The band consists of childhood friends, Rosa Walton and Jenny Hollingworth, who were 17 when they put out their first album together.
MC Solaar - real name Claude M'Barali is a French rapper, originally from Senegal and the son of refugees from Chad. "My songs are about everything," Solaar says. "I try to break down barriers between communities. I try to make people think. I like to speak about love, of course, but I try not to be sexist. I can't play the macho man. And I'm pretty non-violent."
Donald Glover, aka Childish Gambino, plays Saturday, September 29, at Seattle Center's KeyArena.
That statement is, of course, “This Is America,” the most minutely, and deservedly, examined four minutes of the year. Yes, the video—Glover’s satire of the minstrel tradition and the stalemated gun debate, along with about a dozen other things—is daring, provocative, traumatizing, cynical, discomfiting, ultraviolent, implicating, depressingly meme-worthy, and, to many, a work of genius. www.youtube.com
That statement is, of course, “This Is America,” the most minutely, and deservedly, examined four minutes of the year. Yes, the video—Glover’s satire of the minstrel tradition and the stalemated gun debate, along with about a dozen other things—is daring, provocative, traumatizing, cynical, discomfiting, ultraviolent, implicating, depressingly meme-worthy, and, to many, a work of genius. www.youtube.com
The 1973 song voiced many Americans' frustrations with disgraced then-POTUS, Richard Nixon. Songwriter Roy C. Hammond worked with a group Jamaica High School kids in Queens - The Honey Drippers - on this most sampled song. bit.ly
The Australian band delivers serious old school soul & funk vibes.
The Fugees consisted of Lauryn Hill (renowned for, among other work, the Miseducation of Lauryn Hill), Wyclef Jean and Pras Michael. In 2007, MTV ranked them the 9th greatest hip-hop group of all time.
Brian Eno describes Ladytron, an electronic pop band formed in Liverpool in 1999, as representing "the best of English pop music."
The Swedish sibling duo won a number of Swedish Grammis before breaking up in 2014.
Chants x Korma's track comes from the celebration marking the 100th release by Hush Hush Records, HH100. Hush Hush Records is the brainchild of KEXP DJ Alex Ruder. Chants x Korma's track is one of 14 original collaborations by Hush Hush artists featured for the anniversary album.
The Things that Dreams Are Made Of was an early 80's smash hit. The Human League's tracks have been sampled by bands as varied as Ladytron, Utah Saints, George Michael and Robbie Williams.
Nicole Hummel, who records as Zola Jesus, trained as an Opera singer. You can some of that training in the intensity and drama of her voice on "Soak."
Flamingosis plays at the Crocodile on Friday, September 28.
Still Corners play the Sunset Tavern on Monday, November 5.
NAVVI is a Seattle duo comprised of producer Brad Boettger and vocalist Kristin Henry. See them perform on KEXP in 2016 here: www.youtube.com
Dirty Projectors' new album features contributions from Fleet Foxes' Robin Pecknold, Syd from the Internet, and Rostam, formerly of Vampire Weekend.
Robin Pecknold's brother Sean directed the video for this song: www.youtube.com
Robin Pecknold's brother Sean directed the video for this song: www.youtube.com
The Black Tones play the final concert at the mural at Seattle Center this Friday, August 24. Moondoggies and Baywitch also perform. More info: www.kexp.org
"Idioteque" began with a rhythm created by Jonny Greenwood on a modular synthesizer. Feeling it "needed chaos", he experimented with found sounds and sampling. He recorded 50 minutes of improvisation and gave it to Yorke, who took a short section of it and used it to write the song.Yorke said: "Some of it was just 'what?', but then there was this section of about 40 seconds long in the middle of it that was absolute genius, and I just cut that up."