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Tuesday, Aug 22 2017, 9PM
The Bombay Royale is an eleven-piece band from Melbourne, Australia, who blend soul, pop, and disco with traditional Indian music. Their music has been featured on the TV show, Better Call Saul.
This EP features guest vocalists from Shamir, Meredith Graves (Perfect Pussy), and, on this song, GABI.
Electronic are a supergroup from England featuring New Order singer/guitarist Bernard Sumner and former Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr.
Peaking Lights performed at KEXP in 2015. Check out the session here: www.youtube.com
Nashville group Bully signed with Sub Pop in July. Their second album, a follow-up to 2015's "Feels Like," comes out on October 10th.
Great Grandpa play the Neumos Crystal Ball Reading Room in Seattle on Sunday, November 19, with Citizen and Sorority Noise.
This song was featured in the movie Stranger Than Fiction (2006), which stars Maggie Gyllenhaal and Will Ferrell.
Opportunities abound to witness This Is the Kit in concert. The British band plays the Tractor Tavern on Tuesday, October 10 and opens for The National on Tuesday, November 28, and Wednesday, November 29.
Curtis Harding, who was born in Michigan but spent his childhood on the road performing gospel music with his Mom, released his first album, Soul Power, in 2014. Harding is closely connected to the Atlanta music scene; He previously sang back-up for CeeLo Green and has also performed with members of the Atlanta garage rock group The Black Lips.
The Long Beach, CA rapper plays Bumbershoot on Sunday, September 3rd. Earlier this year, Staples featured on Gorillaz's fifth album, Humanz.
Hear an exclusive interview with Slowdive's Rachel Goswell on the KEXP blog: blog.kexp.org
Rumors have it that the Stone Roses may have played their last gig. During the Manchester legends' UK tour-ending date in Glasgow earlier this summer, frontman Ian Brown said "Don't be sad it's over, be happy it happened," leading many to speculate that the band were splitting up again.
Annie Hart is a member of the Brooklyn dream-pop band Au Revoir Simone, who recently performed on the fourth episode of this year's Twin Peaks revamp. Learn more about their performance in a weekly series of exclusive interviews between KEXP’s resident Twin Peaks expert DJ Morgan and the show’s music director Dean Hurley: blog.kexp.org
Sheer Mag play Chop Suey on September 26th with Tony Molina and Tenement. "Meet Me in the Street" was inspired by the violence that followed Donald Trump's inauguration, as mentioned in a recent Song of the Day post on the KEXP Blog: blog.kexp.org
Morcheeba are a British trip-hop group featuring Skye Edwards and brothers Paul and Ross Godfrey.
SZA plays the Neptune Theatre on Sunday, September 17.
Former Bloc Party drummer Matt Tong plays drums in Algiers, who tour with !!! (Chk Chk Chk) in September. Algiers played KEXP in 2015. You can check out the session here: www.youtube.com
This is Iron & Wine's first solo record since 2013's "Ghost on Ghost," and first release on Sub Pop since 2007's "The Shepherd's Dog." Iron & Wine released an album with Ben Bridwell of Band of Horses in 2015 and an album with Jesca Hoop in 2016.
Public Service Broadcasting play the Columbia City Theater in Seattle on Friday, September 22nd. "Progress" features guest vocals from Camera Obscura singer Tracyanne Campbell.
Daniel Woodhead (known onstage as Moon King) has opened for Alvvays, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, and and Austra. His brother Airick Woodhead performs under the alias Doldrums.
You can hear an exclusive interview with Drums frontman Johnny Pierce on the KEXP Blog: blog.kexp.org. The Drums visited Seattle in July. You can read the review here: blog.kexp.org
Cullen Omori's old band, Smith Westerns, broke up in 2014. Omori went solo and released his debut on Sub Pop, while his former bandmates formed Whitney (who you can check out here: www.youtube.com)
The Cave Singers visited KEXP in 2016. Check out the session here: www.youtube.com
The Maldives play the Mural Amphitheatre at Seattle Center this Friday as part of KEXP's annual Concerts at the Mural Series. Emma Lee Toyoda and Industrial Revelation open. More info: blog.kexp.org
DoNormaal plays Chop Suey on Monday, September 4, with RVN, So Pitted, and The White Tears & Pearl Dragon Is Dead. DoNormaal recently released her second album, Third Daughter. You can read more about it on Throwaway Style, KEXP's new weekly column spotlighting the best of local music: blog.kexp.org
Mobb Deep rapper Prodigy died earlier this summer due to complications from sickle cell anemia. He was 42. Mobb Deep played KEXP in 2014. You can see a performance of "Shook Ones," here: www.youtube.com
LCD Soundsystem recently launched a virtual reality experience with the music from their forthcoming album, American Dream, as the backdrop, NME reported today.
Stoltz, now a singer based in the Bay Area, served as an intern with Jeff Buckley's management company where he sorted Buckley's fan mail.
Waxahatchee begin a European tour in September, returning stateside in November for a brief stint through the southeast.
Icelandic songwriter Júníus Meyvant performs at KEXP on Saturday, September 2 at noon. He plays Bumbershoot later that night.
Former Dum Dum Girls drummer Frankie Rose plays Barboza in Seattle on Friday, September 29.
Ghostpoet is signed to BBC DJ Giles Peterson's label, Brownswood Recordings.
EMA play KEXP this Monday, August 28, at 4:00 pm. The session is free and open to the public. More info: www.kexp.org. On October 26th, EMA plays Neumos with the Blow.
Vulfpeck are a pop-funk group from Michigan. In 2014, they famously pranked Spotify by uploading an album, "Sleepify," consisting entirely of songs less than in a minute length which contained no audible music. Vulfpeck invited their fans to listen to the ‘songs’ repeatedly while they slept. Though Spotify eventually caught on and closed the loophole, the band earned close to $20,000, enough to embark upon a tour where they played all shows entirely for free.
The True Loves are a Seattle funk band who are formerly known as Grace Love and the True Loves. Check out an exclusive interview with the True Loves on the KEXP Blog: blog.kexp.org
