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There's a video now for this new single from The Avalanches, filmed entirely while in quarantine. In addition to the band appearing for the first time in one of their videos, scientists, astronauts and engineers from the SETI Institute and NASA also make guest appearances in this one: www.youtube.com

Featuring Elizabeth Fraser of Cocteau Twins! Jónsi told NME, “When Sigur Rós was starting, we were always compared to Cocteau Twins and I really didn’t like that. I hated being compared to anybody. Then I got really into Cocteau Twins like two or three years ago. They’re so good. I understood the comparison then.” Your support is everything to us! Become a KEXP donor here: www.kexp.org

New album out now! futureislands.bandcamp.com

Released on the Autumnal Equinox, Fleet Foxes released their fourth studio album "Shore" at 6:31 am PT/9:31 am ET, 9/22. The bright and hopeful album is available to stream now and for physical pre-order (for a February 5th street date) here: hhttps://fleetfoxes.bandcamp.com/album/shore In addition to the album, a 16 mm road movie of the same name by Kersti Jan Werdal that showcases the landscapes of the Pacific Northwest set to the score of the album is available to view: youtu.be

"Even though you're numb you're not on your own... I can wait, no I can wait, I've got to fight another day..." saultglobal.bandcamp.com

"Who Is He (And What Is He to You)?" is a track from Bill Withers' 1972 album, Still Bill. Gladys Knight & the Pips were an R&B/soul family from Atlanta. The group reached commercial success after signing with Motown Records in 1966.

"America, yousa lie" The video shows the devastating footage of racial oppression and police brutality in protests for justice, before it transforms into an emotional display of Black strength, excellence and achievement. "We kicking out the old regime / Liberation, elevation, education / I said 'America, yousa lie' / But the whole world 'bout to testify,"

"Idles tackled the potent themes of white privilege and the state of the NHS in their 2017 breakthrough Brutalism, while their Mercury Prize-nominated follow-up, 2018’s Joy as an Act of Resistance, probed toxic masculinity, Brexit and the benefits of immigration. Ultra Mono is no less angry, or political. And it could be the most vital album we’ll hear all 2020. It doesn’t get more urgent than the furious “War”, which melds descending licks and post-punk rhythm guitar with a cacophony of distortion, rolling drums and frontman Joe Talbot’s full-throttle battle-cry. Like all the songs here, it’s finished with sharp precision; the Bristol band’s tightness helps to hammer their every message into the core of the listener." bit.ly

In this recent NPR interview, Bartees talks about his new album (released yesterday and produced by Will Yip), his influences and ambitions: www.npr.org Get the album here: barteesstrange.bandcamp.com

Robert Glasper, Terrace Martin, Kamasi Washington, and 9th Wonder are the supergroup, Dinner Party. Dinner Party came together while Martin and Glasper — who first met way back in 1996 at a jazz band camp — were touring with Glasper’s R+R=NOW project. The core idea was to tap into elements of jazz and soul, but root the new group in hip-hop. To bring it all together, Martin enlisted fellow saxophonist Washington and storied hip-hop producer 9th Wonder.

About the making of "Dreams", Stevie Nicks told Blender magazine: "I found a drum pattern, switched my little cassette player on and wrote "Dreams" in about 10 minutes. Right away I liked the fact that I was doing something with a dance beat, because that made it a little unusual for me."