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ODESZA has announced their first live shows back in 3 years. They have *three* dates at Climate Pledge Arena with guests, Sylvan Esso and ford: July 29-31. The first music in four years from Bellingham's own ODESZA includes the original vocal from Betty LaVette's 1965 track "Let Me Down Easy." thereturn.odesza.com www.bettyelavette.com Watch the official music video here: youtu.be (And see KEXP DJ Eva Walker, rockin' out on the bass!)

New Order plays Seattle's Climate Pledge Arena on Friday, October 14 2022 - www.neworder.com

From 2001! Sia is featured heavily on lead vox, and this was the first place we heard her! www.zero7.co.uk

Apr 13 Altın Gün/Pachyman @ The Crocodile (Turkish Rock) www.ticketweb.com

From the xx!

Neneh Cherry forged a groundbreaking mix of genres in the late '80s that pre-saged the emergence of alternative rap and trip-hop, and throughout the 2010s nenehcherry.bandcamp.com

You might recognize this classic disco tune from the film Saturday Night Fever. The song had limited mainstream success until 1978, when the whole 10:54-minute album version of track was included in the movie soundtrack.

Fontaines D.C. will be LIVE on KEXP on Saturday, May 14 at 12:30 PM. This session is NOT open to the public, so be sure to tune in or re-listen from the 2-week streaming archive. kexp.org They play that night at Showbox SoDo with Just Mustard. bit.ly The title of Fontaines D.C.'s forthcoming album, Skinty Fia, draws its name from an old Irish cuss word that translates to "the damnation of the deer." The album is set for release on April 22. bit.ly

Happy National Trans Day of Visibility!

“’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 -- Confidence Man's new album "TILT" will be out April 1! confidenceman.bandcamp.com

*CELEBRATING THE MUSIC OF 2001! The album was recoded in under a week in Memphis, TN and was the last to be released by this label.

*CELEBRATING THE MUSIC OF 2001! Debut album from the NYC band after releasing and EP earlier in the year.

Brooklyn duo, Lily Konigsberg and Nate Amos, also known as My Idea, have announced their forthcoming debut record with title track “Cry Mfer” out on April 22nd via Hardly Art.

"Oh, and we owned all the tools ourselves... But not the skills to make a shelf with... Oh, what useless tools ourselves..." Here are the lyrics to "Missed the Boat": genius.com

Cheryl sat down with Spoon's Britt Daniel to talk about the new album from Spoon, and their mutual love and admiration for community radio -- kexp.org

2001 seems so long ago!

The idea for the song came from Eric Stewart saying to his wife that if he kept saying "I Love You" over and over, it wouldn't mean anything even though he did love her. He recalled to The Guardian: "I met this gorgeous girl called Gloria at Halifax town hall. I was 18. She was 16. Three years later, we got married. A few years after that, Gloria told me: 'You don't say 'I love you' much anymore.' I told her that, if I said it all the time, it would sound glib. But I started wondering how I could say it without using those actual words. So 'I'm not in love' became a rhetorical conversation with myself – and then a song." youtu.be

In 2020, psychedelic trio Khruangbin and soul and R&B musician released a collaborative EP called "Texas Sun." They have now released the follow up, their second homage to the state both musical acts call home... Khruangbin said of the new EP: "Without joy, there can be no real perspective on sorrow. Without sunlight, all this rain keeps things from growing. How can you have the sun without the moon?" The band's Laura Lee added: "It's like a short story. And it leaves room to continue having these stories together. It's not Khruangbin, it's not Leon, it's this world we created together."

The official debut album from this London rapper (aka Kwadwo Adu Genfi Amponsah) includes quite a few special guests featured, including Tiana Major9, Kelis and Ego Ella May. kojeyradical.online

Psst, Bloc Party will be playing the Sold OUT Just Like Heaven fest, featuring Interpol, Modest Mouse, The Shins, MIA, and more at Brookside at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, CA on Saturday May 22nd AND we are giving away tickets to the show this morning so KEEP LISTENING!

Happy 1st -- had to play this 1 time for good luck www.youtube.com