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Friday, Aug 28 2020, 7AM
Boygenius super trio Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers, and Lucy Dacus were live on KEXP back in 2018, watch their full performance here: www.youtube.com
We lost The Cranberries vocalist Dolores O'Riordan to a tragic accidental drowning in 2018 at the age of 46. Read our tribute to the late Irish songwriter here: www.kexp.org
I spent the summer trying to be sweeter
I spent the summer staying in
Check out our exclusive interview with Japanese Breakfast’s Michelle Zauner in 2018 during Sasquatch Music Festival here: www.kexp.org
Yves Tumor told Pitchfork earlier this year about this album, "I don’t want people to be happy or sad when they listen. I just want them to be hopeful." Find the new album here: yves-tumor.bandcamp.com
Whitney's take on the Damien Jurado song from his 2016 album 'Visions of Us on the Land.'
The group noted about doing this covers record: “This could’ve been as simple as saying we really love these songs and we love our bandmates and making a covers record just felt right, but it truly became an exploration into how we can evolve as a band going forward.” Find it here: www.whitneytheband.com
Found on the twelfth album from Seattle singer/songwriter, Damien Jurado. Listen in to our recent interview with him about his songwriting process, and the struggles of addiction here: www.kexp.org
The first new album in eleven years from Doves is due to arrive on September 11th. Find pre-order info for their fifth LP, 'The Universal Want' here: dovesofficial.com
The band got their start from sharing space in the same building together in NYC. "Careful You" is from their fifth album, 'Seeds'
This new album from L.A.'s George Clanton, who describes himself as someone that "makes nostalgic music for the modern era" is out now here: georgeclanton.bandcamp.com
Talented musician and DJ Gabriel Teodros is the host of KEXP's new Early show, each weekday from 5:00 a.m. to 7:00 a.m.: bit.ly "If They Come For Me In The Morning" was written and recorded in 2015, and was inspired by Sandra Bland, letters between Angela Davis and James Baldwin, and the 400+ year legacy of Black freedom fighters.: bit.ly
Features a sample from “Run On For A Long Time," a 1940's song from Bill Landford & The Landfordaires. Moby noted in a 2009 interview to Rolling Stone about it: "I didn’t know this when I recorded it, but it’s a standard. Everybody’s done it. Elvis Presley did a version of it, Johnny Cash did it. If you were a gospel or country star, everyone covered that song. And I had no idea."
Request for Ming! - "Today is my 10th anniversary with my husband John.!!! That is the song we played for our first dance. Thank you!!"
Seattle band Deep Sea Diver is gearing up to release their third album, 'Impossible Weight' on October 16th! Music and merch for this release can be found here: thedeepseadiver.bandcamp.com
IDLES frontman Joe Talbot says about this one, ""A Hymn" is a hymn that rejoices in the sinister flesh-eating virus of the pedestrian. It sings the tune of normal’s teeth sinking into your neck as you sleep stood up with your eyes open. Amen.”
Find the Bristol band's new album on September 25th here: www.idlesband.com
Happy 5th anniversary to Foals fourth album 'What Went Down,' released on this day in 2015!
Found on the Austin-based artist's debut EP, 'Swim Team.' Her bio is the "first to tell you the importance of family roots and mental health, considering how much those things aided her own self-discovery."
More here: christellebofale.bandcamp.com
Another new single off the long-awaited second album from the Helsinki band. They debuted in 2008 with a self-titled release, and you can find the forthcoming 'ÖB' out on October 9th.
The London band stopped in for a visit to KEXP way back in 2014, watch their full live session here: www.youtube.com
A big one for the United States Armed Forces GI's during the Vietnam War.
You can pre-order the band's sixth album, "Long in the Tooth," and/or get a Budos Band facemask here: shopdaptonerecords.com
Portland's The Shivas played this song (and three others) for us in late 2019, watch the full performance here: www.youtube.com
This second full-length album of dark surf psych from the L.A. trio is out now on local label Suicide Squeeze! Find the band here: lawitches.bandcamp.com
Opening track off the Austin band's self-titled 2019 release, which you can find right here: blackpumas.bandcamp.com
Tariq Trotter, known best as Black Thought and MC for The Roots, has a new solo album out. Find 'Thought Vs Everybody' here: bit.ly
Hey! We hear it's Friday. Here you go, friends.
The second album from British musician, Georgia. She told Billboard about the songs on this 2020 release, “The dance floor, or any space which allows for collective energy, is connecting on a deep level to human emotion. It’s almost like going to church and having a religious experience.”
Find 'Seeking Thrills' here: georgia.dominomart.com
Off the debut album from Buscabulla, a Puerto Rico-born husband and wife duo. They noted about the video, “‘Vámono’ is an amalgam of several Neo-Cultural expressions of ancestral traditions celebrated in regions close to our own personal history in Puerto Rico." Watch it here: www.youtube.com
Fourth album from the English artist, which she expressed as being a release of "escapism [and] groove." Find her here: www.jessieware.com
Found on 1999's 'You've Come a Long Way, Baby' and features a clip of dialogue from the 1995 film "Strange Days." (That would be the "right here, right now!" part)
The French band's contribution to the soundtrack for the forthcoming Sofia Coppola film, 'On the Rocks' // lnk.to
Watch Mitski performing this disco-tinged melancholic anthem live at KEXP in 2018 here: www.youtube.com
Arcade Fire's Win Butler apparently makes a cameo in the new "Bill and Ted Face the Music" movie, out today!
Future Islands recently announced their forthcoming new album 'As Long As You Are.' Find it on October 9th, and a ticketed livestream performance from the band that same day.
See the video for this new single here: www.youtube.com
'Visions of Bodies Being Burned,' the sequel to the trio's first horrorcore album from 2019, will arrive on October 23rd. Pre-order info here: clppng.bandcamp.com
Björk in an interview with Jon Savage about "Army of Me" - "The lyric is about people who feel sorry for themselves all the time and don't get their sh*t together. You come to a point with people like that where you've done everything you can do for them, and the only thing that's going to sort them out is themselves. It's time to get things done. I identify with polar bears. They're very cuddly and cute and quite calm, but if they meet you they can be very strong."
The fourth full-length album from Battles, which features special guest Ismael Butler of Shabazz Palaces on this track.
"We present our first ‘Untitled’ album to mark a moment in time where we as Black People, and of Black Origin are fighting for our lives. RIP George Floyd and all those who have suffered from police brutality and systemic racism. Change is happening… We are focused. SAULT x"
saultglobal.bandcamp.com
Romare (the stage name for Archie Fairhurst) is currently based in London, and you can find 'Home,' his latest release, here: romaremusic.bandcamp.com
This has been The Morning Show with Evie! We so appreciate you being here with us this morning, and hope you all have a healthy and safe weekend out there. Larry Rose is up next for The Midday Show!
Watch Seattle's Spirit Award performing live for us in 2018 here: www.youtube.com