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It's Evie! She's here every Sunday from 3PM-6PM Pacific. Thanks to Marco for a great show this afternoon! Kevin Cole hosted Baltimore's Beach House Live in the KEXP Studio back in 2017: youtu.be

Speaking of Beach House, their track "Silver Soul" off of the 2010 album "Teen Dream" is sampled on this track from Kendrick Lamar's debut LP XXL magazine called this track a perfect tale of hustler's ambitions, featuring bandmate Jay Rock -- tinyurl.com

"Part R&B, part bass, part house, part throwback funk, and all kinds of London brilliance," Gerrit Feenstra summarized Redinho's debut album in the KEXP review from 2014: www.kexp.org

“I seem to get bolder and more honest with each day. The albums are my diary for sure and a reflection of the world around me at the time. Musically, it’s a way to document our tastes as a band. After Shulamith I feel all the more confident to do whatever we want and make music for ourselves first and foremost. If we make music that we are excited about playing, then that love and sincerity should do the work for us..." -- bit.ly Cheryl Waters hosted Poliça Live in the KEXP Studio in March 2016: youtu.be

'Hey! Today is our 1-year wedding anniversary. Morgan was supposed to be our DJ, but the pandemic meant we had a small and music-less wedding. Can you play us anything to help us celebrate today? Thanks! We are Peter and Heather' Here's Live Video from FJM's 2017 KEXP In-Studio, hosted by Cheryl Waters: bit.ly.

Otis Redding's second studio album was recorded in Memphis with Booker T and the MGs, the Memphis Horns, and uncredited Isaac Hayes! This Roosevelt Jamison ballad was covered here by Otis Redding, and subsequently by The Rolling Stones, Percy Sledge, Bryan Ferry, Taj Mahal, and others

Lucy Dacus is playing in Seattle at the Neptune Theatre for two shows -- Wednesday, Sep 29th with special guest Y La Bamba, and Saturday, October 2nd with special guest Bartees Strange. Tickets: www.stgpresents.org Cheryl Waters interviewed her and hosted her Live on KEXP at Home set in August: youtu.be

Check out video from Bloc Party's 2012 in-studio performance: blog.kexp.org

On Friday, August 20, Angel Olsen dropped an album of 80s covers, including "If You Leave" by OMD, "Gloria" by Laura Branigan, "Safety Dance" by Men Without Hates, and this cover of the Billy Idol staple. angelolsen.bandcamp.com

By request from Serena -- 'Great show Evie, as always. I've been down the rabbit hole of Miike Snow since Troy played Animal the other day. Can you play something from him? I love when you discover a new/old artist you should have known all along. ' This track off the third album from the Swedish band is based off a real person. Andrew Wyatt of Miike Snow told Notion in 2016 that this album, "kicked off with the first time anyone’s really ever broken my heart and it was a long process of recovery, much longer than I thought it would be."

"Keeping the idea of the supergroup alive, Sweden's Amason collected the talents of some of Sweden's finest artists of the early 2000s to create some very slick indie pop that's pitched somewhere between the soft rock melancholy of Fleetwood Mac and the precise sound of Peter Bjorn and John. Comprised of Miike Snow's Pontus Winnberg on keys, Dungen's Gustav Ejstes on guitar, keys, and vocals, bassist Petter Winnberg, drummer Nils Törnqvist of Little Majorette, and vocalist Amanda Bergman of Hajen and Idiot Wind, the group formed out of the INGRID music collective.'" goo.gl

From Altın Gün's Bandcamp exclusive, 'All revenues will go directly to the nature protection organisation EarthToday' -- this track features the Belgian electronic duo Asa Moto -- altingunband.bandcamp.com Watch a just-released KEXP Live at Home session with Altin Gun, hosted by DJ Morgan and recorded at Patronaat, Haarlem, The Netherlands: youtu.be

By request from Mike and his adorable puppy Cooper! 'Dogsitting my grand puppy Cooper while my daughter goes to a wedding this weekend. Good lighting is unfortunately morning sun through smoke, the Caldor Fire is 20 miles southwest and moving northeast, yikes! Not concerned yet, although I did do a walk around video inventory of the house this morning. So lots of inside puppy play away from smoke, Tkay Maidza cover of the Pixies, since I’m not sure where my mind is after that?" You won't want to miss Tkay's Live on KEXP at Home performance and interview with DJ Morgan: youtu.be

This album is named after the Columbia, Maryland venue, Merriweather Post Pavilion. A plan to perform there after the album's release in 2009 was ultimately discarded, though the band eventually did perform at the Pavilion in 2011. Animal Collective’s landmark album "Merriweather Post Pavilion" turned 10 years old back in 2019. To celebrate, the band teased bonus material on their Instagram, learn more at Stereogum: tinyurl.com

Citing influences including everything from Radiohead to Portishead, and Sufjan Stevens to Solange, Parks recently shared, "'Bluish' is a song about setting boundaries, about feeling suffocated in a friendship and not knowing how to disentangle yourself without causing harm. Can’t wait 2 be singing all together - gonna be some healing in public." You can catch Parks performing a fabulous Live at Home session for KEXP in February 2021 here: youtu.be

H.E.R. features Ty Dolla $ign, Lil Baby, DJ Khaled as well as Thundercat on her debut album. Nick Levine described this track: "The album’s most political moment arrives in the form of ‘Bloody Waters’, on which H.E.R. calls out “corporate racists” and laments the fact there’s still “no conversation” about “reparations”, presumably for historic wrongs committed by white America." bit.ly www.her-official.com

My Finest Work Yet is notable for being Andrew Bird's first overtly political album, covering topics such as divisive political atmosphere, climate change, and apathy. When asked if the album truly was Bird’s "finest work yet," he responded "at some point, all of them are." DJ Morgan hosted Andrew Bird Live in the KEXP Studio back in October 2019: youtu.be

Jagjaguwar’s "Join The Ritual" 25th Anniversary album includes Jamila Woods covering Tracy Chapman's "Fast Car". The album drops September 24, and you can preorder it at jagjaguwar.bandcamp.com

Washed Out are playing an all-ages show in Seattle at The Showbox on Tuesday, January 25th: www.songkick.com Washed Out covered Sade's "Cherish The Day" for Sirius XM back in 2020 -- learn more at Northern Transmissions: tinyurl.com washedout.bandcamp.com

NYC producer Tony Simon (Blockhead) first broke through as a producer for Aesop Rock before embarking on a solo career. Tonight at midnight Pacific, KEXP's "Midnight in a Perfect World" will feature a DJ set by Blockhead -- learn more: www.kexp.org

'You might be wondering, as I did, who is this Douaa anyway? Douaa’s daughter, Reem Mitten, appears in the liner notes to explain that her mother was born to a singer and a composer and sang for friends up into the mid-1980s. “Although music was my mother‘s passion, her career did not exceed more than a few songs,” Reem continues. “It had been a short and sweet experience but her life took a different direction. She went on to be a stewardess for Emirates Airline, having many different and amazing adventures. Shortly after a couple years she went on to meet my father Alan, an amazing Irishman. They moved to London, where they still reside, and had four children, me included.”' habibifunkrecords.bandcamp.com

For Claire in NYC! This song is about making a deal with God to swap lives with another person. Bush explained in a 1985 interview: "It's about a relationship between a man and a woman. They love each other very much, and the power of the relationship is something that gets in the way. It creates insecurities. It's saying if the man could be the woman and the woman the man, if they could make a deal with God, to change places, that they'd understand what it's like to be the other person and perhaps it would clear up misunderstandings. You know, all the little problems; there would be no problem." www.songfacts.com

Nation of Language are playing The Crocodile on Thursday, October 14th: bit.ly "Can I ever get past the wounds of love?" As frontman Ian Devaney explains: “Wounds Of Love” is a song about getting caught in a mental feedback loop when a relationship ends. It’s an endless inner argument — wanting to move on defiantly, but feeling utterly lost about how to do it when the other person has informed so much about how you see yourself. For every bit of progress there’s just as much retreating, and eventually it seems like this back-and-forth becomes the new root of your identity — still tied to the same person, just without them actually being there. Read the full statement from Ian Devaney here: bit.ly 'A Way Forward' is out November 5th. nationoflanguage.bandcamp.com

Happy birthday to Roland Orzabal, born on this date in 1961! Born in Portsmouth, Hampshire, he met Curt Smith in Bath, Somerset; they formed a mod group named Graduate, then went on to form Tears for Fears in 1981, directly inspired by the writings of American psychologist Arthur Janov, author of 'The Primal Scream', in which he detailed his theory that the neuroses and baggage that adults carry with them are caused by repressed traumatic events from childhood

In my mind's eye One little boy, one little man -- funny how time flies Happy birthday to Roland Orzabal! This was developed in 1983 and performed multiple times in live sets, sandwiched between two-part of the track "Broken". This segue inspired its placement on the album, with a studio recording of "Broken" followed by "Head Over Heels", transitioning to a live reprise of "Broken". In the liner notes for the album, Roland Orzbal wrote: "[Head over Heels] is basically a romantic love song and one of the most simple tracks that Tears for Fears have ever recorded. It is a romance song that goes a bit perverse at the end."

Just dropped on Friday! Deafheaven are coming to The Crocodile in Seattle on March 22, 2022! Find out more, including how to get tickets and order "Infinite Granite" at their Bandcamp: deafheavens.bandcamp.com

Coming to Seattle in September www.axs.com "Inner Song" is the Welsh-born, London-based producer, songwriter and vocalist's first album since her 2017 self-titled debut. In between the two albums, Owen's said she did the “nitty gritty, dark, shitty work” of finding herself again, saying “I'm cautious [now], and that can be deemed a negative thing, But it’s just in the sense that I know myself, and know my worth.” bit.ly Kelly Lee Owens performed an absolutely gorgeous live set in the KEXP studio in July 2018. This is a must watch! youtu.be

Based out of LA, via Gainseville! hundredwaters.bandcamp.com Classically-trained pianist Nicole Miglis reveals, "All of our albums were a lot of work and a lot of emotion. This one, I think there was a lot more living that we did before we wrote the songs. There’s a lot of experience and living in this one. There was more time to adjust those emotions. We put everything into it and were really dedicated I think more so than any other album." bit.ly

Evie interviewed Flyying Colours for Live on KEXP From Home; the interview and live session will be out on the KEXP YouTube site during the first week of September! Subscribe to the channel to get notifications when it posts! www.youtube.com This Melbourne band counts Slowdive and Ride as influences on their music. The band says about the shoegaze tag, "That is essentially what we are, and many other things as well. I will never shy away from it because as a song writer that’s what I identify with. Or at least that’s what happens I think." Flyying Colours are touring Europe in the spring, no US dates announced yet... flyingcolorsmusic.com

Evie interviewed Flyying Colours for Live on KEXP From Home; the interview and live session will be out on the KEXP YouTube site during the first week of September! Subscribe to the channel to get notifications when it posts! www.youtube.com Here's the video for "Wavygravy" from Melbourne band Flyying Colours: www.youtube.com

'I’m enjoying this set so much I think I will create a playlist so I can keep listening to these songs and how they flow from one to the next over and over again.' -- Ron Featuring Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore on background vocals. Michael Stipe claims the song was inspired by the band New York Dolls, who, in his opinion, "knew how to exaggerate a song, to make it sound really sleazy and over the top." bit.ly

Caroline Polachek plays the Showbox December 15th! www.carolinepolachek.com In the visual for this song, which Polachek co-directed with Matt Copson, the musician dances through a maze of boxes. “‘Bunny Is a Rider’ takes place in the storage facility of my mind,” Polachek remarked in a statement. “In this labyrinth, the camera is the Minotaur, but I’m the Matador so it’s game on. But like I said before, I can teleport.”: www.youtube.com

Happy 35th Birthday to Jenny!! The 1988 debut of Björk’s first internationally recognized band helped launch her solo career in 1993. This was their first international single and the first single released from the album. The Icelandic-language version "Ammæli" was released on the Iceland-only single Einn Mol Á Mann (One Cube Per Head) the previous year and was included as the B-side on the international single. Check the video for “Birthday: here: youtu.be

"Cold As Weiss" is the first tune from DLO3 featuring new drummer Dan Weiss. The group describes the song as, “feel good music, it's a booty-shake blend of 1960s soul-jazz; slinky New Orleans funk; vintage instrumental soul; and a splash of acid-rock guitar." delvonlamarrorgantrio.bandcamp.com

This is a cover of Jay-Z's song from his 2003 "The Black Album." Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band are a "mysterious steel pan band" from (where else?) Hamburg, Germany. On sale now at their Bandcamp: bacaorhythmandsteelband.bandcamp.com

Rockit is the 7th track on the Gorillaz' 2007 album, 'D-Sides'. It was originally released in order to promote the cancelled Gorillaz side-project, "Reject False Icons". bit.ly Check out the video: youtu.be

Emily Fox interviewed the Dominican/Mexican-American artist for KEXP's Sound & Vision. They talk about how a trip on magic mushrooms inspired the title track of her new EP, as well as being reunited with her dad years after he was deported to Mexico, and how she hopes to heal her own and others' generational trauma through her music. kexp.org --- You can find this track on this week's volume of The Weekly Mix curated by DJ Miss Ashley: www.kexp.org

Keep it locked for Supreme La Rock at 6PM! Recorded by the band in their self-built London studio, Skying was the first album the band produced themselves. Two months prior to its release, the song "Still Life" was premiered on Zane Lowe's BBC Radio 1 show where it was played in its entirety and named as his "Hottest Record in the World". Cheryl Waters hosted The Horrors Live in the KEXP Studio on June 27, 2018: youtu.be