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Meg Berridge at Gigwise called this track "the happy-go-lucky anchor of the vessel with the sweet descent of a xylophone echoing the smooth vocals of the chorus -- a chorus which easily embeds itself in your mind". Read the full review: bit.ly.
woodsfamilyband.bandcamp.com
Jungle is playing the THING Festival at historic Fort Worden in Port Townsend, WA. They'll be playing on Sunday, August 28th: thingnw.org
Jungle released a joint music video for "GOOD TIMES" and "PROBLEMZ" featuring Amsterdam dance troupe Ghetto Funk Collective: youtu.be
Theophilus London was born in Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago, and moved to NYC as a child; on his third album, he collaborated with artists ranging from Ariel Pink and Lil Yachty to Raekwaon and Tame Impala
Mark Potsic, better known by his stage name DJ Nu-Mark, is a member of Jurassic 5 and this is his all-covers album -- right herre with Nelly's smash hit from 2002 -- partnering with Australian funk band The Traffic
djnu-mark.bandcamp.com
English group The Go! Team originally released Apollo Throwdown on their 2011 album "Rolling Blackouts", featuring narration from Harry Nilsson from 1971's "The Birds" -- this edition was remixed by Manchester, UK DJ/producer Star Slinger (Darren Williams)
thegoteam.bandcamp.com
New track from U.S. Girls! Meg Remy mocks the conspicuous consumption and urban flight of many who jetted from the cities to the burbs during the pandemic -- read more about this disco-house track, and find the groovy video, at Pitchfork: tinyurl.com
Cheryl Waters hosted them Live in the KEXP Studio in 2018: youtu.be
Animal Collective are playing Day In Day Out festival at 6:45 PM TODAY -- you have plenty of time to finish Evie's show and then head over! -- www.dayindayoutfest.com
London-based DJ and producer TSHA returns with a new LP in October! This track features vocals from Malian artist Oumou Sangaré -- he introduced TSHA to Malian griot music with his performance on the soundtrack to "The Lion King: The Gift", and they've previously collaborated on the 2020 song "Demba"
Pre-order on vinyl or other formats: tshamusic.bandcamp.com
L.A. trio Automatic will perform at Neumos on Saturday and Sunday, September 10th and 11th!
Hayden Merrick says Automatic "...reshapes the aloof robotics of Kraftwerk and the auditory illusions of Melody’s Echo Chamber into their own unique voice" in their review for Flood Magazine: floodmagazine.com
Going out to Earl, from Shelby -- happy birthday, Earl!!
this song finds LCD mainman James Murphy recalling his crazy younger years, which were filled with excitement and bad decisions. But in middle age, priorities change and friendships fade, leaving him to wonder where his friends are tonight... bit.ly
By request from Cathy!
Ben Wardle's book "A Perfect Silence" about Mark Hollis came out in April 2022, it includes interviews of Hollis' friends, musicians, collaborators, and executives. tinyurl.com
MUNA played Day In Day Out on Friday -- and so did Evie! Not too late to catch the last evening of the festival -- www.dayindayoutfest.com
The queer trio MUNA talks about being an openly out band since they started in 2014 -- check out the interview on Sound & Vision:
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Dave Hill, reviewing The Glitterhouse for the NME, was struck by the lyrical content of the album. “Great slabs of tormented lust,” he wrote, “some dirty deeds, some sour morality tales from grubby emotional backstreets.”
Optic Nerve re-issued The Glitterhouse on a limited-edition LP in 2017, including tracks from the band's compilation "Hungry, So Angry" -- every lineup of the band is represented: opticnerverecordings.bandcamp.com
Support Buffalo, NY-based Quinton Brock on Bandcamp: quintonbrock.bandcamp.com
By request from AC!
"We’ve been trying for the most epic, hands up, euphoric anthem for a while and this is the first time we’ve come close…" the band’s Sugar Bones says of 'Holiday.' "Turns out it’s pretty difficult, but nothing’s too hard for con man," says Sugar Bones. bit.ly
Released at midnight Eastern Time on June 21, to coincide with the 2022 summer solstice --
Rachel Stevens hosted a Beytable (Beyoncé Roundtable) with Larry Mizell Jr, Stas Thee Boss, and KUOW's MIke Davis for our Sound and Vision podcast -- they talk about the buzz behind RENAISSANCE: www.kexp.org
Much like Beyoncé, The Beatles drew inspiration from many predecessors
John Lennon revealed, "I had no idea it spelt LSD. This is the truth: my son came home with a drawing and showed me this strange-looking woman flying around. I said, 'What is it?' and he said, 'It’s Lucy in the sky with diamonds,' and I thought, 'That’s beautiful.' I immediately wrote a song about it." bit.ly
"We’ve been big fans of MARO’s and when we sent her a short handful of demos, this was the one she resonated with and we knew she was going to do something really special with it. " bit.ly
This superb album also featured "Fade into You", their smash single that dropped in 1994
Quinn Moreland revisited "So Tonight That I Might See" with a 9.4 Pitchfork review -- 'Rather than shoving uneasy feelings—longing, mortality, loneliness—away, So Tonight That I Might See bears witness. The effect is the revelation of comfort amid solitude.'
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This 1994 single was written by lyricist Hope Sandoval and composer David Roback, who also served as producer. Read an in-depth exploration of this hauntingly beautiful song: ourculturemag.com
1994! -- kexp.org
The album version of the song features rapper Q-Tip of A Tribe Called Quest -- though the single version does not.
"Get It Together" contains vocal samples from the song "Headless Heroes" by Eugene McDaniels, and heavily samples a loop from "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In" by the Moog Machine, from the album Switched-On Rock.
1994 -- the second and final album from Pete Rock & CL Smooth: kexp.org
Samples include drums from "You're Getting a Little Too Smart" by Detroit Emeralds; the hook from "Enchanted Lady" by Milt Jackson and The Ray Brown Big Band; and lots of good stuff from "Dizzy" by Hugo Montenegro
From the Irish band's 1994 epic LP -- kexp.org
Dolores O'Riordan told Hot Press that the song was inspired by the murder of James Bulger -- she originally titled the album "The Liverpool Child"
1994 R&B featuring production from Naughty by Nature -- kexp.org
The duo Zhané was part of Queen Latifah's collective, Flavor Unit -- Renée Neufville and Jean Norris met at Temple University in Philadelphia, and began singing together at talent shows
Samples "Looking Up to You" by singer Michael Wycoff! Watch the video for Zhané's 1994 hit 'Hey Mr. DJ' here: youtu.be
The second studio album from Gemini, Steve Lacy.
"Gemini Rights is essentially me coming into myself after a breakup. It’s a story that is very fluid [and] very fun. To me, the subject matter could be sad if you look at it that way, but I feel like it is way more hopeful — and that’s the story: finding happiness. I’m finding myself after a heartbreak and I am excited for people to hear this record." bit.ly
www.stevelacys.com
Swedish for "One Is Too Much And A Thousand is Never Enough" -- Stereogum says the Swedish group sound "...a bit like Tame Impala's weird Middle Earth cousins": tinyurl.com
dungen.bandcamp.com
Arcade Fire have said that "No Cars Go" is about "seeking a paradise in a place where there are no roads." Read more: bit.ly.
Reykjavik-based band GusGus launched in 1995 as a film and acting collective, and derived their name from the Rainer Werner Fassbinder film "Angst essen seele auf", where a female character cooks couscous for her lover -- NOT from the mouse in Cinderella! Here's GusGus performing live at Kex Hostel in Reykjavik during Iceland Airwaves 2017: bit.ly
This song was originally recorded in English under the title "Cripple" for an EP, Mac Abbey, in 2012 -- in a 2013 live performance the chorus "I actually do enjoy being a cripple" was poorly received by the audience.
Chris reworked the lyrics in French, and then made another English version named "Tilted" -- with lyrics that don't directly translate between both versions --read more: bit.ly
christineandthequeens.bandcamp.com
Σtella ("Stella-with-a-sigma") is a painter, visual artist, and musician out of Athens, Greece, with dreampop flavored by Greek folk music. She says of this new song: "We strive to charm, and to be charmed. Mirroring each other’s desires like birds-of-paradise in a tropical forest, dancing wildly to impress a potential mate. But despite our best efforts, things don’t always go as planned…”
stellawithasigma.bandcamp.com
DJ Morgan hosted Kelly Finnigan & The Atonements - Live in the KEXP Studio in July 2019: youtu.be
Nilüfer Yanya is the daughter of two visual artists, with heritage from Ireland, Barbados, and Turkey. Informally starting her musical career with demos uploaded to SoundCloud in 2014, Yanya turned down an offer to join a girl group produced by Louis Tomlinson of One Direction and focused on developing her own music instead.
Nilüfer Yanya played Live on KEXP at Home in March 2021: youtu.be
By request from Jeff in Folsom!
Frontman Graham Sayle says the song is “”a sobering reflection on endless conversations without resolution. Temporary chemical optimism and subsequent hopeless introspection. A song born out of late nights waiting your turn to shout your struggle that no one will listen to.”
highvis.bandcamp.com
From the 1994 masterpiece -- by request from Tim in Seattle -- kexp.org
Happy 7th wedding anniversary to Rachel and Evan!!!
The Guardian's Michael Cragg called this "disarmingly sweet tropical pop" having "something undeniably captivating about it, especially once they start chanting: 'I hear it call in the centre of it all, you're the love of my life'." bit.ly
San Francisco band Geographer covering New Order's 1983 "Age of Consent" from "Power, Corruption & Lies"
rcgeographer.bandcamp.com
By request from Ricardo! Japanese Breakfast are playing right now at Day In Day Out Fest -- 2021 Live on KEXP at Home performance: bit.ly.