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Sunday, Sep 4 2022, 3PM
Off the new compilation 'After Dark 4' feat Desire, Farah, Club Intl, Orion, JOON and more!
"30 artists from 11 countries deliver 27 tracks for the endless summer of your dreams. Clocking in at just under two hours, the melodies have been soundtracking our weekly night drives between our studio in the desert & our offices in Los Angeles. The rhythms have been working their magic as secret weapons on the dancefloor in our DJ sets."
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The composer credits on "White Lines" belong to Melle (Melvin Glover) and Sugar Hill owner/producer Sylvia Robinson. By the time they put this song together, Grandmaster Flash And The Furious Five was fractured, and they broke up before it was released.
In 1995, Duran Duran covered this song (for their album of covers, "Thank You") and included performances from Grandmaster Flash and Melle Mel
KEXP hosted Nation of Language in a live performance from the THING Festival in Port Townsend last weekend -- subscribe to our YouTube channel to be notified when it posts! == www.youtube.com
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James Mercer's "other" project, The Shins, will perform The 21st Birthday Tour of 'Oh, Inverted World' at The Paramount Tuesday, Sep 13th -- learn more and get tickets: www.stgpresents.org
Check out the televisual video: youtu.be
The latest solo track from the Supergrass front-man -- written about a semi-fictional British boxer drafted into war while at the top of their sport in post-World War 2 Britain
"“I came across the story of ‘forgotten’ British world championship boxer, Randy Turpin who, in his heyday, fought and defeated the great Sugar Ray Robinson. That was some life, incredibly tough beginnings, success, fame, crime, apparent dealings with the mob and a tragic end. A fascinating rise and fall story."
Read more at the NME: tinyurl.com
By request from Andrew -- "Keeping the fire going for a beautiful, recently ascended soul"
Cheryl Waters hosted Little Dragon live at The Little London Plane during the 2018 Upstream Music Fest -- check out "Feather": youtu.be
littledragon.bandcamp.com
"Great show!! Would love to hear that new US Girls song, not sure it's name, but about a bad boyfriend, 'deleting my passwords ' etc." -- Chris in Butte, MT
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
Getting Sunday back on track for Nick in Minneapolis!
"When I heard it start playing, I pumped my fist like Judd Nelson at the end of The Breakfast Club! We’re singing along now! Thank you Evie!"
Keith Forsey and Steve Schiff wrote this song specifically for "The Breakfast Club." Bryan Ferry of Roxy Music was their first choice to record it, this song, but Ferry turned it down. Forsey was also a big fan of Simple Mind who were persuaded to play after they saw a screening of the film with John Hughes.
“‘Look To Him’ explores the idea of originality and the notion of tapping into source energy for creativity and inspiration rather than just searching for it amongst your peers and surroundings,” Greentea Peng said of the new song in a statement. Read more and find links to purchase the new track at the NME: tinyurl.com
Wild Pink will be performing at Barboza on Monday, December 5th! Learn more and get tickets: tinyurl.com
You can pre-order ILYSM on Vinyl, CD, or digital on Bandcamp: wildpink.bandcamp.com
"I lived with my godmother and mother in New Zealand until I was seven. They were both Jungian psychologists and had a homeless shelter for street gang members in New Zealand. I saw a lot of drugs and strange things when I was younger, but I also think it was a positive experience because I was surrounded by these really interesting, beautiful people that were trying to get their lives back on track." bit.ly
Video from Tamaryn's live performance for KEXP at Bumbershoot - youtu.be
Sophomore album from Toronto indie-pop group Tallies -- while crafting the songs for this, they formed a working friendship with one of their musical heroes, Simon Raymonde, formerly the bassist for Cocteau Twins -- and founder of Bella Union Records
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"Just went to Thing festival with my family here in Port Townsend. The final band was Jungle who my kids and I have listened to for years. Two songs in, my son, Angus (9) turns to me and {says}, "Dad, this is the best day of my life!" Pure joy! A day I'll never forget!" -- Brad
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By request from Adrian in Kenmore!
Khruangbin described the follow-up EP to 2020's "Texas Sun": 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."
www.khruangbin.com
www.khruangbin.com
Dert remixing the 2004 track from West Indian Girl! -- kexp.org
LA band West Indian Girl released their album of collab Remixes in 2006 -- with contributions from Richard Fearless, Gabin, Mercir, Mark Sgarbossa, King Britt, and this Dert remix of the song from 2004
Cheat Codes includes guest appearances from Run the Jewels, A$AP Rocky, Raekwon, Joey Bada$$, the late MF Doom, Michael Kiwanuka, Conway the Machine, and more.
"No Gold Teeth" Video!! youtu.be
Jonty Balls, Philipp Jahn, and Felix Jahn make up the heady London psychedelic rock band, Desert Mountain Tribe. They emerged in the late in 2012 out of the ever-relevant cultural undergrowth of London town itself and have been a formidable trio since.
www.desertmountaintribe.com
Trans FX was formed in 2011 by songwriters Chris McDonnell and Scott Young in Olympia, Washington -- the album features Seattle vocalist Valerie Warren
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2004 post-punk from Britain! -- kexp.org
Written by the band's vocalist Barbara Grogan about Steve "Roadent" Connelly, former roadie for The Clash and Sex Pistols, who also played roles in several German films and miniseries -- learn more at Songfacts: tinyurl.com
Cheryl Waters just hosted Sylvan Esso -- Live in the KEXP Studio -- last month! youtu.be
You can pre-order vinyl and cassette versions of No Rules Sandy on their Bandcamp: sylvanesso.bandcamp.com
Automatic is the trio of Izzy Glaudini (synths, lead vocals), Lola Dompé (drums, vocals) and Halle Saxon (bass, vocals).
L.A. trio Automatic guest-DJed on KEXP's Midnight in a Perfect World in July -- www.kexp.org
From Albumism's 30th anniversary retrospective -- 'The beauty of the album is that 30 years after its release it still feels modern and as a whole entity offers the listener a cauldron of emotions that strike at the core of all of our existence. There is a subtle power at work here. A rawness and honesty that draws you in... Depeche Mode stepped up their level of artistry—thanks in no short measure to the increasing influence of Alan Wilder—and reached for something more.' tinyurl.com
New from Ikebe Shakedown -- B-side on their new single that features a cover of Ennio Morricone's "Adonai"
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Born on this day in 1981 -- the queen herself -- Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter!
Check out a breakdown of Beyoncé's "Renaissance" album on Sound & Vision here: www.kexp.org
In an interview earlier this year, Kae Tempest talked about the “beautiful but difficult” process of publicly coming out as non-binary.: bit.ly
In "More Pressure," Kae Tempest is joined by BROCKHAMPTON's Kevin Abstract, and the album is co-produced by Dan Carey and Rick Rubin. "'The Line Is A Curve' is about letting go. Of shame, anxiety, isolation, and falling instead into surrender," Kae says. bit.ly
Here's Kae Tempest performing live in the KEXP studio in 2019: bit.ly
Lead singer Ellie Rowsell shared that the video for 'Bros' is “ an ode to childhood imagination and friendship and all the charm that comes with that”. Check out the heartwarming video here: youtu.be
Wolf Alice have performed a few times in the KEXP studio. They stopped by The Morning Show March 2015: bit.ly and The Midday Show in 2017: bit.ly
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Head to kexp.bandcamp.com to get your very own copy of our new Live at KEXP: Volume 10! 100% of the proceeds will go directly to the artists!
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New collection of tunes recorded live on KEXP is stacked with killer sessions! 100% of the proceeds will go directly to the artists: www.kexp.org
Beck explained the concept of "earthquake weather," an expression to describe "the kind of weather in LA where it's dry, exceptionally hot, feels like the pavement's gonna start cracking and there's no wind." It is quiet, dead and hot, a stillness before something's gonna happen.
NEU! 50! -- an anniversary box set celebrating 50 years since the release of the Krautrock duo NEU!'s debut album -- comes out September 23, featuring this original NEU!-inspired track 'Zum Herz' by Guerilla Toss, among other covers from The National, Mogwai, and more!
Evie hosted Hatchie - Live in the KEXP Studio - back in September 2019, and she played this song! -- youtu.be
Amen Dunes is the musical project formed by American singer-songwriter and musician Damon McMahon in 2006
'Freedom' was recorded at four separate studios in the United States. The bulk of the songs were recorded at Electric Lady Studios in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Manhattan, New York and finished at Sunset Sound Recorders in Hollywood
John Richards hosted Amen Dunes - Live in the KEXP Studio back in August 2018: youtu.be
amendunes.bandcamp.com
First Aid Kit says of the new single, "We wrote this song last year together with songwriter and producer Björn Yttling. It was the first time we wrote for First Aid Kit with someone else and it was very inspiring. The song was written in the spur of the moment, almost like a stream of consciousness. It's about feeling stuck inside your own thoughts and desperately wanting to escape."
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DJ Morgan hosted First Aid Kit - Live in the KEXP Studio back in 2014: youtu.be
British seven-piece specializing in ambient electronica, jazz, and dubstep --
submotionorchestra.bandcamp.com
Atlanta DJ and producer Sol Messiah collaborating with New Haven, Connecticut's Cambatta -- who describes himself on his Twitter bio: "How God would rap if he was a black, psychedelic using, stoner from the 1980s crack epidemic in New Haven."
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