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Friday, Sep 16 2022, 10AM
Travis Stewart started the Machinedrum project during his final two years of high school! bit.ly
His most recent release, Psyconia, came out in 2021. machinedrum.bandcamp.com
Cibo Matto formed in New York in 1994. The band chose the name "Cibo Matto" based on their shared love of food, the name being Italian for "food madness."
This track was remixed by San Francisco-based DJ and producer Dan Nakamura, aka Dan the Automator.
Morgan hosted Cibo Matto live in the KEXP studio in 2014: youtu.be
“I don’t think there’s anything on ‘Cheat Codes’ that was a first draft. Everything was made a little bit better and refined, down to where I take a breath or the annunciation of a specific syllable. The amount of attention to detail in this record is what makes it unique," says Brian Burton aka Danger Mouse of the long-awaited collaborative release with Black Thought. bit.ly
"Kristin gives us one of 2016's best pop records with no clickbait, no features, and no nonsense. It's going to be a hard one to beat," writes KEXP's Gerrit Feenstra of X-Communicate: bit.ly
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard will be performing LIVE on KEXP Friday, October 7 at 11:00AM and will be playing a sold-out show at the Paramount Theatre the night before!
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You can see their 2018 performance here
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"Supposedly hailing from a commune in the remote north of Sweden, Goat functions more as a continuum of ideas and musical activity than a strictly delimited group: a fluid collective of individuals coalescing – albeit temporarily, perhaps fleetingly – around a shared sensibility, a shared music." Check out a rare interview with a member of Goat: bit.ly
goat.bandcamp.com
Los Porcos is made up of seven members: Tom McClung, Evans Kati and Joe Manning of Wu Lyf plus members of London band FAMY and solo artist Profondo. Check out this article about the first time Los Porcos played a show together: bit.ly
Released in 1991, "A Roller Skating Jam Named "Saturdays"" is the first single by hip hop trio De La Soul from their second studio album 'De La Soul Is Dead'. De La Soul pulled some vocals from "Good Times" for this track.
Breakadawn samples "I Can't Help It" by Michael Jackson, "Sang and Dance" by Bar-Kays, and "A Quiet Storm" by Smokey Robinson! bit.ly
Cracker Island's tracklist boasts names like Fleetwood Mac's Stevie Nicks, Adeleye Omotayo (who sang backup for Gorillaz on their Humanz Tour), Beck, and none other than Bad Bunny, the biggest pop star on the planet. Thundercat appears on the album's title track and previously released lead single. bit.ly
Jungle played Live in the KEXP Studio for one of the first shows onsite since the pandemic began in Nov 2021. Watch the electrifying performance, hosted by Cheryl Waters: youtu.be
junglejunglejungle.com
"Vocalist/percussionist Brijean Murphy and producer/multi-instrumentalist Doug Stuart have been making sweltering groovy soundscapes as Brijean since 2019 and recently followed up their 2021 full-length Feelings with the EP Angelo. Named after their 1981 Toyota Celica, Angelo was born out of a period of immense grief, in which the duo leaned heavily on each other and music as a way to cope." bit.ly
brijean.bandcamp.com
"While there’s still a sophisticated swoon to these songs holding them back from becoming too big or bombastic, it’s the first time Ware has made an album that is, simply, banger after banger," one reviewer wrote of What's Your Pleasure: bit.ly
"The pioneering British project fronted by Alison Goldfrapp and accompanied by producer Will Gregory, Goldfrapp debuted in 2000 with their landmark trip-hop album Felt Mountain and have steadily evolved their cinematic blend of propulsive electro-pop and sophisticated ambient-pop over the past 17 years." Learn more, and check out Goldfrapp's "Midnight in a Perfect World" curation exclusively for KEXP: ttps://bit.ly/3nSCG92.
www.goldfrapp.com
Run the Jewels were Live on KEXP in 2017! bit.ly
Fake Sugar is the debut solo album of Beth Ditto, previously of Gossip. "A total of 12 tracks long, whittled down from an impressive 80 contenders, power and strength seeps out from every song on this record both literally in terms of musicality, but also with the messages entwined in Ditto’s lyricism." bit.ly
As part of KEXP's celebration of 50 years on the air, we are spotlighting music from 2008 this week! You can vote for your top ten albums of the past 50 years here: www.kexp.org
"Oh Yeah" was the first single off Foxy Brown's 2001 album, Broken Silence.
Of "Ain't Ready,"
Santigold says, "It was one of those songs where as soon as I opened my mouth the whole melody just poured out. There were no words but all the emotion was there. To me, the song sounded full of struggle and perseverance. It sounded like a battle, and I wanted the production to sound tough, to mirror that grit." bit.ly
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Santigold will be at the Showbox SoDo on Tuesday, November 8, 2022. - santigold.com
Fontaines D.C. was Live on KEXP this May! Watch the full performance here: bit.ly
This track was featured on the KEXP Song of the Day podcast this Summer! Get it here:
kexp.org
"After several years of hammering away at the song, the group had come up with the catchy “Taaaaake on Meeeeee” hook... and managed to land a record deal in England. They thought they had a hit. When “Take on Me” was released in October 1984, it sold 300 copies." It wasn't until the fourth version of the song was released that it became the hit it is today! bit.ly
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!
The music video for "Never Catch Me" "follows two children as they emerge from coffins at their own funeral service, blissfully dancing up the aisle as the grownups continue to grieve. They sprint unnoticed through hallways and a parking lot before eventually escaping into a hearse that they joyride into the setting sun." You can read an interview with the director, Hiro Murai, here: bit.ly
Souvlaki is the second release from English band, Slowdive. Cheryl Waters hosted Slowdive live in the KEXP studio in 2017: youtu.be
Las Ex will be Live on KEXP from Argentina at Gastronómico Corrientes in CCK on Wednesday, September 21 at 4PM PT / 8PM Argentina Time!
Check out KEXP's website for the full Live from Argentina lineup:
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"Best friends for fifteen years, the duo behind Karate, Guns & Tanning employ their unique telepathy of close friendship in their instinctive songwriting process. We basically share a brain,' [Paige] Shedletsky says." bit.ly
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karategunsandtanning.bandcamp.com
Wilderness of Mirrors is out today!
"Even amidst these new experimentations, The Black Angels remain masterfully true to psych-rock forebears such as Syd Barrett, Roky Erickson, Arthur Lee and the members of the Velvet Underground..." theblackangels.com
"The World Has Turned and Left Me Here" was first released as a demo on the 1992 album, The Kitchen Tape (Opposite Sides of the Same Good Ol' Fence).
Tricky performed on KEXP Live at Home featuring a great interview with Larry Mizell Jr. www.youtube.com
Poppy Ajudha will be at Climate Pledge Arena (with Smashing Pumpkins) on Saturday, November 12th.
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Poppy Ajudha's song "MOTHERS SISTERS GIRLFRIENDS" was chosen by Larry Mizell, Jr. as KEXP's song of the day on June 15, 2022. bit.ly
London-based Ibibio Sound Machine covering David Bowie’s 1977 classic
ibibiosoundmachine.bandcamp.com
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Tune in on Thursday, September 29th at noon to hear Ibibio Sound Machine Live on KEXP!
MADLO: Influences begins with this David Bowie cover. Also featured are covers of Nine in Nails' "March of the Pigs" and "Running Up That Hill" by Kate Bush.
"Barbara Barbara begins where any Underworld record should: a song that lures you to the dance floor. 'I Exhale', the album’s lead single and opening track, gleefully romps between two notes, lurching forward with thick synth that shakes your surroundings — the kind of beat that makes you imagine blinding lights atop a massive stadium stage." bit.ly
Kilo Ali’s 1990 track “America Has A Problem (Cocaine).” got sampled in this song.
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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: bit.ly
Want more Confidence Man? DJ Kevin Cole chose "Holiday" as the KEXP Song of the Day earlier this year. You can download "Holiday" for free here: bit.ly
Lemonade Market is a collaborative Spanish electronic project. The album Supermarket Woman was produced by Carlo Caesar, David Tort, Toni Bali, and Fernando Fuentes.
The Comet is Coming is coming!
They'll be at the Crocodile on September 30th for a 21+ show!
The Comet Is Coming is a London-based, Mercury Prize nominated, synth-sax-drum trio featuring Danalogue (Dan Leavers), Shabaka (Shabaka Hutchings), and Betamax (Max Hallett). Their fourth studio album, Hyper-Dimensional Expansion Beam, is set for release September 23rd via Impulse! Records.
The fifth solo album from this Uruguay-born, New York-based artist (and former frontman for The Beets) is a diverse set ranging from various Latin folk styles to R&B-tinged electro-pop, driving psych-rock, breezy folk-pop and more, with the songs interspersed by an abundance of interludes with spoken samples. The album’s impressive guest list includes Homeshake, Nick Hakim, Cola Boyy, Mac DeMarco and other notables.