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Sunday, May 21 2023, 3PM
Recorded live on the Cosmic Tour - August 3, 1990 at the Starplex Amphitheatre in Dallas, and included on the 30th Anniversary Expanded Edition of "Cosmic Thing"
It was the band's first tour since the death of Ricky Wilson, and the first where they hired a backing band
"New Body Rhumba" was written and recorded specifically for the soundtrack to the 2022 Noah Baumbach film "White Noise". James Murphy and Baumbach are buddies...
Watch LCD Soundsystem perform this song, their first new music in 5 years, on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert in November: bit.ly
Alison Goldfrapp's debut solo album - co-produced by Richard X, among others
"lockdown forced me to think a bit more independently, in a way that I don't think I have done for a very, very long time - since I was probably in my 20s" - interview w/ DYI magazine
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Instrumental version of 'Love Story' with samples from Bonnie Dobson's "Milk and Honey" and The Maurice Vander Trio with "Le Massacre Du Dragon".
The hip-hop trio is composed of Dan the Automator, Del the Funky Homosapien, and DJ Kid Koala.
Noah Lennox, aka Panda Bear explained in a 2009 interview: "I'm not big on possessions but, for some reason, being the owner of a space, a safe house for my wife and my daughter, has become the most important thing for me, for better or worse."
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Watch Animal Collective perform "My Girls" live at Coachella in 2008: youtu.be
Talented Sub Pop artist Yuno performed Live in the KEXP Studio - hosted by Cheryl Waters - August 2018. He played this track for us! Watch the full session here: youtu.be
yvno.bandcamp.com
"Glorious Game" is a collaboration between the Roots' Black Thought and El Michels Affair. Michels would record himself in his studio, sample himself, then chop and/or loop up his sounds and create instrumentals for Black Thought.
elmichelsaffair.bandcamp.com
Cheryl Waters hosted Khruangbin - Live in the KEXP Studio - for this performance in 2018! You can watch video of the whole thing: youtu.be
...and you can pick up 'Live at KEXP Volume 10'! All proceeds go directly to the artists --www.kexp.org
By request from Dan -- in honor of the 30th Anniversary of "Jazzmatazz, Volume 1" on May 18
The album brought live jazz performances together with hip-hop production and rapping, with collabs from singers, jazz musicians, and French rapper MC Solaar. Great retrospective on this album at Albumism: tinyurl.com
Based out of Philadelphia, with Tobacco as their front man! "Like a Sundae" is off the group's sixth studio album 'Cobra Juicy'. blackmothsuperrainbow.bandcamp.com
Troy Nelson hosted Tobacco -- front-man for Black Moth Super Rainbow - Live on KEXP in 2016: youtu.be
Yaeji will perform Live at Day In Day Out Festival on August 12-13: www.dayindayoutfest.com
On her new LP, Yaeji collaborates with K Wata, Enayet, and London's Loraine James - kraejiyaeji.bandcamp.com
New record out in June -- featuring multiple collaborations with Madonna! You can pre-order the digital edition:
christineandthequeens.bandcamp.com
DJ Morgan hosted Christine and the Queens - Live on KEXP at Home - www.youtube.com
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Chaz Bear celebrating the 10th anniversary of "Anything in Return" with this new set of instrumentals - "The first thing I wanted to do was not condone what was going down, but understand it, and speak in terms of how one can keep from getting locked into these things which youngsters and a lot of people see all around them." - toroymoi.bandcamp.com
1997 track for KEXP's 50 Years of Hip-Hop: www.kexp.org
produced by then up-and-coming producer Ski and used a sample of Dynasty's 1980 song "Adventures in the Land of Music" and "All Night Long" by Mary Jane Girls - Watch the video: youtu.be
Ivorian-born Malian artist -- her third LP, co-produced with Damon Albarn
She hosts guests like Yemi Alade, Roberto Fonseca, and Angie Stone
fatoumatadiawara.com
Money Mark, keyboardist for The Beastie Boys, plays organ on this track --
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.
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When Harrison (Harrison Robinson) began working on his third album in his modest Toronto sudio in 2019, the producer and composer felt a strong desire to his artistic roots. “I knew I wanted to just make what I thought was cool, regardless of it being cheesy,” he says of the piano-centred compositions that would become Birds, Bees, The Clouds & The Trees. “Chick Corea had a quote along the lines of ‘you have to find what sounds beautiful to you’ and that really stuck a chord with me.”
prodbyharrison.bandcamp.com
From the sixth album by Welsh band Manic Street Preachers; it features bassist Nicky Wire's debut as a lead vocalist, and included tributes to Paul Robeson and to Sonic Youth
Playing Bumbershoot 2023 this upcoming Labour Day! - bumbershoot.com
The single "Cicada" is produced by Sean Ono Lennon. Singer/guitarist James Bagshaw: "You never really see cicadas, but you can imagine them having a frantic life, and to me that song feels like a huge army of them whipped into a frenzy."
templesofficialuk.bandcamp.com
Going out to Robb, on his way to see Violent Femmes in Denver
They'll perform at The Moore Theatre on Friday, June 3 - www.mooretheatre.net
Troy Nelson hosted them Live in the KEXP Gathering Space in 2017: youtu.be
Brand New from Spirit Award! They performed Live on KEXP at noon on May 18 during the Midday Show -- check it out in our streaming archive for two weeks, and stand by for the recording to be posted to our YouTube channel
spiritaward.bandcamp.com
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Orbital (also known as Orbital 2 or The Brown Album) is the second studio album by English electronic music duo Orbital, released on 24 May 1993 - they dedicated this track to their mother, who was addicted to the tranquilizer Halcion (Trazolam) for many years
SBTRKT's first album in seven years, here with London vocalist LEILAH -- the new LP also features collabs with Toro y Moi, Sampha and George Riley, and Teezo Touchdown
tinyurl.com
'För Allting' translates to "For Everything" in English - makthaverskan.bandcamp.com
With music video directed by Cody Critcheloe (director of Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ “Spitting Off the Edge of the World”). The video reveals the Yves Tumor live band - touring with them throughout 2023, including a show yesterday at Showbox Sodo - youtu.be
Going out to Fred in Mukilteo -- second LP by Lush, produced by Robin Guthrie of Cocteau Twins
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The second single from the forthcoming Polyrhythmics album, "Filter System" by the Seattle group -- the say “Funky Miracle” "is a mood made in sensual musical colors. It’s sonic purple satin sheets, blue moon coming in through the pearl white curtains"
polyrhythmics.bandcamp.com
1997 track for KEXP's 50 Years of Hip-Hop: www.kexp.org
Produced by Timbaland -- according to author Mickey Hess, Supa Dupa Fly's lyrical content "reveals Elliott's complex, creative, and challenging discussion about womanhood; her demand for respect, respect for her personal voice and her desire for fulfilling intimacy with lovers and friends"
This was Bill Withers' debut album -- recorded with Booker T. Jones, featuring four singles that went on to win Grammy awards, including this one -- featuring bassist Duck Dunn
Read more at KEXP's tribute to the legendary Bill Withers: www.kexp.org
"Before the pandemic I was planning an event for June 24th, the 20 year anniversary of my first solo show at Rainier Valley Cultural Center. Since everything everywhere got cancelled I thought of something else. 'What We Leave Behind' is a collection of some of the brightest gems from my unreleased archives, with a few new songs recorded specifically for this project. Wanted to give y'all something special for all the love you've given me these past few decades. There's a completely new album coming soon as well... but for now you can enjoy these lost tapes. Love, Gabriel"
You can support Gabriel here: gabrielteodros.bandcamp.com
Deep Sea Diver will perform in Portland's Pioneer Square on Wednesday, August 26th - learn more and find tickets: www.thisisdeepseadiver.com
Kevin Cole hosted Deep Sea Diver - Live in the KEXP Studio in 2021: youtu.be
The New York band, described by founder Mike Doughty as "deep slacker jazz", had tracks featured in movie soundtracks and video games including the groundbreaking PlayStation game Gran Turismo 2.
The band was especially popular in Minneapolis, where they received a star on the outside mural of famous nightclub First Avenue -- known for launching such bands as The Replacements, Hüsker Dü, and of course Prince.
Brand new from bar italia, the London trio of Nina Cristante, Jezmi Tarik Fehmi and Sam Fenton!
baritalia.bandcamp.com
"My songs were being 'synced' to things like the James Baldwin documentary 'I Am Not Your Negro'. I started to learn more about Baldwin's life and artistry, and also really got into the work of Gordon Parks - his movies but also his photography around the Civil Rights Movement, his portraits of poor black families in the south. And when I started reading up on Fred Hampton of the Black Panthers, it helped unlock the lyrics to 'Hero,' which I'd be done a year earlier but couldn't get any further than the chorus. But thinking about Fred and the movement, the lyrics just poured out of me." - Michael Kiwanuka in an interview with Mojo magazine.
www.michaelkiwanuka.com
NEW MUSIC! The new single “Kenneth” from Little Dragon's forthcoming release 'Slugs of Love' - due out July 7! "Kenneth" is a soulful, lo-fi tribute to a childhood friend:
“It's about friendship and love and the dirt of getting caught in bitterness and taking the wrong turn mentally.”
Video!
youtu.be
littledragon.bandcamp.com
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"Recording under the name Contour, Khari Lucas combines tradition and technology into his sophomore full-length 'Onwards!', using both archival material and atmospheric production to weave together influences of jazz, soul, psych, and hip-hop."
We selected "Hearing Voices" from "Onwards!" as a KEXP Song of the Day on January 2: www.kexp.org
Going out to Andi...
Performing at WAMU Theater Wednesday, Sept 13 - get tickets: tinyurl.com
Jungle played live in the KEXP studio in October 2021. They always bring a party, and this one was no exception. Check it out after the show. youtu.be
www.wamutheater.com
Jessie Ware said, “Dreaming of human touch, escapes to Brazil, beach bodies, holiday romances, all of it! I absolutely adore this song and I’m so excited for you to hear it, to hear the beautiful production by producer James Ford and horns by Kokoroko, it’s the song that I knew I wanted to make..." - video directed by Charlie di Placido: youtu.be
The Sextones - friends since childhood - call themselves "Analog Soul from the High Desert" - produced by Kelly Finnigan from Monophonics!
thesextones.bandcamp.com
This song features Samuel T. Herring of Baltimore-based synthpop band Future Islands.
BADBADNOTGOOD previously collaborated with Future Islands via a “reinterpretation” of their song “Seasons (Waiting on You),” back in 2014.
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On March 31, 2018 Sam Herring joined BBNG on stage, in their hometown of Toronto to perform with them their collaborations, including “Time Moves Slow: ”www.youtube.com
"For their latest installment, the label connected with the late great Tony Allen, best known for his foundational work as the drummer for Fela Kuti's Africa 70, and later Egypt 80...Despite the finite time that Allen had on this planet, as do all of us, his contributions to music are timeless and untouchable, and will continue to inform and inspire generations to come. Jazz Is Dead is honored to have played a part in the legacy of Tony Allen and invites you to discover the unparalleled genius that shifted the entire world's conception of time, a magician who alchemized the past with the future and influenced countless listeners, currently and to come. "
Pre-order the upcoming installment: tonyallen.bandcamp.com
Afrobeat revival group from Brooklyn, the name translates as "doctors" from Swahili -- inspired by the 1960s CBS family drama "Daktari" about a fictional Study Center for Animal Behavior in East Africa
Some members of the band went on to become part of Antibalas: tinyurl.com
Omara "Bombino" Moctar is an internationally acclaimed Tuareg guitarist and singer-songwriter from Agadez, Niger.
In 2007, the Niger government--hoping to thwart civil unrest during that time--banned guitars for the Tuareg, as the instrument was seen as a symbol of rebellion. Bombino remarked in an interview, "I do not see my guitar as a gun but rather as a hammer with which to help build the house of the Tuareg people." www.playingforchange.com
Troy Nelson hosted Bombino - Live in the KEXP Studio in 2018: youtu.be