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Friday, Jul 12 2019, 6AM
Mixtape week is coming! And yes, there is a "Fade Into You" category because science has show that 68% of all mixtapes have this song on them. www.kexp.org
Fiona Apple is donating the 2019 and 2020 earnings from TV and movie placements of her song “Criminal” to the While They Wait fund, which assists refugees with basic necessities, immigration fees and legal services.
“After months and months of reading the news about how my country is treating refugees, I’ve become gutted with frustration trying to figure out the best way to help,” the singer-songwriter wrote on Tumblr, adding, “It seems to me that the best way I can help detainees is to contribute to payment of their legal fees.”
Tons o' great shows this summer everywhere...except the PNW. Hurtful. www.beachhousebaltimore.com
Coming to Seattle's Showbox SoDo on Sunday, ROCKtober 5th. Learn more about this amazing artist here www.kishibashi.com
Deerhunter and Dirty Projectors will be at Showbox on July 20th.
Apparently we had a Magnitude 4.6 earthquake 2 miles from Monroe, WA · 2:51 AM last night. Slept through it.
Checkout their AMAZING live session on KEXP this spring. Uh-maze-ing. www.youtube.com
By volume, dry air contains 78.09% nitrogen, 20.95% oxygen, 0.93% argon, 0.04% carbon dioxide, and small amounts of other gases...and a ton of great records. #Dadjokes
Caroline Polachek is a musician, singer-songwriter and record producer known as the vocalist for Chairlift, as well as for writing and producing Beyoncé's single "No Angel". Whoa.
The song was inspired by a "specific person" but Björk never revealed who it was. Although, it is supposed that this specific person is Dominic Thrupp (also known as Dom T.) with whom Björk had a relationship at the time of writing. Moreover, the song talks about a boy who saw everything from a "beauty point of view, and not superficial beauty but the beauty of brushing your teeth and the beauty of waking up in the morning in the right beat and the beauty of having a conversation with a person." as revealed by the singer.
"My Girls" was named the #1 Song of 2009 by Pitchfork Media.
In 2009, Pitchfork listed the song at #9 of their Top 500 Tracks of the 2000s.
NME named "My Girls" the 5th best song of 2009.
Slant Magazine named "My Girls" the best song of 2009.
The Village Voice named "My Girls" the third best-song of 2009 on their annual Pazz & Jop critics' poll
The band did an amazing set with blow up, deflating fruit here at KEXP. Watch and learn. www.youtube.com
Let's say you find yourself in Romania on Sunday, July 21st, go see Operators at something called "Electric Castle." Yes, do that. Or see them at numerous other places across the globe. operatorsmusic.com
A great way to support an artist is to buy their music. I know, so 1980's. jamilawoodsmusic.bandcamp.com
Support artists so they can make more great art that makes your heart happy in your heart. hatchie.bandcamp.com
M83 have announced DSVII, a new album that serves as the sequel to their 2007 album Digital Shades Vol 1. It arrives September 20 via Mute. According to a press release, the new record was “influenced heavily by early video game soundtracks, ‘80s sci-fi/fantasy films and analog synth pioneers” such as Brian Eno, John Carpenter and others.
-Pitchfork pitchfork.com
It was 40-years ago today that Disco Demolition Night, an ill-fated promotion at Comiskey Park in Chicago, took place. Organized by a local classic rock station, the event featured a crate filled with disco records that was blown up on the field between games of the twi-night doubleheader between the Chicago White Sox and the Detroit Tigers.
Many of those in attendance had come to see the explosion rather than the games and rushed onto the field after the detonation. The playing field was so damaged by the explosion and by the fans that the White Sox were required to forfeit the second game to the Tigers.
We love disco.
Watch Bowie perform this live. Electric. www.youtube.com
