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Damien Jurado will be playing at Pickathon this summer, August 2-4! damienjurado.com
Playing the Rickshaw Theatre in Vancouver, BC on July 13. kellyfinnigan.bandcamp.com
The song was written by the lead singer Bryan Ferry, who has stated in interviews that he began writing the songs for Avalon while on the western coast of Ireland, which he believes contributed to the dark melancholy of the album.
The song features a chord sequence that guitarist Johnny Marr took from the Rolling Stones cover of Marvin Gaye's "Hitch Hike". Marr said in 1993 that he included it as an "in-joke" to determine if the music press would attribute the inspiration for it to "There She Goes Again" by the Velvet Underground, who he borrowed it from "Hitch Hike".
The title of the album was chosen by Bernard Sumner from a 1981 conceptual art exhibition in Cologne, Germany. On the opening night of the exhibition the artist Gerhard Richter spray painted the text, "Power, Corruption, and Lies" on the exterior of the Kunsthalle.
Japanese Breakfast will be playing THING in Port Townsend on August 24th, along with a ton of other bands! do206.com
Featuring Morning Show producer and all around cool guy, Owen Murphy! newagehealers.bandcamp.com
The Chemical Brothers will be playing a couple of shows in LA, and one in San Francisco May 15th-17th. www.thechemicalbrothers.com
Kurt Vile joined us for a live performance in the Gathering Space back in December, and it's up on KEXP's YouTube channel now - check it out! www.youtube.com
Kevin Morby will be playing at the Showbox May 14! www.kevinmorby.com
Television's innovative instrumentation on this album strongly influenced the new wave and indie rock movements of the 1980s.
Tacocat has an upcoming in-studio performance here at KEXP! May 3rd at 3pm - find out more about this and other upcoming in-studio performances at www.kexp.org
Great video! It starts out with the band interviewing inanimate objects (Seaweed, puddles, trees, bushes) and then everyone goes for a swim and does a choreographed dance number in the sea. 💯 www.youtube.com
Spoon will be playing with Beck and Cage the Elephant this summer, July 13th at the Gorge. www.spoontheband.com
Jenny Lewis is playing a sold-out show at the Moore Theatre w/ Karl Blau on May 21st. www.jennylewis.com
Samples "Funky" by The Chambers Brothers
From the Los Angeles-based musician's new 4th album.. tamaryn.bandcamp.com
The coda of "Never Let Me Down Again" references Soft Cell's song "Torch".
The Horrors are playing a special 10th anniversary show at Royal Albert Hall in London on May 9th - they'll be playing Primary Colours in its entirety. www.thehorrors.co.uk
One of the most sampled rap songs of all time (Sampled in songs by Black Eyed Peas, Montell Jordan, Missy Elliott, De La Soul, Run-DMC and maaaaany, many more!)
Lizzo played the Showbox last night! Were you there? If you missed it, she'll be playing the Captol Hill Block Party in July. cuziloveyou.lizzomusic.com
In a recent episode of Sound & Vision, Morning Show host John Richards chatted with Budos Band saxophonist Jared Tankel about their new record, being bi-coastal, and what’s next for the group. Listen to the interview and read more at www.kexp.org
If you want to see Lee Fields & the Expressions live, the closest they'll be on their upcoming tour is a few dates in California - In Santa Ana, LA, and Sonoma on June 6th, 7th and 8th! leefieldsandtheexpressions.com
Father John Misty will be playing Marymoor Park on June 11th. fatherjohnmisty.com
Playing at the Paramount on August 18th - kinggizzardandthelizardwizard.com
You can catch them at the Sunset Tavern on June 8th. kingdomoftheholysun.bandcamp.com
Fun fact: An alternate version of this track that featured a Doors-style organ was pulled from the album and released as a single. (It actually did slightly better on the charts.. shoulda kept it!!)
Fontaines D.C. will be playing Neumos with Idles May 28th, as well as performing a live in-studio here at KEXP that afternoon at 3PM. But wait ... there's more! Idles will ALSO be playing a live in-studio the next day, May 29th, here in the KEXP live room. Find out more about these and other upcoming live in-studios at www.kexp.org
Here’s what the band had to say about the track:
“Boy / Girl” was one of the first songs we finished writing for Any Random Kindness. It’s about the breakdown of a relationship in the digital age and a retreat into the comforts of technology. A conversation between a boy and a girl filled with all the feelings of sadness and frustration at their inability to connect.
From the new album, Hyperspace, which is due out, according to a press release, "at an as yet undetermined point in the space time continuum." www.beck.com
"At the time I was writing, I was in a very confusing headspace,” she explains. “Everything was in this weird area, and it was all a shade of grey. Being in your mid-twenties feels like a strange place to be. I’m still discovering myself and things are a lot more complex than they were five years ago. Nothing’s straightforward. I’m peeling off layers as I’m getting older, and finding more and more about myself."
Karen O and Danger Mouse noted that their latest song was born from their shared appreciation of ’90s R&B and dance music, citing Mary J. Blige as an inspiration for the “feel.”
