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Thursday, Aug 13 2020, 10AM
Andrew Bird performed this track live in the KEXP studio in October 2019. Watch the full session here: www.youtube.com
Villagers' Conor J. O'Brien performed live for KEXP in the Caffe Vita Bean Room during the 2010 Capitol Hill Block Party. Catch the set here: www.youtube.com
Supergroup Monsters of Folk consisted of Jim James from My Morning Jacket, Conor Oberst and Mike Mogis from Bright Eyes, Will Johnson from Centro-matic and M. Ward, solo artist and half of She & Him. This was the only album released by the band.
serpentwithfeet will be Live on KEXP at Home on Tuesday, August 18th at 12:00 PM. Tune in via KEXPs YouTube or Facebook page. More info here: kexp.org
serpentwithfeet is an avant-garde vocalist and performance artist whose growing body of work is rooted in dueling obsessions with the ephemeral and the everlasting – key components of his artistic journey from a childhood stint as a choirboy in Baltimore through his time at The University of the Arts in Philadelphia, where he studied vocal performance before relocating to New York City. Check out the new EP released in April 2020 on bandcamp. serpentwithfeet.bandcamp.com
You can also watch his 2018 performance live in the KEXP studio: www.youtube.com
Blimes and Gab will be Live on KEXP at Home on Tuesday, September 22 at 3pm on KEXPs YouTube channel as well as Facebook Live. See the Events page for the full schedule: kexp.org
Found on the debut album from Seattle MC Gifted Gab and San Francisco-bred Blimes Brixton. They describe themselves as being, "For every boss woman in your life who never apologizes for the reverb of her footsteps; for every powerful female who dares to change the game; this is Blimes and Gab." www.blimesandgab.com
"All My Friends" by Blushh was KEXPs Song of the Day in 2019. Read more about Blushh, subscribe and download for free here: kexp.org
The Young Evils are Troy Nelson (guitar/vocals) and Mackenzie Mercer (vocals) with Cody Hurd (guitar), Michael Lee (bass) and Faustine Hudson (drums). The Seattle-based band self-released their debut album "Enchanted Chaple'. theyoungevils.bandcamp.com
Check out their performances live in the KEXP studio: www.youtube.com
Seattle band BOAT released this album in May 2020. BOAT consists of Dee Krain (vocals, guitar, bass, piano), Jackson Long (drums, percussion, keyboards, vocals), Josh Goodman (guitar, bass, keyboards, shouting) and Mark McKenzie (bass, guitars, vocals). Check out the album on bandcamp: boat.bandcamp.com
Kyle Craft released this album with backing band dubbed Showboat Honey. “This is basically an album centered around bad luck and good fortune hitting at the same time,” Craft explains “Then, out of nowhere, I find love. Everything went to shit except that. I guess that’s how life works.” Stay tuned to his bandcamp page for new releases that he has coming out. kylecraft.bandcamp.com
Kyle Craft & Showboat Honey stopped the KEXP studio in August 2019. Check out the full session, including this track: www.youtube.com
Seattle band Acapulco Lips performed live in the KEXP studio in July 2016. Watch "My Time" and the full set here: www.youtube.com
Discover more of their music here: acapulcolips.bandcamp.com
Bright and colorful Seattle band Tacocat kicked off the release of 'This Mess Is a Place' in the KEXP live room. Watch them play here: www.youtube.com
Check out more by Tacocat here: tacocat.bandcamp.com
'Whip-Smart' is the second album by Liz Phair, released in 1994, the follow-up to Phair's critically well received debut, 1993's 'Exile in Guyville'.
Interesting article: "A Candid Conversation Between Liz Phair and Snail Mail’s Lindsey Jordan". Lindsey Jordan, the prodigious songwriter and guitar player behind Snail Mail, once performed in a Liz Phair cover band called Lizard Phair. bit.ly
Brand new track released TODAY by King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard. This is the second bout of new music the band have dropped in 2020, following the release of ‘Honey’ last month.
“Some of Us” finds the members of King Gizzard awash in a type of thermal heat sensor, and the resulting effect makes them all look like a combination of the Fantastic Four‘s Human Torch and a demon of sorts. Combine that with the classic guitar progression that mimics and matches Stu Mackenzie‘s vocals, and the result is something nightmarish, which makes the band’s teaser post from Tuesday that read “Coming to haunt your dreams in 15 hours” all the more relevant.
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And watch the full video of this track here: youtu.be
Stockholm quartet Les Big Byrd released “Snö-Golem” on their third album of the same name in late 2019. “Snö-Golem” showcases the band’s heavier krautrock-infused side. They also just released a new EP in June 2020. Check out more from the Swedish band here: lesbigbyrd.bandcamp.com
Habibi is an American rock band from Brooklyn, New York. They are a blend of psychedelic rock and sixties girl group harmonies. The name Habibi means "my love," an Arabic word vocalist Rahill Jamalifard grew up using despite her Iranian origin (the term is not in use in Iran). habibitheband.bandcamp.com
Habibi performed live in the KEXP studio in early March 2020. Stay tuned to KEXPs YouTube channel to see when this session is posted.
The Equals are a British pop, R&B and rock group formed in North London, England in 1965. Eddy Grant founded the group with Pat Lloyd, John Hall, and brothers Derv and Lincoln Gordon, and they were noted as being "the first major interracial rock group in the UK" and "one of the few racially mixed bands of the era". youtu.be
Tunde Olaniran is from Flint, Michigan. Olaniran is gender non-conforming of Nigerian descent. Of the debut album 'Transgressor', Allmusic says: "full-length solo album, the multifaceted singer, musician, and all-around showman fearlessly traverses genres and makes powerful statements in favor of individuality and personal freedom". bit.ly
James Murphy shouts out fifty-five musicians in this ode to losing your coolness as you age to a younger generation.
Lollapalooza 2020 was a completely virtual experience. During the four day "festival", they re-broadcast the 2016 LCD Soundsystem performance. This one is totally worth watching in your spare time! youtu.be
Pigeon is Phoebe Setter & Lucy Woodruff. They were sophomores at Vashon Island High School when they recorded this song last year. Stay tuned to discover more music by this young local band. www.youtube.com
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Phoebe Bridgers was Live on KEXP at Home last week, chatting with Cheryl Waters. You can watch that session here: youtu.be
BRONSON, the new collaboration with local duo ODESZA (Harrison Mills and Clayton Knight) and Australian deep house / dance DJ and producer Golden Features. Their debut album released August 7th.
On “HEART ATTACK,” BRONSON reflects that it “was the first vocal track we worked on for the record. It was one of those ideas that came together really quickly and felt very natural while writing with lau.ra. Ultimately, it was a confluence between the two distinctive sounds of ODESZA and Golden Features. It served as a turning point in the writing process of the album and an inspiration for the other vocal tracks to come.” wearebronson.bandcamp.com
KEXP review of the new Fantastic Negrito album, wich comes out tomorrow, August 14th:
"The third Fantastic Negrito album from this Oakland artist (aka Xavier Amin Dphrepaulezz) is a wide-ranging blend of ‘70s-influenced soul, funk, blues, hip hop, rock and more, combining a warm sound and deep in-the-pocket rhythms with his grainy vocals and lyrics ranging from weighty topics like mental illness, addiction and injustice to more celebratory fare." kexp.org
Order the new album here: fantasticnegritomusic.bandcamp.com
The Black Keys eighth studio album 'Turn Blue' was co-produced by Brian "Danger Mouse" Burton.
"This may be a weird statement to make about one of North America's most popular rock bands, but the Black Keys are survivors. The majority of the duo's colleagues from the early 2000s have since called it quits, but the workmanlike Akron boys Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney kept their heads down, dutifully churning out gutshot blues-pop mimicry that carried just enough of a punch to establish them as, at the least, a reliable stadium-act opening band." ~ Pitchfork album review. bit.ly
Camp Cope performed live in the KEXP studio in July 2018. Watch the full session in the KEXP Live Room here: www.youtube.com
Paul Westerberg is best known as the former lead singer, guitarist, and songwriter in The Replacements. "Dyslexic Heart" was in the original motion picture soundtrack from the film 'Singles'. Great flashback to the early 90s: youtu.be
Just posted on KEXPs YouTube page last week! Wolf Parade performing live at The Triple Door as part of KEXP’s VIP Club concert series, recorded February 11, 2020. Watch the magic of Spencer Krug, Dan Boeckner and Arlen Thompson here: www.youtube.com
Allmusic said of the 2012 release: "Layered viewpoints, bittersweet situations, and complicated anger flow out of this articulate effort, but the sweet trick of the album is how approachable it is, living up to its title with equal shares of Mourning and Dreaming." bit.ly
Brother Ali played live in the KEXP studio when this album was released. Watch his KEXP set here: www.youtube.com
From Daughter's the 2016 session live in the KEXP studio: www.youtube.com
The War On Drugs performing live in the KEXP studio: youtu.be
Michael Kiwanuka’s 'Kiwanuka' is among the 12 albums shortlisted for the 2020 Mercury Prize, the prestigious award honoring the year’s best LP by a British musician. The winner of this year's Mercury Prize will be announced on September, 10, 2020. bit.ly
"Khruangbin is a three-piece band from Texas, formed of Laura Lee on bass, Mark Speer on guitar, and Donald Johnson on drums. Taking influence from 1960's Thai funk - their name literally translates to "Engine Fly" in Thai - Khruangbin is steeped in the bass heavy, psychedelic sound of their inspiration, Tarantino soundtracks and surf-rock cool." khruangbin.bandcamp.com
The latest album, 'Mordechai', came out in June 2020. Maybe in your top 10 favorite albums of 2020?
"Ordinary Pleasure" was KEXPs Song of the Day in early 2019. Read more about Toro Y Moi (aka the artist currently known as Chaz Bear), subscribe to the podcast and download this track for free here: kexp.org
Tunde Adebimpe of TV on the Radio recently released this new song called “People.” Proceeds from the track will be divided between three beneficiaries: the ACLU, the Movement for Black Lives, and the Southern Poverty Law Center. Find it here: tundeadebimpe.bandcamp.com
Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings performed live at KEXP's New Home Grand Opening. This was the opening track of the set she sang for KEXP fans. Watch the full set here: www.youtube.com
The Velvet Underground's fourth album 'Loaded' turned out to be the first VU album that made any noticeable impact on commercial radio -- and also their swan song, with Lou Reed leaving the group shortly before its release. The album has perfect scores on both Allmusic (bit.ly) and Pitchfork. "'Loaded' is a perfect rock'n'roll record: 40 minutes long, five songs to a side, and not a single wasted note." bit.ly
On 'Remind Me Tomorrow", Sharon Van Etten has radically shifted her presentation, compared to her previous four albums. AllMusic writes "Each song is constructed like a short story and is given a distinct feel, but they're held together by Van Etten's subdued fearlessness. Throughout Remind Me Tomorrow, she plumbs the depths of contentedness, setting her satisfaction to a sound that's nominally dark yet strangely comforting and nourishing. Even if this album doesn't speak to your specific life, it will nevertheless enrich it." bit.ly
From The Moondoggies 2018 release. They played this song live in the KEXP studio in April 2018. www.youtube.com
They just spent a little time out at Doe Bay on Orcas Island at the Doe Bay Fest residency. Check out their FB page for footage from that music getaway: www.facebook.com
Durand Jones & The Indications released this David Bowie cover in January 2020. They released another single last month. Check out bandcamp for more info and latest releases: durandjonesandtheindications.bandcamp.com
They played live in the KEXP studio in April 2019. Watch that session here: www.youtube.com
Tune in at 3pm today to hear Lucinda Williams Live on KEXP at Home chatting with Cheryl Waters. You can see this on KEXPs YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLVmlNQnqZU) or KEXPs Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/kexp.fm).
See the full Live on KEXP at Home schedule here: https://kexp.org/events/
'Good Souls Better Angels', the 15th album from prolific songwriter Lucinda Williams is out now. www.lucindawilliams.com
Thank you for your support and for listening to The Midday Show this afternoon. Have a great day!
"Cancer! And my name is Larry...." The Floaters were an American R&B vocal group, from the Sojourner Truth housing projects in Detroit, Michigan, that formed in 1976. This 1977 song was their big hit, with each group member sharing a verse and their astrological sign: djrobblog.com