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Wednesday, Feb 24 2021, 10AM
Taco Rollo! All the misheard lyrics you'll hear from now on.
Broken Social Scene performed "Skyline" live in the KEXP studio in 2017. Watch the full session here: youtu.be
The Weather Stations is a project of Toronto-based artist Tamara Linderman.
"Co-produced with Marcus Paquin, Ignorance reimagines Lindeman’s place within her own music and the scope of her project as a whole. Every moment feels lush and welcoming, designed to reach as many people as possible. Ironically, Lindeman wrote many of the songs alone with just an old keyboard, playing along to its rudimentary drum loops."
pitchfork.com
Australia's Alex Lahey and Gordi (Sophie Payten) team up to pay tribute to a Nashville dive bar on ‘Dino’s’.
Watch Gordi as a drunken nun and Alex Lahey make promises to a Dolly Parton cardboard cutout in the video clip.
Read more, and find a link to the video, at NME: tinyurl.com
Little Oblivions is the third studio album by Julien Baker. Recorded in Memphis, TN, nearly all the instruments on the album were performed by Baker herself!
Owen Murphy interviewed Julien Baker for Music Heals, check out her frank discussion of her battles with addiction, depression, and anxiety: tinyurl.com
Hear what she had to say during her recent LIVE on KEXP at Home performance with Cheryl Waters: bit.ly
Pre-order the vinyl here: bit.ly
Although Lael Neale has been based in LA for a decade, she returned home to the family farm in Virginia this year when the pandemic set in. That didn’t stop her from signing to Sub Pop, with plans for an album next year.
“For No One For Now" is a recently released single. “It’s a new day, but I’m making toast in my kitchen,” she sings, “for no one for now.”
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Dan Snaith is a Canadian electronic musician who records under the name of Caribou. A few years prior to the recording of the album, Snaith's wife gave him swimming lessons as a Christmas present, prompting him to take it up as a new hobby. This partially led to the eventual ideology behind 'Swim', which is awash with aquatic sonics. Snaith told Chart Attack that the lessons blended into his growing fixation with fluidity in music and the ability to achieve that with his army of electronic instruments. He explained: "I wanted to make dance music where all the elements would sound like water and have these waves that flow around in the mix. When I was making 'Andorra,' I was listening to a lot of music by [producer] James Holden. His music would flow and disintegrate unexpectedly; it breathes very well."
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A just released single from London-based band Wolf Alice. “It’s about the arrogance of humans,” said Rowsell. “This album is for other people,” said Rowsell. “Sometimes you hear a song and it makes you feel better, or you hear a song and it makes you feel seen. I remember feeling blue about something, and thinking, ‘I wonder what songs I can listen to that will be about what I’m feeling right now’.”
She continued: “It was almost as if I was desperate to feel better about something, and I would go down any path to feel not alone in something, or to understand it more. And I’ve never really done that before intentionally, I’d never really sought it out.”
This English band stopped by the KEXP studio in 2013, you can watch the full performance here: www.youtube.com
This album is a remix (by Jamie xx) of Gil Scott-Heron's 2010 release 'I'm New Here', which had been Scott-Heron's first album in 16 years. bit.ly
Cody Chesnutt (stylized as Cody ChesnuTT) is an American R&B and neo soul musician from Atlanta, Georgia. Chesnutt's music blends elements of rock, funk, soul, hip hop, and blues. After relocating to Los Angeles, Chesnutt found work with Death Row records, writing and producing five songs for the male R&B group Six Feet Deep. Chesnutt was formerly in the band, The Crosswalk.
Another killer new EP from New Hampshire DJ and producer Octo Octa (Maya Bouldry-Morrison). octoocta.bandcamp.com
Speaking of California...Jungle performed "Heavy, California" among other songs with Cheryl as their host in the KEXP studio in March, 2019: www.youtube.com
Listener request from Alex.
Scissor Sisters are an American pop/rock band forged in the "gay nightlife scene of New York" in 2001. Its members include Jake Shears and Ana Matronic as vocalists, Babydaddy as multi-instrumentalist, Del Marquis as lead guitar/bassist, and Randy Real (who replaced Paddy Boom) as drummer. Scissor Sisters has performed around the world and have become recognized for their controversial and transgressive live performances. They have collaborated with a number of well-known pop musicians, including Elton John and Kylie Minogue.
Listener request from Ben in Seattle.
Thomas Dolby's real name is Thomas Robertson. The stage name Thomas Dolby originated from a nickname that he picked up in the early 1970s, when he was "always messing around with keyboards and tapes." His friends nicknamed him "Dolby," from the name of the audio noise-reduction process of Dolby Laboratories used for audio recording and playback. He adopted the stage name "Thomas Dolby" to avoid confusion with British singer Tom Robinson, who was popular when he began his career.
Brooklyn-based folkie Phosphorescent tips his hat to his Southern roots in “Ride On/Right On."
KEXP presented Phosphorescent live at Avast! Recording Co. recorded November 21, 2018, you can see that performance here... www.youtube.com
Recorded at the Broken Arrow Ranch on November 30, 1973. A few months after the original Tonight’s The Night sessions in Hollywood. You can read more about Walk On Here: medialoper.com
Watch Valerie June perform LIve on KEXP at Home here: www.youtube.com
Singer-songwriter Valerie June says that she wrote “Call Me a Fool” because she wanted people to know they could go ahead and dream, even if the rest of the world considered them fools. “Have you ever been a fool for a dream? It might have been a little dream like a kiss from a lover or a big one like the dream of peace that Dr. King, John Lennon, and so many others have had for humanity,” June told CMT.com. No matter how big or how small your dream may be, keep believing, and let the world call you a fool!”
www.cmt.com
You are NOT alone! #musicheals #wheremusicmatters #youarenotalone
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Jeff Tweedy wrote this song for Mavis Staples. He said: "That came out of a conversation with Mavis, where I told her my theory that all music basically says the same thing, which is: you're not alone. Even a kid in his room listening to the most abrasive punk rock or heavy metal, what they're really getting out of it is, 'We're in this with you.' Somewhere down deep there's a communication happening that's sustaining. So after we talked, I thought that'd be a good song to try and write for this record." pitchfork.com
Nilüfer Yanya released the music video for her song, ‘Day 7.5093’ in December 2020.
The clip is an ode to days gone by, featuring a compilation of tour and holiday footage interspersed with scenic B-roll clips. “Making this video and going through old footage was fun to remember all the memories again and the laughs we had while out on the road. Looking forward to being back but for now I hope you enjoy ‘Day.7.5093’ and maybe even recognise a venue or festival and can relive those moments. We will be back!”
www.nme.com
To view the video, go here:
youtu.be
Faye Webster is an American folk singer and photographer based in Atlanta, Georgia. Hurts Me Too is an old and soulful tune coming from such a young singer, it seems to blend the folk culture she grew up in with the hip-hop culture of Atlanta.
SZA was born Solána Imani Rowe in St. Louis, Missouri, and grew up the daughter of an executive producer at CNN (her father) and an AT&T executive (her mother) in the affluent suburb of Maplewood, New Jersey. Though her parents practiced different religions — her father is Muslim and her mother a Christian — she was raised Muslim and attended a Muslim prep school. She wasn’t allowed to watch TV or listen to the radio; her music world was limited to whatever her father enjoyed, namely jazz classics from Billie Holiday and Miles Davis.
Learn more about this talented artist in this discussion of the new single, "Good Days": www.musicmusingsandsuch.com
This song is about two long-deceased historical women that members of Alt-J have crushes on. The band told NPR's All Things Considered:
"As we were finishing writing our second album, This Is All Yours, we came up with a quick jam which we luckily captured on one of our phones. This turned into 'Deadcrush', which is a word we made up to describe someone who is no longer alive that you fancy. Thus the first verse is about Lee Miller, Joe's deadcrush, the second about Anne Boleyn, Gus's."
It features vocals from Ellie Rowsell of Wolf Alice.
We loved it when alt-J performed live in the KEXP studio in 2017.: www.youtube.com
Miss Grit is the solo project of Margaret Sohn. “Grow Up To” opens with a heavily distorted guitar as the singer muses, “When I fall dead I’ll still crave the next place all the same / And in the morning I will wait till it’s late for my fate, resuscitate.” Sohn said in a statement about the song’s ending chant, “Grow up to, grow up to, grow up to is my ongoing obsession with what’s next. The lack of content with the present leads to the chaos and collapse of this song.”
Sohn’s 'Impostor' EP centers around the singer’s experience growing up half-Korean in the Michigan suburbs, and the impostor syndrome that followed as she came of age while studying music technology at New York University. This latest project is self-produced by Sohn, and aims to work through these feelings of self-doubt.
www.pastemagazine.com
British musician James Blake recorded this beautiful version of "Limit to Your Love" on his self-titled debut studio album. It was released as a single in the UK.
"The Limit to Your Love" is originally a song by Canadian musician Feist from her third studio album, The Reminder. It is written by Leslie Feist and Chilly Gonzales (Jason Charles Beck).
New music from musician and KEXP DJ extraordinaire Gabriel Teodros.
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Listener request from new mom Stephanie and her baby Ari. Congrats!
For your viewing pleasure, watch LCD Soundsystem perform "Dance Yrself Clean" live from Madison Square Garden. Quite a treat!
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Letta Mbulu, who passed away in 2018, was an artist working with South African jazz legend Hugh Masekela. Masekela, is often cited as the father of South African jazz and was a renowned composer and multi-instrumentalist, though he was best known as a trumpeter. Letta Mbulu is a South African singer whose voice you’ve heard even if you’ve never heard her name; she most famously provided the Swahili vocals on Michael Jackson’s “Liberian Girl.” She fled Apartheid South Africa in the 1960s and ended up working with legends like David Axelrod (“Pula Yetla” is a personal favorite) and Quincy Jones.
"Tokyo Drifting" is this British fourpiece's latest collaboration in their ongoing "Fresh Fruit" series (following 2015's "Lose Control" with Joey Bada$$), and marks the band's first new music since releasing their sophomore LP How to Be a Human Being in 2016.
Hailing from the surprising West Yorkshire musical hot spot of Hebden Bridge, The Lounge Society are a teenage quartet.
As the band share 'Cain's Heresy', the legendary producer of The Strokes’ Gordon Raphael tells us: "This could be another chapter of rock music when it’s not supposed to be here"
Read more about The Lounge Society’s new album here:
www.nme.com
It would not be a Midday Show with a song by Ty Segall! <3
Ty Segall performed live with The Freedom Band in the KEXP studio in 2017. Watch the full session, including this track, here: https://youtu.be/os6tQLwiMiM
The original video for this song is a fun one. With special guest appearances and smashed guitars: https://youtu.be/nejNXG5PFnM
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard are a seven-person band from Australia who specialize in unpredictable psychedelic music.
Which King Gizzard KEXP performance is your favorite? This prolific band have swung by our studios numerous times. You can watch their most recent session from August 2019 here: www.youtube.com
"When a band hits the stage with more than five members, you're looking at something that's bound to be either a spectacle or a complete fiasco..."
pitchfork.com
"‘I’m In Your Mind Fuzz’ is the group’s fifth record – their first for UK label Heavenly Recordings – and it impressively steers a path between repetitive motorik and dreamy melody. It’s split roughly into three parts: a four-song intro, a wild mid-section and an intimate conclusion. In the intro, three of the four tracks are named after variations of the album’s title (‘I’m In Your Mind’, ‘I’m Not In Your Mind’, ‘I’m In Your Mind Fuzz’) and whoosh into each other in a surge of exaggerated riffs and soloing..."www.nme.com
Listener request from Alex at A&B Cycles in Springfield, MO.
Vagabon, is a Cameroonian-American autodidact multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter and music producer based in New York City. She played live at KEXP this past December. Watch the full performance here: www.youtube.com
Lætitia Tamko is the New York-via-Cameroon musician who performs as Vagabon. Enjoy a 2019 KEXP interview with her about (among other things) imposter syndrome and the artists who inspire her: www.kexp.org
