Cheryl Waters

Atlanta singer-songwriter Curtis Harding has announced details of his new album ‘If Words Were Flowers’, along with visuals for soulful new single "Can’t Hide It". You can see the video below, which sees Harding performing on a fictional 1970s TV show called The Velvet Touch. Its title is inspired by a phrase Harding’s mother told him growing up – “give me my flowers while I’m still here” – which he said he viewed as a reminder to show love and appreciation for the people he cared about before it was too late. bit.ly youtu.be curtisharding.bandcamp.com curtisharding.com

The Dip performed "Sure Don't Miss You" live in the KEXP studio in 2019. Watch the full session here: youtu.be thedip.bandcamp.com

Durand Jones & The Indications will be at The Paramount Theatre (with My Morning Jacket) Friday & Saturday, October 1 & 2. bit.ly -- Developed after being apart for much of the year, Durand Jones and the Indications’ Private Space, the group’s third album, is creatively explosive and delights in upending expectations. Jones shares, "At the end of the day, I just want people to close their eyes and forget where they are. Just the way a Stevie Wonder album does for me." durandjonesandtheindications.com durandjonesandtheindications.bandcamp.com

TORRES will play the Tractor on Monday, September 27. bit.ly New music from Mackenzie Ruth Scott, the New York indie rock singer-songwriter who performs as TORRES. torrestorrestorres.bandcamp.com Check out TORRES live in the KEXP studio from 2017: youtu.be

Cherry Glazerr (the Los Angeles-based band led by Clementine Creevy) have shared a new song, “Soft Drink,” their second single of 2021. youtu.be cherryglazerr.bandcamp.com Here is Cherry Glazerr performing live in the KEXP studio in 2019 (check out the decoration in the corner of the Live Room!): youtu.be

And Wolf Parade #2 with Spencer Krug on vocals. This one comes from their second album, released in 2008. The album is named after Wolf Parade drummer Arlen Thompson's sound studio, Mount Zoomer; the name of the studio references "a B.C. euphemism for magic mushrooms", and also nods to the Montreal band A Silver Mount Zion. bit.ly Check out their 2018 session live in the KEXP Gathering Space: youtu.be wolfparade.bandcamp.com

One of the two singles from Film School‘s upcoming full length album, 'We Weren’t Here', out September 24th. “Isla” is perfect, washed out, glimmering pool side hazy ease. filmschoolmusic.bandcamp.com Check out the Film School session live from Avast! Recording Co. from 2018: youtu.be

"The shoegaze legends return with their first album in 22 years, a precise and altogether gorgeous showcase of their peerless ability at production, mood, and songcraft." bit.ly Playing tracks from 'Slowdive', here is their 2017 live in studio session at KEXP. It was A M A Z I N G !! youtu.be -- “It felt like we were in a movie that had a totally implausible ending...” Slowdive’s second act as a live blockbuster has already been rapturously received around the world. Highlights thus far include a festival-conquering, sea-of-devotees Primavera Sound performance, of which Pitchfork noted: “The beauty of their crystalline sound is almost hard to believe, every note in its perfect place.” slowdive.bandcamp.com

Cheryl Waters chose this song by Jenn Wasner (Flock of Dimes) as a KEXP Song of the Day. Download and subscribe for free here: www.kexp.org -- Check out Wasner's March 26th Live on KEXP at Home performance and interview with Cheryl Waters: youtu.be -- flockofdimes.bandcamp.com

Lots of folks heading out to enjoy Michael Franti & Spearhead at Marymoor Park tonight! Have fun!! bit.ly "Yell Fire!," Michael Franti & Spearhead's fifth album, was inspired by Michael Franti's trip to the Middle East, visiting Iraq, Israel, and the Palestinian territories. Read a discussion of this politically and culturally important album: bit.ly Check out their 2016 session live in the KEXP studio: youtu.be

Peru-born, Berlin-based artist Sofia Kourtesis says, "'La Perla' is about staring at the sea, It's the first thing I'll do when I return to Peru. My dad used to say staring at the sea is like meditation, it clears your head. This song is for him. It's hard for me to listen to 'La Perla' as it wrote it during a time I lost my dad to leukemia. This song is for him, descansa en paz papa". sofiakourtesis.bandcamp.com

The track features lead singer Lauren Mayberry recalling horrific statements made to her by men — “He said, ‘You need to be fed, but keep an eye on your waistline'” — over looming synthesizers. “I feel like I have spent a lot of my life (personally and professionally) performing the uncomfortable balancing act that is expected of women and it gets more confusing and exhausting the older I get. Be successful but only in the way we want you to be. Speak up for yourself but not so loudly that you steal men’s thunder. Be attractive but only for the benefit of men, and certainly don’t be vain. Strive to be the Hot Sad Girl but don’t actually be sad in a way that’s inconvenient for anyone. Be smart but not smart enough to ask for more than what you’re being given.” bit.ly chvrch.es

When a mysterious masked collective called Goat first emerged in 2012, armed with an incendiary debut single ‘Goatman’ and a backstory for the ages – the band’s anonymous members claimed to hail from the remote and cursed village of Korpilombo in northern Sweden, where inhabitants had for centuries been devoted to a form of voodoo introduced by a travelling witch doctor – there was no one else on earth quite like them. goat.bandcamp.com

"Gamma Knife" was selected as a KEXP Song of the Day and is available for free download here: www.kexp.org The album is designed to play as an "infinite loop" where each song segues into the next and the last song segues into the first, so that "the record can be played front-to-back-to-front-to-back and the sound won’t break." The title is a reference to this idea, as there are nine songs on the album that could be played "infinitely." bit.ly King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard performed live in the KEXP studio in 2019. youtu.be kinggizzard.bandcamp.com

Oh Sees are playing two shows in Seattle this weekend - Saturday, September 11th & Sunday, September 12th at Neumos. 9/11 - bit.ly 9/12 - bit.ly "They go from zero to head-splitter from the get-go and on the rare occasions they do let up on the gas a bit, we're treated to some locked-in hypnotizers, too. The guitar sounds more colossal and ethereal at the same time, riding roughshod over the vacuum sealed rhythm section, spiraling skywards, and diving into the emerald depths so quick your guts tingle. Synths, strings and smoke soaked things crawl behind the scenes to make an extra far-out party platter." ohsees.bandcamp.com Check out the variations over the years of Thee Oh Sees live on KEXP: www.youtube.com

Benjamin Booker performed "Wicked Waters" live in the KEXP studio in 2014. Check out the full session here: youtu.be bbooker.bandcamp.com

“‘Clay Pigeon’ is a song about vulnerability,” binki explains. “A clay pigeon is someone I want to open up to me or invest time in, but I’m not willing to do the same. I wanna play along but I got no skin in the game. I was in a situation where I was more focused on my dreams than building a relationship. I think it happens to a lot of people and I’m just trying to navigate those feelings in this song.” bit.ly youtu.be The 'Motor Function' EP came out in August. binki.bandcamp.com

Bartees Strange is playing TWO events in Seattle! Opening for Lucy Dacus on Saturday October 2 at The Neptune Theatre. bit.ly Opening for Courtney Barnett on December 14 at The Paramount Theatre. bit.ly Isolated Tracks Ep. 6 features Bartees Strange talking to KEXP Audio Engineer Julian Martlew about his song "Boomer". Check it out here: youtu.be barteesstrange.bandcamp.com

Seattle band Dumb Thumbs released a new album in August! Bio on bandcamp: "good time rock'n'rollers from the Pacific NW." dumbthumbs.bandcamp.com

In August 2020, Cheryl Waters chatted with Lucinda Williams for a Live on KEXP at Home session. She shared an exclusive set of songs from her recent, and 15th, album, 'Good Souls Better Angels'. She played songs and chatted with Cheryl for over an hour! Watch this incredible session here: youtu.be www.lucindawilliams.com

Merchandise performed live in the KEXP studio in 2017: youtu.be

Sharon Van Etten performed "Break Me" live in the KEXP studio in 2014. Watch the full session here: youtu.be sharonvanetten.bandcamp.com www.sharonvanetten.com

Best Coast are playing The Showbox on Saturday, January 15, 2022. bit.ly Right before the lockdown, Best Coast performed live in the KEXP studio in March 2020. Enjoy this session! youtu.be Directed by Adam Harding, the video revels in the region's natural light, lovingly celebrates Bethany Costentino's cat Snack with slow motion close-ups and, overall, moves with a kind of stoned fuzziness. Watch it here: youtu.be The Pitchfork review for this 2015 release starts opens with the following: "California Nights layers the fuzz back on top of Bethany Cosentino's distinct voice for a radio-friendly take on '90s alt-rock—an attempt to stay part of the establishment as natural questions arise over the diminishing returns of the band’s core formula." bit.ly

Lucy Dacus will be playing The Neptune Theatre with Bartees Strange on Saturday, October 2, 2021. bit.ly Lucy Dacus performed live in the KEXP studio in October 2019. Watch the full session, including "Night Shift," here: youtu.be

Watch Nilüfer Yanya's Live on KEXP at Home performance and interview with Cheryl Waters from March 2021: youtu.be Here's the official video for London artist Nilufer Yanya's "Same Damn Luck": youtu.be niluferyanya.bandcamp.com

*** Tune in on Tuesday, September 14 at Noon for a LIVE on KEXP Broadcast with Ambar Lucid! *** bit.ly "Get Lost in the Music" was a KEXP song-of-the-day in June - download it now from our website: www.kexp.org Check out KEXPs Sound & Vision session where Ambar Lucid talks about how a trip on magic mushrooms inspired the title track of her new EP, 'Get Lost in the Music.' kexp.org Watch the official music video: youtu.be splash.ambarlucid.com

Bomba Estéreo had to redefine their original concept for something more humanistic and ambitious with help from collaborators like Mexican songwriter Leonel García (“Como Lo Pedí“) and Nigerian singer Yemi Alade (“Conexión Total“). While some of the standout tracks are about depression and disconnection from reality, the overall message behind the record became an optimistic one. Deja is divided into four different sections, each corresponding to the elements that bring equilibrium to human beings—Fire, Water, Earth, Air—and it allowed the album to be released as four separate EPs throughout 2021. “We were thinking in terms of our live shows and we thought about basing it on the end of the world,” says Mejía about the underlying concept of Deja and its evolution. “We thought about everything that was happening in the world and how everything could be rebuilt from the ashes. Then we saw what was happening—especially early in the pandemic, the images we saw around the world— and we thought, ‘Wow, this is real.’ I don’t know if it was a premonition or not, but it propelled us to find a positive side to what’s happening. We have ways to keep the world from ending. We have to take care of the elements that make life on the planet possible, you know?” bit.ly www.bombaestereo.com

Jungle will be at The Paramount Theatre on Friday, October 22nd, 2021. bit.ly Jungle directed the West Side Story­-inspired visual alongside their longtime collaborator Charlie Di Placido. The video follows different groups of dancers who move to the disco-flavored track through several areas of a building before joining forces for a skillful, coordinated dance number. bit.ly youtu.be jungle.bandcamp.com www.junglejunglejungle.com

ODESZA performed live in the KEXP studio in 2013. Check out the full session, including "iPlayYouListen," here: youtu.be As a bonus, here is a live video of this song performed at Red Rocks in 2018. Seeing them live with all the effects is pure magic! youtu.be

Crank this one up!!! We can all fantasize of seeing Underworld live one day (maybe in our dreams). But we can all watch this song live from 1999 in Brussels, Belgium. Turn it up loud and dance along! youtu.be underworldlive.com

THIS WEEKEND, Modest Mouse will be at Marymoor Park (with Future Islands) on Saturday & Sunday, September 11th & 12th. Sept 11th Show: bit.ly Sept 12th Show: bit.ly Enjoy the show and say hello to Isaac Brock from Cheryl! -- It took the band eight years to complete 2015’s 'Strangers to Ourselves,' and although Isaac Brock promised another album 'as soon as legally possible,' it took them another six years to finish 'The Golden Casket.' bit.ly -- www.modestmouse.com

This is a track from their second album, Disconnect From Desire. Alejandra Deheza told Artist Direct the story behind the song: "That's my favorite! 'Dust Devil' was a pretty late addition. The beginning of the music for 'Dust Devil' came about during our European tour; I think it was in the UK. At first, we labeled different song ideas things like, 'London to Birmingham.' I remember revisiting that particular loop though. We had just played these crazy shows in Spain. Barcelona and Madrid are like party towns! They're really fun. We had this late show that we played at like 1 or 2 in the morning, and it was packed. It's funny because we were up until 9am, and everybody was still out! People were still coming back from clubs! It's a totally different culture over there; it's so awesome. Anyway, I found that piece of music again. Benjamin likes to give me a lot of stuff so I can look it over and work on it." www.sviib.com