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Argentine indie pop band made up for members Gregorio Degano, Salvador Colombo, Tomás Verduga , Matías Verduga, Iñaki Colombo and Nicolás Rodríguez del Pozo. Check out their performance Live on KEXP in Argentina: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFF7aDNr0dQ https://bandaloschinos.bandcamp.com/ www.instagram.com/bandaloschinos

Frontman John Dwyer described this song as "looking at all the extraordinary death in the world now you have to wonder, have you lived your best life? It’s never too late to start." Oh Sees stopped by the KEXP studio back in 2019. Check out their full in studio performance & interview with Troy Nelson: www.youtube.com www.theeohsees.com

New music from the Dominican Republic. www.youtube.com twitter.com mediopicky.bandcamp.com

Public Enemy's "Don't Believe the Hype" samples "Synthetic Substitution" is a 1973 song by Melvin Bliss, a a rhythm and blues singer who was born on this day in 1945. "Synthetic Substitution" originally starting life as a throwaway B-side, with "Reward" as the A-Side, the song failed to chart anywhere on its initial release because of the collapse of Opal Productions, the parent company of Sunburst Records. However, after the song was sampled by Ultramagnetic MCs, many other artists followed suit, and eventually the song became one of the most sampled songs of all time.

Fin del Mundo will be performing for KEXP Live from Argentina tomorrow at 10am PT / 2pm ARG! Tune into their live performance at 90.3 FM in Seattle, KEXP. ORG, the KEXP Apps, or on KEXP's YouTube: www.youtube.com

“‘Free Yourself’ is the beginning of a new era for me,” Ware said in a statement. “I’m so excited for people to have this song for the end of their summer; to dance, to feel no inhibitions, and to feel joyful because that’s how I’ve been feeling recently being able to tour again and being able to sing again. Enjoy yourself, Free Yourself!” In the video for this banger, watch Ware stride into a regal hall to lead a freaky congregation in a ritual dance.: www.youtube.com

Radiohead's second studio album, and the first to feature cover art by Stanley Donwood who went on to produce all future album art for the band. It’s KEXP’s 50th anniversary! To celebrate we’re playing songs you know and love from 1995! kexp.org/50/ radiohead.com

The debut studio album from The Dandy Warhols. The album is often referred to as "The White Album" in reference to the album cover. 'Dandys Rule OK' features a hidden track: "Finale: It's a Fast Driving Rave-Up with The Dandy Warhols". The Dandy Warhols performed Live on KEXP back in 2016! Check out their full performance from live in the KEXP studio: www.youtube.com www.dandywarhols.com We’re traveling back in time with songs from 1995 to celebrate 50 years of KEXP today! kexp.org/50/

Recorded in 1994 at Kingsway Studio in New Orleans, LA. Kristin Hersh of Throwing Muses talked to KEXP's Rachel Stevens on the 'Sound & Vision' podcast about what it was like to be a mom who toured with her four boys: www.kexp.org Here's Throwing Muses performing live on KEXP from The Triple Door in 2014: www.youtube.com Happy 1995! Thank you for powering KEXP for 50 years! kexp.org

'To Bring You My Love' was PJ Harvey's first proper solo album, recorded after the breakup of the PJ Harvey Trio. "'To Bring You My Love' feels theatrical, with each song representing a grand gesture. Relying heavily on religious metaphors and imagery borrowed from the blues..." www.allmusic.com Celebrating 50 years of KEXP with a journey back to 1995! kexp.org

The sixth studio album from Washington, D.C. group Bad Brains. The band originally went by the name Mind Power, playing more jazz fusion, but went on to be widely regarded as pioneers of hardcore punk. www.badbrains.com It’s KEXP’s 50th anniversary! To celebrate we’re playing songs you know and love from 1995! kexp.org/50/

"California Love" features rapper Dr. Dre and singer Roger Troutman. The track was 2Pac's first single as the newest artist of Death Row Records at the time. We’re traveling back in time with songs from 1995 to celebrate 50 years of KEXP today! kexp.org/50/

Oasis' second studio album sold a record-breaking 347,000 copies in its first week on sale and spent 10 weeks at the top of the UK albums chart. Producer Owen Morris says that despite the friction between the Gallagher brothers, "The sessions were the best, easiest, least fraught, most happily creative time I've ever had in a recording studio. I believe people can feel and hear when music is dishonest and motivated by the wrong reasons. Morning Glory, for all its imperfection and flaws, is dripping with love and happiness." Happy 1995! Thank you for powering KEXP for 50 years! kexp.org

The Smashing Pumpkins' third studio album. Billy Corgan began writing songs for the album immediately after the 13 month tour of their previous release 'Siamese Dream'. The band recently announced their new album 'Atum'. The album will feature 33 songs in three acts. Each act will be released every 11 weeks up until it's release on April 12, 2023. bit.ly The Smashing Pumpkins will be performing at Climate Pledge Arena on Saturday, November 12th! Get your tickets: bit.ly smashingpumpkins.com Celebrating 50 years of KEXP with a journey back to 1995! kexp.org

Blind Melon formed in 1990 in Los Angeles, with three members from Mississippi, one from Pennsylvania and on from Indiana. Their second studio album 'Soup' was released eight weeks prior to vocalist Shannon Hoon's passing. blindmelon.com It’s KEXP’s 50th anniversary! To celebrate we’re playing songs you know and love from 1995! kexp.org/50/

Sonic Youth's ninth studio album. 'Washing Machine' was recorded at Easley Studios in Memphis, Tennessee, where bands like Pavement, Guided by Voices, and Grifters had previously recorded. The band's Thurston Moore shared that the album "hearkens back to records like Sister where we'd write a bunch of songs, go into the studio for a month, put them down, then go on the road and play them for a year. By the end of the year they'd mutate into something much more excited." bit.ly Happy 1995! Thank you for powering KEXP for 50 years! kexp.org

The seventh studio album from The Flaming Lips and the last to feature guitarist Ronald Jones. The album name comes from an account from Tool's former bassist Paul D'Amour who shared that after flying through a cloud in a roofless plane, the pilot stated: "You know, it's weird, clouds taste metallic." bit.ly www.flaminglips.com Celebrating 50 years of KEXP with a journey back to 1995! kexp.org

The debut album from Olympia band Sleater-Kinney. The band's original lineup featured Corrin Tucker, Carrie Brownstein, and Janet Weiss. Sleater-Kinney originated as part of the riot grrrl movement. www.sleater-kinney.com It’s KEXP’s 50th anniversary! To celebrate we’re playing songs you know and love from 1995! kexp.org/50/

Superchunk's Laura Ballance rated this album her #2 of their albums, sharing, "I like most of the songs on this record. Again, I think it was a record I felt good about the whole process and feeling confident in what I was doing. We took more time to do it. We did it with Wally Gagel, who I think has a really good ear for drums. I feel like Wally had a good influence on how it sounded coming out of the mixing process. He made it sound really good." bit.ly Superchunk stopped by the KEXP studio earlier this year! You can check out their full performance and interview with Cheryl Waters here: www.youtube.com superchunk.com We’re traveling back in time with songs from 1995 to celebrate 50 years of KEXP today! kexp.org/50/

Recorded during 1994-1995. Elliot Smith's eponymous album came out 27 years ago this past July. Check out KEXP's Live Video: Seth Avett and Jessica Lea Mayfield sing Elliott Smith, from 2015: kexp.org Happy 1995! Thank you for powering KEXP for 50 years! kexp.org

It's Wednesday which can only mean one thing... it's business time! "I might go to bed now, I've got work in the morning". Watch Flight of the Conchords perform "Business Time" here: bit.ly. More about this unique New Zealand duo: "Bret and Jemaine first met in 1996 at Victoria University Wellington. Jemaine vividly remembers the first time he met Bret; “he was wearing a hat”. Bret doesn’t remember meeting Jemaine, but says it was unforgettable." www.flightoftheconchords.co.nz

The debut, self-titled, studio album from Crosby, Stills & Nash. This was the only album released by the band before adding Neil Young to their line-up. www.rhino.com

"Widowspeak’s sixth album started out with loose strings of a concept, a story about a fictional band: A chain-stitcher working in the satin district of an unnamed city, a neighborhood of storefront tailors devoted to elaborate costumery for country-western, art rock, ye-ye cover bands that populate the street’s bars after dark. The narrator joins one such outfit, “Le Tex” and feels a sense of belonging and momentum, movement beyond what was previously a stable, predictable life. A relationship with a bandmate materializes. Eventually, the group start to write originals. They generate goodwill and momentum, and venture out on the open road seeking new opportunities beyond what the satin district can offer. But the vibrational energy that got things moving is the same that shakes the whole thing apart: the relationship, and the band, disintegrate upon finally reaching their destination, the end of the road. The chain-stitcher heads back to the city, settling back into the rhythm of work, old standards and a familiar place." widowspeak.bandcamp.com Widowspeak performed "Drive" during their latest in studio session! Check out their full performance and interview from this past July: www.youtube.com widowspeak.bandcamp.com

New music from Miss Grit! Miss Grit, aka Margaret Sohn, shared, "I had the character of Ex Machina in mind as the voice I was singing from. Her arc in the movie felt really beautiful to me, and I wanted to reach the same ending as her in this song.”. Check out the music video for "Like You": www.youtube.com Miss Grit performed Live on KEXP at Home back in 2021! Check out the full performance here: www.youtube.com missgrit.com

From Nilüfer Yanya's second album. "Writing the record, even though I was struggling in the beginning, once we got going, it didn't feel like I had [a] kind of suffering anymore — I was just making music," Yanya says. "It was not easy, but it was easy to let it happen. And then I was like, why do I have this idea that everything has to be really hard when it comes to music? Why do other people have this idea that artists need to be suffering in order for their music to be good?" n.pr Enjoy Live Video from Nilüfer Yanya's 2021 Live on KEXP at Home session: bit.ly. niluferyanya.bandcamp.com

The first three tracks off of this Beastie Boys' EP are variations of their track "Root Down" off of their 1994 release 'III Communication'. 'The remaining seven tracks, including "Something's Got to Give" were recorded live in Europe in the winter of 1995. beastieboys.com It’s KEXP’s 50th anniversary! To celebrate we’re playing songs you know and love from 1995! kexp.org/50/

Mudhoney performed live from the Space Needle during the Sub Pop Silver Jubilee Broadcast in 2013! Check out their full performance here: www.youtube.com mudhoneyonline.com Happy 1995! Thank you for powering KEXP for 50 years! kexp.org

The third studio album from the Pixies. After touring their second album 'Doolittle', band members Black Francis, Joey Santiago, and David Lovering moved from Boston to Los Angeles to record 'Bossanova', while their bassist Kim Deal stayed in the UK to record the Breeders' first album.

This song was about Kathleen Hannah falling in love with Adam Horowitz of the Beastie Boys. bit.ly See a live performance of "Capri Pants" at The Palladium in 2019: youtu.be bikinikill.bandcamp.com

In 2013, Stephanie Phillips was tired of how her city’s DIY scene lacked in diversity or racial consciousness, so she posted on social media seeking like-minded musicians to start a black feminist punk band. Big Joanie came about, from this very grass-roots effort. bit.ly Watch Big Joanie perform during KEXP's International Clash Day broadcast in February 2019: youtu.be bigjoanie.bandcamp.com

Light Asylum will be at El Corazon on Sunday, October 2nd, 2022: bit.ly Light Asylum is a Brooklyn-based electronic music duo consisting of Shannon Funchess and Bruno Coviello. They performed "Pope Will Roll" live in the KEXP studio in 2012: www.youtube.com www.mexicansummer.com

Hello, happy Wednesday, and welcome to The Afternoon Show with Larry Mizell, Jr.! We're celebrating KEXP's 50th anniversary by focusing each week (beginning on Wednesdays) on a particular year of our history. Today, we start celebrating the music of 1995! We're so glad you're here! -- "Red Medicine," Fugazi's fourth and most successful album, was released in June, 1995. Here's a retrospective from its 20th anniversary in 2015: www.stereogum.com