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One reviewer writes of Case's 2006 album: "The voice looms larger than ever. It's almost unfair. Draped in luscious, acute reverb, every phrase is granted its own pitch-perfect spotlight, and each precious syllable stands alone as a singular accomplishment. On Fox Confessor Brings the Flood, Neko Case's peerless cries crash through the mix with unprecedented force, their natural grandeur captured in sonorous surround sound." tinyurl.com
Neko Case stopped by the KEXP studios back in 2018! Check out her full performance, and interview with Cheryl Waters, here: www.youtube.com
Cheryl hosted Wilco Live on KEXP this past October! Check out the full session here: www.youtube.com
Cruel Country is Wilco's second most recent album, released in 2022. wilcohq.bandcamp.com
The Decemberists will play ZooTunes in Seattle on Wednesday, July 31st and Thursday, August 1st! They'll be in Oakland at the Fox Theater on Saturday, July 13th.
Her Majesty the Decemberists (2003) is the band's second album. They are set to release their ninth album, As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again, this June. thedecemberists.bandcamp.com
In 2013, Frightened Rabbit performed for KEXP donors at Seattle's Triple Door: www.youtube.com
Waxahatchee will play ZooTunes in Seattle with Woods on Sunday, August 18th! She'll be at the Fox Theater in Oakland on Saturday, May 18th!
The new album, Tigers Blood, came out just last month! waxahatchee.bandcamp.com
Deep Sea Diver will open for Pearl Jam at Climate Pledge Arena on Tuesday, May 28th and Thursday, May 30th!
Flash back to 2012 to watch Deep Sea Diver performing "You Go Running" live during KEXP's Hood to Hood Ballard Day broadcast.: www.youtube.com
thedeepseadiver.bandcamp.com
Here's Midlake performing Live on KEXP back in 2013: www.youtube.com.
"Roscoe" is among the band's most well-known songs and was the lead single from their second album, The Trials of Van Occupanther.
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Future Islands will be in Seattle on Friday, September 13th playing the Paramount! They'll stop at the Fox Theater in Oakland on Tuesday, September 17th!
The new album, People Who Aren't There Anymore, came out in January. futureislands.bandcamp.com
Check out this 2017 Live on KEXP performance with the band: www.youtube.com
Faye Webster will play the Greek Theatre in Berkeley on Friday, September 27th! She'll continue up the coast to play the Paramount Theatre in Seattle on Tuesday, October 1st!
The Atlanta-based artist released her new album, Underdressed at the Symphony, just last month. The album's title "is inspired by her occasional compulsion to lose herself amongst concertgoers at the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra." fayewebster.bandcamp.com
Enjoy video from this duo's 2018 Live on KEXP session, hosted by Cheryl Waters: bit.ly
wyeoak.bandcamp.com
Dan Boeckner will play Live on KEXP on Monday, April 29th at noon! Later that night, he'll play a show at The Crocodile. He'll be in San Francisco earlier that week, playing The Independent on Thursday, April 25th.
Known for his role in bands like Wolf Parade and Handsome Furs, Dan Boeckner just released his first solo album last month! boeckner.bandcamp.com
Vampire Weekend will play Climate Pledge Arena on Thursday, June 20th! They'll be at the Greek Theatre in Berkeley on Saturday, June 15th!
The band's new album, Only God Was Above Us, is out now. vampireweekend.bandcamp.com
Neil Young released "Good to See You" on his Silver & Gold album in 2000.
See The Tallest Man on Earth perform this song live for KEXP listeners from Portland's Doug Fir Lounge in 2010: www.youtube.com
Lætitia Sadier is a French musician who was a founding member of Stereolab.
Rooting for Love is her newest album, released in February! laetitiasadier.bandcamp.com
If you want more from Lætitia Sadier, check out "New Moon," chosen as a KEXP Song of the Day in 2022! You can download the track for free here: kexp.org
"In 2000, Enon was all Brooklyn style, comprised of John Schmersal of Brainiac and Rick Lee and Steve Calhoon of Skeleton Key. John and Rick bonded over a penchant for suitcases full of electronics and battery powered trickery – portable musical distractions capable of making tracks on the fly. That’s what this era was all about for Enon – the suitcases and being in the moment wherever they were. Though the band would later evolve to 2007’s lineup of Schmersal, Toko Yasuda and Matt Schulz, you’ve got to know where you’re coming from to see how you got to where you are today." tinyurl.com
Spoon played nine songs Live on KEXP during their 2014 session, including a few selections from that year's release, They Want My Soul. www.youtube.com
Spoon is part of this year's lineup for the THING Festival at Remlinger Farms in Carnation, WA! They'll play on Friday, August 9th.
Check out the music video for this single from Spoon's 2022 album, Lucifer on the Sofa: www.youtube.com
spoontheband.bandcamp.com
"The 12th studio album from renowned London-based electronic producer Four Tet (aka Kieran Hebden) is a brilliant showcase of his immaculate and expansive palette as he weaves together blissful downtempo tracks, hypnotic skittering house grooves, and meditative ambient moments with a masterful, melodic, painterly touch. Early singles 'Three Drums,' 'Loved,' and 'Daydream Repeat' shine bright in this expanded context, with the new songs adding an atmospheric, intricate, and enveloping depth." www.kexp.org
fourtet.bandcamp.com
Local band Chastity Belt will play The Independent in San Francisco on Saturday, April 13th and The Crocodile in Seattle on Friday, April 19th!
“I-90 Bridge’ is the fictionalized account of real times in Seattle,” the band’s Lydia Lund shared in a statement. “When I wrote the chords and melody, the song felt like a classic Chastity Belt song which deserved classic Chastity Belt lyrics addressing growing pains and self reflection in Seattle." tinyurl.com
chastity-belt.bandcamp.com
Neko Case, k.d. lang, and Laura Viers teamed up to release a self-titled album in 2016.
"Rather than bring finished songs to the studio, they honored the spirit of collaboration, with Veirs and lang taking the bulk of the work, and Case, who lives primarily in Vermont, joining them when she could. These are three of the strongest voices in their field—lang the full-voiced seductress, Case the hurricane, and Veirs the wry storyteller—so things could easily have become overcrowded. Instead, they give each other space to take the lead on group-authored material, which wound up veering from lang’s original punk Ronettes template in favor of dusky songs about devotion, heartache, and awe at the simple power of human connection and creativity..." Read more here: tinyurl.com
Blondshell's Sabrina Teitelbaum and Bully's Alicia Bognanno collaborated on this single, released at the end of March.
Blondshell will be performing at Seattle's Day In & Day Out Festival Saturday, July 13th. See the full lineup here: www.dayindayoutfest.com
blondshell.bandcamp.com
www.blondshellmusic.com
KEXP has a new podcast called Cobain 50! Every week we’ll be exploring the music that influenced and inspired Kurt Cobain by diving into a list of his top 50 albums.
BUT we also have a special extra episode out TODAY. It’s an hour-long “love letter” to Kurt, honoring exactly 30 years since we lost the beloved musician. KEXP’s Dusty Henry, Martin Douglas and Albina Cabrera visited the Kurt Cobain Memorial Bench at Viretta Park in Seattle. And they also talked with dozens of artists who wanted to share the ways in which Kurt impacted them – including Bully, L7, Enumclaw and so many others.
Listen to the special episode here: www.kexp.org
Martin Douglas wrote about the rise of Enumclaw and their local roots for KEXP's "Throwaway Style": www.kexp.org
This song's title comes from a famous Japanese anime television series. See the band perform it live on KEXP (along with their entire November 2022 In-Studio performance): bit.ly.
enumclaw6.bandcamp.com
Kurt Cobain passed away on this day thirty years ago. "Scentless Apprentice" comes from Nirvana's third and final album, released in September 1993.
Kim Gordon, founding member of Sonic Youth, recently released her second solo album.
"On this record, I wanted to express the absolute craziness I feel around me right now,” says Gordon. “This is a moment when nobody really knows what truth is, when facts don’t necessarily sway people, when everyone has their own side, creating a general sense of paranoia. To soothe, to dream, escape with drugs, TV shows, shopping, the internet, everything is easy, smooth, convenient, branded. It made me want to disrupt, to follow something unknown, maybe even to fail.”
kimgordon.bandcamp.com
The Kills recorded a session in the KEXP studios in February! Stay tuned for the video of that session to post to KEXP's YouTube channel.
The duo of Alison Mosshart and Jamie Hince released God Games last October.
thekills.bandcamp.com
"Wild God" comes from the album of the same name, due out August 30th! It will be Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds' 18th studio album!
"Cave said in press materials, 'There’s no fucking around with this record. When it hits, it hits. It lifts you. It moves you. I love that about it.'" Read more about the new single and forthcoming album here: tinyurl.com
Built to Spill will play ZooTunes in Seattle on Thursday, August 15th.
You can find the audio from the full 2009 Live on KEXP session with Built to Spill here: www.youtube.com
The Hives performed this version of "Hate to Say I told You So" Live on KEXP from the gathering space this January. Watch the full session, which includes seven songs, here: www.youtube.com
Meatbodies will play Live on KEXP on Thursday, April 11th at noon! They'll play Barboza that same night. On Wednesday, October 9th they'll be at the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco.
The LA-based band's new album, Flora Ocean Tiger Bloom, came out just last month! meatbodies-band.bandcamp.com
Being Dead will play Live on KEXP this Monday, April 8th at noon! They'll be at The Black Lodge in Seattle on Tuesday, April 9th!
The duo of Falcon Bitch and Gumball write of this 2023 release: "New album When Horses Would Run propels us into vivid landscapes: desert planes, dirty basements, lush rolling hills. Being Dead is here to create worlds, grabbing our hand and hauling us outside of ourselves, where we can soak in stories of carefree shoplifters, wayward cowboys, and the final moments of a lonely Buffalo on the range."
beingdead.bandcamp.com
Hatchie performed songs from her Sugar & Spice EP Live on KEXP in 2018: www.youtube.com
2023's Giving The World Away is her most recent album. hatchie.bandcamp.com
Bikini Kill will be playing the South Sound Block Party in Olympia, which will take place on Friday, August 23rd and Saturday, August 24th! The lineup also includes Devotchka, Small Paul, and more!
Reject All American is "Bikini Kill's final studio album originally released in 1996 on Kill Rock Stars. Bikini Kill was a feminist punk band that was based in Olympia, WA and Washington, DC, forming in 1990 and breaking up in 1997. KATHLEEN HANNA sang, TOBI VAIL played drums, BILLY KARREN (aka BILLY BOREDOM) played guitar and KATHI WILCOX played bass. Bikini Kill is credited with instigating the Riot Grrrl movement in the early '90s via their political lyrics, zines, and confrontational live performances." tinyurl.com
Watch The Mountain Goats play Live on KEXP last August: www.youtube.com
"All Hail West Texas is a lonely album, a product of idle time and summer boredom recorded alone, quickly, in an empty house. John Darnielle wrote most of the lyrics in the margins of the stapled, mimeographed handouts given to him in the orientation sessions at his new health-care job in Ames, Iowa. It was 1999. Every day he’d come home at three to an empty house, dishes crowding the sink (his wife was away at hockey camp) and pass the solitary evenings leafing through his handouts and editing the day’s work." Read more here: tinyurl.com
"Playground Twist" by Siouxsie and the Banshees was released in 1979 as the sole single from the band's second album, Join Hands.
"West L.A. Fadeaway" comes from the band's 1987 album, In the Dark. The album went on to achieve double platinum status in the US.
Did you know that Walter Becker and Donald Fagen were the bass and keyboard players in the touring band of Jay and the Americans in the late ‘60s? Want to know more about this band?: www.allmusic.com
Read a discussion of this 1973 apocalypse aftermath song: somethingelsereviews.com
Composed of Piya Malik, Sabrina Mileo Cunningham, and Nya Gazelle Brown, Say She She are a Brooklyn-based "discodelic soul" trio. Check out the band's full KEXP session, hosted by Larry Mizell Jr, below
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