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Friday, Sep 13 2019, 10AM
Before it appeared on i,i, Bon Iver used this song in his collaboration with the dance group Tu Dance. Read a KEXP review of Bon Iver and Tu Dance's show at the Paramount last year: www.kexp.org
James Blake played live on KEXP back in 2013. See it here: www.youtube.com
Nashville psych-blues band All Them Witches covering the David Bowie/Freddy Mercury tune "Under Pressure." All Them Witches played live on KEXP from Avast! Recording Co. last November. See it here: www.youtube.com
Rapsody plays the Neptune Theatre on Saturday, October 12 with Big K.R.I.T.
Each song on Rapsody's new album celebrates a different influential black woman. This song is named after Ibtihaj Muhammad, an Olympic fencing bronze medalist and the first Muslim woman to wear a hijab while representing the United States at the Olympics.
Each song on Rapsody's new album celebrates a different influential black woman. This song is named after Ibtihaj Muhammad, an Olympic fencing bronze medalist and the first Muslim woman to wear a hijab while representing the United States at the Olympics.
Kim Gordon's new video for "Air BnB" is a parody of conventional Air BnB aesthetics and expensive music video shoots. In place of visuals, the video consists of a slideshow of text explaining what the video would look like, if Gordon had had the money to shoot it. See it here: www.youtube.com
KEXP celebrated Mixtape Week at the end of August by playing mixtapes from listeners all around the world. This next set comes from Aleksander's mix CD "And So Came the Vandals." Here's what Aleksander had to say about it: "When I made this mixtape I had been unemployed for 3 years, I had recently quit smoking cigarettes, and my childhood dog I had had for 14 years just passed away. It was a very transformational time for me and it was during those days that making mixtapes really started to become one of my biggest passions. The mixes I made during that year remain some of the most meaningful to me. Walking around my town, listening to this mix, helped me cope with the emotional weight of life."
Brooklyn duo the Hundred in the Hands played live on KEXP in 2010. See it here: www.youtube.com
This song appears on Aleksander's mix "And So Came the Vandals." See more of KEXP's celebration of Mixtape Week here: www.kexp.org
Though later popularized by the Rolling Stones and Irma Thomas, "Time Is on My Side" was originally written by Jerry Ragovoy (using the pseudonym "Norman Meade") and first performed by jazz trombonist Kai Winding and his Orchestra in 1963.
Though later popularized by the Rolling Stones and Irma Thomas, "Time Is on My Side" was originally written by Jerry Ragovoy (using the pseudonym "Norman Meade") and first performed by jazz trombonist Kai Winding and his Orchestra in 1963.
KEXP featured "Satellites" by New Age Healers as the KEXP Podcast Song of the Day earlier this year. Download that song and read more about New Age Healers here: www.kexp.org
Grand Rapids, Michigan-bred. L.A.-based band Midnight Faces performed live in the KEXP studio in October 2016. Watch the full performance, including this track, here: www.youtube.com
Hibou performed live on KEXP earlier this year. Stay tuned to the KEXP YouTube page for video of that session and, in the meantime, enjoy one of the band's past sessions: www.youtube.com
"Bring On the Dancing Horses" was recorded for the John Hughes 1986 film Pretty in Pink.
Christine & the Queens performed live on KEXP in 2018. Check it out here: www.youtube.com
Sampa the Great releases her debut studio album The Return today.
See Broken Social Scene live on KEXP here: www.youtube.com
Kate Tempest LIVE on KEXP (BROADCAST ONLY) Sunday, September 29th at 1:00 PM and at the Showbox that night.
Psychedelic Porn Crumpets play the Tractor Tavern tonight.
Richmond, VA-based musician Angelica Garcia had this to say about "Jicama":
"This song is about not being seen for having a dual identity. When you don’t feel seen, you don’t feel accepted for who you are. In my case, I’m American, but I am also Mexican & Salvadoran because of my family blood. Though people often don’t know where to put me, I proudly wear both sides of my identity. The U.S. is a country made up of people from other countries. This song and video are a love letter to kids who grew up embracing two worlds just like me. Seems like many people in power are concerned with preserving some sort of ideal American identity— but our identity as a country is complex. Accepting and enforcing just one perspective is often just a guise for racism and xenophobia. To knock my family and I down for our Latinx roots is to knock down all of America’s history. Like many, I was born in this country."
"This song is about not being seen for having a dual identity. When you don’t feel seen, you don’t feel accepted for who you are. In my case, I’m American, but I am also Mexican & Salvadoran because of my family blood. Though people often don’t know where to put me, I proudly wear both sides of my identity. The U.S. is a country made up of people from other countries. This song and video are a love letter to kids who grew up embracing two worlds just like me. Seems like many people in power are concerned with preserving some sort of ideal American identity— but our identity as a country is complex. Accepting and enforcing just one perspective is often just a guise for racism and xenophobia. To knock my family and I down for our Latinx roots is to knock down all of America’s history. Like many, I was born in this country."
"Take Me Home Tonight" features vocals from Ronnie Spector, who sings the “be my baby” part like her own song “Be My Baby."