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Tuesday, Jul 10 2018, 10AM
This is Sub Pop Number 979. This was a 7" single by Dum Dum Girls.
This wonderful musician will play Seattle's Paramount Theatre on Thursday, November 29th, 2018.
Grand Archives is an American indie rock band that formed in Seattle. They were originally called Archive and are led by singer-songwriter Mat Brooke, formerly of Carissa's Weird and Band of Horses. Watch them perform "Sleepdriving" live: www.youtube.com
“Nightswimming” was recorded on the piano used for “Layla.” Mike Mills said, “I wrote it on the piano at Criteria Studio, the same piano that Jim Gordon did the piano coda to Derek and the Dominoes’ ‘Layla’ on." A close listen reveals definite sonic similarities between the two spiraling, celestial pieces. Despite the instrument’s legendary history, Mills later admitted that it posed something of a challenge to play. “It was tricky. It’s a great-sounding piano, but it’s, uh, not in the best shape of any piano I’ve every seen. But it had the provenance that you like in an instrument, and it was a thrill to play it.”
Notice a theme in these recent song titles? You can read a biography of The Damnwells and Alex Dazen here: www.allmusic.com
Hmmm.....On her Bandcamp page, Kadhja Bonet reveals that "sounds like) Kad-ya was born in 1784 in the backseat of a sea-foam green space pinto. After spending an extraordinarily long time in her mothers plasma, she discovered the joys and gratifications of making noise with her hands and face while traveling at maximum velocity through intergalactic jungle quadrants...." Besides contemplating this brief bio, you can also order "Childqueen" there: kbonet.com
Angel Olsen will be at The Moore Theatre on Friday, September 14th, 2018. Watch a live performance by this gifted artist in the KEXP studio last year: www.youtube.com
Read a fascinating article about Chan Marshall's 10 best songs that include a discussion of this song: www.stereogum.com
When asked about this song, Brothers shares: “Being an 80’s Britpop-obsessed kid, I always wanted to write a song that Molly Ringwald would’ve danced to in ‘The Breakfast Club.’” : substreammagazine.com
Rolling Blackouts coastal Fever will be playing this year's Bumbershoot Festival on Saturday, September 1st, 2018.
Cheryl Waters welcomed Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever to the KEXP studio for a great live performance in April: www.youtube.com
This is one of three heart-breaking songs in the "Virtute Trilogy," by John K. Samson: heartbreakingbravery.com
Watch "Here Comes the City" by the "quintessential cult band": www.youtube.com
Knife Knights will be LIVE on KEXP on Thursday, July 19th, 2018, at 12:00 PM. That performance is open to the public. Knife Knights will be at Bumbershoot, Friday, August 31st - Sunday, August 2nd, 2018.
Rhye will be at Bumbershoot on Friday, August 31st, 2018.: www.rhyemusic.com
Smashing Pumpkins will play KeyArena on Friday, August 24th, 2018.
Read a terrific review of Clearlake's "Cedars": pitchfork.com
Thunderpussy will be LIVE on KEXP on Thursday, August 2nd, 2018, at 3:00 PM. This performance is open to the public. Watch them performing "Speed Queen" live: www.youtube.com
On September 28th, the beloved, Pacific North West rock and roll institution Mudhoney will release Digital Garbage via Sub Pop Records. This is the 10th album from the band in 30 years and it's a barbed-wire-trimmed collection of sonic brickbats. "Paranoid Core" is the first single off of this new album. Mudhoney will embark on a world tour beginning on Aug. 11th at SPF30, Sub Pop's FREE 30th Anniversary Festival and Party at Alki Beach in West Seattle. They will then play a string of dates in the Pacific Northwest starting Sep. 15th in Vancouver, with shows in Portland and Seattle before heading to Europe on Nov. 11th.
Don't miss the opportunity to hear The Black Tones for free when they play KEXP and Seattle Center Concerts at the Mural Amphitheater. They're playing with The Moondoggies and Jo Passed on Friday, August 24th, 2018.: www.thestranger.com
Australia's Courtney Barnett will play Seattle's Paramount Theatre on Monday, October 8th, 2018. Watch her self-directed video for "City Looks Pretty": www.youtube.com
You can hear Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks at The Neptune Theatre on Saturday, August 4th, 2018.
Built To Spill will be playing the free, all-ages South Lake Union Block Party on Friday, August 10th, 2018. Learn more about it here: slublockparty.com
Car Seat Headrest play the Timber Outdoor Music Festival this Saturday, July 14. Cheryl Waters was in the studio, hosting Car Seat Headrest when he played this dynamic Devo cover. Watch the entire performance here: www.youtube.com
"And I’ll just scream and shout, that I’ll never sell out...
I’ll never sell out, man!...
Wait... how much?..." Watch these rockers playing "40 Oz. on Repeat" during an in-studio performance: www.youtube.com
Eleanor Friedberger gave a fine in-studio performance for KEXP listeners in 2016: www.youtube.com
Mavis Staples will be at The Moore Theatre on Saturday, December 1st, 2018.
Jeff Tweedy will be at Seattle's Moore Theatre on Sunday, September 30th, 2018.
At a 2012 solo concert in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Gary Louris was asked by an audience member about the dual vocals on the bridge. Louris explained that he and co-writer Mark Olson each had an idea about what to sing and were too stubborn to let the other guy have his way. They each sang their bridges and just put them together. Watch the official video for "Blue": www.youtube.com
"People are fragile things, you should know by now...
Be careful what you put them through..." See the video for "Munich": www.youtube.com
Don't you love Katie Stelmanis' voice? Here is Austra in the KEXP studio in 2013: www.kexp.org
You can see the official video for "Juicy Socks" (and other good stuff) at Cherry Glazerr's official website: cherry-glazerr.com
Jenn Champion will play Seattle's Chop Suey on Thursday, August 9th, 2018.
Let’s Eat Grandma will be LIVE on KEXP on Wednesday, August 29th, 2018, at 12:00 PM. The band will be playing the Bumbershoot Music and Arts Festival, Friday, August 31st-Sunday, August 2nd, 2018.
Gold Rush" is the lead single for Death Cab for Cuties' ninth studio album, "Thank You for Today." due out on August 17th, 2018: www.youtube.com
This review calls The Decemberists' "I'll Be Your Girl" "the album of their lives": www.pastemagazine.com
Seattle band Wimps will be at The Clock-Out Lounge on Saturday, July 14th, 2018: www.facebook.com
Watch this Chicago foursome on the diamond in the video for "I Found a New Way": www.billboard.com
"Need To Feel Your Love" is featured on the Cheryl Waters-curated Music That Matters podcast this week: www.kexp.org
Tacocat will play KEXP and Seattle Center's Concerts at the Mural with The Coathangers and Snuff Redux on Friday, August 3rd, 2018.
This is a cover of a beautiful Nick Drake song. Read how this song shaped one musician's life: online.berklee.edu
See The Knife live during the "Silent Shout" tour in 2006: www.youtube.com
Watch a live in-studio performance at KEXP from Mike Hadreas, aka Perfume Genius: www.youtube.com
Morrissey has recently cancelled a leg of UK and European tours, making a total of 134 cancellations or postponements since 2012: consequenceofsound.net
Enjoy an Allmusic biography of renowned synth pop group Tears for Fears: www.allmusic.com
Cold Soda just released their first album and you can get it on their Bandcamp page: coldsodaband.bandcamp.com
Here's Bombay Bicycle Club, live in the KEXP studio in 2014: www.youtube.com
Ooooh! You can hear this song on this week's Music That Matters podcast, selected by Cheryl Waters: www.kexp.org
Beach House is going to be on the beach...Alki Beach, that is. They'll be playing Sub Pop's 30th Anniversary Celebration on Saturday, August 11th, 2018.
Read a very positive review of La Luz's recent "Floating Features": exclaim.ca
Watch the video for "Zigzagging Toward the Light": www.youtube.com
In a press release, Mangan explained that the track is about "the struggle to maintain any kind of mental equilibrium in the day-to-day as we're bombarded with the woes of the world."