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Tuesday, May 22 2018, 10AM
Happy birthday, Steven Morrissey, born on this date in 1959.
Built to Spill will perform at Pickathon 2018 in Happy Valley, Oregon, Thursday, August 2nd through Sunday, August 5th, 2018.
Sharon Van Etten KEXP studio from 2010: www.youtube.com
Watch a live performance by Shearwater at KEXP that included "Animal Joy": www.youtube.com
Shabazz Palaces will perform at Portland's Doug Fir Lounge on Friday, August 10th, 2018. Enjoy a KEXP exclusive interview with Ishmael Butler: blog.kexp.org
Erik Blood will be at Neumos this Thursday night, May 24th, 2018. You can download "Quiet," a KEXP Song of the Day, for free here: www.kexp.org
Zola Jesus will be LIVE on KEXP from Little London Plane as part of the Upstream Music Festival on Friday, June 1st, 2018, at 5:30 p.m. She'll be playing the KEXP stage at Pioneer Square the next day, Saturday, June 2nd, from 6:00 to 6:45 p.m.
Angelique Kidjo has just released a full-album interpretation of the Talking Heads' 1980 masterpiece, "Remain in Light.": www.latimes.com Watch the video for "born Under Punches": www.youtube.com
Watch the video for Dead Can Dance's "Rakim": www.youtube.com
Exitmusic's powerful new album, "The Recognitions," was released on April 20th, 2018.: www.broadwayworld.com
Eleanor Friedberger will be at the Columbia City Theater on Saturday, September 29th, 2018. Her fine fourth album, "Rebound," is set in a post-2016 Greece.: pitchfork.com
See a video that accompanies Blur's "Birthday": www.youtube.com
My Bloody Valentine will be at The Paramount Theatre on Wednesday, July 18th, 2018.
Ms. Monae is bringing the Dirty Computer tour to Marymoor Park in Redmond, Washington on Monday, June 11th, 2018.
Read a review of BMSR's new album, "Panic Blooms": www.slugmag.com
Bombino will bring this delicious sound to The Crocodile on Saturday, July 21st, 2018.
As part of the Upstream Music Fest and Summit, local band Ruler will perform at Elysian Fields in Pioneer Square on Friday, June 1st, from 9:15 to 10:00 p.m.: www.thestranger.com
Watch Telekinesis perform "Wires" live from Mellow Johnny's Bike Shop during SXSW in 2013: www.youtube.com
This is Sub Pop Number 607 in KEXP's celebration of Sub Pop's 30th anniversary. Sub Pop's CD promo samplers have always served well as a sort of "State of the Label," showcasing the acts defining any particular era of Sub Pop. With Infecting The Galaxy One Planet At A Time we get not just a glimpse of the era for the label, but trends emerging in 2003. The dance punk of The Rapture and Hot Hot Heat sits side-by-side with the fiery punk of The Thermals and The Murder City Devils. The Postal Service's "bleep-bloop" electronic sound sets itself in the tracklist as well alongside the elegant folk of Iron & Wine and Rosie Thomas. If you want to know what "indie music" sounded like in 2003, maybe it's time to bust out this compilation.
This is Sub Pop Number 608 in KEXP's Sub Pop Countup. Enjoy a long essay about the single that announced The Postal Service: diffuser.fm
"Wussy's seventh album, What Heaven Is Like, is composed of unpretentious four-minute rock songs that perfectly balance effortless melodicism and noisy, mysterious murk—carrying the torch for a gritty, non-electronic indie aesthetic that's all but extinct." Here's a positive review of this new album: www.slantmagazine.com
Courtney Barnett will perform at The Paramount Theatre on Monday, October 8th, 2018. This week's issue of The New Yorker has an excellent article about Courtney Barnett.: www.newyorker.com
Watch Best Coast in a live KEXP in-studio session from 2013: www.youtube.com
See Will Toledo, aka Car Seat Headrest, playing "Vincent" live in the KEXP studio: www.youtube.com
Visit the Facebook page for this four-piece Boston band: www.facebook.com
GUM is the solo project of Tame Impala/POND multi-instrumentalist Jay Watson. Here's a review of "The Underdog": pitchfork.com
Calpurnia is a 4-piece from Vancouver, Canada, led by Finn Wolfhard who is best known for his performances in ‘Stranger Things’ and ‘It’. Their six-song EP, "Scout," is due out on June 15th, 2018.: www.clashmusic.com
Peaking Lights is a lo-fi experimental pop group made up of husband and wife Aaron Coyes and Indra Dunis. Here they are in a 2014 live in-studio session: www.youtube.com
See the official video for "3WW" (pronounced "Three Worn Words"): www.youtube.com
Wolf Alice,Shame, and Portishead (among others) are sharing a message of support for Palestinian portestors.: www.nme.com
In January, The Seattle Times reported that Sleater-Kinney was working on new music, but "don't hold your breath.": www.seattletimes.com
You can purchase L.A. Witch's self-titled debut album on their Bandcamp page: lawitches.bandcamp.com
Lucy Dacus will be playing Charles Smith Wines Jet City in Seattle on Saturday, June 2nd 2018.: www.songkick.com Read a very thoughtful review of her sophomore album, "Historian": www.stereogum.com
Get "16 Psyche," a KEXP Song of the Day from Chelsea Wolfe's 2017 album, "Hiss Spun": www.kexp.org
TV on the Radio is part of this year's Sasquatch! Music Festival at The Gorge, Friday, May 25th through Sunday, May 27th, 2018. They'll be playing Saturday, May 26th.
'I'm a live wire, electrified. Sparks fly' Watch Katie Crutchfield perform a non-electric solo version of this fine song: www.youtube.com
"Sun Machine" may seem like an odd title for a breakup record, but that’s what this is. Writing and recording began after Kalmia Traver and AlexToth decided to “consciously uncouple,” a choice made after the former’s cancer diagnosis in 2013, the latter’s battle with alcoholism, and the pair’s attempt at an open relationship. Read more: consequenceofsound.net
You can hear Jo Passed at Barboza on Friday, June 29th, 2018.
I am virtue...I am moments away..." You're probably wondering what this L.A. dance-punk band is saying.: www.lyricsfreak.com
This Danish punk band will be at Chop Suey on Wednesday, June 13th, 2018. Here's a thoughtful profile about the band from earlier this month: noisey.vice.com
Although the album took heavy influence from bands like The Velvet Underground and The Ramones, Julian Casablancas wanted to make the band sound as futuristic as possible. He said that wanted The Strokes to sound like “a band from the past that took a time trip to the future to make their record”. Learn more about this classic record: www.nme.com
“Break the Glass” features vocals from Sabrina Ellis of A Giant Dog.
Cheryl Waters welcomed Bleached to the KEXP studios for a live performance in April, 2016: www.youtube.com
Hinds breaks down their new album track-by-track in this interview: consequenceofsound.net
Pitchfork gave a very positive review to Hinds' new release, "I Don't Run": pitchfork.com
Middle Kids will be performing at The Tractor Tavern on Saturday, June 30th, 2018.: www.bandsintown.com
Julien Baker will be LIVE on KEXP tomorrow, Wednesday, May 23rd, 2018, at noon. This performance is open to the public.