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Tuesday, Dec 6 2016, 10AM
"Teens of Denial" was Cheryl Waters' top album for 2016. Go here to see her other top ten choices: blog.kexp.org Be sure and listen to a LIVE performance by Car Seat Headrest on Tuesday, January 10th, 2017 at noon.
Surprise!! Here's another album on Cheryl's 2016 favorites list: blog.kexp.org Read about Kate Tempest's extraordinary performance for KEXP listeners at Iceland Airwaves this year: blog.kexp.org
Learn more about this Canadian electronic music group, who feature First Nations chanting and drumming in their music: atribecalledred.com
View the album artwork for Justice's November album, "Woman": mixmag.net
David Bazan's "Blanco" is another of Cheryl's top ten albums of the year: blog.kexp.org David Bazan will be playing at Neumos on Sunday, December 18th, 2016, and wilkl be LIVE on KEXP on Thursday, December 22nd, 2016, at 1:00 p.m.
"AAN is a fearless experimental pop band from Portland, Oregon mixing heavily textured guitars with rich vocal harmonies.": www.weareaan.com You can purchase "Dada Distractions" now at their Bandcamp page: weareaan.bandcamp.com
Depeche Mode has announced a new album, "Spirit,," to be released in the spring of 2017. The band will follow the album's release with a 32-date European tour in the late spring and summer.: www.rollingstone.com
What music was in your top ten of 2016? This album was in Cheryl Waters' list. Be sure and vote for your favorites before 6:00 p.m. this Friday, December 9th, 2016, to be entered into a drawing for vinyl copies of listeners' favorites: polls.kexp.org
The new album,"Burn Something Beautiful," Escovedo’s first solo endeavor since 2012’s highly acclaimed Big Station, is in actuality, a highly collaborative affair. Teaming with Peter Buck (R.E.M.) and Scott McCaughey (The Minus 5) to co-write the album’s songs, Escovedo also enlisted the pair to act as the project’s producers.
Read about The Replacement's disastrous "Saturday Night Live"debut: www.rollingstone.com
Naked Giants will be performing at Neumos on Friday, December 30th, 2016.
Read an Amoeba Music biography of the famous New York Dolls: www.amoeba.com
Weyes Blood is Brookly-base singer/songwriter Natalie Mering. Get a free KEXP Song of the Day, "Land of Broken Dreams," by this talented artist: blog.kexp.org
Watch Laura Marling in this terrific live in-studio performance at KEXP in 2013: blog.kexp.org
"Blackstar," one of Cheryl Waters' top ten albums of 2016, has been nominated for multiple Grammy awards. Read all bout it here: www.etonline.com
Watch live video of these Icelanders in their first radio performance in the United States in 2015: blog.kexp.org
Here's a glowing review of Underworld's "Barbara, Barbara...": pitchfork.com
Roisin Murphy is an Irish singer/songwriter. Follow her on her Facebook page: www.facebook.com
Enjoy a KEXP album review of Jagwar Ma's recent "Every Now & Then": blog.kexp.org
Watch a complete live performance by Beach House in the KEXP studio: www.youtube.com
Alt-J performed "Fitzpleasure" in an exclusive performance for KEXP VIP Club members from Seattle's Triple Door: blog.kexp.org
Watch Adam Stephens and Tyson Vogel (aka Two Gallants) in a fine KEXP in-studio session: blog.kexp.org
Tampa band Merchandise has had to cancel its current tour after Carson Cox lost consciousness on stage, fell, and fractured his jaw. He's expected to make a full recovery and the band will attempt to make up shows in the spring of 2017.: www.facebook.com
You can hear Fauna Shade at the Nectar Lounge on Friday, December 23rd, 2016.
This local five-piece band's album, "Late Night," is available at their Bandcamp page: honchoponcho.bandcamp.com
American Wrestlers will be LIVE on KEXP on Tuesday, January 24th, 2017, at noon. The public is invited to come down to KEXP's New Home and view that performance. American Wrestlers will be playing The Crocodile that night.
Cheryl Waters picked "A Coliseum Complex Museum" by this Montreal band as one of her top ten of 2016: blog.kexp.org Read an NPR review of the new album: www.npr.org
Ten years after the release of "Return to Cookie Mountain," here's a retrospective from earlier this year: www.spin.com
MASZER reports that a new album is forthcoming in 2017. In the meantime, watch this recent live performance in the KEXP studio: www.youtube.com
Watch Desert Mountain Tribe perform "Heaven and Hell" live earlier this year: www.youtube.com
Saundra Williams and Starr Duncan Lowe have been backup singers for the late, great Sharon Jones. Read an interview with this talented duo: www.soulandjazzandfunk.com
Read more about this member of James Brown's galaxy of stars and her song "I'm Too Tough for Mr. Big Stuff (Hot Pants).: funky16corners.com
Plan to be in Barcelonia in late May and early June next year to hear the Black Angels play the Primavera Sound Festival 2017. While you're waiting, watch a VIP Club Concert from Seattle's Triple Door in 2013: blog.kexp.org
Buy Seattle band Headwaves' self-titled new album at their Bandcamp page and " for best experience, listen at maximum volume.": headwaves.bandcamp.com
Operators' new album, "Blue Wave," is another of Cheryl Waters' favorites for the year 2016: blog.kexp.org This review says that Dan Boeckner "hasn't sounded this committed and angry since leading Atlas Strategic a decade and a half ago.": pitchfork.com
Shearwater's live performance in the KEXP studio in March was extraordinary.: www.youtube.com
Here's Charles Bradley talking about the election, greed, and racism: www.esquire.com
Noname will be playing The Crocodile on Wednesday, February 15th, 2017.
Don't miss the opportunity to hear Devendra Banhart at The Showbox on Monday, January 23rd, 2017.
Read the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame biography of the enormously talented Mr. Young: www.rockhall.com
Watch Conor Oberst perform "Next of Kin" live at the Granada Theater in Dallas earlier this fall: www.youtube.com
Go to The War on Drugs website to see a gallery of photos taken by their fans.: www.thewarondrugs.net
Former Smith Westerns frontman Cullen Omori's debut solo album came out this spring to critical acclaim. Read more about this artist at the Sub Pop Records website: www.subpop.com
Boards of Canada are a Scottish electronic music duo, consisting of brothers Michael Sandison and Marcus Eoin who started playing together as a band in the mid-80s, when they were still teenagers.
This Australian band made Cheryl Waters' top ten list for 2016: blog.kexp.org Get ready to hear the live in Seattle on sunday, April 9th, 2017 at Neumos.
