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Tuesday, Sep 6 2016, 10AM
In two weeks, Local Natives will play at Seattle's Moore Theatre on Tuesday, September 20th, 2016. Watch a live performance for KEXP listeners from the Triple Door in 2013: blog.kexp.org
Explosions in the Sky just played KEXP's Secret Stage for Bumbershoot, 2016. Read a review here: blog.kexp.org
PWR BTTM will be playing next door at the Vera Project on Saturday, November 5th, 2016.
Go hear Kishi Bashi at the Showbox on Tuesday, October 18th, 2016.
You can purchase a vinyl copy (with a bonus 7") of Wild Beasts' just-released "Boy King" here: wildbeasts.dominomart.com
"I'll take the furniture...start all over again..." Enjoy the lyrics to PIL's "Flowers of Romance": www.metrolyrics.com
Dead Gaze is Oxford, Mississippi musician R. Cole Furlow. "Easy Travels" is the second album by the happily-- and recently--married Furlow. One review says: "There's nothing but love on this record — it's even in the album art, which is a photo of an embroidery Furlow's grandmother made in 1987."
Steve Gunn will be LIVE on KEXP on Wednesday, September 21st, 2016 at noon. This show is available for the public to watch. Steve Gunn will be playing Barboza that night.
That's a Hammond B3 organ anchoring this soul trio's work: www.facebook.com
Charles Bradley is an extraordinary live performer---energetic, passionate, and grateful to his audience. He will play the Neptune Theatre on Thursday, September 15th, 2016.
Drive-By Truckers' politically-charged new album, "American Band," will be released at the end of the month. This song, "Surrender Under Protest," was chosen by Cheryl Waters as today's KEXP Song of the Day. Download it for yourself here (and also listen to their song, "What It Means"): blog.kexp.org Drive-By Truckers will be here in Seattle, playing the Showbox on Thursday, September 29th, 2016.
Learn more about this band from Bern, Switzerland: www.justbecause.ch
Another Swiss band, this time from Zug, Switzerland: www.facebook.com
Ween is a Pennsylvania band, formed in the 8o's by childhood friends Aaron Freeman and Mickey Melchiondo, better known by their respective stage names, Gene Ween and Dean Ween. Now, here's the Gene Ween Band performing "Blue Balloon": www.youtube.com
Watch Andrew Bird in an intimate in-studio session at KEXP earlier this summer: blog.kexp.org
Ricky Gervais tasks his Twitter followers with telling him if his "favorite Swedish band, 'The Amazing,' is ever in the same town as he is.": www.facebook.com
In 2014, Sterogum called Happyness a "band to watch": www.stereogum.com
Isn't this a great song? Cheryl Waters picked it in 2009 as a KEXP Song of the Day. Put in in your own collection here: blog.kexp.org
Irish singer and songwriter James Vincent McMorrow will be in Seattle, playing the Showbox on Saturday, November 26th, 2016. You can stream his new album, "We Move," right here: www.thefader.com
Okkervil River will be LIVE at KEXP on Saturday, October 8th, 2016, at 3:00 p.m. They will perform at the Neptune Theatre that night.
Chris Staples will be playing the Tractor Tavern on Saturday, October 8th, 2016.
Watch Margaret Glaspy's great in-studio performance and interview with Cheryl Waters at KEXP in August, 2016: blog.kexp.org
Watch the official music video for Melbourne, Australia's Camp Cope's "Done": www.youtube.com
Angel Olsen's new album, "My Woman," is "raw, tender, and, oh, so beautiful": howlandechoes.com
Watch the video for Aqualung's "Brighter Than Sunshine": www.youtube.com
Watch Calexico in an exclusive performance for KEXP donors from the Robert Lang Studios: blog.kexp.org
See The Cave Singers sing "Shine" and other songs at this Triple Door concert for KEXP VIP Club members: blog.kexp.org
Noname is Chicago hip hop artist Fatimah Warner. Here's a very positive review of her recent "Telefone": pitchfork.com
Anomie Belle will open for The Posies at the Neptune Theatre on Wednesday, November 16th, 2016: www.stgpresents.org
Tune in to Audioasis on KEXP Sat. Oct. 1 at 8:30pm to hear a KEXP in studio session with Maszer.
The Sugarcubes formed on June 8, 1986, the same day that singer Bjork gave birth to her and guitarist Por Eldon's son. Read a biography of this important Icelandic band: www.oldies.com
Another Iceland band, Mammut performed "Salt" and other songs live in the KEXP studio in a dynamic performance: blog.kexp.org
Heaters play in Seattle this Friday, September 9, at LoFi Performance Gallery. Read more about Grand Rapids, Michigan trio Heaters at their Facebook page: www.facebook.com
"Golden Lion" by Montreal quartet The Besnard Lakes was picked as a 2015 KEXP Song of the Day by Cheryl Waters. Get your own free copy here: blog.kexp.org
You can hear Japanese Breakfast, Michelle Zauner’s noise-pop solo project, at The Crocodile on Thursday, September 22nd, 2016.
You can pre-order John K. Samson's (of The Weakerthans) new album, "Winter Wheat": johnksamson.com
Download this lovely song by The Tallest Man on Earth. It was yesterdays's KEXP Song of the Day, chosen by Cheryl Waters: blog.kexp.org
See Grizzly Bear performing "Speak in Rounds" live: www.youtube.com
Enjoy a wistful, extended live set by Nada Surf in the KEXP studio: blog.kexp.org
Perhaps this Brazilian musician will cover David Bowie when he plays Seattle's Showbox on Monday, November 21st, 2016.
In April, 2016, The Smiths joined Twitter, making fans all "aflutter" about the possibility of a reunion: www.mirror.co.uk
Allah-Las will play Neumos on Wednesday, September 28th, 2016. see a 2015 KEXP in-studio live performance: blog.kexp.org
This review of Whitney's "Light Upon The Lake" says that "dulcet, vintage tones set the table for a thoroughly emotional listening experience...": consequenceofsound.net
"I was carried to Ohio in a swarm of bees...." Read the lyrics to "Bloodbuzz Ohio": www.azlyrics.com
Happy birthday, Roger Waters (no relation)! This track, the first on "A Saucerful of Secrets," was written by the birthday boy himself: www.youtube.com
Local band Black Ferns will perform at the Sunset Tavern on Tuesday, September 20th, 2016: blackfernsmusic.com
The Purrs will be playing the Tokyoidaho album release party at Barboza on Friday, September 9th, 2016.
Gibraltar is "a band from Seattle. taking quiet/loud and making it quieter and louder. and then, doing it again...." www.gibraltartheband.com
Acquire "Shark's Tooth," a 2010 KEXP Song of the Day by Archie Bronson Outfit: blog.kexp.org
Read a biography.com profile of singer, songwriter, and actor Tom Waits: www.biography.com
Be sure to tune in The Midday Show this Thursday, September 8th, 2016, when Cheryl Waters will stream this new album by Cymbals Eat Guitars in its entirety.
Matt Johnson wrote this song following the death of his brother