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Tuesday, Apr 22 2014, 10AM
On July 3rd, Woods will be at Barboza with the Fresh and Onlys. Their most recent album, With Light and With Love, is the band's 8th (!!!) record since 2007.
Split Single is the brand-new project of Spoon's Britt Daniel, Jason Narducy (of Superchunk/BobMould/Telekinesis fame), and the great Jon Wurster. Their debut album is out now.
Before his untimely passing, Jeff Buckley was working on his second record, titled My Sweetheart the Drunk. The album would have been produced by Tom Verlaine of Television.
Unsurprisingly, Jack White broke another world record on Record Store Day: www.stereogum.com
On Opening Night of the Seattle International Film Festival (5/15), the brand new, Andre 3000-starring Jimi Hendrix biopic will be screened. Tickets are on sale now: www.siff.net.
Remember that time Daughter played live on the Morning Show? Their debut, If You Leave, came out last year. blog.kexp.org.
Legendary producer Giorgio Moroder just remixed the new Coldplay single from their upcoming album, Ghost Stories: www.nme.com.
Currently at work on their seventh album, Peter Bjorn & John also released a TON of stuff for the most recent Record Store Day. This track is from 2006's Writer's Block.
Sturgill Simpson will be playing the 2014 Chinook Music Festival in Naches, WA over the second weekend in September. His new album is titled Metamodern Sounds in Country Music.
Band songwriter Robbie Robertson has worked for years as a music supervisor in Hollywood, and recently was responsible for the soundtrack of The Wolf of Wall Street.
In recent St. Vincent news, St. Vincent acted as Kurt Cobain at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ceremony, performing "Lithium." She also provided vocals on the new Swans album.
Pavement frontman Stephen Malkmus was just in town, and played live on the KEXP airwaves. His new album is titled Wig out at Jagbags: kexp.org.
Just last year, The Revolutionary Hydra exited retirement to play a live set on Audioasis in celebration of Barsuk's 15th anniversary: kexp.org.
Survival Knife is the new project of Unwound frontman Justin Trosper. Their debut album, Loose Power, is available for streaming here: pitchfork.com.
Superchunk founders Mac and Laura are celebrating the 25th anniversary of Merge Records with an amazing 3-day festival in Chapel Hill, NC (Neutral Milk Hotel, Teenage Fanclub, Caribou, Destroyer, and more).
JEFF the Brotherhood recently announced that they will release a follow-up to 2012's Hypnotic Nights later this year. Other details are unsure.
Be sure to check out this video of Beck covering Prince's Controversy at Coachella: www.rollingstone.com.
The War on Drugs will be playing at this year's Capitol Hill Block Party, which is delightful news. Here's the band's in-studio from last month: blog.kexp.org.
This track by Wreckless Eric was recorded with THE Nick Lowe on guitar, and Steve Goulding of the Mekons on drums. It was released on Wreckless Eric's self-titled debut in 1978.
Israel Nash will be at The Crocodile on Monday, June 16th with Jessica Lea Mayfield. His most recent album is titled Israel Nash's Rain Plans.
Back in 2012, Plants and Animals played live in the KEXP studios, in support of their album The End of That: blog.kexp.org.
Portland band Radiation City will play this year's Sasquatch Music Festival over Memorial Day Weekend, and will also be at the Fisherman's Village Festival in Everett on May 16-17.
Porcelain Raft just released a track on the compilation titled Space Project, in which artists incorporated extraterrestrial noises into their music: www.lefserecords.com.
Just last year, Radical Face, the alias of Ben Cooper, performed live on The Midday Show: kexp.org.
Chimurenga Renaissance is the new project of Shabazz Palaces' Tendai (“Baba”) Maraire. While waiting for the new Shabazz record, be sure to check out CR's debut record, riZe vadZimu riZe.
Bob Marley's Exodus is widely considered as the album that propelled Marley to super-stardom, and features countless classic tracks. It was Bob Marley's ninth studio album.
Sadly, Silver Jews' frontman David Berman announced his retirement from music back in 2009. The band released six excellent albums throughout the 90s and aughts.
Last year, Ocean Blue frontman David Schelzel played a KEXP in-studio, in which he covered Billy Idol's Eyes Without a Face: blog.kexp.org.
EMA's sophomore album, The Future's Void, came out earlier this month. Here's an excellent New Yorker article on EMA: www.newyorker.com.
Wye Oak's new album Shriek is available for streaming this week on the NPR website. They'll be at Neumos on July 15th. www.npr.org.
London group Elephant's brand new debut, Sky Swimming, will be released in early May on Memphis Industries.
On Monday, April 28th, Trust will be LIVE on the Midday Show. The band will play Barboza later that night in support of their new record, Joyland.
Todd Terje's new record, the strangely titled It's Album Time, features guest vocals from Roxy Music frontman Bryan Ferry. This track is a Robert Palmer cover.
Here's a James Blake curated DJ set for BBC-1 (featuring LCD Soundsystem, Earl, and many more artists): www.spin.com.
On Sunday, May 18th, Purity Ring will perform a DJ set at Neumos, with local group USF. Here's their MFNW set from 2012: kexp.org.
While waiting for The Hold Steady to announce a Seattle date on their most recent tour, check out this video of the band covering Deer Tick: www.avclub.com.
On Wednesday, May 7th, Black Pistol Fire will be LIVE on KEXP at 1PM. According to the band's website, they will be playing at an unnamed venue in Seattle on May 11 or 12.
Just last week, The Men played an amazing live set on KEXP. While that session isn't online just yet, be sure to check out their most recent album, Tomorrow's Hits.
Sonic Avenues just released a new album, Mistakes, on Dirtnap Records. At the moment, the band is currently touring Europe (including several Netherlands dates).
Part of the legendary Minneapolis punk scene in the early 80s, Soul Asylum achieved mainstream success in 1992 with the album Grave Dancers Union. They also played Bill Clinton's inauguration.
Jam frontman Paul Weller will release a compilation album titled More Modern Classics on June 2nd: www.nme.com.
Talking Book was Stevie Wonder's fifteenth (!!!) album, and features many of his most notable songs, such as "You are the Sunshine of My Life," and "I Believe."
The National will be at this year's Sasquatch Music Festival over Memorial Day Weekend, and will also be playing the Les Schwab Amphitheater with Tune-Yards in Bend, OR (only 5.5 hours away from Seattle).
Apart from being an amazing guitarist, Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood has composed the soundtracks for a variety of films, including There Will Be Blood, and The Master. Hopefully, he'll compose a new Radiohead album sooner or later.
Check out this playlist of movie soundtracks M83's Anthony Gonzalez just put together: ilovem83.com.
This track was just featured as KEXP's Song of the Day: blog.kexp.org.