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Tuesday, Nov 15 2016, 9PM
From KEXP's review of Xtreme Now: "If you can hang on, Prince Rama’s latest effort is a visceral and rewarding ride, and easily their most cohesive and emotive record yet." Read the rest: blog.kexp.org
The video for "Top Ranking" stars director Miranda July & was directed by [her husband] director Mike Mills: www.youtube.com
Here's a live performance by Bonobo in the KEXP studios: www.youtube.com (Also -- the cover of "Migration" was designed by Neil Krug, who has also worked with Lana Del Rey and Boards of Canada.)
"I See" is The xx's third studio album -- it comes out January 13, 2017. Here's a live performance from The xx at KEXP: www.youtube.com
"Too Many Voices" is one of Rough Trade's favorite albums this year. Here's their full list: roughtrade.com
Pavel Dovgal released "The Aura" this year with an aim "to charge listeners with harmony and a feeling of connectedness to the world," acc. to his website.
"Liberation" came out earlier this month. Listen to more on his SoundCloud: soundcloud.com
Springtime Carnivore performs Jan. 12 at Tractor, presented by KEXP! www.ticketweb.com
The The is a project from Matt Johnson that has featured a lot of guest musicians (including Johnny Marr) and is very difficult to search for on the internet. Here they are on Top of the Pops in 1983: www.youtube.com
Their first album in 20 years (!). Read a letter from the band on their Facebook page: www.facebook.com
"L.A. Heartbreak" just came out on 11/11. Here's Rainbow Arabia's blog of spooky places in LA: www.hauntsofla.com
NxWorries is a collaboration between Anderson.Paak and Knxlwledge -- "Yes Lawd!" is their debut.
Here's Autre Ne Veut live on KEXP in 2013: www.youtube.com
Bob Mould performed live on KEXP in 2013! Watch "Star Machine" live: www.youtube.com
Foxygen are currently on tour. No Seattle dates, but lots of shows elsewhere: jagjaguwar.com
Official video for "Toxic Girl" -- youtu.be
Chess is off the US debut EP from South African producer/multi-instrumentalist/vocalist Petite Noir (aka Yannick Ilunga).
FKA Viet Cong, featuring previous members of the band Women. Here's their KEXP performance before the long-awaited name change: youtu.be
Off of Thomas Meluch's new album on Chicago-based label Kranky (Grouper, Stars of the Lid, etc!!) -- just came out in October. Meluch is from Ann Arbor but now lives in Seattle. He's been using visuals from artist Sean Curtis Patrick and fellow Michiganders Windy & Carl at his shows. Check em out: www.youtube.com
Another live performance from KEXP's studios! www.youtube.com
Lower Dens just released a new song and finished up a tour with Explosions in the Sky. Here's a live video from KEXP's studios: www.youtube.com
Glass Animals are performing in Seattle at the Deck the Hall Ball on 12/6 -- more info here: www.keyarena.com
The official video for this song was directed by Naomi Yang from Galaxie 500 (!). Watch Waxahatchee play "La Loose" live on KEXP: www.youtube.com
Solo project from Amber Coffman of Dirty Projectors. Here's the official video: youtu.be
Check out "Mistaken for Strangers" -- it's a documentary about the relationship btw. lead singer Matt Berninger and his filmmaker brother Tom: www.mistakenforstrangersmovie.com
Tensei translates to "heaven star" in Japanese -- it's the Chicago-based duo of Chris Kramer and Midas Wells. More via SoundCloud: soundcloud.com
New interview with Frank Ocean published in The New York Times earlier today: www.nytimes.com
From their second album, "It's Immaterial," released in September. Here's a new video for another track off this album, "Woods": www.youtube.com
Ultimate Painting are Jack Cooper (Mazes) and James Hoare (Veronica Falls). Here they are on KEXP! youtu.be
The Radio Dept are playing at Neumos on March 1: neumos.com
D.D Dumbo (aka Oliver Hugh Perry) just released Utopia Defeated, his debut album. You can buy it here: smarturl.it
