photo by Morgen Schuler Dum Dum Girls released a flowery new video for their song "Lord Knows" from the End of Daze album. In the video, Dee Dee, who came into our studios for an acoustic set a few weeks back, rocks a serious witch vibe. Kids these days. On another note, Dee Dee sent out an email to fans that she will start creating Spotify mixes! To suggest themes email info@wearedumdumgirls.com with the subject "mix me". (via Rookie , Pitchfork ) [...]
photo by Morgen Schuler Following her arrest for hash possession last Thursday, Fiona Apple made her first statement on the arrest during a show in Houston the following night. Apple noted that while "most of [the people involved in her arrest] were very nice to me", Apple claimed that four related persons partook in "inappropriate and probably illegal" behavior. Watch fan footage of the quintessentially Fiona rant below. Former Replacements frontman Paul Westerberg spends [...]
photo by Morgen Schuler While traveling in Texas as part of her tour behind this year's The Idler Wheel... , Fiona Apple has been arrested for hash possession. (Let the flood of "Free Fiona" and "Criminal" jokes commence.) Apple is currently being held in a Hudspeth County jail, but is still scheduled to play The Moody Theatre tonight as part of Austin City Limits. Check out Fiona's mugshot over at Pitchfork . Canadian twins Tegan and Sara have been steadily working on [...]
Fiona's Cold Shoulder Doesn't Phase Her Fans words and photos by Morgen Schuler Fiona Apple 's live show may not be what you expect from someone with such passionate music. True, quite a bit of her earlier work on Tidal is a bit angry, but so much of what she writes has her face contorted into pained expressions of feelings waiting to burst forth. Despite that dam of emotion constantly in danger of breaking, her interaction with the audience is such a rarity that even the slightest smile [...]
photo by Brittney Bollay Seattle can now claim a hold on summer as we reach post-80 degree weather this week! (Sorry, rest of the country, but we've earned this!) No matter where you are, though, or whether you're sitting out on the beach, picnicking in a park, heading out on a long roadtrip or just chilling at home, you're going to want to soundtrack these hot summer days with some hot new jams. To help beef up your playlists, we've asked KEXP DJs and staff what's in their heavy rotation this summer. Carol [...]
I heard Fiona Apple speak for the first time earlier this week during her interview on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon. It was both fascinating and startling for me to hear her voice in a non-musical environment. Despite maintaining the same Fiona persona full of curiosity and introspection that I’ve read in her interviews, I was somehow surprised that the same voice that can belt the fury of "Fast As You Can" or "Criminal" was as excitable and wondrous as she was on Jimmy Fallon. I was taken aback because although I’ve enjoyed Fiona’s music for many years [...]
A Fiona Apple album is a rare thing, both for its scarcity - this is her first album in seven years - and for the quality of art pop that her contemporaries just seem unable to match. Today sees the release of The Idler Wheel , short for a title longer than this sentence. Fans couldn't be more thrilled , nor apparently the critics, who are lining up to praise it . No doubt it will top the stacks of most KEXP listeners' shopping carts this week. Other new releases worth checking out this week include [...]
Many, many years ago, James Paul McCartney wrote a song asking if his lover would still be with him when he turned 64. For Paul, that year has come and passed, and today, we celebrate loving Macca in his 70th year. Perhaps the most successful songwriter and musician of all time, McCartney's catalogue of 50+ years is deep and rich with timeless songs. To celebrate Sir Paul's 70th year, we've collected a number of great artists paying tribute to the Cute Beatle through covers, ranging from his contemporaries (Bob Dylan) to his collaborators (Dave Grohl) and everyone in [...]
photo by Dave Lichterman Between touring eleven months out of the year and test driving some new tunes, Radiohead 's busy 2012 has kept their fans both satisfied and salivating. This weekend, however, they gifted their fans with not only news of some kind of collaboration with Jack White onstage at Bonnaroo, but also the debut of a completely new song, entitled "Full Stop." Although there's no formal information on the Jack White collab - a 73 on Third Man Records' Blue Series is the speculative consensus - there are a [...]
photo by Dan Mueller You've probably heard of his other projects: Bright Eyes, Monsters of Folk, Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band... but Desparecidos?!? It's been a while! Details on Oberst reuniting with his old punk/hardcore band for Nebraska's Maha Music Festival this August can be found here. Today, Wilco 's pivotal album Yankee Hotel Foxtrot celebrates its tenth anniversary. Not only did the album redefine the band for the rest of their current career, but the story behind [...]
Fiona Apple is coming back to Seattle! July 25, 2012, she will play a show at the Paramount in support of her new album, The Idler Wheel is wiser than the Driver of the Screw, and Whipping Cords will serve you more than Ropes will ever do . STG has not listed when the tickets will go on sale yet, but based on other tour stops, I'm guessing it will be around or after April 20. Check the STG website for more details. No, Jack White still hasn't [...]
Fiona Apple has released the album artwork and tracklisting for her upcoming June 26 release The Idler Wheel is wiser than the Driver of the Screw, and Whipping Cords will serve you more than Ropes will ever do . The artwork is above. Check out the track list here . Dirty Projectors have posted new song "Gun Has No Trigger" on their Soundcloud. The track comes from forthcoming July album Swing Lo Magellan , the much anticipated follow-up to 20092s fantastic Bitte Orca . Check out [...]
Bradford Cox // photo by Suzi Pratt Much ado has been made over a particularly bizarre performance given by Deerhunter and Atlas Sound frontman Bradford Cox in Minneapolis last Friday. Supposedly, the performance featured audience members waving their chairs over their head, at least one stripping to his underwear, Cox waxing philosophical on the current state of music, and, famously, an hour-long rendition of "My Sharona." Cox was not happy about how the night's events were portrayed (namely, as "awkward") and wrote a lengthy explanation [...]
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