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Live on KEXP, one-of-a-kind performance.

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Come on, let's go. This is in the role.

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This is Michelle from Japanese Records. And

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this is Maryl from TUY. Hey,

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this is Courtney Bennett. All

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right. Hello,

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everybody, and welcome to Live on KEXP.

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I'm your host, Troy Nelson. On

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the show this time, it's the

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brilliant intensity of the veteran New

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York City band, Blonde Redhead. Blonde

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Redhead is a legendary, independent

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alternative rock band. They've

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been making music and records on their

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own terms since 1994. The

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consistent core of the band is Kazu

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Mikino and twin brothers Simone and Amadeo.

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Between them, they cover vocals, keys,

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guitars, and drums. They

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sometimes work with collaborators, most often

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occupying the position of bass player.

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Their band has truly gone through

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fire, surviving breakups, endless

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fights, a horrible trampling

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by horse, and even the

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Goodbye album. This

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moment finds them returning 30 years

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wiser with a brilliant, complex record,

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as fresh and original as

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any fan could wish for. It's

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called Sit Down for Dinner, and

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it's available on Section 1 Records.

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Debut was called and read

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his. Junior

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Year producer Carbon in for a second.

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I ran Sound for Blonde Redhead in

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the Nineties on their first tour. I

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was working at the Do Coffee House

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in Durham, North Carolina and they were

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in the coolest, most beautiful people I'd

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ever seen. And

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they were not getting along in

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the soundtrack, but they were absolutely

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fantastic Lies. and they were kind.

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To. Me: that beginning audio person

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in a tiny room. And

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have I got their cassette and I

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just played it on repeat. They

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can send you their association with

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Sonic Youth and drummer Steve Shelley's

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label Smells Like Records for Ninety

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Ninety Five. Love Me A Visa

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The Atlanta. Hand

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with Touch and Go for their

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next three albums, including the now

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mean song for The Damage Toda

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from the album Melody of Certain

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Damage Lemons which became the Bad

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Guy theme song on the animated

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series Rick and Morty and is

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now the defacto music for the

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most hurtful moments in your life

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to To Dinner With My. Boyfriend.

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That there was a terrifying period

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as much Chino fell from and

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was trampled. By the whole. She

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spent months with her jaw wired

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shut recovering from facial surgery. Astonishingly,

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the band returned with an incredible

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rent which managed to drop Beauty

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Three Promise and Misery is a

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Butterfly are forced to for horny.

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So. A

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Know. There

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would leave soon. more albums there

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and then the band found themselves

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on their own. Their ninth album,

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Bear Again was on Cobalt Records.

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leaders is good for dinner in

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the it is available on section

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one for this session the band

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played five songs from the new

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record here's blonde redhead live on

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Karony me Mary

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Karony Mary

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Karony Mary

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Karony

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Going around it on

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the phone, asking

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questions, you

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know the reason

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for a little

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bit. Ooh,

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e Nintendo. Eh,

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eh? Eh, You

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Just heard, blonde redhead. With

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the songs sit down for dinner, part

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when and peered. Now

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here's more of our lives session

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with blond red. E.

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in Oh

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Oh. Home.

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Inhale.

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Inhale. Inhale.

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Inhale. Inhale.

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Inhale. Inhale.

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Inhale. Inhale.

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Inhale. Inhale.

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Inhale. goodwill

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goodwill goodwill

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goodwill Rudy

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You you

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you And

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that was our live session with

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blonde redhead you heard the songs

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snowman melody experiment and kiss her

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kiss her We'd like to thank

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the band for stopping by shout

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out to our partner station WFD

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this show is produced by Julian

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Martley and curated with support from

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Jackson long and Isabel Kalili I'm

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Troy Nelson. We'll see you next

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