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- “Ruby Church”
- “Water & Wine”
- “Large Black X”
- “Smoke & Fiction”
Earlier this yr, X, the venerable, trailblazing punk band from Los Angeles, introduced their remaining studio album and remaining tour.
If X is certainly calling it a day within the studio, then they’re giving us one final probability to see them in motion, the best way you might need seen them again in 1980 in LA.
In the present day, John Doe, Exene Cervenka, D.J. Bonebrake and Billy Zoom be part of us to play songs from their newest album, Smoke & Fiction. Though it has been over 40 years since their debut, the punk icons nonetheless sound as pressing as ever. Plus, Doe and Cervenka speak about X’s current and previous, together with their 1986 documentary, X: The Unheard Music.
This episode of World Cafe was produced and edited by Miguel Perez. Our senior producer is Kimberly Junod and our engineer is Chris Williams. Our programming and reserving coordinator is Chelsea Johnson and our line producer is Will Loftus.