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Monday, Mar 31 2014, 6AM
Did you know that Thom Yorke was known as "Salamander" in school? Here are many other things you probably didn't know about Yorke and Radiohead: flavorwire.com
Earlier this month, Angel Olsen came to the KEXP studio for a wonderful live set. View the video here: blog.kexp.org
Hercules & Love Affair will be touring in Europe in May. The new album, "The Feast Of The Broken Heart, " debuts on May 26th: www.facebook.com
"Chain My Name" from the album "Shulamith" by Polica was a recent KEXP Song of the Day and can be yours for free here: blog.kexp.org
Listen to Daniel Rossen, of Grizzly Bear and Department of Eagles, in a live set in the KEXP studio earlier this month: kexp.org
Damien Jurado will be playing at Sasquatch! 2014 on Friday, May 23rd, 2014. Go right here to his website: damienjurado.com
Elbow, too, will be playing the Sasquatch! 2014 Music Festival at the Gorge Amphitheatre. They will perform on Sunday, May 25th, 2014.
The acclaimed poet and musician Gil Scott-Heron died in May, 2011 at age 62. Here is an obituary from The Guardian: www.theguardian.com
Dublin band September Girls say that they are "building a robot. Maybe." in this interview last month: amusicblogyea.com
David J, a member of Bauhaus and Love and Rockets, has just released a solo album, "An Eclipse of Ships," and is touring: www.brooklynvegan.com
Listen to a live session by Cataldo on KEXP's Audioasis on Saturday, April 12th, at 6:30 p.m. Then, go hear the band at the Columbia City Theater on Saturday, April 19th, 2014.
Download "All Thoughts Are Prey to Some Beast," a KEXP Song of the Day by Smog's Bill Callahan: blog.kexp.org
Learn more about "A New KInd of Man" from Seattle musician Bill Patton on the Light in the Attic blog: blog.lightintheattic.net
Wanda Jackson covered The White Stripes' "In the Cold, Cold Night" last year: www.rollingstone.com
Go here to hear (again) Tame Impala's cover and then see the video of Michael Jackson's original "Stranger In Moscow": pitchfork.com
Go hear Phantogram when they perform on Friday, May 23rd, as part of the Sasquatch! 2014 Music Festival. In the meantime, here's live video of a recent performance for KEXP VIP Club members: blog.kexp.org
Charlotte Gainsboroug is the daughter of English actress Jane Birkin and French singer and songwriter Serge Gainsboroug: www.charlottegainsbourg.com
Here's a music biography of The Chemical Brothers: www.allmusic.com
PINS will be touring in England and Europe in May. Connect with the band at their Facebook page: www.facebook.com
Wire rocked the KEXP studio when they played a live session on The Afternoon Show last year: kexp.org
TacocaT will perform at Sasquatch! 2014 on Sunday, May 25th, 2014. Read a Larry Mizell review of "NVM": www.hardlyart.com
"On we sweep with threshing oar...." Read the lyrics for this cover of Led Zeppelin's "Immigrant Song": www.sing365.com
On Friday, May 23rd, 2014, Liars will be on stage at Sasquatch! 2014. Here's a KEXP album review of "Mess": blog.kexp.org
Listen to M83's new song, "I Need You," off the "Divergent " soundtrack: news.radio.com
See live video of Gray Numan, who is not locked in the past, playing in the Bumbershoot Music Lounge last year: blog.kexp.org
Dum Dum Girls will be LIVE on Troy Nelson's KEXP show this Saturday, April 5th, at 3:00 p.m. They will perform at Neumos that night.
Listen as Iggy Pop shoots the breeze with Johnny Depp: www.inquisitr.com
Kris Orlowski will perform at The Showbox on Saturday, April 12th, 2014. See live video from 2013 (and check out the half-naked picture): blog.kexp.org
In 2013, Spin Magazine revisited Elliott Smith's death, 10 years later: www.spin.com
Tune in to KEXP on Thursday, April 3rd, at 1:00 p.m. for a LIVE performance by Future Islands. They will perform at the Crocodile on Thursday night.
Destroyer will be at The Triple Door on Tuesday, April 29th, 2014.
Read an Allmusic song review of "Tomorrow Never Knows": www.allmusic.com
Listen to Yellow Ostrich perform "Shades" and other songs in a recent live KEXP in-studio performance: kexp.org
Go to Saint Pepsi's Facebook page (entitled "drink young") to get free downloads: www.facebook.com
Read Stevie Wonder's biography from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: rockhall.com
Squeeze is touring in 2014. On their website, they note that "Pop Up Shop Live Cd's and Arse About Face" are available: www.squeezeofficial.com
The Black Keys' eighth album, "Turn Blue," will be released on May 13th. Pre-order the vinyl, CD, or deluxe package here: www.theblackkeys.com
Podcast song of the day! Here's a link to the song: blog.kexp.org Young Fathers will perform at Neumos on Friday, May 16th, 2014.
Donna Summer, who transcended disco, died in 2012 at the age of 63. Read her NY Times obituary: www.nytimes.com
Arcade Fire will play at the Gorge Amphitheatre on August 8th, 2014.
There are several lists of Pulp's "amazing, time-defying" top ten songs. Here's one: www.nme.com
John Wizards' song, "Muizenberg," was a recent KEXP Song of the Day: blog.kexp.org
Go to The Casket Girls' website to see the video for "Chemical Dizzy": www.casketgirls.org Here's a review of the new release, "True Love Kills the Fairy Tale": consequenceofsound.net
Watch video of a recent in-studio performance by "New York darlings" Cibo Matto: blog.kexp.org
Cloud Nothings' "Here and Nowhere Else" will be released tomorrow. A deluxe LP is available and, if you pre-order today, you can get a Cloud Nothings button: store.carparkrecords.com
Here's a KEXP album review of My Bloody Valentine's "mbv": blog.kexp.org
Queens of the Stone Age will play at Sasquatch! 2014 on Sunday, May 25th, 2014. Get ready by reading this album review of "...Like Clockwork": blog.kexp.org
See video of "Everything" from Neneh Cherry's first solo album in sixteen years, "Blank Project": blog.kexp.org
Neil Young cover! "Because I'm still in love with you..." Here are the charming lyrics to "Harvest Moon": www.azlyrics.com
Here's an enthusiastic review of Israel Nash's "Rain Plans": www.folkradio.co.uk
Enjoy a live performance by Seattle artist Katie Kate in the KEXP studio earlier this year: kexp.org
The Men will be performing at Chop Suey on April 17th! See more information here: kexp.org