4,992Shows
249,891Spins
Wednesday, Sep 22 2021, 7AM
Hey Wednesday, it's time for The Morning Show!
---
It's also Nick Cave's birthday! The Australian singer, songwriter, author, screenwriter, composer and occasional actor was born on this day in 1957.
www.nickcave.com
From the forthcoming new album "A Pillar of Salt", out 8th October. Stream / pre-order here: NG.lnk.to
The War on Drugs play The Paramount Theatre on Monday. Feb 21st & Tuesday, February 22nd - www.thewarondrugs.net
One of John's favorite covers! "Sweet Jane" is a song by American rock band the Velvet Underground. The song was written by Lou Reed, who was often quoted as saying that the Cowboy Junkies' version was his favorite. Here's the Cowboy Junkies' official video: youtu.be -- Cowboy Junkies are coming to Seattle playing The Moore Theatre on Friday, November 19: bit.ly
Bachelor is the project of Jay Som’s Melina Duterte and Palehound’s Ellen Kempner - www.bachelor-band.com
Sneaker Pimps back with their first new album in 20 years! Squaring the Circle was made by founding members Chris Corner and Liam Howe, with vocals by Corner and Simonne Jones. - sneakerpimps.bandcamp.com
“Polaris,” is the lead single from Damon Albarn's upcoming solo album The Nearer the Fountain, More Pure the Stream Flows. www.damonalbarnmusic.com
Scottish electro-pop trio CHVRCHES have covered Gerard McMann's “Cry Little Sister,” also known as 'The Lost Boys' theme. The track by CHVRCHES appears in the new film 'Nightbooks'. - chvrch.es
Morning John! It’s my birthday. And I’m 8 months sober! And I just finished 2 years of intense trauma therapy. In a pandemic. Which was either the best timing or the absolute worst.
Thanks for the music you share and the community you help build. I couldn’t imagine making this journey without KEXP.
If you have time, can you play a little Nina Simone, because I’m finally, at long last, feeling good.
Steven in West Seattle
Parquet Courts' forthcoming album Sympathy For Life is out 10/22 via Rough Trade and today they've shared a new single, called “Black Widow Spider.”
The band’s A Savage: “I told [producer] Rodaidh McDonald that I wanted to find a sound that was equal parts Can, Canned Heat and This Heat. He was really into that and probably took some glee in having such a bizarre challenge.”
04/22 Seattle, WA @ Showbox at the Market
New music from the upcoming album! Parquet Courts plays The Showbox on Friday, April 22, 2022 - www.parquet-courts.com
Listen Like Thieves is the fifth studio album by the Australian rock band INXS.
Hi John,
It's a very Seattle-ish equinox day here in Durham, NC, where I love to listen to the morning show while I work! It's my birthday today (along with Nick Cave & Joan Jett, yes!!!). If you could play some Kate Bush I'd LOVE that. Thanks so much for everything you dooooo; just having KEXP in my life is such a gift.
xo
Elizabeth
==
Hounds of Love is the fifth studio album by English singer-songwriter and musician Kate Bush.
Thank you for the request, Doug!!!!!!!!!!
==
Listen / Download "A Well-Made Woman". Listen now : https://kinghannah.lnk.to/AWMW
UK Tour Dates : https://KingHannah.lnk.to/Tourdates
Listen back to King Hannah’s debut EP "Tell Me Your Mind And I'll Tell You Mine" out on City Slang : Stream/ Download : https://KingHannah.lnk.to/TellMeYourM...
Buy/ Order LP:
Bandcamp : https://kinghannah.bandcamp.com/
I know you already played a Nick Cave song in honor of his birthday, but I'm hoping you can play one more for my daughter. I dropped them off at college last week, which was tough. My daughter, Delaney, and I share a love of Cave's music. I bought her a record player for her dormroom and took her record shopping down in Southern California where she is going to school. They went right the the N's and picked out Skelton Tree. As great as an album that is could you play their favorite Nick Cave song, The Mercy Seat? Love you and am missing you already D! - Ryan
Bono along with Gavin Friday and Maurice Seezer wrote three songs for inclusion in the film “In the Name of the Father”.
IDLES cover Metalica!
IDLES play two sold out shows at The Showbox on Tuesday, Nov 9 & Wed, Nov 10 - www.idlesband.com
"The Linda Lindas on Having the Most Fun Job in the World" - bit.ly
Happy birthday to Joan Jett, who was born on this day in 1958.
www.joanjett.com
From the first solo studio album by American musician Joseph "Rev. Run" Simmons from hip hop group Run–D.M.C. This song features a sample from Joan Jett's "I Love Rock 'n Roll"
From the third album by Run-D.M.C., the beat for "It's Tricky" came from the guitar riff on The Knack's 1979 hit "My Sharona."
"Jimmy James" is the first song from the Beastie Boys' third album Check Your Head. This song has been described as a tribute to Jimi Hendrix by Beastie Boys member MCA, and contains samples from several Hendrix songs including "Foxy Lady", "Happy Birthday", and "Still Raining, Still Dreaming", a a sample from the live version of "Surrender" by Cheap Trick, and more - www.whosampled.com
Cheap Trick plays the Central Washington State Fair on Thurs, Sept 30 -
www.cheaptrick.com
---
"This next one's the first song on our new album" - The Beastie Boys were so excited to open up their record with that, because they had listened to that Cheap Trick record when they were kids. - on.mtv.com
Just got word this week that the US border will stay closed to Canadians till at least late October, meaning we will not be able to make the trek to see My Morning Jacket in Seattle in early October.
These were supposed to be our first live shows in nearly 2 years, and we are pretty crushed -- that's just too long without the soul-soaring feeling that is seeing a band with a bunch of strangers!
Could you play something border related to help ease our pain? Maybe Border Song by Elton John?
Cheers,
Mike G in Canada
By request!
From the eighth studio album by English rock musician George Harrison - www.georgeharrison.com
Good morning, hearing you mention your father and family that had alcohol problems struck a certain cord with me this AM. My father Robert passed this past Sunday. He had been a functioning alcoholic for almost as long as I can remember. All alcoholics have demons and faults but for all that my father was also a good man. He grew up in the Tobacco fields of rural Kentucky. He always loved Dolly Parton. If you have it, could you play Kentucky Gambler? It would make my day.
Thanks, Lawrence
From the sixth album by American rock band The Byrds. - www.thebyrds.com
Jarvis Cocker's cover of Christophe's 1965 Song “Aline”, which is the first single for Chansons D’Ennui, Cocker’s new album of French songs from that same period. - bit.ly
www.jarviscocker.net
Single, “Love Love Love,” from their upcoming self-titled album. In a statement, James said of the song, “‘Love Love Love’ is trying to steer the ship away from everything I’m talking about in ‘Regularly Scheduled Programming,’ and speak toward positivity and pure love, finding truth within yourself and in the world around you.” - bit.ly
"Starfish and Coffee" - with the Muppets! Check it out here - youtu.be
Prince played a jaw-dropping cover of ‘Creep’ at Coachella. After the stunning, eight-minute cover of Radiohead’s hit was taken off YouTube, Thom Yorke asked that it be put back up - bit.ly
Hey John in the morning team,
I was hoping I could pull my birthday card today and request a song this morning. You have played a couple good covers so I figured I follow along the same theme. The following would be great: Tears For Fears - My Girls
From the no longer evacuated South Lake Tahoe, California - THANK!!
-Carson the Guy
This song is the first to ever legally license a Grateful Dead sample. www.npr.org
From the band's second studio album - www.janesaddiction.com
