John Richards

Hey Wednesday, it's time for The Morning Show! Hurry Up, We're Dreaming is the sixth studio album by French electronic music band M83, released in 2011. That's Zola Jesus as the guest vocalist. - ilovem83.com --- Happy 2011 & 50 years of music on KEXP! - www.kexp.org

Noir is a studio album by American hip hop production duo Blue Sky Black Death, released in 2011. Blue Sky Black Death is a duo from San Francisco, consisting of Ryan Maguire, better known by his stage name Kingston, and Ian Taggart, better known by his stage name Young God. Their name is "a skydiving phrase alluding to beauty and death." - bsbd.bandcamp.com --- Celebrating the music of 2011 & 50 years of KEXP! - www.kexp.org

The Devil's Walk is the fourth studio album by German musician Sascha Ring under the name Apparat. It was released in 2011. - www.apparat.net --- Celebrating the music of 2011 & 50 years of music on KEXP! - www.kexp.org

Released in 2011, 100 Lovers is the sixth studio album by American indie folk band DeVotchKa. - www.devotchka.net --- Here's DeVotchKa performing "The Alley" live in the KEXP studio in 2015 - www.youtube.com --- Celebrating the music of 2011 & 50 years of KEXP! - www.kexp.org

Title track from the third studio album by the Santa Fe-based indie folk band Beirut, released in 2011. - www.beirutband.com --- Happy 2011 & 50 years of music on KEXP! - www.kexp.org

Upon its release in 2011, 'The Year of Hibernation' was received to widespread critical acclaim, earning Best New Music from Pitchfork, which depicted the album as "compulsively listenable music that explodes at just the right moments"; while NPR described the songs as, "murmurs that bloom into powerful, otherworldly crescendos". Now, a decade later, 'The Year of Hibernation' continues to earn its initial praise. youthlagoonfp.bandcamp.com --- Youth Lagoon performed live in the KEXP studio in 2015. youtu.be --- Happy 2011 & 50 years of music on KEXP! - www.kexp.org

No More Golden Days was released in 2011. Raj Haldar, better known by his stage name Lushlife, is an American rapper and record producer from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. - lushlifemedia.bandcamp.com --- Celebrating the music of 2011 & 50 years of KEXP! - www.kexp.org

Moon River was released in 2011 by Brooklyn-based band Small Black - smallblack.bandcamp.com --- Celebrating the music of 2011 & 50 years of KEXP! - www.kexp.org

Within and Without is the debut studio album by American singer Washed Out, released in 2011. Here's Washed Out performing "Eyes Be Closed" live in the KEXP studio in 2011 - www.youtube.com --- Happy 2011 & 50 years of music on KEXP! - www.kexp.org

Wounded Rhymes is the second studio album by Swedish singer and songwriter Lykke Li, released in 2011. - www.lykkeli.com --- Lykke Li told Lifelounge in 2011: "[‘I Follow Rivers’] is about desire. It’s about desire being a nature force that is pulling you in to situations, and when you almost have no voice." --- Happy 2011 & 50 years of music on KEXP! - www.kexp.org

Feel It Break is the debut studio album by Toronto- based electronic music band Austra - austra.fyi --- Here's Austra performing "The Beat And The Pulse" live on KEXP from the Caffe Vita Bean Room during the 2011 Capitol Hill Block Party - www.youtube.com --- Celebrating the music of 2011 & 50 years of KEXP! - www.kexp.org

The King of Limbs is the eighth studio album by Radiohead, released in 2011. - www.radiohead.com --- Happy 2011 & 50 years of music on KEXP! - www.kexp.org

Leisure Seizure is the second studio album by Tom Vek, released in 2011 - tomvek.com --- Celebrating the music of 2011 & 50 years of KEXP! - www.kexp.org

Released in 2011, C'mon is the ninth full-length album by Duluth, Minnesota-based indie rock band Low - www.chairkickers.com --- Here's Low performing "Witches" live on KEXP in 2011 - www.youtube.com --- Celebrating the music of 2011 & 50 years of KEXP! - www.kexp.org

Codes and Keys is the seventh studio album by Death Cab for Cutie, released in 2011 - www.deathcabforcutie.com --- Here's Ben Gibbard performing live in the KEXP studio in July 2022 - www.youtube.com --- Celebrating the music of 2011 & 50 years of KEXP! - www.kexp.org

Arrows is the third studio album by the Anacortes, Washington-based band The Lonely Forest - thelonelyforest.bandcamp.com --- Here's The Lonely Forest performing "I Don't Want To Live There" live from the Bumbershoot Music Lounge in 2014 - www.youtube.com --- Happy 2011 & 50 years of music on KEXP! - www.kexp.org

Build a Rocket Boys! is the fifth studio album by English rock band Elbow, released in 2011 - elbow.co.uk --- Happy 2011 & 50 years of music on KEXP! - www.kexp.org

Collapse into Now is the fifteenth and final studio album by the American alternative rock band R.E.M., released in 2011. Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder and Joel Gibb of the Canadian band The Hidden Cameras add backing vocals to "It Happened Today." - remhq.com --- Happy 2011 & 50 years of music on KEXP! - www.kexp.org

Title track from, Hearts, the debut studio album by Swedish duo I Break Horses, released in 2011. - i-break-horses.bandcamp.com --- Celebrating the music of 2011 & 50 years of KEXP! - www.kexp.org

The Big Roar is the debut album by Welsh rock band the Joy Formidable, released in 2011 - thejoyformidable.com --- Here's The Joy Formidable perform "Whirring" live from Mellow Johnny's Bike Shop during KEXP's broadcast at SXSW in 2011 - www.youtube.com --- Happy 2011 & 50 years of music on KEXP! - www.kexp.org

Skying is the third studio album by British band The Horrors, released in 2011 - thehorrors.co.uk --- Here's The Horrors perform "I Can See Through You" live on KEXP at the Doug Fir during MusicfestNW in 2011 - www.youtube.com --- Celebrating the music of 2011 & 50 years of KEXP! - www.kexp.org

Released in 2011, Ukulele Songs is the second solo studio album by Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder. --- Happy 2011 & 50 years of music on KEXP! - www.kexp.org

Title track from Helplessness Blues, the second studio album by Seattle-based band Fleet Foxes - www.fleetfoxes.co --- Here's Fleet Foxes performing live in the KEXP studio in 2017 - www.youtube.com --- Celebrating the music of 2011 & 50 years of KEXP! - www.kexp.org

Bliss Release is the debut album by Australian band Cloud Control, released in 2011 - cloudcontrol1.bandcamp.com --- Here's Cloud Control performing "Meditation Song #2" live in the KEXP studio in 2013 - www.youtube.com --- Happy 2011 & 50 years of music on KEXP! - www.kexp.org

2011 release from Augustines/We Are Augustines --- Here's Augustines performing "Chapel Song" live in the KEXP studio in 2014 - www.youtube.com --- Happy 2011 & 50 years of music on KEXP! - www.kexp.org

Zonoscope is the third studio album by Australian electronic music band Cut Copy, released in 2011 - cutcopy.net --- Happy 2011 & 50 years of music on KEXP! - www.kexp.org

In the Grace of Your Love is the third studio album by New York-based band the Rapture. --- Loving the music of 2011 & 50 years of music on KEXP! - www.kexp.org

Lead single from Hurry Up, We're Dreaming is the sixth studio album by French electronic music band M83, released in 2011 - ilovem83.com --- Celebrating the music of 2011 & 50 years of KEXP! - www.kexp.org

2011 release from AM & Shawn Lee, an indie-pop duo based in Los Angeles and London and composed of producer, DJ, and songwriter AM and producer and multi-instrumentalist Shawn Lee. --- Here's AM & Shawn Lee performing "Dark Into Light" live in the KEXP studio in 2011 - www.youtube.com --- Celebrating the music of 2011 & 50 years of KEXP! - www.kexp.org

From the sixth studio album by French electronic music band M83, this title translates from French as "Tell Me A Story," but here at KEXP we all know it as "The Frog Song." - ilovem83.com --- Happy 2011 & 50 years of music on KEXP! - www.kexp.org

Never Trust a Happy Song is the debut album by Los Angeles-based band Grouplove - www.grouplovemusic.com --- Here's Grouplove performing "Colours" live in the KEXP studio in 2013 - www.youtube.com --- Celebrating the music of 2011 & 50 years of KEXP! - www.kexp.org

So magical you need it twice! --- Never Trust a Happy Song is the debut album by Los Angeles-based band Grouplove - www.grouplovemusic.com Here's Grouplove perform "Colours" live from Mellow Johnny's Bike Shop during KEXP's broadcast at SXSW in 2011 - www.youtube.com --- Happy 2011 & 50 years of music on KEXP! - www.kexp.org

Slave Ambient is the second studio album by Philadelphia-based band The War on Drugs, released in 2011 - www.thewarondrugs.net --- Here's The War On Drugs perform "Come To The City" live in the KEXP studio in 2011 - www.youtube.com --- Celebrating the music of 2011 & 50 years of KEXP! - www.kexp.org

"Future Starts Slow" is the second single from indie rock band The Kills' fourth studio album, Blood Pressures (2011). --- Celebrating the music of 2011 & 50 years of KEXP! - www.kexp.org

Whokill is the second full-length release by Merrill Garbus' project Tune-Yards - tune-yards.com --- Here's tUnE-yArDs perform "Gangsta" live the KEXP studio in 2011 - www.youtube.com --- Happy 2011 & 50 years of music on KEXP! - www.kexp.org

Just had a chuckle at a great memory of John playing the Dream of the '90s is still alive from the first episode of Portlandia back in 2011. Thanks for the community! We are not alone. Eric in NW Arkansas checking in.

"Outro" is the final track on the group's sixth studio album, Hurry Up, We're Dreaming (2011). - ilovem83.com --- Celebrating the music of 2011 & 50 years of KEXP! - www.kexp.org