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Wednesday, Nov 8 2023, 7AM
Hey Wednesday, it's time for The Morning Show!
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On this Perfect Day in 1972, "Transformer," the second solo studio album by Lou Reed, was released.
The song and album were produced by David Bowie and his guitarist Mick Ronson.
"When you feel embarrassed Then I'll be your pride When you need directions Then I'll be the guide For all time..." - www.deathcabforcutie.com
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"Fast Car" was released in 1988 as the lead single of the debut and eponymous album by singer-songwriter Tracy Chapman. - www.about-tracy-chapman.net
Iggy Pop's second studio album, and his second collaboration with the late, great David Bowie
- everyloser.iggypop.com
Opening track from "Music for the Masses".
Depeche Mode will play Climate Pledge Arena on Sunday, November 26th! www.depechemode.com
Stu is “going to see Built to Spill in Eugene tonight with a posse of homies. And this is a great way to get pumped up for the show!”
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Built to Spill plays The Showbox in Seattle on Friday, Nov 24 & Saturday, Nov 25th - www.builttospill.com
For their sophomore album's title track and lead single, Massive Attack recruited Everything but the Girl's Tracey Thorn, who penned the haunting love song's lyrics.
- www.songfacts.com
Hooverphonic is a Belgian band that was formed in October 1995.
The band achieved international recognition through the inclusion of the Stereophonic track "2Wicky" on the soundtrack to Bernardo Bertolucci's 1996 film Stealing Beauty. "2Wicky" also appeared on the soundtracks of I Know What You Did Last Summer and Heights. The track's main riff is sampled from Isaac Hayes' recording of the 1960s hit "Walk On By".
- hooverphonic.com
Radiohead first performed "True Love Waits" in 1995, with the singer, Thom Yorke, on acoustic guitar accompanied by synthesizer. Yorke performed it solo on guitar or Rhodes piano several times in the following years, and it became one of Radiohead's best-known unreleased songs. A live performance was released on I Might Be Wrong: Live Recordings (2001).
Radiohead worked on this song for over two decades before releasing it on their ninth album, A Moon Shaped Pool (2016).
- www.radiohead.com
Featuring Thom Yorke in the soundtrack, Selmasongs .
In the movie, Dancer in the Dark, the duet is with Peter Stromare.
Thom Yorke of Radiohead kicks off vocals for this track from PJ Harvey's Mercury Prize-winning fifth album, released in 2000
- pjharvey.net
The song is a track from O'Connor's debut album, The Lion And The Cobra. The title of the LP is from Psalm 91:13, "you will tread upon the lion and cobra." This song opens with an Irish language recital of Psalm 91 by another famous Irish singer, Enya.
- www.songfacts.com
On this day in 1988, R.E.M. released their sixth studio album, "Green"
- remhq.com
From North Carolina-native Perry Wright, who named this project after a character from The Big Lebowski.
The Smashing Pumpkins play Seattle's T-Mobile Park on Monday, Sept 23
- www.smashingpumpkins.com
"Voices Carry" was the debut single, from the debut album of the same name, and greatest claim to fame for 'Til Tuesday. Til Tuesday's lead singer was Aimee Mann, who later emerged as a formidable solo artist.
This song is about child abuse. It tells the story of a frightened boy who is forbidden to talk about what he's going through.
Vega wrote this song about three years before it was released on her second album.
www.suzannevega.com
Like many songs on the album, "What's The Matter Here?" is a powerful piece of social commentary, in this instance about child abuse.
- maniacs.com
Final track of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Lyrics were inspired by contemporary newspaper articles and McCartney's memories of his younger years.
www.thebeatles.com
“Love Vigilantes” is the first song on New Order’s third album, 1985’s Low-Life.
- www.neworder.com
Silversun Pickups play Seattle's Moore Theatre on Thursday, Feb 15, 2024 - silversunpickups.com
R.E.M. released Green on this day in 1988!
- www.remhq.com
Porno for Pyros have announced their first new song in 26 years. The original lineup of Perry Farrell, Stephen Perkins, Peter DiStefano, and Martyn LeNoble will release “Agua” on November 16.
- pitchfork.com
Hi John,
Today is my 50th birthday. I already had a full fledged midlife crisis so now I'm good! Could you play Robert Earl Keen "Feelin Good Again," or otherwise ANYTHING off 3ft High and Rising or Doolittle! Thanks!!!
Ethan in Corpus Christi, TX
Here is Arlo Parks performing “Hope” live in the KEXP studio in 2022 - www.youtube.com
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Arlo Parks plays Showbox Sodo on Friday,March 8, 2024 -
www.arloparksofficial.com
Nilüfer Yanya performed this song among others, Live on KEXP at Home in 2021 - www.youtube.com
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Whokill is the second full-length release by Tune-Yards, the project of Merrill Garbus and Nate Brenner. - tune-yards.com
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Here's tUnE-yArDs performing "Gangsta" live the KEXP studio in 2011 - www.youtube.com
From the fourth album by Suzanne Vega
- www.suzannevega.com
Sleater-Kinney have released “Say It Like You Mean It," the second single from their forthcoming album, Little Rope, out January 19th.
See them at the Showbox Apr 2nd and Apr 3rd 2024
"El Que" by Angélica Garcia was a Song of the Day! - www.kexp.org
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www.angelicagarciamusic.net
Torres (Mackenzie Scott) will play Neumos on Tuesday, March 26th, 2024. - torresmusicofficial.com
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The new album, "What an Enormous Room" will be released in January.
The first single off the album is “Collect,” which Scott says “is about justice being served,” adding it’s “the rage song I’ve been trying to write for years!” - www.mergerecords.com
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Madonna plays Seattle's Climate Pledge Arena on Saturday, Feb 17 & Sunday, Feb 18, 2024 - www.madonna.com
As Parton has told interviewers over the years, "Light of a Clear Blue Morning" was her "song of deliverance," coming out of the pain from her break with longtime musical and business partner Porter Wagoner.
- dollyparton.com
Simon wrote this song for One-Trick Pony, a semi-autobiographical movie he wrote and starred in. The song plays at the beginning and end of the film.
- www.songfacts.com
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Brian Eno produced this song and wrote the chorus, which he also sang on. David Byrne wrote the verses. Remain In Light was the fourth Talking Heads album, and the third produced by Eno
- www.songfacts.com
The Presidents Of The United States Of America are from Seattle, about 120 miles from Mount St. Helens, a volcano that erupted in 1980.
Slowdive are a British shoegaze pioneering band that formed in Reading, Berkshire, in 1989. The band consists of Rachel Goswell on vocals, guitar and keyboard, Neil Halstead on vocals and guitar, Christian Savill on guitar, Nick Chaplin on bass guitar and Simon Scott on drums. Halstead is the band's primary songwriter.
As Sterogum puts it: “everything is alive picks up where Slowdive left off, and turns the shoegaze conversation under a new light: They use this music not as numb escape, but a conduit for wonder.”
Slowdive joined Cheryl Waters in the KEXP Live Room back in 2017. They discussed their return as a band and performed 4 songs for us. Check it out here - www.kexp.org
Bully is the solo project of singer, songwriter and guitarist Alicia Bognanno. The project originally began as a rock band, formed in 2013 in Nashville, Tennessee.
Bognanno says: When “Lose You” came about it was the first time I’ve considered having someone else sing on a Bully song. I love Sophie’s [Allison of Soccer Mommy] voice and have always admired everything she does so to me it was a no brainer. Watching her soar out of the Nashville scene and dominate indie music world wide has been a joy. Writing “Lose You” was a way for me to work through the pain and reality of impermanence. It doesn’t make it any easier but reflection is often followed by growth and to me that’s what life is all about."
Bully was live at KEXP Studios in 2015. Check it out here: www.youtube.com