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Wednesday, Nov 20 2019, 6AM
Olympia-based band CCFX performed "The One to Wait" live in the KEXP studio on April 3, 2018. Here's the full performance: www.youtube.com
The song's title is a reference to the otherwise unrelated song "Outside a Broken Phone Booth with Money in My Hand" by Bruce Cockburn, from his 1978 album Further Adventures Of. The hook samples the line, "I've been downhearted baby, ever since the day we met" from a live performance of B.B. King singing "How Blue Can You Get?," which can be heard on his 1971 album Live in Cook County Jail.
So what if Prince's “Little Red Corvette” wasn't really about the legendary sports car?
Prince will be remembered for his music. But some will think first of his charity. Prince, the Secret Philanthropist: ‘His Cause Was Humanity’ - bit.ly
Prince will be remembered for his music. But some will think first of his charity. Prince, the Secret Philanthropist: ‘His Cause Was Humanity’ - bit.ly
To date, no proof has been found of past or present life on Mars. Cumulative evidence shows that during the ancient Noachian time period, the surface environment of Mars had liquid water and may have been habitable for microorganisms.
Happy birthday Rhae! Hope it's fabulous - Lord Huron fixes everything.
The track, "Eat, Sleep, Wake, (Nothing But You)" was featured as KEXP's Song of the Day last month. You can listen to the full podcast here: www.kexp.org
Happy 54th birthday Mike D, born Michael Louis Diamond, rapper and founding member of the hip hop group the Beastie Boys!
By request! There were actually two videos of Mazzy Star's "Fade Into You." Here's one: www.youtube.com And here's the other: www.youtube.com
According to the band, this song is about: "feeling comfortable in your own skin and looking at the skin you had to shed to get there and being OK with it all."
Best Coast (Los Angeles duo vocalist Bethany Cosentino and guitarist and multi-instrumentalist Bobb Bruno) will perform at The Showbox on Monday, March 4th. - bestcoast.net
Best Coast (Los Angeles duo vocalist Bethany Cosentino and guitarist and multi-instrumentalist Bobb Bruno) will perform at The Showbox on Monday, March 4th. - bestcoast.net
Here's your request, Kara. Sing it out loud! "Hey ma ma ma hey-yeah..."
Newest from Nada Surf, who plays The Neptune Theatre on Tuesday, January 14, 2020! - www.nadasurf.com
Cartalk is the project of Los Angeles-based musician Chuck Moore! Not Car Talk, the Click & Clack show. Find more from Cartalk here: cartalk.bandcamp.com
'Seasick' is the debut album from Imperial Teen, which is led by former Faith No More keyboardist, Roddy Bottum. "You're One" was written about the death of his friend, Kurt Cobain.
From the new EP, "Supermoon" released last month. The band performed live for KEXP this past June. Watch the full session here: www.youtube.com
Soccer Mommy, the project of 22-year-old Nashville native Sophie Allison, will play Neumos on Monday, April 27th! - soccermommyband.com
Liz Phair just released a new Memoir titled "Horror Stories" last month. A few days later she dropped this new single 'Good Side' which is the first single off of a new album set to drop in early 2020 - www.lizphairofficial.com
Happy 44th birthday Stacey!
Modest Mouse plays the Tacoma Dome this Saturday, November 23rd! - www.modestmouse.com
Modest Mouse plays the Tacoma Dome this Saturday, November 23rd! - www.modestmouse.com
Thurston Moore cover of New Order's "Leave Me Alone". Moore covered the song while on a residency in Salford, the area in Manchester, England where both New Order's Peter Hook and Bernard Sumner were raised.
"Salford is the only place I would dare cover a New Order song, with local musicians and local pints," Moore said in an interview - www.kexp.org
"Salford is the only place I would dare cover a New Order song, with local musicians and local pints," Moore said in an interview - www.kexp.org
Thanks for the request, Ryin!
"Stop your fooling around / Time you straighten right out / Better think of your future / Else you'll wind up in jail / Rudy / A message to you, Rudy..." www.youtube.com
"Stop your fooling around / Time you straighten right out / Better think of your future / Else you'll wind up in jail / Rudy / A message to you, Rudy..." www.youtube.com
"Some people say that he's guilty..."
“Impeach The President”, originally released in 1973 by The Honey Drippers as a protest song advocating for the impeachment of Richard Nixon. Fast forward to today... bit.ly
“Impeach The President”, originally released in 1973 by The Honey Drippers as a protest song advocating for the impeachment of Richard Nixon. Fast forward to today... bit.ly
Brooklyn-based Antibalas will be in town to play The Neptune Theatre on Thursday, February 20, 2020! - antibalas.com
Here's !!! performing live in the KEXP Gathering Space a couple of years ago: www.youtube.com
Disguised as a four-minute pop song, Orange Crush is an anti-war commentary about the use of Agent Orange. - bit.ly
In this song, World Party's Karl Wallinger, formerly of The Waterboys, warns that the rampant materialism of the era will backfire on the greedy, as well as the poor souls along for the ride on the Ship of Fools.
"I don't want to sail with this ship of fools..." - bit.ly
"I don't want to sail with this ship of fools..." - bit.ly
This song from November of last year remains topical today.
"Today is the greatest day I've ever known..."
Corgan said that the plot of the video for "Today" was inspired by a memory he had of an ice cream truck driver who, upon quitting his job, gave out his remaining stock of ice cream to the neighborhood children. - www.youtube.com
Corgan said that the plot of the video for "Today" was inspired by a memory he had of an ice cream truck driver who, upon quitting his job, gave out his remaining stock of ice cream to the neighborhood children. - www.youtube.com
"It's a beautiful day, the sky falls / And you feel like it's a beautiful day..."
"This is the day, your life will surely change / This is the day, when things fall into place..." - www.thethe.com
This song was written by Patti Smith and her late husband, Fred "Sonic" Smith. In an interview with NME, Patty said they tried to infuse the spirit of the '60s into a modern protest song.
"And the people have the power / To redeem the work of fools / From the meek the graces shower / It's decreed the people rule..." - www.youtube.com
"And the people have the power / To redeem the work of fools / From the meek the graces shower / It's decreed the people rule..." - www.youtube.com
Funky cover of the Woody Guthrie song. - sharonjonesandthedapkings.com
"It's been a long, a long time coming / But I know a change is gonna come, oh yes it will..."
Cooke was motivated to write “A Change Is Gonna Come” by another sixties anthem, Bob Dylan’s “Blowin’ in the Wind.” - bit.ly
Cooke was motivated to write “A Change Is Gonna Come” by another sixties anthem, Bob Dylan’s “Blowin’ in the Wind.” - bit.ly
Need more quotes from Mr Rogers? - www.fredrogerscenter.org
Phife Dawg, American rapper and a member of the group A Tribe Called Quest, was born on November 20th, 1970. Phife died at the age of 45 in his home in California, on March 22, 2016, due to complications related to diabetes.
Swedish duo First Aid Kit performed cover of Simon & Garfunkel song "America" live in the KEXP studio in 2012 - www.youtube.com
Mac McCaughan, frontman of Superchunk, wrote and recorded this song on Dec 24, 2016 in a moment of trying to look at any possible bright side of the coming new year after the disaster that was this one. - bit.ly
Who is a musical artist you give thanks to this year and why? Email us your stories soundandvision@kexp.org
"All we are saying is give peace a chance..." - www.youtube.com
"All we are saying is give peace a chance..." - www.youtube.com
"That this ain't the way it's supposed to be / Let me hear you, let me hear you say yeah, yeah..."
"Our freedom of speech is freedom or death / We got to fight the powers that be / Lemme hear you say / Fight the power..." - www.youtube.com
"Who controls the past now controls the future / Who controls the present now controls the past / Who controls the past now controls the future / Who controls the present now? / Now testify, now testify..." - www.youtube.com
Gil Scott-Heron said: "The revolution takes place in your mind. Once you change your mind and decide that there's something wrong that you want to effect that's when the revolution takes place. But first you have to look at things and decide what you can do. 'Something's wrong and I have to do something about it. I can effect this change.' Then you become a revolutionary person. It's not all about fighting. It's not all about going to war. It's about going to war with the problem and deciding you can effect that problem. When you want to make things better you're a revolutionary." - bit.ly
"No, you won't fool the children of the revolution, no no no..."
“When you talk about destruction, don’t you know that you can count me out"
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Watch the official video for "Voices Carry": www.youtube.com
The Cure released the remix album, "Mixed Up," on Nov 20, 1990 - that's 29 years ago today! You are listening to the vinyl...