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Wednesday, Jul 31 2019, 6AM
Happy 62nd birthday Daniel Ash! This rocker is known for his work in Love and Rockets, Bauhaus, and Tones on Tail.
"Earth and sun and moon will survive, will survive, we will survive"
The Church performed live in the KEXP studio in 2017! Here's the full performance: www.youtube.com
"Where am I going
Where have I been
Where are you going
Where have you been
I've been here, I've been there..."
You can go to their website: www.bunnymen.com
You can go to their website: www.bunnymen.com
More about Australian rock band Hoodoo Gurus here: www.hoodoogurus.net
By request! Ned's Atomic Dustbin took their name from an episode of the British comedy, The Goon Show, a major influence on Monty Python. www.nedsatomicdustbin.com
Happy...Wednesday...or whatever day it is! Here's the official video: www.youtube.com
"Fools Gold" was built around a loop from James Brown's "Funky Drummer." Then from that, Run DMC sampled Fools Gold's the bassline and drum beat for their 1990 single "What's It All About," and Bananarama's 1990 #27 hit in the UK "Only Your Love" also sampled this. - bit.ly
Thanks for the request Peter! Also, here's a video of Longwave performing live in the KEXP studio in 2008: www.youtube.com
The Voom Blooms performed three songs during the KEXP Listener Party at Bowery Electric in NYC in 2008 during CMJ: www.youtube.com
"It's what you make and the people you love..."
You can see the video and get a free download at our podcast page: www.kexp.org
You can see the video and get a free download at our podcast page: www.kexp.org
Playing tonight at Barboza! Show info here: www.thebarboza.com
Then live at KEXP Thursday, August 1st: www.kexp.org
Then live at KEXP Thursday, August 1st: www.kexp.org
New music by Angel Olsen, who plays the Moore Theater on Wednesday, December 11th! Info here: www.stgpresents.org
Download the song and check out the video from KEXP's Song of the Day Podcast: www.kexp.org
Thanks for the request Russ, who dedicates this song to anyone who missed their Showbox show last night!
By request! The Witch is the debut album for Pumarosa, an Industrial/Spiritual band from England. Here's the video with lots of dancing because "You dance, you dance, you dance, you dance..." www.youtube.com
In 1990, three years after the original "Tom's Diner" was released, two record producers from England working together as DNA remixed Vega’s original a cappella version with an R&B beat that sounded similar to Soul II Soul’s “Back to Life (However Do You Want Me).” - mentalfloss.com
DJ Shadow is back with his first new music and it’s a collaboration with hip-hop heavyweights De La Soul. - pitchfork.com
Sampa Tembo was born in 1993 in Zambia and raised in Botswana. She was based in Sydney from 2014 to 2018, and also lived in San Francisco and Los Angeles for a short bit before going to Australia. Here's the video: www.youtube.com
When The Soup Dragons covered this Rolling stones song in 1990, they felt free to change the lyrics from the Rolling Stones' original, which was necessary because they didn't have them. Lead singer Sean Dickson sang what he could remember and made up the rest. - www.songfacts.com
Thanks for the request Kristin!
Thanks for the request Kristin!
"Birdhouse In Your Soul" was the first single released off They Might Be Giants third album, Flood. Watch the video here: www.youtube.com
Want to win tickets to Lord Huron with Shakey Graves at Marymoor on Sunday, August 11? Don't "Pregret", just text any made up word you like (bonus points for definition?) to (206) 903-5397
Happy birthday Daniel Ash! The singer-songwriter and guitarist for Bauhaus, Love and Rockets, and Tones on Tail turns 62 years old today.
According to Black Country, New Road frontman Isaac Wood, this song “describes a series of events, loosely connected, all yet to happen.” - bit.ly
For Matt by request. Yes, there's Power in a Union! You are not alone.
Wow this song has also been covered by The Clash, Gov't Mule, Robert Palmer, and more... secondhandsongs.com
According to Dave Wakeling of The English Beat, this song is about "Just social discomfort to the point of pitiful pain of always feeling you're in the wrong place at the wrong time and saying the wrong thing to the wrong person." - bit.ly
"Rock the Casbah" was musically written by the band's drummer Topper Headon. Joe Strummer was not impressed by the original lyrics that Headen had written. He took one look at these words and said, 'How incredibly interesting!', screwed the piece of paper into a ball and chucked it backwards over his head. - howlingpixel.com
The Clash recorded a cover of this song in 1980 for their Sandinista! album.
Eddy Grant founded pop/rock outfit The Equals back in 1965. He came up with the idea for this song as he passed a street sign for Electric Avenue. "It was like a moment from God. I instantly thought, ‘Jesus, what a great title for a song’." Instead of being an analogue signpost, it’s now a brightly lit digital beacon for the neighbourhood. - bit.ly
Happy 56th birthday to Fatboy Slim! The English DJ, musician, multi-instrumentalist and record producer/mixer, also known as Quentin Cook, was born on this day in 1963.
The opening verse is sung by a friend's eight-year-old daughter, but was later lip-synched in the video by a young boy. Here's the video: www.youtube.com
According to Dan le Sac, in order to use a Radiohead sample on their new single, "I had to give them my soul. They keep it in a glass jar and Thom Yorke sits and looks at it." - bbc.in
Lead singer Thom Yorke was drunk and improvising when he recorded the vocals. The band came to the studio after drinking a lot of wine, and Yorke sprawled on the floor and sang. He did only one take. The original title was "Planet Xerox," but Xerox is a copyrighted name and would have caused problems if they used it.
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Death Cab For Cutie plays Marymoor on Saturday, September 7th & Sunday, September 8th! deathcabforcutie.com
This mysterious band dropped an amazing 14-track debut album with funk and soul infused feel-good alternative rock - soundcloud.com
