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Monday, Sep 24 2018, 6AM
Do you love this song as much as Owen does? If so, please donate now! Call 206-903-5397 or visit THIS VERY SITE and make an important gift to help us do what we do. ❤️
How can you be sure it's Thom Yorke? Just TRUST US. KEXP is where the Thom Yorke matters. Throw a few dollars our way - our friends at Alaska Airlines are volunteering right now and working the phones to help you get some of this sweet KEXP in return for your help keeping us going.
Boygenius is the new supergroup made up of Phoebe Bridgers, Julien Baker, and Lucy Dacus. boygenius.bandcamp.com
J Mascis will be playing the Tractor Tavern on Friday, November 9th. www.jmascis.com
BRMC joined us for an in-studio performance this past spring. You can watch at www.youtube.com . Your support helps us keep events like this going!
The CALL, you say...? 🤔 Hmmm! You could make THE CALL to KEXP now and help keep us listener-powered. 206-903-5397, or www.kexp.org! We have lots of cool goodies so you can show off your support with a hoodie, a mug, a kid's backpack, or one of the many other cool items we've got!
Oh yeah, The xx has also done an amazing in-studio performance here at KEXP. Because of people like you keeping us on the air! www.youtube.com
Shoegaze out of Manipur, India. This is the kind of stuff you won't hear on any other radio station. KEXP is here for you! Morning Show producer Owen interviewed the band recently - read, and listen, over on the KEXP blog: www.kexp.org
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The song was recorded at the Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, where Cash had no drummer in the studio. He replicated the snare drum sound by inserting piece of paper (like a dollar bill) under the guitar strings and strumming the snare rhythm on his guitar.
Have any of the OTHER radio stations you listen to (Wait, wait .. do you listen to any other radio stations..?!) INVENTED THEIR OWN AMAZING HOLIDAY? No? I didn't think so. Your support helps keep us doing amazing things like thinking up international clash day and even making a cool website for it! www.internationalclashday.com
Big Audio Dynamite was formed in 1984 by The Clash's Mick Jones
Sampled by Big Audio Dynamite in "Rush". Pete Townshend has said the song is about "the absolute desolation of teenagers at Woodstock, where audience members were strung out on acid and 20 people had brain damage. The irony was that some listeners took the song to be a teenage celebration: 'Teenage Wasteland, yes! We're all wasted!'"
Kate Bush just announced that she will be publishing her first book, "How to Be Invisible: Selected Lyrics", set to release Dec. 6. It will include an extensive collection of lyrics spanning her 40-year career. katebush.com
Covering Tori Amos
You, too, can say "I POWDER KEXP" if you call now and donate during the fall drive!! Maybe a nice pumpkin spice doughnut would be seasonally appropriate?
Prince performing Starfish and Coffee on Sesame Street is THE BEST. Watch: www.youtube.com
Does KEXP make your Mondays more bearable? That's just one of the ways that KEXP can make a difference in people's lives. Your gift during the fall drive helps us continue to positively impact the lives of our listeners. ❤️
To get you into the 2003 mood, check out Ruston Mire's MYSPACE page! myspace.com
Playing Keller Auditorium in Portland on September 25. deathcabforcutie.com
Fun fact: Hazlewood wrote the Nancy Sinatra hit "These Boots Are Made For Walking".
Neil Diamond!! 💎 I don't know about you, but Monday morning being "all I hoped it would be" is setting a preeeeeetty low bar.
"Go" to your phone and call our wonderful volunteers at 206-903-5397 to donate now. You can also donate online at kexp.org www.youtube.com
Call in during the Midday Show to 206-903-5397 to be entered into a drawing for a pair of tickets to see Car Seat Headrest at The Showbox on Saturday, October 13th, 2018.
Watch a live in-studio performance by Nada Surf at KEXP last May. Your donation enables KEXP to present quality programming like this.: www.youtube.com
Dilly Dally will be LIVE at KEXP on Tuesday, October 30th, at 11:00 a.m. They'll be performing at The Showbox SoDo that evening.
You probably were introduced to the late and lamented Charles Bradley on KEXP. Call 206-903-5397 to support the station that supports and champions artists like this one. Here's live video of Charles Bradley performing this song: www.theguardian.com
Chvrches will be at The Paramount Theatre this Saturday, September 29th, 2018.
Depeche Mode founding member and keyboardist Vince Clarke wrote this song. It was inspired by "To Cut a Long Story Short" by Spandau Ballet, which was released earlier in 1980. KEXP offers you the opportunity to experience an enormously wide variety of music. Make your donation today to support "the music that matters." Call 206-903-5397 or online at kexp.org.
OMG....The Smiths' guitarist Johnny Marr was live at KEXP last week. KEXP's live performances offer musicians a chance to shine and share their work with a world-wide audience. You keep live performances going with your contribution at 206-903-5397 or online at kexp.org.
In May, Damien Jurado came to the KEXP studio to premiere his thirteenth album in its entirety for listeners: www.kexp.org
Here's a review of the single< "Lust for Life," from San Francisco band Girls.: https://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/11534-lust-for-life/ Remember that anyone who calls in (206-903-5397) during The Midday Show has the opportunity to win tickets to Car Seat Headrest on Saturday, October 13th, at The Showbox.
Enjoy a biography of these talented local musicians: theposies.net Support KEXP's commitment to local musicians by donating today.
When you make a gift of $180.00 or more in the next half hour, your gift will be matched. That's just $15.00 a month! Donate online at kexp.org or by calling 206-903-5397 or toll-free at 1-866-903-5397.
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists were live in the KEXP studio last November. That performance is available to you right here: www.youtube.com
Paul Simon wrote the song, and uses seasons as a metaphor for the cycle of life. "Time, time, time....
See what's become of me...." Don't let the opportunity to support KEXP pass you by. Give now by calling 206-903-5397.
Donate $180.00 or more ($15.00 a month) in the next 15 minutes to have your gift matched by a generous donor. Call 206-903-5397 or donate online at kexp.org.
Watch live video of Wolf Parade's performance in the KEXP studio in 2016: www.kexp.org
One Wolf Parade is just not enough! Perhaps you learned about these talented artists on KEXP. Express your gratitude by supporting KEXP today.
Enjoy a KEXP interview with Joey Santiago of Pixies.: www.kexp.org KEXP gives you the opportunity to learn more about music and those who make it.
Loose Fur is an American rock band comprising Wilco members Jeff Tweedy and Glenn Kotche, and Wilco collaborator Jim O'Rourke. "i hear you whisper....
i hear you whine...
i hear you hangin'...on a sour grape vine..."
We now have a "clutch" of chicken songs. KEXP gives DJ's the freedom to do elegant programming like this. Support the station that is not "robot radio." Call 206-903-5397.
Another term for a group of chickens is "peep." We would like to hear a peep out of you. Donate online at kexp.org or by calling our great volunteers at 206-903-5397.
Donors like you have enabled KEXP to present live performances like this extraordinary one from Philly-band The War on Drugs: www.kexp.org Keep this kind of experience alive by calling 206-903-5397 or donate online at kexp.org.
Watch live video of a 2015 performance by these prolific Australian artists: www.kexp.org
James Blake has graced the KEXP studio on several occasions: www.youtube.com By donating, you make sure that performances like his continue. Call 206-903-5397.
Watch the incredible performance that included "Doing the Right Thing": www.youtube.com
"Just want a girl as cool as Kim Deal..." Kim Deal is best known as a former bassist and backup vocalist of the Pixies, and the lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist for The Breeders.
Speaking of Kim Deal, here's the video (complete with flying nuns) of "Divine Hammer": www.youtube.com KEXP extends to live DJ's the privilege of following their musical instincts.
Local band Wimps were just in the KEXP studio and will be at Seattle's Central Saloon on Saturday, November 3rd, 2018. KEXP is committed to supporting, nurturing, and championing local artists. Donate today.
Read a biography of this influential "first wave mod punk" band: www.allmusic.com
This is an exciting cover of a Curtis Mayfield song. Watch Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio performing it live: www.youtube.com Call in this hour with a gift of $180.00 or more and receive the Trio's Record Store Day Release on vinyl.
"Flashing back here to when the band was a three-piece and recording demos, trying to get a record deal. This recording dates back to 1975. Tina Weymouth had only recently picked up the bass and she is already a pretty essential and funky complement to Chris Frantz’s martial drumming. Byrne lays down a strumming rhythm that blends well with the rhythm section.
David Byrne’s genius is already evident at this stage. He slyly twists a comment about borrowing some sugar from a neighbor into a sleazy tale of lust. His vocals are profoundly odd and idiosyncratic, bursting with slightly inappropriate energy, playing off the three instruments to create a pretty excellent blend of weirdness and funk. It’s basically “Pour Some Sugar On Me” for people with taste.": rumorsontheinternets.org
You can learn much, much, much about The Feelies here: www.thefeeliesweb.com Don't forget that you still have an opportunity to win tickets to Car Seat Headrest at The Showbox on Saturday, October 13th. Call 206-903-5397.
Isn't this a lovely song? The song is in the key of G♯ and is centered on piano and French horn. The lyrics describe the love of music by the listener, in the form of little round mirrors of CDs, and ultimately the desire to be equally loved by another. Where else, but KEXP, can you be exposed to music like this? Support the "music that matters" by calling 206-903-5397 or donating online at kexp.org.
Watch David Bowie performing "Ziggy Stardust" live: www.youtube.com
KEXP favorites The Joy Formidable will be in Seattle, playing at Neumos on Sunday, October 28th, 2018.
KEXP hosts musicians in studio ALL THE TIME and that is made possible because of the donations we receive from the community. Check out this awesome in studio with the National and then CALL 206-903-5397 NOW to power KEXP! www.youtube.com