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Friday, Aug 24 2018, 6AM
Good morning and happy Friday. Here's an interview with Brazilian producer Gui Boratto about his 2018 album, "Pentagram": www.billboard.com
Did you know that bassist Peter Hook actually wants correspondence from his fans ( and answers most of them)?: www.marketwatch.com
"Nervous Tics" is the new track from Maribou Sate's "Kingdoms in Colour," due for release on September 7th, 2018.: earmilk.com
Frontman Davey Newington said, "...as kids, we’d always watch The Little Rascals, and in that film they go: ‘Azooga azooga azooga’ – this chant. I was going to call [the band] Bo Azooga because I love Bo Diddley, but my girlfriend was like: ‘Bo’s not a very good word’. So we went with Boy Azooga instead.": www.nme.com
Lala Lala is Lillie West, a Chicago-based singer and songwriter. She'll be at Neumos on Monday, November 12th, 2018. Here's a review of "Water over Sex": pitchfork.com
"You walk in clouds of glitter and the sun reflects your eyes...
And every time the wind blows, I can smell you in the sky..." Here's the video for "Supernova": www.youtube.com
The breeders have just announced tour dates in support of their newest album, "All Nerve." See the puppet video for "Nervous Mary" from that new release: pitchfork.com
Read a Seattle PI review of "Fisherman's Blues": www.seattlepi.com
Watch Karl Wallinger performing this song live at KEXP: www.youtube.com
Here are a mere 10 reasons why "Dreams" is one of the greatest songs of all time: www.billboard.com
This terrific song was a KEXP Song of the Day. Download it for yourself: www.kexp.org
Watch The Godfathers performing this classic live: www.youtube.com
Perhaps you would like to acknowledge your devotion to Pixies.: pixiesmerch.com
The Helio Sequence’s 2008 album, Keep Your Eyes Ahead, turns 10 this year and the band will be celebrating by hitting the road for a 18 date North American tour in November and December (including a date at Porland's Doug Fir Lounge on December 14th, 2018). They'll be playing the album in full every night from beginning to end and More. Tickets go on sale today, Friday, August 24th.: www.heliosequence.com
Like "A Hard Day's Night," the title came from an expression Ringo Starr used. The proper idiom is "tomorrow never comes," meaning that when tomorrow arrived, it would become today. Ringo's variation of the phrase took the edge off the heavy philosophical lyrics. Working titles for the song before Ringo gave them inspiration were "Mark I" and "The Void."
The song was driven primarily by Beastie Boy Adam Yauch (MCA). As a practicing Buddhist, he had taken the Bodhisattva vow, which is a promise to liberate all sentient beings from suffering by practicing the six perfections of giving, moral discipline, patience, effort, concentration, and wisdom. Yauch began his serious study of Buddhism after attending a Dalai Lama lecture in spring 1993, in the midst of recording the "Check Your Head" album.
(Sigh)...if only he had learned to play guitar...: www.youtube.com
Ahhh....the Friday song. Tonight, Friday, August 24th, 2018 is KEXP and Seattle Center's last Concert at the Mural, featuring The Moondoggies, The Black Tones, and Baywitch: www.kexp.org
Best wishes to the runners, pacers, volunteers, and spectators in the Cascade Crest 100-mile Endurance Run this weekend: www.cascadecrest100.com
"Dunk your cookie in my milk...
And let it soak in my rap...": genius.com
Marvin Young (aka Young MC) was born May 10, 1967 in the town of Neasden in London, England. His family left England and came to Queens New York near Hollis, home of Run-DMC. He began rapping at the age of 10 and continued honing his skills until he was signed to Delicious Vinyl in 1987 during his junior year of college.: www.youngmc.com
“'Grow Into It' is an album about the aging process and growth,” Nicola Leel says. “Lyrically, I wanted to write an album about getting older that was an antithesis of the overdone trope of male bands singing about rejecting adulthood and wanting to stay young and get wasted with their friends forever. Instead, 'Grow Into It' is about finding light and freedom in age and finding autonomy in death.”
They describe themselves this way: "We're three tall young adults making some songs and eating some snacks. Indie noise junk band from Boston MA and Portland ME": www.facebook.com
The Dandy Warhols lead singer Courtney Taylor-Taylor was born Courtney Taylor, but he informally added another "Taylor" to his name in 1999. It's unclear as to why exactly the singer took on the extra moniker, but one theory suggests that it came from an incident where he repeated his name for clarity while leaving a phone message. The recipient then mistook his last name as "Taylor-Taylor."
Soundgarden were still waiting for their big break when they released Jesus Christ Pose – a dig at rock star excess that helped turn the band into rock stars themselves. Here's the story of "Jesus Christ Pose": www.loudersound.com
Read a long discussion of one of the greatest cover songs of all time: www.covermesongs.com
This song does a lot of sampling, including the keyboard portion of The Who's "Baba O'Reilly." Watch Big Audio Dynamite's official video for "Rush": www.youtube.com
Mark Andersen, author of "We Are The Clash," will be interviewed in KEXP's Gathering Space on Wednesday, September 5th, 2018 (6:00-8:00 p.m.), by our own Owen Murphy.: www.kexp.org
It's unbelieveable. This song used a sample of raunchy comedian Andrew "Dice" Clay saying "Oh," followed on the album version by "What the f--k was that!"
Read a biography of this London group that began in the late 1980's: www.allmusic.com
There's some fascinating dancing, diving, and tumbling in the video for "Groovy Train": www.youtube.com
When arrested by police in Jersey in 1989 for cocaine possession, singer Shaun Ryder was asked if he wanted an advocate, He replied: "I don't want no poncy southern drinks". Here are some other "mad tales" about Happy Mondays: www.mirror.co.uk
"Fool's Gold" first appeared as an extended B-side to the 12-inch release of the Stone Roses' "What the World is Waiting For". After pressure from their label, Silvertone, the band reluctantly agreed to a switch and it was an edited down "Fool's Gold", which eventually got the airplay and Top 10 chart placing.
Saturn 5 was the rocket that launched the Apollo 11 mission in 1969.: www.nasa.gov
Speaking of coming to town in October, Fidlar will play The Showbox SoDo on Tuesday, October 30th, 2018.
Go back to 2015 for an interview with Bikini Kill: www.rollingstone.com
Belinda Carlisle was 60 last Friday, August 17th. She talks about stardom pressures in this recent interview: www.deseretnews.com
Yes, you heard John correctly. R.E.M.'s debut 5-song EP, "Chronic Town," was released on this date in 1982.
The A.V. Club calls "You'd Prefer an Astronaut" "an overlooked masterpiece": music.avclub.com
"Just to be in space would be the important thing...": genius.com See the video, too: www.youtube.com
How can you resist this name? Read The Guardian's take on these cult heroes: www.theguardian.com
