John Richards

John Richards

John Richards

The Morning Show
Last show: Wednesday, Oct 23 2024, 7AM
john@kexp.org
Wednesday, May 2 2018, 6AM
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6:05 AM
4th spin
Lucy Dacus will play with Vetiver at Charles Smith Wines Jet City on Saturday, June 2nd, 2018: www.songkick.com
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"But are you alright, are you alright?... You are still my friend, you didn't go out of my life..." Isn't this a beautiful song/ Here are the lyrics: genius.com
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6:16 AM
40th spin
"Hell-On" is Neko Case's first solo album in five years: www.npr.org She'll be out at The Gorge on Sunday, May 27th, for the Sasquatch! Music Festival.
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6:20 AM
1st spin?!
Laura Veirs will be in town, playing a sold-out show at Fremont Abbey Arts Center on Friday, May 18th, 2018.
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6:25 AM
32nd spin
Here's an NPR review of this terrific album by these three fine singers: www.npr.org
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"You get the feeling that the narrator will be trying to piece those pictures back together for the rest of his weary existence. The Cure and Robert Smith at their peak captured immense, intense anguish better than anybody, and “Pictures Of You” is the ultimate manifestation of that ability." Read an American Songwriter discussion of this song: americansongwriter.com
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6:35 AM
27th spin
Brisbane, Australia artist Hatchie has released a "sweet new video" for "Sugar & Spice": www.dbldblwhmmy.com
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6:39 AM
201st spin
See the carefree life of friendship and rollerskating in the video for "Kim & Jessie":www.youtube.com
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On their website, The Ocean Blue promises new live shows between September and December of this year.: www.theoceanblue.com
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Oooh! Visit Secret Day, the official website of The Green Pajamas: thegreenpajamas.net
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6:58 AM
8th spin
Ruler is the solo project of Seattle's Matt Batey.: www.billboard.com
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7:00 AM
194th spin
Jurassic 5 performed "A Day at the Races" live at Brixton in 2013: www.youtube.com
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Shades of Slim Whitman! This samples Eric Burdon & War's 1976 song "Magic Mountain" as well as the yodeling on Parliament's 1970 track "Little Ole Country Boy." This became the first ever hip-hop song played on Mars when NASA's Opportunity Rover broadcast it in 2004.
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Janelle Monae will be at Marymoor Park in Redmond, Washington on Monday, June 11th, 2018.
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7:16 AM
1st spin?!
James' new EP ‘Better Than That’!," produced by Mercury and Brit Award winner Charlie Andrew (who’s worked with the likes of alt-J and Wolf Alice) will be released on limited edition 10″ vinyl CD exclusively through the James web shop on May 18th, 2018.: jamesofficial.lnk.to
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New Order's "Power, Corruption & Lies" was released on this date in 1983. For a philosophical examination of "Your Silent Face" (This sentence is an example: "The very first verse captures the inextricable relation between form and content and the futility of any conception of either apart from the other."), read this essay:skylarking-skylarking.blogspot.com
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Watch a live in-studio performance by The War on Drugs at KEXP in August of last year: www.youtube.com
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"Well I started out down a dirty road...": www.youtube.com
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Melbourne's Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever just played an in-studio session at KEXP. That performance will be up on our Youtube channel soon. In the meantime, here's the band performing "Talking Straight": www.rollingblackoutsband.com
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In February, Liam Gallagher said that Noel’s wife ‘is the reason Oasis is no longer’: www.nme.com
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7:48 AM
45th spin
You can purchase this self-titled album at BlackWater HolyLight's Bandcamp page: blackwaterholylight.bandcamp.com
blackwater holylight with Sandrider, Museum of Light, and Heldscalla
Saturday, Jan 18, 2025  
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Read a biography of this fine band, formed from the original members of Bauhaus: www.allmusic.com
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An all-star lineup of musicians will celebrate Mother Love Bone at the SMASH benefit on Saturday, May 5th, 2018. :smashseattle.org
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Watch Mother Love Bone performing "Holy Roller" live in Seattle in 1989: www.youtube.com
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For more information about SMASH, go here: smashseattle.org
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8:31 AM
84th spin
It's moving to see Layne Staley singing in this live version of "River of Deceit": www.youtube.com
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Alice In Chains has teased the arrival of new music both onstage and in a weird new video clip that the band has shared online.The band’s sixth studio LP is expected to come out this fall and follow up 2013’s "The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here.": www.wqlz.com
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If you did something dangerously fun and outrageous in the late '80s and '90s that your parents didn't like, you can probably thank Perry Farrell and Jane's Addiction. Read more about what you don't remember: www.spin.com
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8:50 AM
17th spin
You can hear Lord Huron at The Moore Theatre on Thursday, June 7th, and Friday, June 8th, 2018.
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The Atlantic has a "Behind the Masterpiece" essay on the 50-year-old "Astral Weeks": www.theatlantic.com
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Mike Scott sings to someone, possibly us, who has had hard times, remembering the past as a dark mark on life and who can’t move past the hurt. He implores us to remember, “That was the river, this is the sea.” In other words, it’s time to get up, dust ourselves off, and do something. :www.treblezine.com
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9:10 AM
74th spin
"These Kentucky boys took a giant leap forward on their fourth album — giant enough to take them from a jammy Americana band to awe-inspiring purveyors of interstellar art rock." This article calls "Z" one of the 100 best albums of the 2000's: www.rollingstone.com
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9:15 AM
22nd spin
Read about the video for Jim James' new song, Just a Fool": www.stereogum.com Watch Jim James playing live at KEXP's Little Big Show in 2013: www.youtube.com
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9:19 AM
35th spin
David Bowie covered this song (about a man in prison missing his wife and wishing she would send him something with her scent) on his "Heathens" album.
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"I've come to wish you an unhappy birthday... 'Cause you're evil... And you lie... And if you should die... I may feel slightly sad... (But I won't cry)...." Here are are the lyrics to this celebratory birthday song: genius.com
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9:27 AM
23rd spin
Here are some lessons we can learn from Polly Jean Harvey: www.anothermag.com
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9:31 AM
3rd spin
Wax Idols will perform at Barboza on Thursday, June 7th, 2018.
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This is Sub Pop Number 436, released on May 5th, 1998 (20 years ago) on red translucent vinyl (DON'T LICK IT!!)
Modest Mouse and The Black Heart Procession
Wednesday, Oct 30, 2024  
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Read (in Italian) about Alan Sutherland, aka Land of the Loops: www.scaruffi.com
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Jude Rogers of The Guardian calls this 1983 masterpiece his "favourite album ever": www.theguardian.com
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It's a holiday! You probably already knew that The Cure's "Disintegration" was released on this date in 1989.
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9:59 AM
59th spin
Naked Giants is playing Timber! Outdoor Music Festival which runs Thursday, July 12th- Saturday, July 14th. For the full line-up visit summer.timbermusicfest.com
Naked Giants
Thursday, Nov 7, 2024  
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