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Wednesday, Apr 18 2018, 6AM
"Three Days" was written in 1986 about Xiola Blue’s visit to Los Angeles. She came to attend her father’s funeral and stayed with Perry Farrell and Casey Niccoli and they spent three days together experimenting with drugs and sex, which is the basic theme of the song. Good Morning Seattle!
Watch Car Seat Headrest performing "Times to Die" live during KEXP's New Home Grand Opening on April 16, 2016. www.youtube.com
Melatonin is a natural hormone made by your body's pineal gland. During the day the pineal is inactive. When the sun goes down and darkness occurs, the pineal is "turned on" and begins to actively produce melatonin, which is released into the blood. Usually, this occurs around 9 pm. As a result, melatonin levels in the blood rise sharply and you begin to feel less alert. Melatonin levels in the blood stay elevated for about 12 hours - all through the night - before the light of a new day when they fall back to low daytime levels by about 9 am. Shit, no wonder I'm still sleepy!
Hey! It's Ought performing "Beautiful Blue Sky" live in the KEXP studio back in 2015! bit.ly
'Spiderland' is Slint's second, and final, studio album. Not widely known upon its initial release, it eventually sold more than 50,000 copies and has been influential on the styles of many bands in the post-rock and math rock genres.
Here's Slowdive performing "Star Roving" live for KEXP this past October bit.ly
Here's a live version from the days of standard definition TV. It was a simpler, and fuzzier, time. bit.ly
The band has just released a video for this track and they'll be in Vancouver, B.C. on June 24th - maybe they'll drop down and see us? Here's a link to the video bit.ly
Hatchie (aka Harriet Pillbeam) has released a video for this song too. She's touring in the UK right now and then back home to Australia. Here's a link to the video bit.ly
'Undone', the first single off their forthcoming third album 'Maps', and the flip side is a cover of the classic House of Love track 'I Don't Know Why I Love You'.
Brand spanking new track from Soft Science, this is off their new double A-side single “Sooner” / “Paris”, slated for release on May 4th via Test Pattern Records. Their new album, 'Maps', drops in early June. bit.ly
Found a live version on the EweTube. No deets on when or where this was recorded. bit.ly
Their new EP comes out May 18th. They're doing a 7 date "intimate" tour in the UK in support of its release. Can you spell "road trip"? bit.ly
"The Tracers" is the lead single from Marr's new solo album 'Call The Comet'. The LP was recorded during sessions at his Crazy Face studio in Manchester, and will be released on June 15th. Read more and watch the video here bit.ly
'Barbed Wire Kisses' was released 30 years ago today. Yikes, 30 years?
This is a cover of musician and slam poet Saul Williams' single from his self-titled 2004 studio album. Here's a link to the original www.youtube.com
Bodega have signed with What’s Yr Rupture? (Parquet Courts, Love is All, Royal Headache) who, this summer, will release their debut album which was produced by Austin Brown of Parquet Courts and mixed and mastered by Jonathan Schenke (Eaters, producer of Parquet Courts’ Light Up Gold).
New album is out in a month! Here's the video for the track, which was illustrated and directed by A. Savage with animation work by Phil Laslett. In case you didn't know, A Savage is in Parquet Courts! bit.ly
The Modern Lovers first recorded "Roadrunner" with producer John Cale (previously of the Velvet Underground) in 1972 which is why this track is "Road Runner #1". Road Runner #2 was produced by Kim Foley and put on this album as well. The most successful version is credited to Jonathan Richman as a solo artist and he was backed by the Greg Kihn Band!
From the forthcoming EP ‘Better Than That’ out May 18th. Pre-order on CD or 10" vinyl from wearejames.com or your friendly neighborhood record shop. Two more tracks to come... one on alternate Wednesdays from May 2nd-16th!
The band brought in Anton Corbijn to do the visuals for the 'Music For The Masses' album, including the photos and the videos. For this song, he put together an 8-minute black-and-white clip for the 12-inch single version, which was cut down to 4:23 for the single and here it is bit.ly
Beach House is in Portland on August 10th and in Vancouver on August 12th, but are not currently scheduled to visit the Emerald City. Let 'em know about it! www.beachhousebaltimore.com
Here are The Troggs playing this track live. Wait for the triangle solo! bit.ly
Ladytron have started a Pledge campaign for their new album which, according to the website, should be out in 177 days. Pledge now, get great thank you gifts, and help get the album out! www.pledgemusic.com
Angeliki and Serafim Tsotsonis, the sister and brother who make up Greece's Ocean Hope, will release 'Rolling Days', their first full-length album May 25th. It's on Hush Hush Records. Pre order here hushhushrecords.bandcamp.com
You can find this track on 'Making Patterns Rhyme: A Tribute to Duran Duran' and it benefits Amnesty International. It also contains Duran Duran covers from Moby, Little Dragon, Soko, and Austra, among others.
Despite their name, they're not from the states. This London six-piece emerged last year as an eccentric group of pop songwriters and jazz musicians who blend funked-up basslines, hazy guitar, and energetic disco beats. Learn more here pitchfork.com
Have you seen the video? It's an epic battle of good vs evil featuring G.I. Joe dolls. best 11:08 you'll spend today bit.ly
'Play' is the first single from "Claroscuro", the first collection of original songs by the Colombian group since "Rio" (2008). No release date as of yet
Off their debut album which was written entirely by the band's lead singer, the late Dolores O'Riordan, and guitarist Noel Hogan.
In October 2015, Sky Cries Mary reunited for a series of benefit shows to help raise money and awareness for former bassist Joe Skyward, aka Joe Bass, who had been diagnosed with late stage cancer. Here's a short documentary of that weekend bit.ly
Naked Giants are off on US and UK! But you can catch them this summer at Timber! Outdoor Music Festival on July 14th. www.nakedgiants.com
Fontaines DC will be live on The Morning Show on May 14th @ 9:30 am. This session is open to the public so, if you know what's good for you, you'll get your ass down here and sign up starting at 8 am! Yes, I'm looking at you!
From listener Morgan Lee - "Our family just returned from two weeks in Indiana. We were there to spend time with our loved ones as my 31 year old brother spent his last days fighting testicular cancer. The night of his passing we each took turns playing his favorite music at the foot of his hospital bed until the early hours of the morning. I just want to thank KEXP for being such an important part of my life and the life of my family. It is very strange to be back doing life again after losing my brother. We all feel like zombies. But driving my beautiful girl to preschool and rocking out to 'Peaches' makes everything look a little brighter this morning." #RIPTannerLee
This is a Public Service Announcement brought to you by The Morning Show.
The band's Joe Genaro says that fans often point out a presumed error in the line "And someone played a Beach Boys song on the jukebox, it was California Dreamin'." The song is, in fact, by The Mamas and Papas, not the Beach Boys. Genaro says that he was aware of this when he wrote the song, but that the Beach Boys had recently released a popular cover version. So there Owen!
This goes out to all the parents who are driving their kids to school. You're welcome!
Released in 1992, this track appeared on their debut album 'Cracker'. The song was also released as a successful single, and it charted at number 1 on the US Modern Rock Tracks. This was the eff'd up mix, not available in stores!
In the late 1980s and early 1990s, Beck was a homeless musician in NYC and he moved back to his hometown of Los Angeles in early 1991, due to his financial struggles. Beck worked low-wage jobs to survive, but still found time to perform his songs at local coffeehouses and clubs. He'd make up songs with joke lyrics to keep people listening and "Loser" came out of this improvisation.
Oh look, it's 1990's Sean Nelson - isn't he cute? www.youtube.com
The song contains samples of the great Andrew Dice Clay throughout the track, including the loud exclamation of "oh!" at the start of each chorus along with the words "it's unbelievable" spoken during the bridge. Dice Dice baby.
The video for "Pepper", features 1960s style news clip-like footage of a group of people being arrested in a Texas hotel for kidnapping while newscasters and cameramen crowd around. The kidnapping victim, rescued by the police, is portrayed by Erik Estrada. bit.ly
