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Originally a B-side for the lead single "Grass" off of Skylarking, "Dear God" gained enough popularity on U.S. college radio that it was later repressed with the track

The U.K. band is returning to the U.S. this summer to continue touring for their 2016 LP, A Moon Shaped Pool. Find dates and locations here: bit.ly

Off his first (and only) full-length release. Buckley would die from drowning in the Wolf River channel of the Mississippi River three years later after moving to Memphis to record what would be his second album

Formed in 1992, and led by singer/songwriter Grant Lee Phillips, the group disbanded in 1999. Phillips continues to make solo material, and made this statement after their demise: "It's no good hummin' or hawin' about the band this or the band that. I'm on a particular donkey-headed path, it's narrow, only room for one ya know...presently, I'm writing up a storm from morning 'till midnight..."

A KEXP fav in 2016, Love & Hate is the sophomore release from this London native. He recently collaborated with Yeah Yeah Yeahs frontwoman, Karen O, for the new single "Yo, My Saint." Read more about it here: n.pr

On March 9th, Experience Hendrix LLC issued a new post-humous release from the legendary guitarist. Both Sides of the Sky contains never been released rarities, and can be found here: bit.ly

Santigold was featured at our Little Big Show #15 in 2016 (along with Kilo Kish and DoNormaal), check out our recap here: bit.ly

Off the latest album from the project led by Merrill Garbus. tUnE-yArDs was recently in our studio to play songs off the new release I Can Feel You Creep Into My Private Life, but check out her performance from 2014 here: bit.ly

California-born singer/songwriter that found prominence in the late 80's and early 90's. 99.9 F° is her fourth full-length album, and a departure from her more folk-influenced earlier releases.

New single from the Minneapolis band! This track can be found on their forthcoming second album Saved, out on May 18th. Keep up with them here: bit.ly

Snail Mail (the stage name of 18-year-old Lindsey Jordan) will be playing the Crocodile on June 23rd, find ticket info here! bit.ly

To mark the 25th anniversary of this release, and the recent death of Dolores O'Riordan, the band will be issuing a special edition of Everybody Else is Doing It, So Why Can't We? - "We thought about it and decided that as this is something that we started as a band, with Dolores, we should push ahead and finish it. So that’s the plan, to finish the project and get the special 25th anniversary edition album out later this year." Find more info here: bit.ly

This 90's band is back with their first new material in 23 years! Find DOVE on May 4th and catch them at the Neptune Theatre on August 12th: bit.ly

Jeff, we're so sorry for your loss. Thank you for the story, and your years of listening. This one's for you....and Jim. You're not alone.

The track found on the English band's second album, which happens to contain some of the greatest closing line of lyrics ever.

Three new vinyl reissues are coming from U2 on April 13th! Not sure you can really consider Pop a "classic" though.... bit.ly

Part of the stellar lineup this May for Sasquatch! Find all the deets you need here: bit.ly

Found on the fourth LP from this English band. They're currently touring for their 2017 release, V, but no U.S. dates listed at the moment. Keep track here: bit.ly

The only album from this Seattle supergroup composed of members from Alice in Chains (Layne Staley), Pearl Jam (Mike McCready), and Screaming Trees (Barrett Martin)

Two of the members of this Seattle band would go on to be in Pearl Jam (Stone Gossard and Jeff Ament) after the death of Mother Love Bone frontman, Andy Wood. Wood passed away only months before the release of their debut album, Apple

The debut album from this Seattle band that will be playing Safeco Field on August 8th and 10th. That's a grand total of 95,886 seats, so they've done pretty okay since this release.

In a 2014 interview, Chris Cornell had this to say about the release of their masterwork, Superunknown - "We wanted to show that we stood alone and outside of what was becoming a convenient geographic group that we were inside. I never felt bad about being lumped in with other Seattle bands. I thought it was great. But I also felt like all of us were going to have to prove that we could also exist with autonomy, and we deserved to be playing on an international stage, and we deserved to have videos on TV and songs on the radio, and it wasn't just a fad like the "British invasion" or a "New York noise scene." Superunknown was that for me. It was showing what we were not just a flavor of the month. We had the responsibility to seize the moment, and I think we really did."

This Baltimore duo will be in town to promote their forthcoming album The Louder I Call, The Faster It Runs on July 15th at Neumos. Tickets here! bit.ly

A 2018 inductee for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, which happens on April 14th! Rumor is that they will be performing three of their biggest hits at the ceremony, of which this song is not one.

Animal Collective will be in town at the Moore Theatre on July 29th, find tickets here: bit.ly

How exactly would one go about drying the rain anyway? (PS, in news you know, it's raining in Seattle right now)

The new album from TR/ST (Toronto's Robert Alfons) still doesn't have a set release date, but can be expected sometime in 2018. Watch the video for "Destroyer" here: bit.ly

This track describing the destruction of the city of Pompeii can be found on Tinderbox, the seventh album from Siouxsie and the Banshees

Founded in Atlanta, Georgia in 1988 by rapper Speech and DJ Headliner. 3 Years, 5 Months & 2 Days in the Life Of... is their debut album and also contains the classic, "Tennessee"

Here's the super adorable (and award-winning) video for this 1999 Blur song: bit.ly

Check out Hurray for the Riff Raff's live KEXP performance from 2017 here! bit.ly

The fourth album from this Bay Area band is arriving on May 17th, and you can find them playing Barboza on June 7th: bit.ly

Phair fans are in for a good year! A massive, limited edition, 25th anniversary box edition of Exile in Guyville is set to arrive on May 4th. She's also got a memoir coming at some point, entitled Horror Stories bit.ly

Watch Fugazi playing "Waiting Room" live at the Wilson Center in Washington, D.C. in 1988 here: bit.ly

Wide Awake!, the new album from this Brooklyn-based band, is coming on May 18th. Get your preorder in via Rough Trade here: bit.ly

The first single from the Irish punk band, and self-professed favorite song of influential English DJ, John Peel

Irish punk band that formed in 1977 and is still kicking today

Watch the video for this 1991 single here: bit.ly

This local band has been around since 1986, and performed live in our Gathering Space in 2016. Watch it here: bit.ly

Fresh off a visit to Seattle (and the Morning Show!) keep up with Buffalo Tom's whereabouts here: buffalotom.com

Find the debut album from this Portland quartet on April 6th: bit.ly

This recent Morning Show fav is coming to KEXP! That's right, this Irish band will be live on May 14th at 9:30 AM. Find more from them here: fontainesband.com

Known for their wild live shows, Prolapse was formed in the mid 90's by vocalists "Scottish Mick" Derrick and Linda Steelyard, keyboardist Donald Ross, guitarists Pat Marsden and David Jeffreys, drummer Tim Pattison, and bassist Mick Harrison.

Sally Timms of long-running band The Mekons about the album Me: "They were very basic ideas, and they just sounded like snippets of songs. And they all had filthy subtexts too. Hearing someone sing whiskey sex shack' about 15 times and then being {told} This is a song,' you're like, That's a song, is it?' Okay. Very good."

Playing the Moore Theatre on July 29th! Find all your ticket info here: bit.ly

See Peter, Bjorn, AND John live on KEXP in 2016 here! bit.ly

1972 single from The Kinks that name-drops the following celluloid heroes: Greta Garbo, Rudolph Valentino, Bela Lugosi, Bette Davis, Marilyn Monroe, George Sanders, and Mickey Rooney

NYC group that was formed in 1991 by Dean Wareham after the demise of his previous band, Galaxie 500