John Richards

John Richards

John Richards

The Morning Show
Last show: Wednesday, Oct 23 2024, 7AM
john@kexp.org
Wednesday, Feb 21 2018, 6AM
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6:03 AM
65th spin
Watch Slowdive performing live in the KEXP studio from October 25, 2017. First song? Slomo. bit.ly
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Remember the first Lollapalooza line up? It included Siouxsie and the Banshees, Nine Inch Nails, Jane's Addiction, The Butthole Surfers and Henry Rollins. Good times - at least what I can remember! Read more here bit.ly
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6:13 AM
119th spin
'Treasure' is their third studio album and with this album, the band settled on what would, from then on, be their primary lineup: vocalist Elizabeth Fraser, guitarist Robin Guthrie and bass guitarist Simon Raymonde.
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Here's a live version recorded by a fan bit.ly
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6:22 AM
7th spin
Here's the video bit.ly
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She was asked to record this cover for the British TV show Peaky Blinders' series finale
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The pride of Lancaster PA theinnocencemission.com
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All three of the band's Sire Records albums (The Ocean Blue, Cerulean, and Beneath the Rhythm and Sound) are now available for the first time on beautiful 180 gram vinyl from the band's website www.theoceanblue.com
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6:40 AM
1st spin?!
Chicago songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Erik Hall returns as In Tall Buildings with the new album 'Akinetic' and it drops March 2nd
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Yep, it's a cover of The Cars classic and their 1996 video for this song features a sad Tinkerbelle bit.ly
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6:50 AM
1st spin?!
Buffalo Tom will be LIVE on The Morning Show on March 1st at 9 am. This in-studio is open to the public and you can sign up starting at 7:30 am
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Calexico will be in Seattle on June 9th at The Neptune Theatre www.casadecalexico.com
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6:59 AM
9th spin
Love it - on The Wrens homepage it says "Keeping Folks Waiting Since 1989" guess that means no news on a new album www.wrens.com
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7:03 AM
98th spin
Remember when Strand Of Oaks performed at KEXP's New Home Grand Opening? That was awesome! bit.ly
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7:06 AM
31st spin
'Copper Blue' is Sugar's debut studio album and it was voted 1992 Album of the Year by the NME.
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7:14 AM
6th spin
They play Barboza on May 11th and their new album drops March 23rd. You can preorder it on their website preoccupationsband.com
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7:20 AM
1st spin?!
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Live version recorded in Paris bit.ly
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Bowie was a great Velvet Underground fan and wrote the song in tribute to the band and Lou Reed.
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7:35 AM
1st spin?!
Steve writes in - "Could you please please wish my beautiful girlfriend Jennie Davis a happy birthday? Sure! Happy Birthday Jennie Davis!
Snow Patrol
Saturday, Mar 22, 2025  
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7:38 AM
19th spin
This is a cover of a reggae song by The Gladiators and you can listen to the original right here --> bit.ly
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7:43 AM
2nd spin
Their new EP just came out on Friday. buy it. buy it now. www.thebandride.com
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They're from Dublin and they're good. What more do you need to know? Oh, you need more do you? well, here you go bit.ly
Fontaines D.C.
Thursday, Apr 17, 2025  
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Good luck with your surgery, it's gonna go great!
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7:53 AM
35th spin
They'll be in the states to play some limited dates in the midwest in May dreamwife.co
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Her new album is in stores on May 4th and you can preorder from her website www.eleanorfriedberger.com
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8:00 AM
29th spin
they are on tour, but it looks like the closest they'll be to Seattle is Coachella in April www.firstaidkitband.com
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8:05 AM
46th spin
U.S. Girls play the Sunset on March 26th
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8:08 AM
96th spin
Austra stopped by KEXP about a year ago for an in-studio hosted by Cheryl Waters bit.ly
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The new project from Richard Russell features collaborations with Sampha, Kamasi Washington, and Ghostface Killah’s son
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Watch the Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio performing live at Little London Plane during Upstream Music Fest 2017 hosted by Troy Nelson bit.ly
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Coltrane recorded the album with his quartet in one session on December 9, 1964 and it became a top-selling album for him, as well as one of jazz's most critically acclaimed recordings. Since then, it has often been viewed as one of the greatest albums of all time, a deeply spiritual work, and Coltrane's masterpiece.
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The opening spoken word sample is from "I Feel a New Shadow" by Jeremy Storch which you can listen to right here bit.ly
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This is off the soundtrack of some small indie film that opened this past weekend.
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8:41 AM
47th spin
Odesza plays three, count 'em, three Seattle shows on March 29, 30 and 31st at WaMu Theater!
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8:45 AM
6th spin
Cut Chemist — DJ for Jurassic 5 and founding member of Ozomatli — is back with his first solo LP since 2006’s 'The Audience Listening. The new album is 'Die Cut' and it drops March 2nd.
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MTV video - bit.ly
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This song won the Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group at the 36th Grammy Awards in 1994.
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8:57 AM
18th spin
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9:00 AM
9th spin
Requested by Greg who is about 6 blocks away in Queen Anne.
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'Ill Communication' marked a change in direction for the Beastie Boys - case in point, this song is set over a musical backdrop composed almost exclusively of Buddhist chants. Read more here bit.ly
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Thanks for the great request Kierstyn and Happy Birthday to Nina Simone who would have been 85 today
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9:11 AM
25th spin
The video follows Arcade Fire's Régine Chassagne as she struts through New Orleans at night. The clip was filmed in the city during Mardi Gras season, and Chassagne dances through dark streets that are covered with trash from the celebrations. rol.st
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Tom Tom Club was a side project of Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth (Talking Heads) and, at the time of its release, "Genius of Love" was a bigger commercial success than any of the Talking Heads' previous singles
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9:21 AM
19th spin
Electrafixion was formed by former Echo & the Bunnymen members Ian McCulloch and Will Sergeant in 1994. They released one album, Burned, and four singles and EPs before splitting up in 1996, due to the reformation of the Bunnymen
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The song's theme is taken from the Spanish Civil War. The song takes its name from a Republican poster of the time, displaying a photograph of a young child killed by the Nationalists under a sky of bombers with the stark warning "If you tolerate this, your children will be next" written at the bottom
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9:38 AM
19th spin
Kim Wilde performing "Kids In America" on Dutch TV in 1981. boy, she sure is dynamic (sarcasm font) bit.ly
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9:41 AM
185th spin
MGMT is playing two nights at Showbox SoDo on May 12th and 13th whoismgmt.com
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9:46 AM
64th spin
No Owen Murphy, the title of this song is not "Teenage Wasteland". goofus.
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9:51 AM
55th spin
In the UK, "Rush" was originally released as the B-side to the 1991 re-release of The Clash's "Should I Stay or Should I Go".
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