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Friday, Jan 12 2018, 6AM
Good morning and happy Friday. "Life is the original miracle." This writer prefers to think of "Little Fictions" as "Fun Size Alternative Facts." Read a track-by-track review of Elbow's 2017 release: murlough23.wordpress.com
John Richards hosted this fabulous recent in-studio performance by The National, featuring the previously-unreleased "Rylan": blog.kexp.org
Here's the John Peel session of "Fall" by The Jesus and Mary Chain: www.youtube.com
"Sidewalking" was released as a non-studio-album single by Scottish band The Jesus and Mary Chain in March, 1988. The song reflected the band's interest in hip hop and sampled the drumbeat from the 1984 single "Roxanne's Revenge" by Roxanne Shante as a loop.
This San Francisco band will play The Showbox on Tuesday, February 20th, 2018.
Get "Feel the Light," a KEXP Song of the Day from this London trio's 2016 album, "Either That or The Moon":blog.kexp.org
Because Régine Chassagne is of Haitian descent, Arcade Fire continuously works to support Haitian people through raising awareness of the struggles this country currently faces.: kanpe.org
Watch the official video for Arcade Fire's "Creature Comfort": www.youtube.com
Wow! Happy birthday, Judah (2 years old) and Ezra (the big 18). Here's the video as a birthday present: www.youtube.com
Follow Lou Barlow on his Facebook page here: www.facebook.com
Land of the Loops is the recording and performance name of Boston, Massachusetts-area musician Alan Sutherland. You can read about him in Italian (if you wish): www.scaruffi.com
"...and he also made false teeth..." The video for this little ditty is absolutely terrific.: www.youtube.com
That's Q-Tip doing the vocals for this Chemical Brothers song. Watch him slam the Grammys for their snub of A Tribe Called Quest: www.rollingstone.com
Zack de la Rocha, lyricist and vocalist of Rage Against the Machine, was born on this date in 1970.
This review of Wolf Alice's sophomore release says, "There’s no difficult second album syndrome here. ’Visions Of A Life’ is a gorgeously twisted beast that keeps Wolf Alice on the path to being Britain’s best band.": diymag.com
In the punk-influenced song, lead singer and songwriter Justine Frischmann confronts a lover about his erectile dysfunction. While the identity of the flaccid gentleman is unknown, Frischmann was famously involved in a bit of a love triangle with the frontmen of Britpop bands Suede (Brett Anderson) and Blur (Damon Albarn).: www.youtube.com
The video for "West Coast," full of concert footage and drunken antics, was apparently filmed from 2010-2015: vimeo.com
Ahhh....the Friday song. KEXP & Seattle Cancer Care Alliance Proton Therapy Center present
MUSIC HEALS on
Thursday, February 1st. RSVP right here.: blog.kexp.org
You like-a this song? John Richards chose it as a KEXP Song of the Day.: blog.kexp.org
Frontman Courtney Taylor-Taylor wrote this song about a friend of his named Mark. The singer says Mark also inspired The Dandys' song "Ride," which appeared on their first album, "The Dandys Rule OK." In an interview, Taylor-Taylor said that he and Mark had gone through a little mix-up that accidentally led to them not talking for many years.
DAVID BYRNE WOULD LIKE YOU TO CHEER THE HELL UP. Read about Byrne's multimedia project, "Reasons To Be Cheerful," named after the Ian Drury song.: www.newsweek.com
Emily Litella on SNL: "What's all this talk about sax and violins?": www.nbc.com Watch the Talking Heads video:
www.youtube.com
It's 4:18 ".....Birthday card that her sister made
In the distant past when she turned 13...." She is such an extraordinary poet: genius.com
This prescient song, "We the People....," is a rallying cry addressing the racism, xenophobia, homophobia and misogyny that have plagued society. : www.rollingstone.com
Canadian emcee Shad rocks his immigrant badge with pride with this video, “Fam Jam (Fe Sum Immigrins).” With a senior citizen re-incarnation of Shad running the show, we take it to a family reunion celebration where the skilled lyricist dedicates this jam to the journey of the modern day immigrant – a story many can relate to, no matter where your family tree is planted.: www.okayplayer.com
See a KEXP documentary about this international artist: blog.kexp.org
We're debuting Lea Porcelain's first single, "I Got To Run," off their new album, coming out in the spring. They say, "This song is an energetic fusion that holds the balance between light and shadow. It makes you feel simultaneously strong and reverent."
Lea Porcelain are Berlin/London based producer/singer duo Julien Bracht and Markus Nikolaus. Go here to Lea Porcelain's official website: www.leaporcelain.com
Did you know that LCD Soundsystem covered this song?: www.youtube.com
This new track from Toronto-based musician TR/ST blends the artist’s strangely sinister and mechanical pop with the unpredictable moves of Californian dance-studio director and choreographer extraordinaire Ryan Heffington.Heffington explains: "TR/ST's thrilling track 'Destroyer' induced a feeling of uplifting mourning that inspired my own movements in the video. This dance implies a last-ditch effort to save a relationship—of joy remembered, and of reflection and turmoil manifested in gestures which relied on the track's undulating rhythms and vocals.": www.nowness.com
Read a biography of World Party, the project of talented multi-instrumentalist Karl Wallinger.: www.allmusic.com
"You're telling me it's in the trees....it's not, it's inside me...." Watch the video: vimeo.com
According to the book "The Last Party: Britpop, Blair and the Demise of English Rock" by John Harris, this song was written about the fall of the Iron Curtain and taken up as an anthem by bomber pilots during the first Gulf War. The song reflected the optimism felt around the free world as nations came together.
The name supposedly stood for "Epsom Mad Funkers" (although it was widely speculated that the initials instead represented "Ecstasy Mother F**kers").: www.emf-theband.com
Last year, Inspiral Carpets drummer Craig Gill killed himself after 20 years of unbearable tinnitus. The family urged more awareness of the problem and of men's mental health : www.theguardian.com
Hey! Wise up! Sucker...and watch the video: www.youtube.com
2015 marked the 25th anniversary of "Groovy Train." Here, The Farm talks about making the recording.: www.thefarmmusic.co.uk
Enjoy a KEXP "Review Revue" of this single by Happy Mondays: blog.kexp.org
"I never took the smile away from anybody's face...
And that's a desperate way to look for someone who is still a child...' Don't be like Angus. Memorize the lyrics to "In a Big Country":www.azlyrics.com
Buffalo Tom will be LIVE on KEXP on Thursday, March 01, 2018, at 9:00 AM. They will play Neumos that night.
These pictures of Mr. Strummer are great.: www.youtube.com
What if you had the chance to leave a final message before dying?Bob Marley essentially had that opportunity with “Redemption Song,” the last song on his final album with The Wailers, Uprising, in 1980. He died on May 11, 1981 at age 36 from complications from cancer. While there’s no indication that Marley knew for sure that the song would be his last recorded document, the contemplative mood of Uprising and the fact that he had been battling the cancer for years seems to suggest that he knew the end was near. Read more of the story behind this song: americansongwriter.com
You'll probably hear this powerful song again on International Clash Day, February 7th, 2018.
"Paper Planes" was written by M.I.A. and Diplo. The song's backing track is a replayed sample of the 1982 song "Straight to Hell" by The Clash, and the members of The Clash are credited as co-writers of the song.: www.youtube.com
Last month, the folky North Carolina dance-pop duo Sylvan Esso followed their 2017 LP "What Now" by offering up a folky, very much not dance-pop cover of the Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood song “There Are Many Ways To Say I Love You.” And now they’re back with another standalone single, the dance-poppy, very much not folky, and somewhat confusingly titled “PARAD(w/m)E.” Check out the lyric video: www.stereogum.com
In the "Under The African Skies" documentary, which details the making of "Graceland," Simon says that his South African collaborator Forere Motloheloa told him that the groove he came up with on the piano accordion was "paying tribute to a beautiful woman who he found and is happy with." Motloheloa worked in the mines for Lesotho before learning to play traditional melodies on the unusual instrument. "The solitude of the place combined with the landscape gives him beautiful things to translate into the music," he said.
You can purchase "Not Gonna Say Your Name" at Entrance's Bandcamp page, with all proceeds going to Planned Parenthood: entrancelives.bandcamp.com
Superchunk's Mac McCaughan's song was chosen as a KEXP Song of the Day. Download it for yourself here: blog.kexp.org
OMG!! The guitar playing alone puts Prince into the pantheon. Here he is, performing the song live at the Billboard Music Awards in 2013: www.billboard.com
These lads will be playing the CRSSD Festival in San Diego, March 3-4, 2018.
"All Is Love" is a song written by Karen O and Nick Zinner for the 2009 film Where the Wild Things Are. The song was recorded by Karen O and the Kids, a group consisting of O, Zinner, and several other prominent indie rock musicians, and released as the lead single from the film's soundtrack on August 25, 2009.
"Rainbow Connection" is a song from the 1979 film The Muppet Movie, with music and lyrics written by Paul Williams and Kenneth Ascher. Enjoy the lyrics: genius.com
Hey, let’s make a song in which a six-year-old girl tells a story about a frog from the stream of consciousness of a six-year-old girl...." Here's a discussion of the 12 best M83 songs: www.andsoitbeginsfilms.com
The song, "What's Going On" and the album of the same name were mirrored from Marvin Gaye's own life and after his brother, Frankie's, return from his stint in the Vietnam war.