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Wednesday, Dec 13 2017, 6AM
thanks for your request! Here's their in-studio from 2016 bit.ly
Off to a great start with your requests, keep 'em coming! And here's the band doing "What it Means" live from their 2016 in-studio bit.ly
Yes they do, and you have the power to change the world - one request at a time!
The Mountain Goats play a sold out show at Holoscene in Portland tomorrow night (12/14)
Requested by our fearless DJ. Nice choice; kid's got a future in the biz...
Here's Alexi Murdoch performing "Orange Sky" at Easy Street Records in Seattle bit.ly
Here's Fleet Foxes' in-studio from this summer. bit.ly
Why, yes, First Aid Kit has performed "Emmylou" for KEXP and here's the video bit.ly
Speaking of The Time, it's Morris Day's birthday today - stay tuned for our b-day salute!
This song was inspired by various personal events in Cooke's life, most prominently an event in which he and his entourage were turned away from a whites-only motel in Louisiana even though they had reservations. Cooke was furious and was eventually convinced by his friends to go elsewhere and they drove away honking their car horn. When they arrived at the Castle Motel in downtown Shreveport, the police were waiting for them, arresting them for disturbing the peace.
Pat DiNizio, singer, songwriter and leader of The Smithereens, died on Tuesday at age 62,no cause of death was provided. The Smithereens and DiNizio had a string of hit songs, from "A Girl Like You" and "Behind The Wall Of Sleep" to "Only a Memory" and "Blood and Roses."
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s 2018 inductees have been announced and Nina Simone leads the new class of inductees. About friggin' time. bit.ly
Here's the late, great Sharon Jones performing "This Land Is Your Land" live on Jimmy Kimmel's show. bit.ly
This song includes several shout-outs to artists like Run–D.M.C., Eric B, LL Cool J, Yoko Ono and thrash metal band Anthrax, because Chuck D was flattered about Scott Ian wearing Public Enemy shirts while performing Anthrax gigs. Anthrax would later collaborate with Chuck D to cover the song.
Great story about Prince from Mark Sovel. Charlie Murphy (from Chappelle's Show) has great stories too...here's one on.cc.com
guess what? This song was a request! I know - who wudda thunk it?
Happy b-day to Morris Day, 60 years old today! Morris Day and Jesse Johnson both contributed to writing "Jungle Love" with Day providing lead vocals and Johnson playing guitar. Some guy named Prince played all the other instruments
The Bangles recorded this cover for the 'Less Than Zero' soundtrack
This track is the lead single from his eighth studio album, 'The Rhythm of the Saints', which was released in 1990. It was a simpler time...we still had pagers, fax machines and pay phones.
The Last Jedi premiered in Hollywood earlier this week and we'll see it for ourselves tomorrow in Seattle! It marks the return of our heroes Luke Skywalker and Jar Jar Binks! ok, maybe not Jar Jar - big mistake IMO
The video for this song is great. watch it, you'll be Christmas cheered bit.ly
Pat DiNizio, singer, songwriter and leader of The Smithereens, died yesterday at the age of 62. Here's a nice tribute bit.ly
From the 'Kick 30' Anniversary release which features a newly remastered version of the album as well as a surround mix engineered by Giles Martin (son of Beatles producer George Martin) who also did a great job recently remastering Sgt. Pepper.
The song has sold 1.18 million copies in the UK as of November 2015 and in the UK, it is the most-played Christmas song of the 21st century."Fairytale of New York" has been cited as the best Christmas song of all time in various television, radio and magazine related polls in the UK and Ireland. Thanks for your emails telling us how much you enjoyed it!
If Net Neutrality is important to you (and it is to us at KEXP), then let your elected officials know. Here's a place to get started www.battleforthenet.com
In this article, the Toronto band talks about the 10 things that influenced their debut LP which dropped a couple of weeks ago bit.ly
Bowie's collaboration with Trent Reznor. kinda hard to hear his influence, but listen close
'Rocket To Russia' is the third studio album from the band and, after the success of their first two albums, Sire gave them $30,000 to record it.
Thanks for all of your requests today - you made it a great show!