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Wednesday, Nov 29 2017, 6AM
Looks like we'll have a day without rain in the Emerald City today. Enjoy it, 'cause it's the last dry day until June. Just kidding. mostly.
When Ian Curtis died, Joy Division had been working on some new songs..."Ceremony" and "In A Lonely Place"songs both of which Curtis had contributed to but hadn’t yet been released in any official capacity. The remaining band members formed New Order and took 9 months to re-record them as a tribute to Curtis and released both as a single in March 1981 - FAC.33
Moby has covered this song, check it out bit.ly
Psst - we'll be broadcasting The National's live in-studio this morning at 9:30 am.
The National play the 2nd of two sold-out shows tonight at The Paramount.
Having grown up together in Wichita Falls, Bedhead's Matt and Bubba Kadane always wanted to work with Macha's Joshua and Mischo McKay, but the former operated out of Dallas and the latter out of Athens, Ga. So how'd they do it? read about it here bit.ly
"Dry the Rain" was prominently featured in a scene from the 2000 film 'High Fidelity'. It's great and here it is bit.ly
'Day of the Dead' is the twenty-fifth compilation release benefiting the Red Hot Organization, an international charity dedicated to raising funds and awareness for HIV and AIDS. Featuring fifty-nine exclusive recordings of covers of Grateful Dead songs by a number of independent artists, including The National, Angel Olson, Local Natives, The Flaming Lips and other really cool bands that you've heard here on KEXP. Go BUY a copy - it's for a great cause!
Along with "Never Tear Us Apart", "By My Side" was one of two INXS songs played at the funeral of frontman Michael Hutchence following his suicide on November 22, 1997
Early birthday request from Jon From New York Who Lives In Beacon Hill (damn long name if you ask me) who's in Austin to celebrate his b-day tomorrow. Wear some shades dude!
Couldn't find a video of them playing this track, but here's the band at SXSW 2015 playing "Witness". Good stuff! bit.ly
School of Seven Bells released their cover of this song for Record Store Day in 2012. Listen to it here bit.ly
Here's a cool video of Ulrich doing a short in-studio from London. It's cool seeing how he mixes live to recreate the sounds he gets in the studio. bit.ly
The Horrors are playing in Prague tonight; what time are you picking me up?
The band recalls that the recording session for "How Soon Is Now?" as being accompanied by heavy marijuana use. "We used to smoke dope from when we got out of bed to when we got back to bed," recalls producer Mike Porter, and Johnny Marr concurred: "You're from Manchester, you smoke weed till it comes out of your ears." Drummer Mike Joyce said the band even replaced the studio's light bulbs with red ones for ambience. Gotta do that at my house me thinks.
HOLY is the baby of Swedish musician Hannes Ferm, whose emergence from Umeå a few years back with the 'Stabs' album won him a lot of fans. itisholy.bandcamp.com
"Sister Morphine" was written by Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, and Marianne Faithfull. Faithfull released the original version of the song as the B-side to her single "Something Better" on February 21,1969. The Stones released their version on 'Sticky Fingers' two years later.
The Barr Brothers will be LIVE on KEXP Saturday, December 16th @ 1 PM. The session is open to the public. Here's their in-studio from POP Montreal 2017 bit.ly
Lots going on with Fleetwood Mac during the recording of the album "Rumours" on which "The Chain" was originally released. Many cite this song it as one of the most evocative expressions of the internal fracture between various band members at the time. Buckingham and Nicks were ending their relationship at the same time that John and Christine McVie's marriage broke down, as did that of Fleetwood and his wife.
'Always Ascending' is the band's upcoming fifth studio album and will drop on February 9, 2018. It is the band's first non-collaborative album in just over four years (they released an album with Sparks in 2015).
Arcade Fire's cover of "Dancing Queen". Oops, did I type that out loud?
Here's Broken Social Scene performing "Halfway Home" on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert bit.ly
You can find this track on the album 'The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (Music From and Inspired By the Motion Picture)'
Here's Clap Your Hands Say Yeah performing "Coming Down" live for KEXP from 2014 bit.ly
my wife's favorite song. I don't know why she loves it and still don't know why she cares.
Goat Girl got their name from the classic Bill Hicks GoatBoy bit. here it is and it is NSFW, so crank it up! bit.ly
the band says that this song is "about how sometimes we feel like we only exist to make money for other people, it’s a swizz. We are promised things by saviours, these people who have come to rescue us, but it’s not true. “Serve The Rich” was my opportunity to assert myself. I’m saying that we as PINS, musicians, women, Labour voters, and feminists, are here to save the kids, we’re here to save each other, we’re here to save ourselves." www.wearepins.co.uk
Here's Camper Van Beethoven performing "Pictures of Matchstick Men" live in Philly bit.ly
Bob Mould performing "Hoover Dam" live for KEXP from the Bumbershoot Music Lounge in 2013 bit.ly
We love CCFX here at KEXP and glad to see that others do too - this song earned "Best New Track" from Pitchfork last month. here's their review bit.ly
in 2014, The Cure played "Harold and Joe" live for the first time since 1991 - here's the video bit.ly
The single went Gold in the US and Germany and won Best British Single at the 1991 BRIT Awards.
Don't worry, this is the place - The National will be live soon!
Enjoy a beautiful in-studio by Big Thief performing in the KEXP studio www.youtube.com
Dutch-Croatian singer-songwriter Marina Tadic started her group Eerie Wanda while she was working post-art school as guitarist for Amsterdam band Earth Mk. II. One of Tadic's bedroom demo tapes found its way to Jasper Verhulst, the bassist of Jacco Gardner, who decided to join forces with her. Dummer Nic Niggebrugge, also of Jacco Gardner, and Bram Vervaet followed suit, and together they became the band now known as Eerie Wanda.