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Friday, Nov 17 2017, 6AM
The song is about what potential lies in the earliest part of the day. "There's life in this early morning/ A life that you want to lead," sing James Roberts and Ebony Hoorn, and they're not kidding. Get up early and you could see the sun rise, get some exercise in, or actually create something. "But if you're not ready, forget it," they sing, telling you just to go back to sleep.: www.youtube.com
This analysis of "Plainsong" is in a blog entitled "don't forget the songs that made you cry...and the songs that saved your life": neverletmedown.wordpress.com
Go back in time for a BBC review of Death In Vegas' "Scorpio Rising": www.bbc.co.uk
“Never Let Me Down Again” was more than just another single from Music for the Masses. Unbeknownst to most fans, this song was so monumental that it would change the course of Depeche Mode’s history. Before “Never Let Me Down Again,” Depeche Mode was known primarily as an Electro-Pop/New Wave hits like “Just Can’t Get Enough.” It wasn’t until 1987’s Music for the Masses, specifically “Never Let Me Down Again” that Depeche Mode began incorporating a more stadium rock sound which would eventually culminate with the success of 1990’s “Personal Jesus” and Violator.: dontforgetthesongs365.wordpress.com
Interpol toured this year in celebration of the fifteenth anniversary of "Turn on the Bright Lights." Matador Records confirmed that the band is working on a new album with an anticipated 2018 release.
Watch the video for this classic 1980's song: www.youtube.com
In memory of Julian's cousin Kevin. Here's Chris Cornell singing "River of Deceit" at Benaroya Hall with The Seattle Symphony in 2015: www.youtube.com
In September, Billy Corgan said that a reunion of the original band "has been knocked about.": www.rollingstone.com
This song, in which Thom Yorke vented his ambivalent feelings towards authority figures, was created when Radiohead were still known as Early On A Friday. According to Q magazine, it was hearing Early On A Friday perform this song that persuaded Bryce Edge and Chris Hufford that the band were worth managing. Edge and Hufford have continued to manage Yorke and company since those early days.: www.youtube.com
TV On The Radio's "Seeds" was released on this date in 2014. Watch the music video for "Trouble": www.youtube.com
Today is Jeff Buckley's birthday, He was born in 1966 and died, much too soon, on May 29th, 1997. (Has it really been twenty years?): www.youtube.com
Frontman Guy Garvey (From Uncut magazine February 2008): "'Grounds For Divorce' was written when I was in a unhappy relationship. The words tumbled onto the page before I'd considered their meaning: 'I've been working on a cocktail called Grounds For Divorce.' It relates to the relationship I was in, but it's also a light-hearted look at the aftermath of losing my friend (singer songwriter Bryan Clancy who died in 2006), about wanting to get out of my beloved Manchester. I wanted to live somewhere else, just because of how heavy it got round here."
"Leonard Bernstein, Leonid Brezhnev,
Lenny Bruce, and Lester Banks" As a public service, we are posting the lyrics to "End of the World": www.azlyrics.com
Built To Spill (!), along with Phantogram (!) and Tacocat (!), will perform at KEXP's SMooCH benefit on Saturday, December 2nd, at The Showbox.
Enjoy a KEXP album review of Beach House's "Depression Cherry": blog.kexp.org
You can purchase the debut EP from this Olympia, Washington group at their Bandcamp page: ccfx.bandcamp.com
Read a biography of Scottish artists Simple Minds: www.allmusic.com
Ahhh....the Friday song! KEXP is excited to present Uptown Concerts, a series of intimate performances, from the stage in the Gathering Space. Up next: Common Market celebrating the 10th anniversary of Tobacco Road on Friday, December 1st at 12:00 PM. Join us for these FREE, all ages live sessions, simulcast on 90.3 FM Seattle and KEXP.ORG around the world.
"Even doves have pride...." Watch the official video: www.youtube.com
The band would sometimes end their shows with this song, at times without being onstage. During the last few minutes of the song, an unmanned sequencer and drum machine could play out the song while the band departed, leaving the crowd staring at the instruments. Eschewing (That means, "abstaining from...") an encore, the band would disappear, leaving the audience to wonder what happened.
Bay area rapper Lyrics Born visited the KEXP studio for an interview and live performance in 2009: blog.kexp.org
The Chemical Brothers' Tom Rowlands recalled to Q magazine: "I went to Q-Tip's house in New Jersey to do 'Go.' It's brilliant, proper teenage b-boy fantasy stuff. He's got an incredible studio in the basement with special sub-bass in every corner, and the most amazing vinyl collection -four copies of obscure Krautrock records, stuff like that. Then we ordered jerk chicken. I was in awe."
"Anger is an energy..." Watch this live performance from Glastonbury in 2013: www.youtube.com
Hmmm? Is this "the sickest video ever"? The Guardian investigates: www.theguardian.com
Watch the clouds drifting by overhead at the Basement Jaxx official website: www.basementjaxx.com
"Feelin', funkin', amps in the trunk and I got more rhymes...
Than there's cops at a Dunkin' Donuts shop...."House Of Pain were never able to follow the success of this first single from their first album, though group leader Everlast later scored big as a solo artist.
In this 2015 article, Fidlar frontman Zac Carpenter talks about overcoming his crack, heroin, and meth addiction: www.spin.com
This was originally recorded by a British group called The Arrows in 1975, and it was written by their lead singer Alan Merrill and guitarist Jake Hooker. Joan Jett was touring England as a member of an all teenage girl group called The Runaways when she discovered this song. She wanted to record it with The Runaways, but the other members didn't like the song and made the mistake of passing it up. So, in 1979, Jett recorded it with Paul Cook and Steve Jones of The Sex Pistols and released it as a B-side. Finally, in 1981, Jett recorded the song with her band The Blackhearts, resulting in a monster hit.
Watch a live performance by Metric in the KEXP studio last year: blog.kexp.org
A new documentary about Michael Hutchence has just been released.: themusic.com.au
"Ahh..sweet lovin' Christ...that's a great song!...": vimeo.com
According to NME magazine (3/16/91), we know that Paul Simonon smashed his bass guitar - as photographed on the cover of the album - at exactly 10:50 pm. This is because he broke his watch in the process and handed the busted bits to photographer Pennie Smith.
Smith thought the photo wouldn't be good for an album cover, citing that it was too blurry and out of focus. "I was wrong!" she admitted in the Westway to the World documentary!
A listener texted to say that this was the perfect song as the background for running sprints. Read the story behind this song.: teamrock.com
The KEXP blog featured an album review of Operators' "Blue Wave": blog.kexp.org
Wolf Parade will be in town, playing The Showbox with Charly Bliss on Saturday, January 13th, 2018.