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Friday, Jul 21 2017, 6AM
Devotchka will play at Colorado's Red Rocks Ampitheatre on Saturday, August 5th, 2017. Be sure to get a free copy of "How It Ends," a KEXP Song of the Day: blog.kexp.org
"Drinking in the morning sun...blinking in the morning sun..." Perhaps they'll perform this song at The Showbox on Friday, November 10th, 2017.
After listening to the a capella version of "Under Pressure," one person commented, "So I guess this is what heaven sounds like now. RIP Bowie, you will be missed but never forgotten.": www.youtube.com
The famous orchestral riff incorporates a sample from an obscure instrumental version of the 1965 Rolling Stones song "The Last Time." Mick Jagger and Keith Richards get composer credits along with Richard Ashcroft. Upset that he lost the royalties, Ashcroft said this was "The best song Jagger and Richards have written in 20 years.": www.songfacts.com
Ride will play The Neptune Theatre on Sunday, September 24th, 2017. Their fine new album, "Weather Diaries," is their first in 20 years.: www.thebandride.com
Some people hear, "Your skin is like a tire.": amiright.com
See, there's the whole picture. Happiness intermingled with self-loathing. Freedom all tied up in dependency. Rage bubbling through tenderness. It took discipline to put all of this into a song, a determination to not soften into earnestness or excuse the hard stuff in the name of romance. "The core of Reed's sensibility is his visceral aversion to corn," the critic Robert Christgau once put it, succinctly. Read more about "what Lou Reed taught me": www.npr.org
Happy birthday, Stephen Demetre Georgiou, aka Cat Stevens, aka Yusuf Islam, born on this date in 1948: www.biography.com
Mr. John Richards picked this very song as a KEXP song of the Day. Honor his selection by downloading it here: blog.kexp.org
Tonight, Friday, July 21st, 2017, on the Main Stage, WolF Parade will sing this song at the Capitol Hill Block Party.: www.capitolhillblockparty.com
The Replacements are releasing a live album of their February 4, 1986 show at Maxwell’s in Hoboken, NJ. It was one of the final shows with the classic lineup of Paul Westerberg, Bob Stinson, Tommy Stinson, and Chris Mars, before Bob left the band.: www.brooklynvegan.com
"You're Like Me" is the first song of Ted Leo's new solo album, "The Hanged Man," due out on September 8th, 2017. He'll be at The Crocodile on November 8th, 2017.: pitchfork.com
Can you believe it? Iggy Pop has his shirt off in this video of "Lust for Life":www.youtube.com
You're probably thinking that percussion feels quite familiar. The song is produced by James Murphy and Tim Goldsworthy of the DFA.
Watch the "behind-the-scenes" video about the making of the video for "Go": pitchfork.com
Here are "12 Outrageous Things Josh Homme of Queens of the Stone Age said on Stage while Slaying Festival Hall": www.news.com.au
Did you know that Jon Spencer was a guest DJ for KEXP's Midnight in a Perfect World? Here's his eclectic playlist: blog.kexp.org
"Scheming on a thing, that's a mirage...I'm trying to tell you now, it's sabotage..." Here are the lyrics: genius.com
Ahhh......the Friday song. You and a friend could be our VIP guests at the 2017 Iceland Airwaves Festival, featuring Fleet Foxes, Michael Kiwanuka, Mikko Joensuu, JFDR and more! Winner receives airfare, hotel accommodations, and passes to the 2017 festival, November 1 to 5, in Reykjavik. Enter now to win: blog.kexp.org
"Some of the busiest rhymes ever made by man..." Here's Young MC, performing "Know How" live in Melbourne in 2012: www.youtube.com
Watch Bobby Bare, Jr. performing "Rock and Roll Halloween" live in the KEXP studio with DJ Don slack sitting in the corner: www.youtube.com
"100%" was the first single from Sonic Youth's 1992 album, "Dirty." It was released on July 21st, 1992 on DGC. The song was dedicated to the band's friend Joe Cole, who was killed by a gunman in 1991.
Research on this important, but reclusive, band is difficult. Critics describe them as "restrained" and "taciturn."
On Friday, August 25th, 2017, Fidlar will perform this song (and others) at The Showbox.
This song is just a bit older than Morgan. Tomorrow is her birthday. Will that ring tone still have meaning for audiences, now that cell phones are ubiquitous?
"Everything Now" will be out next Friday, July 28th, 2017. In the meantime, see the video for Arcade Fire's "Signs of Life": pitchfork.com
This is a rare find from a notoriously eremitic band.
Wolf Alice is playing a sold-out show at The Sunset Tavern tonight, July 21st, 2017. Watch live video of a KEXP in-studio session: blog.kexp.org
Ariel Pink will play Neumo's on Saturday, October 21st, 2017. Read a review of this song: www.pastemagazine.com
"There have been many imitators, locally and abroad, but there remains only 1 true force of nature those in the know-KNOW. ---Hobosexual." Read more of this band's bio: hobosexualband.com
"They were all in love with dyin'...They were drinking from a fountain...That was pouring like an avalanche...Coming down the mountain" Read the lyrics to "Pepper": genius.com
The Furry Freak Brothers are referenced in this song. Visit their Facebook page: www.facebook.com
LCD Soundsystem's longtime synth player and technician, Gavin Russom, has come out as a transgender woman. In an interview with Pitchfork, Russom said, "Over the last year and a half, I went from my trans identity being something I was in touch with and worked through in one way or another, to suddenly this shift where it’s on the front burner. Now it's time to become a whole person.": www.rollingstone.com