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Thursday, Jun 15 2017, 6AM
Grammy winning artist Harry Nilsson was born on this day in 1941, and died of a heart attack in 1994 while recording for a new album. He was 52 years old
Cover of the Harry Nilsson tune that appeared as a B-side on the “Daft Punk Is Playing at My House” 7" and often played by the band on tour. Watch them performing it live from the 2011 documentary, Shut Up and Play the Hits here: www.youtube.com
LCD Soundsystem's cover of this Joy Division tune was originally going to be the B-side for "All My Friends." It was pushed aside for a digital release, and later appeared on a split 7" vinyl with Arcade Fire in 2007
Happy 38th birthday to 'Unknown Pleasures,' released on the day in 1979! Read more about the album cover art here: www.rollingstone.com
Joy Division/New Order song that was covered by Radiohead in the wake of their 'In Rainbows' release. This showed up in one of their 2007 webcasts while promoting the new album, you can watch their live rendition here (and then ask yourself, "Now what?"): www.youtube.com
Joy Division/New Order cover originally found on Galaxie 500's On Fire album. Watch Dean Wareham performing it live at KEXP in 2014 here! www.youtube.com
Appearing on their 1987 singles compilation album, 'Substance,' Peter Hook recalls, "That wasn't really a happy period in New Order's life. Let's just say it was a bit of a battle for me to get on there at all, apart from in the sense of helping write the song. Musically, we were moving more towards straight dance and I was keen on keeping the New Order I'd known and loved. I eventually managed to get my bass on the original version. But, of course, the first thing any remixers do is take off my bass and put their own on. I sometimes feel like attaching a note saying, How about keeping the bass?"
New Order cover by the London band Another's Blood, it appeared on a comp for an issue of Mojo Magazine
Destroyer's take on New Order from the Mojo Magazine 2011 compilation album
Off the debut release from the Reid brothers, who claim that, "It was the crap coming out of the radio that made us want to be in a band." www.rollingstone.com
The Oxford shoegaze band is back, and they're coming to the Neptune Theatre on September 24th! Find ticket deets right here: www.stgpresents.org
Milky the milk carton goes on a search for Blur guitarist, Graham Coxon, falls in love with strawberry milk along the way: www.youtube.com
The album debut for Badly Drawn Boy, stage name of English singer/songwriter Damon Gough
Montreal-based band Arcade Fire is gearing up for the release of their follow-up to 2011's 'Reflektor.' Including promotional cereal boxes! pitchfork.com
'Hug of Thunder,' the new release from Broken Social Scene (and contender for best album title of 2017?) will be available July 7th, get your preorder in here: brokensocialscene.ca
Making a stop at Tractor Tavern on September 23rd, find tickets here! www.ticketweb.com
Off the third full-length from Swedish sisters Johanna and Klara Söderberg. Watch them performing "Stay Gold" live at KEXP here: www.youtube.com
The debut solo album from Gossip frontwoman Beth Ditto is arriving tomorrow, and you can catch here at Marymoor Park on August 12th! Find info here: www.bethditto.com
According to 'Meet Me in the Bathroom,' the new book that chronicles early-2000s NYC rock history, Karen O could often be found at Bar 13 practicing for her Yeah Yeah Yeah's days: "My best friend and I would get there early, have like seven cosmopolitans, and be doing knee slides on the dance floor. The dance floor at Bar 13 became where I practiced this persona."
Watch Kim Deal and crew for the 1993 hit single "Cannonball" here! www.youtube.com
Canadian-based rapper Shad sampling The Breeder's track, "Cannonball"
This Durham, NC duo are playing two sold-out shows at the Neptune this August, but you can catch their live KEXP performance from 2014 here: blog.kexp.org
Off the debut LP from New Zealand songwriter Amelia Murray. Find her music here! fazerdaze.bandcamp.com
The closing track for the Australian band's third studio album, 'Shabooh Shoobah' www.youtube.com
“On the back it says this LP is dedicated to Larry Storch, who used to be on that TV show ‘F Troop.'” KCMU DJ's chime in for 'Stoneage Romeos' here: blog.kexp.org
According to a Rob Sachs interview with Squeeze member Chris Difford, this song, "is about a memory he has from his time spent at a British holiday camp in, a budget resort type of place that includes basic accommodations, entertainment, and other facilities."
Playing a sold-out show at Key Arena this September, but here's video of their Colbert performance of "Let Me Out" www.stereogum.com
Off the fifth studio album from the London-based electronic duo made up of Simon Ratcliffe and Felix Buxton
Formed in 2012 shortly before graduating from Western Washington University in Bellingham, this duo composed of Harrison Mills and Clayton Knight will be at Bumbershoot this September! Find passes here: www.bumbershoot.com
This Prodigy version of "Release Yo' Delf" contains samples from "The Jam" (Graham Central Station), and "Il Colpo" (Ennio Morricone)
Off the sophomore release from this English electronica act, watch the video for "The Poison" here: www.youtube.com
Coming to the Crocodile on October 19th, and the new full-length album album, 'Okovi' set to arrive on September 8th! Find more here: zolajesus.bandcamp.com
This Atlanta band has their second album coming on June 23rd, find pre-order info here! algierstheband.com
San Francisco pysch band's single that peaked in the top 5 US charts in 1967. Watch them performing the track on American Bandstand here! www.youtube.com
Recorded on this day in 1965, Dylan's original draft of the song's lyrics were written on four sheets of headed note paper from the Roger Smith Hotel in Washington, DC. The quartet of handwritten pages fetched over $2 million at Sothebys New York in June 2014, setting a new price record for a popular music manuscript. The previous record was John Lennon's handwritten lyrics for the 1967 Beatles track "A Day In The Life," which cost $1.2 million.
Formed in 1987 in Hershey, PA by schoolmates David Schelzel, Steve Lau, Bobby Mittan, and Rob Minnig
Happy Birthday 'Bleach,' which turns 28 years old today! The album was recorded by producer Jack Endino at Reciprocal Recording Studios and he billed the band thirty hours of recording at $606.17. Guitarist Jason Everman - credited on the album but did not perform on it - paid for the recording because he was the only one who had a steady job. Bassist Krist Novoselic explained, "We just wanted to make him feel at home in the band."
Since its release in 1989, Bleach has sold more than 1,900,000 copies in the United States alone.
The impending 3rd release from local rock duo Hobosexual is coming this fall, y'all! Keep track of them here: hobosexualband.com
According to "Pepper" music video director Gavin Bowden, the images in the video of eating corn are, "a reference to the way videos are made; how directors have to have this shot and that shot – how they're spoon-feeding images to the audience." www.youtube.com
First new track in three years from the English band, watch for more news and info here: www.facebook.com
"So many talented people and so many different walks of life, and you just see someone do something that’s extraordinary and it’s just, I don’t know, it kind of just makes you think the human race, you know, can be wonderful. It’s not just this incredibly destructive, aggressive force, you know, you can actually see people do these really wonderful things." - Read more from our exclusive interview with Kate Bush in 2012 here: blog.kexp.org
Playing a sold-out show at the Sunset Tavern on July 21st, but here's their 2015 KEXP live performance to tide you over: blog.kexp.org
Playing the Imperial in Vancouver tonight, and the Crocodile tomorrow! site.hurrayfortheriffraff.com
"Rican Beach" (a fictional account of a city being gentrified and segregated) was our Song of the Day on March 16th: blog.kexp.org
After this live stream, you can revisit Hurray for the Riff Raff's 2014 performance in our old studio here! blog.kexp.org
Read more about Alynda Segarra's concept album in this interview with the New York Times: www.nytimes.com