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Friday, Apr 28 2017, 6AM
Good morning and happy Friday. David John Haskins, better known as David J, is a British alternative rock musician, producer, and writer. He was the bassist for the gothic rock band Bauhaus and Love and Rockets. He celebrated his 60th birthday on April 24th (born in 1957).
Interviewer: The song works on these images of frightening beauty: You think the wolves are gorgeous, but they're also destroying your property. Change rarely comes without a cost. Does that interpretation of the song hold for you? Matthew Houck:Well, in terms of the song, it was definitely about that sort of stuff and specifically I think about women and kind of lust and things like that and ... I don't know, romantic damage or something like that. But in terms of the larger sense of what you're saying, I guess I don't know exactly. It's really hard to say, but I can't ...
Here's a video of Carter Tanton singing "Red Balloons": www.youtube.com
Read how Brian Eno helped James "find its footing" on "Laid": www.avclub.com
In the years after its release in 2011, the song has been frequently used in a number of media, including commercials, movies, trailers (including the trailer for "Cloud Atlas"), and television shows. It's been so popular that it spawned the article, "Sorry, Everyone, It's Time to Retire M83's 'Outro'": www.huffingtonpost.com
Go hear Lusine play this song at Neumos on Thursday, May 4th, 2017.
Odesza is one of the headliners for this year's Bumbershoot Music and Arts Festival, September 1-3, 2017:www.bumbershoot.com
Ride closed out the live room at our "old home" with this terrific performance: blog.kexp.org
Regarding the line, "We are standing on the edge," Thom Yorke said: "The history of our times calls to mind those Walt Disney characters who rush madly over the edge of a cliff without seeing it. The power of their imaginations keeps them suspended in mid-air, but as soon as they look down and see where they are, they fall."
That's the Nashville Symphony Chorus providing the ominous harmonies for this song. Unlike previous Mountain Goats recordings, "Goths" will feature not a single guitar on the album, which should prove something of a shock to longtime fans.: consequenceofsound.net
This Copenhagen band's new album is due out on May 12th, 2017.. Of their name, they say, "It’s about a person we really f**king hate. We shouldn’t say who it is. You know that feeling when you go from loving someone to hating them?"
Erasure is a British synthpop duo, composed of singer Andy Bell and keyboardist Vince Clark.
Vince Clark (again!!) and Allison Moyet are the creative artists that are Yazoo: www.yazooinfo.com
Vince Clarke (again!!) was one of the founders of Depeche Mode. Their original name was Composition Of Sound. "Depeche Mode" was the title of a French magazine (translated, it means "fast fashion") that went out of print in 2001. It was chosen because it sounded cool.
What's on your list of the "ten best Ministry songs?": diffuser.fm
The Guardian says that "Don't Change" was INXS' "first undeniable classic" and marked the band's ascent: www.theguardian.com
Ahhh......the Friday song. KEXP is proud to partner with the Uptown Music Fest + Summit at Pioneer Square, May 11-13, 2017.: blog.kexp.org
This song is about the Scissor Sisters' frontman Jake Shears coming out to his mother as gay. Jake is very close to his mother, and the song was inspired by her.
Speaking of talented gay musicians, here's Elton John's biography from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: www.rockhall.com
This Baltimore band will be in Seattle on September 23rd, 2017, performing at The Neptune Theatre.
Maybe we'll play ELO every Friday (It could happen, Morgan.). Jeff Lynne reportedly wrote this falsetto-fueled sing-along in 30 minutes, aiming to bang out an easy filler track for Face The Music.Four decades later, it remains a drunken karaoke staple.
in this interview, The Damned say that "Smash It Up" is "about frothy lager....it's hardly a call to revolution": www.uncut.co.uk
"Nyah! Nyah! Nyah!" Here's an Allmusic review of the album: www.allmusic.com
Here's the inside track on Washington politics: www.washingtonpost.com
Read how this John Peel-pleasing punk classic was born: www.theguardian.com
They've been putting the "fast" in Belfast since 1977: www.slf.rocks
“The Black Angel’s Death Song” was released by The Velvet Underground in 1967.Austin psych rock band The Black Angels are releasing their first full-length album in four years, aptly titled Death Song. The nod to their influencers, The Velvet Underground, is undoubtedly obvious in the album’s title.: www.slugmag.com
Slowdive's first new album in 22 years will be released on May 5th, 2017.: www.facebook.com
Don't you like this song? It was chosen by John Richards and is available to you for free as a KEXP Song of the Day: blog.kexp.org
Does it sound like the band sampled "Theme from 'A Summer Place'"? The new album appears to be a sort of Brother From Another Planet concept album, a musical story about an alien named Quazarz who visits America and sees nothing but cruelty and injustice.: www.stereogum.com
Watch the video for this infectious song by a Dutch band: www.youtube.com
Happy birthday, Kim Gordon. Thurston Moore is back with a brand-new album: www.irishtimes.com
Read Nirvana's Rock and Roll Hall acceptance speech: www.rollingstone.com
Wasn't it fun to watch Devo perform? Here they are, performing "Uncontrollable Urge" live: www.youtube.com
"It was California Dreamin'..So we started screamin'...On such a winter's day" You probably know the lyrics by heart: genius.com
See the Ramones performing "Sheena..." on "a random TV show": www.youtube.com
Last year, The Observer said that "Anarchy in the UK" was more relevant than ever: observer.com
Critics accused the group of glorifying the gangsta lifestyle, but Ice Cube insists they are merely documentarians. He told the Sunday Correspondent Magazine in 1989: "The parents, the police and the people of the local community are scared of what we say. We use the same kind of language as the kids use every day. In the black community, the ministers and teachers don't deny that the problems we rap about exist, but they'd rather sweep it under the rug. Maybe that's why we sell so many records because the people in the community all tell the kids what to do, the police are watching them 24-7, so when they party, they don't want to hear, 'Don't do this and don't do that.' Our raps are documentary. We don't take sides."
Here are your rights: 1) The right not to be killed, unless it is done by a policeman or an aristocrat; 2) The right to food money - as long as you don't mind "a little investigation, humiliation, and if you cross your fingers, rehabilitation"; 3) The right to free speech - "as long as you're not actually dumb enough to try it!"
If you're at The Dive Bar in Las Vegas on Saturday, June 10th, 2017, Dead Kennedys will surely play this song for you.
This track is well known for its three`chord riff and a continuously repeated single piano note, played by Velvet Underground founding member John Cale, who also produced the track. These elements, along with the heavily distorted sound, has led critics to consider the track an early example of Heavy Metal and Punk music.
Wow! Here are TEN covers of "Waiting Room": www.verbicidemagazine.com
Read about the documentary about Karp, "Kill All Redneck Pricks": www.thestranger.com
"Sing it!" See this classic mclusky track: www.youtube.com
Watch Helmet pound the KEXP studio into submission in this live performance: blog.kexp.org
This clip from the documentary, "Punk in London," shows X-Ray Spex performing "Oh Bondage Up Yours!": www.youtube.com
Someone clean to chew on a wife that no one likes..." Read the fascinating lyrics to "Your Phone's Off The Hook...": www.metrolyrics.com
Here's the story of this classic song:www.independent.co.uk
Read a retrospective of "New Day Rising" that begins, Some records don’t wear their age on their face. During their nine-year run, Hüsker Dü left behind a catalog’s worth of such ageless classics. In fact, the band’s near-flawless trifecta of Zen Arcade, New Day Rising, and Flip Your Wig – all recorded between 1984 and 1985 – pretty much penned the sonic script for every guitar rock band that followed in its wake.": consequenceofsound.net
You probably want to know more about this fabulous Detroit band: www.allmusic.com
"All we need is a drummer for people who only need a beat...": www.youtube.com