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Tuesday, Mar 7 2017, 6AM
"The moral is simple, but in a culture obsessed by happiness, it seems surprising, too: Maybe sadness isn't just an O.K. feeling to have, but an essential part of our emotional balance. Without it, we live in monochrome." Check out the entire Pitchfork writeup on Are You Alone? here: pitchfork.com
This was the first time Springsteen acted in a music video. The singer is an auto mechanic who desires the upper class married woman who keeps bringing her car in to him for service. One night, he drops off her car, considers ringing her bell, then thinks better of it. It had a similar theme to Billy Joel's "Uptown Girl" clip, where Christie Brinkley plays the socialite Joel's mechanic is after.
Kurt stopped by for an in-studio with Cheryl back in 2015 and performed four other songs from B'lieve I'm Going Down blog.kexp.org
Perennial Seattle favorite Damien Jurado has made a few stops by KEXP blog.kexp.org blog.kexp.org and has also played the Capitol Hill Block Party blog.kexp.org
Nearly 25 years old, Let Me Come Over was released on March 10th, 1992. Buffalo Tom is playing a few shows for the 25th anniversary this summer. No west coast dates but perhaps that will change? www.buffalotom.com
Not quite a folk band and definitely not your typical indie rock band... you can watch The Cave Singers performing Northern Lights in-studio here: blog.kexp.org
"Vanishing for a month with all their instruments and producer Chris Coady, Alex Scally and vocalist/keyboardist Victoria Legrand shut themselves away in a converted New York church called Dreamland. And, dream they did." blog.kexp.org
Robert Smith appeared in the "Mecha-Streisand" episode of the American animated comedy South Park, providing the voice for his own character. The show's creators are big fans of The Cure and were thrilled to have him on the show; for Smith, it gave him credibility amongst his many nieces and nephews who loved the show. Because being Robert Smith of The Cure wasn't cool enough for them?
Steadman explained the album title to The Sun: "It's the title of an old song I wrote about bad habits and addictive behaviour. We thought it fitted nicely as an album title as we were bringing our fans something different."
Beck has said that Elliott Smith's death occurred early during the Guero sessions, and that shock and grief ended up in a few of the songs. Perhaps he was referring to this one.
Morning Cup was your podcast Song of the Day back on March 24th, 2008. Hear it again blog.kexp.org
Valerie June played an intimate acoustic session in this wooded Bunny Glade during Pickathon 2014. You can watch it here: blog.kexp.org
In addition to performing a track every day last week on the morning show, a track from Shelby's new album was also Song of the Day last month. The Man Who Made Himself A Name: blog.kexp.org Go catch her at Easy Street Records on Thursday! All the tour dates here: www.shelbyearl.com
Jenn Grant will be playing aApril 5th - 8th around B.C., no Seattle dates. Make the trip to Vancouver on the 8th!
In Seattle May 15th at the Tractor for the release of the album!
Entrance is at the Lo-Fi Performance Gallery in Seattle on April 9th
Fleet Foxes performed the theme to Seattle Channel's "The Local Music Show" hosted by John! www.youtube.com Find out more about the show: www.seattlepi.com
This was dropped from the set list of the Joshua Tree tour when they discovered during rehearsals that Bono could not hit the high notes consistently. As a result, it was never performed live.
It was a session DJ Cheryl Waters had been waiting 20 years for. The Waterboys stopped by the old studio back in 2013 as part of their 30th anniversary tour blog.kexp.org
Foals were at the Paramount back in September and unlike their Neptune show a while back, frontman Yannis Philipakkis did not jump off the balcony. You could tell he wanted to though! blog.kexp.org
With only 1500 pressed, physical copies of the single I Am One are very hard to find.
Looks like there are a couple exclusive pre-order vinyl options still available including light blue or orange with while splatter
In Seattle Saturday April 15th with Waxahatchee at the Moore! Sunday in Portland at the Wonder Ballroom. They also played Smooch 2016 with all proceeds benefitting Children's Hospital
Formerly titled "South African Song," "Rise" was written by John Lydon about the oppression of blacks in South Africa during its hideous apartheid era. He told Smash Hits: "I read this manual on South African interrogation techniques, and 'Rise' is quotes from some of the victims. I put them together because I thought it fitted in aptly with my own feelings about daily existence."
October 21st next door at Key Arena. Hopefully you know what to text in! The video for this was the first by Depeche Mode to get significant airplay on MTV. It has an Old West theme, with Dave Gahan and Martin Gore as cowboys. Yep, Depeche Mode cowboys.
June 22nd at The Showbox! Then two nights in Vancouver BC at the Coomodore Ballroom
Run The Jewels announced for Capitol Hill Block Party! July 21st - 23rd. Check out the lineup at capitolhillblockparty.com
More Capitol Hill Block Party! Wolf Parade will be on the main stage on Friday July 21st!
Cloud Nothings will also be on the Capitol Hill Block Party's main stage but on Sunday July 23rd!
Look out for more impromptu gaffer tape performance art when Cherry Glazerr plays the Very Stage on Friday the 21st!
This is the best-selling 12-inch single of all time in Britain, a fact pointed out in the movie 24 Hour Party people, which chronicles the rise of their label, Factory Records. It is also one of the longest charting singles ever, at 7:25. The single wasn't issued as a traditional 7 inch until 1988, which helped boost sales of the 12 inch.
Fame can take interesting men and thrust mediocrity upon them. - David Bowie
The Beastie Boys didn't have a sampler when they recorded Licensed to Ill, so getting the Led Zeppelin sample required recording it to a reel-to-reel tape machine and looping it.
The song was recorded at a different tempo, then slowed it down. Plant then sang in the sort of in between key the song was now in, which explains its sort of flat and sludgy sound, particularly on the harmonica and guitar solos. This also made it very difficult to accurately reproduce live.
Depeche Mode will perform at Key Arena on Saturday, October 21st, 2017.
Watch video of this wonderful Scottish band playing live in the KEXP studio last year: blog.kexp.org