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Jane's Addiction are one of 19 finalists this year for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame! 'Ritual de lo Habitual' shows up at #99 in Most Played on The Morning Show in 2016, so they can at least fall back on that too
Coming in at #98 on The Morning Show Most Played in 2016! Also this year, we welcomed author of the 'Trouble Boys' bio, Bob Mehr, and The Replacements manager, Peter Jesperson to KEXP for a Q&A session and reading. Also, Kevin Cole played guitar: blog.kexp.org
One out of three Portland artists making an appearance on The Morning Show 100 Most Played Albums in 2016! We premiered the video for "They Want More" in July, watch it here: blog.kexp.org
This London band's album 'My Love Is Cool' shows up as the 95th most played here on The Morning Show! They also played Sasquatch this year, check out photos here: blog.kexp.org
#93 on the our album countdown, and the second of three Portland bands! We'll be airing a live session with Summer Cannibals at KEXP on January 14, 2017, make sure to tune in!
One out of nine Seattle artists showing up on The Morning Show's 100 Most Played Albums in 2016, with 'Lost Time' showing up at #92. Check out Tacocat's 2016 live performance at KEXP here! blog.kexp.org
It's not Wednesday, just FYI. #91 on our 2016 most played list!
Showing up at #90 on The Morning Show's 100 Most Played Albums in 2016. We lost Bowie on January 10, and his albums haven't left the DJ booth all year.
One our headliners at our New Home Grand Opening in April, and appearing at #89 on our countdown of The Morning Show's 100 Most Played Albums in 2016! Watch the Seattle band's performance on that crazy day here: www.youtube.com
Coming in at #88 on our 100 Most Played Albums in 2016, this beloved Seattle band is playing The Tractor Tavern tonight and tomorrow! Find info here: www.tractortavern.com
This 1987 album is the 87th most played here on The Morning Show in 2016. How serendipitous!
Arriving at #84 on The Morning Show's most played albums in 2016 countdown is Fugazi's '13 Songs!' Watch them performing "Waiting Room" live in 1988 here: www.youtube.com
We dedicated 12 hours of programming to De La Soul's debut album this past August! '3 Feet High and Rising' comes in at #83 on The Morning Show's most played albums in 2016
Coming in at #82 on The Morning Show's 100 most played albums in 2016! This London DJ/producer also stopped by the PNW in 2016 to play Sasquatch Festival, see our photos here: blog.kexp.org
The fourth album from the Beastie Boys shows up at #81 here on our 100 most played albums in 2016! (And are 1 of the 7 NYC artists to make the list)
This Australian duo's second album makes #80 on The Morning Show's 100 most played in 2016
This London band's newest album falls at #79 on The Morning Show's 100 most played in 2016. Their full live performance in our studio was also our top viewed video upload in 2016! Watch it (maybe for the upteenth time?) here: www.youtube.com
Showing up at #78 in our countdown of most played albums in 2016! Sidenote, 'The Take Off And Landing of Everything' hit #5 on John's Top 10 in 2014: blog.kexp.org
The long-awaited debut album from this Icelandic artist shows up at #77 on our 100 most played in 2016!
In the category of "Things That Are Surprising To No One," The Pixies 2016 release is the first of three albums from them to make The Morning Show's 100 most played albums this year
Hitting #75 on The Morning Show's 100 most played albums in 2016 is The Mountain Goats 9th studio album, 'The Sunset Tree'
This debut release from the NYC band comes in at #73 in our 100 most played in 2016, and is one of the four albums from local label Sub Pop that show up in our countdown
This Seattle-based band's 2015 album comes in at #72 on our most played list, and was also one of the acts to help christen our New Home Grand Opening in April. Watch the performance here! www.youtube.com
Showing up at #71 on The Morning Show's most played albums in 2016! Find more about the British band here: www.sulktheband.com
#69 in our countdown, and "Blue Haze" was our Song of the Day on October 12! Watch their 2016 live in-studio performance right here: www.youtube.com
Oscar's 2016 album 'Cut and Paste' shows up at #68 in our most played in 2016 countdown! Watch the video for "Beautiful Words" here: www.youtube.com
#67! Fun Fact #1: A cow produces an average of 6.3 gallons of milk daily and 350,000 glasses of milk in a lifetime. Fun Fact #2: The first makes John want to puke
This Seattle artist's debut album appears at #66 on our most played in 2016. Find more info here! www.facebook.com
The third out of four artists that played at our New Home Grand Opening in April that also shows up in our countdown! Bob Mould appears in our most played in 2016 list at #65, watch his performance at our public opening here: www.youtube.com
Paul Westerberg's latest project (along with Juliana Hatfield) comes in at #64 in The Morning Show's most played albums in 2016
And here we have the fourth band in our countdown that also played our New Home Grand Opening! Watch Strand of Oak's April performance in our Gathering Space here: www.youtube.com
#62 in our 2016 most played albums on The Morning Show countdown! And if our math is correct (it's probably not) the word "the" appears 27 times on this countdown, including twice here
This Scottish trio's 2015 album falls at #61 in our countdown of most played Morning Show albums in 2016! (They also played the John in the Morning at Night show at Neumos in March)
The 2016 album from the Screaming Eagle of Soul arrives at #60 on our list! You should definitely check out his May performance in our Gathering Space here: www.youtube.com
#59 on The Morning Show's most played albums in 2016 is this one from North Carolina duo, Sylvan Esso www.sylvanesso.com
This Australian trio appears at #58 on The Morning Show's most played in 2016 list. Catch them live at Barboza on February 21, ticket info here! thebarboza.com
Two albums from 1985 show up in our most played of 2016 list; The Replacement's 'Tim' at #98, and this one from Kate Bush at #57!
One of the many supergroups to show up in 2016, this album from Minor Victories (containing members of Mogwai, Editors, and Slowdive) appears at #56 on our countdown!
This English band's 1997 album arrives at #55 on The Morning Show's most played in 2016! Watch the video for "Lucky Man" here: www.youtube.com
#54 on our most played album countdown! We have 28 1/2 English artists showing up on this list...that 1/2 is courtesy of the London/NYC duo, The Kills
In not surprising news, this is the first of three albums from The Clash to appear on The Morning Show's most played albums in 2016! (#53 for those keeping track)
This Vancouver, BC band shows up at #52 on our most played albums in 2016. They're coming to The Neptune on March 18, find more info here! www.ticketmaster.com
Coming in at #51 on The Morning Show most played albums in 2016 countdown!
Make sure to tune in to The Morning Show at 6AM tomorrow for the final 50 of our 100 most played albums in 2016!