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Wednesday, Sep 21 2016, 6AM
"Just Like Honey" was featured in the closing scene of the 2003 film, 'Lost In Translation' which starred Bill Murray who is 66 years old today.
A year after its release this album was certified platinum by the RIAA for shipments in excess of 1 million units which included their hit single "Fade Into You"
Here's video of The Helio Sequence's in-studio performance from 2015 www.youtube.com
This song deals with the mistreatment of indigenous Australians and the nonrecognition of indigenous cultures in Australia and it helped to raise awareness of Australia's Stolen Generations - the forcible removal of Australian Aboriginal children from their families between 1909 and the 1970s.
'Mouthfuls' is the second release from Fruit Bats. And make sure you don't call 'em "The Fruit Bats", it's just Fruit Bats. No "The".
Built To Spill played a great set for KEXP on July 24, 2015. Take a gander! www.youtube.com
Happy Birthday to Leonard Cohen who is 82 years old today. And in honor of his birthday, he released a new track - the title track from his upcoming album 'You Want It Darker' www.rollingstone.com
Drive-By Truckers will be live at The Showbox on Thursday, September 29th and KEXP will air a new in-studio session by the band on Wednesday, October 19th @ 7:30 PM
Michael grew up in North London and his parents are Ugandan, yet he's not famous in Uganda...yet. Read why - www.observer.ug
45 years after this album's release, we're still struggling to overcome many of the topics that Marvin Gaye wrote about in 1971. The more things change...
Watch 2Cello's epic version of "Smells Like Teen Spirit"...they don't smash things, but it's pretty close! www.youtube.com
Hey Peter - great choice, thanks for suggesting it!
Said to be one of the oldest songs on 'Mellow Gold' (Beck's first release), Beck has claimed that he wrote it as a struggling musician at the age of 18 or 19. Beck claimed that the song originally had ten verses, which were cut down for commercial release."Got No Mind," a re-recorded, electric full-band arrangement of "Pay No Mind,", features three of the seven verses of "Pay No Mind" that were cut on Mellow Gold. It's the B-side of 'Beercan"
Just announced this morning, UMe will begin to reissue Beck’s entire DGC/Geffen/Interscope catalog on vinyl, beginning on October 28 with Odelay, Sea Change and Guero. Sea Change will be released as a double LP while Guero will be made available for the first time ever as a single LP. You can pre-order on the UMe website
Dolly Parton plays a sold-out show tonight at the ShoWare Center in Kent, WA
Leonard wrote a letter to his 'So Long, Marianne' muse before her death and you can read about in this Rolling Stone article www.rollingstone.com. BTW, Leonard Cohen is doing great and he's 82 years old today!
'Here Come the Warm Jets" was Brian Eno's debut album which he released shortly after leaving Roxy Music. Brian Ferry and Eno had some, shall we say, creative differences which led Eno to go out on a solo career. Interesting that all of Roxy Music's members play on this album, with the exception of Ferry. However, Eno does a great imitation of Ferry on the track "Dead Finks Don't Talk"
'Sweet Oblivion' is Screaming Trees sixth studio album and it was also their best performing album selling over 300,000 copies and it includes their biggest hit "Nearly Lost You". But this is a damn good song. Damn good.
The song was written during Lennon's 'Bed-In' honeymoon in Montreal, Canada and was the first single released by the Plastic Ono Band. The lyrics were inspired when Lennon was asked by a reporter what he was trying to achieve by staying in bed, Lennon answered spontaneously "Just give peace a chance". Here's the video www.youtube.com
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Written by the great popmeister himself, Nick Lowe, and performed by Elvis Costello - how could this song not be great? Happy International Peace Day
As a working-track, this song was played in live concerts since 1999. It was written during the Ágætis byrjun studio sessions and was known as "Rokklagið" ("The Rock Song"). The song was never released until 2007, when it was recorded in studio, and featured on Hvarf as Hljómalind. The new name came from a record store in Reykjavík called Hljómalind, which was run by the band's manager
Has Moby ever done an in-studio for KEXP? Why of course! Here he is performing "Walk With Me" from 2009 www.youtube.com
"Stop Whispering" is one of Radiohead's oldest songs; it was written when the band was still known as On A Friday
The song title is taken from the solo project of former Arcade Fire member Brendan Reed. It first appeared on the band's self-released debut EP Arcade Fire and was re-recorded for Neon Bible.
You know who else has done an in-studio for KEXP? That's right Japandroids! This is from their 2009 session on The Midday Show with the lovely Cheryl Waters www.youtube.com
In an interview with Q magazine, Beck named the "Supernaut" riff as his all-time favorite, equal with Neil Young's "Cinnamon Girl." So I guess, technically, it's a tie.
It's a little known fact that The Smiths were a grunge band. At least according to a listener that called our 412-4GRUNGE hotline. If you have a hot grunge tip, please, call the hotline now...we only have 14 minutes left in the show!
Star Wars, they're not even our wars...ladies and gentleman, the great Bill Murray is 66 years old today
According to Neil Tennant, the lyrics depict, "two losers". I can relate. Wait, did I just type that out loud?
One of the most successful Motown Records acts, The Temptations brought soul and vocal harmonies galore to the 60s and 70s