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Wednesday, Sep 14 2016, 6AM
On many reviewers' lists as The Beatles best song, "A Day in the Life". It comprises distinct sections written independently by Lennon and McCartney. The first two verses of Lennon's lyrics inspired by the death Tara Browne, the 21-year-old heir to the Guinness fortune who had crashed his Lotus Elano in December 1966. Earlier that year Browne had turned McCartney on to LSD for the first time.
'Disintegration' is the best Cure album and if you disagree, I'll fight you!
Billboard's track by track review of 'Violator' on the 25th anniversary of its release www.billboard.com
When they first got together, Snow Patrol performed using the name "Shrug", then changed their name to "Polar Bear" before finally changing it to Snow Patrol in 1997. good choice
When filming the video for "Trouble", TVOTR used people they found on the street to play the people lead singer Tunde Adebimpe comforts as he walks through the city www.youtube.com
South was an English band that formed in 1998. They had some pretty good mentors to help them out in the biz - ex-Stone Roses frontman Ian Brown and UNKLE's James Lavelle, who signed the band to his personal record label.
While the dressing had been around since 1806, the condiment, mayonnaise, didn't get it's name until 1815. According to Billy Corgan, he apparently got the title for the song after he looked "in [his] refrigerator". Good thing he didn't have sriracha in the fridge
Shearwater has been together for 15+ years and 'Jet Plane and Oxbow' is their ninth studio album. The album has gotten great reviews, with some reviewers saying it is their best album yet.
"Shut Up Kiss Me" was KEXP's Song Of The Day on August 16th, 2016. You can get a free copy from our blog - blog.kexp.org
NME announced that Grandaddy was recording a new album in September 2015, so it looks like they were right. But even though they've released this single, the band says the album won't be out until early next year. Hey, after not making any new music for over ten years, better late than never!
The band has a new single out - "The Day I Left Home" - it's the first single from the upcoming record 'Home On Native Land'. You can hear it and watch the new video on their website www.thehiddencameras.com
Middle Kids are an Aussie trio and the members are Hannah and Harry (two classically trained musicians) and Tim. Their debut EP was recorded in their house and it's due out this fall with US dates booked for later this year (not yet announced)
From his bandcamp page - "Hello. I'm Jeff Rosenstock. In 2007 I started a free/donation-based digital label called Quote Unquote Records. I also used to be in the band Bomb the Music Industry! and then that band stopped. Now I just do this stuff. Hope you like it!" jeffrosenstock.bandcamp.com
"Generator" reached number 14 in the UK Singles Chart on June 11, 2007. Over the course of their career, they had five No.1 singles on the UK Indie Chart and several Top 40 singles. Their debut album, 'So This Is Great Britain?', was awarded 8 out of 10 by NME.
They're going to play some US dates starting in November, but no show in Seattle...WTF? Check out their website to see if they're coming to a venue near you. wild-beasts.co.uk
Amy Winehouse would have been 33 years old today. Happy birthday Amy, wherever you are.
The new album is out this Friday! And it makes a great birthday present, just sayin'
the cryptic lyrics were an ode to actress and sex symbol Jayne Mansfield
You can catch Local Natives live at The Moore Theatre on Tuesday, September 20th.
Steve Mason is a Scottish musician and is best known as the lead singer and one of the founding members of The Beta Band
Seattle duo, My Goodness, is no longer a duo - they’re now playing as a 4 piece with some members of the Duke Evers Band joining up - and they're putting out some great music and their EP, 'Islands' will be out November 4th. You can pre-order it starting today. mygoodnessmusic.com
Freedy grew up Kinsley, KS, (pop. 1,658 2009). He had a lot of interest in music when he was a kid, but there were no record shops or music stores in his hometown. When he was sixteen, he bought his first guitar from a mail order catalog, and at 17, had a friend drive him 35 miles to the closest record store to buy an Elvis Costello album he had read about.
"Magic Bullet" was released in response to all of the gun related violence we've been having this year. Jim James explained in a statement. “I don’t pretend to think that a song can fix or change the world instantly, and I don’t pretend to know the ins and outs of the political landscape and proper gun control legislation — BUT if we say nothing then nothing will ever change. And things have got to change.”
Wanna see Andrew in drag? Here's the video www.youtube.com
Requested byChris in Napa who is "not celebrating ANY anniversary whatsoever today!"
Devo played "Gut Feeling -Slap your Mammy" in July 1977 for the first time live in NYC. Here's the historic footage www.youtube.com
The single-note piano riff was played by producer John Cale of The Velvet Underground
Trent wrote this album while living in Cleveland, OH...see? Good things do come from Cleveland!
The band's name is a reference to the way calibration tones were recorded on the "tail" of reel-to-reel tape. Their music was described by one critic as "doom-and-dance-pop". He nailed it.
The song's bassline is an homage to Newcleus’ 1984 funk-meets-krautrock hit "Jam On It"
Epic Records CEO L.A. Reid revealed in August that A Tribe Called Quest completed work on a new album, the group's first since 1998, prior to Malik "Phife Dawg" Taylor's death in March. No comment from the band. www.rollingstone.com
Kurtis Blow is now a minister and is the founder of The Hip Hop Church, where he serves as rapper, DJ, worship leader and licensed minister. And, yes, he performs his hits during the services.
According to band founder Simón Mejía, the band's name (which translates into English as "stereo bomb") is a Colombian term for "a really cool, awesome, bad ass party". Check it out for yourself tonight at the Neptune Theatre.
Steelpan drums are traditionally hammered out of 55-gallon oil barrels, hence the title of the album. About 50% of the album is covers from 50 Cent, Cat Stevens, Faith Evans, and more. Great album, even better with umbrella drinks
John Lydon ended up on this song because Afrika Bambaataa "needed somebody who's really crazy, man, and my producer thought of John Lydon. I knew he was perfect because, I knew about all the Sex Pistols and Public Image stuff, so we got together and we did a smashing crazy version, and a version where he cussed the Queen something terrible, which was never released."
Wolf Alice performed a great set on The Morning Show on March 10, 2015 and here's the video. www.youtube.com
Here's Car Seat Headrest performing live during KEXP's New Home Grand Opening on April 16, 2016. www.youtube.com
'Funeral' was the debut album from Arcade Fire and was released on this date in 2004. Nothing like starting off with a bang - the album is listed in the book "1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die"
In 2004, "Summer Babe" was ranked by Rolling Stone magazine as #286 in their list of the 500 greatest songs of all time.
Foals are in town for a sold out show on Friday, September 23rd at The Paramount Theatre and we're giving away tickets all day, so keep listening for your chance to win!
wanna write a great song? make sure it has harmonica in it. seriously. the kids love the harmonica.
School of Seven Bells dropped by KEXP several times over the years. Here's a link to some of their performances www.youtube.com
wanna be in a Santigold video? She has an interactive video on her website and you can be the star! Okay, maybe not the star...more like sidekick! cantgetenoughofmyself.webcam
By request. And Squeeze will be in Seattle @ Benaroya Hall on October 2nd
John Kristjan Samson is from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. He is best known as the singer-songwriter of the Canadian indie folk/rock band The Weakerthans