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Friday, Jul 1 2016, 6AM
Good morning and happy Friday. "The Cedar Room" was the first single from the Doves' initial studio album, "Lost Souls." Andy Williams said, "The cedar room was actually a room in a haunted house from when we were kids." "Stars leave the morning...sleep clouds my view...." Here are the lyrics: www.azlyrics.com
The lyrics from this song were likely inspired by Robert Smith's wife Mary, who has been with him since he was fourteen: www.azlyrics.com Watch The Cure performing "From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea" live in concert in 1992 (!!): www.youtube.com
Foals will be performing at the Commodore Ballroom in Vancouver, BC on Sunday, August 7th, and Monday, August 8th, 2016. Watch them play live at KEXP in 2013: www.youtube.com
Not to put too fine a point on it, but songwriter Ian McCulloch says, "I’ve always said that The Killing Moon is the greatest song ever written." After mixing it all night, he said, "My wife Lorraine had a cob on with me for being out all night. I played her the song and said, “That’s what we’ve been doing”, and she cried. Read more about the song: www.theguardian.com
"Desire Lines' features guitarist Lockett Pundt (What a great name!) on lead vocals.
Three weeks ago, the band announced that the new Depeche Mode album is being produced by Simian Mobile Disco's James Ford: www.depeche-mode.com
According to the band, "Flower of Sex' is a "summer jam about blood and guts." Watch the flowery video and read about the band's fall tour (which, unfortunately doesn't include Seattle): consequenceofsound.net
The Dandy Warhols will be playing Marymoor Park in Redmond, Washington on Wednesday, July 13th, 2016, and again on Sunday, August 14th, 2016.
"Congrats" is Holy F**k's first new album since 2010's "Latin." Watch the video for "Tom Tom" and learn about shooting it in Romania: pitchfork.com
Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action is part of the Noble Eightfold Path of Buddhism: www.buddhanet.net
LCD Soundsystem are headlining and curating a three-day festival, called Beach Vibes, that will happen in Riviera Maya, Mexico January 26-28, 2017.
Phantogram will be in Seattle, playing the Paramount Theatre on Friday, October 7th, 2016. Spin Magazine says that this new song, “High,” "sounds like some incredibly dark electronic madness."
"Cocaine Blues" loosely remakes Dillinger's 1976 "Cocaine in My Brain," a disco-reggae classic in which the Jamaican deejay croaks gleefully about knives and forks, New York and some guy named Jim who just doesn't get it.": www.residentadvisor.net
Watch a picture slideshow of British singer Lily Allen as you listen to "Friday Night": www.youtube.com
Read a biography of NYC's The Phenomenal Handclap Band: www.allmusic.com
This song by Norwegian artist Annie was written by Richard X and Hanna Robinson and compares being in a relationship with chewing gum and moving on to another "when all the flavor is gone.": www.metrolyrics.com
Scandal! Was Grandmaster Flash "Hip Hop's Milli Vanilli"? Read all about it here: hiphopdx.com
Guided By Voices might perform "Glad Girls" when they play at Neumos on Friday, August 26th, 2016.
Jackie Wilson, known as "Mr. Excitement," had a four-octave range. Read about this gifted singer and performer from his biography at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: rockhall.com
"All you studs and you duds and you ladies, let's fly..." Sing like Q-Tip after you've memorized these lyrics: www.azlyrics.com
Here's a second "Go!," this time from Tones on Tail, a side project of Daniel Ash of Bauhaus and Love and Rockets. The band's name is a reference to the way calibration tones were recorded on the "tail" of reel-to-reel tape.
"Go!," Number three, this time by M83. That seating guitar solo is by Steve Vai. Watch the video and learn more about this song: pitchfork.com
"Go," number four? And another searing guitar solo.... Watch Prince go crazy at the Super Bowl in 2007: www.youtube.com
Stop it, John, you're killing me! Go, number 5. Read a 2015 interview with The Go! Team's Ian Parton: www.thelineofbestfit.com
"The Seldom Seen Kid" was critically acclaimed when it was released in 2008. Here's one review: drownedinsound.com
Rumors abound that Empire of the Sun's third album will be out in September. It is true that Luke Steele and Nick Litlemore have been writing with Lindsey Buckingham. Learn more about it: musicfeeds.com.au
Beck wrote "Wow" spontaneously and put it away, thinking that no one would like it. Read an interview with him about the song and his new album: www.nme.com
This song is about other rappers stealing De La Soul's rhymes. "The lawn was our rhymes and the potholes were the pieces missing." This became the first ever hip-hop song played on Mars when NASA's Opportunity Rover broadcast it in 2004.
Ahhh....the Friday song. KEXP will Rock the Docks tomorrow, Saturday, July 2nd, 2016. with performances by Erik Blood, Telekinesis, and Summer Cannibals, and KEXP DJ Evie. Find out more about this free, all-ages event: blog.kexp.org
From Ministry to Cher to The Isley Brothers, here are 10 different versions of Bob Dylan's "Lay Lady Lay": ultimateclassicrock.com
Get "Break Into Your Heart," a KEXP Song of the Day from Iggy Pop this April: blog.kexp.org
Writer Rob Sheffield has just released a new book, "On Bowie." Read his account of the time in 1972 when David Bowie, as Ziggy Stardust, conquered America: www.rollingstone.com
Watch a live performance by FIDLAR in the KEXP studio last year: www.youtube.com
"Gimme Some Motivation" was a KEXP Song of the Day and can be yours here: blog.kexp.org Visit Delta Spirit's official website for news, a discography, photos, and more: deltaspirit.net
"When I'm lonely, I press play." Read some fascinating quotes from Damon Albarn in 2015 and 2016: www.blurballs.com
Here's a Beat Magazine interview with Cut Copy's Tim Hoey: www.beat.com.au
There's lots of great content about Destroyer at the Merge Records' website: www.mergerecords.com
“We met in line outside the show, and he had a Coke bottle full of vodka or whiskey or something. I could smell the alcohol on his breath, and I remember thinking that it felt like a My So-Called Life episode. Like, it’s all starting…” That's Eva Grace Hendricks, talking about the beginning of Charly Bliss: www.stereogum.com
"Ruby" is an ode to the therapist who cured Eva Hendricks of her fear of fainting: pitchfork.com
Enjoy a video interview with Charly Bliss last year: amusicblogyea.com
Go right here to follow Charly Bliss on their Facebook page: www.facebook.com
The Faint will be in Seattle, playing the Showbox on Tuesday, October 25th, 2016.
Mark Mothersbaugh is also an acclaimed visual artist. His exhibition, "Myopia," is named after his poor eyesight, for which he's worn glasses since age 7: www.cleveland.com
Another glasses-wearing artist. Read the fascinating story behind "Chelsea": www.popmatters.com
" ‘It’s Tomorrow Now’ is a relentless anthem with noise pop appeal and a rock god guitar solo" Learn a little more about this new song from Melbourne shoegaze band Flying Colours: www.soundsbetterwithreverb.com
Listen to this KEXP documentary: "Grunge--Soundgarden": blog.kexp.org
Read an interview with Matt Flegl about why Preoccupations changed their band name from Viet Cong: pitchfork.com
Mark Lanegan will perform at Seattle's Neptune Theatre next Friday, July 8th, 2016: marklanegan.com
Swedish band The Amazing's new album, "Ambulance," is due out on July 22nd. You can pre-order it here: shop.partisanrecords.com
Failure, too, is coming to Seattle. They're playing The Crocodile on Thursday, October 27th, 2016: failureband.com