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Friday, Jun 3 2016, 6AM
Good morning and happy Friday. Read a biography of Nick Drake, a musician who died much too soon: www.telegraph.co.uk
Yusuf Islam, formerly known as Cat Stevens, has has written a new song for his charity Small Kindness, which teaches Syrian refugee children in Turkey: www.mirror.co.uk
Watch live video of Seth Avett and Jessica Lea Mayfield singing Elliott smith songs in the KEXP studio: blog.kexp.org
Built to spill will be in Bellingham, Washington at the Wild Buffalo House of Music on Thursday, June 30th, 2016.
Watch Lou Barlow and Jason Loewenstein reminisce and sing in the KEXP studio: blog.kexp.org
The only girl I've ever loved was born with roses in her eyes..." Read the powerful lyrics to "Holland, 1945": www.azlyrics.com
Watch the video for "I Think I Need A New Heart": www.youtube.com
The Dandy Warhols will be performing at Marymoor Park in Redmond, Washington on Wednesday, July 13th, and again on Sunday, August 14th, 2016.
legendary band Ride closed out KEXP's old home with this in-studio performance: blog.kexp.org
Read a biography of musical prodigy Will Toledo, aka Car Seat Headrest, at the Matador (!!) Records website: www.matadorrecords.com
Bob Mould sang "A Good Idea" during an extraordinary Bumbershoot Music Lounge session in 2013: blog.kexp.org
Dinosaur Jr.'s new release, "Give A Glimpse of What Yer Not," is set for August 5th, 2016: www.nme.com
The definitive Replacments biography has just been released. Read about it in this article, "A Trainwreck Turned Triumphant": observer.com
D. Boon of The Minutemen died at age 27 in a van crash in Arizona: www.rollingstone.com
Go here to join the #1 fansite for PUSA: pusafan.com
Watch live video of Mudhoney atop The Space Needle in 2013: blog.kexp.org
"You'be been reading some old letters...." Watch the video for The The's classic "This Is The Day": www.youtube.com
Read about Sufjan's "quirk" at Boston College this week: dailycollegian.com
Here's a review of Eagulls' "barren, lonely, andaffe cting" sophomore album: consequenceofsound.net
Look at the spectacular view from a U2 spy plane at 70,000 feet: www.wearethemighty.com
Download "Feel the Light," a KEXP Song of the Day by Desert Mountain Tribe: blog.kexp.org
Read an Allmusic biography of Happy Mondays: www.allmusic.com
Happy birthday, Kelly. Watch the video for Catherine wheel's "Show Me Mary": www.youtube.com
Courtney Barnett is collaborating with The Breeders on their new album, the first since 2008: www.nme.com
Portugal. The Man will be playing at Seattle's WaMu Theater on sundae, June 19th, 2016.
Watch the lyric video for Beck's exciting new single, "Wow" (Wow!!): www.stereogum.com
Read a KEXP album review of Radiohead's splendid new album, "A Moon Shaped Pool" and watch the video for "Burn the Witch": blog.kexp.org
DJ Shadow is touring in Europe this summer in support of this new release, "The Mountain Will Fall," his first full-length album since 2011: www.stereogum.com
Beastie Boys founding member John Berry died from dementia last month at age 52: www.cnn.com
Q-Tip was recently named The Kennedy Center's first hip-hop director: www.usatoday.com
Ahh....the Friday song. It's Amplifiers Love Week at KEXP. We are so grateful for this loving and continuous support: blog.kexp.org
In this essay, Talib Kweli talks about "when rappers are affected by white fragility": www.hypebot.com
"Some girls just want to lie on beaches in the Caribbean..." Read the lyrics to Brazilian Girls' "Good Time": www.metrolyrics.com
Feel like complete surrender to "Complete Surrender"? It was a KEXP Song of the Day and you can download it for free here: blog.kexp.org
Listen to Peter Bjorn & John's exclusive playlist: www.billboard.com
Enjoy this career retrospective of musician and novelist Julian Cope: www.theguardian.com
You just heard "Beautiful Love." Now, hear Oscar sing "Beautiful Words" live in a KEXP in-studio session: blog.kexp.org
The Stranglers spent years denying that this was a song about heroin, but, in 2001, Hugh Cornwell said, "It's about heroin and about a girl.": www.songfacts.com
Whitney was recently The Guardian's New Band of the Week: www.theguardian.com
Iceland singer/songwriter Junius Meyvant's "Hailslide" was a KEXP Song of the Day. Download it for yourself here: blog.kexp.org
On their website, Erasure confirms that they are working on a new studio album, but currently have no plans to tour in 2016: www.erasureinfo.com
Plan to come to KEXP's Father's Day Dance Party: blog.kexp.org Watch the video for Datarock's "I Used to Dance With My Daddy": www.youtube.com
Become conversant with Jurassic 5's history by reading this biography: www.wma.com
That wonderful organ in this song is a Vox Continental: combo-organ.com
Thank you, thank you, Meridian School Choir for the lovely version of the John in the Morning theme. Watch the surreal animated video of Iggy Pop celebrating love, Paris-style: www.rollingstone.com
Watch live video of Django Django in the KEXP studio in 2015: blog.kexp.org
They are "central Illinois purveyors of indie rock since 1987." They say, "Sign up to our mailing list and follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Youtube.": posterchildren.com
Watch the video for Poster Children's "He's My Star": www.youtube.com
The KEXP blog featured an essay about Imperial Teen's SXSW performance in 2012: blog.kexp.org
Read a biography of this Irish band of the '80s and the '90s: www.allmusic.com
Stevie Wonder absolutely loves Beyonce's "Lemonade," but wishes that the words were printed in braille: www.huffingtonpost.com
Charles Bradley wowwed the audience in our Public Gathering Space at 1:00 p.m. on Monday, May 23rd, 2016. You can stream that session at the KEXP archive: www.kexp.org
Read Curtis Mayfield's biography as an inductee in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: rockhall.com