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Friday, Apr 29 2016, 6AM
Good morning and happy Friday. You'll be moved by Bruce Springsteen's "public mourning" as he powerfully covers Prince's "Purple Rain": www.npr.org KEXP's Kevin Cole will present a tribute to Prince on Friday, May 6th, 2016 from 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Read about the photo that David Bowie sent actor Cillian Murphy just before the former's death: www.standard.co.uk
Does that bass line sound familiar? Here are the lyrics to "Can I Kick It?": www.azlyrics.com
Here's that bass line. Do you wonder what became of Candy, Little Joe, and others?: www.theguardian.com
" The Replacements' second full-length album is a drunken mess, which means it's a Replacements classic." Read an anniversary tribute to "Hootenanny": diffuser.fm
This biography talks about the "bustling energy and musical sophistication" that The Police brought to the New Wave movement: rockhall.com
See Black Rebel Motorcycle Club playing live iin the KEXP studio in 2013: blog.kexp.org
Here's a positive review of Desertt Mountain Tribe's "Either That Or the Moon": drownedinsound.com
Get The Black Angels' "Don't Play With Guns," a KEXP Song of the Day: blog.kexp.org
The Jesus and Maary Chain reexported last year that they are working on their first album in seventeen years: www.nme.com
The Dandy Warhols are off to Europe in May, touring in support of their great new album, "Distortland.": www.dandywarhols.com
See the full discography of Folk Implosion: www.discogs.com
See the video for Talking Heads' "Stay Up Late": www.youtube.com
Gary Numan gave a terrific performance for KEXP listeners at the Bumbershoot Music Lounge in 2013. You can see that session here: blog.kexp.org
Trish Keenan, singer and songwriter for Broadcast, died of pneumonia in 2011: www.theguardian.com
For those of you stuck in traffic today, sipping coffee and thinking about the viaduct, here's the Marx Brothers' skit about the "viaduct": aplayonwordsacting.blogspot.com
"Just waking up in the morning gotta thank God..." Here are the lyrics to "It Was a Good Day": Just waking up in the morning gotta thank God
Happy birthday, Mr. Nelson. Nearly two dozen country stars gathered to wish the country legend a happy 83rd birthday recently. Watch the video of the celebration: tasteofcountry.com
Explore this "alternate" country classic: www.youtube.com
A listener suggested that this was an appropriate song for "Carmaggedon" today. Carlos Santana recently speculated that Jimi and Whitney Houston "overdosed on fame": blog.seattlepi.com
Watch Waaves perform "King of the Beach" live in the KEXP studio: www.youtube.com
Greys will be here in Seattle, playing the Black Lodge on Saturday, June 4th, 20016.
Visit Dramarama's Facebook page here: www.facebook.com
Watch this music video of Scissor Sisters performing "Take Your Mama Out": www.youtube.com
Ahhh. .the Friday song. Join KEXP in a celebration of Stevie Wonder's birthday with 12 hours of soul music oon Friday, May 13th, 2016, and a benefit concert that night at the Nectar Lounge. Read more about it here: blog.kexp.org
Watch Dave Chappelle sing Radiohead's "Creep" at Erykah Badu's birthday party: www.nme.com
A terriific suggestion from our guests in the booth, Greg and Kat. Arcade Fire appears to have new touring plans for 2017: pitchfork.com
Our other booth guest, Michael, suggested this song as a response to Seattle traffic. All those "la-la's" in the background belong to David Bowie.
Don't miss thie opportunity to download (for free!) this exclusive song and make it part of your playlist: blog.kexp.org
The Chemical Brothers are currently touring in England and Europe. Watch a live performance from 2015: www.youtube.com
Follow TV on the Radio on their Facebook page: www.facebook.com
Operators is a synthpop project of Wolf Parade and Divine Fits musician Dan Boeckner. Read more about "Blue Wave" here: consequenceofsound.net
Whew!! "I'm spunky; I like my oatmeal lumpy...." Here are the rest of the lyrics to this song: www.azlyrics.com
"Run-D.M.C. exploded out of Hollis, Queens, in 1983, changing the sound of rap music, street fashion and popular culture in general." Read a biography of this important and influential group: rockhall.com
John Richards picked "Always Winnin'" by Shad & DJ T.Lo as a KEXP Song of the Day: blog.kexp.org
Listen to Jurassic 5 sample The White Stripes on "The Way We Do It" from 2014: pitchfork.com
Santigold is the featured artist at KEXP's Little Big Show at the Neptune Theatre on Saturday, May 14th, 2016. Get tickets here: blog.kexp.org
Read a NPR review of Wolf Alice's 2015 release, "My Love Is Cool": www.npr.org
Watch this grainy video of James Brown inviting a sweetly-singing Michael Jackson and then a show-stopping Prince onto the stage during one of his shows: www.youtube.com
Charles Bradley will be LIVE on KEXP on Monday, May 23rd, 2016, at 1:00 p.m. He will be performing at Neumos that evening.
Go hear Bear Mountain perform "Two Step" at Barboza on Saturday, May 14th, 2016.
Visit Underworld's official website to learn more about this duo and order "Barbara, Barbara....": www.underworldlive.com
LCD Soundsystem honored Prince with this cover of "Controversy": www.rollingstone.com
The Lightning Seeds are playing the Bingley Music Festival in Britain over the Labor Day weekend: www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk
Read more about former Smith Westerns frontman Cullen Omori at the Sub Pop website: www.subpop.com
Go back in time as you visit Poster Children's official website: www.posterchildren.com
Punk News has a review of Material Issue's 1991 release, "International Pop Overthrow": www.punknews.org
Here's live video of Nada Surf playing in the KEXP studio earlier this month: blog.kexp.org
Bleached will be LIVE on KEXP today!! at noon, so stay tuned. Bleached will play Barboza tonight.
