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Friday, Mar 4 2016, 6AM
Good morning and happy Friday. Watch video of Catherine Wheel, "firing on all cylinders," at one of their final shows at the Bowery Ballroom in July, 2000: www.popmatters.com
"it creeps along at a lovely, stoned pace, ever so slowly evolving into a classic piece of colourful psychedelia that even the most addled of ’60s acid-heads would be immensely proud of....." NME called this song one of the 100 best songs of the 00's: www.nme.com
This painful song is a tribute to Dimitry Markov, a young man who became a sex slave in Russia: rcnjwc.blogspot.com
Martin Gore said in a recent interview that Depeche Mode would be back in the studio in April, 2016: www.depeche-mode.com
"Orchestral post-punk llegends" Echo & The Bunnymen were in the KEXP studio in 2005: kexp.org
The DMA's are touring in support of their new album and will play the Sunset Tavern on April 13th, 2016. Read a positive review of "Hills End": consequenceofsound.net
Pixies are teasing that they may have new material in 2016: www.spin.com
Read nore about LUH, aka Lost Under Heaven, a collaboration of Ellery James Roberts and Melody Hoorn that began with a wine bottle fight: pitchfork.com
See a lovely picture of KEXP's Kevin Cole and Jonsi together: www.flickr.com
Enjoy an intimate conversation with Depeche Mode and The Soulsavers' Dave Gahan: www.electronicbeats.net
Nick Cave has written a song, "Jesus Lay Down Beside Me," for Mavis Staples' new album: www.noise11.com
Watch video of Lyrics Born in the KEXP studio in 2009: blog.kexp.org
Jurassic 5 will headline the NASS festival in England in July, 2016: www.bristolpost.co.uk
Listen to a live in-studio performance by local electro-funk duo Fly Moon Royalty: kexp.org
"You will not be able to stay home, brother...." Here are the lyrics: www.azlyrics.com
Kendrick Lamar's new release, "untitled unmastered.," dropped last night and is available for purchase now: www.theverge.com
Polica will be in town, playing Seattle's Neptune Theatre on March 31st, 2016.
Lush, on their first North American tour in 20 years, will be playing The Showbox on Wednesday, April 20th, 2016.
Watch the video for Delays' "Long Time Coming": www.youtube.com
Band of Horses will be performing at Best Kept Secret, a fabulous festival in The Netherlands, June 17-20, 2016: diymag.com
The lyric: "Another sunrise with my sad captains, with you I choose to lose my mind" comes from a line in Shakespeare's play Antony and Cleopatra. This song, about aging, was a birthday request from an 8-year-old.
Read this discussion about whether "Birthday" is a "happy song" or "creepily pedophilic": www.democraticunderground.com
This powerful song by Vancouver, BC duo Japandroids was a KEXP Song of the Day: blog.kexp.org
This song, written by Eddy Grant, was a reggae tune that The Clash stripped down to straight rock-and-roll: www.allmusic.com
The KEXP blog features video of Sunny Day Real Estate's Jeremy Enigk performing with the Seattle Rock Orchestra: blog.kexp.org
Young Fathers, The Dandy Warhols, Battleme, and special guests will play KEXPP"s New Home Benefit, John in the Morning at Night, on March 18th at Neumos: blog.kexp.org
'Who is MGMT?," you ask. Find out at their lava lamp website: whoismgmt.com
Read a KEXP album review of New Order's 2015 release, "Music Complete": blog.kexp.org
Ahhh....the Friday song. Read an interview with Sharlese Metcalf, host of KEXP's Audioasis: www.hypebot.com
Here's praise from The A.V. Club for "Ned's Atomic Dustbin": www.avclub.com
LCD Soundsystem, New Order, Chemical Brothers, and many others will play the Electric Picnic Festival in Ireland in September, 2016: www.irishtimes.com
Curtis Mayfield was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, first as a member of The Impressions and then as a solo artist: rockhall.com
Watch the video for Faith No More's "We Care A Lot": www.youtube.com
Greys is touring in support of "Outer Heaven," which will be released in April. The tour doesn't yet include Seattle: www.facebook.com
Watch a live performance by FIDLAR on KEXP last year: www.youtube.com
"Amidst the chaos that was the Sex Pistols, it’s often overlooked just what a great band they are, and what great records they made." That's how their biography begins on their official website: www.sexpistolsofficial.com
"Wake up, wake up, wake up, we're almost home....": www.lyricsfreak.com
Underworld is a collaboration of Karl Hyde and Rick Smith. Their new album is due out on March 18th, 2016: www.underworldlive.com
You could travel to Oakland to see them at the Fox Theatre on April 16th, 22016.
"Pretty in Pink" is celebrating its 30th anniversary in 2016. Read about how music influenced all of John Hughes' work: www.cinemablend.com
The Dandy Warhols will play KEXP's Jphn in the Morning at Night Show at Neumos on March 18th, 2016: blog.kexp.org Their new album, "Distortland," is due out on April 8th, 2016.
Watch this Glasgow quartet's powerful in-studio session last year: blog.kexp.org
U2's new album is more "rock and serious," according to their guitar tech: www.youthhealthmag.com
Read biographies of both Ian Curtis and Joy Division at the Joy Division Central page: www.joydiv.org
Visit Friendly Fires' Facebook page: www.facebook.com
Peruse the video for The Sisters of Mercy's "This Corrosion": www.youtube.com
Perhaps you're having trouble deciphering what MLWTTKK is saying here: www.lyricsmode.com
Read a biography of Aesop Rock on the Rhymesayer's website: www.rhymesayers.com
