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Friday, Feb 12 2016, 6AM
Matthew Sweet wrote the material for the album "Girlfriend" after the breakup of an early marriage. In this interview, he looks back at the album after 20 years: www.spin.com
Good morning and happy Friday. Valentine's Day is Sunday. In this interview, Stephin Merritt talks about the art of writing love songs: www.avclub.com
Listen to a beautiful live set by Seattle band Carissa's Weird in 2001: kexp.org
"I'm so sick of you and what we went through...." Read the lyrics to "Happy": songmeanings.com
Bob Dylan played the organ on this song, which required 269 takes to get it right (hence the name)>
Matt Johnson wrote this song after the death of his brother. The title is a paraphrase of a verse from the Bible, Song of Solomon 8:6. Here's the video of the band performing this song: www.youtube.com
"Do you really think she'll pull through?" For interesting reading, follow this thread of discussion of the meaning of "Girlfriend in a Coma": www.morrissey-solo.com
Here's an NPR response to a listener who wrote that she and her new husband led a singalong to "No Children" at their wedding and knows that "clearly our marriage is doomed": www.npr.org
Listen to a full performance by London's Noah and the Whale at Sasquatch 2011: kexp.org
Nada Surf will probably sing "Always Love" when they play the Neptune Theatre on Wednesday, May 18th, 2016.
"I don't know why I care...I never even liked your hair." Enjoy the lyrics to this love song: www.metrolyrics.com
Listen to The National perform "Sea of Love" during a live KEXP in-studio session: kexp.org
Ian Curtis wrote this song when his marriage was breaking up. It was a bitter response to The Captain & Tennile's "Love Will Keep Us together."
Watch David Berkeley perform this cover of Mark Mulcahy at Eddie's Attic in Atlanta: www.youtube.com
In this live set from NYC in 2004, Australian singer-songwriter Ben Lee explores that condition called love: kexp.org
Read an oral history of the late and lamented Elliott Smith: pitchfork.com
Watch the video for Scottish musician Edwyn Collins' "A Girl Like You": www.youtube.com
"The best thing—actually, as far as I can tell, the only non-soul-crushing thing—about a breakup is when you realize you’re truly, finally, over it." Read what blogger Emma has to say about finally being over it: www.allthingsgomusic.com
Watch the video for the plaintive "Woke Up New": www.youtube.com
Quick!! See the relationship between two people who live in trash cans: pitchfork.com
Eleanor Friedberger will be LIVE on KEXP on Saturday, March 5th, 2016 at 3:00 p.m. She will be playing Barboza that night.
Take a look at British post-punk band Dogs' discography: www.last.fm
Watch live video of The Wedding Present playing in the KEXP studio in 2010: blog.kexp.org
Although they are playing on Sunday, May 29th, 2016, at the Sasquatch! Music Festival, it's certain that The Cure will play"Friday I'm In Love": lineup.sasquatchfestival.com
See these pictures of "Robert Smith looking happy": flavorwire.com
A "rebooted" Guided By Voices is back in action, including Bobby Bare Jr.: pitchfork.com
"I'm in love with you 'cause I got nothin' better to do..." Watch the video: www.youtube.com
Read a biography of this son of the legendary country singer: www.allmusic.com
Isn't it the truth? "I get so horny when I'm in Seattle..." Read the entire lyrics ( and remember that "skedaddle" rhymes): www.lyricsmania.com
See the clip from the TV show that features this song: www.youtube.com
Read the lyrics in which Jermaine keeps injecting himself into Bret's serenade: genius.com
Stereo Total is a French-German duo based in Berlin: www.stereototal.de Here's the video for this song: www.youtube.com
Listen to the "10 best Le Tigre songs": www.stereogum.com
This is a little song with an S & M theme. Read about Depeche Mode and the stigma of synth: gawker.com
You may have this song for your very own breakup, since it was a KEXP Song of the Day: blog.kexp.org
Follow The Airborne Toxic Event on their Facebook page: www.facebook.com
"Dry your eyes, mate..." This song about coping with a a girlfriend's leaving was place high on the list Of NME's best tracks of the last 15 years. Watch the video: www.youtube.com
This song was written by Prince for one of his projects, The Family. Sinead O'Connor absolutely made it hers. Read this Atlantic article on how this song has endured: www.theatlantic.com
This blogger says that she was embarrassed when she found out this song wasn't about a girl, a car, and some horses: www.martinisandminivans.com
The story is that a bartender threw Ministry frontman Al Jougensen and his pals out of a bar, calling them a bunch of "revolting cocks.": www.allmusic.com
Watch the official music video of Ministry's cover of Bob Dylan's "Lay Lady Lay": www.youtube.com Now, listen to the original: www.youtube.com
My Bloody Valentine is discussed in this KEXP blog about the loudest concert ever attended: blog.kexp.org
Listen to a beautiful concert by Swedish singer-songwriter Jose Gonzalez from Bumbershoot in 2006: kexp.org
Watch the video for The Knife's original "Heartbeats": www.youtube.com
Go the Dancing on the Valentine benefit at Neumos tomorrow night, February 13th, 2016. This benefit for the Lymphoma and Leukemia Society features the songs of John Hughes' films. Find out more and buy tickets here: www.dancingonthevalentine.com
British legends OMD joined John Richards from the Cutting Room Studios in NYC in a live performance that included "If You Leave": kexp.org
Read a 2015 interview with Frank Black about (among other things) Biblical references and being inspirational: www.vanyaland.com
The Dandy Warhols have just released a brand new single, "You Are Killing Me": diffuser.fm
Shocking Blue is best known for their gigantic hit, "Venus": www.youtube.com
You'll probably want to memorize these lyrics in time for the apocalypse: www.metrolyrics.com
Perry Farrell wrote this song for his girlfriend, Casey Niccoli: somediverswhistle.com The song sampled Bauhaus' "Hope": www.whosampled.com
Moby will play an exclusive DJ set at the sold-out Shake It Out New Home Benefit and Birthday Bash for Kevin Cole: blog.kexp.org
Watch the Youtube video for The Chemical Brothers' "Swoon": www.youtube.com
Read a KEXP album review of David Bowie's The Next Day." The album features the song "Valentine's Day": blog.kexp.org
