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Friday, Dec 11 2015, 6AM
When we moved on Wednesday, we brought the entire library of in-studio performances. Here's Holy Fuck in an exclusive KEXP performance from Bumbershoot in 2009: kexp.org
"Death in Vegas is a band that conjures up leather sheets, aggressive sex, and torturing small animals." Read this 2003 interview with the band: freewilliamsburg.com
Yppah's "Tiny Pause" was released in October, 2015. Read a review here: www.earmilk.com
This discussion of the collaboration between Merchandise and Dum Dum Girls says that "Red Sun" is a doom-laden, synthed-out siren song: pitchfork.com
Phantogram will be performing at Seattle's KeyArena on Saturday, December 12th, 2015. Watch live video of a KEXP in-studio session in 2014: blog.kexp.org
"Sometimes it rains iinside my head..." "Time Baby 3" was part of the soundtrack for "The Crow": www.youtube.com
Enjoy an "open love letter" to My Bloody Valentine's classic "Loveless": www.wired.com
"Dance Yrself Clean" is on this list of the ten best LCD Soundsystem songs: www.stereogum.com Today is your last opportunity to get in your list of your top ten albums of 2015 to KEXP: blog.kexp.org
If you're in Aarhus, Denmark next June, you can hear Beck perform at the Northside Festival. Read a biography of this talented artist: www.allmusic.com
Read a wonderful New Yorker discussion of this song, "the Talking Heads' song that explains Talking Heads": www.newyorker.com
The "Obvious Child" was 25 years old on December 9th, 2015, KEXP's first day of broadcasting from our new home: www.avclub.com
Pure Bathing Culture, along with Wolf Alice and Youryoungbody, will grace the stage at KEXP's Yule Benefit at Neumos tomorrow night, Saturday, December 12th, 2015. Proceeds go to benefit KEXP's New Home and you can buy tickets here: blog.kexp.org
"And if a double-decker bus crashes into us...To die by your side is such a heavenly way to die..." Read the lyrics to this romantic song: www.google.com
New Order's "Music Complete" made a number of 2015 top ten lists. Be sure to share your choices before 6:00 p.m today: blog.kexp.org Here's a KEXP album review of "Music Complete": blog.kexp.org
There's no doubt that you want to know more about Julian Cope: thegreatrockbible.com
Happy belated birthday to Tom Waits, who was born on December 7th, 1949. One of America's great songwriters, he has just contributed to a Blind Willie Johnson tribute album: www.relix.com
This video was nominated for the Best Electronic Dance Music Video in 1992: www.youtube.com
Ahhh....the Friday song at KEXP's New Home (Some things don't change.) Read DJ John Richards' picks for top ten albums of 2015 on the KEXP blog: blog.kexp.org
Listeen to a 2011 performance by Ghostland Observatory at the Capitol Hill Block Party: kexp.org
Read a Guardian article about these displaced Los Angelino New Yorkers: www.theguardian.com
Hear Wolf Alice LIVE at KEXP's Yule Benefit tomorrow night, Saturday, December 12th, 2015, at Neumos. Learn more and buy your tickets here: blog.kexp.org
Michael Stipe opened for Patti Smith in New York iin November: pitchfork.com
The name "Depeche Mode" translates as "Fashion Dispatch" in French.
Go back in time to 2008 for a live in-studio performance by MGMT: www.kexp.org
One of our all-time favorite songs... Amy Richards said that hearing this song while she was driving inspired her to pull over and become a KEXP Gold Club member.
This video by the "Torrance Community Dance Group" is absolutely great: www.youtube.com
"This band is called 'James'" (according to John) gave a delightful in-studio performance at KEXP in 2010: www.kexp.org
Get "Cool Vapors" by Jacuzzi Boys, a KEXP Song of the Day: blog.kexp.org
I'm shocked, shocked!! to hear Pixies played on The Morning Show with John Richards. Watch the band when they played live in the KEXP studio: blog.kexp.org
Drive through Massachusetts in this video for the great running song, "Roadrunner" by The Modern Lovers: www.youtube.com
The lists of The Clash's best songs go from 10 to 18 to 20 to 30 songs. Here's the list for the best 30: www.uncut.co.uk Be sure to get your picks in for the top ten albums of 2015: blog.kexp.org
This article interviews "our favorite fallen idols, " Adorable's Pete Fijalkowski and Robert Dillam: steponmagazine.com
Mass Gothic is touring about the United States in early 2016, but the closest they are coming to Seattle is Boise in February: www.facebook.com
Watch the Cloud Nothings in a furious session in the KEXP studio in 2014: blog.kexp.org
Boise again. Elvis Costello's 2016 tour goes to Idaho in April but not to Seattle: zumic.com
Get the official music video for FIDLAR's "40 oz. On Repeat": www.youtube.com And congratulations, Brett.
Learn a little more about El Paso band At the Drive-In at the Fearless Records website: fearlessrecords.com
Learn more about "Celeste" when you read the Old 97's Glossary: old97s.com
Take this opportunity to download Beach Slang's "Young and Alive," a November KEXP Song of the Day: blog.kexp.org
Read a review of Chicago band The Orwells' rockin' "Disgraceland": www.nme.com
The BBC says that the wonderfully-titled "Howl on the Haunted Beat You Ride" may be an "ageless classic": www.bbc.co.uk
Speaking of "ageless classics".... "Ooh La La" was released 42 years ago this year: ultimateclassicrock.com
Watch Paul Westerberg performing "Dyslexic Heart": www.youtube.com
Deerhunter's new album, "Fading Frontier," made John Richards' top ten list for 2015. See his other choices here: blog.kexp.org
In their comments about "Say Anything," both Cameron Crowe and John Cusack talked about the philosphy of Lloyd Dobler and the entire movie: "Optimism as a revolutionary act": www.pajiba.com
What a treat! Car Seat Headrest will perform at Seattle's Sunset Tavern on Saturday, January 9th, 2016.
"I got so much trouble on my mind..." Learn the complete lyrics to "Welcome to the Terrordome": genius.com
Deerhunter just stopped by the Showbox in October for a show with Atlas Sound. Read a live review on the KEXP blog. blog.kexp.org
Animal Collective will be playing the Neptune on March 4th. Get your tickets now: myanimalhome.net. If you can't wait for more Animal Collective. Listen to a live session and interview recorded by KEXP at the Cutting Room Studios in NYC. blog.kexp.org