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Friday, Oct 30 2015, 6AM
"I Am Stretched on Your Grave" is a translation of an anonymous 17th-century Irish poem titled "Táim sínte ar do thuama" Visit the official website of Dead Can Dance: www.deadcandance.com
Go here to see a video history of the band, Depeche Mode: watchmojo.com
De VotchKa is a Russian word meaning "girl" or "woman," made popular by the 1971 classic "A Clockwork Orange." Watch live video of the band in the KEXP studio earlier this year.: blog.kexp.org
Listen to Leonard Cohen cover George Jones' "Choices" in this soundcheck: www.rollingstone.com
Kristin Hersh is playing McMenamin's Mission Theater in Portland tonight, October 30th, 2015. Michael Stipe of R.E.M. is singing backup vocals on this song.
The Cure will be playing a 25-date tour of North America in 2016 with accompaniment by The Twilight Sad. Details of the tour will be released in January, 2016.: www.facebook.com
"You're one microscopic cog
in his catastrophic plan
Designed and directed by
his red right hand..." Here are the lyrics to this classic song: www.azlyrics.com
Learn some more about Beat Generation poet William S. Burroughs in this New Yorker article: www.newyorker.com
Tom Waits says Keith Richards has blue urine and 'can run faster than a fax machine' in a new poem.: www.nme.com
"The hounds of hell are finally being unleashed." Watch the trailer for Gutterdammerung, "the loudest silent film in history, " on Mark Lanegan's website: marklanegan.com
Watch the video for Rocket From the Crypt's "Ditch Digger": www.vh1.com
Read a biography of this band, "formed from the ashes of Bauhaus.": www.allmusic.com
Johnette Napolitano, lead singer of Concrete Blonde, has bequeathed the five-acre ranch she owns north of the Joshua Tree Lake Campground to the Mojave Desert Land Trust,:www.desertsun.com
"We are a rock'n'roll band. And a pop band. And an industrial groove machine.
We are intellectual love gods." Visit The Sisters of Mercy's website: www.the-sisters-of-mercy.com
Watch TV on the Radio performing "Wolf Like Me" in this video: www.youtube.com
"Death is her boyfriend...." Here are the lyrics to "Graveyard Girl": www.google.com
Bobby Bare, Jr. will be singing and playing at the Tractor Tavern on Wednesday, December 2nd, 2015.
Take a look at ten of the best songs in Jonathan Richman's career: www.theguardian.com
Shakey Graves will be performing at Seattle's Moore Theatre this Sunday, November 1st, 2015. Esme Patterson is singing harmony on this song.
Watch the video for "My Body's a Zombie for You": www.youtube.com
See Jamie T performing a set on the Other Stage at the Glastonbury Festival: jamie-t.com
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Listen to an exclusive concert by Sufjan Stevens for KEXP VIP Club members from Seattle's Triple Door: www.kexp.org This song features additional vocals from the Illinoisemaker Choir and Craig Montoro. Craig also provided all trumpet parts on the song as well.
Watch Bela Lugosi as "Dracula' in this classic video: www.youtube.com
Taking the name MC 900 Ft. Jesus from an Oral Roberts' sermon, the Dallas native Mark Griffin began recording in the late '80s. Get a free download of "Live in Vienna 1992" on his Facebook page.: www.facebook.com
Following two solo albums on his own False Idols imprint, Tricky announces a new collaborative project, Skilled Mechanics with a limited edition 7″ and digital single. Read more about it and the Chinese rapper it features.: www.trickysite.com
Watch the new Smashing Pumpkins video, "Run2Me": www.smashingpumpkinsnexus.com
Here's a fascinating Scientific American article on the images behind Joy Division's "Unknown Pleasures" album cover.: blogs.scientificamerican.com
A new Nine Inch Nails vinyl box set, entitled "Halo I-IV" will be released on Record Store Day on November 27th, 2015.: pitchfork.com
Listen to a live performance by Danish noise-rock group The Raveonettes in the KEXP studio in 2011: kexp.org
"Every Suicide show felt like world war three in those days. Every night I thought I was going to get killed. The longer it went on, the more I'd be thinking, 'Odds are it's going to be tonight.'" That's Alan Vega of Suicide, talking about how much the band was hated.: www.theguardian.com
Lots of songs about ghost riders here. This particular song was chosen by members of the Western Writers of America as one of the top 100 Western songs of all time.
The lyric "I hear the chauffeur coming to my door/Says there's room for maybe just one more" is a reference to "The Bus-Conductor", a short story involving a hearse driver by E. F. Benson, published in The Pall Mall Magazine in 1906.
If you're in Chicago on New Year's Eve, you can catch Ministry at the Concord Music Hall.: www.facebook.com
My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult (often abbreviated TKK) will be in Seattle, playing El Corazon on Saturday, November 7th, 2015.
Richard D. James, aka Aphex Twin, wears his ‘Come To Daddy’ silicone mask in bed to scare his girlfriend. He puts the cover over himself, then cuddles up to her and waits until she turns around.: www.youtube.com
In 2000, a fight broke out while Zevon was performing this at the Bowery Ballroom in New York. Zevon stopped, waited for the fight to end, said "I bet this never happens at Sting concerts," and continued the song.
Lux Interior, lead singer of The Cramps, died of heart failure at age 62 in 2009. He said, "“Rock ’n’ roll has absolutely nothing to do with music. It’s much more than music. Rock ’n’ roll is who you are. You can’t call the Cramps music. It’s noise, rockin’ noise.” Here's his obituary: www.nytimes.com
Misfits are coming to Seattle, playing the Showbox on Wednesday, November 18th, 2015.
"Might The Sonics be the great American rock band?" Hmmmm.: www.huffingtonpost.com
You might want to pick up a copy of the just-released "Otis Redding: Soul Manifesto 1964-1970." Read about it: www.pastemagazine.com
"All my life you're haunting me." This is a duet with Kate Pierson of the B-52's: www.youtube.com
Bow Wow Wow was born when the remaining members of Adam and the Ants, Leigh Gorman, Dave Barbarossa and Matthew Ashman, sought the advice of Sex Pistols' manager Malcolm McClaren, who for £1000 inspired them to form Bow Wow Wow. Here's a little more about the band.: www.nyrock.com
The angular pop-rock trio Guv’ner formed in 1993 as an outgrowth of the romance between singer/guitarist Charles Gansa and singer/bassist Pumpkin Wentzel.
Read an article on how "the myth of Daniel Johnston's genius" does him an injustice: www.theguardian.com
Read an Allmusic biography of beloved musician Daniel Johnston: www.allmusic.com
You can purchase a "Fangs on Bats" T-shirt at Tullycraft's official website.: tullycraftnation.com
The song's writer, Andy Partridge, carved a Halloween pumpkin, placed it on a fence post and, over time,watched it decay. He decided to write a song about it.
Watch the experimental video for The Toadies' "I Burn": www.youtube.com
Follow this link to NYC rappers Gravediggaz' Facebook page.: www.youtube.com
As a nine-year-old child, Cee Lo Green was so scared of "Thriller," he would flee the room whenever the video came on TV: "If he could be possessed, then I damn sure could be possessed, because Michael was so much stronger than I."
"He wears the same hat and sweater every single day..." Read the lyrics to "A Nightmare on My Street": genius.com