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Friday, Sep 18 2015, 6AM
Good morning and happy Friday. Take the opportunity to download Spiritualized's "Soul On Fire," a KEXP Song of the Day from 2008 (We've been providing this free service for a long time.): blog.kexp.org
The Orb is touring in support of their new album, "Moonbuilding 2703 AD": www.facebook.com
In March, Hooverphonic and Noémie Wolfs decided to end their collaboration. Read more here: www.hooverphonic.com
In this interview, Geoff Barrow says, "We're a little bit of a sleeping dragon.": www.irishtimes.com
Here's a double feature-- Chromatics and Glass Candy playing in the KEXP studio during the Audioasis show: www.kexp.org
Tamaryn says she enjoyed the facts in this Pitchfork review of her new album, "Cranekiss": pitchfork.com
My Bloody Valentine is one of the "contestants" in the KEXP blog, "What's the loudest concert you ever attended?": blog.kexp.org
Read about The Chemical Brothers quest for "transformative music": www.rollingstone.com
Empress Of will perform at Holocene in Portland on Sunday, September 27th, 2015.
You can hear Gems when they play Barboza on Tuesday, October 13th, 2015.
San Francisco pop band Painted Palms was in our studio last year.: kexp.org Here's a Q & A with the band: www.cmj.com
Become more familiar with Drop Nineteens by reading this Allmusic biography: www.allmusic.com
Check out the tour diary ("Cocks, beers, dumpsters, and guitars") for Brisbane band Morning Harvey : hhhhappy.com
The Roses’ unsurpassable arrogance allegedly once led to them turning down a support slot with The Pixies and even a lucrative guest spot with New Order in the States. A PR spokesman said: “The Stone Roses have never supported anyone in their life and see no reason why they should now.” Here are more things you didn't know about this band: www.clashmusic.com
Watch Foals playing songs from "Holy Fire" in the KEXP studio in 2013: blog.kexp.org
Here's an interview from earlier this year with Doves' members Jez and Andy Williams about their new project, Black Rivers: www.independent.co.uk
"How can you say your life is empty...." Here are the lyrics to "Paint the Silence": songmeanings.com
FIDLAR will be LIVE on KEXP on Friday, October 23rd, at 1:00 p.m. and will be performing at the Showbox that night.
This is a Pixies cover of a great Leonard Cohen song. There are many, many great Leonard Cohen songs. Here's one list of the "10 best" (that doesn't include "I Can't Forget"): www.stereogum.com
KEXP premiered this song, "Jigsaw Heart," in 2014: blog.kexp.org
What a sweet and beautiful song. Here's the Youtube video: www.youtube.com One person commented about the song: "I love it. Today I was driving home from work and this song was on the radio. I sang along and noticed so many of the drivers beside me were singing along too. I felt wonderful and I am still happy."
Small Black will be in Seattle next month, playing the Crocodile on Wednesday, October 28th, 2015.
Chris Baio is the bassist for Vampire Weekend. In this interview, he talks about his solo career: www.prefixmag.com
See photos of a Matt & Kim in-studio session in 2012: www.flickr.com
Lucius is back on tour, but not currently scheduled for Seattle. See many music videos here.: www.ilovelucius.com
Ahhh.......the Friday song. John, "sometimes a body needs to feel stressed to appreciate the joy...." There will be abundant joy today when Caspar Babypants entertains a score of toddlers in the KEXP studio at 9:30 a.m.
Watch a video for "Frontier Psychiatrist" by The Avalanches. "There is a thin line between sanity and insanity. This? videoclip is that line." mentalfloss.com
"But have you seen my records?...." Here's a great list of musicians: www.metrolyrics.com
And here's the video of this terrific electronic rant: www.youtube.com Enjoy the lyrics: www.azlyrics.com
This is a cover of a song by English band Pulp, taken from their 1995 studio album "Different Class."
It's a Vox Continental that makes the distinctive organ sound in this song.: forums.musicplayer.com
Take a tour of the Brazilian Girls' Facebook page: www.facebook.com
Look at this picture of Empire of the Sun at the Orpheum: www.straight.com
In June, ShaunRyder said that new music from Happy Mondays was forthcoming.: www.nme.com
In this recent interview, Jamie xx says that working solo suits him "just fine": www.theguardian.com
Here's NPR's report on "a classic revisited," The Mountain Goats' "This Year": www.npr.org
"Indie pop band, headed by the reclusive Jeff Mangum, that gained acclaim for their masterpieces of fuzzy, experimental pop...." Read a biography of Neutral Milk Hotel: www.allmusic.com
This article asks "What Ever Happened to Material Issue?": www.riffraf.net
Basement Jaxx was a featured Saturday Afternoon Artist on the KEXP blog: blog.kexp.org
There's lots to read at Australian band The Preatures' Facebook page: www.facebook.com
Watch live video of Haerts playing in the KEXP studio recently: blog.kexp.org
Devo formed in 1972 by Mark Mothersbaugh and Jerry Casale when they were art students at Kent State University. They were both there when the National Guard killed 4 student protesters in 1970.
The KEXP blog featured the "best songs done by The Presidents of the United States of America": blog.kexp.org
Go here for a long list of places where Caspar Babypants is performing: www.babypantsmusic.com
The new Caspar Babypants album, "Beatles Baby!" is out today. Get the album as a download here: www.babypantsmusic.com
Read a "geekdad" review of "Beatles Baby!": geekdad.com
Enjoy a Seattlemag interview with Chris Ballew: www.seattlemag.com
Read all about this song in The Beatles Bible: www.beatlesbible.com
The Beatles recorded 10 takes of the song on 29 March 1967, with Paul on piano, John beating a cowbell, George playing lead guitar and Ringo on drums. Following the final take Ringo overdubbed his lead vocals.
Watch Elliott Smith performing "Baby Britain": www.youtube.com