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Friday, Aug 7 2015, 6AM
Good morning and happy Friday. Watch the video that accompanies Sigur Ros' "Med sud i ayrum": www.youtube.com
"Inside a heart of summer soul...." Memorize the words to Doves' "Words": www.azlyrics.com
The Church will be playing the Showbox in Seattle on Thursday, September 3rd, 2015.
Hoodoo Gurus formed in Australia in 1981. Read a biography here: www.hoodoogurus.net
Here's The New Yorker's version of Trump's "America": www.newyorker.com
"Although his career was relatively brief, cut short by a tragic plane crash, Otis Redding was a singer of such commanding stature that to this day he embodies the essence of soul music in its purest form." Read Otis' biography at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: rockhall.com
Listen to the entire acoustic set at KEXP by Scottish singer/songwriter Alexi Murdoch: kexp.org
This will be an excellent show. Jason Isbell plays tonight, Friday, August 7th, 2015, at Seattle's Moore Theatre.
The Guardian says that Stornoway is "pretty fly for some folk guys": www.theguardian.com
Still touring, Sloan will be in Vancouver, BC on August 25th, 2015: sloanmusic.com
Slow Club's "Complete Surrender" was a KEXP Song of the Day. Download it for free here: blog.kexp.org
Watch the official video for The Preatures' "Is This How You Feel?": www.youtube.com
Listen to a terrific live performance by Phantogram for KEXP VIP Club members at Seattle's Triple Door in 2013: kexp.org
John Darnielle entertained KEXP guests in West Seattle's at KEXP's Hood to Hood Day: blog.kexp.org
What a wonderful song. Read a biography of Robert Earl Keen: www.cmt.com
John Richards selected "Cafe Joli" as a KEXP Song of the Day several years ago. Select it for yourself: blog.kexp.org
Read about David Bowie's significant impact on fashion in his Ziggy Stardust persona: www.theguardian.com
August 5th would have marked the 51st birthday of Adam Yauch. Read an interview with Ad-Rock and Mike D and learn about the Beastie Boys' flag on Capitol Records: consequenceofsound.net
Faith No More will play Bumbershoot on Sunday, September 6th, 2015.
See the "video hangover" for this song: www.stereogum.com
This 1991 song won the Grammy Award for Best Rap Duo Performance. See the video: www.youtube.com
Ahhh....the Friday song. This is a celebration of John Richards and The Morning Show, to the tune of Mint Royale's "Show Me," the Friday song. You can hear Other Lives, The Shivas, and Tangerine at tonight's KEXP Concerts At the Mural: blog.kexp.org
Don't miss your opportunity to download this rare song, a KEXP Song of the Dayby Baby Dayliner: blog.kexp.org
Common will participate in an anti-crime rally in New Jersey tomorrow.: news.yahoo.com
"Shut your mouth..." Here are the lyrics to "Shaft" which won the Academy Award for Best Original Song: www.metrolyrics.com
Paul Stanley has just launched a 10-piece T & B cover band: www.sandiegouniontribune.com
Watch a blistering performance by guitar virtuoso Dick Dale in the KEXP studio: blog.kexp.org
Yesterday, August 6th, was Frank Black's 50th birthday.: www.thecurrent.org
Foals' eagerly awaited new album, "What Went Down," is due out on August 28th. The third single, "Knife in the Water," has just been released and you can see the video here: www.digitalspy.com
Here's a biography.com portrait of Michael Hutchence: www.biography.com
Rock veteran Bob Mould didn't disappoint with this live performance of songs from "Beauty and Ruin" in 2013: kexp.org
On tour with Marilyn Manson, Billy Corgan says Smashing Pumpkins is an "open concept" these days: www.theoaklandpress.com
Watch live video of The Moondoggies in the KEXP studio in 2013: blog.kexp.org
Here's a brief biography of Perry Farrell's Porno for Pyros: www.mtv.com
Suzanne Vega interviewed Leonard Cohen in 1992: www.suzannevega.com
The Flaming Lips will be playing the Gentlemen of the Road Stopover in Walla Walla, Washington, Friday, August 15th-Saturday, August 16th, 2015.
Scottish electronic musician Ross Birchard, aka Hudson Mohawke, will be here in Seattle, playing at the Crocodile on Wednesday, October 14th, 2015.
Can you believe this? With album reissues, Led Zeppelin is heading back into the top 10: www.billboard.com
Nick Cave's son Arthur died in fall in Brighton in July: www.bbc.com
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame says that rock and roll was never the same after the Sex Pistols. rockhall.com
Read about KEXP's August 23rd Raw Power concert, a tribute to Iggy Pop and the Stooges: blog.kexp.org
They're playing at the Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena on Tuesday, October 20th, 2015. Going, John?
Go back in time to read a Pitchfork review of Bowie's "Heathen": pitchfork.com
The KEXP blog featured a Q and A with Joey Santiago of Pixies: blog.kexp.org
"How you get a rude and a reckless?
How you get a rude and a reckless?
"Rudi Can't Fail" celebrates the children of Jamaican immigrants to England who challenged their elder's values. "How you get a rude and a reckless?...." Here are the lyrics: www.lyricsfreak.com
Read a Jesus and Mary Chain interview after thirty years of "Psychocandy": diymag.com
Ahhh...the Friday song. It's much requested. The city of Seattle (except for Ken) will be attending KEXP's free concert on the roof of Pike Place Market on August 23rd, 2015. Read all about this tribute to Iggy Pop: blog.kexp.org
"the girlies see his booty and their knees get weak---" Follow this song about an urban adventure: www.azlyrics.com
Watch video of Deltron 3030 in a great concert for KEXP VIP Club members at the Triple Door in 2013: blog.kexp.org
Get a history and much, much more at Run-D.M.C.'s official website: www.rundmc.com
See all 47 jumpsuits Andre 3000 wore during the OutKast reunion tour: www.spin.com
Ian Drury died of colon cancer in March, 2000. Read a biography of this joyful rocker: www.allmusic.com
"I should make this site look better, I should update it more often, I should be pro-active and make the whole thing more zingy or groovy..." That's what Eric Goulden, aka Wreckless Eric, says about his webiste.: wrecklesseric.com
Watch history being remade as The Sonics performed on KEXP's Shake the Shack in 2011: blog.kexp.org
This was XTC's breakthrough single. It was written by bassist Colin Moulding, who shared vocal and songwriting duties with guitarist Andy Partridge. Moulding says that this song about parental domination was partly biographical.
