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Friday, Jul 10 2015, 6AM
Good morning and happy Friday. This 2012 Atlantic book review talks about how Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" became "everyone's 'Hallelujah'": www.theatlantic.com
In 2011, Dead Can Dance artist Brendan Perry gave a candid interview and an intimate performance in the KEXP studio with DJ El Toro: kexp.org
Listen to James Chapman, aka Maps, playing "To the Sky" during a 2007 live performance at KEXP: kexp.org
Read a 2014 interview with Phantogram: ww.popmatters.com/feature/179167-a-matter-of-balance-an-interview-with-phantogram/
"You must be honest and true to the next..." Here are the lyrics: genius.com
Modest Mouse might play this song when they perform at Seattle's Paramount Theatre on Monday, August 24th, and Tuesday, August 25th, 2015.
Built To Spill is going to play the Capitol Hill Block Party on Friday, July 24th, 2015.
Here's Kristin Hersh "in conversation" last year: www.clashmusic.com
Last year, Spoon entertained and delighted listeners with a 9-song set in the KEXP studio. Watch the video: blog.kexp.org
Go right here to Leon Bridges' Facebook page: www.facebook.com
Here's Suzanne Vega's interview with Leonard Cohen from 1992 (Part 1 of 3): www.suzannevega.com
Cut Copy will be playing a DJ set at the Q Nightclub in Seattle on Thursday, July 16th, 2015.: cutcopy.net
Texas band Ghostland Observatory performed songs from "Codename: Rondo" live in the KEXP studio.: kexp.org
In 2012, Myles MacInnes, aka Mylo, talked about his serious hearing loss and the fact that he never started out to be a pop star.: www.dailyrecord.co.uk
You can hear Jamie xx play at the Capitol Hill Block Party on Friday, July 24th, 2015.
R.E.M. proved "that deserving, non-gimmicky American rock bands could still make it on their own terms. " Read their biography from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: rockhall.com
A decade ago, Camper Van Beethoven sang "Take the Skinheads Bowling" and other songs live in the KEXP studio: kexp.org
Alvvays will be playing Project Pabst in Portland, Oregon on sunday, July 19th, 2015
Arcade Fire's Win Butler and Régine Chassagne are teaming up with a pair of Toronto restaurateurs to open Agrikol, a Haitian dining and cultural space in the band's Montreal, Québec hometown.: pitchfork.com
Anger is an energy!! Memorize the lyrics to "Rise" www.metrolyrics.com
This could be the Seattle anthem. See pictures of The Jesus and Mary Chain's recent performance at Seattle's Showbox: www.flickr.com
Watch the video for this great Yeah Yeah Yeah's song: www.youtube.com
Listen to this KEXP documentary---"Grunge--Soundgarden": blog.kexp.org
The Rapture will be playing the Commodore Ballroom in Vancouver, BC on Sunday, August 2nd, 2015.
"The song as a whole is the band's tribute to New York rap acts such as the Sugarhill Gang and Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five - indeed, Strummer's sinister high-pitched laugh at the start of the song was directly inspired by Grandmaster Flash's "The Message." Read more facts about this song: www.songfacts.com
Biography.com profiled Freddie Mercury: www.biography.com
Repeated within this amazing song are lyrics from “You’ll Never Walk Alone”, which is a song from the musical Carousel. It is from a recording of Liverpool fans signing “You’ll Never Walk Alone” at a soccer match.: listverse.com
Go! to The Go! Team's Facebook page.: www.facebook.com
Ahh...the Morning Show edition of The Friday song!! Check out KEXP's New Home.: newhome.kexp.org
Baby Dayliner was one of the stars at the terrific John in the Morning at Night show recently.: blog.kexp.org
Tom Vek's "Sherman (Animals in the Jungle)" was a KEXP Song of the Day. You can download it for free here: blog.kexp.org
Here's the music video for "Pump Up The Volume": www.youtube.com
Watch Amy Winehouse sing "Back to Black" in the studio with producer Mark Ronson.: www.rollingstone.com
See Young Fathers knock our socks off in a stunning in-studio performance recently: blog.kexp.org
TV on the Radio will be playing the Capitol Hill Block Party on Friday, July 24th, 2015.
Whoa, ho, ho, whoa, ho, ho, whoa, ho, ho....We gotta stay positive. Here are the lyrics: www.songlyrics.com
In their End Times tour opener, Smashing Pumpkins "soared.": www.rollingstone.com
The The reports that the "Hyena" double-disk vinyl is now on sale.: www.thethe.com
This Watchmojo video traces the history of The Clash: www.watchmojo.com
An "expert linguist" proved that Roger Jouret, aka Plastic Bertrand, did not actually sing "Ca Plane Pour Moi": www.avclub.com
Read a biography of this Irish band from the 80's and 90's: www.allmusic.com
In April, Robert Smith was talking about The Cure's new album. Will it come to fruition?: www.franchiseherald.com
Wolf Alice will be performing at Neumos on Wednesday, August 12th, 2015.
"16 Candles...." Doesn't that take you back, back, back? Here are 16 illuminating facts about the movie, "16 Candles": mentalfloss.com
For a comprehensive timeline of Duran Duran, go here: www.duranduran.com
This review calls "mezzanine" Massive Attack's greatest album in this 15-year retrospective: www.factmag.com
Chan Marshall, aka Cat Power, reported in April that she had a baby.: www.nme.com
Could the Wu-Tang Clan bring back Radio Shack?: www.entrepreneur.com
The eagerly-awaited "Born in the Echoes" is scheduled for release on July 17th, 2015. Here's a very positive review: www.nme.com
Watch The Muppets do their version of "The Humpty Dance": www.youtube.com
Recently, Darryl McDaniels said that Kendrick Lamar is "killing it, but radios are too afraid to play him": www.independent.co.uk
See the slide show and read an oral history of the Beastie Boys: nymag.com
Father John Misty is doing an exclusive benefit for KEXP's New Home on Monday, July 27th, 2015. Read all about it and buy tickets here.: blog.kexp.org