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Friday, May 1 2015, 6AM
Good morning and happy Friday. Proud Galleries in London are hosting an exhibition --- "New Order" by Kevin Cummins --- between 23rd April and 7th June 2015. The photographs document the rise of the band in 1980 to their split in 1993.: www.neworder.com
The Twilight Sad will release "It Was Never the Same" on vinyl on June 15th, 2015. Listen to it, and Robert Smith's cover of the same song, here: www.nme.com
Morrissey will be playing Seattle's Benaroya Hall on Tuesday, July 21st, 2015, and Wednesday, July 22nd, 2015.
Read a brief biography of 1980's band Abecedarians and see their discography: www.allmusic.com
Here are 10 Joni Mitchell covers, including Led Zeppelin's version of "Woodstock": www.hitfix.com
Here's a Clash Music tribute to Love and Rockets: www.clashmusic.com
Follow this link to Death in Vegas' Facebook page: www.facebook.com
Tycho will be playing the Whitehorse Mountain Amphitheater in Darrington, Washington on Sunday, August 9th, 2015.
Sign up to connect with Nashville musicians Marc Byrd and Andrew Thompson, aka Hammock: www.facebook.com
Enjoy a 2011 in-studio performance by Scottish band Mogwai: kexp.org
Here's a list of the "10 best Galaxie 500 songs": www.stereogum.com
Mission of Burma engaged in some "dance-worthy bellowing" during this 2204 KEXP in-studio session: www.kexp.org
Read the critics' reviews of "arguably the greatest of the spaghetti westerns": www.rottentomatoes.com
Watch Toronto band Shadowy Men on a Shadow Planet performing "Having an Average Weekend," the Kids in the Hall theme: www.youtube.com
This article is entitled "The Return of the Pixies, Sort Of": www.southflorida.com
When they were recording the song, Atlantic Records boss Ahmet Ertegun told singer Ben E. King how the song was inspired by songwriter Doc Pomus watching his wife dance with another man at his wedding, and King drew on that story to wring out the emotion in the song: ww.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=7450
Read about this great song and the artists who created it: atyourlibrary.org
Read about "10 essential Damon Albarn recordings that aren't by Blur": www.spin.com
This UK band took its name from an episode of The Goon Show.: www.allmusic.com
A fan has a month-by-month history of The Stone Roses.: myweb.tiscali.co.uk
Bob Mould sang "A Good Idea" when he performed in KEXP's Bumbershoot Music Lounge in 2013: blog.kexp.org
Happy Mondays is currently touring, but, unfortunately, is not headed to Seattle: www.facebook.com
During his 21 days in the jungle on "I’m A Celebrity", Shaun Ryder swore over 5,000 times. He explained: “Me head was kettled.” Learn many more "mad facts" about this Manchester band: www.mirror.co.uk
"All the hot girls wear glasses...." Here are the lyrics to "Dream of the 90's": genius.com
This 2010 article discusses "how Pavement became the greatest band of the 90's...this year": www.vulture.com
This album sold more than 3 million copies, but never produced a No. 1 single. 19 other facts (and many videos) about Weezer's self-titled "blue album": www.altpress.com
Here he is, singing "I Walk the Line" in 1958: www.youtube.com
In 1962, Dylan visited England for the first time. Here, he met many local folk artists, including Martin Carthy, who introduced Dylan to many traditional English ballads, including "Scarborough Fair." Dylan would lift the line "Remember me to one who lives there/She once was a true love of mine" from this ballad for "Girl From The North Country.": www.songfacts.com
Haerts are headlining KEXP"s "John in the Morning at Night" show on Friday, June 12th, 2015, at Neumos. This great show will benefit KEXP's new home. Get more information and purchase tickets here: blog.kexp.org
Junior Senior was a Danish musical duo, active from 1998 to 2008. Watch the official music video for "Move Your Feet": www.youtube.com
Despite their name, this band is from New York City.: www.facebook.com
Basement Jaxx were featured as a "Saturday Afternoon Artist" on the KEXP blog: blog.kexp.org
Cut Copy will be playing the Pemberton Music Festival in Canada on Thursday, July 16th, 2015.
Ahhh.......the Friday song. "Sometimes the body needs to feel stressed to appreciate the joy..." Learn all the lyrics: songmeanings.com
Follow this link to Melbourne musician Muscles' (Like that alliteration?) Facebook page: www.facebook.com
Empire of the Sun will perform at Marymoor Park in Redmond, Washington on Tuesday, September 15th, 2015.
Donna Summer, queen of disco, died in 2012 at the age of 63. Here's her NY Times obituary: www.nytimes.com
Pitchfork presented the complete LCD Soundsystem catalog: pitchfork.com
Hot Chip's song, "Let Me Be Him,' was a KEXP Song of the Day and can be yours: blog.kexp.org
Go to "Born Dirty," the OFFICIAL Underworld fan community website: www.borndirty.org
Architect, musician, composer, and producer Gui Boratto was born in Sao Paolo, Brazil in 1974. Read a biography: www.residentadvisor.net
Here's Richard Melville Hall, aka Moby, in a live KEXP in-studio session in 2009: www.kexp.org
Watch live video of the legendary Dick Dale performing this song and others as he rocked the KEXP studio: blog.kexp.org
Watch the video for The Creation's "Making Time": www.youtube.com
This band produced a lot of good music. Here's a list of 10 Essential Small Faces/Faces songs (including this one): rockhall.com
The Stranglers' website has lots of interesting content, including a rich biography of the band.: www.thestranglers.net
This song was initially called "Liverpool Sunset," until The Beatles released "Penny Lane," celebrating Liverpool. According to Dave Davies, this was a very personal song for his brother, writer Ray Davies. He called it "..like an extract from a diary nobody was allowed to read.": genius.com
Blur guitarist Graham Coxon says that the just-released "The Magic Whip" is his favorite Blur album.: www.nme.com
You could be wearing a shirt with "Stereo MCs" and "Connected" on the front.: www.stereomcs.com
Beastie Boys stars Michael ’Mike D’ Diamond and Adam ’Ad-Rock’ Horovitz have delayed the release of their book about the hip-hop band because they are having so much fun writing it.: www.torontosun.com
"You never know what you'll catch..." Memorize the lyrics to "Surrender": www.azlyrics.com
When Wilco played Sasquatch in 2011, they performed this song and many others: www.kexp.org
Today's Running Song of the Day, "The House That Heaven Built" is available to you as a KEXP Song of the Day: blog.kexp.org
Learn a little more about The Saturday Knights at the Light in the Attic Records website: lightintheattic.net
Listen to Young Fathers and see their performance streaming LIVE on KEXP on Monday, May 4th, 2015, at 9:30 a.m. They will be performing at Neumos tomorrow night, Saturday, May 2nd, 2015.