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Friday, Apr 17 2015, 6AM
See Morrissey from the Smiths at Benaroya Hall on July 21st.
From Revolver. Composed by John Lennon and Paul McCartney
80's alternative rock from Knoxville, TN
Simple Minds formed in Glasgow in 1978, and broke in America after the release of the Breakfast Club with "Don't You Forget About Me" in 1985, the same year this song was released.
Released in the middle of their prolific career, Disintegration was released in 1989
See Maps live session at KEXP: kexp.org
Talk Talk Talk was #459 on KEXPs's Top Albums Of The Last 40 Years: kexp.org
Band of Horses latest live session on KEXP from 2014: kexp.org
The National''s last live set from 2013 kexp.org
Find a live version of this song on REMTV, released in 2014
Nirvana's take of the David Bowie classic
The original himself
#1 from KEXP's Top 500 Songs of All Time! kexp.org
From the UK, Neds Atomic Dustbin started as a neo-goth rock outfit in the 80s
Ethan Marunas, known as Baby Dayliner, was born in the N.Y.C. in 1978.
From the Liverpool Quintet's debut release
From the epic album Purple Rain that helped make Prince a superstar
The Doves plyed three live sessions with KEXP. Check them out here: kexp.org
Great album closer from 1982's Shoobah Shoobah
Some good 80's rock from Australia
Number 28 on KEXP's Top 500 Songs of All Time! kexp.org
Check out TV on the Radio's live set from the KEXP archives: kexp.org
TV on the Radio is playing at Project Pabst in Portland on July 18th
Young Fathers will play LIVE on KEXP Monday, May 04, 2015, 9:30 AM. Check out other upcoming performances here: kexp.org
The classic from Boston's the Pixies - one of the most influential American 80's rock bands.
Jane's Addiction's Ritual de lo Habitual went gold and reaching the Top 20
British post-punk psychedelia from the 80's.
More music from Liverpool! Ian Broudie's The Lightning Seeds.
Julian Cope was born in Whales and went to college in Liverpool
The third single from Hull's the Housemartins
Alvvays played a live set at KEXP in December: kexp.org
Read about Neko Case's 2014 Sasquatch perfromance on the KEXP blog: blog.kexp.org
See a performance of this song on the KEXP blog blog.kexp.org
Buffalo Tom live from the Sunset in the KEXP live archive kexp.org
Live set from Built to Spill in 2009 at KEXP kexp.org
Read about Built to Spill at Sasquatch in 2013 on the KEXP blog blog.kexp.org
Hear a live performance from Ellensburg's Mark Lannegan of the Screaming Trees from 2014 in the KEXP archive kexp.org
A good Friday distraction. The original video: www.youtube.com
Listen to Superchunk live from the secret stage at Bumbershoot 2013 in the KEXP live archive
From the debut album of another Liverpool band, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
Formed in southern England near the town of Guildford, the stranglers were originally called the "Guildford Stranglers"
The first US single for Dead Can Dance from 1992
Rocket From the Crypt formed in 1990 in San Diego. This song is from their second album.
Great track from classic independent rockers Fugazi
The Friday song!