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Tuesday, Apr 14 2015, 6AM
Like the remix? You can listen to it again right now - www.youtube.com or later today on demand kexp.org
Arcade Fire's Will Butler is playing Sasquatch! May 23rd and will be in Portland on May 24th at the Doug Fir Lounge
Catch them at Sasquatch! and here are the rest of their tour dates www.thewarondrugs.net
The new album will be out sometime in 2015, no firm release date yet. Links to a couple of new tracks, including "'Cause I'm A Man", are in this article consequenceofsound.net
DCFC played on CBS This Morning‘s Saturday Sessions this past weekend. You can watch it here deathcabforcutie.com
Have you seen Beck perform "Country Down" in some guy's dining room on The Late Late Show with James Corden? www.youtube.com
Yep, they're at Sasquatch! Music Festival too! www.sasquatchfestival.com
She's playing in Bellingham tonight at Mt. Baker Theatre and tickets are still available nekocase.com
Mogwai is celebrating their 20th Anniversary www.mogwai.co.uk
Chromatics' Johnny Jewel wrote the soundtrack for the new movie "Lost River" directed by Ryan Gosling
From the soundtrack to 'Say Anything' which debuted on April 14, 1989. 'Say Anything' has a 98% rating on Rotten Tomatoes www.rottentomatoes.com
'Sweet Oblivion' was their sixth studio album and was the band's breakout album and included the hit single "Nearly Lost You" which was also on the 'Singles' soundtrack
Ok Blur fans, they've said they'll only tour the US if their fans like the new album. Repeat after me "WE LOVE THE NEW ALBUM!" www.spin.com
More 'Say Anything' trivia - you know the iconic boombox scene? John Cusack originally didn't want to do it. Luckily first time director, Cameron Crowe, convinced him that it was the right.thing.to.do! www.yahoo.com
John Cusack's character, Lloyd Dobler, was based on a neighbor of Cameron Crowe’s, Lowell Merchant, who came to his door one day and introduced himself, saying he was a kickboxer and that kickboxing was the sport of the future.
At Neumos on May 12th and you can watch them play live from Zurich tomorrow, April 15th (1pm EST, 10am PST) www.musicapartment.ch
Percy Sledge died this morning in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, he was 73.
Percy Sledge was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2005.
Percy Sledge was working as a hospital orderly when he began playing clubs and frat parties with the Esquires, a locally popular group, in 1965. As he recalls, “I was singing every style of music: the Beatles, Elvis Presley, James Brown, Wilson Pickett, Motown,Sam Cooke, the Platters.” - See more at: rockhall.com
According to Stereogum, "Happyness is one of the finest new bands on the face of this Earth" and remember where you heard them first -- KEXP! www.stereogum.com
Father John Misty stops by The Cutting Room Studios and performs tracks from his recent album “I Love You, Honey Bear” kexp.org
U2 was the opening act for Talking Heads' 1980 UK tour
The new album drops a week from today, but it's already getting good reviews consequenceofsound.net and you can also stream it on the interwebs
this song is on the 'Say Anything' soundtrack. John Cusack turned Cameron Crowe on to The Replacements
More 'Say Anything' trivia - John Cusack has a level six black belt in kickboxing and Don "The Dragon" Wilson, real-life kick boxing champion, was the sparring partner that kicked him in the face when Skye entered the room
Horrors' Faris Badwan sent a stripping impersonator to present an award to Jamie T at NME Awards www.nme.com
Live videos of The Temper Trap's KEXP in-studio www.youtube.com
Playing Saturday, April 18th at the Showbox and we'll have an in-studio session on KEXP this coming Monday, April 20th @ 12:00 PM
Spoon is playing Sasquatch! in May and here are the rest of their tour dates www.spoontheband.com
The album's title refers to Loretta Lynn's origins as the daughter of a miner working the Van Lear, KY coal mines.
Turbo Fruits hail from Nashville, TN and their fourth album, 'No Control' comes out next week turbofruits.com
The Violent Femmes are neither violent or femmes. Thought you'd like to know.
Live video from Throwing Muses' 2014 in-studio, only from KEXP! blog.kexp.org
LIVE on KEXP Sunday, May 3rd @ 2 PM and they play The Crocodile later that night
