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Friday, Feb 20 2015, 6AM
Good morning and happy Friday. Here are the "10 moments in Radiohead songs that give you goosebumps": www.nme.com
Get the Pixies' song, "Greens and Blues," a KEXP Song of the Day: blog.kexp.org
"And you know that there's a place in the sun, for all that you've done, for you and your children..." Here are the lyrics to this wonderful song: songmeanings.com
Watch a Sigur Ros short film starring Elle Fanning: www.pastemagazine.com
Read a biography of this Scottish super group: www.allmusic.com
Read a great discussion (and see videos) of the making of 1981's "Under Pressure": www.openculture.com
Here's a live acoustic performance by Doves in 2005: kexp.org
Arcade Fire's Will Butler's solo album, "Policy," will be released on March 10th, 2015: consequenceofsound.net
"Byegone" is a KEXP Song of the Day. You can download it here: blog.kexp.org
R.I.P., AlySun. Here's part of her prayer: Let us be awake while we are awake, fully alive while we are alive, and let us love authentically and infinitely. May we liberate ourselves from guilt
And shame & allow that space for
Others, without expectation.
Listen to an intimate set from the KEXP studio in 2008: www.kexp.org
Spiritualized was the subject of a KEXP documentary---"Psychedelics": blog.kexp.org
Go to R.E.M.'s Facebook page and watch them cover the Editors' "Munich" : www.facebook.com
Eddie Vedder celebrated his 50th birthday last December 23rd. Watch videos of his "best guest appearances": www.relix.com
Kevin Cole says that Junius Meyvant's "Color Decay" is his favorite song of 2014. It was a KEXP Song of the Day and you can have it for free here: blog.kexp.org
Read Iggy Pop's powerful John Peel lecture last fall: www.gigwise.com
"Temptation" is one of the songs in Stereogum's list of "the 10 best New Order songs": www.stereogum.com
Listen to a live in-studio session by British electro-pop musicians Hot Chip in 2012: kexp.org
Chaz Bundick, aka Toro Y Moi, will release his new album, "What For?," on April 7th via Carpark Records. Watch him jam with the Grim Reaper in this video for "Empty Nesters": pitchfork.com
Blur just announced details of their first new album in 12 years, "The Magic Whip": www.theguardian.com
KEXP DJ Michele Myers featured The Smiths as a "Saturday Afternoon Artist" in 2011: blog.kexp.org
The single, "The Ones You Love," is out now and available for purchase: www.facebook.com
Washed Out will be playing a DJ set tonight, Friday, February 20th, 2015, at the Lo-Fi Performance Gallery: www.facebook.com
Django Django's new album, "Born Under Saturn," will be released on May 4th, 2015.: www.theedinburghreporter.co.uk
Watch the video for LL Cool J's "Going Back to Cali": www.youtube.com
Urban Dance Squad is a Dutch group of "rap-rockers." Read a review of "Mental Floss for the Globe": www.sputnikmusic.com
Get "Always Winnin," a KEXP Song of the Day by Ontario MC Shad and producer DJ T. Lo: blog.kexp.org
Ahhh......the Friday song. Read a biography of Mint Royale, "U.K. dance DJs who create music that takes in ska, big beat, easy listening and pure pop.": www.allmusic.com
Here's a link to The Rapture's Facebook page: www.facebook.com
See Yeah Yeah Yeahs performing "Heads Will Roll": www.youtube.com
There's lots of interesting stuff at the Sex Pistols' official website: www.sexpistolsofficial.com
"London Calling" was voted by Rolling Stone as best album of the 1980's.: www.theclash.com
Screaming Trees were the subject of a KEXP documentary --"Grunge": blog.kexp.org
The The will release a soundtrack to the film, "Hyena," on March 6th, 2015: www.thethe.com
The Depeche Mode catalog is being reissued on 180-gram vinyl. Read more about it here: www.depechemode.com
Read a Pitchfork review of TV On The Radio's well-received 2014 release, "Seeds": pitchfork.com
You can hear John Darnielle sing this song at the Showbox on Friday, May 29th, 2015.
Here's an interview with Mike Scott about "This Is the Sea": thequietus.com
Mark Ronson is soliciting vote for "Uptown Funk" for best video for the 2015 BRIT awards: www.facebook.com
Ontario duo Junior Boys performed live in the KEXP studio in 2011: www.kexp.org
Read Andy's speech at the Dresden Prize on February 14th, 2015: www.omd.uk.com
Here's a biography of The Psychedelic Furs from their website: www.thepsychedelicfurs.com
The Stone Roses fansite has been "serving Stone Roses fans since 1999": www.thestoneroses.co.uk
Read a biography of this "talented and flamboyant British synthesizer act": www.allmusic.com
Learn more about electronic musicians Basement Jaxx, a KEXP "Saturday Afternoon Artist": blog.kexp.org
Watch the Youtube video for Medicine's "Time Baby 3": www.youtube.com
The Cure was one of several subjects of a KEXP documentary--"Portraits of Post-Punk": kexp.org
You should (Yes, should!) have "The House That Heaven Built" as part of your own playlist. This song by Vancouver rockers Japandroids was a KEXP Song of the Day: blog.kexp.org