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Friday, Jan 23 2015, 6AM
Read a KEXP album review of The National's wonderful "Trouble Will Find Me": blog.kexp.org
Michael Stipe talks about coming out 20 years ago in this 2014 article: www.theguardian.com
In December, Radiohead was in the studio, working on their ninth album: variety.com
Hear a live performance of music from "Reflektor" in 2013: www.kexp.org
Out of the ashes of Pela came The Augustines, now called Augustines. Watch live video of these KEXP favorites in the studio in 2014: blog.kexp.org
Listen to a live set by Explosions in the Sky from Portland's Doug Fir Lounge during Musicfest NW 2011: www.kexp.org
In a December interview, Jim James said that My Morning Jacket would release a new album in April, 2015, and another in 2016: www.pastemagazine.com
Here's a Billboard biography of Catherine Wheel: www.billboard.com
Get "Every Age," a recent KEXP Song of the Day by Jose Gonzalez: blog.kexp.org
Watch live video of Of Monsters and Men when they played Iceland Airwaves in 2011: blog.kexp.org
Visit TV On The Radio's official website here: www.tvontheradio.com
Watch this Sigur Ros short film, starring Elle Fanning, Dakota's sister: www.pastemagazine.com
The Editors' "Smokers Outside the Hospital Doors" is such a fine song. You can get it for yourself here: blog.kexp.org
Jez and Andy Williams talk about their new album as Black Rivers in this interview, published today: www.independent.co.uk
Elbow's album, "The Take Off and Landing of Everything," was one of John Richards' top ten of 2014. Read about them all here: blog.kexp.org
Go "Inside New Order's First Album Without Founding Bassist Peter Hook": www.rollingstone.com
Read an account and see pictures of The Replacements at Bumbershoot 2014: blog.kexp.org
You can order a John Roderick coffee mug here: www.thelongwinters.com
There's a 24-minute instrumental jam at Paul Westerberg's website, "A Bad Idea Whose Time Has Come": www.paulwesterberg.net
"David Bowie is rock’s foremost futurist and a genre-bending pioneer, chameleon, and transformer." That's the start of his biography at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: rockhall.com
Here's a KEXP album review of Beck's 2014 release, "Morning Phase": blog.kexp.org
Paul Simonton's new paintings have just gone up at London's Institute of Contemporary Arts. Learn about this and much, much more at The Clash's website: www.theclash.com
Read interesting comments about this song, including Iggy Pop and David Bowie watching "Starsky and Hutch" during their self-imposed Berlin "exile": www.songfacts.com
Here's a live in-studio performance by Macklemore and Ryan Lewis in 2011: kexp.org KEXP has championed artists like Macklemore long before they achieved great fame.
Ahhh......the Friday song. "I'm here to do the job you expect of me..." Here are the lyrics (There might be a quiz.): songmeanings.com
Read one critic's list of the "top 50 Led Zeppelin songs": ultimateclassicrock.com
To connect with Doldrums, sign up for their Facebook page: www.facebook.com Their album, "The Air Conditioned Nightmare," is due out on April 7th: pitchfork.com
The Preatures are a rock and roll band from Sydney, Australia: thepreatures.tumblr.com
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Read a 2006 Pitchfork review of Johnny Boy's self-titled release: pitchfork.com
Ahhh.....the alternate Friday song. Luke Steele talked about being an Enya fan in this October, 2014 interview: www.thenational.ae
Wild Cub performed "Thunder Clatter" and other songs in the KEXP studio in 2013. Watch video of that session: blog.kexp.org
"The Scene Between," due for release in March, is the sole work of writer, producer, and performer Ian Parton: www.nme.com
The notes for the video of "Mr. Wendal" say that most of us are just a couple of paychecks away from being Mr. Wendal: www.dailymotion.com
Learn more about this Netherlands band by reading their biography: www.uds.nl
Here are the lyrics to "It Was a Good Day": www.metrolyrics.com
An exhibit entitled"“Dylan, Cash and the Nashville Cats: A New Music City.” will open at The Country Music Hall of Game in Nashville on March 27th, 2015: www.tennessean.com
Get this song, "Sherman (Animals In the Jungle)," for yourself, since it was a KEXP Song of the Day: blog.kexp.org
Follow this link to hip-hop duo Dan Le Sac Vs. Scroobius Pip's Facebook page: www.facebook.com
"You can force it, but it will not come..." Watch the video for Planet Telex: www.youtube.com
Listen to Joseph Arthur performing songs from his Lou Reed tribute album, "Lou," in the KEXP studio last year: kexp.org
Familiar bass line? Here's a biography of A Tribe Called Quest: atribecalledquest.com
The Chicago Tribune recently published "De La Soul goes Hypnotic; rap and jazz merge": www.chicagotribune.com
"I think I finally broke her..." Read the lyrics to "Stars": www.metrolyrics.com
Get "Guilty Girls," a KEXP Song of the Day from Boston band Buffalo Tom: blog.kexp.org
Watch live video of Dinosaur Jr. playing MFNW i 2012: blog.kexp.org
"Few bands seemed willing to go quite so far to creatively confront their audience as Big Black": www.mtv.com
Read about "the insane life of Ministry's Al Jourgensen": www.factmag.com
Dead Kennedys were one of the subjects of a KEXP documentary---"Punk Evolution": www.kexp.org
Here's a brief Allmusic biography of this San Francisco duo: www.allmusic.com
Here are "the 20 juiciest tidbits from Prince's biography" by Toure: blogs.citypages.com