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Friday, Nov 21 2014, 6AM
Good morning and happy Friday. "Temptation" is on this list of "10 Best New Order songs": www.stereogum.com Is it on yours?
Junior Boys just did a track with their "ol pals" Mouse On Mars. Listen to it here: www.facebook.com
Canadian electronic musician Dan Snaith's (aka Caribou) song, "Our Love," was a KEXP Song of the Day earlier this week: blog.kexp.org
The Chemical Brothers will no longer perform live together, because Ed Simons is engaged in "academic pursuits": www.mixmag.net
Listen to a 2011 live in-studio performance by Neon Indian: kexp.org When KEXP moves into our new home, you'll be able to watch bands like this perform live: newhome.kexp.org
Duran Duran and Niles Rodgers have collaborated on Duran Duran's new studio album, due out in the first part of 2015: www.billboard.com
Amaze your friends with arcane information about the Messier Spiral Galaxy, M83: scienceblogs.com
Listen to a 2012 in-studio session from Atlanta artist Ernest Greene, aka Washed Out: kexp.org
A nice picture of Evan Dando accompanies this biography of The Lemonheads: www.thelemonheads.net
Go here to subscribe to Junius Meyvant's email mailing list: juniusmeyvant.com
Pitchfork says that the just-released 3-CD David Bowie retrospective, "Nothing Has Changed," is a "best new reissue": pitchfork.com
Get this wonderful song by Stars--"Hold On When You Get Love..." It was a KEXP Song of the Day: blog.kexp.org
Watch live video of The New Pornographers performing songs from "Brill Bruisers" in the KEXP studio last month: blog.kexp.org
This Allmusic biography says that The Jam began "as energetic Who clones": www.allmusic.com
Listen to an intimate set by Elbow in the KEXP studio in 2008: www.kexp.org
It was so exciting to have the Pixies playing live in our studio early this year. Watch video of that performance: blog.kexp.org
Buy this single now at The Beverleys' bandcamp page: buzzrecordsto.bandcamp.com
This ardent reviewer says that Elastica embodied Britpop while staying punk: www.avclub.com
The Vaselines will be performing at Neumos on January 24th, 2015: pitchfork.com
Possum Dixon's guitarist, Celso Chavez, died in 2012 from complications from years of drug abuse. Read a remembrance here: www.laweekly.com
"Icky Mettle" was reissued in 2011. Read a glowing Pitchfork review: pitchfork.com
"You got to set em them up, kid...." Memorize these lyrics: www.azlyrics.com
TV On The Radio's "Seeds" hits the "indie-pop sweet spot": www.statepress.com
Karen O was born in South Korea on November 22, 1978: www.allmusic.com
"Whirring" was a KEXP Song of the Day. Get it for yourself here: blog.kexp.org
The Raveonettes are currently touring in China. Visit their official website here: www.theraveonettes.com
Ahhh......the Friday song. Watch the video for this delightful song: www.youtube.com
This song by Ethan Marunas, aka Baby Dayliner, can be yours from KEXP: blog.kexp.org
Follow this link to the Youtube video for The Game's "Black Jesus": www.youtube.com
"Her bikini --small; heels --tall..." Read the lyrics to "Going Back to Cali": www.azlyrics.com
Earlier this year, Jurassic 5 sampled the White Stripes in "The Way We Do It," their first new song in eight years: pitchfork.com
This article asks if the Mick Jones-founded Big Audio Dynamite was "more pioneering than The Clash": www.theguardian.com
This review calls "Soundclash" an "underground dance classic that, miraculously, still holds up": www.sputnikmusic.com
Trent Reznor talks about "turning 50 with some sense of dread" in this interview: www.billboard.com
Although they will continue to make music in other formats and configurations, "The Inevitable End" is Royksopp"s final album: consequenceofsound.net
Haerts will be performing at the Crocodile on Saturday, December 13th, 2014. "Wings" was a KEXP Song of the Day: blog.kexp.org
See backstage and performance pictures of Empire of the Sun at Coachella, 2014: www.billboard.com
In 2012, Pip Brown, aka Ladyhawke, talked about her Asperger's diagnosis and success: www.independent.co.uk
Read this Allmusic biography of "musical prodigy Neal Schon and smooth tenor Steve Perry": www.allmusic.com
Public Enemy called themselves "prophets of rage" when they began: www.rollingstone.com
Here's a very positive Pitchfork review of The Rapture's "Echoes": pitchfork.com
Watch live video of The Faint playing at KEXP's Hood-to-Hood Broadcast this year: blog.kexp.org
"Lights and Music" is another of the wonderful KEXP Songs of the Day. Download it here: blog.kexp.org
Today's running song was a KEXP Song of the Day last year: blog.kexp.org Here's the unofficial video for this song, featuring movie clips of characters running: www.youtube.com
"In ancient times, an epic battle was waged across nightingale floors. Gird your loins, apply your battle garb, and sit back and watch the video for “College": roguewavemusic.com
"Lightshow" was featured in one of John Richards-curated "running podcasts": blog.kexp.org
Watch Nada Surf playing live in KEXP's Bumbershoot Music Lounge: blog.kexp.org
Happy birthday, Bjork, born November 21, 1965 in Reykjavik, Iceland. Here are 10 classic tracks and videos: www.billboard.com
Here are 5 reasons to watch this Irish band in 2014: www.gigwise.com
Watch video of a "buoyant sparkling" in-studio session, that "can only come from being pure at heart": blog.kexp.org
In a rare interview in the American Airlines in-flight magazine in April, The Sundays revealed plans for new music: www.stereogum.com
mr. Gnome is playing Seattle's Sunset Tavern tonight, Friday, November 21st, 2014.
Here is an archived 2006 KEXP in-studio performance by Hopewell: kexp.org