4,992Shows
249,891Spins
Friday, Oct 10 2014, 6AM
Good morning and happy Friday. DJ Shadow was one of the subjects of a KEXP documentary--"Masters of Turntabalism": www.kexp.org
Follow this link to UNKLE's website for some terrific pictures and more: unkle.com
Read a biography of Richard Ashcroft, singer-songwriter for The Verve: www.biography.com
Get Moby's song, "A Case for Shame (feat. Cold Specks)," a KEXP Song of the Day: blog.kexp.org
Here's an Oregonian article on electronic musician Doug Appling, who performs as Emancipator: www.oregonlive.com
Nas revisisted "N.Y. State of Mind" with The Roots on Fallon recently: www.spin.com
See the video for "Thievery" from Arca's debut album, "Xen," due out on November 4th: pitchfork.com
This biography presents "one of the most respected" groups in rock: rock.about.com
Here's a Pitchfork review of Thom Yorke's 8-song BitTorrent release, "Tomorrow's Modern Boxes": pitchfork.com
Listen to Lushlife's entire performance for KEXP listeners from the Cutting Room Studios in NYC: kexp.org
Watch live video of Georgia musician Ernest Greene, aka Washed Out, when he performed at Portland's Musicfest NW last year: blog.kexp.org
NPR featured Big Star in a piece entitled "The Unluckiest Band in America": www.npr.org
What if Ray Davies and Chrissie Hynde had a child? Natalia Hynde was found guilty in February of "besetting," engaging in an anti-fracking protest: www.rollingstone.com
The Strangers are celebrating their "ruby anniversary," 40 years of being together: www.thestranglers.net
Here's a live acoustic in-studio set from Londoner Jamie T's first visit to the United States in 2007: kexp.org
TV On The Radio will be performing at Seattle's KeyArena on Tuesday, December 9th, 2014.
Dan Boeckner brought his Operators project to the KEXP studio recently. See live video of him and his collaborators, Devojka and Sam Brown, performing together: blog.kexp.org
Read a biography of this side project of Lou Barlow and John Davis: www.allmusic.com
Modest Mouse is the subject of a new photo book that follows the band from 1992-2010. Read about it here: pitchfork.com
Hear Montreal band The Stills perform "Still in Love" live in the KEXP studio: kexp.org
The Turar Alberta Advantage will be performing at the Crocodile on Friday, October 24th, 2014. Listen to a Rural Alberta Advantage session on KEXP on Monday, October 27th, 2014, at 11:00 a.m.
Augustines formed from the ashes of Pela. See live video of Augustines in a knock-out in-studio performance earlier this year: blog.kexp.org
R.E.M. is having a big vintage tour T-shirt sale: remhq.com
"I broke free on a Saturday morning..." In case you don't know these lyrics by heart, here they are: songmeanings.com
Here's one short list of the samples on "Frontier Psychiatrist": www.excellentonline.com
Pharrell Williams has reunited with Daft Punk to make the "Gust of Wind" video. Daft Punk are apparently two giant, floating stone heads in the video: www.hitfix.com
Watch the video for LCD Soundsystem's" Daft Punk": www.youtube.com
Ah....the Friday song. Follow this link to Mint Royale's Facebook page: www.facebook.com
New Order has signed with Mute Records for their 10th studio album. Read all about it here: www.theguardian.com
"And everything looks good tonight...." Read the lyrics and many comments about this song: songmeanings.com
David Bowie's biography in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame begins---"David Bowie is rock’s foremost futurist and a genre-bending pioneer, chameleon, and transformer.": rockhall.com
Here's a live performance of songs from "Reflektor" by Arcade Fire: www.kexp.org
Download The Hold Steady's song, "Spinners," a KEXP Song of the Day: blog.kexp.org
Learn more about The Soft Boys and "Underwater Moonlight" at the Matador Records' website: www.matadorrecords.com
Here's a very positive review of Ty Segall's highly acclaimed new release, "Manipulator": consequenceofsound.net
James will be LIVE on KEXP on Monday, October 20th, 2014, at 9:00 a.m. "Wah Wah" was released in October, 1994---twenty years ago. Read an Allmusic review: www.allmusic.com
You can hear Tom Vek playing LIVE on KEXP on Tuesday, October 21st, 2014, at 9:00 a.m. from NYC's Cutting Room Studios. In the meantime, download "Sherman..." a KEXP Song of the Day: blog.kexp.org
Six CD's and 144 songs of classic 60's soul. Read this review and then purchase "Beg, Scream, & Shout": www.allmusic.com
See live video of an energetic in-studio session by JC Brooks & The Uptown Sound: blog.kexp.org
Jungle Fire's debut album, "Tropicoso," was released on September 30th, 2014: www.facebook.com
This album is twenty years old today. Get a discography and biography of Pizzicato Five at the Matador Records website: www.matadorrecords.com
Listen to a live in-studio performance by Cherry Glazerr at KEXP earlier this year: www.kexp.org
Listen to Throwing Muses' Kristin Hersh reading excerpts from her memoir, "Rat Girl": kexp.org
Alt-J performed "Hunger Of The Pine" and other songs from "This Is All Yours" in a recent live in-studio session from the Cutting Room Studios in NYC: www.kexp.org
Jungle will be LIVE on KEXP on Wednesday, October 15th, 2014 at 12:30 p.m. They will be performing at the Showbox that night.
Rubblebucket will be performing at Chop Suey tonight, Friday, October 10th, 2014.
Here's a review of Rubblebucket's new release, "Survival Sounds": www.pastemagazine.com
Read a recent interview with Rubblebucket: www.thegirlsare.com
Follow this link to Rubblebucket's Facebook page: www.facebook.com
This biography says, "Stevie Wonder is an American musician and a former child prodigy who became one of the most creative musical figures of the late 20th century.": www.biography.com