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Friday, Aug 22 2014, 6AM
Good morning and happy Friday. Tomorrow marks the 20th anniversary of the release of "Grace." Read the lyrics to this wonderful Leonard Cohen song: www.leonardcohen.com
See the video for "Real Life (Angel)" at Elbow's official website: elbow.co.uk
In this glowing review of "The Take Off and Landing of Everything," the writer says, "what an extraordinary group Elbow are turning out to be.": www.telegraph.co.uk
In February, Jimi Goodwin said that Doves hasn't split up and " there's every chance" of another album.: www.nme.com In the meantime, he is performing with his own band and Andy and Jez Williams are performing as Black Rivers: www.dovesmusicblog.com
In May, former Verve guitarist Nick Mccabe was selling autographed guitars and other equipment to fans via Facebook: www.thevervelive.com
Strand of Oaks will be LIVE on KEXP on Tuesday, August 26th, 2014 at 1:00 p.m. He'll be playing the Tractor Tavern that night.
Read a 2012 American Songwriter article about Timothy Showalter, aka Strand of Oaks: www.americansongwriter.com
Porcelain Raft is a project of Italian-born musician Mauro Remiddi. Get his song, "Drifting In And Out," which was a KEXP Song of the Day: blog.kexp.org
Alt J will be LIVE on KEXP from NYC's Cutting Room Studios on Wednesday, September 3rd, 2014 at 9:00 a.m. They will perform at the Paramount Theatre on Wednesday, October 15th, 2014.
On his Facebook page, Damien Jurado says that his is OK "and will be back at it soon." He apologized if his posts about his health alarmed anyone.: www.facebook.com
Listen to a 2013 live set by The National for KEXP listeners from NYC's Cutting Room Studios: kexp.org
Listen to "Ancient Ways," another song off Interpol's new album, "El Pintor," scheduled for release on September 8th, 2014: www.nme.com
Here's an Allmusic review of The Jesus and Mary Chain's "Stoned & Dethroned," which was released on August 23rd, 199r (twenty years from tomorrow): www.allmusic.com
Listen to a powerful concert by The Raveonettes from Seattle's Triple Door in 2012: kexp.org
"We don't really write happy songs." Read an interview with Sarah Barthel and Josh Carter, aka Phantogram: nbhap.com
Here's a KEXP live review of New Order's performance at Seattle's Paramount Theatre in July: blog.kexp.org
Read a Music Ninja review of "Is Exotic Bait": www.themusicninja.com
Read an Allmusic biography of these UK rockers: www.allmusic.com
"But it's not, it's inside me...." Read the lyrics: www.metrolyrics.com
Big Country was originally formed in 1981 by natives of Dunfermline in Scotland. Learn more about this long-lived band: www.bigcountry.co.uk
Ahhh.....the Friday song! It is a "song that cut a smile across your face for life...." Memorize the lyrics here (There won't be a quiz.): songmeanings.com
If you clap loudly enough, BRONCHO will, no doubt, play "Class Historian" when they play the Showbox SoDo on Sunday, August 31st, 2014.
Get "isoprene Bath," a 2012 KEXP Song of the Day by Reptar: blog.kexp.org
Go here to Ghostland Observatory's official website to see several interesting band photos: www.ghostlandobservatory.com
Today's song to add to your running playlist.... Written by Eddy Grant of the British band The Equals in 1968, it was magnificently covered by The Clash on their 1980 "Sandinista!" album.
Allmusic calls "Ritual de lo Habitual" "one of rock's all-time sprawling masterpieces": www.allmusic.com
J Mascis will be LIVE on KEXP from the Cutting Room Studios in New York City on Friday, August 29th, 2014 at 9:00 a.m. Next week marks the 20th anniversary of Dinosaur Jr.'s "Without a Sound."
Weezer's "Blue Album" also celebrated its 20th anniversary this year: www.thedailybeast.com
"Lost in Alphaville," The Rentals' first album in 15 years, is available on August 26th. You can pre-order the vinyl, CD, cassette,(!), or digital here: www.therentals.com
Read about The Rentals in this "Weezerpedia" article: www.weezerpedia.com
Read "the oral history of Liz Phair's 'Exile in Guyville'": www.spin.com
This album, too, is 20 years old. Get on Veruca Salt's mailing list at their website: verucasalt.com
Viet Cong, a band from Calgary, features former members of the art-rock band Women: pitchfork.com
John says, "This is a good song!" Stiff Little Fingers formed in Belfast in 1977. Learn more about their history: www.slf.com
"Bakesale" from Sebadoh came out on August 23rd, 2014, twenty years ago tomorrow. Read a review of its re-issue in 2011: pitchfork.com
The Guardian says that Ty Segall's new 17-song album, "Manipulator," is "an unadulterated joy from start to finish": www.theguardian.com
Another terrific running song. You can find it on John's first running podcast: blog.kexp.org Remember---"... if they try to slow you down, tell them all to go to hell..."
Here's a link to the official Jose Gonzalez website: www.jose-gonzalez.com
The beginning of this song was based on two stories John Lennon read in the Daily Mail newspaper: Guinness heir Tara Browne dying when he smashed his Lotus into a parked van, and an article in the UK Daily Express in early 1967 which told of how the Blackburn Roads Surveyor had counted 4000 holes in the roads of Blackburn and commented that the volume of material needed to fill them in was enough to fill the Albert Hall: www.songfacts.com
Listen to a dynamic performance of Arcade Fire covers by the Seattle Rock Orchestra in the KEXP studio: kexp.org
Another album that is twenty years old today. Learn the meaning of "Depeche Mode"here (No, it doesn't mean "fast fashion."): www.eightyeightynine.com
Empire of the Sun has finished the "Dumb and Dumber To" soundtrack: twitter.com
"Can't Do Without You" is the opening song and lead single of Caribou's sixth studio album, "Our Love": pitchfork.com
See the Youtube video for The Chemical Brothers' "Swoon": www.youtube.com
Last year, a Pomona College Critical Inquiry class studied the importance of Radiohead: magazine.pomona.edu
Here's an acoustic session from Australian band The Church in the KEXP studio in 2011: blog.kexp.org
Shovels and Rope will be playing a free all ages in-store show on Saturday, August 30th, at Sonic Boom records at 3:00 PM. www.sonicboomrecords.com