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Thursday, Aug 7 2014, 6AM
Thom Yorke played an unannounced DJ set at Leopalooza this past weekend and only 8 people were in attendance. www.nme.com
Oasis are having a lip syncing competition until August 19th, the winner receives a couple super deluxe box sets! www.oasisinet.com
Nick Drake's third and final album has 11 tracks and only plays for 28 minutes
Check out KEXP's documentary on Bob Dylan told by friends and fans! kexp.org
Grant Lee Buffalo also stopped by KEXP a few years ago! kexp.org
Buffalo Tom stopped by KEXP a few years ago, almost 20 years after this album was released. kexp.org
U2 are currently working with Dangermouse on their new album due out in 2015!
Doves performed at KEXP the same year this album was released! kexp.org
The The's classic album, Soul Mining, was recently rereleased on vinyl for the 30th anniversary! www.thethe.com
Slender Means played an in studio here a few years back where they covered The Kinks! kexp.org
Squeeze are currently touring but aren't hitting the states! Good thing it's still before dinner in the UK and plenty of people are listening there! www.squeezeofficial.com
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Elvis Costello will be playing Bumbershoot this year on Saturday, August 30th at 6:15 on the Mainstage!
Andy Vella will be releasing a book of over 30 years of rare photos of The Cure in September with a foreword written by Robert Smith! www.thecure.com
One of my favorite things on KEXP is the list of loudest shows by KEXP staff, where most of them say My Bloody Valentine! blog.kexp.org
Check out this awesome interview with Kevin Haskins of Bauhaus and Love and Rockets! blog.kexp.org
Courtney Barnett played INXS' album Kick in it's entirety last month as a tribute to the fellow Australian band. www.stereogum.com
Early Jimi Hendrix recordings will be released over the next three years www.rollingstone.com
Vancouver rockers japandroids.bandcamp.com and were also mentioned on KEXP's list of loudest shows
The Joy Formidable played KEXP's Bumbershoot Music Lounge last year! blog.kexp.org
Jeremy Enigk played a VIP Club Concert for KEXP a couple years ago with the Seattle Rock Orchestra blog.kexp.org
Mark Lanegan just performed an amazing in studio last month! blog.kexp.org
Violent Femmes played Sasquatch this year where they played this album in it's entirety! blog.kexp.org
Johnette Napolitano released a book last year titled, Rough Mix. www.amazon.com
Oh Yoko! and Ooh La La were both on the Rushmore soundtrack, a fantastic movie by the incredible Wes Anderson
Our Saturday Afternoon Artist a few years ago blog.kexp.org
Shawn Smith of Satchel was also in the local band Brad, who stopped by KEXP a few years ago and played a cover of The Damned! kexp.org
The last remaining Ramone, Tommy Ramone, passed away last month. blog.kexp.org
Bob Mould of Sugar performed at KEXP a couple months ago! kexp.org
