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Thursday, Jul 31 2014, 6AM
Nine Inch Nails will be playing the White River Amphitheater on Saturday, August 30th with Soundgarden!
Paul McCartney is currently touring around the US and playing in many stadiums as he did at Safeco last year. Unfortunately the closest he gets to Seattle is San Francisco at Candlestick Park.
The Cinematic Orchestra played an in studio at KEXP the same year this album came out! kexp.org
KEXP's Song of the Day a couple years ago! Subscribe to the Song of the Day and you can get a free download of a new song every day of the week! blog.kexp.org
Depeche Mode recently rereleased all of their albums on 180 gram vinyl www.depechemode.com
Radiohead guitarist, Johnny Greenwood, said they will be hitting the studio this fall for their 9th album! www.rollingstone.com
Strand of Oaks will be playing at the Tractor Tavern on Tuesday, August 26th!
Check out the video of The Helio Sequence performing for KEXP at the Judson Memorial Church across from Washington Square Park for CMJ! Beautiful setting for them. blog.kexp.org
Duran Duran will be performing at Barclay's Center in Brooklyn on September 9th, for Fashion Rocks and will be televised on CBS!
Weezer has been releasing teaser videos for their upcoming album, Everything Will Be Alright in the End, due out September 30th! Here's the latest video. exclaim.ca
Chicago's Museum of Contemporary Art is opening an exhibit on Bowie on September 23rd and features many events, unfortunately none of them are Bowie performing himself. www.chicagotribune.com
Check out KEXP's documentary on Brian Eno! blog.kexp.org
Here's KEXP's coverage of day 3 at Bumbershoot last year which included Deerhunter! blog.kexp.org
Lead singer of Jane's Addiction, Perry Farrell, created Lollapalooza in 1993 as a farewell tour for his band. Lollapalooza is now over 20 years old, albeit with a 6 year gap, and starts tomorrow!
Liars stopped by KEXP in May during Sasquatch weekend and recorded an in studio! kexp.org
Catherine Wheel frontman, Rob Dickinson, performed at KEXP in 2006! kexp.org
Pixies debuted our live streaming video service earlier this year! blog.kexp.org
KEXP is fundraising for our new home in the Seattle Center, and right now every dollar that is donated is matched by Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, Dave Matthews, and Pearl Jam! newhome.kexp.org
This past April was the 20th anniversary of Kurt's death. Here's KEXP's documentary on Nirvana from a few years ago. blog.kexp.org
Kurt Cobain and Layne Staley passed away on the same day, April 5th, 8 years apart. We also have a documentary on Alice in Chains. blog.kexp.org
From the soundtrack to the movie, Singles, set in Seattle. www.imdb.com
Check out this video of Silversun Pickups recording an in studio at KEXP a couple years ago blog.kexp.org
Arcade Fire are performing at the Gorge Amphitheater on Friday, August 8th! We just gave away VIP tickets to the show and will be giving more away this show and on The Afternoon Show
If you ever get a chance to see New Order you should, they just played the Paramount and it was incredible!! blog.kexp.org
Check out the performance by Modest Mouse live from Sasquatch a few years ago kexp.org
Lennon's lyrics were adapted from The Psychedelic Experience: A Manual Based on the Tibetan Book of the Dead while on he was tripping on acid.
John recently wrote a blog post about some of the best opening songs, and I Wanna Be Adored made the short list. So this album has one of the best opening songs of all time and an amazing closing song? It's like a delicious Stone Roses Sandwich
You know who else was on that opening song list, Talking Heads, with their opening song, Burning Down the House. Well done, John. blog.kexp.org
R.E.M. have a lot of great ending songs, but they also have a lot of great videos! blog.kexp.org
New Flaming Lips offshoot, Electric Wurms, have an album coming out on August 19th.
Marvin Gaye is part of the KEXP, The Heart of Soul, 10 part documentary, listen to them right here! kexp.org
White Whale came into KEXP a few years ago and played a set of songs from the album "WWI", listen to that session here: kexp.org
Did you miss the live-streamed Future Islands Session earlier this year? Watch video from that right now: blog.kexp.org
Check out KEXP's exclusive documentary on The Clash, the old band of the late Joe Strummer, as part of our Punk Revolution series: kexp.org
Take a look at some live video from Takka Takka's CMJ set that KEXP broadcasted: blog.kexp.org
Merchandise is playing at the Crocodile on Sunday, October 5th with Lower!
Parquet Courts is going to be doing a LIVE STREAMED session on KEXP on Tuesday, August 5th at 4PM! They will also be playing at the Vera Project later that day with Naomi Punk & Gag