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Tuesday, Jul 29 2014, 6AM
A Good Pen Is Hard To Find. The Replacements and Husker Du and other bands like that used to hang out at a record store in in Minneapolis called.... Oar Folkjokeopus.
Bruce Cover. I'd like to see Alan Sparhawk wear jeans like this though, www.youtube.com
alt-j's drummer Thom Green. Here's his Twitter handle twitter.com
Check out this live performance in studio from 10 years ago. kexp.org/live/liveperformance.aspx?rId=14820
Read about 'em and watch their video for a Ho a Hand here: blog.kexp.org
His hair just keeps getting better. For some reason this cover reminds me of that Toro y Moi cover.
Dave Rawlings is a beast. Read about him here en.wikipedia.org
Ryan Adams has a sense of humor. Maybe....Probably www.youtube.com
The Moore Theatre in Seattle on Saturday, November 15, 2014.
Written by Nick Lowe, popularized by Costello.
Someone tried to sell Kurt this guitar www.folkalley.com
This is really good and everyone should listen to it. Watch em at Pickathon last year, here: blog.kexp.org
"Filibuster vigilantly." Probably only TMBG could write that lyric.
That's Karin Dreijer Andersson of Fever Ray and The Knife on vocals. Obviously. No one else sounds like that.
This is the World Broadcast Debut of this song. We love you Fences and Macklemore & Ryan Lewis. Great work.
This Video has been viewed a whole bunch of times... www.youtube.com
Here's the footnote to this song in the album info "In contrast to barbarous gamblers, the secure and prosperous demand companions of diseased and ill-fated breed. Mongrels prowl outside their gates."
The Raveonettes get all Beyonce and surprise drop a great album. Its easier that way.
The band stopped by the studio a week or so ago kexp.org Here's a picture of one: subclub.co.uk
Apparently The Sundays did an interview for an American Airlines inFlight magazine and chose that opportunity to drop news of new music. No joke. www.stereogum.com
The most exciting song about Plasma Donations since, ever.
Bands named after parts of a drum kit: Ride, Kick, Snare, Hi-Hat.
Read this interview with Michael Benjamin Learner blog.kexp.org
Here's a live KEXP in-studio performance by Michael Franti: kexp.org
Read an article about Mark Stewart, aka Stew: www.popmatters.com