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Thursday, Jul 24 2014, 6AM
Check out the live performance Anna Calvi recorded from a few years back blog.kexp.org
London Grammar won't be stopping by Seattle on their tour, but will be playing the Roseland Theatre in Portland on Friday, November 28th
Sharon Van Etten was just at KEXP for an in studio and played a few songs off of this album! kexp.org
First Aid Kit will be playing at the Moore Theatre on Saturday, November 15th
Bat for Lashes contribution to the album titled, Body of Songs, a compilation of songs written about the human anatomy, set to be released sometime in 2015
Duran Duran cover! Warpaint were at KEXP in May and recorded an in studio session! blog.kexp.org
Radiohead will begin writing and recording their ninth studio album in September according to guitarist, Johnny Greenwood. www.theguardian.com
Beach House are currently on a Canadian tour and will be playing Venue Nightclub in Vancouver on Monday, September 22nd!
Portland bands Chromatics and Glass Candy played a cool double header at KEXP a few years back kexp.org
Tom Vek recently released UK tour dates, and just released two shows in New York for CMJ today, hopefully he makes it out to Seattle!
Going with the theme of touring bands skipping Seattle, Shovels & Rope will be playing in Portland and Vancouver on Sunday and Wednesday, November 9th and 12th respectively
Spoon will be playing Capitol Hill Block Party tomorrow on the Main Stage!
Collaboration between Nathan Willett and Matt Maust of Cold War Kids and Nathan Warkentin of We Barbarians
Check out our coverage of Modest Mouse performing at Sasquatch! a few years ago with a link to the audio! blog.kexp.org
The The debut album, Soul Mining, recently turned 30 and was rereleased on vinyl in a special 30th anniversary boxset. www.thethe.com
The Temper Trap performed for KEXP at CMJ from The Cutting Room Studios about 5 years back, there's also a video of the xx in the link! blog.kexp.org
Cymbals will be opening up Block Party on Saturday at 2:15 on the main stage!
New Order played the Paramount almost two weeks ago, and it was incredible, their encore featured many Joy Division songs with, "Forever Joy Division" projected behind them. blog.kexp.org
Australian band Cut Copy performed this year's Sasquatch! and I know you may be thinking well that was a while ago, and you're right, but that weekend was incredible. blog.kexp.org
The War on Drugs are also playing this weekend's Capitol Hill Block Party on Sunday at 6:30 on the main stage!
Strand of Oaks will be playing the Tractor Tavern on Tuesday, August 26th!
Toronto band, which is in Ontario and not Alberta, will be playing at the Crocodile on Friday, October 24th!
There seems to be a recent boom of really good Australian music, Midnight Oil were OG Australian rockers. Also lead singer Peter Garrett was appointed a member of the Order of Australia for his work in music and evironmentalism
Today's song of the day! blog.kexp.org
Scott Miller of The Loud Family and Game Theory passed away last year
KEXP's 20 questions with Jon Auer and Ken Stringfellow blog.kexp.org
Here's a video of Iska Dhaaf performing here at the beginning of the year! blog.kexp.org
The Jam were huge stars in Britain but never quite made it as big in the US
Echo & The Bunnymen will be playing The Showbox on Wednesday, August 6th!
Perfume Genius will be playing at the Neptune on Saturday, October 25th!
Collaboration between Mary Elizabeth Winstead of Smashed and The Spectacular Now and Dan the Automator from everything that's wonderful and amazing. got-a-girl.com
MoMA in New York will feature an exhibit focused entirely on Bjork next year! press.moma.org
Sinead O'Connor is still banned from 30 Rock after her incident on SNL in 1992 www.youtube.com
EMA is also playing Capitol Hill Block Party and will be performing on Saturday at 4:45 on the main stage!
Left Hand Free was written to be as un-alt-J as they could be because their American label was not pleased with Hunger of the Pine www.stereogum.com
The Cure recently played a 45 song set in London. Man I wish I was there, they even dug up this song. www.slicingupeyeballs.com
There She Goes doesn't have any verses, just the chorus repeated 4 times with a bridge thrown in
Continuing the theme of bands that played here this set, Editors played here the year after this album was released. kexp.org
Interpol is going to play the Paramount Theatre on September 16th
