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Friday, Jun 6 2014, 6AM
Good morning and happy Friday. Did you know that Bill Monroe is an inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?: rockhall.com
Listen to an exclusive concert from the Triple Door for KEXP VIP Club members: kexp.org
The name of the band is actually the name of Jonsi's little sister, born at the same time the band began. The name translates as "Victory Rose.": www.sigur-ros.co.uk
Here's a gorgeous set from Scottish shoegazers The Twilight Sad: kexp.org
Arcade Fire will perform at the Gorge Amphitheatre on Friday, August 8th, 2014.
M83 got its name from the spiral galaxy Messier 83, which is in the constellation Hydra: www.20somethingawesome.com
Read this biography to become even more conversant about The Cure: www.rollingstone.com
The Horrors will play Seattle's Neptune Theatre on Saturday, October 18th, 2014: pitchfork.com
"Sweet summer night and I'm stripped to my sheets.....and I want to walk around with you...." Read the lyrics: www.azlyrics.com
Listen to this live set by Gui Boratto from NYC's Beats in Space program: www.xlr8r.com
NPR's First Listen says, "Stay Gold is a statement of staying power; a collection of bright, smart, substantial songs that stick around.": www.npr.org
Learn about Karen Peris' 2012 release, "Violet," at The Innocence Mission's Facebook page: www.facebook.com
Go back more than a decade to hear a lovely set by The Long Winters in the KEXP studio: kexp.org
Watch Cloud Cult when they played Seattle's Arts in Nature Festival last summer: blog.kexp.org
Read an account and see great pictures of Phosphorescent's recent performance at Sasquatch! 2014: blog.kexp.org
Here's live video of Chicago band The Orwells rocking the KEXP studio recently: blog.kexp.org
Andrew Savage of Parquet Courts calls the new album, "Sunbathing Animal," "more conceptually dense": www.freep.com
Go here to "the source of all things Blur": www.blurballs.com
Here's an AV Club article on Elastica and "Elastica": www.avclub.com
Listen to an acoustic in-studio session by KEXP favorites The Joy Formidable: kexp.org
Learn more about this Manchester trio with their "hypnotic, sweeping alternative epics": www.allmusic.com
Go hear The Hold Steady when they play the Neptune Theatre on Friday, July 18th, 2014.
"Sometimes the body needs to feel stressed to appreciate the joy...." Learn the lyrics to "Show Me": songmeanings.com
Empire of the Sun will play the Pemberton Music Festival in Pemberton, BC on Friday, July 18th, 2014.
While you're learning "26 things you should know about CHVRCHES," see their in-concert cover of Prince's "I Would Die 4 U" : www.buzzfeed.com
Go here to Stereo MCs official website: www.stereomcs.com
Read a brief history ("Serial Killers, Liquor, and Short Shorts") of Jake Gyllenhaal in music videos, including this one: moveablefest.com
Wussy will be LIVE on KEXP on Friday, June 20th, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. and will play Seattle's El Corazon that evening.
Pixies will be at the INB Performing Arts Center in Spokane!, Washington on Friday, October 3rd, 2014.
This song, "Silences," was a recent KEXP Song of the Day: blog.kexp.org Visit Glasgow band Holy Esque's Facebook page: www.facebook.com
Learn a lot more about Ian Curtis when you begin reading here: www.joydiv.org
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds will be playing Seattle's Paramount Theatre on Wednesday, July 2nd, 2014.
The GOASTT is two people, Sean Lennon and Charlotte Kemp Muhl. Read more about them here: www.thegoastt.com
Read an account and see pictures of Cut Copy's Sasquatch! 2014 performance: blog.kexp.org
Get a free download of Inspiral Carpets' "You're So Good For Me" at their website: www.inspiralcarpets.com
Here's an AV Club review of Hamilton Leithauser's debut release, "Black Hours": www.avclub.com
Hamilton Leithauser will perform at Seattle's Triple Door on August 5th, 2014.
Read Hamilton Leithuaser's recommendations of some favorite books: music-mix.ew.com
Visit Hamilton Leithauser's website here: hamiltonleithauser.com
Bob Mould will be LIVE on KEXP from NYC's Cutting Room Studios next Tuesday, June 10th, 2014, at 9: 00 a.m.
Have you checked out The Psychedelic Furs' official store? They want you to do that: www.thepsychedelicfurs.com
Shovels & Rope's new release, "Swimmin' Time," due out in August, is available for pre-order now: www.shovelsandrope.com
Conor Oberst's new release, "Upside Down Mountain," was the subject of an NPR First Listen recently: www.npr.org
Here's an interview with Alexander Ebert about, among other things, his score to Robert Redford's film, "All Is Lost": www.hitfix.com
"It feels so good feelin' good again..." Welcome to the Robert Earl Keen website: www.robertearlkeen.com
Download "Cafe Joli" from Clodhopper's long out of print "Red's Recovery Room." It's available to you for free on the kEXP blog: blog.kexp.org
Read this Salon Magazine article on "the bitter tears of Johnny Cash": www.salon.com
David Bowie was a featured Saturday Afternoon Artist on KEXP: blog.kexp.org
The Notwist will be playing a show at Neumos on Saturday, July 5th. kexp.org