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Friday, May 30 2014, 6AM
Imagine a world in which Jane's addiction never existed. That's how this biography of the band begins: www.janesaddiction.com
Here's one list, with videos, of the critic's top 20 Radiohead songs: www.americansongwriter.com
This wonderful song, "Blood Bank" was a KEXP Song of the Day and can be yours: blog.kexp.org
See great pictures of The National's Sasquatch! performance last weekend: blog.kexp.org
Glasgow band Frightened Rabbit played an exclusive show for KEXP VIP Club members last year. Watch the entire performance: blog.kexp.org
"Cafe Joli" is from Clodhopper's long out-of-print release, "Red's Recovery Room." However, it can be yours on the KEXP blog: blog.kexp.org
Go here to the Clem Snide and Eef Barzelay website: clemsnide.com
In March, it was announced that David J of Bauhaus and Love and Rockets was releasing a new solo album: www.brooklynvegan.com
Read more about Pink Mountaintops at the Jagjaguwar website: www.jagjaguwar.com
Download "Silences," a KEXP Song of the Day by Glasgow band Holy Esque : blog.kexp.org
Arcade Fire will be playing the Gorge Amphitheatre on Friday, August 8th, 2014.
Watch the trailer for the new James Brown biopic, "Get On Up" : www.billboard.com
See live video of Temples' scintillating performance in the KEXP studio last month: blog.kexp.org
Here are "26 things you should know about CHVRCHES": www.buzzfeed.com
Wolf Alice's "Creature Songs" was released on May 26th, 2014. Learn more at the band's Facebook page: www.facebook.com
See this 2012 interview with LCD Soundsystem's James Murphy: www.youtube.com
John decided that this song followed LCD Soundsystem nicely. See a stellar in-studio performance by The War on Drugs recently: blog.kexp.org
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame says that "in a sense, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers are America's band": rockhall.com
Brian Jonestown Massacre is currently touring in Europe and England: www.brianjonestownmassacre.com
Perhaps you don't know anything about this group? Here's a biography: rockhall.com
Congratulations to Lisa, who just passed her National Boards in Education. "Can't Hold Us" is available to you as a KEXP Song of the Day: blog.kexp.org
What a treat to have the Pixies playing live in our studio earlier this year: blog.kexp.org
See Alex Ounsworth, frontman for Clap Your Hands," performing an acoustic set in the KEXP studio: blog.kexp.org
This reviewer says, "Just listening to this track makes sitting at my desk feel as epic as Ben Stiller’s on screen adventures.": www.theburningear.com
Order "The Dark, Dark Bright" at There Will Be Fireworks' Facebook page: www.facebook.com
"I cut myself but I don't bleed...." Read the lyrics here: www.songlyrics.com
Here's an article on how Morcheeba's Skye Edwards became an "accidental businesswoman": www.telegraph.co.uk
Animal Collective was one of the subjects of a KEXP documentary series---"Psychedelics": kexp.org
Bob Martin of Kithkin is a valued volunteer at KEXP. "Altered Beast" was a recent KEXP Song of the Day: blog.kexp.org
Read a little biography of Gerry Marsden and the Pacemakers: www.gerryandthepacemakers.co.uk
Look at the Fathers' Day card that Duncan "Zowie Bowie" Jones sent to his dad this year: www.independent.co.uk
In July, British Sea Power will be performing newly-reworked songs from their 10-year back catalog at the Brassfestival. Read more about it here: www.brassfestival.co.uk
Learn the "real" origin of Depeche Mode's name (It's not 'fast fashion.') here: www.eightyeightynine.com
This biography begins with "the Jam exploded onto the punk scene in 1977": paulweller.com
"I only get sleepless nights alone here in my half-empty bed." Read the lyrics to this tale of unrequited love and/or sexual frustration: www.plyrics.com
This prodigious talent will be performing at Bumbershoot this year on Saturday, August 30th, 2014.
Here's the Youtube video of "Summertime": www.youtube.com
Tell me more, you say, about Finley Quaye: www.allmusic.com
Bob Marley died in 1981 and still influences musicians today. This 2011 article is a 30-year retrospective: blogs.wsj.com
Good luck, Alex. "Teenage dreams so hard to beat" is carved on British DJ John Peel's tombstone: www.telegraph.co.uk
Strand of Oaks will perform at the Tractor Tavern on Tuesday, August 26th, 2014.
"That's great, it starts with an earthquake..." It's time for you to memorize these lyrics in anticipation of an apocalyptic event: www.azlyrics.com
Isn't Mike Bloomfield's guitar work on this song great? Read more about this song: www.allmusic.com
Hamilton Leithuaser will be LIVE on KEXP's Morning Show from NYC's Cutting Room Studios on Friday, June 6th, at 9:00 a.m.
Enjoy a 2009 live in-studio session by NW musicians Built to Spill: kexp.org
Listen to a KEXP documentary, "Grunge--Screaming Trees": blog.kexp.org
Read and listen to a 20-year track-by-track look back at Soundgarden's "Superunknown": www.billboard.com
Wax Poetics gives "the nod" to Ikebe Shakedown's new release, "Stone By Stone": www.waxpoetics.com
Stevie Wonder turned 64 on May 13th, 2014. . Look at these pictures of him through the years: www.kansascity.com
See live video of a KEXP in-studio session by Django Django: blog.kexp.org
Multi-instrumentalist Thomas Timothy Vernon-Kell (aka Tom Vek) will be touring in England this summer and fall. You can order his album, "Luck," which contains this song, "Broke": www.tomvek.tv
Follow this link to the Buddy Ross Soundcloud page: soundcloud.com
There's a big discount on PIL merch at their webstore: www.pilofficial.com
In loving memory of those who died in the Cafe Racer-Town Hall shootings two years ago.
Neil Young has just released a covers album, "A Letter Home," that features this song: www.rollingstone.com
Nirvana's April 10th induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame will be broadcast tomorrow, May 31st, on the US network. See a teaser clip here: www.nme.com
Here are some terrific versions of "Can't Hardly Wait": mentalfloss.com
Here's live video of Foals performing "My Number" and other songs in the KEXP studio last year: blog.kexp.org
Here's a KEXP album review of Cut Copy's latest release, "Free Your Mind": blog.kexp.org
See video of Anna Calvi and David Byrne's "Strange Weather": www.stereogum.com
"Just remember to fall in love. There's nothing else. There's nothing else."
Read a full biography of this electro-pop duo from Australia: www.allmusic.com
Watch a murderous Jake Gyllenhaal in this video of The Shoes' "Time To Dance": www.nerdist.com
Here's a Pitchfork review of Justice's "A Cross the Universe": pitchfork.com
Billboard Magazine reports more records for Michael Jackson: the first artist to reach Billboard's Hot 100 top 10 in five different decades (or six if you include his work as a member of the Jackson 5), the 50th Hot 100 hit as "Slave To The Rhythm" enters the chart at 45 and "Billie Jean" has returned to the top 20 again more than 30 years after it spent 24 weeks on the charts.
See great photos of Violent Femmes, M.I.A., Cut Copy, Augustines, and more at Sasquatch! 2014: blog.kexp.org
Take this path to The Lightning Seeds' official website: www.thelightningseeds.net
Here's a biography of Stuart Goddard (aka Adam Ant): www.biography.com
You can hear a live version of "Take The Skinheads" from Camper Van Beethoven's archived 2005 KEXP in-studio performance on the KEXP website: kexp.org
The Helio Sequence will be playing the West Seattle Summer Fest on Saturday, July 12th. www.songkick.com
