4,992Shows
249,891Spins
Friday, May 9 2014, 6AM
Thom Yorke's brother nicknamed him "Dodo," but he was known as "Salamander" in school. More interesting things about Yorke and Radiohead: flavorwire.com
Listen to a live performance by The National from NYC's Cutting Room Studios last year: kexp.org
Visit Frightened Rabbit's website here: www.frightenedrabbit.com
This song, "River," was a recent KEXP Song of the Day. See the video and download the song here: blog.kexp.org
See live video of a wonderful in-studio performance by Augustines, in which they played "Chapel Song," among others: blog.kexp.org
Read a KEXP album review of "...Like Clockwork": blog.kexp.org
Modest Mouse will be playing Canada's Pemberton Music Festival on July 18-20, 2014: www.modestmouse.com
See a 20-second video clip that suggests that Weezer will have a new album soon, the first since 2010: www.pastemagazine.com
The Brian Jonestown Massacre will be touring in Europe and England this summer: www.brianjonestownmassacre.com
At first, this song was named "Liverpool Sunset," but after the Beatles released "Penny Lane," Ray Davies changed the name, so that it wouldn't look like a rip-off: www.songfacts.com
Canadian-based multi-instrumentalist Mac DeMarco will play Bumbershoot this year: bumbershoot.org
The KEXP blog features an album review of Damon Albarn's "Everyday Robots": blog.kexp.org
Watch an "extraordinary" live performance from our Bumbershoot Music Lounge last year by Charles Bradley and His Extraordinaires: blog.kexp.org
Did you know that Charles Bradley began his career doing a James Brown tribute act?: www.npr.org
Go here to The Bongolian's official website: www.bongolian.com
Get the details on the special, hidden-track vinyl edition of "Lazaretto": www.rollingstone.com
Here's live video of BRMC playing in the KEXP studio last year: blog.kexp.org
Get Sebadoh's song, "Keep the Boy Alive," a KEXP Song of the Day: blog.kexp.org
"You don't have to be Kurt Cobain, if you don't wanna..." Read an interview with Howler frontman Jordan Gatesmith: www.impactnottingham.com
7:22 AM
53rd spin
Multi-talented and prolific artist Elvis Costello will be playing Bumbershoot over the Labor Day weekend, august 30th-September 1st, 2014: bumbershoot.org
Aimee Mann and Ted Leo have collaborated as The Both: www.rollingstone.com They will be LIVE on KEXP on Monday, May 12th, at 9:30 a.m.
See the video for "Sometimes" and great pictures of James performing here: dontforgetthesongs365.wordpress.com
The War on Drugs gave a stellar in-studio performance recently, playing "Red Eyes" and other songs from "Lost in the Dream." See the video here: blog.kexp.org
Ahhh....the Friday song. Go to P.O.S.'s Facebook page to visit this talented musician: www.facebook.com
British rapper Monie Love is featured on the Queen Latifah song, "Ladies First": www.damemagazine.com
The KEXP blog has a Review Revue of "3 Years....": blog.kexp.org
Visit Urban Dance Squad's Facebook page: www.facebook.com
Here's live video and an interview with Haerts from CMJ last year: blog.kexp.org
We're still thrilled that Pixies performed live in the KEXP studio earlier this year. You can watch video of that delightful session here: blog.kexp.org
Pink Mountaintops will be playing the Sasquatch! 2014 Music Festival on Sunday, May 25th, 2014.
Read a glowing review of Primal Scream's 2013 release, "More Light": entertainment.time.com
Here's an Allmusic review of "Bow Down to the Exit Sign": www.allmusic.com
Slow Club's new album, "Complete Surrender," is due to be released in July. Follow the band here: slowclubband.com
The Preatures are "a rock band from Sydney, Australia": www.facebook.com
Watch Iggy Pop and New Order play Joy Division's "Love Will Tear Us Apart": www.spin.com
Read a KEXP album review of Trust's recently released "Joyland": blog.kexp.org
It's true. Tommy Lee will be joining the Smashing Pumpkins on their new album: www.nydailynews.com
The Horrors will perform at The Neptune Theatre on October 18th, 2014. This review calls "Luminous" "almost entirely sublime": www.nme.com
Do they sound like they've listened to "A Day in the Life?" Watch live video of Peter Bjorn and John in the KEXP studio in 2011: blog.kexp.org
Read an Interview Magazine talk with Of Monsters and Men: www.interviewmagazine.com
The Cure was one of the subjects of a KEXP documentary---"Portraits of Post-Punk": kexp.org
Go back a decade-plus to read a Pitchfork review of "The Last Broadcast": pitchfork.com
On Sunday, May 25th, 2014, Bob Mould will perform at the sold-out Sasquatch! 2014 Music Festival at the Gorge.
Bob Mould thunderously rocked KEXP's Bumbershoot Music Lounge last year. Watch the video of that performance: blog.kexp.org
"Lipton Witch" is Sunny Day Real Estate's first song in 14 years: www.pastemagazine.com
Robyn Hitchcock started The Soft Boys in 1976. Here's a 2002 in-studio performance: kexp.org
"Silences" was a KEXP Song of the Day earlier this month: blog.kexp.org
Enjoy the bouncy, garage rock of Paws when they played the KEXP studio recently: blog.kexp.org
The Orwells have apparently criticized Arctic Monkeys' live shows and AM frontman Alex Turner has responded here: www.nme.com
Cloud Nothings will be LIVE on KEXP on Thursday, July 3rd, at 1:00 p.m. They will perform at Neumos that night.
Here's a 2003 Spin Magazine article on "the uncensored history of Jane's Addiction": www.spin.com
"Listen to old men relive their youth with musical accompaniment" at Protomartyr's Facebook page: www.facebook.com
Here's a live performance from NYC's Avatar Studios in 2013: kexp.org
In a 2102 interview, Interpol looked back 10 years at their breakthrough album, "Turn on the Bright Lights": www.spin.com
"I Can't Get Next To You" is off of Al Green's album "Get's Next To You," his second album produced with Willie Mitchell. www.allmusic.com