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Thursday, Feb 6 2014, 6AM
Watch live video of Frightened Rabbit when they played in the KEXP studio last year: blog.kexp.org
Did you know that Radiohead's "Fake Plastic Trees" was recorded immediately after hearing Jeff Buckley in concert? Thom Yorke went straight to the studio afterwards, recorded the song, and broke down in tears: www.clashmusic.com
Marissa Nadler will be LIVE on KEXP at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday, February 15th, 2014. She will perform at Fremont Abbey Arts Center at 8:00 p.m. that evening: marissanadler.com
"Be careful...his bow tie is really a camera..." You can hear First Aid Kit sing these words when they sing at Sasquatch! 2014 on Saturday, May 24th, 2014.
Enjoy live video of a recent in-studio session by The Head and the Heart: blog.kexp.org
Read a complete biography of Buffalo Tom at allmusic: www.allmusic.com
Here's a 2010 article on "how Pavement became the greatest band of the nineties this year": www.vulture.com
Benjamin Verdoes will be playing LIVE on KEXP on Monday, March 3rd, 2014 at 1:00 p.m.
Western Haunts new LP will be released on Tuesday, February 11th, 2014: www.facebook.com
After a 20 year hiatus, shoegaze giants Slowdive have announced a reunion and tour: www.spin.com
Get "Three Years" by BellaMaine, a KEXP Song of the Day: blog.kexp.org
See photos of The Breeders playing at Bumbershoot in 2013: www.flickr.com
In 1999, Mark Sandman, frontman for Morphine, collapsed and died of a heart attack while performing in Italy. There were no drugs involved. Here's a tribute to Sandman and the band: www.theweeklings.com
Read a Jambase biography of Boston band Mission of Burma: www.jambase.com
The Godfathers "re-launched themselves into 2013 with a new album 'Jukebox Fury'": godfathers.uk.com
Read an article about the history of the song "Hey Now Now": pitchfork.com
See pictures that accompany "50 geeky facts about Arcade Fire": www.nme.com
Go here to There Will Be Fireworks' Facebook page: www.facebook.com
A Catherine Wheel is a type of firework named for a torture device: www.ask.com
Watch the Muppets as they "Dance Themselves Clean": blog.kexp.org
Franz Ferdinand will be playing the Showbox SoDo on Thursday, April 24th, 2014.
See the video for The Dead Weather's new release, "Open Up (That;s Enough)": pitchfork.com
This article says that Elastica stole from the best, embodying BritPop while staying punk: www.avclub.com
Get this song, "Too High" by Painted Palms, for free as a KEXP Song of the Day: blog.kexp.org
Here's live video of Django Django performing for KEXP listeners from the Cutting Room Studios in NYC: blog.kexp.org
"No singer Bradley Hanan Carter and bass player Sean Daniel Stentz met randomly, sharing tales of broken hearts and bonding over a mutual love of Leonard Cohen, Johnny Cash, and Lou Reed." Learn more about the band and their debut album, "El Prado," due out on February 18th, 2014: consequenceofsound.net
See live video of The Dandy Warhols in 2013 playing new versions of songs from their 2000 release, "Thirteen Tales from Urban Bohemia": blog.kexp.org
Cut Copy will be playing the Sasquatch! 2014 Music Festival during the Memorial Day weekend on Saturday, May 24th, 2014>
Fanfarlo will be playing Seattle's Tractor Tavern on Sunday, March 30th, 2014.
Bombay Bicycle Club will perform at the Neptune Theatre on Wednesday, April 23rd, 2014. Here's a review of "So Long, See You Tomorrow": pitchfork.com
Go to Neon Indian's website to download"Hex Girlfriend (Twin Shadow Remix)": neonindian.com
Today is Bob Marley's birthday. He died in 1981 at the age of 36. Read a biography here: www.biography.com
Stream "88" from Toronto artist Lowell's "I Killed Sar V. EP": www.spin.com
"“Lawman” pits a martial drum stomp against brown-note frequencies that feel like intestinal blockage and hi-hat accents that sound like they’re being played on circular saws, all the while frontman Dara Kiely makes like a young, easily agitated Stephen Malkmus suffering an existential crisis in the midst of studying for his mid-terms as a death-disco revival party rages in the dorm room next door. There were no survivors.": pitchfork.com
At Doomsquad's Facebook page, you can see videos of "Ovoo" and "Eternal Return" from the new release,"Kalaboogie": www.facebook.com
Born Josh Davis, DJ Shadow is the "Jimi Hendrix of sampling." Read a biography of this important figure in instrumental rap: www.allmusic.com
See live video of The Black Angels playing a VIP Club Concert for KEXP listeners from Seattle's Triple Door: blog.kexp.org
Listen to Chvrches cover Bauhaus' "Bela Lugosi's Dead" for the "Vampire Academy" soundtrack: pitchfork.com
Read an interview with Mode Moderne: www.peek-a-boo-magazine.be
Here's a live performance by UK electro-pop duo The Big Pink from SXSW 2012: kexp.org
Augustines (formerly know as We Are Augustines) have a new self titled album out now on local label Votiv www.weareaugustines.com
Tomorrow night!! at Neumo's!! with local favorites My Goodness!! Go there!!
My Goodness is playing at Neumos TOMORROW February 7th with the band you just heard live, Augustines