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Friday, Dec 13 2013, 6AM
As The Dandy Warhols say, "Good morning...." (and happy Friday). Here's a biography of this local band: www.allmusic.com
"Here's the complete story of the Pixies---in their own words": www.spin.com
Go back in time to 2006 for an acoustic performance by former Catherine Wheel frontman Rob Dickinson: kexp.org
This Atlantic article calls R.E.M. "America's Greatest Band, asking "What other U.S. band was as good as long?": www.theatlantic.com
Line & Circle performed this song and others for KEXP listeners from CMJ in 2012. You can watch video of that performance here: blog.kexp.org
Watch the gameshow-themed video for Los Campesinos!' "Avocado, Baby": pitchfork.com
Here are musicians paying tribute to The Clash: www.nme.com
Shearwater will perform at the Crocodile on February 15th, 2014.
New York band The Cloud Room gave a live performance from NYC in 2005: kexp.org
Go to Junip and Jose Gonzalez' website to pre-order "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty": www.junip.net
Plan ahead to attend Arcade Fire's performance at the Gorge Amphitheatre on August 8th, 2014.
Here's a list of "10 things you didn't know about The Beatles": content.time.com
Elbow is touring in England and Europe next year. You can pre-order their 6th album at their official website: www.elbow.co.uk
KEXP listeners voted 3 Radiohead albums in their top 25 out of all the best albums of the last 40 years: kexp.org You have until the end of the day to vote for your top albums of 2013 at kexp.org
The Helio Sequence will play the KEXP-sponsored SMooCH (Seattle Musicians for Childrens Hospital) benefit on Saturday night, Decmeber 14th, 2014, at the Showbox at the Market: blog.kexp.org
The Guardian featured a classic interview with The Cure's Robert Smith, who said, "I don't worry about my epitaph.": www.theguardian.com
Ned's Atomic Dustbin took their name from an episode of the Goon Show: www.nedsatomicdustbin.com
Here's a Billboard biography of "wispy pop outfit The Lightning Seeds": www.billboard.com
Get "You Push, I'll Go," a KEXP Song of the Day, for yourself: blog.kexp.org
Get some "Marshmallow" by Muscles to accompany "Ice Cream": blog.kexp.org
Go here to visit TV on the Radio's Facebook page: www.facebook.com
Ahhhh......the Friday song! Mint Royale's official website has"new,music, and ramblings": mint-royale.com
Download this song, Shad's "Fam Jam," a recent KEXP Song of the Day: blog.kexp.org
Read a biography of seminal rap artists De La Soul: www.rollingstone.com
Watch the Ohio State marching band perform a Michael Jackson tribute, complete with moonwalking, at halftime of the Iowa game: www.billboard.com
"Only love can conquer hate..." Here's Marvin Gaye's biography at Cleveland's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame museum: rockhall.com
Stevie Wonder once claimed that he could tell if a woman was pretty or not by the way she smelled and the way she talked. He claimed he could sense the woman's "vibrations." For more interesting facts, go here: raresoul.com
Sharon Jones will be performing at Seattle's Showbox at the Market on Wednesday, April 2nd, 2014, and Thursday, April 3rd, 2014.
Here's the New York Times obituary of James Brown, who died in December, 2006, at the age of 73: www.nytimes.com
KEXP had a 2012 album review of Bobby Womack's "The Bravest Man in the Universe," his first release since 1994: blog.kexp.org
Go right here for the Bill Withers news, biography, and discography: www.billwithers.com
"Introduced with a flimsy and fairly nonsensical invented back story about some long-lost tapes discovered in a dockside warehouse, the Brighton Port Authority is in actuality a project spearheaded by Norman Cook, the electronic producer better known as Fatboy Slim": www.allmusic.com
Here's "Speaking in Tongues: A Conversation with Sigur Ros' Jonsi": www.spin.com
30 years later, The Quietus looked at the album, "Power, Corruption & Lies": thequietus.com
Go here to a fan's tribute website to Ian Curtis (1956-1980): joydivision.homestead.com
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis will headline the SMooCH (Seattle Musicians for Childrens Hospital) benefit tomorrow night, December 14th, 2014, at the Showbox at the Market. This song is found on "Live At KEXP Volume Nine," which is only available until the end of the year. Purchase it here: kexp.org/cd
Here's a KEXP Review Revue of The Replacements' "Tim": blog.kexp.org
Read a biography of "magnificently eccentric singer/lyricist Stephen Patrick Morrissey: www.rollingstone.com
Learn more about The Mighty Lemon Drops by reading this allmusic.com biography: www.allmusic.com
Franz Ferdinand will perform at the Showbox SoDo on Thursday, April 24th, 2014.
Read an Australian article, some 15 years after Michael Hutchence's suicide, about why he is still a legend: www.mirror.co.uk
The National's recent album, "Trouble Will Find Me," is on many 2013 Top Ten lists. Read a KEXP album review here: blog.kexp.org
You can look at "pictures of David Bowie doing normal stuff" here: flavorwire.com
NPR featured a complete interview with Depeche Mode at SXSW 2013: www.npr.org
James Murphy just confirmed that the band's final gig at Madison Square Garden will be released as a live recording: www.nme.com
Enjoy an exclusive KEXP interview with Sir Paul McCartney: blog.kexp.org
The Lonely Forest will be playing TOMORROW for the SMooCH Children's Hospital Benefit at Showbox at the Market. They will be playing with Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Allen Stone, The Helio Sequence, and Shelby Earl. kexp.org