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Friday, Aug 16 2013, 6AM
Good morning and happy Friday. In the New York Times, Peter Hook reminisces about Joy Division: www.nytimes.com
The National will be playing Seattle's Paramount Theatre on Thursday, September 19th, and Friday, September 20th, 2013. Read a KEXP album review of the new release, "Trouble Will Find Me": blog.kexp.org
The Wrens' motto was "keeping folks waiting since 1989": www.wrens.com
Listen to a powerful live performance from CMJ 2011 by Pela's latest iteration, "We Are Augustines": kexp.org
Go here to visit Line & Circle's Facebook page: www.facebook.com
Read The Atlantic's James Parker's tribute to R.E.M.: www.theatlantic.com
Read a biography of Yuck and see the video of "Get Away" on the Fat Possum Records website: www.fatpossum.com
Quoting Tom Petty, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart say, "The waiting is the hardest part...": www.thepainsofbeingpureatheart.com
The House of Love toured this spring in support of a new album, "She Paints Words in Red." You can hear tracks from it here: www.facebook.com
Read the KEXP blog about "Ain't That The Way": blog.kexp.org
Read a Consequence of Sound album review of "Don Domestique": consequenceofsound.net
Go here to They Might Be Giants' official website: www.theymightbegiants.com
Read about TPOTUSOA's tour and get a free download of "Tiny Explosions": www.presidentsrock.com
The recently reunited Violent Femmes have replaced their founding drummer: www.jsonline.com
The Pixies just released this new single, "Bagboy," in June: www.pastemagazine.com
You'll probably hear "This Is the Sea" when The Waterboys come to the Neptune Theatre on Friday, October 11, 2013.
Read an account of Sigur Ros' performance at Sasquatch 2013: blog.kexp.org
Here are "10 outlandish Radiohead song interpretations": www.nme.com
Read about the band's recent doings on their Facebook page: www.facebook.com
Bear Mountain will perform at Portland's Doug Fir Lounge with Cody Chesnutt on Friday, September o6, 2013.
The Godfathers have "relaunched" themselves in 2013 with a new album, "Jukebox Fury": godfathers.uk.com
Read a KEXP album review of QOTSA's latest release, "...Like Clockwork": blog.kexp.org
Here's an "indie rock flashback" about School of Fish: www.rslblog.com
Enjoy a great live performance for KEXP donors by Portugal. The Man from Seattle's Triple Door in July: kexp.org
No Age will be performing at The Vera Project on August 20, 2013 and then will be LIVE on KEXP on Wednesday, August 21, 2013, at 11:00 a.m.: www.etix.com
Go here to know what Mission of Burma is currently doing: missionofburma.com
The Replacements have reunited and are on a reunion tour: www.pastemagazine.com
Superchunk will be LIVE from the Bumbershoot Music Lounge on Monday, September 2, 2013, at 1:15 p.m.
Go to Stag's website to see video of "These Times.": www.themightystag.com And..download "These Times' for free on the KEXP blog: blog.kexp.org
Ken Stringfellow and Jon Auer of The Posies answer 20 KEXP questions: blog.kexp.org
See some great Parquet Courts tour pictures: parquetcourts.wordpress.com
Here's a biography of "punk pioneers," the Ramones: punkmusic.about.com
"Never Mind the Bollocks..." was released 36 years ago. Here's an appreciation of the Sex Pistols: www.clashmusic.com
Read some first impressions of "Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action": www.nme.com
Ahhh......the Friday song. "keep longs to blow just like..." Here are the "Show Me' lyrics: www.lyricsmania.com
Get this much-loved song for yourself as a KEXP Song of the Day: blog.kexp.org
See Empire of the Sun play "Alive" on the Kimmel show: www.rollingstone.com
follow this link to The Sound of Arrows' Facebook page: www.facebook.com
Michael Jackson's death gave his fans a chance to embrace his music again: www.billboard.com
Tones on Tail was a side project of Bauhaus guitarist Daniel Ash: www.allmusic.com
See a 1985 picture of Sonic Youth and then enter their website: www.sonicyouth.com
Tokyo Police Club's blog last entry was in 2011: tokyopoliceclub.com
Plundering Desire is a collection o pop writing about The Smiths: www.plunderingdesire.com
Read a Clash magazine feature on Jagwar Ma: www.clashmusic.com
Hear the official audio for "Invisible City" from Primal Scream's 10th album, the just-released "More Light": blog.kexp.org
See Jake Gyllenhaal star as a serial killer in the video of "Time To Dance": www.hollywoodreporter.com
Read an article about Liz Phair's "Exile in Guyville," "one of the decade's masterpieces": www.spin.com
Moderat will perform at the Neptune Theatre on Wednesday, August 28, 2013.
Read about the bizarre encounter between The King and President Richard Nixon: www.smithsonianmag.com
Deerhunter will play the Bumbershoot Music and Arts Festival on Monday, September 2, 2013. Read a KEXP album review of their newest release, "Monomania": blog.kexp.org
Neon Indian will play the Kaleidoscope Music Festival in Eugene, Oregon on Sunday, August 25, 2013. Enjoy a chilled-out performance from Neumos in 2012: kexp.org
DFA Records has some free downloads of Larry Gus tunes: dfarecords.com
Several years ago, a critic asked if Big Black was the "best band ever?": www.lhooqtius.com
Mudhoney will be playing tonight at KEXP's Concerts at the Mural at 5:30 p.m.: blog.kexp.org See live video of Mudhoney playing on the top of the Space Needle recently: blog.kexp.org
