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Friday, May 3 2013, 6AM
Here's a Slate magazine article on the "U2 Paradox" --so very mockable, so very successful: www.slate.com
The National's new album, "Trouble Will Find Me," has just been released. Take a listen to "Sea of Love" and "I Need My Girl" on the KEXP blog: blog.kexp.org
The Pixies were the subject of a KEXP "Saturday Afternoon Artist" audio essay: blog.kexp.org
"Put Me To Work" was a kEXP Song of the Day in December, 2012. You can acquire it for yourself here: blog.kexp.org
You may download "Demon to Lean On," a song from the new release "Afraid of Heights." See the funny official video at the same time: blog.kexp.org
To be "in the know," read this extensive allmusic biography of Buzzcocks: www.allmusic.com
"Love Triangles, Hate Squares" was just released: thisisthecomputers.com
Here's live video of The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion performing in the KEXP studio: blog.kexp.org
James Brown, the Godfather of Soul, the Hardest Working Man in Show Business, would have been 80 years old today. He died in December, 2006.
Tomorrow is the anniversary of Adam Yauch's death. Read a KEXP remembrance: blog.kexp.org
Read a Seattle Times interview with Ishmael Butler about Digable Planets: seattletimes.com
Enjoy 2012 live video from Fitz and the Tantrums: blog.kexp.org
Here's an "oddly wonderful" interview with Polly Scattergood: www.quipmag.com
The Breeders will be playing this year's Bumbershoot Music Festival on Sunday, September 1, 2013.
Here's a live session of new songs on The Morning Show in April: blog.kexp.org
Go here to take a gander at the PB & J Blog: peterbjornandjohn.com
Withguitars.com has a retrospective of XTC, complete with videos: www.withguitars.com
This Brooklyn band visited KEXP for an in-studio performance last year: blog.kexp.org
Read a Guardian review of "Jumbie in the Jukebox": www.guardian.co.uk
In their obituary, the NY Times said that James Brown "indelibly transformed 20th-century music": www.nytimes.com
In a letter on her website in 2012, Sinead O'Connor talks about her struggle with bipolar disorder: www.rollingstone.com
Go to their website to learn about the movie "The Stone Roses--Made of Stone," their Paris tour dates, and more: www.thestoneroses.org
Empire of the Sun will perform at the Sasquatch! 2013 Music Festival on Saturday, May 24th, at 12:30 a.m.
Learn the lyrics to "Mama said Knock You Out": www.metrolyrics.com
There's lots to see at Public Enemy's website: www.publicenemy.com
Happy Friday, Everyone! Here's a link to Mint Royale's Facebook page: www.facebook.com
Dick Dale is the "King of the Surf Guitar." Go to his website and watch the eyes light up: www.dickdale.com
Take this link to "the Shadowy Site on A Shadowy Web." the unofficial website for Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet (That's a lot of "shadowys.") : shadowy.brainiac.com
If you're fortunate enough to have tickets to Sasquatch! 2013, hear Sigur Ros on Saturday, May 25th, at 11:00 p.m.
Beach House is touring in Europe and South America in late summer. Listen to a 2010 live performance from the KEXP studios: kexp.org
Eleanor Friedberger will perform at Neumos on Wednesday, June 12, 2013. Here's her song "Roosevelt Island," a KEXP Song of the Day: blog.kexp.org
A Brooklyn park is being renamed in order of Adam Yauch today: www.al.com
De La Soul honored/channeled the Wu-tang Clan in their new song "Get Away (feat. the Spirit of the Wu)." It will be on their new album "You're Welcome," due in the fall. You can hear the song here: www.rollingstone.com
Here's a site for fans of PWIE: pweination.com
In response to several listener requests and in remembrance of Slayer guitarist Jeff Hanneman, who died yesterday at age 49, here's their cover of Iron Butterfly's classic: www.npr.org
Palma Violets played a terrific, energetic live set in the KEXP studio last Friday, April 29th, at 11:00 a.m. You can stream it at kexp.org
Art Brut is seeking a video for their new earthquake-riddled song "Arizona Bay": www.artbrut.org.uk
Read "An Econo History of the Minutemen": thequietus.com
NIN's Trent Reznor brought his band How To Destroy Angels to the Apollo Theater in NYC recently. Read the review here: www.nytimes.com
Paul "Sage" Francis is from Providence, Rhode Island: sagefrancis.tumblr.com
Pizzicato Five set the template for Japanes kitsch pop: www.allmusic.com
Read an oral history of The Beastie Boys, told by the people who were there: nymag.com
You can download Major Lazer's new album "Free the Universe" at their website: majorlazer.com
Peruse this article about the Fab Four's appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show, complete with grainy video clips: www.slate.com
The Black Angels will be playing Monday, May 13, 2013, at the Neptune Theatre. This was the KEXP Song of the Day earlier this month. You can get it for yourself here: blog.kexp.org
Watch live video of Velvet Underground legend John Cale playing in the KEXP studio: blog.kexp.org
Read this review of a Stranglers live performance in March as part of their "Feel It Live" tour: www.qromag.com
The surviving Beastie Boys have announced a forthcoming memoir: www.pastemagazine.com
Here are great photos of GusGus' performance at Iceland Airwaves, 2011: blog.kexp.org
Moby was born Richard Melville Hall. Visit his website to see a new video, "the Lonely Night," and to learn about Best Friends Animal Sanctuary: blog.kexp.org
Doesn't Roland Gift have a delightful voice? Read a KEXP Review Revue of "The Raw & The Cooked": blog.kexp.org
The Roots were a featured KEXP "Saturday Afternoon Artist": blog.kexp.org
All cheer squads perform to this song. The Friday Night Spotlight was aimed at James Brown's 20 All-Time Greatest Hits: blog.kexp.org
Here's a biography of James Bown's ascendance from extreme poverty into super-stardom: www.biography.com