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Monday, Jan 14 2013, 6AM
Biggest news of the weekend: exhilarating last-minute Seahawks comeback that turns to heartbreak -OR- second season of Girls?
A new album from Arcade Fire expected sometime in 2013 (probably best to just remain stationary and stare at the wall till then)
Two new songs from The National, recorded at their headlining slot at ATP - youtu.be
BRMC's new album - Specter at the Feast - slated for a March 19th release
Check out video from John Cale's recent KEXP in-studio performance! - blog.kexp.org
Grace Jones covered "She's Lost Control" on her 1980 single Private Life
Charlie Sheen is still making sushi and dancing to this song
Halifax's Jenn Grant is set to release The Beautiful Wild officially in the States January 22nd, followed by an East Coast tour - jenngrant.com
Brand new single from Apparat (free download too) - soundcloud.com
Sampling The Grateful Dead's "Unbroken Chain" (first time The Dead have ever cleared such a request)
If you just woke up to this song, you're still tripping
Be on the lookout for a Dirty Projectors guest spot on Portlandia!
It may shock you to learn than Mr. Stevens is a native of... DETROIT!
LIVE on KEXP - this Friday, the 18th, at 3:00 on the Afternoon Show! They're playing a free in-store at Easy Street Queen Anne the day before, Thursday, at 7:00 pm!
The perfect jogging song because you only have to run for, like, 5 minutes and then you're done
David Byrne kept the "little pee pee" lyric in his back pocket for years, waiting for just the right moment / song to utilize it
Why not treat yourself to a free download of "Roman Ruins" from L.A.'s Line & Circle? You deserve it, sweet baby - blog.kexp.org
A cover of British pop / reggae group The Equals, written by the great Eddy Grant
The only single EMI released; the label dropped the band months after signing them to a two-year contract following the infamous "Grundy Incident" (in which Steve Jones called a TV presenter a "dirty fucker")
Playing the Tractor Tavern - Saturday, February 16th with Black Whales and Radiation City
Revel in their psychedelic dirges May 13th at the Neptune Theatre
Craving more Ian Broudie indie-pop goodness? He was also in a great, lesser-heard group with Paul Simpson called Care. Investigate!
Some insights on why "Hoover Dam" is such a live staple for Sugar / Bob Mould - tiny.cc
The Anacortes band will be LIVE on the Morning Show - Friday, January 18th at 9:30! (you can catch them Sunday night, the 20th, at the Crocodile as well)
Take a listen to Deerhunter guitarist Lockett Pundt's (who records as Lotus Plaza) version of "Where I'm Going"- pitchfork.com
The disco-groovy remix by Lindstrom and Prins Thomas - soundcloud.com
In actuality, the Holy Ghost's preferred tipple is Manischewitz
What's Andrew Bird up to? Rumour has it he's off somewhere being folky, well-dressed
Pixies do a pretty mean cover of "Winterlong" as it were - youtu.be
Dear all karaoke-goers everywhere: the next time you try and sing this song, please attempt to do it like Dean Wareham and NOT Axl Rose (for reasons aural and civil)
In which a journalist attempts to visit every locale mentioned in "Roadrunner" - www.guardian.co.uk
There's been a push amongst Mountain Goats fans to nominate John Darnielle for US Poet Laureate... seems like a good idea. You can sign the petition here if you agree - petitions.whitehouse.gov
The band's very first release, which was available as a 7" or 12" single
Never too early, or late, to take up an emo stage and be mopey loitering behind a convenience store
Check out Lord Huron's great KEXP in-studio performance - youtu.be