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Monday, Jul 9 2012, 6AM
Augustines of Hippo was a Latin philosopher and theologian from Roman Africa
"Terrible Love" was High Violet's lead single back in 2010
So I guess he was 14 or 15 when this happened...
Port St. Willow - a.k.a. Nick Principe - recorded Holiday in Portland (but is now settled in New York)
Here's Ulrich Schnauss' sublime take on Slowdive's "Crazy for You" - youtu.be
LIVE on KEXP (The Cutting Room Studios NYC) - August 7th, 9:00 on the Morning. Here's some more on this quirky bunch of Britons - blog.kexp.org
Sadly Echo Lake's drummer, Pete Hayes, passed away just after the UK band's debut full-length was issued...
Check out the live iteration from Bombay Bicycle Club's in-studio here at KEXP - kexp.org
Portland band Lost Lander will be in town July 27th and 28th at the Columbia City Theater and Shoreline's NW Solar Fest, respectively
Macabre fact 'o the day: the Catherine Wheel was also a horrific mediaeval torture device
KoD, with the help of producer Hugh Jones (Echo & The Bunnymen, R.E.M.), really explored the studio on their second album, Strange Free World
Playing Vancouver's Folk Music Festival this weekend
Playing Friday, August 3rd as part of KEXP's free Concerts at the Mural (in Seattle Center) with Sallie Ford & the Sound Outside, Legendary Oaks and Fly Moon Royalty, hosted by DJ El Toro!
Bob Dylan wrote this in 1973 for the Sam Peckinpah film Pat Garret and Billy the Kid (Dylan also played a role in the movie)
One thing you can tell very quickly about Jack White is that he's rather pale
Vancouver, B.C.'s Japandroids definitely have one of the more entertaining band bios out there, with rhetorical gems such as "Would they abandon their days on the wind and nights on the rocks in favour of the gentle lull of a geographic coma?" and moments of considered self-reflection like "That take was the perfect mixture of pee and poo - it had the fluidity of pee, and the solidness of poo…"
Originally written and performed by British reggae pop group The Equals
Questions you ask people who go to Amsterdam and don't partake in recreational substances: "dude, how were the flowers?" "They were, like, endless man"
Their album - Shrines - is due out July 24th. They'll be swinging through town September 5th at Neumos
"World in My Eyes" was Depeche Mode's 26th single issued in the UK, and the fourth from Violator
Orbital are one of the big headliners for this year's Decibel Festival in Seattle!
A birthday request! (they wrote that guitar solo specifically for you)
Check out an exclusive, intimate Sasquatch performance from Metric - blog.kexp.org
Things that hold up well from 1995: PJ Harvey's To Bring You My Love. Things that don't hold up well from 1995: your wardrobe at the time
Or, as he's known in Spanish-speaking countries, Monseñor John Misty... Catch him July 20th at the Capitol Hill Block Party
Playing Neumos August 5th! Orlando Higginbottom a.k.a. Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs is also a head fashion accessory enthusiast. To wit - tiny.cc
I wonder if the Library of Congress files !!! before or after ? and the Mysterians...
Congratulations, we have a winner for the first Capitol Hill Block Party pair of passes. Stay tuned to the Midday Show for another chance to win, and make sure to listen all week as there's a bevy of passes to give out!
The Zombies released three albums in 1965, of which this song appeared on the Swedish pressing entitled The Zombies
A Record Store Day vinyl-only release originally featuring a big revolving cast of musicians, including Tame Impala on this track (and a foghorn, apparently)
Blixa Bargeld (also of Einstürzende Neubauten) left the band before they recorded the 2xLP Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus
Senior citizens REALLY don't like The Walkmen (and Hamilton Leithauser's voice in particular). The Algonquin Roundtable-esque discussion is available for your viewing pleasure here - youtu.be
Dig the sleeve for the "April Skies" single (worth picking up the 12" version for it's B-side "Kill Surf City" too) - www.discogs.com
LIVE on KEXP - TOMORROW at 9:30 on the Morning Show. They're also playing the Friday, August 10th edition of KEXP's Concerts at the Mural with Brad and Posse!
According to Rivers Cuomo, the blue album's cover was photoshopped slightly as Matt Sharp didn't like the way his head looked so they pasted on another head from a different photo
Could induce awkward conversation if listened to with your partner...
They are continuing their world tour this week with two sold out shows in Nimes, France on July 10th and 11th. radiohead.com