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Friday, May 18 2012, 6AM
Listen to a live in studio from the band's visit to KEXP: kexp.org
The name Shovels & Rope comes from the title of a record by Cary Ann Hearst and Michael Trent.
Get a free download of this track and see them live at Sasquatch: blog.kexp.org
In 1956 the League of American Bicyclists designated May as National Bike Month so get on your bike and come to KEXP!
Visit the Song of the Day blog for a free download of Australia's Deep Sea Arcade: blog.kexp.org
Grab this track from San Francisco's Dodos: blog.kexp.org and for all of you biking stay warm!
Deborah Curtis had "Love Will Tear Us Apart" inscribed on Ian Curtis's memorial stone. Today is the anniversary of his death.
Father John Misty is J. Tillman, former Fleet Foxes member. He recently visited KEXP for an in-studio, listen here: kexp.org
Today is Bike to Work Day! (Motorcycles are a close second to biking). Read an interview with Kevin Haskins of Love and Rockets: blog.kexp.org
Listen to a live performance from Arcade Fire: kexp.org. Today is Bike to Work Day! Within the last decade bicyclists have made gains in the form of legislation like Complete Streets, Safe Routes to School, Fair Share for Safety and Bike Commuting Tax Benefits.
This song is in remembrance of Mike Wang, who was killed on his bike just blocks away from KEXP last summer while commuting to work.
Band of Horses are touring the Midwest this August with My Morning Jacket: www.bandofhorses.com.
Seattle's Bryan John Appleby is playing live in the KEXP parking lot from the back of a truck!
Bryan John Appleby is playing The Churchhouse tomorrow night.
Bryan John Appleby says these were the first words of his day, "Hello darkness, my old friend."
Mark Olson and Gary Louris formed The Jayhawks in 1985 in Minneapolis. The magazine Bicycling rated Minneapolis as the most bike friendly city (Seattle came in fourth)!
Listen to more from this British band: soundcloud.com
For more on Joy Division check out the KEXP mini documentary: kexp.org. Today, in 1908, Ian Curtis took his life.
Tones on Tail began as the side project of Daniel Ash of Bauhaus and Bauhaus roadie Glenn Campling.
Read a review of the The Rapture at Huskyfest 2012: blog.kexp.org
Oakland's The Hot Toddies played a live set at KEXP, listen here: kexp.org
Bike to Work Day! Black Francis sings, "he's got the oil on his chain, for a ride in the rain," something all Seattle bike commuters can relate to...
Listen to this Danish duo live from their visit to the KEXP studios: kexp.org
Suicide's Alan Vega does not claim to have invented the word punk but explains, "I think we were the first band to describe our music as punk." At their second show ever the flyer read, "Punk Music Mass."
Get a taste of KEXP comments on Meat Is Murder over the years: blog.kexp.org
The cover art from this single features fragments of a Soviet map of Russia and Europe; different fragments were used for the various editions of the single.
On this day in 1980 and on the eve of Joy Division's first American tour, Ian Curtis committed suicide.
Check out videos of England's Jack Penate performing live: blog.kexp.org
Listen to more from this Australian artist: jonathanboulet.com
Ride formed in 1988 in Oxford, England and were a part of the "shoegazing" scene.
You can listen at 7PM today to the entire new Sigur Rós album, Valtari, before it comes out on May 29: blog.kexp.org
"One Tree Hill" was written in memory of Greg Carroll, whom the band met during The Unforgettable Fire Tour in 1984.
Check out this Seattle band tonight at A Benefit for the Ballard Food Bank happening between 8:00pm – 10:00pm.
Read a review of Jack White first album released under his name kexp.org and catch him live at Sasquatch next weekend!
MTV refused to air this song's music video due to a scene containing full frontal nudity.
In 1987 the band returned after splitting with their manager and played two gigs at the National Ballroom in Kilburn, where they premiered new songs including "April Skies" and "Don't Get Hit."
Bike to Work Day! The music video for "Bicycle Race" features lots of nude women on bicycles, maybe not always the most practical for commuting...
After six years Montreal's Handsome Furs are calling it quits.
Today is the anniversary of Ian Curtis' death. In 1995, Curtis's widow Deborah published Touching from a Distance: Ian Curtis and Joy Division.
