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Friday, Apr 6 2012, 6AM
Next week is Friday the 13th, for a full list of tracks perfect for the 13th, including The Verve's "Lucky Man," follow this link: blog.kexp.org
Errors, a 4 piece band from Glasgow, Scotland, will be touring Europe this spring. Errors was taken under Mogwai''s wing and is now on their label, Rock Action Records.
Playing on the morning show on Tuesday May 8th at 9:30am! Brittany's Yann Tiersen sites his musical education as the city’s annual Transmusicales festival, where he saw acts like Nirvana.
The Stone Roses are headlining a number of festival this summer, check out dates here: www.thestoneroses.org
Yppah (Joe Corrales, Jr.) recently visited the KEXP studios, listen to the live performance here: www.kexp.org.
Seattle's Sage Redman is just 18, listen to more from this talented local: www.sageredman.com. She is currently studying Popular Music at Goldsmiths, University of London.
Anenon, also known as Brian Simon, founded the Los Angeles based label Non Projects. www.nonprojects.net
The new album from Iceland's Sigur Ros is due out in May. Visit their site for tour dates (unfortunately nothing near Seattle): www.sigur-ros.co.uk.
Radiohead are playing Key Arena this coming Monday. Clive Deamer from Portishead will be joining the band as a second drummer for their tour in part to replicate the rhythms on The King of Limbs.
Morrissey just finished touring Argentina, Peru, Brazil and Colombia and will continue touring the world this coming year.
Brooklyn's Bear in Heaven are playing the Crocodile next Friday, April 13th with Doldrum and Blouse and are visiting the KEXP studios earlier in the day at 1pm.
Playing the Crocodile on Monday, April 16th and visiting the KEXP studios beforehand at 1pm. Download a free track from Porcelain Raft: blog.kexp.org.
The Moonbug soundtrack by The The is now available. www.thethe.com. Moonbug follows Steve Pyke on his journey across America to meet, interview and photograph his childhood heroes, the men who went to the moon.
Joe Watson, keyboardist for Stereolab, has a new album with his project Junior Electronics, www.bureau-b.com.
Listen to a live in-studio from Texas' Ghostland Observatory: www.kexp.org.
David Bowie originally came to work with Queen on another track called "Cool Cat", however he was not satisfied with it his vocals and they were edited out.
The Lumineers recently played a sold out show at Neumos and visited the KEXP studios, their in-studio will be up on the KEXP site shortly! Download this track for free: blog.kexp.org.
This Brighton quartet recently visited the KEXP studios, listen here: kexp.org.
For more on New Order check out the "Pop Goes Electronic" KEXP documentary: kexp.org
Joy Division were originally called “Warsaw” but they changed their name to “Joy Division,” a title taken from the groups of Jewish women in concentration camps who were kept for the sexual pleasure of Nazi soldiers.
Disappears includes Steve Shelley, the long-time drummer for Sonic Youth. Download a track from the band here blog.kexp.org or listen to a live KEXP in-studio: www.kexp.org.
New release from Tom Jones produced by Jack White at Third Man studios. www.tomjones.com.
Watch a live performance from New York's Jon Spencer Blues Explosion: www.youtube.com
The release of "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag" is considered seminal in the history of funk. It was Brown's song to release the Billboard Top 100.
Antibalas is a Brooklyn-based music collective that formed in 1998. Listen to a live in-studio featuring 13 members of the group: www.kexp.org.
James Murphy recently recorded a track with Gorillaz and Andre 3000, watch the video here: www.youtube.com.
Listen to a live performance from Gang of Four: www.kexp.org.
The Budos Band recently played in Seattle and are now touring the East Coast. The band records on the Daptone Records label.
"Under My Thumb" was made notorious during its performance at the 1969 Altamont Free Concert where the Hells Angels, who were acting as security for the band, stabbed Meredith Hunter to death. The event appears in the film Gimme Shelter.
Stephin Merritt of The Magnetic Fields brought his ukulele into KEXP's bathroom for this live acoustic set featuring songs from "Love At The Bottom Of The Sea"kexp.org.
Happy birthday Frank Black! The Pixies are interested in bringing the Doolittle tour to new cities in what they have dubbed the "No Cities Left Behind" tour. They are inviting you to let them know if the Pixies have never been to your town: forum.frankblack.net.
Playing tonight at the Crocodile! Watch live videos from their performance at SXSW: blog.kexp.org.
Trust is the Toronto based duo Robert Alfons and Maya Postepski of Austra.
Duran Duran are touring the world this spring with three US dates.
The cover from the single is a photo taken at the The Thammasat University Massacre, or Massacre of 6 October 1976 where students and protesters were killed in Bangkok
The local band, Absolute Monarchs are playing the Comet Tavern on Saturday April 21st with Constant Lovers, Deadkill and Murmers.
Download a track from Vancouver's Japandroids: blog.kexp.org.
Playing Sonic Boom in Ballard this Sunday at 4pm for free. Download this track written by McCarthy about his brother’s battles with drug addiction and subsequent suicide: blog.kexp.org.
Download another track from Pela from the Song of the Day blog: blog.kexp.org.
More new music out of Australia! Watch the video for this track: www.youtube.com.
The Charlatans are headlining festivals this summer, for complete dates go here: www.thecharlatans.net.
Miike Snow are playing the Paramount on Tuesday April 10th. Read a review of their new album: blog.kexp.org
Noonday Underground is duo DJ Simon Dine, previously of Adventures in Stereo, and singer Daisy Martey.
For all the young people listening, Papas Fritas are featured in season 4 of Yo Gabba Gabba.
Playing Marymoore Park in Redmond on August 10th.
Download a track for free from Virginia's Ceremony: blog.kexp.org.
