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Monday, Mar 19 2012, 6AM
Sigur Ros will be performing a string of summer festival dates the first of which will take place Aug. 18th & 19th in Japan for the Summer Sonic Festival. No U.S. dates are scheduled at this point in time. www.sigur-ros.co.uk
Animal Collective will be heading back into the studio soon to begin work on their next full length album. Check out the stream of their performance for KEXP when they stopped by our studios in Sept. of 2007: www.kexp.org
Playing a little venue here in Seattle called Key Arena on Mon. April 9th.. radiohead.com
Check out pictures of Foals in our ladies room as well as the acoustic performance they gave of "Spanish Sahara" the last time they stopped by KEXP last April: blog.kexp.org
A 2001 performance of the song "Zooropa" as performed when U2 stopped in St. Louis is one of the many exclusive live tracks featured on a limited edition double CD set available to fans of the band. Find out more on their site here: www.u2.com
The Chemical Brothers concert film, "Don't Think" will be released on DVD on March 26th. www.facebook.com
Today marks the 50th Anniversary of the release of Bob Dylan's self titled debut album, which came out on this day in 1962. In commemoration, Pete Seeger is releasing his version of the Dylan song "Forever Young". Proceeds from the track will go to Amnesty International. Find out more about Seeger's cover and watch the vid here: youtu.be
The Darren Aronofsky directed video for the Lou Reed/ Metallica song "The View"- youtu.be
Coming to the Paramount Theatre here in Seattle on Tues. April 10th. www.miikesnow.com
Modest Mouse will be making their next live appearance in Atlantic City, NJ on June 23rd. www.modestmousemusic.com
Out of New Zealand. They toured with bands like The Clean, Deus and spacehog. Their name was taken from the Clash song. www.allmusic.com
Back in 2008, The Voom Blooms played for John's birthday for John in the Morning at night along with the Duke Spirit and Tulsa (Carter Tanton's band).
Neil Young will be playing with Crosby, Stills, & Nash on Friday June 8th in Johnstown, PA. www.neilyoung.com
Peter Buck and Mike Mills performed last night with Alejandro Escovedo and Lenny Kaye for SXSW in Austin. remhq.com
The Thermals are currently writing new material for a new album. Their next show will take place in Paris on April 27th. Their next US date will take place in their hometown of Portland at the Crystal Ballroom with fellow Portland folks Wild Flag. www.thethermals.com
Eddie Vedder will be playing two nights in Vegas on April 10th & 11th. Brad will be playing the Showbox at the Market on Fri. April 27th. Pearl Jam will be touring Europe beginning at the end of June. www.pearljam.com
From 1988: The video for The Godfathers - Birth, School, Work, Death youtu.be
Bob Mould has just signed to Merge and will be releasing a new album in the Fall. In June, he'll play tourdates in Europe. During those shows, he'll be playing Copper Blue in it's entirety. bobmould.com
Stream the Buffalo Tom KEXP performance from last year's Hood To Hood Day in Ballard right here: www.kexp.org www.buffalotom.com
A biography of the band is currently being written and will include contributions from Tommy Stinson and Paul Westerberg. The book will more than likely be released in August of 2013. paulwesterberg.com
The B-side to "In Between Days". The Cure will be making their rounds for the European Summer Festival season including appearances at Reading & Leeds in August and Electric Picnic in September. www.thecure.com
From 1984: the official video- complete with teased hair and dinosaurs: youtu.be
Stream Cut Copy's performance from when they stopped by KEXP back in April of 2011 right here: www.kexp.org cutcopy.net
The National were nice enough to play a John in the Morning at Night show at Neumo's back on Oct. 1st, 2005 along with a couple of other little bands named Clap Your Hands Say Yeah and M83. Stream the last time the National stopped by our studios back in Oct. 2007 here: www.kexp.org
Next live date will take place in NYC for the Ecstatic Music Festival. www.mountain-goats.com
James will be returning to Seattle, playing Neumos on Sunday April 8th. Stream their excellent KEXP in studio performance from Oct. 2010 here: www.kexp.org www.wearejames.com
Returning to Seattle on April 26th at the Neptune Theatre w/ I Break Horses. ilovem83.com
Gui Boratto will be performing in São Paulo, Brazil this Friday. www.guiboratto.com.br
On this day in 1990 in Depeche Mode music history, Violator was released in the UK. www.depechemode.com
Iggy was featured in the UK paper, the Sunday Times on March 11th speaking about his daily routines, and the upcoming Stooges European tour: www.iggyandthestoogesmusic.com
Check out the NSFW vid for "I Slept With All Your Mothers"- ow.ly/9Kb1Z
Check out Clem Snide's bandcamp page to hear the band doing fan chosen covers including songs from Madonna, The Bee Gees, and Barry Manilow. eefbarzelay-clemsnide.bandcamp.com
John Lydon's other band, Public Image Limited, will be releasing a 4 track EP on April 21st as a part of Record Store Day.
From 1989, The promo Vid for "Biting My Nails" youtu.be
LIVE on KEXP Tuesday March 20, 1:00pm and playing at the Neptune tonight and tomorrow night. kexp.org