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Friday, Mar 9 2018, 2PM
Wye Oak will be LIVE at Neumos in Seattle on Sunday July 15. www.neumos.com
Watch Veronica Falls 2012 KEXP In-Studio performance. www.kexp.org
This song comes from a compilation album made by Nicolas Jar's label, Other People.
In 2011, Rolling Stone magazine named "Respect Yourself" #468 on its 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
Watch Pillar Point's 2016 performance in the KEXP Studios. www.kexp.org
Superorganism will be LIVE on KEXP on March 23 at Noon. This session is open to the public. They will be performing at Barboza later that night.
Head to the new, revamped KEXP website and check out our review of Interpol's 2014 concert stop in Seattle. www.kexp.org
Happy 76th birthday to John Cale today! Cale fired/quit The Velvet Underground in 1968, and has released 16 studio albums, as well as an abundant amount of soundtracks, live recordings, etc. Cale was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Velvet Underground in 1996.
Listen to the full record at Superchunk's bandcamp. superchunk.bandcamp.com
Happy 52nd birthday to Fugazi drummer, Brendan Canty! In addition to his work with Fugazi, Canty has scored music for National Geographic, and made films for Jeff Tweedy, Bob Mould, and Eddie Vedder.
Nirvana's song "Come As You Are" features a similar guitar riff to Killing Joke's "Eighties". There was never an official copyright lawsuit that was taken to court, but the song's similarities did cause for some conflicts between the two bands.
Jonathan Wilson's new album Rare Birds came out a week ago today!
Watch The War on Drugs latest KEXP In-Studio session from last year. www.youtube.com
Download "Radio Kids" for FREE on the KEXP Song of the Day podcast. www.kexp.org
Alvvays will be playing a sold out show at Neumos in Seattle on Friday, April 6. Not to worry if you didn't get tickets, they'll be back for Capitol Hill Block Party in July.
Sunflower Bean will be LIVE at The Crocodile in Seattle on Wednesday, June 20. Tickets and info: www.ticketfly.com
Rhye will be coming to Portland, OR playing Revolution Hall on Saturday, July 28. Tickets and info: www.ticketfly.com
Though Dick Dale made the song a world-wide hit in 1962, the earliest known recording of the song from Greece in 1927. Jan August also had a hit with the song in 1946.
Ty Segall's 2016 KEXP In-Studio has undoubtedly become a legendary session for us. Re-watch the insanity at www.kexp.org
Marc Bolan admitted in interviews that he "lifted [Jeepster] from a Howlin' Wolf Song" called "You'll Be Mine"
Lucy Dacus will be live at The Tractor in Seattle on Wednesday, March 28. Her new album Historian came out last Friday.
Tomorrow is Rick Rubin's birthday, who produced this and three other Tom Petty Records. Rubin even got Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers to back Johnny Cash on Unchained (also produced by Rick Rubin!)
Rick Rubin produced this song in his college dorm room. Licensed to Ill, became the first rap album to top the Billboard chart.
In 2007, Rubin was named co-head of Columbia Records. One of his conditions for taking the job was that he wouldn’t be required to have a desk or a phone.
Rick Rubin producing Johnny Cash, backed by Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, covering Soundgarden. How crazy is it that happened?
"Eureka" and another song "Esther" were just released to fans on March 5. In a note on bandcamp, the band stated "These songs were recorded in Brooklyn in November at the same sessions as “Entitlement Crew” and “A Snake In The Shower”. holdsteady.bandcamp.com
The publishers of "No More Heroes" threatened legal action against the band Elastica in 1995, arguing that the Elastica single "Waking Up" borrowed elements of "No More Heroes". Elastica eventually settled out of court.
Naked Giants new album SLUFF comes out on Monday! They play Chop Suey in Seattle on March 29th, and many more NW dates can be found at www.nakedgiants.com
The new Danger Mouse produced record comes out on May 18th.
KEXP has a brand new article and interview with Ishmael Butler. www.kexp.org
Lorde is playing tonight at Key Arena in Seattle with Run the Jewels.
Watch Run the Jewels 2017 KEXP In-Studio performance. www.youtube.com
Do the Bartman topped the charts in Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, Norway, and the United Kingdom. It was toppled off the #1 spot in the UK by The Clash's "Should I Stay or Should I Go"
“Should I Stay Or Should I Go” became The Clash's only #1 single in the U.K.
The Joshua Tree topped the charts in over 20 countries, became the fastest-selling album in British history, and won Grammy Awards for Album of the Year and Best Rock Performance in 1988. It has sold 25 million copies to date.
Download "A Natural" for FREE on the KEXP Song of the Day playlist. blog.kexp.org
