3,691Shows
177,540Spins
Friday, Nov 20 2015, 2PM
Eternal thanks to Common Market for coming and playing such a fantastic set, and for working a shoutout to the staff here in that song. Always gives chills! Video from their 2008 visit: blog.kexp.org
"You don't need no baggage, you just get on board / All you need is faith to hear the diesels hummin' / You don't need no ticket, you just thank the Lord / Faith is the key / Open the doors and board them / There's room for all / Among the loved the most." www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOXmaSCt4ZE
Here's video from our studio, featuring Grimes in a touchingly intimate session: blog.kexp.org
The immense originality and rich musicality emerging from Icelandic shores continues to astound. Relive the beguiling enchantment cast over all at Samaris' exclusive in-studio here at KEXP, where the young trio laid 18th-century Icelanding poetry over live clarinet and emotive, evocative beats. blog.kexp.org
"The song expressed Costello's anger after seeing former British Union of Fascists leader Oswald Mosley interviewed on television attempting to deny his racist past. In the liner notes to the Rhino edition of the album, Costello writes: ''Less Than Zero' was a song I had written after seeing the despicable Oswald Mosley being interviewed on BBC television. The former leader of the British Union of Fascists seemed unrepentant about his poisonous actions of the 1930s. The song was more of a slandering fantasy than a reasoned argument.'" bit.ly
"Well, if it weren’t for the devil, the universe wouldn’t exist. If God is perfect, perfect sucks, because perfect is finished. Done. That’s why Navajos will always make a mistake in their rug making. They’ll never finish a complete, perfect rug, because then life as we know it would be over. It’s sort-of that theme. The Devil is the one that keeps things interesting, otherwise you’re having a party and only inviting dull people that know their place. [Laughs] With the devil’s interval, you’ve got somebody who’s so startlingly different that things have to move around." ~ Richard Lloyd bit.ly
"I wanted to play the guitar the first time I ever saw one. I can’t remember when that was. I had a hankering to play guitar, but nobody had one. I had a little baby toy piano I used to play and bang on. But nobody in my family knew how to play the piano, so I ended up banging it to death. At the same time, I was sneaking my stepfather’s ukulele out, and playing it as if it were a guitar. One day, I had a sleepover at my cousin’s house. They were going to form a rockabilly band, and we passed the guitar around. I was a rank beginner, and they showed me three chords, and I started learning to play these three chords. Eventually, they just gave me the guitar... They were like, 'We’re going to bed. You gotta stop playing.' So, I took the guitar in the bathroom, playing these three chords, and the next thing you know, there’s a knock on the door. It’s one of the cousins saying, 'I have to use the bathroom, it’s the morning. What the hell have you been doing?'" bit.ly
"Patti Smith's 1975 album 'Horses' is arguably one of the best debut albums of all time. It sparked the career of a poet and rock star that has lasted over four decades. 'Our real battle cry was not to save rock and roll, but to inspire people to save it.' Patti says. 'Inspire people to remember its full range of possibilities. Our cultural voice, our poetic voice, our revolutionary voice, our sexual voice. That was our true mission, to inspire others.' Over the years Patti Smith has released more than a dozen albums where she not only reads poetry but also fronts her own rock and roll band." Listen to our exclusive documentary here: www.kexp.org/learn/documentaries?docid=18#8
"The first grunge-era band to get signed to a major label was Seattle’s own Soundgarden. They got started officially in 1984, naming themselves after a sound sculpture near Seattle’s Magnuson park." Follow the link to listen to our audio documentary on this influential local group. blog.kexp.org
Enjoy John Richards' video tribute to Chris Cornell's 50th birthday last year: blog.kexp.org
If that live track has whetted your appetite for more Arcade Fire, here's more for your listening pleasure: kexp.org
Malian singer-songwriter Vieux Farka Toure plays a set showcasing his originality by incorporating West African folk, world-beat and delta blues. Vieux Farka Toure played songs from his 2013 release 'Mon Pays' (My Country) live at the KEXP studio. www.kexp.org/live/liveperformance.aspx?rId=34552
One of the great blessings we have in this town is the number of phenomenal performers we have coming right out of our own neighbourhoods. For more from Blue Scholars, check it: blog.kexp.org
"Sri Lankan artist M.I.A. was denied entry to America because the U.S. Government determined that her profile made her a potential terrorist. She turned this all around by using her time to help build a playground in Liberia, visit youth detention centers and make a new album. The record 'Kala' samples indie bands and brings the culture to many third world countries for the first time ever." Check out our profile on M.I.A. in our Music Revolutionaries Documentary Series: kexp.org
One of our most viewed in-studio sessions, currently clocking at 29,946,984 views, and to no surprise. The jubilation is infectious: www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgjwAZ9TR3U The full performance here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2Pky_5ynb0 For another in-studio with these guys: http://blog.kexp.org/2011/03/01/live-video-macklemore-ryan-lewis/
This supergroup got the entire audience at KEX Hostel, including themselves, to lie down during the song before busting into the enormously rousing climax. Check it out for yourself here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ktm0T0pRRzg Full performance: www.youtube.com/watch?v=uu5XNU0z2lA
"All the great political music was made at the height of political confrontations." "I never met a politician who didn't want to be a guitar player in a rock band. I've got the opportunity to say what I believe in." "Being spokesman for a generation is the worst job I ever had." ~ Billy Bragg
"Brooklyn band Parquet Courts make a sound whose exact genre is hard to nail down. Settling comfortably into a blend of seventies and eighties punk, avante rock, 80s pop, and no wave, their songs harken to indie rock’s humble beginnings — think Blonde Redhead but less sad, a more melodic Unwound, Murray Street era Sonic Youth, Television, The Ramones, Lou Reed and many others. Lyrically, Parquet Courts is both dense and fun, almost academic even when they’re singing about being stoned and hungry or donuts. During their performance at Mellow Johnny’s Bike Shop, one of the most buzzed about sets at the KEXP broadcast, guitarist and vocalist Andrew Savage practically spit his vocal lines with a sense of urgency that easily recalled Fugazi’s Ian MacKaye." Watch: blog.kexp.org
"Guitars upon guitars raining down on every single track and a fair share of ad hoc noise accentuation made every track in their four song set feel like it deserved its own session. But even with ending on a bloodthirsty, five minute edit of the unforgettable Wine and Roses title track, the impossible to beat climax was 'John Coltrane Stereo Blues'. Clocking in double digits, the epic Medicine Show cut ebbed and flowed like a raging ocean. At one point, a solid minute of just dueling guitars before drums and bass returned; at another, an amorphous tribute to Doors classic “Break On Through To The Other Side”. Through and through, the track was pure gold." Read on, and watch the blistering set for yourself: blog.kexp.org
So much good stuff for you! Here is Gary Numan live at our secret secret (not-so-secret) Bumbershoot Music Lounge, avec des photos excellents aussi! http://blog.kexp.org/2013/10/04/live-video-gary-numan/ Next, here is a supremely adorable Die-Hard battery commercial he did a few years back: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tLbie3LmJY And... the making of!!! www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHYG3QlGr8Q
Many hearts were aflutter when the re-formed Helmet came and pummeled our studio with an intense, intelligent performance. Enjoy: blog.kexp.org
"Mia Zapata was brutally murdered in 1993 just when her band The Gits were about to hit it big. In this KEXP Documentary, her friends and family tell the story of this strong, magnetic punk rocker and how she inspired the self-defense organization Home Alive." www.kexp.org/learn/documentaries?docid=9#7
Here is video from that time Josh Tillman performed a benefit show for our New Home at the beautiful Columbia City Theatre: blog.kexp.org
"For many years, dating back virtually to when the song was written, 'Rosalita' always closed the regular set in Springsteen concerts, often elongated to incorporate extended band introductions. It was the one 'sure thing' in a Springsteen set list and celebrated as such. However, on October 19, 1984 in the Tacoma Dome in Tacoma, Washington, during the Born in the U.S.A. Tour, this suddenly changed; 'Rosalita' was dropped from the show, not to reappear. Springsteen biographer Dave Marsh said this was done to 'disrupt the ritual expectations of the fanatic fans [...] establishing through a burst of creativity just who was boss [...] he'd liberated the show from an albatross, a song that was too long and had long since stopped breathing.' For many years, 'Rosalita' made only rare or sporadic appearances, leading to fans campaigning for the song to be played by holding banners or placards saying 'Let Rosie Come Out Tonight!' during shows." bit.ly
"Raw Power KEXP took over the Pike Place Market in August, as Seattle musicians Mike McCready, Duff McKagan, Mark Arm, and Barrett Martin, blazed songs by Iggy & the Stooges live from the rooftop! Nearly nine thousand fans came out for the free concert, while additional fundraisers helped support KEXP’s new home campaign. Maybe you were in the crowd, maybe you missed it, but now you all have the opportunity to relive this historic, roof-shaking event over and over again." Catch it all here: blog.kexp.org Enjoy a Q&A with drummer Barrett Martin: blog.kexp.org
Enjoy the photo gallery from that incredible live session, performed and streamed from the top of Pike Place Market this summer: blog.kexp.org
Of this song performed live, one commenter wrote, "Is it just me or was that fucking awesome?" to which another responded, "fucking awesome" www.youtube.com/watch?v=uo35O1AJOfg
"Live at the Apollo was recorded on the night of October 24, 1962 at Brown's own expense. Although not credited on the album cover or label, Brown's vocal group, The Famous Flames (Bobby Byrd, Bobby Bennett, and Lloyd Stallworth), played an important co-starring role in Live at the Apollo, and are included with Brown by M.C. Fats Gonder in the album's intro. Brown's record label, King Records, originally opposed releasing the album, believing that a live album featuring no new songs would not be profitable. The label finally relented under pressure from Brown and his manager Bud Hobgood." bit.ly
Of this live recording, Rolling Stone's Robert Christgau wrote, "Recorded in 1962 and barely half an hour long, it lacks the heft we associate with live albums, relegating major songs to the same eight-title medley as forgettable ones. But not only did it establish Brown as an r&b superstar and a sales force to be reckoned with, it's a time capsule, living testament of a chitlin circuit now defunct. The band is clean as a silk suit, and how the women love this rough singer's tender lover-in-song act. There is no music anywhere quite like the perfectly timed and articulated female fan-screeches that punctuate the 10-minute 'Lost Someone.'"
"Four misfits from Queens take on the last name “Ramone”. They storm the scene at CBGBs with a wall of sound. The band’s turbulent personality conflicts don’t deter them from playing 2,263 shows. Their serious stage attitude and rough, low-rent songs spark the UK Punk Explosion." Our audio documentary here: kexp.org
"My very favorite thing about the band is Joey Ramone. He was diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder as a kid and was told he would never be a functioning member of society. He went on to become a rock star, and he influenced the music of the future. Joey also did something that I did as a kid, he made recordings of thunderstorms on tape players." More from Michele Myers' Midnight Album Feature on The Ramones. blog.kexp.org
If you have a moment, treat yourself to something really special with this rare interview with Joey Ramone, conducted by our own Kevin Cole. Savour it here: blog.kexp.org
A tribute to Joey Ramone, with whom Bono had developed a strong connection.
For the ultimate in live, here's U2 performing on the back of a truck in NYC to promote "How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb": www.youtube.com
A live cover of a Who song. "Music can change the world because it can change people." ~ Bono
"The Clash seemed to be heading toward a reunion in late 2002. On November 7th, word came down that they were being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Just seven days later Joe Strummer played a benefit concert for striking firefighters at London's Acton Town Hall, during which he brought out surprise guest Mick Jones for an impromptu three-song encore of Clash songs. It was the first time they had shared a stage since the US Festival in 1983." rol.st
"... Pressure grew on the band to reunite at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony. Strummer, Jones and drummer Topper Headon were all on board, but bassist Paul Simonon wasn't having it. 'I was the one who always said no,' he said in 2008. 'In this instance, I really didn't believe it was the right moment. A big corporate event like that, two grand a seat. Nah, that wasn't in the spirit of the Clash, was it?' On December 21st, 2002 Joe Strummer sent Simonon a text. 'Come on, Paul,' he wrote. 'Give it a try. You might even like it.' Simonon wouldn't budge and Strummer reportedly considered going ahead with a replacement bassist. The very next day he dropped dead due to an undiagnosed congenital heart defect. Sadly, the three-song Strummer/Jones set from Acton Hall was as close to a Clash reunion as the world ever got." rol.st