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Friday, Aug 2 2013, 2PM
Welcome to the Friday Edition of the Afternoon Show. Bringing you to Sound Tribe Sector 9, Tzolkin and further galaxies of sound!
Watch them perform this track live in Rome in 1980: bit.ly
Watch Australian group, Pond's, KEXP performance from last year here: bit.ly
"First the mic, then a half cigarette, Singing Cathy's Clown." Smith is referencing the Everly Brothers hit Cathy's Clown: bit.ly
The Decemberists covering Elliott Smith's Clementine: bit.ly
This is the Bluebells sole full length. Fun fact: another track on this album, "Young at Heart", was cowritten by lead singer, Robert Hodgens and his gf Siobhan Fahey of Bananarama.
Vocalist Aluna Francis and producer George Reid first gained fame with their video for "You Know You Like It." Watch it here: bit.ly
Playing Pickathon! Watch their KEXP in studio from last August here: bit.ly
Would've been handy two weeks ago; this website, called 6 Degrees of Black Sabbath, attempts to chart a path from one artist to another. See how Spoon connects to Heaven 17 here: bit.ly
Wax Idols started as a solo project of Heather Fedewa, of Hunx & His Punx, Bare Wires and Blasted Canyons.
Stream their live KEXP in-studio from 2006 here: bit.ly
Doing everything we can to embolden the sun against this gray August afternoon, sunny brother/sister duo the Magic Numbers ought to do the trick. Take that clouds!
Stream KEXP's live Johnny Marr session from a decade ago here: bit.ly
Get another Walkmen song for free as part of KEXP's Song of the Day Podcast here: bit.ly
New album out October 15th. Seattle date is December 6th at Key Arena!
Playing October 25th at the Showbox in support of their new album out September 3rd. Watch the video for this song here: bit.ly
This Brookland based foursome wants you to hear their music. It's available for streaming on their website: bit.ly
What's your favorite cover of this song? Nouvelle Vogue, Snow Patrol, Ash, Portastatic, The Racontuers or some other that I'm unaware of?
It's on, rain or shine at Seattle Center's Mural Stage tonight. It's No Depression night, and the show has been pushed back to 6pm. Set times as follow: GravelRoad @ 6pm, Rose Windows at 7pm and J.D. McPherson at 8pm.
KEXP has two Black Keys performances available in our streaming archive! Listen here: bit.ly
50 years of Rolling Stones concerts visualized with this sexy interactive map: bit.ly
Check out the The Shivas session on Audioasis, tomorrow at 8:30 PM. Playing at the Guest House in Olympia on Thursday, August 22nd. These kids won't let you stand still, they’ve released two albums on cassette, Freezing To Death on Portland’s beloved Gnar Tapes and Shit, and White Out on Burger Records.
New EP out August 31st! Playing at the Comet Tavern on Friday, September 6th! bit.ly
For 4mth old KEXP listener, Truman. Thanks for listening buddy!
Australian duo Jagwar Ma, released their debut album, Howlin', this past June.
Check out KEXP's Review Revue of the Stone Roses self titled album: bit.ly
Pulp's After You was produced by James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem and remixed by Belgian dance-rockers, Soulwax. The official release came out on record store day this past April, with the original Murphy produced single as the A side and this remix as side B. Stream it on Soundcloud here: bit.ly
December 10th, 11th and 12th at Key Arena. Watch footage of Macklemore & Ryan Lewis shooting their new music video for White Walls on top of Dick's Drive In on Broadway in Capitol Hill.
Rose Windows go on tonight at 7pm at KEXP and Seattle Center's kick-off Concert at the Mural event. It's No Depression Night! Show has been pushed back half an hour, set times are GravelRoad @ 6pm, Rose Windows at 7pm and J.D. McPherson at 8pm.
Gish is one of many albums quintessential alternative rock albums produced by Butch Vig in the 90's. Vig also produced Nirvana's Nevermind, Sonic Youth's Dirty and was the Drummer for Garbage. Born on this day in 1955!
Happy birthday to John Stanier, drummer of Helmet, born on this day in 1968!
David Yow, vocalist for Scratch Acid and The Jesus Lizard, was born on this day in 1960!
August 2nd is a popular birthday for musicians! Add Mojo Nixon to the August 2nd group! Mojo is on record as declaring his personal religious trinity to be Elvis Presley, Foghorn Leghorn and Otis Campbell. Wesley Willis has a great tribute song to Nixon here, bit.ly. "You are a rockstar, you are a really good rock-and-roller, you can really rock like a smook, you are a good rock singer...Rock over London, Rock on, Chicago, Dunkin' Donuts, this one's a trip."
The Jim Jones Revue is made up of Jim Jones, Rupert Orton (Beth Orton's brother), Henri Herbert, Gavin Jay and Nick Jones.
Born Barry White, in 1955, Barrence and the Savages started recording together in '84.
Playing Sunday, September 8th at Neumos with the Dodos! Watch the music video here: bit.ly
The EchoNest database supported website "Six Degrees of Black Sabbath" takes you from Neko Case to Muddy Waters in 16 steps. Here's my, human generated path: T-Bone Burnett recently hosted The Speaking Clock Revue, a benefit concert supporting arts education org, the Participant Foundation, Neko Case peformed Midnight Rider at the show with Greg Allman. Allman's next album, Low Country Blues, produced by T-Bone, featured a cover of Muddy's "I Can't Be Satisfied." What was that, three steps? Suck it computers.
Thanks for listening to the Friday edition of the Afternoon Show, now go see a show!
