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#387 - From the band's second studio album, released July 27, 1984. Metallica initially had sound problems, because its gear was stolen three weeks before the band arrived in Copenhagen. The band members slept in the studio by day as they could not afford a hotel and recorded by night, because the studio was booked by other artists during the daytime.

#386 - "Cortez the Killer" is a song by Neil Young from his 1975 album, Zuma. Recorded with the band Crazy Horse. The lyrics start 3:23 into the song. First the words picture Cortés and his "galleons and guns" on their quest of the new world shores. There lived Montezuma, emperor of the Aztecs, inconceivably rich and full of wisdom, but in a civilization doomed despite its beauty and amazing achievements.

#385 "Into My Arms" was released as the first single from Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds' tenth studio album The Boatman's Call in 1997. Cave wrote this piano-based love song cloaked in whilst in rehab. He explained to Mojo magazine March 2009: "In the first couple of days when you haven't slept, you're withdrawing from drugs, you're sick. You try and make the best of a bad situation."

#384 Lead singer & Guitarist Brittany Howard LIVE on KEXP Monday, November 18th at 12:00PM

#383 Wish You Were Here is the ninth studio album by the English rock band Pink Floyd, released on the 12th of September 1975. The entire album paid tribute to founding member Syd Barrett, who left seven years earlier with deteriorating mental health.

#382 Roygbiv is off Music Has the Right to Children the debut studio album by Scottish electronic music duo Boards of Canada. It was released on 20 April 1998 in the United Kingdom by Warp

#381 Absolution is the third studio album by English rock band Muse. It was released on 15 September 2003. Initially ‘Absolution’ was planned as a concept album around the theme of insanity, much like Pink Floyd’s mega-selling ‘Dark Side Of The Moon’. Ultimately, the influence of the Iraq War would change the direction of the album.

Read more here: bit.ly

#380-Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino is the sixth studio album by English rock band Arctic Monkeys. It was released on 11 May 2018 by Domino Recording Company, and references Tranquility Base, the site of the Apollo 11 Moon landing.

#379 Andrew Bird will be playing the Paramount on the 19th of October 2019 Info: bit.ly

Andrew Bird LIVE on KEXP (BROADCAST ONLY) Saturday, October 19th at 12:00 PM

#378 Of Monteral will be playing the Wonder Ballroom in Portland Oregon on New Years Eve 2019 Info: bit.ly

#377 Oh Sees will be playing Neumos on Saturday the 5th and Sunday the 6th October 2019. Info: bit.ly

#375 Decoration Day is a album released by Drive-By Truckers in 2003. The album was recorded mostly live over two weeks at Chase Park Transduction Studios in Athens, Georgia, and was produced by noted producer and former Sugar bassist David Barbe.

#376 Boys and Girls in America is the third studio album by The Hold Steady, released on October 3, 2006 by Vagrant Records.Pitchfork rated Boys and Girls in America 9.4 out of 10, and named it the fifth-best album of the year. Read the full pitchfork review here: bit.ly

#374 Jar of Flies is the third studio EP by the American rock band Alice in Chains, released on January 25, 1994. The first session took place on September 7, 1993. Vocalist Layne Staley said the band "just wanted to go into the studio for a few days with our acoustic guitars and see what happened. We never really planned on the music we made at that time to be released. But the record label heard it and they really liked it. For us, it was just the experience of four guys getting together in the studio and making some music." The album's sessions lasted 14–18 hours a day, and recording was complete within seven days.

#373 Live at the Tacoma Dome! You can catch the Black Keys on the 23rd of November at the Tacoma Dome! Modest mouse will be supporting and DJ assistant Seb already has his tickets! Info: bit.ly

#372 Oh Sees will be playing Neumos on Saturday the 5th and Sunday the 6th October 2019. Info: bit.ly

#371 The single, "Definition", is a stern response to hip hop's fascination with death, and a dedication to slain emcees Tupac Shakur and The Notorious B.I.G

#370 Vampire Weekend will be playing the WAMU Theather on Friday the 27th of September 2019. Info: bit.ly

#369 Anyone who calls & donates during the show will be entered into a drawing for a pair of tickets to see Angel Olsen at The Moore on December 11th. Please call 206-903-5397 or 1-866-903-5397 now and support KEXP today!

#369 Angel Olsen stopped by KEXP's live room back in 2017 for a beautiful performance in support of her album My Woman. Link: www.youtube.com

#368 Pitchfork wrote "RTJ3 is essentially the Run the Jewels manifesto, an outpouring of rage and defiance that never loses sight of the objectives: rallying the troops, holding all accountable, and toppling oppression." Read the full review here: bit.ly

#367 Fiona Apple said "It was very casual, and I wasn't fully admitting that I was making an album, I got to use the time in the studio to inspire me to finish other things rather than feel like I was finishing homework to hand in. It wasn't a lot of pressure. And the record company didn't know I was doing it, so nobody was looking over my shoulder."

#366 Since Let It Be was The Beatles last album, it made an appropriate statement about leaving problems behind and moving on in life. The album was supposed to convey an entirely different message. It was going to be called "Get Back," and they were going to record it in front of an audience on live TV, with another TV special showing them practicing the songs in the studio.

#365 Check out Spoon's September 2017 KEXP in-studio here: www.kexp.org

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#363 "Oliver's Army" is a song written by Elvis Costello and performed by Elvis Costello and the Attractions, from the former's third studio album Armed Forces (1979). The song is a new wave track that was lyrically inspired by the Troubles in Northern Ireland and includes lyrics critical of the socioeconomic components of war. Costello had traveled to Northern Ireland and was influenced by sights of British soldiers patrolling Belfast.

#364 You can learn more about KEXP's International Clash Day here: www.kexp.org

#363 Armed Forces is the third studio album by British musician Elvis Costello, released in the UK by Radar Records and in the US by Columbia in 1979. It was his second album with the Attractions, and the first to officially credit the Attractions on the cover. The album had the working title Emotional Fascism.

#362 You'd Prefer an Astronaut is the third studio album by the American alternative rock band Hum, released on April 11, 1995 by RCA Records as their major label debut. The title of the album is a lyric lifted from the song "I'd Like Your Hair Long".

#361 "As you can tell by the lyrics and the video, “Coffee” by Sylvan Esso is a song about dancing, but it doesn’t fall into either of the above categories. It’s more introspective than instructional; more emotional than motivational. I like to think of it as a song that sees dancing as relationships in miniature. The excitement of scanning the crowd for the next partner, the electricity of initial contact, the boredom of familiarity…even despair at the possibility of not finding the right person. “The sentiment’s the same, but the pair of feet change.” Read more: bit.ly

#360 Past Tame Impala releases were done by Kevin Parker purely for his own enjoyment. Innerspeaker marks the first time Parker has "recorded something for an intended release.

BTW this was one of dj assistant seb's favorite shows that hes been to!

#359 The B-52's is the debut album by the Athens, Georgia-based new wave band the B-52's. The kitschy lyrics and mood, and the hook-laden harmonies helped establish a fanbase for the band, who went on to release several chart-topping singles.

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#358 Canadian indie rock band, the New Pornographers, performed at the KEXP studio back in 2017 and 2014, thanks to donations by listeners like you! Pledge your soul to music and donate at kexp.org or by phone at 206-903-5397