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Tuesday, Dec 16 2014, 10AM
My Morning Jacket's song, "Holdin' On To Black Metal," was a KEXP Song of the Day. Download it for yourself here: blog.kexp.org
Visit Marcus and Daniel's Facebook page: www.facebook.com
"Radio Tokyo" was yesterday's KEXP Song of the Day: blog.kexp.org Hookworms will be performing at Seattle's Sunset Tavern on Wednesday, April 8th, 2015.
Read a positive Pitchfork review of Thee Oh Sees' "Drop": pitchfork.com
Stereogum called Big Ups' "Eighteen Hours of Static" the "album of the week" upon its release at the beginning of the year: www.stereogum.com
Cabana, along with Strand of Oaks, Cymbals Eat Guitars, and S, will be playing KEXP's Yule Benefit at Neumos on Saturday, December 20th, 2014. All proceeds will go to KEXP's new home campaign: blog.kexp.org
Watch live video of Sebadoh in the KEXP studio last year: blog.kexp.org
Hanni El Khatib will be LIVE on KEXP on Monday, February 9th, 2015, at 1:00 p.m. He will be playing the Showbox on Tuesday, February 10th, 2015.
In October, the KEXP blog featured the album premiere of Portland band The Shivas' "You Know What To Do": blog.kexp.org
This was Cheryl's favorite album of 2014. Be sure and vote for your top ten albums of the year before 6:00 p.m. tonight: blog.kexp.org We'll begin counting them down on Friday, December 19th, at 10:00 a.m.
"Hypnotized" by Dream Police is a KEXP Song of the Day: blog.kexp.org
Flying Colours' "Not Today" is one of thirteen terrific songs chosen by Cheryl Waters for this week's Music That Matters podcast: blog.kexp.org
See live video of Spoon performing "Knock Knock Knock" and other songs from "They Want My Soul" in the KEXP studio: blog.kexp.org
In this interview, Britt Daniel discusses 20 songs that span Spoon's career: pitchfork.com
Learn more about Jordy Asher, aka Boots, at his Facebook page: www.facebook.com
Enjoy a live performance by The National, playing songs from "Trouble Will Find Me" at the Cutting Room Studios in NYC: kexp.org
Watch The Cure perform "Hello, Goodbye" for a Paul McCartney tribute album: www.billboard.com
The Twilight Sad will be performing at the Tractor Tavern on Sunday, March 8th, 2015. Listen to their cover of Arthur Russell's "I Couldn't Say It To Your Face": www.brooklynvegan.com
Watch Georgia musician Ernest Greene, aka Washed Out, perform "It All Feels Right" and other songs at the Doug Fir Lounge in Portland during Musicfest NW 2013: blog.kexp.org
Seattle Weekly says that Seattle band's new release, "Soft Stab,' "sounds like it was assembled in a punk factory": www.seattleweekly.com
"Separate Songs" was chosen by Kevin Cole as part of a recent Music That Matters podcast: blog.kexp.org
Here's a brief history of the New York Dolls: punkmusic.about.com
Watch video of Seattle trio Dude York in the KEXP studio last year: blog.kexp.org
Read a fascinating LA Times interview with Billy Corgan that was published today: www.latimes.com
Glasgow rockers Franz Ferdinand performed "Right Action" and other songs in NYC's Avatar Studios last year: kexp.org
Put "Don't Wanna Lose" on your running/walking/ jumping playlist. It's available as a KEXP Song of the Day: blog.kexp.org
When Guided By Voices split up earlier this year, The Guardian asked, "How do you pick their five best songs?": www.theguardian.com
You can listen to this entire KEXP in studio session from Portland-based Blind Pilot at kexp.org
Watch video of the wonderful in-studio session that included "Luck Now": blog.kexp.org
Get "Teenage Wasteland," a KEXP Song of the Day, for yourself: blog.kexp.org
Watch a lively in-studio session by Okkervil River last year: blog.kexp.org
Deerhunter's Bradford Cox was hospitalized after a car accident in Atlanta earlier in December: www.stereogum.com
Perhaps Cymbals Eat Guitars will play "2 Hip Soul" when they perform at KEXP's Yule Benefit, along with Strand of Oaks, S, and Cabana, at Neumos on Saturday night, December 20th. All proceeds go to KEXP's new home fund: blog.kexp.org
"What was that world I was dreaming of?..." Read the lyrics to "When I Was Young": www.azlyrics.com
On their Facebook page, The Beverleys describe themselves as "junk punk or whatever": www.facebook.com
Dead Ship Sailing is Seattle's Greg Markel and Zera Marvel. Get "Burn To Dust," a KEXP Song of the Day: blog.kexp.org
Third Man Records has announced plans for a new full-length album by The Dead Weather, due out in 2015: pitchfork.com
This reviewer says that Swell's albums will "still hold up" after 30 more years: mrtrick.net
The Black Angels gave a wonderful concert for KEXP VIP Club members at the Triple Door last year. Watch video of that performance: blog.kexp.org
Cleveland band mr. Gnome's "The Heart of A Dark Star" was released in mid-November. You can acquire a copy here: www.mrgnome.com
Shearwater reports that their new album, "Jet Plane and Oxbow," is almost complete and that they will be touring extensively in 2015 (but no dates yet): shearwatermusic.com
Read a KEXP interview with Kristin Hersh: blog.kexp.org
Ty Segall was a guest DJ on NPR and shared some of the music that influenced his well-received recent album, "Manipulator": www.npr.org
Go here for a Folk Implosion biography (actually, two): www.artistdirect.com
See the video for Built to Spill's version of jazz artist's Vince Guaraldi's "Linus and Lucy": www.last.fm
Modest Mouse's new album, "Strangers to Ourselves," will be released on March 3rd, 2015: time.com
Mariachi El Bronx is the alter-ego of punk band The Bronx. Listen to them in a live in-studio performance last month: www.kexp.org
This song, "A Little Revolution," was a KEXP Song of the Day: blog.kexp.org Firewater states categorically on their Facebook page that they are NOT touring: www.facebook.com
Pond's sixth album, "Man It Feels Like Space Again," will be released on January 26th, 2015: www.nme.com
"Avalon" is featured on this week's Music That Matters podcast, curated by Cheryl Waters: blog.kexp.org
Hey! Hello!'s website reminds you to "ask lots of questions, don't eat the bullsh*t": www.heyhello.net
Brownout's in-studio covers of Black Sabbath songs was terrific: blog.kexp.org
Here's a link to King Gizzard's Facebook page: www.facebook.com