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Tuesday, Aug 5 2014, 10AM
Wasn't that set of Black Sabbath covers by Brownout great? The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame says "Black Sabbath is credited with creating heavy metal.": rockhall.com
Dinosaur Jr.'s J Mascis will be LIVE on KEXP from NYC's Cutting Room Studios on Friday, August 29th, 2014 at 9:00 a.m.
Read a Pitchfork review of White Fence's "For the Recently Found Innocent": pitchfork.com
Buy a vinyl version of Zig Zags self-titled album at their Bandcamp page: zigzags.bandcamp.com
Watch the album trailer for Ty Segall's new release, "Manipulator," which will be out on August 26th: pitchfork.com
Did you know that Sid Vicious is credited with inventing "Pogoing," bouncing up and down to the music? This apparently led straightaway to moshing.: www.songfacts.com
Did you know that KEXP's Jay Kardong plays pedal steel guitar in Sera Cahoone's band? Watch him and her in this video of "Baker Lake": www.youtube.com
Portugal. The Man will be performing with Grouplove at Marymoor Park in Redmond, Washington on Sunday, August 10th, 2014.
Here's Woods, playing songs from "With Light and With Love" live in the KEXP studio: kexp.org
Learn about Donovan's 50th Anniversary Tour in 2015 at his website: www.donovan.ie
Read a biography of this extraordinarily gifted vocalist who died in 1975: www.timbuckley.com Here's one list of the top 25 Tim Buckley songs: rateyourmusic.com
Plan now to hear The Black Keys when they perform at KeyArena on Saturday, November 1st, 2014.
In a positive review, Pitchfork says"'Home, Like NoPlace Is There' is very much an album that works its ass off": pitchfork.com
The Posies will be performing at the Triple Door in wo shows on Saturday, August 23rd, 2014: thetripledoor.net
See the animated video, "Mondo Taruobolium," the closing track from Devendra Banhart's "Mala": pitchfork.com
Diarrhea Planet is performing at the Tractor Tavern tonight, August 5th, 2014. They Will be LIVE on KEXP tomorrow, August 6th, 2014, at 1:00 p.m.
Helen Marnie's long awaited solo debut album, "Crystal World," is now available: www.ladytron.com
Phantogram will be playing at Marymoor Park in Redmond, Washington on Saturday, August 9th, 2014. Hear a Phantogam live session on KEXP on Tuesday, August 12th, at 11:00 a.m.
"Just Kids" was a KEXP Song of the Day earlier this year. You can download it for free here: blog.kexp.org
Read a long review of the LCD Soundsystem oeuvre: pitchfork.com
Buy Jungle's debut album, "Jungle," out now: junglejunglejungle.com
Be sure to listen to New Orleans musician Benjamin Booker LIVE on KEXP on Thursday, August 14th, 2014 at 1:00 p.m. He will be playing the Tractor Tavern on Friday, August 15th, 2014.
Puerto Rico's Davila 666 describes themselves as like "Menudo on drugs": www.allmusic.com
Listen to a live in-studio performance by U.K. band Gomez 10 years ago: kexp.org
Read an A.V. Club review of Swedish band The Amazing's "Gentle Stream": www.avclub.com
KEXP's studio was the setting for a live performance of songs by this San Diego band in 2012: kexp.org
A song from Spoon's brand new album "They Want My Soul" which comes out today!! Wow!! Watch live video of this entire Spoon session on the KEXP blog: blog.kexp.org?
This song, "Rent I Pay," also on Spoon's new album "They Want My Soul" (out today!) was a KEXP Song of the Week last week. Download it for yourself here: blog.kexp.org
"Who Makes Your Money" is from Spoon's last album, "Transference" which came out in 2010. Read Slate Magazine's glowing discussion of Spoon and Spoon's best songs: www.slate.com
"Rhthm & Soul" from Spoon's 2007 album "Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga."Now, read Britt Daniel's selections of the band's defining tracks: www.theguardian.com
"The Ghost of You Lingers" is from Spoon's 2007 album "Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga." You may get your own copy of "The Ghost of You Lingers," a KEXP Song of the Day: blog.kexp.org
A song from the brand new Spoon album "They Want My Soul" which is released today! Spin Magazine calls the new album, "They Want My Soul," "triumphant": www.spin.com
You can find the song "Metal Detektor" on Spoon's 1998 album "A Series of Sneaks." A reminder---you can see live video of this KEXP performance by Spoon: blog.kexp.org?
"Got Nuffin'" is from Spoon's last album, "Transference" which came out in 2010.Read a long interview with the band about the new album "They Want My Soul" (out today!) and "vinyl gratification": www.spin.com
First Aid Kit is coming to town and will play Seattle's Moore Theatre on Saturday, November 15th, 2014.
Valerie June will perform at the Bumbershoot Music and Arts Festival on Monday, September 1st, 2014. She will be LIVE on KEXP from the Bumbershoot Music Lounge at 12:00 noon that day.
Strand of Oaks will be playing the Tractor Tavern with Chris Denny on Tuesday, August 26th, 2014.
Uncle Tupelo spawned both Wilco and Son Volt. Listen to an NPR retrospective on "Uncle Tupelo's Family Tree": www.npr.org
Watch live video of a stunning in-studio performance by The War on Drugs in the spring: blog.kexp.org
Read a KEXP album review of The War on Drugs' "Lost In The Dream": blog.kexp.org
Go back in time to 2009 to take a live "sonic journey" with Built to Spill: kexp.org
The Donkeys performed songs from their latest release, "Ride the Black Wave," during a KEXP in-studio session last week: kexp.org
Here's a May, 2014 interview with Josh Tillman, aka Father John Misty: pitchfork.com
According to the BBC, here are "Five Great XTC Songs Every Household Should Own": www.bbcamerica.com
Perhaps BRONCHO will play "Class Historian" when they play the Showbox SoDo on Sunday, August 31st, 2014.
The New Pornographers will be playing Seattle's Showbox on Sunday, October 5th, and Monday, October 6th, 2014. Their new album, "Brill Bruisers," will be out on August 26th, 2014: www.brooklynvegan.com
Merchandise's album, "After the End," will also be out on August 26th, 2014. Watch the premiere of "Little Killer" from that album on the KEXP blog: blog.kexp.org
EDJ (Eric D. Johnson of Fruit Bats) will be LIVE on KEXP on Thursday, August 07, 2014, at 1:00 PM.
Chuck Prophet will be playing Slim's Last Chance in Seattle on Saturday, August 9th, 2014: slimslastchance.com
Parquet Courts will be LIVE on KEXP this afternoon!!, August 5th, 2014, at 4:00 p.m. They will perform at the Vera Project this evening.
See live video of Big Scary's recent KEXP in-studio performance: blog.kexp.org