photo by The Ripper Every Monday through Friday, we deliver a different song as part our Song of the Day podcast subscription . This podcast features exclusive KEXP in-studio performances, unreleased songs, and recordings from independent artists that our DJs think you should hear. Today's selection, featured on the Afternoon Show with Kevin Cole, is "The Window" by Lux from the 2012 self-released album We Are Not The Same . Lux - The Window ( MP3 ) [...]
Seriously, the musical landscape of the 90s didn't have shit on the randomness of the 80s. Kate Bush Alternative Hounds Of Love The Handsome Cabin Boy I'm going to level with you,I don't know what's so "alternative" about this mix of "Hounds Of Love' aside from the fact that it's about 50 seconds longer than the original album version. It has the "do-we-do-do do-we-da-da" and those awesome drums still, so it still kicks ass. The real star here is the B-side, "The Handsome Cabin [...]
Book Of Love : We Three Kings [ purchase ] See if you can name the decade in which this song was recorded. The Philadelphia-based synth popsters Book Of Love give us an immensely dance-able version of "We Three Kings", now available on the two CD version of their debut. It's worth noting for two reasons. First there's the way vocalist Susan Ottoviano sings as though she'd rather be scrubbing toilets. And secondly, because it provides the soundtrack to an outrageous 60,000 LED Christmas display near Miami, FL which [...]
Jude Moses play The Magnetic Fields' 'The Book of Love' in an appropriately tranquil landscape.
May 12, 2011, Cabaret La Tulipe, Montreal, QC Approaching the venue, anticipation was in the air, as The Airborne Toxic Event's tour bus came into view. An interview was in the works before their performance at Cabaret La Tulipe in Montreal. This being the first time I would see The Airborne Toxic Event in person, not to mention the fact that doing a live interview would be a bit intimidating, to say the least. The ticker flashed its lights and showcased this accomplished and distinct band. The imperturbable Mikel Jollett strolled off the bus, only to [...]
ZACH THAT: Last week at Louisville's Skull Alley , we were treated with an amazing performance from Darren Hanlon . It was packed with humor, heartbreak, and just felt good to have a reminder why music is so special. He closed the show by getting away from the microphone and covering The Magnetic Fields' "The Book Of Love"....a WLFY favorite. Thanks to Joey from Backseat Sandbar for the video and telling us this was a show we couldn't miss.
The long-awaited release of The Magnetic Fields' 69 Love Songs box set on limited-edition 10" vinyl (with MP3 download coupon) to be released in stores on April 20! Download: The Magnetic Fields - Book Of Love
Il titolo è ironico "Scratch my back" ( Grattami la schiena ). Vi avevamo anticipato l'uscita del nuovo album di Peter Gabriel già lo scorso ottobre. Un album in cui l'ex cantante dei Genesis , fondatore della Real World si cimenta nelle cover di alcuni dei maggiori successi pop e rock degli ultimi anni. Non solo colleghi altrettanto famosi ma nomi dell'indie che ormai (almeno all'estero) sono molto più che personaggi di culto. Arcade Fire , Bon Iver e Stephin Merritt aka [...]
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Why were the '80s such a confusing time for so many ... artists? The rich musicians offering awkward "Merry Christmas" greetings on Yulesville sound like they stumbled out of a million-dollar coke party just in time to be corralled into a studio space to record these horrible spots. And why sequence four audio X-mas greetings in a row? The tendency would be to stagger the playlist a bit so the listener doesn't go absolute banana fuck-nuts by the time the records over; seems at Warner Bros they never learned this skill. These curiosities aside, [...]
You should not have remorse for anything you have done, because to isolate one's acts as being mean, or ugly, or evil is to place an unwarranted importance on the self. Well-being is a condition one has to groom, a condition one has to become acquainted with in order to seek it. You don't know what well-being is, because you have never experienced it. Well-being is an achievement one has to deliberately seek. In order to accomplish the feat of making yourself miserable you have to work in a most intense fashion. It is absurd you have never realized you [...]
It's "only" been seven years since Book of Love last appeared live on stage, playing a few select dates across the country to promote the release of their long-awaited best-of collection. The joyful and beatific synth-pop band haven't played since, yet seemingly out of nowhere, decided to grace their hardcore fans with an intimate performance in New York. This time, the band reunited to celebrate both the 25th anniversary of their inception and the reissue of their classic 1986 self-titled debut, a new wave staple to date. From the moment they took the stage, the band seemed equally celebratory and shaky. [...]
Holy shit I'm back. Sober! Oh well. That might not last all week though (sorry mom)! I'm also not feeling very talkative tonight, so I'll be keeping things brief. I'll be back to my ranting misanthropic self in a day or so. It's late. Book Of Love Boy (Peter Rauhoffer Club Mix) Boy (Headrillaz Extended Vocal Mix) Boy (Headrillaz Dub) Boy (Dubaholics Mix) Boy (Dubaholics Dub) Boy (Peter Rauhoffer Dub) [...]
This is a guilty pleasure of mine. Book of Love's 1986 self-titled debut came to my attention via a friend of mine who was very much into Depeche Mode. She loved the synthpop sound and knew that I did as well, thus letting me borrow the extended remix for Book of Love's single "Boy." I must admit that I really liked this girl, so I wanted to be cool... I listened to it, said things like "That's cool" and "Wow you have great taste in music" and my favorite line ever, "Can I put my head [...]
(photo by Rebecca Miller) A gentle, coy, nearly-too-endearing-for-its-o wn good emanates from Catherine A.D. , a woman who hones her honeyed voice over lilting piano and simple orchestration of drums and chamber-pop-instruments. Many comparisons have been made to a sort of hybridization of fellow countrymen Kate Bush and Patrick Wolf, but we actually hear much more of Stories From The City -era PJ Harvey . She's just released an EP called Carry Your Heart , and in its three songs, we get all sorts of wonderful fire, chanteuse-like cooing and dark sturm und [...]
Lexington, Kentucky Yeah, I know, normally, I get right up there and practically jam the lens through the wire to get the shot, but what can I tell you? This one gave me the wig. Badly. I just could not make myself get any closer. Witch Day! Book of Love - Witchcraft Frank Sinatra - Witchcraft Steve Lawrence - Bewitched Screamin Jay Hawkins - I Put a Spell On You
Book of Love was, from 1984 to 1993, a popular synth pop and dance music band, right alongside Sire Records labelmates Depeche Mode and Erasure. Led by vocalist Susan Ottaviano, the band also included Ted Ottaviano (no relation to Susan), Lauren Roselli and Jade Lee. Book of Love - Alice Everyday.mp3 Book of Love - Boy.mp3 Book of Love - Boy [Peter Rauhofer Remix].mp3 Book of Love - Chatterbox,
I got Mass Effect for the Xbox 360 yesterday and that game is chocolate-covered crack dipped in heroin. The main reason for this post tonight is so I have an excuse to put the damn controller down and do something else. I close my eyes and all I see is that damn galactic map. Must...find...Saren.... Frankie Goes To Hollywood The World Is My Oyster (12" mix) Welcome to the Pleasuredome (Pleasure Fix) The Only Star In Heaven (Star Fix) [...]
Something for everyone on this week's mix, although it's a little bit darker than usual. Blame that on my boring experience at the Fetish Fair Fleamarket this weekend, if you will, or on the fact that I'm dreading tomorrow's snowstorm. (Even though I like snow-I do!-and I hate it when people in New England complain about getting snow in January. It's totally me, I know that. Keep snowing, world!) Anyway. This mix features some moody postpunk, some reggae, and a couple of nice ladies from the sixties, and the Swedish Jimmy Somerville. (more...)
Glass Art Pumpkins Pumpkin Festival Circleville, Ohio Book of Love - Witchcraft Screamin' Jay Hawkins - I Put a Spell On You Frank Sinatra - Witchcraft Ella Fitzgerald - Ding Dong the Witch is Dead
The two people who run MML have been separated for far too long. We have been dealing with the Department of Homeland Security and finally have some clearance. Michelle will be moving to the States at the end of this week and I couldn't be happier. You must excuse our absence as we get settled and ready to kick your doors in with new music. The plan has been successful and we
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