Hey fellow KEXP listeners. Last April, I shared some files I've been curating for the last 20+ years, capturing all of the albums from the various KEXP "Listeners' Favorite Albums" countdown lists over the past 25 years. Well, I've built off of that and am happy to share a little blog I just published that leverages this data for what will be an ongoing series of analyses and visualizations. And yeah, it's super nerdy if that's your thing. Hat tip to u/malist42 for help with some of the data as I was pulling this together.

https://digmeoutliers.com/

Just me? MuSic SeEmS to GO LiKE thIS.

Hi! Looking for two adult tickets and one kid ticket to this year‘s Halloween party. Thank you! 🙏

Really appreciate them keeping it 💯 and not letting the tragedy in Oregon be “another” school tragedy.

These beats are getting me started in the best way, this morning.
Go on, Eva! 🙏

Drive Time has been a solid 5 stars, recommend tonight.

Absolutely flawless execution. No notes.

Kevin Sur is crushing it on the morning show.
That’s it. That’s the post. Definitely going to be revisiting this show in the archive a lot over the next couple weeks.

Hello friends, I used to attend death and music before there was such thing as buying tickets before hand. I forgot to look and see what date it was this year so I’m feeling a little bit sad that it’s sold out.

Does anyone have two extra tickets?

And if you did, how would I get them?

Hello KEXP friends,

Monday is Indigenous Peoples' Day and we have an exciting day of programming. Both on the airwaves and in person. Aside from amazing Indigenous programming all day, you can join us in the gathering space for Bring-It / Screen-It! Make your own Sounds of Survivance shirt, shopping bag, or whatever swag you have for donations of any amount to United Indians Of All Tribes Foundation.

We'll also be broadcasting from Daybreak Star Indian Cultural Center from 10am - 4pm.

Join us!

spin doctors made the countdown.

counting crows made the countdown.

alanis made the countdown.

mariah made the countdown.

but no hootie?

THE FIX IS IN.

Was hoping to re-listen to it but I'm not seeing it anywhere on the streaming archive. Am I just blind or is it missing for some reason? I see The Afternoon Show at 1:07 and then El Sonido.

Everything with more than one entry:

Raw data here:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1t6XUUHA5TfdxBWMZsiBEv5vVPstcnom3kSlBhastjUQ/edit?usp=drivesdk

Pearl Jam   15
Nirvana 14
The Smashing Pumpkins   13    
Radiohead   13
Soundgarden 11
R.E.M.  8
Björk  8
Alice in Chains 8
A Tribe Called Quest    8
Depeche Mode    7
Beastie Boys    7
Weezer  6
PJ Harvey   6
Pavement    6
Oasis   6
Blur    6
U2  5
Tori Amos   5
The Cure    5
Sinéad O'Connor    5
Hole    5
Built to Spill  5
Beck    5
Portishead  4
Pixies  4
Nine Inch Nails 4
Neutral Milk Hotel  4
Massive Attack  4
Liz Phair   4
Jeff Buckley    4
Jane's Addiction    4
Green Day   4
Fiona Apple 4
Elliott Smith   4
Dinosaur Jr.    4
TLC 3
The Notorious B.I.G.    3
The Cranberries 3
Sugar   3
Sonic Youth 3
Rage Against the Machine    3
My Bloody Valentine 3
Morphine    3
Modest Mouse    3
Mazzy Star  3
Lush    3
Lauryn Hill 3
James   3
Garbage 3
Fugees  3
Fatboy Slim 3
Cocteau Twins   3
Belle and Sebastian 3
Wu-Tang Clan    2
Wilco   2
Tom Petty   2
The Verve   2
The Sundays 2
The Prodigy 2
The Pharcyde    2
The Offspring   2
The Flaming Lips    2
The Chemical Brothers   2
The Cardigans   2
The Breeders    2
The Afghan Whigs    2
Temple of the Dog   2
Sublime 2
Stone Temple Pilots 2
Soul Coughing   2
Sleater-Kinney  2
Seal    2
Screaming Trees 2
Sade    2
Ride    2
Red Hot Chili Peppers   2
Rancid  2
Pulp    2
Prince  2
OutKast 2
No Doubt    2
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds 2
Ned's Atomic Dustbin    2
Nas 2
Ministry    2
Madonna 2
Guided By Voices    2
En Vogue    2
Elastica    2
Duran Duran 2
Dr. Dre 2
DJ Shadow   2
Daft Punk   2
Cracker 2
Counting Crows  2
Concrete Blonde 2
Catherine Wheel 2
CAKE    2
Blind Melon 2
Alanis Morissette   2
AIR 2

540 songs from the 90s is a lot, especially when the genres included hip hop and electronica and pop. Were there any surprise absences for you?

I was kind of surprised at the relative lack of Tool (I think Sober was the only song on the list) and complete absence of Primus.

I was also disappointed that The Immortals’ Techno Syndrome (Mortal Kombat) didn’t make it, considering how awesomely 90s that track is.

I was in the Navy when that song came out. Had to get paperwork once a week first time in the morning. Show up and the person who I needed the paperwork never had it ready. I was on his time... This song was on each time I showed up.

So now that the drive is over I am curious what everyone who donated got as their gifts. I am at the $10 level so got the shirt and the You are not Alone poster. It surprised me that the poster and the tote bag were the only $10 items. Like there weren't even any keychains or patches. I wonder how long it will be before there aren't any $10 a month items.

I would like to go up to $15 a month but I'm Canadian and between the crappy exchange rate, the not getting any tax credit for the donation and the extra service charge on my card it's hard to justify.

Also speaking of donations I find it weird that on the donate page there is a $48/month button and an $84/month button but they get you the exact same thing. Then again I also find it weird that there is no way to donate enough to get the shirt, the beanie and the hoodie.

Did anyone compile a list of the top 90s songs during the drive?

I’m hoping it’s not something obvious like “Smells Like Teen Spirit”.

How it is not in the top 100? One spot ahead of Semi-Charmed Life. I need to lie down.

Sources were CMJ/Gavin Report radio industry magazines (what was actually played on College radio, and commercial and non-commercial Alternative stations in the US and Canada)

Pazz & Jop Year End Best Ofs (which used over 50 music critics)

John Peel/Janice Long playlists (BBC indie/new wave)

My own deep dives using RYM/Discogs

Steve Hoffmann forums/reddit

Everything was then filtered through my personal taste.

Averages around 300+ songs per playlist, with the early to mid 80s having 400+ songs.

1 song per artist per year.

Will be adding more when I can.

https://open.spotify.com/user/o1fvr3cd8f47h2fxhckf937es?si=f1fa334779184ebc

y'all

if you voted for 2 princes you should have to shoulder the load of the ENTIRE pledge drive.

my earholes will never recover.

I've been working on this multi-station streaming site for a little while and wanted to share it now that I think I've worked out most of the bugs.

thelongwave.net

It pulls years of playlists from DJs at KEXP, KCRW, WNCW and a bunch of others, and goes song to song using only song transitions a real DJ made on air. It will find segues that span between DJs and even between stations, moving freely throughout.

There are genre pairings up top to help get started, or you can pick DJs yourself. Unfortunately, it only works with Apple Music at the moment. I tried getting Spotify to work but haven't been able to yet.

Of course we're in the pledge drive, so don't use it this week until AFTER you've donated, otherwise that's lame :)

If you find any issues, feel free to reach out to me here or on the about button.

Hope you guys enjoy!

holy hell, whoever voted for this crap has terrible taste. glad the djs are in charge most of the time.