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International Clash Day Interviews

Clash For Climate: Italian Trio Joycut on The Green Philosophy Behind Their Band

Listen to Kevin Cole's interview with the band and read a transcript of their conversation


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International Clash Day Interviews

Fighting For What Makes Us Come Alive: A Conversation With Climate Activist and Musician Xiuhtezcatl Martinez

Ahead of our Clash For Climate event, the teen activist talks about his work with Earth Guardians, speaking in front of the United Nations, and his music career.


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Party Down (And Pick Up Your Trash): How Local Music Fests Are Navigating the Climate Crisis

KEXP talks with the organizers behind Pickathon and the Capitol Hill Block Party to discuss ways to have a more environmentally-friendly music festival.


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International Clash Day Interviews

Billy Bragg on His One Step Forward. Two Steps Back. Tour and What Punk and The Clash Mean to Him

With Billy Bragg playing three sold-out shows in Seattle, February 28th through March 2nd, KEXP revisits our chat with him during International Clash Day.


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International Clash Day in Mexico with Cultural Journalist Luli Serrano Eguiluz

Throughout this week, KEXP speaks with different referents, writers, and music journalists from Argentina, Chile, Brazil, Uruguay, Guatemala, and Mexico to give us an opinion and more detailed framework of what happened back in 1979. Today, cultural journalist Luli Serrano Eguiluz talks about Mexic…


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Straight to Hell on a Paper Plane: How MIA’s Clash-Sampling Breakout Hit Became a Generational Anthem

As we celebrate International Clash Day, we look back at the M.I.A. hit sampling the band's Combat Rock classic "Straight To hell"


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LONDON CALLING: Do You Accept The Charges?

Writer and KEXP DJ Larry Mizell Jr. reflects on The Clash's seminal album 40 years later for International Clash Day 2019


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London’s Still Calling: Modern Artists Carrying On The Mission of The Clash

From IDLES and Priests to Downtown Boys and Young Fathers, we look at bands who are continuing the fight started by The Clash.


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International Clash Day in Guatemala with Music Journalist Julio Adelso of El Timbre

Throughout this week, KEXP speaks with different referents, writers, and music journalists from Argentina, Chile, Brazil, Uruguay, Guatemala, and Mexico to give us an opinion and more detailed framework of what happened back in 1979. Today, music journalist Julio Adelso takes us to Guatemala.


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From the Archives:

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Sub Pop 30th Anniversary Count-Up

In 2018, KEXP celebrated the 30th anniversary of local record label Sub Pop with a four-month retrospective, "counting up" every catalog number in their vast discography of over 1,200 releases. Dig into the archives of our catalog coverage, featuring in-depth coverage on the history of their releases.


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