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New Music Reviews (10/21)

Each week, KEXP’s Music Director Don Yates shares brief insights on new and upcoming releases. See what's coming up this week below, including reviews for new releases from Vagabon, Battles, Caroline Polachek, and more.


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Local Music Music News

Announcing the 2020 Timbrrr! Winter Music Festival Line-Up

The annual festival takes over Leavenworth, WA on January 25th and 26th, 2020.


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Interviews Sound and Vision

Extreme In A Way I Like: Kim Gordon On Air BnBs, Trashy Aesthetics, and Her First Solo Album No Home Record

The legendary former Sonic Youth member makes her solo debut after 38 years in music and sounds as urgent as ever.


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Mastering the Hustle

Mastering the Hustle 16: Music Synchronization 101

KEXP, Upstream Music Fest + Summit, MoPOP, and The Recording Academy have partnered together to present Mastering the Hustle: a panel discussion with six annual events, tackling a different topic to help emerging artists make better decisions earlier in their careers. Throughout the series, we’ll b…


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Features

13 Songs for Halloween: "Frankie Teardrop" by Suicide

KEXP shares the story behind what is often called "the scariest song of all time."


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Music News

Perfume Genius Shares New Single “Pop Song”

The song comes from his score for The Sun Still Burns Here, his collaboration with choreographer Kate Wallich and her company YC.


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Music News

The National’s Matt Berninger Announces Debut Solo Album Serpentine Prison

The album was produced and arranged by Booker T. Jones of the legendary group Booker T. & the M.G.’s.


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Features

13 Songs for Halloween: "Diane" by Hüsker Dü

Appearing on their 1983 EP Metal Circus, "Diane" tells the harrowing true story of 19-year-old Diane Edwards.


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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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