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Six Degrees

Fashion Flashback: A Brief History of Prince’s Briefs (and Other Articles of Clothing)

As KEXP celebrates the music of Prince with Six Degrees Day, we take a moment to spotlight the influence he also had on fashion.


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Six Degrees

"Every Aspect of His Life Was Set to Be a Star": BrownMark, Bassist of The Revolution, Remembers Prince

The Revolution's legendary bassist BrownMark talks to KEXP about Prince's legacy as an artist, an entertainer and, of course, as a basketball player.


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Music News

Ben Gibbard Shares The Swift Sessions Track "Me and Magdalena"

Recorded with the late Richard Swift and released over the weekend on a 7" for Record Store Day, the song has made its way online


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Music News

Kevin Morby Shares Political New Song "OMG Rock N' Roll" via Surreal Video

It's the third single from Morby's forthcoming double LP Oh My God


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KEXP Premiere

Disaster Inspires Dream-Pop on New Single from Keep Shelly in Athens (KEXP Premiere)

Greek-Australian dream-pop duo Keep Shelly in Athens debut their new single on KEXP, “I Don’t Need You (feat. Ocean Hope)”.


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Rewind

Batdancing In The Dark: Revisiting Prince’s Batman Soundtrack 30 Years Later

With his 1989 album, Prince created the formula for superhero soundtracks and gave us one of the best Joker portrayals yet.


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Sound and Vision

Sound & Vision: Getting to Know Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal Through Music

Sound & Vision has been getting to know the six new women of color in the Washington state legislature through music. Today, we meet Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal, the first South Asian American woman ever elected to the US House of Representatives


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Music News

Open Mike Eagle and Danny Brown Team Up For "Unfiltered"

The song will be features on Open Mike Eagle's Comedy Central show with Baron Vaughn, The New Negroes


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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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