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Kero Kero Bonito Share Bubbly New Song "The Open Road"

The song will be featured on their forthcoming "Swimming" 7-inch


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Interviews KEXP Live from Mexico City

KEXP Live From Mexico Preview: Vaya Futuro

Get to know guitar-heavy Vaya Futuro before they perform on KEXP's Mexico Broadcast on Thursday 2/28 at 3 p.m. PST/5 p.m. CST


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John Vanderslice Gets Experimental on New Single "Will Call"

Vanderslice is releasing his first album in six years next month, The Cedars


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KEXP Live from Mexico City

KEXP Live From Mexico Preview: Ximena Sariñana

Get to know Grammy-nominated artist and actress Ximena Sariñana before she performs on KEXP's Mexico Broadcast on Thursday 2/28 at 12:30 PM PST / 2:30 PM CST.


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Damien Jurado Shares 20-Year-Old Song "Lincoln"

The track kicks off his forthcoming record In the Shape of a Storm, out April 12 via Mama Bird Recording Co.


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R.I.P. Mark Hollis of Talk Talk

Mark Hollis, founder, lead singer, and songwriter for Talk Talk has reportedly died at the age of 64.


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Interviews Sound and Vision

Sound & Vision: My Brightest Diamond on Her New Album 'A Million and One' and Moving to Detroit

Singer-songwriter Shara Nova shares how her move back to Detroit has made her think about race in a whole new way.


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Interviews Sound and Vision

Sound & Vision: Dr. Daudi Abe on How the 80s Crack Epidemic Influenced Hip-Hop

KEXP’s Sound & Vision’s Emily Fox spoke with Dr. Daudi Abe, a professor of humanities (and hip hop) at Seattle Central College about how the crack epidemic of the 80’s influenced hip hop music. He also talked about the differences between the crack epidemic and today’s opioid crisis.


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Sound & Vision: Pickwick's Galen Disston on Making it as an Artist and his Role in the Musical 'Rock Of Ages'

In this week's Sound & Vision, Disston chats with KEXP's John Richards about the musical and how he can kind of relate to the character he plays in the show.


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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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