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Fundraising Drives

Donor Spotlight: Maura Hardman

For this KEXP Amplifier, music creates family traditions.


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Music News

Beastie Boys' Mike D and Ad-Rock Announce Six Day Book Tour Behind Live & Direct

Mike D and Ad-Rock hit the road to support their forthcoming memoir: Beastie Boys Book: Lives & Direct


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Music News

Jeff Tweedy Announces New Solo Album, Shares Lead Single "Some Birds"

Wilco frontman announces a new solo album titled WARM via a Sam Henrickson-directed video


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Interviews

Soft Sounds and Big Moves: A Chat with Japanese Breakfast’s Michelle Zauner

Before she’d go on stage for one of the most memorable sets of the 2018 Sasquatch! Music Festival, KEXP picked Zauner’s brain on touring, staying creative, her ventures into other visual mediums, and more.


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Local Music Music News

R.I.P. James Werle of Math & Physics Club

James Werle, guitarist for Northwest indie-pop band Math & Physics Club has passed away at 47-years-old.


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Local Music KEXP Premiere

Spirit Award Explore Emotional Depths with “Dark Night Of The Soul” (KEXP Premiere)

Seattle psych-rockers cover some serious existential ground on their latest single from Muted Crowd, out later this fall on Union Zero.


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Rewind Local Music

Not Another Sunny Day: The Fire Theft’s Debut Turns 15

More than just an “unofficial Sunny Day Real Estate album,” The Fire Theft’s self-titled record gave the group a fresh start and new territory to explore.


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Album Reviews

New Music Reviews (9/21)

Each week KEXP's Music Director Don Yates (and this week's special guest DJ Abbie) shares brief insights on new and upcoming releases. See what's coming up this week below, including reviews for new releases from Christine and the Queens, Cumulus, Gabriel Teodros, and more.


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Local Music

Celebrating KeyArena with DJ Troy Nelson

As KeyArena celebrates the last 23 years of events, KEXP's DJ Troy Nelson has crafted a couple of playlists to commemorate the moment.


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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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