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Last night, Father John Misty delivered yet another powerful performance on Conan, belting and gyrating his way through the title track of his latest I Love You, Honeybear, out now via Sub Pop. Watch his passionate performance below, and keep track of all these late night musical highlights with K…


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Review Revue

Review Revue: Þeyr - As Above . . .

If you're anything like me (and who isn't?), the first Icelandic band you ever heard of was The Sugarcubes. If you were a college radio DJ in the early '80s, though, you might have gotten wind of Þeyr (pronounced "Theyr," more or less) before the rest of the U.S. got wind to the crazy stuff going d…


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Local Music Song of the Day

Song of the Day: Weed - Stay in the Summer

Every Monday through Friday, we deliver a different song as part of our Song of the Day podcast subscription. This podcast features exclusive KEXP in-studio performances, unreleased songs, and recordings from independent artists that our DJ’s think you should hear. Today’s song, featured on The Mor…


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Daily Roundups

Wednesday Music News

Beloved bad boy Mac DeMarco shares "another one" from his upcoming EP titled Another One. (See what I did there?) Stream the track "I've Been Waiting for Her" below. The new EP hits the streets August 7th via Captured Tracks, and Mac and band hit The Moore Theatre in Seattle on Thursday, October 2…


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KEXP Premiere

Album Premiere: Imaginary People - Dead Letterbox

On their forthcoming full-length debut, Imaginary People make a very real noise. The NYC five-piece are quick to becoming storied superstars with their unscripted blend of kicking roots rock, moody post punk, synthy electro-pop, and anthemic new wave, which they themselves dubbed "dance Americana" …


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Live Video

Live Video: Tanlines

Coming off a great Neumos set the night before, Tanlines arrived at the KEXP studio early the next morning to deliver a flawless live performance as a four piece. The addition of a live drummer and second guitarist to the Brooklyn duo's always refreshing version of pop filled out their live sound w…


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Song of the Day

Song of the Day: Lightouts - More Than Ever

Every Monday through Friday, we deliver a different song as part of our Song of the Day podcast subscription. This podcast features exclusive KEXP in-studio performances, unreleased songs, and recordings from independent artists that our DJ’s think you should hear. Today’s song, featured on The Mor…


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KEXP Presents Audioasis

It's Called Videoasis and You Don't Want to Miss It

Join us tomorrow, Wednesday, July 15th, as KEXP presents Videoasis at the Northwest Film Forum.


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Video Roundup

Video Roundup: La Fête Nationale 2015

Canada had their day. Of course, America did. And now France celebrates their independence on Bastille Day, or "La Fête Nationale" as they call it. It was on this day in 1789 that the Parisian prison The Bastille was stormed, culminating in the French Revolution. France, and Paris in particular, ha…


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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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