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Music That Matters

Music That Matters: The Understated Elegance of Iceberg Lettuce

Check out some of the KEXP DJ’s favorite artists from the Pacific Northwest and around the world on-the-go. KEXP’s Music That Matters weekly podcast brings you an exclusive mix of new music from the world’s best independent artists.


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Video Roundup

What a Fool Believes: KEXP's April 1st Video Roundup

Like the graphic says, it's Monday, April 1st... April Fools! (We shouldn't even joke about that; that's so mean.) While the internet is abundant with bait-and-switch jokes, KEXP is keeping it real with this April 1st playlist. We pity the fool who doesn't enjoy this foolish mix of music:


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Daily Roundups

Friday Music News

Seattle's own Tacocat pay tribute to a '90s feminist icon with "Dana Katherine Scully," a track out today in both video form and on their latest full-length Lost Time. In an interview with Rookie, frontwoman Emily Nokes explains, "I’d been watching a ton of old school X-Files around the time that …


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Local Music Song of the Day

Song of the Day: Wild Powwers - Party Song

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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Live Reviews

Live Review: Iggy Pop with Noveller at the Paramount Theatre 3/28/16

Maybe ten minutes into his set, Iggy Pop, a man who has survived everything there is to survive and then some, pondered aloud about the afterlife. And not just any afterlife, but Valhalla, the Norse hall where those slain in combat are sent, which, for an artist who's lived the life Iggy has, is al…


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Daily Roundups

Thursday Music News

Need to chill? Moby's got you covered with this four hour mix titled Long Ambients 1: Calm. Sleep. He explains, "it's really quiet: no drums, no vocals, just very slow calm pretty chords and sounds and things for sleeping and yoga and etc." Hey, if it works for a busy dude like Moby...! Download i…


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El Sonido

El Sonido: Carnaval de Bahidorá

This week in El Sonido we review Bahidorá. Rana San and I traveled to the festival this February to check it out, here's what we found. Text by Rana San:


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Review Revue

Review Revue: John Wesley Harding - Here Comes the Groom

You've got to admire the chutzpah of a British singer-songwriter who names himself after a song and album by one of the most revered American singer-songwriters of the 20th century. (And I suppose you have to admire the chutzpah of an American singer-songwriter who names his song and album after a …


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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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