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Song of the Day

Song of the Day: Hamilton Leithauser & Paul Maroon - My Reward

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


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El Sonido

El Sonido: Los Viajeros

This week in El Sonido we're going to start in Brazil and go northwest through Ecuador all the way back home to Seattle. Then we'll check out some rocanrol en Español from all over the world.


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Daily Roundups

Wednesday Music News

Hold Steady frontman Craig Finn stopped by Late Night With Seth Meyers last night to perform the single "Maggie I’ve Been Searching for Our Son" off his latest solo release, Faith in the Future. Watch his impassioned performance below, and then check out an acoustic rendition of the track, perform…


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Midnight In A Perfect World

Midnight in a Perfect World: Gwenno

Cardiff, Wales-based artist Gwenno Saunders is the former front-woman for the infectious UK pop outfit The Pipettes. She emerged with her brilliant debut solo album, Y Dydd Olaf, earlier this year as Gwenno, a record that quickly became a favorite at KEXP with its vibrant mixture of psych-tinged sp…


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Song of the Day

Song of the Day: John Grant - Disappointing

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


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Daily Roundups

Tuesday Music News

METZ go for broke on their latest track "Eraser." It's an intense piece of noise rock that will leave you anxious yet mesmerized. The single is being offered as a limited edition - only 1,000 copies - pressed on green vinyl, which will release on January 22. Pre-order here via Subpop. [CoS]


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Live Video OFF Festival

Live Video: Małe Miasta

Of the sessions we've presented so far in our weekly series of Polish bands KEXP recorded while at the OFF Festival in Katowice, the music so far has been either experimental (Kristen and Olo Walicki Kaszebe II) or re-interpretations of traditional sounds (Hańba and Sutari), but as terrific as thos…


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Album Reviews

Album Review: Neon Indian - VEGA INTL. Night School

Change of coast, change of heart”. Last time we heard from Neon Indian, he was changing time zones on the Grand Theft Auto soundtrack. Turns out, now two years later, he wasn’t kidding. The only thing I can think of to make Alan Palomo’s bizzare, eclectic electronic productions any more mind-bendi…


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Song of the Day

Song of the Day: Gospel Machine - Just Call Me

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


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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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