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Live Video Trans Musicales

KEXP at Trans Musicales: Lakuta

Today, we continue sharing our discoveries from the Trans Musicales festival in Rennes, France, where last December we captured twelve exclusive sessions. We’re sharing with you one unique session per week, and you can watch all the previously released ones here. This week’s feature is of Lakuta.


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Upstream Music Fest + Summit

Upstream Music Fest Announces First Round of 2018 Summit Speakers

Including break out sessions featuring Odesza, Sub Pop, Sango, Sassyblack, and more!


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Iceland Airwaves

Iceland Airwaves Music Festival Line-Up Announce: Second Wave

Iceland Airwaves Music Festival share the first wave of their line-up, including international acts like Blood Orange and Snail Mail, as well as Icelandic acts Mammút, Hatari, and more.


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Pop Conference KEXP Suggests

Your Guide to Pop Conference 2018 at MoPOP (4/26-29)

This year’s PopCon returns again from April 26-29, centering on the theme “What Difference Does It Make? Music and Gender.”


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Live Video Trans Musicales

KEXP at Trans Musicales: Le Groupe Obscur

Today, we continue sharing our discoveries from the Trans Musicales festival in Rennes, France, where last December we captured twelve exclusive sessions. We’re sharing with you one unique session per week, and you can watch all the previously released ones here. This week’s feature is of Le Groupe…


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Interviews Upstream Music Fest + Summit Local Music

KEXP Exclusive Interview: Krist Novoselić Climbs Again with Giants in the Trees

He rose to fame with Nirvana, but now famed bassist Krist Novoselić is on top with his new project Giants in the Trees. KEXP talks to the larger-than-life legend about the new project.


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Live Video Trans Musicales

KEXP at Trans Musicales: Tample

Today, we continue sharing our discoveries from the Trans Musicales festival in Rennes, France, where last December we captured twelve exclusive sessions. We’re sharing with you one unique session per week, and you can watch all the previously released ones here. This week’s feature is of Tample.


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Festivals

The Great Escape Festival: Escaping to Greatness

KEXP's DJ Shannon shares some of her top picks from the line-up for The Great Escape Festival in Brighton, UK next month, Thursday, May 17th through Saturday, May 19th.


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Live Video Trans Musicales

KEXP at Trans Musicales: Cosmic Project

Today, we continue sharing our discoveries from the Trans Musicales festival in Rennes, France, where last December we captured twelve exclusive sessions. We’re sharing with you one unique session per week, and you can watch all the previously released ones here. This week’s feature is of Cosmic Pr…


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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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