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KEXP at Trans Musicales: Altın Gün

Today, we continue sharing our discoveries from the Trans Musicales festival in Rennes, France, where last December we captured twelve exclusive sessions. This week’s feature is of modern psych-rock group Altın Gün.


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Upstream Music Fest + Summit

Upstream Music Fest + Summit Announces More Headliners, Including Miguel, Little Dragon, and more

More Upstream act announced in addition to previously revealed acts The Flaming Lips, Zola Jesus, and Cut Copy.


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KEXP at Trans Musicales: Husky Loops

Today, we continue sharing our discoveries from the Trans Musicales festival in Rennes, France, where last December we captured twelve exclusive sessions. This week’s feature is of London-based Italian trio Husky Loops.


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KEXP at Trans Musicales: Swedish Death Candy

Today, we continue sharing our discoveries from the Trans Musicales festival in Rennes, France, where last December we captured twelve exclusive sessions. This week’s feature is of psych-rock band Swedish Death Candy.


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KEXP at Trans Musicales: Gloria

Today, we kick off sharing our discoveries from the Trans Musicales festival in Rennes, France, where last December we captured twelve exclusive sessions. This week’s feature is of psychedelic girl-group inspired band Gloria.


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Sasquatch Music News KEXP Suggests

Sasquatch! Music Festival 2018 Lineup Announced

Sasquatch! returns May 25-27 with Bon Iver, The National, Modest Mouse, and more!


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Upstream Music Fest + Summit Daily Roundups

Upstream Music Fest + Summit Announces 2018 Guest Curators

Upstream Music Fest + Summit returns to Pioneer Square for its second year on June 1-3. As festival goers may remember from last year, one of the most unique parts about Upstream is its utilization of guest curators to build out their club stages. It's a tradition they'll cement this year with a ro…


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Trans Musicales

Trans Musicales: Day Four

Today is our last day in Rennes filming bands during Trans Musicales. We woke up early and headed back to the Rennes Museum of Fine Arts and started setting up for our last two bands of the week.Trans Musicales. We woke up early and headed back to the Rennes Museum of Fine Arts and started setting …


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Trans Musicales 2017: Day Three

We made it out to the Trans Musicales festival grounds last night after we wrapped up filming for the day. The festival grounds are located at the Park Expo, which is a complex of large buildings, a couple of which are the main festival areas, like the food court, for a lack of a better term and I …


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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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