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Nylon Smile Recollect the Bleak Reality of the Road on "Only You Know" (KEXP Premiere + Interview)

Nik Soelter shares the single "Only You Know" off his debut full-length as Nylon Smile Waiting for Oblivion and how he balances his day job as a publicist and artist manager with making music himself


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El Sonido

Meet The Women Fanning The Flames Of Protest In Latin American Rap

Music journalist and radio host Richard Villegas joins Aquí y Ahora as a collaborator to narrate the new scene of women in Latin American hip hop and trap.


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Midnight In A Perfect World

Midnight In A Perfect World: Fred again..

Breakout British electronic musician Fred again.. delivers a brilliantly euphoric guest DJ mix filled with voice-notes from his friends, exclusive early demos, recent favorite songs, and a couple bootlegs.


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Album Reviews

New Music Reviews (10/04)

Each week, Music Director Don Yates shares brief insights on new and upcoming releases for KEXP's rotation. See what we added this week below, including new releases from Tirzah, Illuminati Hotties, Andy Shauf, and more


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Features

A Bluffer's Guide to AJ Dávila

Are you looking to bluff your way through a conversation about one of Puerto Rico's preeminent contemporary songwriting talents? Martin Douglas has you covered.


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Midnight In A Perfect World

Midnight In A Perfect World: Seb Wildblood

Electronic producer and label runner Seb Wildblood shares a hypnotic mix of underground house jams filled with unheard forthcoming material from his labels on his guest DJ mix for Midnight In A Perfect World.


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Music News

Rain City Relief Aims to Assuage Pandemic-Related Financial Adversity for Local Emerging Artists

Seattle businesses and nonprofits merge to release the benefit compilation Rain City Relief that strives to provide financial support to emerging local artists


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Local Music Music News

Portland’s Floating Room Announce Shima EP, Share Excellent and Furious Lead Single “Shimanchu”

Songwriter Maya Stoner pays homage to her Uchinanchu heritage while pushing back against the condescension she feels daily with a new amped-up sound.


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Features

Breaking Borders: Nine Collaborations to Listen To, Here and Now

Members of Faro, an alliance of cultural media across nine different countries in Ibero-America, share a selection of recent collaborations between artists from different countries.


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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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