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Seattle’s Den Tapes Cassette Label Celebrates 4 Years of Local Hitmakers and a “No Jerks” Community

We caught up with Seattle's local cassette label Den Tapes to talk about their 4th anniversary and how cassettes have created a lasting and supportive music community for them and vice versa.


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Danny Denial on Kill Me to Death's Gritty Take on Suicide, Depression, and Punk Rock

KEXP spoke with Danny Denial, Michael Renney, and Noah Kappertz of the film Kill Me to Death about music, mental health, and the laborious process of making a feature film.


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Comfort, Change, and Tenderness: Jay Som on Her Dazzling New Album Anak Ko

KEXP chats with Melina Duterte about her new album, home recording, and embracing changes in her life


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Portishead’s Geoff Barrow and Adrian Utley Breakdown Dummy 25 Years Later

DJ Morgan chats with the band on the making of their classic album and the early years of the group.


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Jeff Tweedy On Staying Unique, Finding New Sounds, and Wilco's New Album Ode To Joy

KEXP producer, Owen Murphy, spoke with singer, Jeff Tweedy, about keeping uniqueness and originality in new music and the inspiration behind the title of the new album.


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Cartoons and Metamorphosis: Re-Introducing Seattle’s ARCHIE

KEXP chats with the artist formerly known as PSA before her set at Concerts at the Mural on Aug. 23


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Weyes Blood on the Impact of Cinema and the Banes of Modern Love

KEXP spoke with Natalie Mering about Titanic, technology, and the tempestuous nature of love in the 21st century


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Throwaway Style Interviews Local Music

Throwaway Style: Falling in and Falling Out with Dude York

The Seattle pop-punk trio discuss their new album and the emotional properties of nostalgia with Martin Douglas.


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Rockers Who Rave: Stef Chura on Midnight

KEXP's DJ Abbie chats with Stef Chura ahead of her in-studio on Aug. 1, 2019 at 12 PM PT


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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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