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Review Revue: This Mortal Coil - Filigree and Shadow

Filigree & Shadow was the second album released by the loose 4AD collective This Mortal Coil. As with the third album, which I covered here eight years ago, label head Ivo Watts-Russel teamed up with some current 4AD artists (including members of Cocteau Twins, Dead Can Dance, and The Wolfgang …


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Song of the Day The Afternoon Show w/ Kevin Cole

Song of the Day: Gunn-Truscinski Duo – Flood And Fire

By Michael Tedder

Every Monday through Friday, we deliver a different song as part of 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, fea…


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Throwaway Style Local Music

Throwaway Style: Pedro The Lion's Return and the Secret of the Easy Yoke

David Bazan's Pedro the Lion project returns after an eleven year absence. Playing three shows at the Tractor Tavern in December.


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Photo Galleries

Lance Mercer Photography Retrospective Coming to KEXP

KEXP is thrilled to announce a retrospective exhibit by Seattle photographer Lance Mercer in the Gathering Space.


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Daily Roundups

Wednesday Music News

Car Seat Headrest have unveiled a (sort of) new song today, "Beach Life-In-Death." The 13-minute single is actually an updated version of a song of the same name off of Car Seat Headrest's 2011 Bandcamp album Twin Fantasy. The previous version was a fan-favorite and the new one is a sprawling epic …


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Powering KEXP

Network Neutrality and Nonprofit Media

KEXP Executive Director Tom Mara speaks out on net neutrality and nonprofit media.


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Song of the Day The Afternoon Show w/ Kevin Cole

Song of the Day: Nilüfer Yanya – Baby Luv

By Justin Farrar Every Monday through Friday, we deliver a different song as part of 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, fea…


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Daily Roundups

Tuesday Music News

has previously revealed that he's working on a new solo album and today he's shared an interesting piece of music titled "Servings and Portions From My Boarding House Reach." The recording isn't exactly a proper single, but more of a collection sound bites and snippets from multiple different trac…


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Song of the Day The Afternoon Show w/ Kevin Cole

Song of the Day: Ikebe Shakedown – Brushfire

By Stuart BermanBy Stuart BermanBy Stuart BermanEvery Monday through Friday, we deliver a different song as part of 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…


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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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