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Generifus Captures the Elegance of The Road and Small Town Life with Music Video for "Sound" (KEXP Premiere)

Olympia's Generifus captures these sweet, hazy moments of being in a band with the music video for "Sound" from their album Free Ways, out this Friday, March 9.


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Rewind Local Music Album Reviews

Choking on the Craving: The Thermals - More Parts Per Million at Fifteen

Fifteen years ago today, the Thermals released their bratty, cheaply-recorded, excellent debut album. The anxiety, lovesickness, and inexhaustible catchiness of More Parts Per Million make it a minor classic sometimes lost in the shuffle of great lo-fi rock albums.


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Local Music KEXP Premiere

Seattle Project Belgian Fog Hits It Out of the Park with Video for "One Night Man" (KEXP Premiere)

KEXP premieres the video for the title track off One Night Man, the official debut EP from local dream-pop project Belgian Fog, filmed by Swiss producer Das Playground.


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KEXP Presents: Audioasis LIVE Broadcast from the Sound Off! Finals 3/3

Throughout February, MoPop's annual under-21 competition Sound Off! brought together twelve of the region's most promising young artists. This Saturday, March 3, four finalists will battle it out at MoPop's Sky Church stage for a chance to be crowned the 2018 winner, and Audioasis on KEXP will be b…


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Local Music KEXP Premiere

Erik Blood Teams Up With All-Star Cast of Seattle Musicians for "The Future Was Here" Lyric Video (KEXP Premiere)

Blood delivers powerful message about gun control with an all-star Seattle cast featuring members of Shabazz Palaces, Tacocat, Pickwick, Mirrorgloss, and more.


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Local Music Live Reviews

Corridor 2018: The Beauty of Experimental Art on a Cold February Day

This year's Corridor brought together artists locally and nationally to the soon-to-be demolished West Coast Printing for a beautiful day of experimental art across different mediums


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Throwaway Style Local Music

Throwaway Style: The Brief Life and Mysterious Disappearance of Broken Water

Olympia noise-wielders Broken Water formed in 2008. By 2015, they broke up almost without a trace. For his first act as Throwaway Style's new columnist, Martin Douglas surveys the trio's all-too-brief tenure.


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Local Music KEXP Premiere

Monsterwatch Recontextualize the Classic "Seattle Sound" with Z O T (KEXP Premiere)

Seattle rock outfit copes with mental health using furious riffs and shrieking distortion


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Local Music KEXP Suggests

KEXP Suggests: Corridor :: Presented by Elevator at West Coast Printing 2/24

This Saturday marks the third annual Corridor, a single day festival featuring an array of experimental music, dance, and visual art.


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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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