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Announcing the REFILL 2020 Benefit Concert

REFILL will feature performances by Brandon Marsallis & Talaya, Claudine Magbag, Perry Porter, Chong the Nomad, Ben Zaidi, Parisalexa, Sol, Left At London, Dave B, and Sango.


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Features El Sonido

Celebrating Ibero-American Pride Every Day

June is pride month and we know that it’s an agenda that should be incorporated 365 days a year. At KEXP the music and voices of LGBTQIA+ artists from Latin America and Spain are in our podcasts, sessions, live programming, and weekly on El Sonido. Since we know there is so much to share and contin…


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El Sonido

Todos Los Dias, Orgullo Iberoamericano

June is pride month and we know that it’s an agenda that should be incorporated 365 days a year. At KEXP the music and voices of LGBTQIA+ artists from Latin America and Spain are in our podcasts, sessions, live programming, and weekly on El Sonido. Since we know there is so much to share and contin…


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Album Reviews

New Music Reviews (6/29)

Each week, KEXP’s Music Director Don Yates (joined this week by DJs Alex) shares brief insights on new and upcoming releases. See what's coming up this week below, including reviews for new releases from Sault, Bob Dylan, Haim, and more.


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Rewind

We Are Ever New: Looking Back at Beverly Glenn-Copeland’s Masterful Keyboard Fantasies

Looking back at the new age opus and an underheard masterpiece that may give peace and perspective in our current moment.


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Interviews Sound and Vision

Sound & Vision: Looking Back at Pioneering Trans Blues Artist Jackie Shane

Jackie Shane was a Black trans soul singer who performed in the 60s. In 1971, she walked away from her career and basically disappeared.


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Rewind Album Reviews

Rewind: Ty Segall's Melted Turns 10

Martin Douglas revisits the California garage rocker's 2010 "anti-masterpiece."


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Interviews Local Music

Danny Denial Offers a Track-By-Track Breakdown of New Album fuck danny denial

The multitalented Seattle artist walks Martin Douglas through their fantastic new solo album.


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Interviews

Shamir on Intersectionality, Independence, and Returning to Pop

On the heels of his return to pop with "On My Own," KEXP speaks to Shamir about his forthcoming indie pop record, his unending work ethic, and his experiences in the music industry as a queer Black artist


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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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