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Amber Arcades Shares New Single "Where Did You Go?"

Amber Arcades has shared a video for new single "Where Did You Go?" off of her upcoming album European Heartbreak


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Interviews Sub Pop 30

LVL UP Says Goodbye: After Nearly 8 Years, the Sub Pop Band Talks Breaking Up and What’s Next

The New York indie rock outfit talks about their eight years as a band, being signed to Sub Pop, DIY culture, and each members' new projects.


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Album Reviews

New Music Reviews (8/3)

Each week KEXP's Music Director Don Yates shares brief insights on new and upcoming releases. See what's coming up this week below, including reviews for new releases from The Love Language, Alejandro Escovedo, Spider Bags, and more.


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Music News

Superorganism Take On MGMT and Post Malone For a Celebratory Cover of "Congratulations"

UK pop collective Superorganism cover both Post Malone and MGMT for Triple J's "Like A Version" series


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Music News

Courtney Barnett Performs "Charity" and "Need a Little Time" on Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Courtney Barnett stopped by Jimmy Kimmel Live! to play two songs off her new album Tell Me How You Really Feel


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Throwaway Style Local Music Album Reviews

Throwaway Style: Lié Forcibly Challenges the Culture of Abuse on Hounds

On the Vancouver punk trio's third full-length, Lié embody an array of narrative perspectives in order to capture the fear and trauma abusers leave in their wake.


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Music News

Sub Pop Takes to the Skies and Gets Its Own Airplane

The Sub Pop themed Boeing 737-800 will make regular trips up-and-down the west coast, starting today.


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Review Revue

Review Revue: Bootstrappers

This week's Review Revue spotlights the self-titled LP by Bootstrappers. See what KCMU DJs thought back in the day.


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Concerts at the Mural

Summer Jam Sound-Off: Tacocat, The Coathangers, Snuff Redux

This Friday, KEXP & Seattle Center kick off the annual Concerts at the Mural series with Tacocat, The Coathangers, Snuff Redux.


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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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