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Moses Sumney Announces New EP and Shares Single "Rank & File"

Moses Sumney announces a new EP titled Black In Deep Red, 2014, inspired by the protests surrounding the murder of Mike Brown in 2014.


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Animal Collective Releases New Extended Trailer for Tangerine Reef

Animal Collective share a trailer for their upcoming audio-visual album Tangerine Reef.


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Local Music KEXP Premiere

Love, Loss, Crime, & Hedonism: The Purrs Return with New Album Destroy The Sun (KEXP Premiere + Q&A)

The Seattle psych rockers release their latest album, Destroy The Sun, on Aug. 3 via Swoon Records. KEXP shares an advance stream and catches up with the band about making the record, learning to let go, and the capitalist structures they would utilize to actually “destroy the sun.”


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Kelly Lee Owens, On Senses and Psychics

Musician and producer Kelly Lee Owens discusses Arthur Russell, musical collaborations, and sensory perception before a performance at 2018's Capitol Hill Block Party.


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Music Heals

The Home Shows Local Organization Spotlight: Path With Art

Path with Art transforms the lives of people recovering from homelessness, addiction, and other trauma by harnessing the power of creative engagement as a bridge to community and a path to stability.


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Midnight In A Perfect World

Midnight In A Perfect World: Flora FM

A new alias of Seattle-based electronic producer Taylor Hawkins, Flora FM has captured ears this year with two stellar EPs of cutting-edge club rhythms, and he continues his productive 2018 with an exclusive Midnight in a Perfect World DJ mix that explores high-energy, propulsive, cerebral undergro…


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Neneh Cherry Returns With New Single "Kong"

Neneh Cherry shares new single "Kong," featuring production from Four Tet and Massive Attack's 3D


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Neko Case Reveals NSFW Video for "Curse of the I-5 Corridor"

Neko Case shares a short 1-minute NSFW clip for "Curse of the I-5 Corridor" off of this year's Hell-On


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Death Cab for Cutie Share New Single "Autumn Love"

Death Cab for Cutie have shared the third single from their upcoming album Thank You For Today


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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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