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Chris Garneau Is Liberated From the Weight of the Past With "Not the Child" (KEXP Premiere)

Chris Garneau shares new single "Not the Child" off forthcoming fifth album The Kind


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R.I.P. Eddie Van Halen

Legendary guitarist Eddie Van Halen has passed away following a battle with throat cancer. He was 65 years old.


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Members of Hot Hot Heat, Fitz & The Tantrums, and Wildling Join Forces for New Supergroup Left Field Messiah (KEXP Premiere)

Steve Bays, Jeremy Ruzumna, and Erik Janson share lead single from their new project Left Field Messiah


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Moorea Masa Is Sweet as "Honey" in Video for New Single (KEXP Premiere)

The Portland R&B/soul songstress shares the video for her new single "Honey"


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Surprise! Fleet Foxes are Dropping a New Album, Titled Shore, Tomorrow!

The musically ambitious (and beloved) folk group will be releasing their fourth full-length to coincide with the autumnal equinox.


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OSees Find Perfection in Subtleties on Protean Threat (KEXP Exclusive Album Stream)

Listen to OSees' 23rd record two days before its release on 9/18 via KEXP


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R.I.P. Toots Hibbert of Toots and the Maytals

The reggae icon passed away at the age of 77 surrounded by his family at the University Hospital of the West Indies in Kingston, Jamaica.


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R.I.P. Ronald “Khalis” Bell of Kool & the Gang

The co-founder of the beloved funk and R&B group has passed away at the age of 68.


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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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