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Laura Veirs & Tucker Martine's Portland Recording Studio Burglarized

More than $70,000 worth of equipment was taken from the fledgling operation owned by the Grammy-nominated producer and his singer-songwriter wife.


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Black Belt Eagle Scout Shares New Single "Loss & Relax"

The song is the A-side of a forthcoming 7-inch on Saddle Creek Records


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J Mascis Shares Ripping Cover of Tom Petty's "Don't Do Me Like That"

The song comes alongside the announcement of an international solo tour


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Sol Celebrates the Seattle Hip-Hop Scene in Video for "Soon Enough" (KEXP Premiere)

KEXP premieres a new video from Seattle rapper Sol for the title track off his latest LP Soon Enough.


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Natasha Kmeto Yearns for Something More on New EP Verse/Versus (KEXP Premiere)

The Portland artist explores romantic longing and desire on her first release in over two years


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Announcing the 2019 Ballard SeafoodFest Line-Up

KEXP is excited to help present the 2019 Ballard SeafoodFest, July 12-14, with The Joy Formidable, Kyle Craft, The Moondoggies, and more.


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King Gizzard Share Bizarre Video For Thundering New Single "Planet B"

The song notably doesn't appear on the tracklist for the Australian band's forthcoming record Fishing For Fishies


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R.I.P. Shawn Smith

Seattle's own Shawn Smith has passed away at the age of 53.


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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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