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Iceland Airwaves Announced 2019 Festival Lineup

Shame, Mac Demarco, Whitney, Vök, and more set to play in Reykjavik Nov. 6-9


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James Blake Gets Hypnotized In Video for "Mile High" with Travis Scott

Watch Blake get hypnotized and sucked into a dark underworld in the Nabil-directed video


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Passion Pit Announce Manners Anniversary Tour

The North American tour includes a stop in Seattle on Tuesday, May 7 at Showbox SoDo


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The Mountain Goats Announce Their 17th Album In League with Dragons with Live Video Stream

The Mountain Goats will transport listeners to olden days with their sci-fi/fantasy-inspired album In League With Dragons, out April 26th via Merge Records. Hear the first single "Younger" and watch the band perform LIVE from Wizards of the Coast.


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Phoebe Bridgers and Conor Oberst Release Collaborative Album as Better Oblivion Community Center

The duo surprise-released their debut collaborative album today and performed on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert


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Vampire Weekend Share First New Songs In Six Years, Detail New Album Father of the Bride

"Harmony Hall" and "2021" are the first taste from the band's first record since 2013's Modern Vampires of the City


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Pixies Announce New Album and 12-Part Making-Of Podcast Series

Music journalist Tony Fletcher will host a 12-part podcast series titled Past Is Prologue that follows the making of the new record, due out in September


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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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