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Larry's Lounge The Afternoon Show w/ Kevin Cole

New Year's at the Needle with KEXP

For the fourth year, KEXP was invited to curate the soundtrack for Seattle's New Year's Eve fireworks at the Space Needle in Seattle Center. Global fireworks experts, Pyro Spectaculars, and Master Fireworks Artist Alberto Navarro choreographed the explosions in the sky, as KEXP DJs Kevin Cole and L…


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2017 Countdown Expansions

2017 Top Ten List Spotlight: Masa

For the rest of the year, we'll be spotlighting our KEXP DJs Top Albums of 2017. Check out the Top 90.3 Albums of 2017, as voted on by our listeners. And check out more top albums from KEXP DJs, staff, and volunteers here.


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2017 Countdown Sonic Reducer

2017 Top Ten List Spotlight: Jenn Govola

For the rest of the year, we'll be spotlighting our KEXP DJs Top Albums of 2017. Check out the Top 90.3 Albums of 2017, as voted on by our listeners. And check out more top albums from KEXP DJs, staff, and volunteers here.


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Music That Matters

Music That Matters: Come, Let Us Begin!

Check out some of the KEXP DJ’s favorite artists from the Pacific Northwest and around the world on-the-go. KEXP’s Music That Matters weekly podcast brings you an exclusive mix of new music from the world’s best independent artists.


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2017 Countdown

Nabil Ayers’ Favorite Musical Moments of 2017

Former Seattle-ite and head of 4AD in New York, Nabil Ayers shares some favorites of 2017.


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Daily Roundups

Friday Music News

Sigur Rós is hosting the first year of their festival Norður og Niður right now in Iceland and last night My Bloody Valentine's Kevin Shields performed a rare solo show. Fan-made footage of his set has emerged on Instagram and shows Shields playing guitar with a drummer behind him. It's recently be…


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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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