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Sound and Vision

Sound & Vision: For Labels and Artists, the Postal Service is a “Lifeline”

The U.S. Postal Service and media mail are critical to independent labels and musicians. What happens if that goes away?


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Immigrant Songs

Immigrant Songs: Salome MC

Immigrant Songs is a series presented and produced by KEXP, with support from The Vilcek Foundation. Through in-studio performances, interviews with local and national artists, and other written content, KEXP DJ curators will explore the immigrant experience.


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Album Reviews

New Music Reviews (9/21)

Each week, KEXP’s Music Director Don Yates (joined this week by DJs Gabriel Teodros and Alex) shares brief insights on new and upcoming releases. See what's coming up this week below, including reviews for new releases from Sault, The Flaming Lips, Doves, and more.


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Music News

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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KEXP Premiere

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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Album Reviews

New Music Reviews (9/14)

Each week, KEXP’s Music Director Don Yates (joined this week by DJ Alex) shares brief insights on new and upcoming releases. See what's coming up this week below, including reviews for new releases from Tricky, Osees, Declan McKenna, and more.


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Music News

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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Music News

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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Interviews

John Vanderslice on Getting Radicalized by Ableton, JPEGMAFIA, and Burning the Political System Down

John Vanderslice opens up to KEXP about his new EP, the shuttering of his San Francisco recording studio Tiny Telephone, and how rapper JPEGMAFIA influences his work.


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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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