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New Music Reviews (11/27)

Music Director Chris Sanley and Associate Music Director Alex Ruder share brief insights on new and upcoming releases for KEXP's rotation, including this week's new releases from BJ The Chicago Kid, Guided By Voices, Acid Tongue, and more.


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Interviews

Drop Nineteens on Releasing Their First New Album in 30 Years

KEXP’s Owen Murphy caught up with the band’s singer and songwriter Ackell, singer Paul Kelley and bassist Steve Zimmerman to talk about the things that allowed the band to come back together even though Greg kept saying the band would never happen.


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Album Reviews

New Music Reviews (11/20)

Music Director Chris Sanley and Associate Music Director Alex Ruder share brief insights on new and upcoming releases for KEXP's rotation, including this week's new releases from Kevin Abstract, Malummí, Quantic, and more.


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Midnight In A Perfect World

Midnight in a Perfect World: Sea Lemon

Rising Seattle-based artist Sea Lemon shares an enveloping guest mix of airy dream-pop gems and heavy shoegaze jams on her exclusive guest DJ mix.


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Album Reviews

New Music Reviews (11/13)

Music Director Chris Sanley and Associate Music Director Alex Ruder share brief insights on new and upcoming releases for KEXP's rotation, including this week's new releases from David Holmes, Tkay Maidza, Aesop Rock, and more.


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Midnight In A Perfect World

Midnight in a Perfect World: Tek Jones

Seattle's own Tek Jones delivers a party-starting set of smooth house grooves on his exclusive guest DJ mix for Midnight in a Perfect World.


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Album Reviews

New Music Reviews (11/6)

Music Director Chris Sanley and Associate Music Director Alex Ruder share brief insights on new and upcoming releases for KEXP's rotation, including this week's new releases from King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, Lol Tolhurst, Melenas, and Hotline TNT


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Throwaway Style Features Local Music

Throwaway Style: Milc, Portland's Soon-to-Be Hometown Hero

From the ballcourts of Northeast Portland to the global underground rap scene, Milc always wanted to be his city's hometown hero. Now, he's closer than ever. Martin Douglas investigates.


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Midnight In A Perfect World

Midnight in a Perfect World: Girl Ray

Fresh off the release of their disco-focused album Prestige, British trio Girl Ray slow things down on their guest DJ mix as they spotlight some of their favorite late-night pop gems.


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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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