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Mastering the Hustle

Mastering the Hustle 15: The Business (Can the Music Industry Survive in Seattle?)

KEXP, Upstream Music Fest + Summit, MoPOP, and The Recording Academy have partnered together to present Mastering the Hustle: a panel discussion with six annual events, tackling a different topic to help emerging artists make better decisions earlier in their careers. Throughout the series, we’ll b…


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Interviews

Cartoons and Metamorphosis: Re-Introducing Seattle’s ARCHIE

KEXP chats with the artist formerly known as PSA before her set at Concerts at the Mural on Aug. 23


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Mastering the Hustle

Mastering the Hustle 14: Media Professionalism

KEXP, Upstream Music Fest + Summit, MoPOP, and The Recording Academy have partnered together to present Mastering the Hustle: a panel discussion with six annual events, tackling a different topic to help emerging artists make better decisions earlier in their careers. Throughout the series, we’ll b…


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Mastering the Hustle

Mastering the Hustle 13: Creating Safer Spaces III

KEXP, Upstream Music Fest + Summit, MoPOP, and The Recording Academy have partnered together to present Mastering the Hustle: a panel discussion with six annual events, tackling a different topic to help emerging artists make better decisions earlier in their careers. Throughout the series, we’ll b…


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Review Revue

Review Revue: Secretions

This week's Review Revue spotlights the Seattle compilation Secretions. See what KCMU DJs thought back in the day.


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Midnight In A Perfect World

Midnight In A Perfect World: Dot

The alias of producer, vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, and Olympia native Kate Ellwanger, Dot delivers a supremely fresh guest DJ mix for Midnight in a Perfect World that swiftly bounces between electronic, hip-hop, house, R&B, and future beats.


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Sound and Vision

Sound & Vision: How "Nothing Arrived" by Villagers Got Me Through My Miscarriage

Writer Rachel Stevens reflects on how the Villagers song helped her through her miscarriage.


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Music News

Self-Professed ‘Adult Entertainer’ Donny Benét Debuts New Music Video for “Second Dinner”

Australian synth-pop, disco extraordinaire shares a video that's a literal "feast" for the eyes.


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Local Music KEXP Premiere

The Shivas Share the Witchcrafty Video for New Single "Gloria" and Announce New Album Dark Thoughts

The veteran Portland psych band are back with a new album and an evocative video for its lead single.


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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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