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Music Heals

Music Heals: Duff McKagan on Life After Addiction and The Need For Tenderness

The Guns N' Roses bassist shares his own story of struggling with addiction and how he's trying to help others find their own way out.


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Interviews Music Heals

Music Heals: The Coathangers on Witnessing Addiction, The Struggles of the Road, and The Devil You Know

The Atlanta band talks about watching friends fall to addiction, the struggles of touring, and their new album The Devil You Know


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Music Heals: Lee Kiernan of IDLES on Seven Years of Sobriety

Ahead of Music Heals: Addiction & Recovery, KEXP spoke with IDLES guitarist Lee Kiernan, who celebrated seven years sober this April. In this exclusive interview, Lee shares his experience with addiction, and the role music has played in his journey to recovery.


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Music Heals: Patty Schemel Packs a Punch In Her Memoir Hit So Hard

Ahead of Music Heals: Addiction & Recovery, KEXP spoke with Patty Schemel about the impact of drug abuse on the Seattle music scene in the 90s, her personal journey, and the role that music continues to play in her recovery.


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Features

World Goth Day Throwback: Goths In Trees Day – KEXP DJ Staff Photos

Take a look back at our DJs and staff sporting their best goth looks... in trees!


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Video Roundup

Video Roundup: World Goth Day 5/22

Layer on the black eyeliner and cue up Siouxsie Sioux — it's World Goth Day!


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Features

World Goth Day: Fields of the Nephilim – Occult Cowboys’ Catalog is Ripe for Rediscovery

In Another of World Goth Day, KEXP takes a look back at the gothic cowboy aesthetics of Carl McCoy's Fields of the Nephilim


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Rewind

Rewind: The Cure’s Disintegration Turns 30

KEXP takes a look back at The Cure's classic album in conjunction with World Goth Day


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Interviews

World Goth Day: Throbbing Gristle's Cosey Fanni Tutti on Performance Art, Discomfort, and Her New Book Art Sex Music

KEXP's DJ Abbie chats with the legendary artist about expressing herself truthfully despite "notions of discomfort"


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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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