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Masks Off: Musicians Reflect on Touring in a Post-Mandate World

It’s been almost two months since Washington State lifted it’s COVID mask mandate. Hospitalizations are down to the low we saw last summer before the Delta variant peak. Bands are starting to tour again but not without risk. We caught up with three musicians who shared their stories of touring afte…


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Throwaway Style Features Local Music

Throwaway Style: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Decemberists Again

To commemorate the 20-year anniversary of the Decemberists' debut LP Castaways and Cutouts, Martin Douglas provides a history of falling in, out, and back in love with the band.


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KEXP 50

50 Years of Music: 2015 — Earl Sweatshirt - "Grief"

As KEXP celebrates its 50th anniversary, we're looking back at the last half-century of music. Each week in 2022, KEXP pays homage to a different year and our writers are commemorating with one song from that year that resonates with them. This week, Martin Douglas explores a heavy year and a half …


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Midnight In A Perfect World

Midnight In A Perfect World: Tensnake

Acclaimed German electronic producer Tensnake shares a neon-tinted guest DJ mix that's a perfect soundtrack for a late-night summertime cruise through the city.


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KEXP 50

50 Years of Music: 2020 – KMRU - “Degree of Change”

As KEXP celebrates its 50th anniversary, we're looking back at the last half-century of music. Each week in 2022, KEXP pays homage to a different year and our writers are commemorating with one song from that year that resonates with them. This week, Dusty Henry looks at “Degree of Change” by Nairo…


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KEXP Events

Announcing KEXP Live from Argentina

With collaboration from Argentina’s Ministry of Culture and the Kirchner Cultural Center, KEXP will present a week of live performances and radio programming in Buenos Aires, September 19th-23rd


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Album Reviews

New Music Reviews (05/23)

Each week, Music Director Don Yates (joined this week by DJ Alex) shares brief insights on new and upcoming releases for KEXP's rotation.


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Midnight In A Perfect World

Midnight In A Perfect World: Ging

A newly adopted alias of the artist formerly known as Frank Dukes, Ging shares a dreamy guest DJ mix that showcases the wide-ranging inspirations behind his own eclectic sound.


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Local Music KEXP Suggests

Three Reasons to Make the Expedition to Everett for Fisherman’s Music Festival

KEXP provides three very big reasons to head to Everett for Fisherman's Village Music Festival this weekend May 19-21st


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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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