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New Music Reviews (10/12)

Each week, KEXP’s Music Director Don Yates shares brief insights on new and upcoming releases. See what's coming up this week below, including reviews for new releases from Budos Band, Supercrush, Gabriel Garzón-Montano, and more.


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Midnight In A Perfect World

Midnight In A Perfect World: Lila Tirando a Violeta

Montevideo, Uruguay's Lila Tirando a Violeta showcases her cutting-edge fusion of Latin music, electronic pop, and progressive club styles on her guest DJ mix for Midnight In A Perfect World.


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Midnight In A Perfect World

Midnight In A Perfect World: Arlo Parks

Currently in the midst of a pivotal breakthrough year, West London's Arlo Parks shares an exclusive guest DJ mix for Midnight In A Perfect World full of inspirational favorites and contemporary classics that carry a magnetic nocturnal vibe.


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KEXP Premiere

Chris Garneau Is Liberated From the Weight of the Past With "Not the Child" (KEXP Premiere)

Chris Garneau shares new single "Not the Child" off forthcoming fifth album The Kind


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Music News

R.I.P. Eddie Van Halen

Legendary guitarist Eddie Van Halen has passed away following a battle with throat cancer. He was 65 years old.


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Interviews

Left at London on Chart-Toppers, Stepping Away from Comedy and the Collaborative Magic of TSLV2

KEXP has a hilarious and in-depth conversation with Left at London about her new EP, productivity during quarantine, and her love of karaoke


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Album Reviews

New Music Reviews (10/5)

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 Bartees Strange, Spillage Village, IDLES, and more.


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El Sonido

Latinx Heritage Month: Testimonials and Recommendations from Latinx Artists, Writers, Industry Professionals, and More

Over the course of a month KEXP will celebrate not so much the “heritage”, nor the fundamentals of “Hispanic”, “Latino” or “Latinx”; but rather the celebration of a month of exchange, of sharing/giving airtime with/to the voices that are building the new alternative music scene in Latin America.


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El Sonido

Latinx Heritage Month: voces y recomendaciones de artistas, gestores y profesionales de la nueva escena latinoamericana

No celebramos una herencia o una cultura, inauguramos un mes de intercambio musical con lo mas fresco de la nueva generación de sonidos y artistas latinoamericanos. El Latinx Heritage Month convocó a personas claves de la escena alternativa latina para hablar de música y algo más.


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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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