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2012 Countdown Street Sounds

2012 Top Ten List Spotlight: Street Sounds

For the rest of the year, we'll be spotlighting our KEXP DJs Top Albums of 2012. You can see what our listeners voted for as their Top Albums of 2012 here.


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2012 Countdown Seek and Destroy

2012 Top Ten List Spotlight: Hannah Levin

For the rest of the year, we'll be spotlighting our KEXP DJs Top Albums of 2012. You can see what our listeners voted for as their Top Albums of 2012 here.


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The Morning Show w/ John Richards

Friday on My Mind: Songs About Time

It’s time again for Friday on My Mind, our weekly blog post where we look at videos centered around one common theme. This is a collaborative effort between KEXP and King 5 News. With Hanukkah and Christmas behind us, it’s time to focus on the New Year which is why our theme for this week is time.


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2012 Countdown Expansions

2012 Top Ten List Spotlight: Riz

For the rest of the year, we'll be spotlighting our KEXP DJs Top Albums of 2012, leading up to our 2012 Top Album Countdown, as voted on by our listeners! Tune in on Friday, December 28th to hear if your picks made the list!


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Local Music KEXP Premiere The Afternoon Show w/ Kevin Cole

KEXP Debut: The Head And The Heart - Josh McBride (78 rpm single)

Today on the Afternoon Show, Kevin Cole will be debuting a new 78 rpm single by The Head and the Heart. Recorded using all vintage analog gear by Seattle's groove-O-matic, who operate under the premise that "Recordings made from 1953 to 1965 tend to sound better than recordings made before or since…


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2012 Countdown The Roadhouse

2012 Top Ten List Spotlight: Greg Vandy

For the rest of the year, we'll be spotlighting our KEXP DJs Top Albums of 2012, leading up to our 2012 Top Album Countdown, as voted on by our listeners! Tune in on Friday, December 28th to hear if your picks made the list!


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The Morning Show w/ John Richards

Friday on My Mind: Modern Holiday Classics

It’s time again for Friday on My Mind, our weekly blog post where we look at videos centered around one theme. This is a collaboration between KEXP and King 5 News. It’s that time of the season again, so we’re looking at holiday songs. In A.D. 350, Pope Julius I, bishop of Rome, proclaimed December…


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2012 Countdown Swingin' Doors

2012 Top Ten List Spotlight: Marji Makers

For the rest of the year, we'll be spotlighting our KEXP DJs Top Albums of 2012, leading up to our 2012 Top Album Countdown, as voted on by our listeners! Voting ends on Friday, December 21st, so let us know your favorites now, and tune in on Friday, December 28th to hear if your picks made the lis…


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Shake The Shack

KEXP & Shake the Shack Annual Food Drive this Friday!

This Friday, December 21st, KEXP and Shake the Shack will be holding our Annual Food Drive, to help support the Food Lifeline, KEXP's Non-Profit of the Month!


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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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