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Sound & Vision: Jamila Woods on Legacy! Legacy! and the Artists That Have Come Before Her

KEXP's Cheryl Waters spoke with the Chicago artist about the tracks on her latest album, which were inspired by artists of color like Jean-Michel Basquiat and Octavia Butler.


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Sound & Vision: Cookies, Cats, and Old Tube Microphones — Kearney Barton’s 50 Year Career in Seattle

The recording engineer’s work is highlighted on a new Light in the Attic compilation titled Kearney Barton: Architect of the Northwest Sound.


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Sound & Vision: Superunknown Took Soundgarden to the Masses

KEXP DJ Marco Collins spoke with music journalist Charles R. Cross about Soundgarden's Superunkown as a part of Sound & Vision’s occasional series “Northwest Classics."


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Midnight In A Perfect World

Midnight In A Perfect World: FaltyDL

Brooklyn-based electronic producer FaltyDL shares his wide-ranging musical influences and what he's been listening to in the past two years while working on various projects on his diverse and adventurous guest DJ mix.


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Midnight In A Perfect World: 'nohup'

Seattle-based multimedia artist, producer, and DJ 'nohup' shares a special Valentine's Day-slanted guest DJ mix full of cerebral underground grooves to get your mind, body, and heart moving.


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Sound & Vision: Why Heart's Wilson Sisters are Seattle's First Rock Stars

KEXP DJ Marco Collins spoke with music journalist Charles R. Cross about Heart's Dreamboat Annie as a part of Sound & Vision’s occasional series “Northwest Classics."


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Midnight In A Perfect World: Battles

New York City experimental rock duo Battles deliver an adventurous and eclectic mix that twists through deep house grooves, psychedelic beats, infectious global rhythms, and more unexpected surprises.


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Music Heals Sound and Vision

Music Heals: Phil Elverum on Expressing Grief Through Music and Remembering His Late Wife Geneviève Castrée

Ahead of KEXP’s Music Heals: Beyond Cancer event, Sound & Vision host and producer Emily Fox talked with Elverum about tackling grief in his music, performing these harrowing songs in front of festival crowds, and reflects on the art and void left by his late wife.


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Midnight In A Perfect World

Midnight In A Perfect World: Sappho

Portland's Sappho displays why she holds residencies at multiple premier queer parties on the West Coast with her exclusive Midnight in a Perfect World guest DJ mix that's full of infectious feel-good house grooves tinted with disco, funk, and soul.


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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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