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Extreme In A Way I Like: Kim Gordon On Air BnBs, Trashy Aesthetics, and Her First Solo Album No Home Record

The legendary former Sonic Youth member makes her solo debut after 38 years in music and sounds as urgent as ever.


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Interviews Sound and Vision

Jónsi and Alex Somers on Waking Up Riceboy Sleeps, Trading Glaciers for Sunny Beaches and Working Together Post-Breakup

KEXP caught up with Jónsi and Alex Somers while on the anniversary tour of 2009's Riceboy Sleeps, the first time the record has been performed in full since its release


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Sound & Vision: Preston Singletary of Khu.éex' on His Glass Art and Looking at Indigenous Music Through a Contemporary Lens

Sound and Vision host Emily Fox spoke with Singletary about his glass art and how he fuses jazz and funk with indigenous music.


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Sound & Vision: Calina Lawrence on the Power of Language

Calina Lawrence talks to KEXP's Sound & Vision about the importance of preserving Indigenous languages.


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Sound & Vision: Hozoji Mathison-Margolis Dives Deep for Helms Alee Inspiration

Hozoji Mathison-Margolis of Helms Alee tells KEXP about her day job as an independently contracted shellfish biology diver.


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Sound & Vision: A Tribe Called Red Discuss Their Take on Indigenous Music, Sampling, and Pushing Boundaries

In an interview at Capitol Hill Block Party this past summer, KEXP DJ Gabriel Teodros chatted with the group about their genre fusing style and the stories behind their music.


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Midnight In A Perfect World

Midnight In A Perfect World: Injury Reserve

Cutting-edge Arizona hip-hop trio Injury Reserve flex their DJ skills and adventurous taste with a wildly entertaining DJ mix packed with unreleased tracks, bootleg remixes, and leftfield blends.


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Interviews The Afternoon Show w/ Kevin Cole

Bob Mehr on The Replacements Box Set Dead Man's Pop

DJ Kevin Cole talks to author Bob Mehr about his work on the new Replacements box set, Dead Man's Pop.


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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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