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Song of the Day The Afternoon Show w/ Kevin Cole

Song of the Day: The Autonomics – Southern Funeral

Autonomics, a trio consisting of frontman Dan Pantenberg and identical twin brothers Evan and Vaughn Leikam, filter a self-starting, DIY punk energy into a clean, upbeat form of power pop.


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Song of the Day The Afternoon Show w/ Kevin Cole

Song of the Day: Dessa - Fire Drills

An essayist as well as a rapper, Dessa’s lyricism has always been a pool fed by both hip-hop and those forms of storytelling and poetry meant for the page. The Doomtree affiliated, Minneapolis MC is especially sharp-eyed on her latest single “Fire Drills,” off the soon-to-be-released album Chime.


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Song of the Day The Afternoon Show w/ Kevin Cole

Song of the Day: Sufjan Stevens – Tonya Harding (in Eb Major)

Today’s song, featured on The Afternoon Show with Kevin Cole, is “Tonya Harding (in Eb Major)” by Sufjan Stevens, a single which is available via Asthmatic Kitty Records.


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Song of the Day The Afternoon Show w/ Kevin Cole

Song of the Day: Gord Downie – A Natural

As a richly observed evocation of childhood and summertime that deftly shifts between younger and older perspectives, Gord Downie’s “A Natural” would deliver an emotional wallop even if it didn’t carry the baggage it does.


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Song of the Day The Afternoon Show w/ Kevin Cole

Song of the Day: Martha – The Winter Fuel Allowance Ineligibility Blues

There are many ways to express love and affection for someone else. More often than not, however, it's the tiny gestures that mean the most. That's the premise put forth by the Durham, U.K., DIY band Martha on their scrappy 2017 single, "The Winter Fuel Allowance Ineligibility Blues."


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Song of the Day The Midday Show w/ Cheryl Waters

Song of the Day: Black Nite Crash – The Things We Do

Black Nite Crash delight in shrouding their high-momentum guitar rock in clouds of luminescent distortion, making garage punk that feels warm and fuzzy without losing its bite.


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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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