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KEXP Suggests: CASH Music Seattle Summit 11/15 & 11/16

Want to learn more about music and technology? There's no better event than this week's CASH Music Seattle Summit! This Portland-based non-profit (whose acronym is formed from "Coalition of Artists and Stakeholders") began in 2008 as a way to better connect musicians and labels to the listeners by …


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Daily Roundups

Friday Music News

English rock band Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds will drop their upcoming album, Chasing Yesterday, on March 2. Luckily, they are offering their single "In The Heat of the Moment" on November 17 as a 7" and digital release. Today, you can hear the single's B-side, a powerful track called "Do T…


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Live Video

Live Video: The Drums

Despite the recent years of turmoil that almost resulted in a break-up, the beat goes on for Brooklyn band The Drums. Now stripped down to founding members Jonny Pierce and Jacob Graham, it's been a three-year wait for their latest album, Encyclopedia, out now on Minor Records. As Pierce notes hims…


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Local Music Song of the Day

Song of the Day: GravelRoad - Green Grass

Every Monday through Friday, we deliver a different song as part our Song of the Day podcast subscription. This podcast features exclusive KEXP in-studio performances, unreleased songs, and recordings from independent artists that our DJs think you should hear. Today’s song is "Green Grass," by Sea…


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Community Partnerships Shake The Shack

KEXP Presents: The Annual Shake the Shack Food Drive

It's the best-kept secret in radio, but behind the foul, rowdy mouths of our Shake the Shack DJs, there are some very big hearts. This is never more evident than during their annual Shake the Shake Food Drive for Food Lifeline.


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Daily Roundups

Thursday Music News

Earlier this week, Pearl Jam guitarist extraordinaire Mike McCready performed the national anthem before a Seattle Sounders FC game. Watch his soaring take on "The Star-Spangled Banner" below, reminiscent of Jimi Hendrix's legendary version from 50 years ago. [Consequence of Sound]


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Live Video Iceland Airwaves

Live Video: Low Roar

The otherworldliness of Iceland's landscape is never lost on those who live or travel there. Not just a land of fire and ice, it is also a land of light and dark, starkness and majesty, community and isolation. The only thing that isn't a wonder about Iceland is how artists of all kinds echo its un…


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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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