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Local Music KEXP Premiere

Erik Blood Teams Up With All-Star Cast of Seattle Musicians for "The Future Was Here" Lyric Video (KEXP Premiere)

Blood delivers powerful message about gun control with an all-star Seattle cast featuring members of Shabazz Palaces, Tacocat, Pickwick, Mirrorgloss, and more.


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Daily Roundups

Thursday Music News

New music from Jack White, The Kills, Frankie Cosmos, and Iceage


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Midnight In A Perfect World

Midnight In A Perfect World: Househead Samira

Paris-based Tunisian DJ/producer Samira Benamia aka Househead Samira delivers an infectious dance party from start-to-finish, showcasing addictive contemporary club tracks alongside nostalgic favorites.


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Local Music Live Reviews

Corridor 2018: The Beauty of Experimental Art on a Cold February Day

This year's Corridor brought together artists locally and nationally to the soon-to-be demolished West Coast Printing for a beautiful day of experimental art across different mediums


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Throwaway Style Local Music

Throwaway Style: The Brief Life and Mysterious Disappearance of Broken Water

Olympia noise-wielders Broken Water formed in 2008. By 2015, they broke up almost without a trace. For his first act as Throwaway Style's new columnist, Martin Douglas surveys the trio's all-too-brief tenure.


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Black History Month Interviews

Aramis Hamer Talks About the Power of Representation in the Media for Black History Month

Aramis Hamer is a visual artist who painted the mural that used to run along the outside of our building up until October of 2017. It featured cassette tapes, galaxies, and a purple goddess. Aramis talked with us about what Black Future means to her, and about some of her musical influences.


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Daily Roundups

Wednesday Music News

New music from The Flaming Lips, Young Fathers, CHVRCHES with Matt Berninger, and King Tuff


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Black History Month Interviews

The Future is Tomorrow: Astro King Phoenix Looks Back on Adversity and Forward to What's Next for Black History Month

Astro King Phoenix shares the reminders this time of year gives to never give up, dreaming about what the youth will do next, and how Tupac Shakur and Kanye West's poetry inspired him.


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Local Music KEXP Premiere

Monsterwatch Recontextualize the Classic "Seattle Sound" with Z O T (KEXP Premiere)

Seattle rock outfit copes with mental health using furious riffs and shrieking distortion


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From the Archives:

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Sub Pop 30th Anniversary Count-Up

In 2018, KEXP celebrated theĀ 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 ourĀ catalog coverage, featuring in-depth coverage on the history of their releases.


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