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Review Revue: L7 - Smell the Magic

This week's Review Revue spotlights the album Smell the Magic by L7. See what KCMU DJs thought back in the day.


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Review Revue

Review Revue: Boom Boom G.I. - Slide a Little Closer

This week's Review Revue spotlights the album Slide a Little Closer by Boom Boom G.I. See what KCMU DJs thought back in the day.


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Throwaway Style Local Music

Throwaway Style: The Best of Throwaway Style 2018

Since taking over the column in March, Martin Douglas has carried on the tradition of making our Northwest music column appointment reading on Thursdays. Here is a collection of choice selections from the past nine months.


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Review Revue

Review Revue: Tone Dogs - Ankety Low Day

This week's Review Revue spotlights the album Ankety Low Day by Tone Dogs. See what KCMU DJs thought back in the day.


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Throwaway Style Local Music

Throwaway Style: Purging the Treasure Chest #2

Martin Douglas' short fiction series is back, using three of the year's best songs as an exploration of grief.


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Throwaway Style Local Music KEXP Premiere Album Reviews

Throwaway Style: AJ Suede Returns to the Dark Side on Darth Sueder II: Goth Marciano (KEXP Premiere)

For the installment of his growing and immersive Darth Sueder series, the Seattle transplant leans into the hermetic, spiritual, and compassionate sides of himself.


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Review Revue

Review Revue: Tad - 8-Way Santa

This week's Review Revue spotlights the album 8-Way Santa by Tad. See what KCMU DJs thought back in the day.


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Throwaway Style Local Music Album Reviews

Throwaway Style: Sloucher Turns Up the Volume on Be True

The Seattle band's debut album explores the strain of depression and deteriorating relationships (mostly) from behind a wall of sound. Martin Douglas investigates.


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Throwaway Style Interviews

Throwaway Style: An Interview with Jordan Albertsen, Director of BOOM: A Film About the Sonics

After a decade in various stages of production, Jordan Albertsen's documentary about the epochal Tacoma band has been released to widespread adoration. Martin Douglas speaks to him about the movie and the long road it took to get it released.


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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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