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Throwaway Style: Playtime (and Cultural Dread) with Rachaels Children

Martin Douglas has witnessed the future of Seattle's punk scene and spoke to its prinicpal songwriters.


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Throwaway Style Features Interviews Local Music

Throwaway Style: Playtime (and Cultural Dread) with Rachaels Children

Martin Douglas has witnessed the future of Seattle's punk scene and spoke to its prinicpal songwriters.


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KEXP 50

50 Years of Music: 1983 – New Order - "Blue Monday"

As KEXP celebrates its 50th anniversary, we’re looking back at the last half-century of music. Each week in 2022, KEXP pays homage to a different year and our writers are commemorating with one release from that year that resonates with them. This week, Kevin Cole reflects on New Order's 1983 class…


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Interviews KEXP 50

Real Neighbors: A Conversation with Armand Hammer

Martin Douglas speaks with the rap superduo about their partnership, the range of their discography, and much more.


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Interviews KEXP 50

Real Neighbors: A Conversation with Armand Hammer

Martin Douglas speaks with the rap superduo about their partnership, the range of their discography, and much more.


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Interviews

Blvck Hippie on Utilizing Music through Adversity, Putting other Black Bands On, and their Everlasting Love for Kid Cudi

Josh Shaw of the Memphis-based rising band Blvck Hippie spoke with KEXP while at Treefort Music Festival this past March


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KEXP 50

50 Years of Music: 2012 – Japandroids - "Younger Us"

As KEXP celebrates its 50th anniversary, we’re looking back at the last half-century of music. Each week in 2022, KEXP pays homage to a different year and our writers are commemorating with one release from that year that resonates with them. This week, Dusty Henry reflects on Japandroids’ 2012 son…


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Six Degrees

We Will Always Love You: Musicians Reflect on the Everlasting Legacy of Dolly Parton

KEXP enlisted musicians to tell us their favorite Dolly songs while sharing what the country music icon means to them.


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Features Local Music

The Light at the End of the Tunnel is a Train: A Critical Overview of Unwound

Two decades after their breakup, Martin Douglas explores the history of the influential South Sound punk band through their music.


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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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