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50 Years of Music: 2000 – Elliott Smith - "Somebody That I Used To Know"

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 song from that year that resonates with them. This week, Dusty Henry looks back at Elliott Smith’s 2000 s…


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Interviews

MAITA Breaks Down the Anxieties, Disconnection, and Miscommunication that Loom Within I Just Want to Be Wild For You

Maria Maita-Keppeler breaks down MAITA's new album I Just Want to Be Wild For You, for an exclusive track-by-track


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KEXP 50

50 Years of Music: 1992 – Pavement - "Summer Babe (Winter Version)"

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. This week, we spotlight 1992 and the Pavement single "Summer Babe (Winter Version)."


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Interviews

Hand Habits on the Fun House that Sasami Built, Reclassifying Genre, and the Difference a Queer Audience Makes

Meg Duffy had a long chat with KEXP about their latest Hand Habits record Fun House and the desire to be challenged, with many twists and turns along the conversation


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Throwaway Style Rewind Local Music Album Reviews

Throwaway Style: On THEESatisfaction's Sub Pop Albums and the Loneliness of Being First

To celebrate International Women's History Month, the impending arrival of our Black Constellation podcast, and the 10-year anniversary of awE naturalE, Martin Douglas basks in the brilliance of Stas and Cat's two Sub Pop-issued albums.


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KEXP 50

50 Years of Music: 1975 – Minnie Riperton - "Inside My Love"

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 song from that year that resonates with them. As we jump back to 1975, Larry Mizell Jr/ shares his reflec…


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Interviews KEXP 50

Patti Smith & Lenny Kaye on Her 1975 Debut Album Horses, Healthy Regimens, and Finding Joy

As part of KEXP's 50 Years of Music celebration, we've dug through the archives to unearth this 2005 interview with DJ Kevin Cole and musical legends Patti Smith and Lenny Kaye.


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Interviews KEXP 50

Patti Smith & Lenny Kaye on Her 1975 Debut Album Horses, Healthy Regimens, and Finding Joy

As part of KEXP's 50 Years of Music celebration, we've dug through the archives to unearth this 2005 interview with DJ Kevin Cole and musical legends Patti Smith and Lenny Kaye.


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Features

The Complications of International Women's Month (or Why I Love Neko Case)

KEXP producer Rachel Stevens reflects on what International Women's Month means and reflections on Neko Case


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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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