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Interviews Iceland Airwaves

Meet Iceland’s Rising Pop Star GDRN (Live Video + Interview)

Watch her performance for Iceland Airwaves 2019 during KEXP's broadcast from Kex Hostel.


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Interviews Iceland Airwaves

Meet GRÓA, The Teenage Punk Band Tearing Up Reykjavik’s Grassroots Scene

Watch the Icelandic band's performance from Kex Hostel Iceland Airwaves 2019 and read an exclusive interview .


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Interviews Iceland Airwaves

Meet Kristofer Rodriguez Svönuson, The Drummer Bringing Latin Jazz to Iceland (Live Video + Interview)

Watch the Icelandic drummer and songwriter's performance from Kex Hostel Iceland Airwaves 2019 and read an exclusive interview .


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Interviews Iceland Airwaves

Endless, Placeless: Iceland’s Laura Secord on DIY Ethics, Ghosting, and ‘Ending Friendships’ (Live Video + Interview)

Watch the Icelandic band's performance from Kex Hostel Iceland Airwaves 2019 and read an exclusive interview .


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2019 Countdown Features

Looking Back At Some Of Our Favorite Pacific Northwest Albums of 2019

With 2019 finally over, KEXP's Digital Content Team reflects on some of their favorite Pacific Northwest Records of the year. This list is not a definitive ranking of albums, but highlights of a few records our writers loved in 2019.


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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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