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13 Songs for Halloween: Sonic Youth - "Death Valley '69" (Among Others)

The experimental New York band went through a real creepy period in the mid-'80s.


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Vagabon on Revenge, Imposter Syndrome, and the Women Who Inspire Her

KEXP spoke with Laetitia Tamko of Vagabon before her set at Capitol Hill Block Party 2019


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13 Songs for Halloween: Tom Waits - "What's He Building?"

The eerie spoken-word track appears on Waits' 1999 album Mule Variations.


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13 Songs for Halloween: Sufjan Stevens - "They Are Night Zombies​!..." + "John Wayne Gacy, Jr."

The full song title is actually "They Are Night Zombies​!​! They Are Neighbors​!​! They Have Come Back from the Dead​!​! Ahhhh!" but it wouldn't fit in the headline.


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Extreme In A Way I Like: Kim Gordon On Air BnBs, Trashy Aesthetics, and Her First Solo Album No Home Record

The legendary former Sonic Youth member makes her solo debut after 38 years in music and sounds as urgent as ever.


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13 Songs for Halloween: "Frankie Teardrop" by Suicide

KEXP shares the story behind what is often called "the scariest song of all time."


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13 Songs for Halloween: "Diane" by Hüsker Dü

Appearing on their 1983 EP Metal Circus, "Diane" tells the harrowing true story of 19-year-old Diane Edwards.


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Jónsi and Alex Somers on Waking Up Riceboy Sleeps, Trading Glaciers for Sunny Beaches and Working Together Post-Breakup

KEXP caught up with Jónsi and Alex Somers while on the anniversary tour of 2009's Riceboy Sleeps, the first time the record has been performed in full since its release


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13 Songs for Halloween: "Deep Red Bells" by Neko Case

KEXP shares the story behind Neko Case's haunting 2002 track "Deep Red Bells."


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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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