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MAITA Ruminates on House Parties and Existentialism on "Someone's Lost Their Goddamn Wallet" (KEXP Premiere)

The new single from the Portland quartet is a peppy tune about how death eventually comes for us all. Martin Douglas explores.


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Bread & Butter Return in Kaleidoscopic Form with Video for Incredibly Fitting New Single "Psycho World" (KEXP Premiere)

Bread & Butter unveil psychedelic video for the title track off their forthcoming sophomore record Psycho World


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Sassyblack Unveils New Short Film Depression: Antidote (KEXP Premiere)

Former THEESatisfaction member shares a new short film examining depression and self-love.


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Grief Spurs The Spider Ferns to Return with a Fervor on First Single in Two Years "Who Stands Alone" (KEXP Premiere + Interview)

Seattle duo The Spider Ferns return after a difficult couple of years with new single "Who Stands Alone," off forthcoming full-length Blossom


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Tomo Nakayama Seamlessly Slides into Synth Pop on "Get To Know You" (KEXP Premiere + Interview)

KEXP premieres the lead single from Tomo Nakayama's forthcoming third solo record Melonday


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Whitney Ballen Tackles FKA twigs' "Cellophane" With Emotionally Wrecking Results (KEXP Premiere)

For Valentine's Day, KEXP premieres Whitney Ballen's impressive cover of FKA twigs' "Cellophane"


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Film School is Back In Session with New Single "Swim" (KEXP Premiere)

The west coast shoegazers share two new tracks featured on the digital single, out today.


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Pink Lotion Give Up the Funk in Cameo-Filled "Activated" Video (KEXP Premiere)

Erik Blood and Rachael Ferguson unveil the debut video from their new project Pink Lotion


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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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