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Members of Acid Tongue, Grizzled Mighty, Los Honey Rockets, and Carrion Kids Team Up As Supergroup Mala Suerte (KEXP Premiere)

A new international supergroup of sorts has emerged through the combined talents of Guy Keltner, Jasmina Hirschl, Miguel Servin, and Ryan Granger


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Nolan Potter Exorcises an Enchanting Epic for "Music Is Dead" Video (KEXP Premiere)

Austin-based Castleface Records-signee Nolan Potter shares his 9-minute stop-motion odyssey of a music video with KEXP


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Nylon Smile Recollect the Bleak Reality of the Road on "Only You Know" (KEXP Premiere + Interview)

Nik Soelter shares the single "Only You Know" off his debut full-length as Nylon Smile Waiting for Oblivion and how he balances his day job as a publicist and artist manager with making music himself


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Letting Up Despite Great Faults Conjure the Concept of Love as Completion for "Gemini" (KEXP Premiere)

Austin shoegaze outfit Letting Up Despite Great Faults share the video for the lead single off their first full-length in seven years.


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Nostalgia is Both Muse and Curse for Pretty Old's "June or July" (KEXP Premiere)

Porchlight owner Zack Bolotin shares first new music in nine years as Pretty Old.


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Local Music KEXP Premiere

Chanarah Pens An Undeniable Anthem Alognside Holly Michelle and Mowett with “That Pop Tho”

The Seattle artists' music feels like the antithesis to the “Seattle freeze,” beckoning our passive-aggressive, introverted selves to let down our guards and actually enjoy ourselves for once.


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Icelandic Composer Skúli Sverrisson’s “Alltaf” Comes to Life in Stunning Performance With Ólöf Arnalds and SinfoniaNord

"Ever since I heard Ólöf Arnalds for the first time, I imagined her voice in an orchestral setting, so when INNI approached me to record with SinfoniaNord I immediately chose Alltaf, a piece I wrote especially for her"


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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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