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Review Revue: The Bangles - Bangles

This week's Review Revue revisits The Bangles' Bangles EP. See what KCMU DJs thought back in the day.


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Review Revue: Bongwater - The Power of Pussy

This week's Review Revue revisits Bongwater's The Power Of Pussy. See what KCMU DJs thought back in the day.


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Review Revue: Kate Bush - Hounds of Love

This week's Review Revue revisits Kate Bush's classic Hounds of Love. See what KCMU DJs thought back in the day.


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Review Revue: The Breeders - Pod

This week's Review Revue revisits The Breeders' landmark debut. See what KCMU DJs thought back in the day.


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Review Revue: David Bowie - Tonight

This week's Review Revue revisits one of David Bowie's "lesser-liked albums." See what KCMU DJs thought back in the day.


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Review Revue: Red Hot Chili Peppers - Freaky Styley

This week we're looking at the second album from the Red Hot Chili Peppers, who now need no introduction, but in 1985 were far from a household name.


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Review Revue: Scratch Acid - Berserker

Scratch Acid may have made music that was practically designed not to be played on the radio, but KCMU DJs did what they had to do to get them on the air, even if only one song on this EP was remotely acceptable.


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Review Revue: Suzanne Vega - s/t

In this week's Review Revue, KEXP revisits the 1985 self-titled debut from renowned folkie Suzanne Vega.


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Review Revue: The Frenz Experiment and I Am Kurious Oranj

Welcome to Review Revue, where every Thursday I dig through the KEXP stacks to share DJ reviews and comments written on the covers of LPs (and occasionally CDs) in the ’80s and ’90s, when the station was called KCMU, the DJs were volunteers, and people shared their opinions on little white labels i…


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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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