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Throwaway Style: Versing Offers a Track-by-Track Breakdown of 10000

In this month's edition of Throwaway Style, Daniel Salas of local band Versing gives us a track-by-track report on the band's debut full-length, 10000.


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Throwaway Style: An Interview With the Black Tones

Martin Douglas speaks with the sibling rock 'n roll duo about an array of topics in this lengthy conversation.


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Throwaway Style: Basking in the Seasons of Weep Wave's S.A.D.

Throwaway Style returns as Martin Douglas explores the Seattle band's recent high-concept full-length.


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Throwaway Style: On Porter Ray and How to Respond to Trauma and Setbacks with Grace

Martin Douglas explores the Sub Pop-issued full-lengths of the gifted Central District wordsmith.


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Throwaway Style: The Best of Throwaway Style 2018

Since taking over the column in March, Martin Douglas has carried on the tradition of making our Northwest music column appointment reading on Thursdays. Here is a collection of choice selections from the past nine months.


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Throwaway Style: Purging the Treasure Chest #2

Martin Douglas' short fiction series is back, using three of the year's best songs as an exploration of grief.


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Throwaway Style: AJ Suede Returns to the Dark Side on Darth Sueder II: Goth Marciano (KEXP Premiere)

For the installment of his growing and immersive Darth Sueder series, the Seattle transplant leans into the hermetic, spiritual, and compassionate sides of himself.


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Throwaway Style: Sloucher Turns Up the Volume on Be True

The Seattle band's debut album explores the strain of depression and deteriorating relationships (mostly) from behind a wall of sound. Martin Douglas investigates.


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Throwaway Style: An Interview with Jordan Albertsen, Director of BOOM: A Film About the Sonics

After a decade in various stages of production, Jordan Albertsen's documentary about the epochal Tacoma band has been released to widespread adoration. Martin Douglas speaks to him about the movie and the long road it took to get it released.


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Sub Pop 30th Anniversary Count-Up

In 2018, KEXP celebrated theĀ 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 ourĀ catalog coverage, featuring in-depth coverage on the history of their releases.


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