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Review Revue

Review Revue: Some Velvet Sidewalk - Appetite for Extinction

This week's Review Revue spotlights the Some Velvet Sidewalk album Appetite for Extinction. See what KCMU DJs thought back in the day.


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Features

How to Support Seattle Independent Record Stores

KEXP talks to local independent record stores about ways we can support them during the current stay-at-home order, and what the future looks like for retail.


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KEXP Premiere

Figg Patiently Pines on Decade-Delayed Single "Pink Is the New Blues" (KEXP Premiere)

KEXP is exclusively streaming the new single from the long-awaited debut record from Seattle-based duo Figg


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Features

#PlayingAtMyHouse: Your Favorite Remixes

With #PlayingAtMyHouse, each week KEXP will announce a music-related theme to our audience and ask our listeners for examples of each theme by sharing songs on social media with #playingatmyhouse.


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Album Reviews

New Music Reviews (5/11)

Each week, KEXP’s Music Director Don Yates shares brief insights on new and upcoming releases. See what's coming up this week below, including reviews for new releases from Polyrhythmics, Damien Jurado, Happyness, and more.


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Music News

R.I.P. Betty Wright

The Grammy-Award winning soul star died on Sunday night from cancer.


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Music News

R.I.P. Little Richard

Rock and roll icon Richard Wayne Penniman, aka Little Richard. has died following a battle with bone cancer. He was 87.


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Music News

Gillian Welch Shares Recently Rediscovered Demo "Happy Mother's Day"

Gillian Welch has released a new song in honor of Sunday's holiday


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Add to Cart

Add To Cart: Stuff to Buy From Fave Bands Like LCD Soundsystem, Washed Out, Shabazz Palaces, More

KEXP continues our series spotlighting stuff you should buy to help support your favorite bands during the quarantine.


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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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