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Perfect In My Mind: Chicago’s NNAMDÏ on BRAT, Blurring Genre and Making Art in a Turbulent World

If there’s anything consistent in Chicago artist NNAMDÏ’s music, it’s that he never stays in one place for very long. Trying to define his music by a singular genre is a futile task. An experimentalist that follows his creative whims, NNAMDÏ’s albums are thrilling bouts of sonic whiplash.


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Sound and Vision

Sound & Vision: DJ Abbie on Why This is the Moment for Fiona Apple's Fetch the Bolt Cutters

The KEXP DJ spoke with Sound & Vision host Emily Fox about why self-isolation is the perfect time to process Fiona Apple's first album in eight years.


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Features

KEXP's Video Team On How to Live Stream Your Own Concert From Home

KEXP Video Producer Justin Wilmore shares some tips on how to successfully stream your performance to the world.


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Features

#PlayingAtMyHouse: What Are Your Favorite Covers?

Each week KEXP is asking you to share songs on social media based off a theme with #PlayingAtMyHouse. This week, we're sharing our favorite cover songs.


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Interviews

Jesse Tabish of Other Lives on Music, Murder, and Cowboys

Jesse Tabish of Other Lives talks to KEXP about releasing an album during a pandemic, how he used music to work through the trauma of his best friend's murder, and Cowboys from Sweden


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Review Revue

Review Revue: Skinny Puppy - Mind: The Perpetual Intercourse

This week's Review Revue spotlights the Skinny Puppy album Mind: The Perpetual Intercourse. See what KCMU DJs thought back in the day.


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Local Music KEXP Premiere

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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Midnight In A Perfect World

Midnight In A Perfect World: Classixx

Los Angeles duo Classixx deliver a non-stop dance party on their guest DJ mix for Midnight In A Perfect World that's packed with under-the-radar anthems, dancefloor-ready remixes, and nostalgic favorites.


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Music News

Bandcamp To Once Again Waive Its Cut of Sales to Support Artists on May 1st

Artists will receive 100% of all profits to support those affected by coronavirus lockdowns.


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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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