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On Unwound's Live Leaves and the Healing from Breaking Up

Martin Douglas processes some very personal stuff while listening to a posthumously released collection of the South Sound art-punk heroes' 2001 live recordings.


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50 Years of Music: 2001 – The Strokes - "Someday"

As KEXP celebrates its 50th anniversary, we're looking back at the last half-century of music. Each week in 2022, KEXP pays homage to a different year and our writers are commemorating with one song from that year that resonates with them. This week, Jasmine Albertson looks back at The Strokes' 200…


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Album Reviews

New Music Reviews (03/28)

Each week, Music Director Don Yates shares brief insights on new and upcoming releases for KEXP's rotation.


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Music News

R.I.P. Foo Fighters Drummer Taylor Hawkins

The band was currently on tour in South America. Hawkins was 50.


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Midnight In A Perfect World

Midnight In A Perfect World: BAE BAE

Rising LA-based DJ/producer BAE BAE delivers a magnetic guest DJ mix for Midnight In A Perfect World that blazes through cutting-edge footwork rhythms, infectious club edits, and more 160bpm goodness.


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Interviews KEXP 50 Local Music

Phil Elverum Speaks About the Microphones' 2000 Masterpiece It Was Hot, We Stayed in the Water

Martin Douglas speaks to the epochal Anacortes musician all about his stunning second LP as the Microphones and whether or not it has gotten the recognition it deserves.


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50 Years of Music: 2000 – Elliott Smith - "Somebody That I Used To Know"

As KEXP celebrates its 50th anniversary, we're looking back at the last half-century of music. Each week in 2022, KEXP pays homage to a different year and our writers are commemorating with one song from that year that resonates with them. This week, Dusty Henry looks back at Elliott Smith’s 2000 s…


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Festivals

Ten Tiny-Font Artists We're Excited to See at Treefort 2022

Ahead of the tenth year of Treefort Music Festival, KEXP is sharing some of our recommendations of up-and-coming artists to check out


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Album Reviews

New Music Reviews (03/21)

Each week, Music Director Don Yates (joined this week by Morning Show producer Owen Murphy) shares brief insights on new and upcoming releases for KEXP's rotation.


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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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