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Pasifika Music is Liberation Music: Dakota Camacho on the Songs that Soundtrack the Pursuit of Pacific Freedom

Dakota Camacho is a CHamoru artist based in Coast Salish territory. In this op-ed, Camacho reflects on the Pasifika music through the lens of resistance and continual pursuit of freedom.


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MONO Makes OATH with Steve Albini

Since 1999, MONO has been a four-piece Japanese post-rock band known for cinematic orchestral arrangements layered with gazing guitars. They’re releasing their twelfth studio album OATH on June 14 via Temporary Residence Limited.


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Music Videos Round-Up by DJ Transmitter for KEXP World Goth Day 2024

DJ Transmitter returns with some choice music video selections for Goth Day 2024.


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Sound & Vision: Ty Segall Rings Bells at Treefort Music Fest 2024

KEXP Staff Reporter Martin Douglas speaks to the California rocker about his latest album, Three Bells.


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Throwaway Style: Breaking in a Pair of Jeans at Treefort Music Fest 2024

Martin Douglas conducts an interesting experiment while catching as much local music (and flavor) as his body can stand.


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Peter Jesperson on His New Memoir, Euphoric Recall: Five Decades of Story and Song

DJ Kevin Cole chats with Peter Jesperson, author of the memoir Euphoric Recall, chronicling five decades as a hardcore music enthusiast, producer, DJ, band manager, and record executive.


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Throwaway Style: The Winding Backroads of Careen

Martin Douglas travels to Bellingham (and through the world wide web) to speak with Bellingham's loudest, weirdest punk band.


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Throwaway Style: Jake One's Homegrown Sound

Martin Douglas speaks with Seattle's top hip-hop producer about the journey his career has taken him on so far.


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Drop Nineteens on Releasing Their First New Album in 30 Years

KEXP’s Owen Murphy caught up with the band’s singer and songwriter Ackell, singer Paul Kelley and bassist Steve Zimmerman to talk about the things that allowed the band to come back together even though Greg kept saying the band would never happen.


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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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