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Song of the Day

Song of the Day: Restorations - Separate Songs

Every Monday through Friday, we deliver a different song as part our Song of the Day podcast subscription. This podcast features exclusive KEXP in-studio performances, unreleased songs, and recordings from independent artists that our DJs think you should hear. Today’s song, featured on the Afterno…


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Live Video

Live Video: Owl John

The roots of Owl John lie in the idea that to save something, sometimes you need to walk away from it. That's what caused Frightened Rabbit frontman Scott Hutchinson to take a break from the Scottish indie rock group and return to writing songs the way he did when he started the band a decade earli…


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Daily Roundups

Tuesday Music News

Seattle's own Chastity Belt have been relatively quiet since their 2013 debut No Regrets. Today they've shared the title track to their upcoming follow up that drops on March 24. "Time to Go Home" features a slow-burn that builds into a booming party track. [Stereogum]


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Daily Roundups

Coachella 2015 Lineup Announced

The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival have announced their line-up for 2015, and it's wacky! Coachella 2015 will again take place over two weekends, April 10-12 and April 17-19, in Indio, California.


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2014 Countdown Live Video

KEXP Hits 300 Million!

Videos views, that is! KEXP's YouTube channel just surpassed 300,000,000 video views of our own in-house produced content. With a very small team of dedicated producers and volunteers, we uploaded over 350 individual sessions in 2014 alone and are still working on more that we've filmed! Among them…


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Song of the Day The Afternoon Show w/ Kevin Cole

Song of the Day: Mark Kozelek & Jimmy LaValle - What Happened to My Brother

Every Monday through Friday, we deliver a different song as part our Song of the Day podcast subscription. This podcast features exclusive KEXP in-studio performances, unreleased songs, and recordings from independent artists that our DJs think you should hear. Today’s song, featured on The Afterno…


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Local Music Daily Roundups

Monday Music News

Seattle's own Duff McKagan is here to help you start the new year off right. The longtime Guns N' Roses guitarist is releasing the book How To Be A Man (And Other Illusions), a collection of his old Seattle Weekly columns. McKagan explains, "It’s a how-to guide of things I’ve learned about life — …


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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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