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Ocean Hope Define Their Own Coming Of Age With Debut LP Rolling Days (KEXP Premiere)

Greek sister-and-brother duo Ocean Hope have a unique advantage when it comes to crafting a coming of age record – they actually grew up together. Maybe that’s why their debut album Rolling Days, out May 25 via Hush Hush Records, captures the fleeting, transcendent magic of youth so well.


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SIFF

SIFF Face the Music 2018 Review: Making the Grade

Featured in SIFF's "Face the Music" series, Irish documentary Making the Grade explores the relationship between student and teacher.


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Album Reviews

New Music Reviews (5/18)

Each week KEXP's Music Director Don Yates and DJ Alex Ruder share brief insights on new and upcoming releases. See what's coming up this week below, including reviews for new releases from Parquet CourtsCourtney Barnett, Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks, and more.


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Daily Roundups

Friday Music News

New music from Phantogram, Courtney Barnett and MGMT take on late night show stages, SZA unveils new music video featuring Donald Glover, and Devendra Banhart covers Joan Of Arc.


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Music News

Remembering Chris Cornell One Year After His Death

The Soundgarden, Temple of the Dog, and Audioslave vocalist may be gone, but leaves behind an astounding legacy.


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Local Artist Spotlight Local Music

Local Artist Spotlight: Bujemane

In advance of his performance at Upstream Music Festival on Saturday, June 2nd, we reached out to the Tacoma artist about some of his favorite songs he's recorded.


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SIFF

SIFF Face the Music 2018 Preview: Looking for Oum Kulthum

Visual artist Shirin Neshat directs Looking for Oum Kulthum, presented as part of SIFF's Face the Music series.


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Rewind Local Music

Examining Death Cab for Cutie's Narrow Stairs 10 Years Later

On the heels of the 10-year anniversary of Death Cab for Cutie's sixth studio album, we look into the criminally underrated Narrow Stairs.


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Midnight In A Perfect World

Midnight In A Perfect World: Stimulator Jones

Stimulator Jones is the alias of Roanoke, Virginia-based artist Sam Lunsford. He recently signed with Stones Throw Records, who just released his long-awaited debut album Exotic Worlds and Masterful Treasures on April 27th. His exclusive guest DJ mix for Midnight in a Perfect World perfectly showca…


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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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