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New Music Reviews (8/24)

Each week KEXP's Music Director Don Yates — joined this week by KEXP's DJ Abbie — shares brief insights on new and upcoming releases. See what's coming up this week below, including reviews for new releases from Blood Orange, Nothing, IDLES, and more.


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Music News

Kevin Morby Shares New Song for 27 Amendments-Themed Compilation Album

Kevin Morby is one of 27 artists including Cherry Glazzer, Devendra Banhart, Palehound, Briana Marela, TORRES, and Dolly Parton that are contributing to a compilation from podcast More Perfect that dissects the 27 Amendments of the U.S. Constitution


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Music News

Calvin Johnson Reveals Second Single From Upcoming Album A Wonderful Beast

Calvin Johnson has shared "Like You Do," the second single from his upcoming Patrick Carney-produced album A Wonderful Beast


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Midnight In A Perfect World

Midnight In A Perfect World: DJ Emmanuelle

Seattle's DJ Emmanuelle takes the listener on a wonderful sonic journey through underground French-language music of various styles and time periods on her transportive guest DJ mix for Midnight in a Perfect World.


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KEXP Premiere

Tears Run Rings Shine on New Track "Helios Heliadae" (KEXP Premiere)

KEXP premieres a new track from west coast shoegazers Tears Run Rings, off the EP Somewhere, out October 19th via Deep Space Recordings/Shelflife Records.


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Local Music KEXP Premiere

The Dream of the 90's is Alive on Stoner Control's "Foregone Conclusion" (KEXP Premiere)

Ahead of the Aug. 31 release of their new album, 'Alone In the City,' the Portland trio (reservedly) channels the spirits of indie-rock's vanguard.


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Interviews

Flasher Discuss Constant Image, the Pitfalls of Genre

Fresh off releasing one of the most exciting debut albums of 2018, Flasher spoke with KEXP about pop influences and genre tags.


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Music News

Colleen Green Shares New Disco-Tinged Single "I Wanna Be Ignored"

Colleen Green is reissuing her 2016 cassette EP with four new songs called Casey’s Tape / Harmontown Loops


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Music News

Primal Scream Announce Release of Original Recordings of 1994's Give Out But Don't Give Up

The original recording sessions from Give Out But Don't Give Up were unearthed in Andrew Innes' basement and are being released this fall


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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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