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Looks like new Spoon is on the way! The Austin-via-Portland-via-Who Knows band shared a mysterious image on social media that looks like a possible album cover. Adding to the mystery, Matador Records shared it as well. Viewers of the Showtime TV series Shameless were treated to a new song last Sun…


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End-of-Year Countdown

KEXP Staff, Volunteers & Interns Top 10 Albums of 2016, Part 2

For the past few weeks, we’ve been sharing with you KEXP DJs’ Top 10 Albums of 2016 lists in anticipation of KEXP Listener's Top 90.3 Albums of 2016, which we will reveal, and countdown on air, this Friday starting at 6AM.


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Local Music Midnight In A Perfect World

Midnight In A Perfect World: Trinitron

Seattle's Trinity "Trinitron" Meriwood is a beloved local DJ that has been immersed in the underground electronic music scene since the early 1990s and steady rocking parties behind the turntables for the past decade. A passionate purveyor of the funkiest flavors of house music, Trinitron has spun …


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2016 Countdown

2016 Top Ten List Spotlight: Quilty 3000

For the rest of the year, we'll be spotlighting our KEXP DJs Top Albums of 2016, leading up to our 2016 90.3 Top Album Countdown! Voting has ended, but tune in on Friday, December 16th from 6AM to 6PM PT to hear if your picks made the list. And check out all our DJs Top Ten Albums of 2016 lists on …


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Local Music Song of the Day

Song of the Day: Doubles - Plant

Every Monday through Friday, we deliver a different song as part of 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 Morn…


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Tuesday Music News

Well, it is the album that beat out Nevermind in Spin Magazine's Best Albums of 1991 list: Ben Gibbard has announced he'll be covering Teenage Fanclub's Bandwagonesque in its entirety. "Bandwagonesque is my favorite record by my favorite band of all time," he said, via a press release. "It came al…


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End-of-Year Countdown

KEXP Staff, Volunteers & Interns Top 10 Albums of 2016, Part 1

For the past few weeks, we’ve been sharing with you KEXP DJs’ Top 10 Albums of 2016 lists in anticipation of KEXP Listener's Top 90.3 Albums of 2016, which we will reveal, and countdown on air, this Friday starting at 6AM.


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2016 Countdown

2016 Top Ten List Spotlight: Nate

For the rest of the year, we'll be spotlighting our KEXP DJs Top Albums of 2016, leading up to our 2016 90.3 Top Album Countdown! Voting has ended, but tune in on Friday, December 16th from 6AM to 6PM PT to hear if your picks made the list. And check out all our DJs Top Ten Albums of 2016 lists on …


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Song of the Day

Song of the Day: Kristin Hersh - Soma Gone Slapstick

Every Monday through Friday, we deliver a different song as part of 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 Morn…


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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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