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SISTERS' Andrew Vait Finds a Big Sound With New Project Little Wins, Hear "Let Me Into Your Heart"

KEXP chats with Vait about the origin of Little Wins and the themes he's contemplating today.


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Beach House Share Kaleidoscopic Video For "Drunk In L.A." and a Sonic Boom Remix of "Black Car"

Beach House shares a Sonic Boom-directed video for "Drunk In L.A." and a Sonic Boom-remixed single of "Black Car," both from this year's 7


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Darto Combats Power Dynamics with Conviction (and Saxophone) on Fundamental Slime (KEXP Premiere)

Following last year's Human Giving, the Seattle band continues to explore thrilling sonic realms and insightful commentaries on their latest EP.


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Kate Bush Is Releasing a Book of Song Lyrics Spanning Her 40-Year Career

Kate Bush announces her first book, a collection of her song lyrics spanning the past 40 years titled How To Be Invisible: Selected Lyrics


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Kurt Vile Announces New Solo Album Bottle It In and Shares "Backasswards"

Kurt Vile announces his seventh solo album Bottle It In and shares the 10-minute opus "Bassackwards"


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Album Reviews

Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon and The National’s Aaron Dessner Find Harmony in the Future Past with Big Red Machine

With their debut collaborative album as Big Red Machine, two of indie music’s most consistent players look outside themselves and create some of their most flourishing work yet.


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KEXP Record Fair 2018: DJ Kevin Cole, Prince, and “Irresistible Bitch”

All week long in advance of KEXP’s third annual Record Fair this Saturday, Sept. 8, Afternoon Show host DJ Kevin Cole gives us a look inside his record collection at some of his rarest and most loved records.


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Sylvan Esso and Collections of Colonies of Bees Team Up for Cover of Califone's "Funeral Singers"

Sylvan Esso and Collections of Colonies of Bees recorded a cover of Califone's "Funeral Singers" while on tour together this summer.


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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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