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2012 Top Ten List Spotlight: Marji Makers

For the rest of the year, we'll be spotlighting our KEXP DJs Top Albums of 2012, leading up to our 2012 Top Album Countdown, as voted on by our listeners! Voting ends on Friday, December 21st, so let us know your favorites now, and tune in on Friday, December 28th to hear if your picks made the lis…


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Song of the Day

Song of the Day: JD McPherson - Twinkle (Little Christmas Lights)

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. This week we have some special holida…


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2012 Countdown

KEXP Staff, Volunteers & Interns Top Ten Albums of 2012, Part 2

Continuing from Part 1, here are some more Top Ten picks from the many dedicated full-time and part-time staff, quarterly interns, DJ assistants and other volunteers whop operate KEXP on a daily basis. And if you haven't yet, be sure to check out what the KEXP DJs have picked for their Top 10 Albu…


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Daily Roundups

Wednesday Music News

Robyn Hitchcock has announced that he will be releasing his 19th solo album on March 13, 2013 on Yep Roc Records. The title of the LP is Love From London and, according to Hitchcock, will be an album that "celebrates life in a culture imperiled by economic and environmental collapse." Hicthcock, …


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Shake The Shack

KEXP & Shake the Shack Annual Food Drive this Friday!

This Friday, December 21st, KEXP and Shake the Shack will be holding our Annual Food Drive, to help support the Food Lifeline, KEXP's Non-Profit of the Month!


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Live Video Local Music

Live Video: Benjamin Gibbard

Bobbing for hits. Though Death Cab For Cutie frontman Ben Gibbard was making light of the his band's songwriting process during his interview with KEXP's Stevie Zoom, the fact is, with all the songs he's written over nearly the past decade, he'd accumulated enough songs he's grown fond of but never…


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2012 Countdown

2012 Top Ten List Spotlight: Hans

For the rest of the year, we'll be spotlighting our KEXP DJs Top Albums of 2012, leading up to our 2012 Top Album Countdown, as voted on by our listeners! Voting ends on Friday, December 21st, so let us know your favorites now, and tune in on Friday, December 28th to hear if your picks made the lis…


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Song of the Day

Song of the Day: Dawn McCarthy and Bonnie "Prince" Billy - Christmas Eve Can Kill You

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. This week we have some special holida…


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Live Video

Live Video: Lord Huron

As Lord Huron, singer-songwriter Ben Schneider has always been influenced by the out-of-doors. Whether his inspiration comes from the rugged woods and Great Lakes of his origin state of Michigan or the dusty Mojave Desert closer to his adopted LA home, themes of exploration and adventure pervade hi…


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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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