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A Sunny Day in Glasgow shared their video for "In Love With Useless (The Timeless Geometry In The Tradition Of Passing)." The forrest scenery is beautiful and the playful nature of the video perfectly compliments the track. The dream-pop sextet released their fourth studio album Sea When Absent ea…


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Music That Matters

Music That Matters Podcast: Big Gay Podcast 2014

Check out some of the KEXP DJ’s favorite artists from the Pacific Northwest and around the world on-the-go. KEXP’s Music That Matters weekly podcast brings you an exclusive mix of new music from the world’s best independent artists.


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Live Video

Live Video: Eels

As frontman and principle songwriter of rock band Eels for over 20 years, Mark Oliver Everett has created a cast of unique characters, but none may be as interesting as the one that is himself. On The Cautionary Tales of Mark Oliver Everett, the band's eleventh studio album, Everett, or just "E", p…


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Local Music KEXP Suggests

KEXP Suggests: Bands and a Bonfire Under a Big Sky 6/28

If you loved seeing live music at Hilliard’s Beer Taproom during KEXP's last Hood-to-Hood broadcast, then you'll love this great bill happening on Saturday, June 28th.


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The Morning Show w/ John Richards

Friday on My Mind: Happy Birthday, John Cusack

It’s time again for Friday on My Mind. Our weekly blog post where we look at videos centered around one common theme. This is a collaborative effort between KEXP and King 5 News.


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Local Music The Afternoon Show w/ Kevin Cole

Song of the Day: Say Hi - Figure It Out

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. Today’s song, featured on The Afterno…


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Video Roundup

Video Roundup: Celebrating Gay Pride

We celebrate gay pride all the time here at KEXP, but every year, at the end of June, the nation honors those who marched in 1970 in remembrance of the police raid on the Stonewall Inn in New York City. This Sunday, June 29th, Seattle itself celebrates the 40th Anniversary of our own Pride Parades,…


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Local Music Daily Roundups

Thursday Music News

Yesterday, we shared a poignant cover of Joey Ramone's “I Got Knocked Down (But I’ll Get Up)” that School of Seven Bells recorded before the passing of Benjamin Curtis to a rare type of Non-Hodgkins Lymphona. Today, we have news that his bandmate Alejandra Deheza is currently in the studios, finis…


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Local Music Photo Galleries

Photo Gallery: Fremont Fair Solstice Concert Series 6/21

Last weekend, the Fremont Fair launched their inaugural Solstice Concert Series. We shared photos from Friday nights show here, and today we have photos from Saturday, when Cascadia '10, The Flavr Blue, The Physics, and Blue Scholars brought the beat under the sun. We're already looking forward to …


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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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