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Acid Tongue and Shaina Shepherd Are "Suffering For You" (KEXP Premiere)

Acid Tongue share the latest single from their forthcoming album Arboretum featuring Shaina Shepherd


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Dreamdecay's J.R.C.G. Shares Hallucinogenic John Dwyer-Featured Single "Lowrider" (KEXP Premiere)

Dreamdecay's Justin R. Cruz Gallego shares the John Dwyer-featured single off his forthcoming album as J.R.C.G. Ajo Sunshine


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Spoon Shows You Can Always Go Home Again on New Single "The Hardest Cut" (KEXP Premiere)

The track is the first single off their forthcoming 10th album Lucifer on the Sofa, coming out in February 2022.


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“Blame” It on Miki Berenyi To Make Blushing’s New Single Soar (KEXP Premiere)

Austin double couple quartet Blushing share the lead single from their forthcoming album Possessions, featuring vocals from Lush's Miki Berenyi


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Members of Acid Tongue, Grizzled Mighty, Los Honey Rockets, and Carrion Kids Team Up As Supergroup Mala Suerte (KEXP Premiere)

A new international supergroup of sorts has emerged through the combined talents of Guy Keltner, Jasmina Hirschl, Miguel Servin, and Ryan Granger


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Nolan Potter Exorcises an Enchanting Epic for "Music Is Dead" Video (KEXP Premiere)

Austin-based Castleface Records-signee Nolan Potter shares his 9-minute stop-motion odyssey of a music video with KEXP


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Nylon Smile Recollect the Bleak Reality of the Road on "Only You Know" (KEXP Premiere + Interview)

Nik Soelter shares the single "Only You Know" off his debut full-length as Nylon Smile Waiting for Oblivion and how he balances his day job as a publicist and artist manager with making music himself


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Music News

Rain City Relief Aims to Assuage Pandemic-Related Financial Adversity for Local Emerging Artists

Seattle businesses and nonprofits merge to release the benefit compilation Rain City Relief that strives to provide financial support to emerging local artists


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Portland’s Floating Room Announce Shima EP, Share Excellent and Furious Lead Single “Shimanchu”

Songwriter Maya Stoner pays homage to her Uchinanchu heritage while pushing back against the condescension she feels daily with a new amped-up sound.


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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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