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This morning, Flying Lotus continued the rollout of preview tracks from his forthcoming fifth album, You're Dead!, with the release of "Coronus, The Terminator", a jazzy, smooth three minute track from the album's middle section. The track follows the release of the FlyLo/Thundercat/Herbie Hancock …


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Wednesday Music News

Alt-J's sophomore effort, This Is All Yours, doesn't arrive in stores until September 23rd, but the highly anticipated album is now available for streaming at iTunes Radio. Following the departure of bassist Gwil Sainsbury earlier this year, This Is All Yours is the group's first album as a trio, a…


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Out This Week 9/16

It's another busy fall week, but KEXP's Music Director Don Yates definitely spots some highlights, like the latest from NYC's The Juan Maclean. Now "officially" a duo, producer/musician Juan MacLean and vocalist Nancy Whang share "a strong set of muscular disco, house and related styles, combining …


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Tuesday Music News

Folk songstress Angel Olsen will release a deluxe edition of her successful album Burn Your Fire for No Witness on November 18. Today she has shared "All Right Now," one of the album's five new bonus track. You can also check out her self-directed video for "High and Wild," below. [Pitchfork]


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TV Eye

TV Eye: Week of 9/15

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Monday Music News

Many have responded to the emotional strength of the new Strand Of Oaks’ album Heal, and now frontman Tim Showalter turns his attention to a song that holds emotional resonance for him. Stream his cover of The National's "Pink Rabbits" below, a song he tells Magnet Magazine, "saved me and destroye…


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Friday Music News

Jack White looks very dapper and mysterious in his video for Lazaretto track "Would You Fight For My Love." Directed by Robert Hales, the video was filmed at Denver's Oxford Hotel, and according to a press release, "conceived and created within 24 hours." Now that's impressive. [Pitchfork]


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KEXP Suggests: Noise for the Needy 9/12-13

This weekend, the long-running Noise for the Needy series will turn off the volume, but not before one last memorable blast in Ballard.


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Thursday Music News

Brooklyn band Parquet Courts have just released a split 7" with their neighbors in Future Punx. Released as part of the Less Artists More Condos series through Famous Class, proceeds from the sale of the single go to benefit the Ariel Panero Memorial Fund at VH1 Save The Music. Stream the track "T…


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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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