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The Morning Show w/ John Richards

Friday on My Mind: SMooCH 2014!

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 Song of the Day

Song of the Day: Shaprece - Her Song

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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Live Reviews

Live Review: Death From Above 1979 with Biblical at Neumos 11/19/14

Well, that was a long time coming, but I'll be damned if that could have been any better than it was. Death From Above 1979 made a great record back in 2004 - like a really great record. You're A Woman, I'm A Machine put DFA 1979 on the map like clockwork, feeding the band with plenty of live dates…


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Song of the Day

Song of the Day: Weyes Blood - Land of Broken Dreams

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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Record Store Day

Record Store Day Black Friday 2014 Preview

This Friday, November 29th, is Black Friday, and there's nothing more pleasing than the rich grooves of black vinyl that you can score at record stores this week Record Store Day Black Friday!


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Daily Roundups

Wednesday Music News

Mark Lanegan shares a gorgeous new video for the track "Floors Of The Ocean" from his most-recent release, Phantom Radio. The abstract clip features ominous-looking storm clouds, as menacing and alluring as Lanegan's voice itself. You can watch him perform more songs from the album in this KEXP in…


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Live Video Iceland Airwaves

Live Video: HAM at Iceland Airwaves

We are HAM! If you aren't yet, that's okay. HAM is legend. It took years of inactivity to become the rock icons they are today. Following the Icelandic doom metal band's prolific years, from 1988 to 1994, their legion of fans grew, until finally their members stepped aside from their other careers …


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From the Archives:

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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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