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Right now you can stream Kimbra's entire new album thanks to the folks at NPR. The New Zealand songstress has some serious talent joining her on the album - Matt Bellamy of Muse and Mark Foster of Foster the People - just to name a few. The Golden Echo won't be officially released until August 19.…


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Live Review: Run the Jewels with Kung Foo Grip at Showbox 8/9/2014

"Put up your fists and your guns one time right now", Killer Mike yelled over the Showbox crowd. Across the room, hands went up mimicking the cover art from the self-titled debut from Run The Jewels. Mike nodded in stoic approval. "This is hands down the best tag team the world's got going right no…


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Live Video: Foxygen

It had been almost a year to the day when Sam France of Foxygen fell off stage, canceling their 2013 tour just as it was getting started, but now he and songwriting partner Jonathan Rado are back with a vengeance... a glittery, glammy vengeance. The duo just announced the followup to their epic We …


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Song of the Day The Morning Show w/ John Richards

Song of the Day: Shad & DJ T.LO - Always Winnin

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 Morning…


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Concerts at the Mural Local Music Photo Galleries

Photo Gallery: Concerts at the Mural Decibel Festival Night 8/8

Summertime is the perfect season to chill out, and our friends at Decibel Festival helped bring an amazing evening of electronic bliss to Seattle Center last Friday as part of the 2014 Concerts at the Mural Series!


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Monday Music News

We've got another track from Ex-Hex, a new project led by Mary Timony, formerly of Wild Flag, Helium, and (let's just throw it out there 'cause they were awesome) Autoclave. Stream the bad-ass track "Beast" below. The debut full-length from this DC power-trio is titled Rips, and comes out 10/7 on …


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KEXP Premiere

Song Premiere: Ty Segall - Susie Thumb

It's been a year since we heard from Ty Segall, which, for the prolific Bay Area songwriter, may as well have been a decade. But don't worry, he's hardly been slacking off. Following up his two albums from last year, Sleeper and his self-titled debut with Fuzz, Segall is finally offering his newest…


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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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