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New Music Reviews (10/28)

Each week, KEXP’s Music Director Don Yates shares brief insights on new and upcoming releases. See what's coming up this week below, including reviews for new releases from Great Grandpa, The Shivas, Dogbreth, and more.


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Sound and Vision

Sound & Vision: Seattle City Council Candidates on the Creative Economy

Sound & Vision host Emily Fox talked to all the Seattle City Council candidates about the creative economy.


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Features

13 Songs for Halloween: "Come to Daddy" by Aphex Twin

The 1997 single is scary enough on its own even without Chris Cunningham's infamous music video.


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Local Music Music News

Thunderpussy Share New Single "Powerhouse", Announce New Year's Eve Show

The track appears on their new EP Milk It, out today via Stardog/Republic.


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Interviews

Cigarettes After Sex on the Influence of Leonard Cohen and How Seattle Audiences Are Just Better

KEXP speaks with Greg Gonzalez of Cigarettes After Sex about the long and difficult process of writing the perfect lines, recording on the island of Mallorca, and how he almost moved to Seattle.


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Features

13 Songs for Halloween: The Decemberists - “The Shankill Butchers”

The Crane Wife track finds inspiration in a real group of killers active in the late '70s/early '80s in Belfast, Northern Ireland.


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Review Revue

Review Revue: The Walkabouts - Cataract

This week's Review Revue spotlights the Walkabouts album Cataract. See what KCMU DJs thought back in the day.


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Music News

Watch Jenny Lewis Fall Down the "Rabbit Hole" on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

While a man in a giant bunny suit flirts with her through the performance.


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Music News

Leonard Cohen Releases a Posthumous New Song/Video for “Happens To The Heart”

The nine-track album Thanks For The Dance, crafted by Cohen's son, will be released November 22.


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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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