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New Music Reviews (4/13)

Each week KEXP's Music Director Don Yates and other KEXP DJs share brief insights on new and upcoming releases. See what's coming up this week below, including reviews for new releases from Kali UchisSay Sue Me, A Place To Bury Strangers, and more.


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Local Artist Spotlight Local Music Album Reviews

Local Artist Spotlight: Lusine

Along with more than 200 other acts, Lusine's singular brand of electronic music is coming to Upstream Music Fest on June 1-3. For this week's Local Artist Spotlight, we highlight what might be the best album of Jeff McIlwain's nearly two-decade-long career.


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Midnight In A Perfect World

Midnight In A Perfect World: Lushlife

Lushlife's exclusive guest mix for Midnight in a Perfect World is a fascinating journey through the unique sounds and artists that helped inspire his new project The Skull Eclipses, an experimental hip-hop collaboration with Austin-based musician Botany, who recently released a self-titled debut al…


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Daily Roundups

Thursday Music News

New music from Florence and the Machine, Laura Marling and Mike Lindsay's new band LUMP, DJ Koze, and Cherry Glazer.


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Review Revue

Review Revue: Breather - Loves and Disloves

This week's Review Revue revisits a mysterious LP from mid-'80s San Francisco-based duo Breather. See what KCMU DJs thought back in the day.


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Mastering the Hustle

Why Do Safe Spaces Matter? A Primer for Mastering The Hustle: Creating Safer Spaces

Join us this Saturday, April 14, for a workshop on how to create safer spaces in the arts community.


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Throwaway Style Interviews Local Music

Throwaway Style: An Interview with Kevin Murphy of the Moondoggies

It's kind of an understatement to say a lot can change in five years. Moondoggies frontman Kevin Murphy opens up about the half-decade period between the band's full-length records and the art of writing rock songs.


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Daily Roundups

Wednesday Music News

New music and videos from Speedy Ortiz, Hop Along, Empress Of, and Jenny Hval.


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KEXP Events

Banging the Drum for Tomorrow's Trap Set Panelists: Matt Cameron, Ruby Dunphy, Tendai Maraire, Jason McGerr

Tomorrow, Thursday, April 12, KEXP will host a special evening with the L.A. podcast The Trap Set. Get to know our panelists: Matt Cameron of Pearl Jam and Soundgarden, Ruby Dunphy of Thunderpussy, Tendai Maraire of Shabazz Palaces and Chimurenga Renaissance, and Jason McGerr of Death Cab For Cutie.


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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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