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Sound & Vision: Timothy Showalter on How Depression Fueled the New Strand of Oaks Album, Eraserland

Timothy Showalter (aka Strand of Oaks) talks to KEXP about finding himself again through the making of his latest album, Eraserland.


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El Sonido

Descubre El Sonido: Latinxs in the USA by Aarin Wright

El Sonido on KEXP delivers a playlist of some of the best latin artists in USA curated by the journalist Aarin Wright.


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Interviews Sound and Vision

Sound & Vision: The Budos Band Saxophonist Jared Tankel on Being Bi-Coastal and New Album V

Ahead of the band's in-studio on KEXP on April 20 at 3:30 PM PT, DJ John Richards gets the scoop on their latest release.


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Midnight In A Perfect World

Midnight In A Perfect World: J.Lamotta

Berlin-based vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, and producer J.Lamotta delivers a guest DJ mix for Midnight in a Perfect World that offers a taste of the wide-ranging influences that helped inspire her genre-blurring sophomore album 'SUZUME.'


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Sound & Vision: Getting to Know Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal Through Music

Sound & Vision has been getting to know the six new women of color in the Washington state legislature through music. Today, we meet Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal, the first South Asian American woman ever elected to the US House of Representatives


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Record Store Day The Afternoon Show w/ Kevin Cole

Record Store Day 2019: DJ Kevin Cole's Picks

It's time for Kevin Cole's favorite holiday, Record Store Day! Check out his picks from this year's list of exclusive releases.


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Interviews El Sonido

Francisca Valenzuela of RUIDOSA on the Lack of Female Artists in Latin Music Festivals

Ruidosa is a feminist media collective from Chile that studied the presence of women in the line-ups of 66 Latin music festivals.


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Midnight In A Perfect World

Midnight In A Perfect World: Uji

Argentinian electronic musician Uji shares an exclusive guest DJ mix for Midnight in a Perfect World that weaves through contemporary Afro-Latin global rhythms with rich electro-acoustic touches that move at a hypnotic mid-tempo pace.


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Sound & Vision: Emily Haines of Metric on the Themes in Art of Doubt

Metric frontwoman Emily Haines shares her thoughts on the themes of some of the singles on Art of Doubt.


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Sub Pop 30th Anniversary Count-Up

In 2018, KEXP celebrated theĀ 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 ourĀ catalog coverage, featuring in-depth coverage on the history of their releases.


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