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2014 Countdown

2014 Top Ten List Spotlight: Janice Headley

For the rest of the year, we'll be spotlighting our KEXP DJs Top Albums of 2014. Click here to check out other lists from our DJs, staff, volunteers, and interns, and click here to see the Top 90.3 Albums of 2014, as voted on by KEXP listeners!


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Live Reviews

Live Review: Yung Lean & Sad Boys with Gravity Boys at Neumos 12/18/2014

18 year old Swedish rapper Yung Lean (Jonatan Håstad) may be one of the most polarizing, confusing faces on the independent hip-hop scene of the last few years. Pitchfork hates him. Fader loves him. The rest of us find ourselves somewhere in between, trying to balance all of the bizarre parts of th…


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Local Music Music That Matters Audioasis

Music That Matters: Pacific Northwest Roundup, Part Two

Check out some of the KEXP DJ’s favorite artists from the Pacific Northwest and around the world on-the-go. KEXP’s Music That Matters weekly podcast brings you an exclusive mix of new music from the world’s best independent artists.


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Local Music KEXP Suggests

KEXP Suggests: Bigass Boombox Festival 2015

Three cheers! Bigass Boombox – the free, all-ages music and literature festival – is in its second year!


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Song of the Day

Song of the Day: Mourn - Dark Issues

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 Midday …


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Yule Benefit KEXP Presents Live Reviews

Live Review: KEXP Yule Benefit with Strand of Oaks, Cymbals Eat Guitars, S and Cabana at Neumos 12/20/2014

It used to be that every year about this time, KEXP would throw the Yule Benefit show, but it's been five years since our last one. This year, music fans were in for a treat as the show returned to Neumos to raise money for the station's new home, being built at the Seattle Center. The lineup inclu…


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2014 Countdown

KEXP’s Top Albums of 2014: A Massive Video Roundup!

As 2014 comes to a close, we thought we'd take one last look albums that KEXP listeners chose for their top albums of 2014 and present to you the mother of all video roundups, featuring 91 videos covering the Top 90.3 albums as chosen by KEXP listeners.


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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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