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Amplifiers Love Week: Spotlight on Ben & Wendy

Happy Amplifiers Love Week! All week long, we are celebrating our 10,000 Amplifiers and what they make possible here at KEXP. Today we are turning the spotlight on two of them: Ben Erickson and Wendy Watkins.


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Upstream Music Fest + Summit Live Reviews

Upstream Music Fest + Summit 2018: Day Two Recap

Featuring sets from TacocaT, Zola Jesus, Great Grandpa, Lushloss, and more.


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Daily Roundups

Tuesday Music News

Wild Nothing announces new album, Unknown Mortal Orchestra shares new video, Chromatics release a new vinyl-only EP, Grimes teases new music, and SZA performs at her high school alma mater.


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Upstream Music Fest + Summit Photo Galleries

Upstream Music Fest + Summit 2018 Day 3: In Photos

The final day of Upstream Music Fest + Summit ended up with a bang, featuring sets from local heroes Murder City Devils and Kung Foo Grip, rising stars Valerie June and Kamaiyah, and – oh yeah, The Flaming Lips.


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Upstream Music Fest + Summit Live Reviews

Upstream Music Fest + Summit 2018: Day One Recap

Featuring sets from Miguel, Little Dragon, Kyle Craft, Grace Love, Colleen Green, Mirah, and more.


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Daily Roundups

Monday Music News

Mitski announces North American tour, new music from Body/Head, Jack White calls out Trump at the Governors Ball, and first trailer for the Thom Yorke-soundtracked film Suspiria is unveiled.


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Upstream Music Fest + Summit

Upstream 2018: Valerie June at Little London Plane (6/3)

Valerie June plays a lovely set on Day 3 of KEXP's broadcast at Little London Plane for Upstream Music Festival 2018.


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Upstream Music Fest + Summit

Upstream 2018: Chanti Darling (6/2)

Chanti Darling plays KEXP's broadcast at Upstream Music Festival.


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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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