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Album Review: Beach House Return With Immersive and Hypnotic Seventh Album

Alex Scally and Victoria Legrand are seven albums into their career making music under Beach House. That, alone, could be considered a feat, but to do so with barely a misstep or negative review proves that Scally and Legrand are masters of their craft. 7 is the lush new album from the duo, out tod…


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Album Reviews

New Music Reviews (5/11)

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 Beach HouseWussy, Bombino, and more.


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Midnight In A Perfect World

Midnight In A Perfect World: Imarhan

Imarhan is a collection of friends from Tamanrasset, Algeria making waves internationally with their vibrant Tuareg desert blues; their exclusive guest DJ mix is an exploratory collection of some of their favorite tracks, spotlighting inspirational artists and current influences that touch upon ecl…


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Review Revue

Brave Combo - Humansville

This week's Review Revue spotlights the album Humansville by long-running, accordion-using band Brave Combo. See what KCMU DJs thought back in the day.


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Throwaway Style Local Music

Throwaway Style: Grouper and the Comfort in Being Sad (Part II)

Music is more often than not the soundtrack to – and relief from – some of the hardest moments in our lives. Martin Douglas describes how listening to Grouper got him through a very tough decade.


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Daily Roundups

Thursday Music News

Car Seat Headrest and Jessie Ware take The Tonight Show and Late Night stages, Nine Inch Nails announce new album. Nina Kinert shares new song with Samuel T. Herring, and A.G. Cook remixes Grimes.


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Interviews

Chuck D on The Origins of Prophets of Rage and Embracing New Musical Directions

As we celebrate 6 Degrees of Chuck D, KEXP chats with the legend himself.


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Powering KEXP

Announcing the Public Enemy Album Breakdown

KEXP has announced the next in its series of album breakdowns - classic platinum-selling Public Enemy record It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back. On Thursday, June 21st, over the course of 12 hours, the station will play each and every recording sampled on the album, along with exclusive …


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Powering KEXP

Introducing Sunday Soul with OC Notes

The prolific artist, musician, and DJ will begin hosting the Sunday evening program later in May.


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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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