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SadGirl Offers a Sizzling Take on Link Wray’s “Jack The Ripper” (KEXP Premiere)

Los Angeles trio SadGirl channels a bygone era with their devilish rendition of a garage rock classic


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Vanfest Announces Schedule for Eighth Annual Benefit Fest

VanFest returns with a stellar lineup of artists including The Black Tones, Whitney Ballen, SEACATS, Familiars, and more. Proceed benefit the Maple Valley Food Bank.


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Music News

Cloud Nothings Announce New Album and Share Lead Single, "The Echo of the World.”

Cloud Nothings announce their fifth studio album Last Building Burning and share "The Echo of the World"


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Music News

Jeff Tweedy Is Releasing A Memoir This Fall

Jeff Tweedy has announced a new memoir titled Let’s Go (So We Can Get Back): A Memoir of Recording and Discording With Wilco, Etc.


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Local Music KEXP Premiere

Smokey Brights Turns Sonder into a Undeniable Groove with “Different Windows” (KEXP Premiere)

Seattle's Smokey Brights delve into disco grooves with the first single from their Different Windows EP, out Sept. 21 via Freakout Records


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Music News

Radiohead's Thom Yorke Announces 2018 U.S. Solo Tour

Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke has announced a solo U.S. tour for late this fall.


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Interviews

Still Searching For Sugar Man: A Chat w/ Sixto Rodriguez

KEXP chats with the Detroit-based musician about how he learned to write music, what it was like playing those first big shows in South Africa, and what he thinks about first when he wakes up in the morning.


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Music News

Aretha Franklin Reported Gravely Ill

The Queen of Soul is reported to be "gravely ill" and is surrounded by friends and family at a hospital in Detroit.


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Album Reviews

New Music Reviews (8/10)

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 Tirzah, Cullen Omori, Oh Sees, and more.


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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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