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Iceland Airwaves

KEXP Live at Iceland Airwaves 2018, Day 3: Flamingods

Our first non-Icelandic act of the festival at KEX hostel gives us a world tour or sounds and heavy doses of psychedlia.


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Interviews

Slug from Atmosphere Looks Back at His Crazy Life on the New Album Mi Vida Local

Minneapolis, Minnesota, hip-hop group Atmosphere released their latest LP, Mi Vida Local, last month. KEXP catches up with rapper Slug, one half of the duo.


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Music News

Christine and the Queens Share Video for Chris Track "The Walker"

The cinematic video follows previous videos for “Doesn’t Matter” and “5 Dollars."


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Iceland Airwaves

KEXP Live at Iceland Airwaves 2018, Day 3: Júníus Meyvant

For his fourth performance at our KEX Hostel broadcast, Meyvant kicks off the day with a rousing set of soulful folk tunes.


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Review Revue

Review Revue - Bronski Beat - The Age of Consent

This week's Review Revue spotlights the album The Age of Consent by Bronski Beat. See what KCMU DJs thought back in the day.


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Midnight In A Perfect World

Midnight In A Perfect World: Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs

Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs delivers an exclusive guest DJ mix for Midnight in a Perfect World that seamlessly stitches together top-notch contemporary house and tech-house selections both new and old.


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Music News

These New Puritans Share First New Music in Five Years

The new single "Into the Fire" is the first we've heard from the band since 2013's Field of Reeds.


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Iceland Airwaves

KEXP Live at Iceland Airwaves 2018, Day 2: Skátar

The notoriously undefinable Icelandic DIY act tears up the stage as we wrap up day two at the KEX Hostel.


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Music News

Conor Oberst Shares Two New Stripped-Down Songs

“No One Changes” and “The Rockaways" are available on Bandcamp.


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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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