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Throwaway Style 2017 Countdown Local Music

Throwaway Style: Producers and Beatmakers Who Helped Define the PNW in 2017

Throwaway Style is a weekly column dedicated to examining all aspects of the Northwest music scene. Whether it’s a new artist making waves, headlines affecting local talent, or reflecting on some of the music that’s been a foundation in our region; this space celebrates everything happening in the …


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Review Revue

Review Revue: Scala Featuring Bill Nelson & Daryl Runswick - "Secret Ceremony (Theme from Brond)"

This week's installment of Review Revue -- as is often the case -- finds me learning about all sorts of things I never knew existed, most of which are listed in the title of this very post. Bill Nelson and Daryl Runswick? Never heard of either. Scala? Brond? No idea. And yet due to the technologica…


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Daily Roundups

Wednesday Music News

On the heels of his latest release, the Carrie & Lowell mixtape The Greatest Gift, Sufjan Stevens has shared a new song. Entitled "Tonya Harding," the song is very literally about famed fallen professional skater Tonya Harding. Stevens made the song in two different keys, D major and Eb major,…


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Local Music KEXP Premiere

KEXP Video Premiere: AJ Suede – Negative Energy

On his latest album, Gotham Fortress, AJ Suede is filled with negative energy. It looms in the boom of his voice, in the foreboding rumbles of Wolftone's spacious beats (as well as cuts from SpaceGhostPurp and Brakebill). He cements the atmosphere of the record early on with the stand out track, we…


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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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