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Photo Gallery: National Volunteer Week 2016

April 10th through April 16th is National Volunteer Week, and KEXP would be nothing without the support of our amazing volunteers! In 2015, 600 people donated over 24,500 hours to KEXP -- this is incredible, and we are so grateful. Scroll through the photos below to see the smiling faces of just a …


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Iceland Airwaves Song of the Day

Song of the Day: Vök - Waiting

Every Monday through Friday, we deliver a different song as part of our Song of the Day podcast subscription. This podcast features exclusive KEXP in-studio performances, unreleased songs, and recordings from independent artists that our DJ’s think you should hear. Today’s song, featured on the Aft…


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KEXP New Home

KEXP New Home Grand Opening Spotlight: Hey Marseilles

It's the moment we've all been waiting for: this Saturday, April 16th, KEXP will throw open the doors to the KEXP New Home with a free, all-ages celebration from Noon until 9:00 PM. Come see the station you helped build! There will be tours, food, beer, and, of course, what matters most: music.


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Daily Roundups

Wednesday Music News

We're days away from an exclusive, intimate solo performance with Bob Mould this Saturday, April 16th at KEXP's New Home Grand Opening! Should we all stop and sing the lyrics of the track "Hold On" to him, like the people in this video directed by Alicia J. Rose do? Watch the clip below. "Hold On"…


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KEXP Presents

KEXP Presents: Storefront Hitchcock at SIFF Cinema Uptown 4/14

Back in 1996, veteran singer/songwriter Robyn Hitchcock entered an abandoned used clothing store on 14th Street in New York City. With a small audience surrounding him, he delivered one of his intimate, personable performances spiked with witty, and sometimes somber, stories. And thankfully, Academ…


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KEXP New Home

KEXP New Home Grand Opening Spotlight: Samaris

It's the moment we've all been waiting for: this Saturday, April 16th, KEXP will throw open the doors to the KEXP New Home with a free, all-ages celebration from Noon until 9:00 PM. Come see the station you helped build! There will be tours, food, beer, and, of course, what matters most: music.


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Iceland Airwaves Song of the Day

Song of the Day: Gangly - Fuck with Someone Else

Every Monday through Friday, we deliver a different song as part of our Song of the Day podcast subscription. This podcast features exclusive KEXP in-studio performances, unreleased songs, and recordings from independent artists that our DJ’s think you should hear. Today’s song, featured on the Aft…


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Midnight In A Perfect World

Midnight In A Perfect World: Wild Nothing

Ever since his debut single in 2009 for his longtime label Captured Tracks, Virginia musician Jack Tatum's Wild Nothing project has consistently unleashed some of this decade's finest expansive dream-pop and shoegaze music. Now based in Brooklyn, his new third album, Life Of Pause, is yet another K…


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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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