Fall 2009 Countdown: Best First Track Off An Album?
Don’t wait any longer to VOTE for your favorite music here on KEXP! During the Fall Membership Drive, we’re counting down a different music theme everyday based on what you think is the best music on...
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Friday on My Mind: Happy Halloween 2013!
photo by Christopher Nelson It’s time again for Friday on My Mind. Our weekly blog post where we look at videos centered around one common theme. This is a collaborative effort between KEXP and King 5...
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Video Roundup: Happy Father’s Day
photo by Dave Lichterman Forget ties or golf clubs -- for a KEXP Dad, we’re celebrating Father’s Day with a video roundup, featuring everything from folk to electronic. Music is one of the first ways...
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Thursday Music News
photo courtesy of Mute Records Swedish sibling duo The Knife have announced they’ll be calling it quits after an abundantly creative 15 year career. Karin Dreijer told Dazed & Confused, “When we...
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Out This Week 9/23
It’s the first day of Autumn, and the new releases are falling all over the place. The sophomore release from Alt-J is finally officially out. KEXP’s Music Director Don Yates notes, “this English band...
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2014 Top Ten List Spotlight: DJ El Toro
For the rest of the year, we’ll be spotlighting our KEXP DJs Top Albums of 2014, leading up to our 2014 90.3 Top Album Countdown! Voting has ended, but tune in on Friday, December 19th to hear if your...
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2014 Top Ten List Spotlight: Miss Ashley
For the rest of the year, we’ll be spotlighting our KEXP DJs Top Albums of 2014. Click here to check out other lists from our DJs, staff, volunteers, and interns, and click here to see the Top 90.3...
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Friday Music News
photo by Matthew Thompson Shabazz Palaces‘ new video for “Forerunner Foray” takes trippy animation to the next level. While there ins’t an obvious answer as to what exactly is happening, the visuals...
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Friday Music News
photo via Rolling Stone Richard David James, better known as, Aphex Twin is now streaming his entire new EP Computer Controlled Acoustic Instruments Pt2 on Spotify. Check out the playlist below. The...
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Tuesday Music News
photo by Kyle Johnson Karen O teamed up with Google to create a new original song to celebrate groundbreaking female journalist, Nellie Bly’s 151st birthday. Karen O’s short track is accompanied by an...
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Friday Music News
photo by Morgen Schuler Southern indie rockers Futurebirds are gearing up to release their third studio album Hotel Parties on September 25. Today, they’ve dropped the title track, and it’s a...
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Video Roundup: KEXP’s 13 Creepiest Clips for Halloween
photo by Brittney Bollay How to make an already-eerie song even creepier? Try one of these 13 spooktacular clips, chosen for you by KEXP for Halloween! Proceed with caution though: some of these music...
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Midnight in a Perfect World: Maribou State
photo by William Cooper Mitchel British electronic duo Maribou State (Chris Davids & Liam Ivory) have been producing consistently high-quality deep lush house grooves over the past five years with...
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Wednesday Music News
photo by Dave Lichterman Fansite Morrissey-solo.com has unearthed some rare demos from The Smiths‘ early days. One recording is a no-frills version of “Never Had No One Ever” which seems to be from a...
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Come to Daddy: A KEXP Father’s Day Video Roundup
Father’s Day Kids’ Dance Party Photobooth 2012 // photo by Dave Lichterman (view set) We’ve said it before, and we’ll say it again: dads got it rough. Even back in 2012, DJ John Richards noticed “most...
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Tuesday Music News
photo by Matthew B. Thompson Drive-By Truckers have shared some new details about their upcoming album American Band (out September 30). The Southern rockers drew inspiration from last year’s mass...
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Midnight In A Perfect World: et aliae
Raised in Singapore and currently based in London, et aliae is a talented pianist, electronic producer and composer who makes refined and progressive electronic pop. Her debut song came out in 2014 as...
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Midnight In A Perfect World: Vox Mod
Seattle electronic musician Scot Porter, a.k.a. Vox Mod, has been a local favorite on KEXP’s airwaves ever since his breakout 2013 album SYN-ÆSTHETIC showcased his dense, celestial, epic style of...
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Wednesday Music News
photo by @ximsagram via Instagram Holy shit. St. Vincent played a show last night at Le Poisson Rouge in New York, dressed as toilet. The evening also included performances from Father John Misty and...
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El Sonido: Primavera Sound
This week in El Sonido, I’ve got a video round-up and mixtape preview of Primavera Sound 2017. First though, a quick recap of my favorite things from last year. Hands down I have to say my favorite...
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