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You can now find KEXP under "Eclectic" in iTunes after the demise of the "Public" category, to better represent the diversity of our daytime variety shows and numerous specialty programs.
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Afternoon Show fans! You are the spark in the KEXP fire pit!
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News Round-up: Stealth Links for Cubicles
Microsoft has unveiled its Joy Division Zune player. It’s, uh… hmm. Err… wow.
The KEXP 2008 Summer Pledge Drive is on! Stealth readers in cubicles, show your cubicular love! Get on the horn at (206) 903-5397, keep your voice down when the boss strolls by, and make your pledge. You’ll be surprised at how good it [...]
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Become a KEXP member… show your Midday Show love!
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KEXP heard ’round the World, Pt 1.
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News Round-Up: Stealth Links for Cubicles
The Shackeltons return to Seattle for Bumbershootphoto by Hilary Harris
More acts have just been announced for the 38th annual Bumbershoot Music & Arts Festival. Added to the three-day Seattle event on Labor Day Weekend are some very recognizable names to KEXP listeners: Minus the Bear, Battles, Sondre Lerche, The Whigs, Thao with The Get Down [...]
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Music News: Stealth Links for Cubicles!
Hits Are For Squares, the new Sonic Youth best-of compilation, will be out June 9th. You’ll have to stop by Starbucks to get it though, because that’s where the band is making it exclusively available. NME has the full tracklist, along with a list of who picked each song. Want to find out what Beck’s [...]
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The 33 1/3 Odyssey: It’s Only Rock ‘n’ Rimbaud (But I Like It)
33 1/3 is a series of pocket-sized books, each volume focusing on a single album. This is the twelfth installment of one person’s quest to read all 57 (and counting) of these things, and to scribble some impressions of each. As always, please keep in mind that it’s just one opinion, often skewed, and somewhat [...]
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“We loved your giant rabbit; how about we score your film?”
We know KEXP fans love the Arcade Fire. And it’s a fair bet that those of you who are cinema buffs dug Donnie Darko. So it’s pretty snazzy news that Donnie Darko director Richard Kelly’s new film, The Box, will be scored by Win Butler and Co. Since a Donnie Darko sequel is being made [...]
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Sons & Daughters are among the bands to play Bumbershootphoto by Jim Bennet
The lineup for the 38th Annual Bumbershoot Music & Arts Festival has just grown a bit (and shrunk a little). Band of Horses, Sons & Daughters, and The Black Keys are among the bands newly announced. Ludacris, though, had to bow out. Keep [...]
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Attention Tom Waits fans with frequent flyer miles…
Tom Waits tickets for the announced U.S. dates go on sale tomorrow. It’ll be “paperless,” as they say in the ticket biz — your tickets will be available for pickup at the venue night of show; you’ll need both the credit card you used to buy them and a photo ID to get in. [...]
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