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KEXP's Song of the Day: "The Only Heartbreaker" by @mitskileaks. In need of a "Breakfast Club dance-sequence music," indie darling Mitski gives us a way to dance "Even though the lyrics might be depressing" in @djcherylwaters' discovery pick: https://bit.ly/3tKvRtI https://t.co/DkMwqQIrZI

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Genre-bender Marie Davidson offers up an intoxicating fever dream in her Midnight in a Perfect World set. Dive into her personal library with a nocturnal journey spanning experimental pop, immersive ambient, evocative jazz, and haunting musique concrète: https://t.co/7y2iFilCoG https://t.co/Jzq2iZsFZd

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Recommended reading for #NativeTonguesDay: 'Go Ahead in the Rain' by @NifMuhammad. Book club anyone? https://t.co/JzrOX6k9VD

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Our latest in-studio session witnesses @tysegall's return to the KEXP studio! Watch Ty Segall & Freedom Band perform tracks from 'Harmonizer,' out now on @dragcityrecords, in a new KEXP performance hosted by @djmoragnseattle: https://bit.ly/3I41vHp https://t.co/Bqyau5iVN2

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Song of the Day: "Alive Ain't Always Living" by @QuelleChris. Fresh off the release of his latest LP 'DEATHFAME' on @MelloMusicGroup, the Detroit-based artist shares this soulful rap-track about what it means to truly live. Discover today: https://bit.ly/3PGui8X https://t.co/0VcKef97mb

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Drawing on '90s greats like Sonic Youth and the English punk of Wolf Alice, Los Angeles quartet Cuffed Up operate in the incendiary middle ground between punk and alternative. Watch the @royalmtn band's Live on KEXP session hosted by @djcherylwaters: https://bit.ly/3yIB0n0 https://t.co/DIDe1uXlva

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Last year, after nine months of writing, @douglasmartini finished his personal and historical masterwork 'Who Stole the Soul from Rock 'n Roll,' a history-spanning collection of essays about the Black roots of rock 'n roll. Read for #BlackHistoryisNow: https://bit.ly/3dJI8qI https://t.co/MZ6coWGol3

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KEXP's Song of the Day: "Harlem" by @poet_abiodun. The legendary Abiodun Oyewole, a member of the very first hip hop group The Last Poets, celebrates the people and community of Harlem in @djcherylwaters' pick. Read about the 6+ minute groove & listen: https://bit.ly/3q4SM1u https://t.co/OtnFAfjYik

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In a recent Father's Day episode of Sound & Vision's "Apparently"— our series about music and parenthood — rapper billy woods talks with @DustyHenry_ about life as a father and his new children's book 'A Is For Anarchist'. Listen / subscribe: https://t.co/oAlhbAmjY7 https://t.co/aRIJOKTSJW

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KEXP's Song of the Day: "The Matador" by @amadvertisement. Hot off the heels of their 'Freedom' EP, the Seattle group now offer up a new single dosed with Laurel Canyon nostalgia. Listen as DJ @larrymizelljr's discovery pick: https://bit.ly/326Ptgd https://t.co/wXFTdke9kW

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