KEXP Presents Music That Matters

Music That Matters, Vol. 360 - Rouse Yourself

KEXP — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Swingin' Doors host Don Slack showcases a variety of new music to stir your emotions and get you moving. This Music That Matters podcast features new tunes from Laura Marling, JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound, and Glass Candy. 1. The David Mayfield Parade - Another Year 2. Shovels & Rope – Boxcar 3. Sturgill Simpson – Life Ain’t Fair and the World Is Mean 4. Jason Isbell - Super 8 5. The So So Glos – Everything Revival 6. Mikal Cronin – Change 7. Hanni El Khatib – Nobody Move 8. Big Eyes – Nothing You Could Say 9. Tender Hips – City 10. JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound – Rouse Yourself 11. The Child of Lov – Fly 12. Tricky – Nothing’s Changed (feat. Francesca Belmonte) 13. Glass Candy – Redheads Feel More Pain

Music That Matters, Vol. 359 - No Sleep? No Problem!

KEXP — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Morning Show host John Richards presents the latest KEXP Music That Matters podcast with little to no sleep and under the assumption that everyone needs to wake up to this mix! Featuring new music from Tricky, Guided By Voices, and Small Black. 1. Small Black - Free at Dawn 2. IG88 - Drowning in Pinwheels (feat. Bed of Stars) 3. youryoungbody - Sterile 4. Stripmall Architecture - Suburban Reverb 5. Tricky - Nothing's Changed (feat. Francesca Belmonte) 6. Brothers in Law - Lose Control 7. Charms - Wartime 8. Neighbors - Accessory 9. Pedestrian - Hoyle Road 10. Brass Bed - I'll Be There With Bells On 11. Shivas - Swimming With Sharks 12. Bored Nothing - Echo Room 13. AM & Shawn Lee - Two Times 14. Guided By Voices - Flunky Minnows

Music That Matters, Vol. 358 - Amplifier Love!

KEXP — Fri, 31 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700

DJ Kevin Cole celebrates Amplifier Love Week by turning the knobs on a batch of his current faves including new Stone Gossard, Classixx, and previously unreleased Postal Service. 1. The Kingsbury Manx - The Future Hunter 2. Rogue Wave - College 3. Stone Gossard - I Need Something Different 4. Classixx - All You're Waiting For 5. Sister Crayon - Floating Heads 6. Postal Service - A Tattered Line of String 7. JC Brooks & The Uptown Sound - Howl 8. The James Hunter Six - One Way Love 9. Joel Plaskett Emergency - Harbour Boys 10. The Lonely H - Lights Burn Out 11. Soft Moon - Insides 12. Letherette - Restless

Music That Matters, Vol. 357 - Sasquatch! Mixtape 2013

KEXP — Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Overnight host Nate presents KEXP's annual Sasquatch! mixtape podcast, perfect for your trek to the Gorge this weekend, featuring music from Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Dirty Projectors, and Menomena to get you hyped for one of the best music festivals in Washington. 1. Erik Blood - Today's Lover 2. Red Fang - Good To Die 3. Jherek Bischoff - Eyes (feat. David Byrne) 4. Japandroids - The House That Heaven Built 5. Matthew Dear - Her Fantasy 6. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - Thrift Shop (feat. Wanz) 7. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Hate the Taste 8. Akron/Family - Sand Talk 9. El-P - Drones Over Bklyn 10. Shovels & Rope - Birmingham 11. Lusine - Get the Message (feat. Sarah McIlwain) 12. Dirty Projectors - Here Til It Says I'm Not 13. ODESZA - Today 14. Toro Y Moi - Say That 15. Menomena - Heavy Is As Heavy Does 16. Beachwood Sparks - Sparks Fly Again 17. The Postal Service - A Tattered Line of String

Music That Matters, Vol. 356 - Temporal and Spatial Changes in Modern Global Music

KEXP — Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Wo' Pop host Darek Mazzone feels out the dance vibrations made yesterday and today from various cultures who are still here, and ones who have passed. 1. Sir Victor Uwaifo & His Melody Maestroes - Ekassa 25 2. AfroQBen - Dream The Impossible 3. Fab 5 Freddy - Change The Beat (Male Version) 4. Samba de Coco Raízes de Arcoverde - Ê Boi (Maga Bo Remix) 5. DJ Nu-Mark - Troplicalifornia 6. Sorie Kondi - Sorie Thogolobea 7. Les Garagistes - Mami Moh (Chief Boima Dub) 8. Captain Planet - Bokazo 9. The Shanghai Restoration Project - The Wandering Songstress (feat. Zhang Le) 10. Captain Planet - Chegutu 11. Sorie Kondi - Salone Tiday (Techno Mix) 12. Dur-Dur Band - Garsore Waa Ilaah 13. Zuzuka Poderosa & Kush Arora - Pisicodelia (Nego Mozambique Remix) 14. DJ Nu-Mark - Oya' Indebure 15. Chico Mann - Comes and Goes (feat. Annakalmia Traver) 16. Batida - Alegria 17. Mbiri Young Stars - Ndiri Ndanogio Niwe (Batida 1977 Remix

Music That Matters, Vol. 355 - Baby Loves Podcasting

KEXP — Fri, 10 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Celebrating no less than 5 babies born to KEXP DJ staff this year, Morning Show host John Richards presents this podcast for the babies, young and old. New! Upbeat! Plus he hasn't slept in 4 months! 1. Junip - Your Life, Your Call 2. Van Stee - We Are 3. IO Echo - Ecstasy Ghost 4. Still Corners - Fireflies 5. Wire - Love Bends 6. Kithkin - Fallen Giants 7. Jetman Jet Team - Cosmic Age 8. Hookworms - Form & Function 9. Radiation City - Foreign Bodies 10. The Computers - Love Triangle, Hate Squares 11. Seacats - Firewood 12. English Gardens - GoldField

Music That Matters, Vol. 354 - Symbol Of My Pleasure

KEXP — Fri, 03 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Overnight host DJ Alex fails to contain his excitement for sharing the latest in new and forthcoming music, resulting in this 30-track, 2-hour beat-heavy sonic journey through some of his most recent favorites. 1. All Tiny Creatures - Comets 2. Dandy Teru - Below (feat. Moka Only) (Monkey Robot Remix) 3. Sax G - Tu Me Manques (feat. Choklate) 4. Young Fathers - I Heard 5. The-Drum - Sirens 6. Gold Panda - Brazil 7. Chrome Sparks - Luna Luxor 8. Lapalux - Guuurl 9. Jamie Lidell - You Naked 10. Deech - 4 U 11. Mount Kimbie - Made To Stray 12. Heterotic - Blue Lights (feat. Gravenhurst) 13. Beat Connection - Saola (ODESZA Remix) 14. Neil Night - Ends At Dawn (feat. Emmelie Jones) 15. Maria Minerva - Symbol Of My Pleasure (Form Of My Pain) 16. Classixx - Holding On (Jerome LOL Remix) 17. Fjord Morrison - So Mad (Druid Cloak Remix) 18. Letherette - I Always Wanted You Back 19. j.Faraday - L.A. 20. Deptford Goth - Feel Real 21. DJAO - One 22. Natasha Kmeto - Take Out 23. Beacon - Bring You Back 24. IG88 - A Subtle Separation (feat. Jenni Potts) 25. MMOTHS - For Her (Dreams Remix) 26. King Midas Sound - Funny Love 27. Sister Crayon - Cynic 28. Kid Smpl - Promist 29. Next Collective - Marvin's Room 30. Raz Simone - Sometimes I Don't

Music That Matters, Vol. 353 - The Sprite Ones

KEXP — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Afternoon Show host Kevin Cole lays down 11 of his current faves including new songs from The Little Ones, Little Green Cars, Cloud Cult, and Foxygen. 1. The Little Ones - Shake Your Sign 2. Born Ruffians - Needle 3. Cloud Cult - Good Friend 4. Little Green Cars - Angel Owl 5. Foxygen - No Destruction 6. The Men - Half Angel Half Light 7. The Veils - Through the Deep, Dark Wood 8. Hanni El Khatib - Family 9. Super Hi-Fi - Q Street (Subatomic Sound System Remix) 10. Steve Hauschildt - Accelerated Yearning 11. Domenico - Cine Privê

Music That Matters, Vol. 352 - Music for 3 A.M.

KEXP — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Our latest Music That Matters podcast is an introspective and meditative soundtrack to take you through the witching hour (and come out the other side fully intact and better for it) from Wednesday overnight host DJ Sean. 1. Imperial Topaz - Nightface 2. Mountains - Living Lens 3. Pure X - Someone Else 4. Jefre Cantu-Ledesma - Faceless Kiss 5. Oren Ambarchi - Salt 6. Grouper - Living Room 7. Inga Copeland - A & E 8. Roger Robinson - Replica 9. Maria Minerva - Black Magick 10. Chastity Belt - Seattle Party

Music That Matters, Vol. 351 - Midday Mix #2

KEXP — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Midday Show host Cheryl Waters presents the latest edition of the KEXP Music That Matters podcast, featuring new music from Typhoon, STRFKR, and Pop Levi. 1. Radical Face - Welcome Home 2. Keith Canisius - Home By Five 3. Other Lives - Take Us Alive 4. Bomba Estéreo - Pure Love 5. Wild Cub - Colour 6. Typhoon - Common Sentiments 7. STRFKR - While I'm Alive 8. Sin Fang - Look At The Light 9. The Ruby Suns - Kingfisher Call Me 10. Junk Culture - Oregon 11. Mean Creek - Do You Know? 12. Pop Levi - Rock Solid 13. Bleeding Rainbow - You're Not Alone

Music That Matters, Vol. 350 - Noise

KEXP — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Morning Show host John Richards explores how loud you want to turn up the volume on our latest Music That Matters podcast. From the quiet amplifier to the speaker blowing feedback, with ballads, space rock, hip-hop, punk, screaming, whispering and a little singing too. 1. Phosphorescent - Song for Zula 2. Freedom Fry - Friends and Enemies 3. Speck Mountain - Badwater 4. Baltic Cousins - Hurricane Able 5. Marnie Stern - Year of the Glad 6. Bleached - Looking for a Fight 7. Beat Mark - What I Want the Most 8. Jetman Jet Team - Cosmic Age 9. Kinski - Conflict Free Diamonds 10. Wax Idols - Sound of a Void 11. Young Fathers - Deadline 12. Grynch & Budo - Treadin' 13. Blank Realm - Cleaning Up My Mess

Music That Matters, Vol. 349 - Moments of Sunlight for the Burnt Out and Faded

KEXP — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Variety mix DJ Melissa Trejo returns to the helm of our latest Music That Matters podcast, sharing songs that have personally provided her comfort through the recent dreary Seattle days and nights. Tosca, Bibio, FaltyDL, Laurel Halo, and Gold Panda grace this playlist to help all of us keep hope that sunnier days will indeed find us. 1. Gold Panda - Burnt Out Car In A Forest 2. Laurel Halo - Sunlight on the Faded 3. Wih'lo - Unbreak 4. XI - Villain 5. Disclosure - Latch 6. Steve Bug - Moment Of Ease (feat. Emilie Chick) 7. Flume - Insane 8. Emancipator - Valhalla 9. Calmer - Spirograph 10. Lion Babe- Treat Me Like Fire 11. Bibio - À tout à l'heure 12. FaltyDL - She Sleeps (feat. Ed Macfarlane) 13. Tosca - What If (feat. Sarah Carlier)

Music That Matters, Vol. 348 - Midday Mix #1

KEXP — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Midday Show host Cheryl Waters presents the latest edition of the KEXP Music That Matters podcast, featuring new music from Daughter, Junip, and The Comettes. 1. Daughter - Smother 2. Junip - Line of Fire 3. Heavenly Beat - Faithless 4. Beach Fossils - Careless 5. The Comettes - Deserts 6. The Valley - Rad Dungeons 7. Peace - The Perp Walk 8. BRONCHO - Try Me Out Sometime 9. Police Teeth - Chicago One Point Five 10. The West - Don't Make a Sound 11. Widowspeak - The Dark Age 12. How To Dress Well - Cold Nites

Music That Matters, Vol. 347 - Spring Jams 2013

KEXP — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0700

DJ Larry Rose, host of Larry's Lounge on KEXP, brings you a non-stop barrage of hot new jams for Spring 2013 including irresistible earworms from Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Toro Y Moi, Foxygen, and more. 1. Unknown Mortal Orchestra - Swim and Sleep (Like a Shark) 2. Toro Y Moi - Say That 3. Mitzi - Modern Life 4. Lusine - Get the Message 5. Foxygen - San Francisco 6. Jenn Grant - White Dove 7. BRONCHO - Record Store 8. Parquet Courts - Stoned and Starving 9. Darkstar - Timeaway 10. Fey Moth - Alexander 11. Young Fathers - Rumbling 12. Caveman - In the City 13. Bonobo - Cirrus

Music That Matters, Vol. 346 - Dreampocket

KEXP — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0800

It's more new music madness on our latest Music That Matters podcast! Afternoon Show host Kevin Cole brings the mix with 11 dreamy new groovers that will have your speakers popping and your head spinning. 1. Ex Cops - Separator 2. Dreamscape - Greater Than God 3. Unknown Mortal Orchestra - Swim and Sleep (Like a Shark) 4. Psychic Friend - We Do Not Belong 5. !!! – Slyd 6. FaltyDL - Straight & Arrow 7. Vox Mod - Iridescent Asteroid Mists 8. Ghosts I've Met - Metal Strings 9. Hey Marseilles - Heart Beats 10. Pocket Panda - City 11. Brokeback - Will Be Arriving

Music That Matters, Vol. 345 - Anticipating 2013

KEXP — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0800

Morning Show host John Richards predicts that 2013 is going to be another year of great music. On our latest Music That Matters podcast, John showcases new music from BellaMaine, Lusine, and Pickwick to help you get anticipate the year ahead. If these releases from late 2012 and early 2013 are any indication, this is bound to be one of the best years for music to date. 1. Wild Cub - Thunder Clatter 2. Turnpike Glow - 1986 3. IO Echo - Ministry of Love 4. BellaMaine - Three Years 5. Rhye - The Fall 6. Fey Moth - Alexander 7. Lusine - Without a Plan 8. Chaos Chaos - Winner 9. Issac Delusion - Early Morning 10. Jenn Grant - I've Got Your Fire 11. Night Beds - Ramona 12. Pickwick - Window Sill 13. Parquet Courts - Borrowed Time

Music That Matters, Vol. 344 - Metal That Matters

KEXP — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0800

Seek & Destroy producer and host Hannah Levin takes you on a carefully curated tour of the harder and heavier songs populating her playlists lately. This ear-bleeding, 45-minute collection includes several new releases from Northwest artists, such as Mico de Noche and Argonaut, as well as touring metal acts visiting Seattle this spring, like Baptists, Fight Amp, and Bad Powers. 1. Red Fang - Crows in Swine 2. Grails - Doomsdayer's Holiday 3. Author & Punisher - Terrorbird 4. Christdriver - You Destroy 5. Baptists - Soiled Roots 6. Bad Powers - New Bruises 7. Fight Amp - Fly Trap 8. Bitch's Crystal - Duane's Dead Hands 9. Mico de Noche - 3 Quarters 10. Argonaut - Unicorns and Hatchets

Music That Matters, Vol. 343 - Panic On!

KEXP — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0800

Afternoon Show host Kevin Cole presents loads of great tracks here - including excellent new local releases from The Redwood Plan and Telekinesis - plus some Sweet Billy Pilgrim, Veronica Falls, and Cub Scouts! Sorry, no Webelos. 1. Telekinesis - Ghost & Creatures 2. Gliss - Weight of Love 3. James Younger - Monday Morning 4. Cub Scouts - Do You Hear 5. Veronica Falls - Teenage 6. Sweet Billy Pilgrim - Joyful Reunion 7. The Redwood Plan - Panic On 8. The Crystal Ark - We Came To 9. Vince Watson - Love in F Minor 10. Mungolian Jetset - Mungolian Jetset presents Jaga Jazzist vs. Knights Of Jumungus : Toccata

Music That Matters, Vol. 342 - Space Propaganda!

KEXP — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0800

It’s been 2 years since DJ Sharlese went to space. Her February 2011 podcast Space Is The Place took you on an intergalactic visit, but things have changed since then! Sharlese has been dreaming about a big move! It’s 2013 and we all didn’t die, so maybe it’s time live amongst the stars? In preparation, she’s created a boundless three-dimensional cosmic journey of music she would listen to if she lived in space. 1. The Horrorist - Gigabytes Numbers (feat. Miro Pajic) 2. Vox Mod - Filament (Incantation) 3. Virtual Boy - Let Go 4. Sally Shapiro & Electric Youth - Starman 5. Black Moth Super Rainbow - Like a Sundae 6. Shabazz Palaces feat. THEESatisfaction - Endeavors for Never 7. Ariel Pink + R. Stevie Moore - SteviePink Javascript 8. Blanche Blanche Blanche - Rich Man 9. John Maus - Rights for Gays 10. Niki & The Dove - The Drummer 11. Prince Rama - Those Who Live For Love Will Live Forever

Music That Matters, Vol. 341 - On the Cusp of the 12 & 13

KEXP — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0800

Saturday afternoon host DJ Troy Nelson highlights a handful of great new music from late 2012 through early 2013, featuring Chromatics, Memory Tapes, and Local Natives. 1. Chromatics - Cherry 2. Rose Windows - Walkin' with a Woman 3. Cave Singers - Have to Pretend 4. Bleeding Rainbow - You're Not Alone 5. Dead Leaf Echo - Act of Truth 6. Memory Tapes - Sheila 7. Pop Levi - Rock Solid 8. The Babies - Alligator 9. ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead - Pinhole Cameras 10. Sonny & the Sunsets - Pretend You Love Me 11. Local Natives - Breakers

Music That Matters, Vol. 340 - Dig The New Breed

KEXP — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0800

Enter The Roadhouse with Greg Vandy for this collection of songs by the bands and artists he's most excited about for 2013, many with indie roots, most so young that they're fresh off their debut albums (members of The Orwells are 17-years-old!), and all setting the ceiling high for new music this year. 1. The Orwells - Halloween All Year 2. Allah-Las - Long Journey 3. Nick Waterhouse - Is That Clear 4. Sallie Ford & The Sound Outside - Bad Boys 5. First Aid Kit - Blue 6. Alabama Shakes - Hold On 7. Father John Misty - Well, You Can Do It From Now On 8. Shovels & Rope - Birmingham 9. Denver - The Way It Is 10. John Fullbright- Moving 11. Country Lips - Poncho's Lament

Music That Matters, Vol. 339 - I've Got Eyes For You

KEXP — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0800

KEXP weekend overnight host DJ Nate shares some of his favorite music over the last several years, including indie pop, country western, experimental rock, post punk, and classic indie hip hop. 1. Brent Amaker and the Rodeo - Garden Of Love 2. Crystal Skulls - Baby Boy 3. Broken Social Scene - World Sick 4. Battles - Ice Cream (feat. Matias Aguayo) 5. Lozen - WAQ 6. Partman Parthorse - Magik 7. The Intelligence - Moon Beeps 8. Deltron 3030 - 3030 9. Autolux - Subzero Fun 10. Jim Noir - Don't You Worry 11. James Pants - We're Through

Music That Matters, Vol. 338 - The Year In Lists

KEXP — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0800

DJ Kevin Cole presents the year in music including songs from Bob Mould, Alt-J, Dirty Projectors, and Macklemore & Ryan Lewis. Every one of these songs appeared on a best-of list. Guaranteed. 1. Japandroids - The House That Heaven Built 2. Bob Mould - The Descent 3. John K. Samson - When I Write My Master's Thesis 4. The Wedding Present - You Jane 5. Redd Kross - Stay Away from Downtown 6. Rah Rah - Art & A Wife 7. JD McPherson - North Side Gal 8. Kishi Bashi - Bright Whites 9. Fly Moon Royalty - The Birthday Song 10. Deep Sea Diver - You Go Running 11. TheeSatisfaction - QueenS 12. Dirty Projectors - Gun Has No Trigger 13. Alt-J - Fitzpleasure 14. Tame Impala - Apocalypse Dreams 15. Alabama Shakes - Hold On 16. The Tallest Man On Earth - 1904 17. First Aid Kit - The Lion's Roar 18. Shovels & Rope - Birmingham 19. Beach House - Lazuli 20. Hammock - (Leaving) The House Where We Grew Up 21. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - Same Love

Music That Matters, Vol. 337 - Last Night I Heard Everything in Slow Motion

KEXP — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0800

Melissa Trejo, Programming Maven and weekly variety mix DJ, provides a downtempo playlist to keep you warm during the cold days, evenings, and nights. Snuggle up with tracks from Blockhead, Oliver Tank, Nosaj Thing, and more. 1. Submotion Orchestra - Sleepwalker 2. Jesse Boykins III and MeLo-X - Black Orpheus 3. Little People - Aldgate Patterns 4. Blockhead - Never Forget Your Token 5. Stumbleine - The Corner of Her Eye 6. John Talabot - Destiny 7. Chrome Sparks - Send the Pain On 8. Disclosure - Latch 9. Maribou State - Pagoda 10. Mister Lies - Dionysian 11. Oliver Tank - Last Night I Heard Everything in Slow Motion 12. Nosaj Thing - Eclipse Blue (feat. Kazu Makino)

Music That Matters, Vol. 336 - Last Bits of 2012

KEXP — Fri, 28 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0800

As we head into 2013, Midday Show host Cheryl Waters shares some musical highlights, new tracks, and old favorites from 2012 that you can't let pass you by. 1. Petur Ben - Cold War Baby 2. Thao & the Get Down Stay Down - Holy Roller 3. Villagers - Nothing Arrived 4. Night Moves - Country Queen 5. Edmund Way - To The Bugs on my Ceiling (with River Giant) 6. Ezra Furman - That's When It Hit Me 7. The Sea and Cake - Neighbors And Township 8. The Little Ones - Argonauts 9. The Hoot Hoots - Go For A Walk 10. Foxygen - Take The Kids Off Broadway 11. La Luz - Sure as Spring 12. Cult Of Youth - Man and Man's Ruin 13. Savages - Husbands 14. The Soft Pack - Second Look 15. Dude York - The Lake 16. Caspian - Hickory '54

Music That Matters, Vol. 335 - A Dark December Day in the KEXP Studio

KEXP — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0800

Morning Show host John Richards presents a podcast inspired by a typical winter day in Seattle, featuring new music from DeVotchKa, School of Seven Bells, and Pop Levi. 1. Hammock - (Leaving) The House Where We Grew Up 2. DeVotchKa - How it Ends (Live with the Colorado Symphony) 3. HAERTS - Wings 4. Flume - Left Alone 5. Prince Rama - Blade of Austerity 6. School of Seven Bells - Secret Days 7. Gibraltar - Death Rays 8. Pop Levi - Motorcycle 666 9. PAPA - Put Me To Work 10. Cayucas - Cayucos

Music That Matters, Vol. 334 - Something Good for 2013

KEXP — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0800

DJ Shannon showcases her favorite new artists for 2013 including Savages, Lucius, Chvrches and Hella Better Dancer. Let's start the new year right now! 1. Savages - Husbands 2. Hella Better Dancer - Take This 3. Fenster - Spring Break 4. Opossom - Blue Meanies 5. Lucius - Turn It Around 6. Stealing Sheep - Shut Eye 7. Fossil Collective - Let It Go 8. Wolf Alice - Leaving You 9. Chvrches - The Mother We Share 10. The Pack A.D. - The Water

Music That Matters, Vol. 333 - He Got The Velcros

KEXP — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0800

DJ Kevin Cole delivers the midnight magic, sonic shout outs, effervescent electronica, swaggering garage rock, and an ode to thrift store shopping. 1. Kishi Bashi - Manchester 2. Guided By Voices - King Arthur the Red 3. Paws - Homecoming 4. San Cisco - Awkward 5. Clinic - Miss You 6. Chad Valley - Fathering/Mothering (feat. Anne Lise Frøkedal) 7. Macklemore - Thrift Shop 8. My Bubba and Mi - Wild & You 9. Cahalen Morrison & Eli West - Loretta 10. Dark Dark Dark - Tell Me 11. Fox And The Law - Unbelievable 12. The Young Fresh Fellows - Another Ten Reasons 13. Nude Beach - Some Kind of Love 14. Rose Windows - Heavenly Days 15. Calamalka - Shout Outs

Music That Matters, Vol. 332 - New Swingin' Doors

KEXP — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0800

Swingin' Doors Host Don Slack spins some of his favorite new music, from honky tonk and western swing to alternative country and bluegrass. 1. Kasey Chambers & Shane Nicholson - Wreck & Ruin 2. David Olney- Go Down Dupree 3. Iris DeMent - The Night I Learned How Not To Pray 4. Ronnie Fauss - This Year 5. Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit - TVA 6. Wanda Jackson – The Graveyard Shift 7. The Time Jumpers - On the Outskirts of Town 8. Junior Brown - Almost to Tulsa 9. James Hand - Mighty Lonesome Man 10. 1 Uppers - Punch It In 11. Sera Cahoone – Every Little Word 12. The Maldives - Sallie May 13. Legendary Oaks - LA (Lower Alabama) 14. Edmund Wayne - To The Bugs on My Ceiling (feat. River Giant)

Music That Matters, Vol. 331 - Tell Me What's Inside Your Heart

KEXP — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0800

Midday Show host Cheryl Waters showcases a selection of her favorite music to warm up your heart as we head into the Winter season, featuring Little Green Cars, The Heavy, and Icelandic bands Sin Fang and My bubba & Mi. 1. My bubba & Mi – Blind State 2. Husky – History's Door 3. The Maldives – I'm Gonna Try 4. Borko – Two Lights 5. Little Green Cars – The John Wayne 6. Balmorhea – Pyrakantha 7. The Heavy – What Makes A Good Man 8. Turtle Giant – Germany I & II 9. Sin Fang – Shine For Me 10. Woods – Back to the Stone 11. White Fence – Swagger Vets & Double Moon 12. Western Medicine – In Transit 13. Ty Segall Band – Tell Me What's Inside Your Heart 14. Golden Void – Virtue

Music That Matters, Vol. 330 - Fall Back!

KEXP — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0800

Morning Show host John Richards showcases new music from Django Django, of Montreal, and Rose Windows to help you fill that extra hour we all received with the arrival of Fall. 1. Django Django - Hail Bop 2. Letting Up Despite Great Faults - Postcard 3. Tamaryn - I'm Gone 4. Paws - Pony 5. Tilly and the Wall - All Kinds of Guns 6. Chastity Belt - Aliens 7. BRAINSTORM - Flat Earth 8. of Montreal - Our Love Is Senile 9. Unnatural Helpers - Stiff Wind 10. Chad Valley - I Owe You This (feat. Twin Shadow) 11. Sun Airway - Close 12. Rose Windows - Wartime Lovers 13. Willy Moon - Railroad Track

Music That Matters, Vol. 329 - Songs for the End of Time

KEXP — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0700

KEXP overnight host Morgan showcases a selection of new tracks from the last half of 2012. From the expansive psych-rock of Tame Impala to the electronic styles of Flying Lotus, this Music That Matters podcast will guide you through the end of the year in the best way possible. 1. Lord Huron - Ends of the Earth 2. Tame Impala - Apocalypse Dreams 3. The Heavy - Curse Me Good 4. Black Marble - A Great Design 5. Wax Tailor - Heart Stop 6. El Ten Eleven - Yellow Bridges 7. Caspian - Halls of the Summer 8. Kingdom Crumbs - For The Birds 9. Dan Deacon - True Thrush 10. Flying Lotus - Putty Boy Strut 11. Groundislava - Suicide Mission

Music That Matters, Vol. 328 - Iceland Airwaves 2012 Preview

KEXP — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0700

DJ Kevin Cole and Web Content Manager Jim Beckmann preview some of Iceland's current top acts, including bands performing the 2012 Iceland Airwaves festival and KEXP's second international broadcast from KEX Hostel in Reykjavik. 1. Gang Related - Dashboard Elvis 2. Sóley - I'll Drown 3. Ásgeir Trausti - Leyndarmál 4. Tilbury - Sunblinds 5. Sin Fang - Shine For Me 6. Ojba Rasta - Hreppstjórinn 7. Pétur Ben - Cold War Baby 8. Solstafir - Fjara 9. Moses Hightower - Sjáum hvað setur 10. Monotown - Can Deny 11. Dream Central Station - Let The Rain (Wash Over Me) 12. Mr. Silla - One Step 13. My Bubba & Mi - Wild & You 14. Sudden Weather Change - Weak Design 15. Ghostigital - Dark In Here 16. Úlfur Úlfur - Föstudagurinn Langi

Music That Matters, Vol. 327 - Carry You

KEXP — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Midday Show host Cheryl Waters presents a soundtrack of new music to carry you through your week, featuring The Mountain Goats, Orbital, and Northwest artists Rocky Votolato and Toro Y Moi. 1. Cate Le Bon - What Is Worse 2. Radiation City - Hide From The Night 3. Rocky Votolato - Fool's Gold 4. Stagnant Pools - Solitude 5. The Jesus Rehab - Carry You 6. Thee Oh Sees - Hang a Picture 7. Toro Y Moi - Take the L Train to Leave 8. Two Gallants - My Love Won't Wait 9. Lord Huron - Time To Run 10. Silver Swans - Secrets 11. David Wax Museum - Will You Be Sleeping? 12. The Mountain Goats - Cry For Judas 13. Fletcher C. Johnson - Messin' Up My Mind 14. Orbital - Wonky (feat. Lady Leshurr) 15. DIIV - How Long Have You Known?

Music That Matters, Vol. 326 - More Like Rocktober

KEXP — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Weekday overnight host Tommy presents a collection of songs to keep your body temp up on cold Fall nights, with new songs from Thee Oh Sees, Dum Dum Girls, The Fresh & Onlys, and more. 1. Dinosaur Jr. - Watch The Corners 2. Grizzly Bear - Yet Again 3. Moon Duo - Sleepwalker 4. Thee Oh Sees - Flood's New Light 5. Fergus & Geronimo - Spies 6. The Fresh & Onlys - Yes or No 7. Hounds of the Wild Hunt - Crooked 8. Fang Island - Asunder 9. Ty Segall Band - Tell Me What's Inside Your Heart 10. Dum Dum Girls - Lord Knows 11. Prism Tats - Death Or Fame 12. Lemolo - Beautiful Night

Music That Matters, Vol. 325 - Don't Fall On Me

KEXP — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Morning Show host John Richards presents a sometimes dark, but always uplifting, soundtrack for the shorter days, longer nights and the season of the witch. 1. The Liminanas - Salvation 2. Allah-Las - Don't You Forget It 3. Murder By Death - I Came Around 4. NO - What's Your Name 5. Noddy - Carpet Maker 6. Tokyoidaho - Other Places, Other Days 7. How to Dress Well - Struggle 8. Wax Tailor - Time to Go (feat. Aloe Blacc) 9. Jonathan Boulet - This Song is Called Raggard 10. Rah Rah - Art and a Wife 11. Bearhug - Angeline

Music That Matters, Vol. 324 - Darkness Descents

KEXP — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Afternoon Show host Kevin Cole provides the soundtrack for shorter days with new songs from Benjamin Gibbard, Pinback, Grizzly Bear, Calexico, Matthew Dear, Fort Union, and more. 1. Benjamin Gibbard - Teardrop Windows 2. Legendary Oaks - Liberty Bell 3. Pinback - Proceed To Memory 4. Dusted - Property Lines 5. Grizzly Bear - Yet Again 6. Exitmusic - Passage 7. Tnght - Top Floor 8. Gulls - Running Times 9. Matthew Dear - Her Fantasy 10. Calexico - Splitter 11. Fort Union - Kingdom 12. Milo Greene - Don't You Give Up On Me

Music That Matters, Vol. 323 - Sparks Fly Again

KEXP — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Midday Show host Cheryl Waters ignites your musical spark with the latest installment of our Music That Matters podcast, featuring new music from Pinback, Divine Fits, Wild Nothing, and more. 1. The Antlers - Crest 2. Magic Trick - Torture 3. Beachwood Sparks - Sparks Fly Again 4. Campfire OK - Wishing You the Best 5. Pinback - Proceed To Memory 6. Divine Fits - My Love Is Real 7. Lemolo - On Again, Off Again 8. Jaymes McFarland - Two More Minutes 9. Wild Nothing - Feel You Now 10. Mexican Institute of Sound - Especulando 11. A Place To Bury Strangers - You Are the One 12. Menomena - Heavy Is As Heavy Does 13. Human Woman - Delusional

Music That Matters, Vol. 322 - Spotlight on Decibel Festival 2012

KEXP — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0700

DJ Alex shines a spotlight on 20+ artists performing at this year's Decibel Festival, Seattle's premier electronic music and arts event, happening all over the city from September 26th to September 30th! Tune in to get a taste of this year's massive, diverse roster and check out dbfestival.com for more information! 1. Natasha Kmeto - Belly 2. Shlohmo - wen uuu (Salva Remix) 3. Nina Kraviz - Ghetto Kraviz 4. Orbital - Wonky (feat. Lady Leshurr) 5. Keyboard Kid - BasedExorcism 6. FaltyDL - Can't Stop the Prophet 7. Maria Minerva - The Sound 8. Sepalcure - Your Love 9. Anenon - Murmurs 10. Kid Smpl - But I Don't 11. Julianna Barwick - The Magic Place 12. Groundislava - Suicide Mission (feat. Baths) 13. IG88 - Intentions of a Dart Frog (feat. Jenni Potts) 14. Clark - The Pining Pt. 1 15. Gulls - Running Times 16. Katie Kate - Copenhagen 17. DaM-FunK - I Don't Wanna Be A Star! (12" Mix) 18. The Stepkids - Moving Pictures 19. CFCF - Exercise #5 (September) 20. Nils Frahm - Keep 21. Dalot - Infinite Window 22. Devonwho - Strangebrew (DJAO Remix)

Music That Matters, Vol. 321 - Clear Eyes, Full Hearts, Can't Lose

KEXP — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Morning Show host John Richards presents your music guide to Fall 2012, featuring new sounds from Line & Circle, Fang Island, and Hounds of the Wild Hunt. 1. Line & Circle - Roman Ruins 2. Books on Fate - Memory 3. Tilbury - Tenderloin 4. Poolside - Take Me Home 5. Sundress - Calfornia Dreams 6. Admiral Fallow - Guests of the Government 7. Fang Island - Sisterly 8. Milkmade - Summertime 9. Hounds of the Wild Hunt - Crooked 10. Blonds - Time 11. Song Sparrow Research - As the Clouds Drift By 12. Redd Kross - Stay Away From Downtown

Music That Matters, Vol. 320 - The Sound of Silver Age

KEXP — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0700

DJ Kevin Cole drops the motherlode of hot new music, including scorchers from rock architects Bob Mould and Corin Tucker, sizzling funk from Antibalas and the Cactus Channel, and a little revolution from Firewater. 1. Bob Mould - The Descent 2. Corin Tucker Band - Groundhog Day 3. Gaytheist - I'm Procrastinate And I Vote 4. Holograms – Stress 5. The Sea And Cake - On And On 6. Fergus & Geronimo - Roman Tick 7. The Cactus Channel - Emanuel Ciccolini 8. Antibalas - Dirty Money 9. Firewater - A Little Revolution 10. The Archives - One More Time

Music That Matters, Vol. 319 - Bumbershoot Edition 2012

KEXP — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Midday Show host Cheryl Waters showcases an eclectic group of bands and artists playing the 2012 Bumbershoot Music & Arts Festival in Seattle. You'll be able to catch featured artists such as M83, Passion Pit, and Blitzen Trapper during the festival’s 42nd year from September 1st through 3rd. 1. M83 - Wait 2. The Barr Brothers - Beggar In The Morning 3. M. Ward - Primitive Girl 4. Gold Leaves - The Ornament 5. Posse - Backrubs 6. Passion Pit - The Reeling 7. The Helio Sequence - October 8. The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart - Higher Than The Stars 9. Fruit Bats - Tangie and Ray 10. Deep Sea Diver - You Go Running 11. JC Brooks And The Uptown Sound - Everything Will Be Fine 12. The Heavy - How You Like Me Now 13. Sera Cahoone - Naked 14. Blitzen Trapper - Furr 15. Damien Jurado - Nothing Is The News 16. Niki & The Dove - The Gentle Roar 17. Ana Tijoux - La Nueva Condena 18. AM & Shawn Lee - Dark Into Light 19. Lee Fields & The Expressions - Faithful Man 20. The Young Evils - Dead Animals

Music That Matters, Vol. 318 - A Little Bit of This, A Little Bit of That

KEXP — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Overnight Variety host DJ Mel serves up a shimmery and brooding soundtrack for whatever it is you're doing during the final months of this summer season, featuring tracks from PDX band Chromatics, Brooklyn via Denmark group Alcoholic Faith Mission, Seattle's Brothers From Another, among an array of others. 1. Alcoholic Faith Mission - Alaska 2. Fixers - Pink Light 3. Tango in the Attic - Stitch 4. TiRon & Ayomari - If I Had You (feat. D.R.U.G.S & Thundercat) 5. Quakers - Fitta Happier (feat. Guilty Simpson & M.E.D.) 6. Eliot Lipp - I Wanted to Be a Rock & Roll Star 7. Brothers From Another - Sonic Boom 8. Doseone - Last Life 9. Tomas Barfod - Broken Glass 10. Erika Spring - Happy At Your Gate 11. Chromatics - These Streets Will Never Look the Same

Music That Matters, Vol. 317 - Made in Denmark

KEXP — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Afternoon Show host Kevin Cole and Danish intern Helene Christensen present new and noteworthy tracks from Denmark’s independent labels. Enjoy the summery sounds and dance beats, while you discover significant artists on the Danish scene. 1. Sleep Party People - Heavy Burden 2. Chimes and Bells - Golden Sweater 3. Snake & Jet’s Amazing Bullitt Band - Black Egg 4. The Late Great Fitzcarraldos - Bolerobillie 5. Treefight for Sunlight - Facing The Sun 6. KALA-OK - Stars Are Sailing 7. Choir of Young Believers - Nye Nummer Et 8. Oh No ONO - The Tea Party 9. Darkness Falls - Timeline 10. When Saints Go Machine - Church and Law 11. Shiny Darkly - Diana 12. 4 Guys From The Future - Don’t Help Me Up

Music That Matters, Vol. 316 - Press Play

KEXP — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Afternoon Show host Kevin Cole presents a treasure trove of great new songs from Stars, Superchunk, and Macklemore & Ryan Lewis' powerful new jam "Same Love." 1. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - Same Love 2. Stars – Hold On When You Get Love And Let Go When You Give It 4. Ivan & Alyosha - On My Way 5. Dirty Projectors - Gun Has No Trigger 6. Sandro Perri – Changes 7. Eternal Summers – Wonder 8. Superchunk - This Summer 9. The Henry Clay People – EveryBandWeEverLoved 10. Deep Time – Clouds 11. DIIV – Human

Music That Matters, Vol. 315 - Destiny

KEXP — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Midday Show host Cheryl Waters brings you closer to your musical destiny with new tracks from Yeasayer, Dinosaur Jr., Tame Impala, and Seattle's own Beat Connection. 1. The Tallest Man On Earth - 1904 2. Jonathan Wilson - Waters Down 3. Here We Go Magic - Make Up Your Mind 4. Yeasayer - Henrietta 5. El-P - Drones Over Bklyn 6. Beat Connection - The Palace Garden, 4am 7. The Bamboos Feat. Ella Thompson - Medicine Man 8. Zammuto - Groan Man, Don't Cry 9. John Talabot - Destiny (feat. Pional) 10. The Helio Sequence - October 11. The Raveonettes - She Owns The Streets 12. Dinosaur Jr. - Watch The Corners 13. Tame Impala - Apocalypse Dreams 14. Liars - No. 1 Against The Rush

Music That Matters, Vol. 314 - Live Each Day To Its Fullest

KEXP — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Morning Show host John Richards presents a Music That Matters podcast that celebrates brand new music from Shovels & Rope, Dark Time Sunshine, The Bombay Royale, and one older track in honor of the loss of two drummers, both new and old, Tim Mooney and Pete Hayes. 1. Shovels & Rope - Birmingham 2. Clodhopper - Cafe Joli 3. Advance Bass - New Gospel 4. Zulu Winter - Silver Tongue 5. Dark Time Sunshine - Rock Off 6. The Bombay Royale - Monkey Fight Snake 7. Ape School - A New Low! It Sucks Itself! 8. Blasted Canyons - Get High 9. Black Nite Crash - Baby It's You 10. Pujol - Providence 11. Echo Lake - Even the Blind

Music That Matters, Vol. 313 - El Sonido

KEXP — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 00:00:00 -0700

DJ Chilly, host of KEXP’s modern Latin program El Sonido, collects a variety of recent show favorites in this non-stop mix that features tracks from South America to Europe to Seattle, WA. All guaranteed to keep you moving. 1. Batata - Macaco (Novalima Remix) 2. Lumbalú - Kumatilanye (Los Chicos Altos feat. DJ Andyloop & Voodoofunk Remix) 3. Thornato - ChoQue Que 4. Ritmo Machine – Brazil 5. Sergent Garcia – Mi Son Mi Friend 6. Picoso – Ron 7. Monsieur Periné - Nada Puro Hay 8. Piyama Party – Porque Te Hiciste Blanco 9. Maga Bo - É Da Nossa Cor 10. Systema Solar - El Botón Del Pantalón 11. Los Master Plus - El Gran Vacilón 12. Bocafloja - Fuga (feat. Moyenei) 13. Bang Data - Toro Mata 14. Las Ardillas - Un Saludo A La Muerte 15. Alex Anwandter - ¿Cómo Puedes Vivir Contigo Mismo? 16. Sonido San Francisco - El Género Romántico 17. Mati Zundel - Señor Montecostes 18. Sonido Desconocido 2 - Cumbia de la Cuesta del Ñero (GFlux Remix feat. Boogat) 19. Cumbia Tokeson - Rueda Morena 20. Robin Cariño - La Cama Tiene Candela

Music That Matters, Vol. 312 - Deep Feelings About Mostly Inexpressible Things

KEXP — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Afternoon Show host Kevin Cole brings you deep feelings about most inexpressible things with songs from Alt-J, Belleruche, Fly Moon Royalty, and Royal Headache. 1. John K. Samson - When I Write My Master Thesis 2. The Young Evils – Dead Animals 3. Fawn - All The Lights 4. Royal Headache – Surprise 5. Alt-J – Fitzpleasure 6. Maga Bo - No Balanco Da Canoa 7. Fly Moon Royalty - The Birthday Song 8. Belleruche – Afan 9. Future of the Left – Failed Olympic Bid 10. Erik Blood - Today's Lover 11. Shannon Stephens - Care Of You 12. Nada Surf - When I Was Young 13. Ivan & Alyosha - On My Way 14. The Bats - Free All The Monsters 15. Magic Trick - I Say Your Name 16. Slugabed - Earth Claps

Music That Matters, Vol. 311 - These Streets Will Never Look The Same

KEXP — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Midday Show host Cheryl Waters presents a multi-genre mix, featuring everything from the folk sounds of Father John Misty to the electro-dance of Hot Chip and the garage rock of Japandroids. 1. Suckers - Chinese Braille 2. Father John Misty - Only Son Of A Ladies Man 3. Chromatics - These Streets Will Never Look The Same 4. Porcelain Raft - Unless You Speak From Your Heart 5. Quantic & Alice Russell with The Combo Barbaro - Traveling Song 6. Hot Chip - Let Me Be Him 7. King Tuff - Bad Thing 8. The Mynabirds - Generals 9. Japandroids - The House That Heaven Built 10. New Build - Medication 11. Diamond Rugs - Big God 12. Black Whales - Vietnam 13. Maps & Atlases - Winter 14. Niki & The Dove - The Gentle Roar

Music That Matters, Vol. 310 - Big Gay Podcast 2012

KEXP — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0700

You want diversity? KEXP's got your diversity right here. Just in time for Seattle Pride, DJ El Toro returns with the annual Big Gay Podcast, celebrating LGBT musicians in the KEXP community. This year's line-up includes local hip-hop from THEESatisfaction, tongue-in-cheek punk ditties by TacocaT and Hunx, KEXP faves Imperial Teen and The Magnetic Fields, club stompers from Trust and Bright Light Bright Light… even a song from ""The Muppet Movie."" 1. The Magnetic Fields – Andrew In Drag 2. Light Asylum – A Certain Person 3. Trust – Gloryhole 4. THEESatisfaction – Bitch 5. Sea of Bees – Gone 6. Imperial Teen – Last To Know 7. Amy Ray – Glow 8. Tara Jane O'Neil – The Rainbow Connection 9. Tenderfoot – Don't Hold Your Horses 10. TacocaT – F.U. #8 11. Hunx – Private Room 12. Lindsay Fuller – Libby 13. Kaia – When My Hair Was Long 14. AVAN LAVA – It's Never Over 15. Bright Light Bright Light – Waiting for the Feeling

Music That Matters, Vol. 309 - Almost New Summer Jams

KEXP — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0700

KEXP DJ Don Slack shares some of his favorite new music, featuring psych-rock, power pop, punk to soul, funk, hip-hop, and more by artists like Best Coast, The Walkmen, and Cold Specks. 1. Spiritualized – Hey Jane 2. Blooper – Secret Song 3. Best Coast – The Only Place 4. The Walkmen – Heaven 5. Kelly Hogan – Dusty Groove 6. Rhett Miller – Out Of Love 7. Cold Specks – Blank Maps 8. Chromatics – Kill For Love 9. Daughn Gibson – Tiffany Lou 10. Monophonics – There’s A Riot Goin’ On 11. El-P – The Full Retard 12. Royal Headache – Down the Lane 13. K-Holes – Frozen Stiff 14. Absolute Monarchs – It’s Bad 15. Deadkill – Oh God Help You

Music That Matters, Vol. 308 - Summer Pop Explosion!

KEXP — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Morning Show host John Richards presents the best in upbeat and solid pop for your summer soundtrack, including new music from Allo Darlin', Beach House, and PS I Love You. 1. Twerps - Coast to Coast 2. Allo Darlin' - Capricornia 3. Beach House - Lazuli 4. Daughn Gibson - In the Beginning 5. Moonface - Teary Eyes & Bloody Lips 6. PS I Love You - Don't Go 7. Dana Buoy - So Lucky 8. Eternal Summers - Millions 9. Langhorne Slim & The Law - The Way We Move 10. Crocodiles - Sunday (Psychic Conversation #9)

Music That Matters, Vol. 307 - Decorate

KEXP — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Chill-wave, bombastic Bollywood, indie-rock, and afro-beat all lovingly co-exist in the latest installment of our Music That Matters podcast, helmed by Afternoon Show host Kevin Cole. Featuring new music from Best Coast, Cold Specks, and Sierra Leone's Refugee All-Stars. 1. The Bombay Royale - You Me Bullets Love 2. Nick Waterhouse - Some Place 3. Best Coast - The Only Place 4. Evans the Death - Telling Lies 5. Pressed And - Blue Noun 6. XXYYXX - About You 7. Cold Specks - Blank Maps 8. King of Prussia - Oh Me 9. Ramona Falls - Bodies of Water 10. Reptar - Isoprene Bath 11. Batida - Algeria 12. Sierra Leone's Refugee All-Stars - Gbara Case

Music That Matters, Vol. 306 - Sasquatch! Roadtrip 2012

KEXP — Thu, 24 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Midday Show host Cheryl Waters brings you KEXP's annual Sasquatch-centric podcast, clocking in at over 90 minutes. Get into the summer festival spirit with The Head and the Heart, Zola Jesus, Wild Flag, and more. See you at The Gorge! 1. The Helio Sequence - Can't Say No 2. The Head and The Heart - Sounds Like Hallelujah 3. Alabama Shakes - Hold On 4. Charles Bradley - The World Is Going Up In Flames 5. Little Dragon - Ritual Union 6. The Joy Formidable - Whirring 7. Poliça - Fist, Teeth, Money 8. THEESatisfaction - QueenS 9. Beat Connection - Think/Feel (feat. Chelsey Scheffe) 10. Shearwater - Breaking The Yearlings 11. Metric - Combat Baby 12. M. Ward - Primitive Girl 13. Active Child - I'm In Your Church At Night 14. Zola Jesus - Vessel 15. Allen Stone - Sleep 16. Pickwick - Hacienda Motel 17. Reptar - Isoprene Bath 18. Shabazz Palaces - Swerve... The Reeping Of All That Is Worthwhile 19. The War On Drugs - Come To The City 20. Starfucker - Astoria 21. Yellow Ostrick - Marathon Runner 22. Black Whales - Rattle Your Bones 23. Wild Flag - Romance 24. Spiritualized - Hey Jane

Music That Matters, Vol. 305 - The John Hughes 2012 Movie Soundtrack

KEXP — Fri, 18 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Morning Show host John Richards presents our latest Music That Matters podcast, featuring Chromatics, Craft Spells, and Blockhead. If John Hughes were making one of his iconic '80s films today, it might sound a little something like this. 1. Chromatics - Kill For Love 2. Shadows On Stars - When It Builds 3. RxGibbs - Futures 4. Oliver Tank - Last Night I Heard Everything in Slow Motion 5. James & Evander - Can't Forget 6. Xposure - Maraccas From Egypt 7. Craft Spells - Still Left With Me 8. Lotus Plaza - Strangers 9. Cribs - Come On Be No One 10. Blockhead - Never Forget Your Token 11. Fontomi - White Cloud 12. Cold Specks - Winter Solstice 13. Labyrinth Ear - Amber

Music That Matters, Vol. 304 - You & Me: Guitars in Ecstasy

KEXP — Fri, 11 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Do you play air guitar? Do you have favorite guitar parts that send you to Heaven? Then you have something musically in common with DJ Sharlese! She's put together a podcast full of songs that send her in to a 6-string ecstasy -- and hopefully you, too! Bliss out to Real Estate, Beach Fossils, Naomi Punk, Absolute Monarchs and many others! 1. Mac Demarco - Baby's Wearing Blue Jeans 2. Real Estate - It's Real 3. Seapony - I Really Do 4. Craft Spells - Leave My Shadow 5. Stephanie - Cell 44 6. Absolute Monarchs - Bad Taste 7. King Tuff - Wild Desire 8. Cloud Nothings - Cut You 9. White Fence - Green Balloon 10. Beach Fossils - Calyer 11. Posse - Backrubs 12. Naomi Punk - The Spell 13. American Football - Honestly?

Music That Matters, Vol. 303 - Ecstatic Ekstasis

KEXP — Fri, 04 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700

DJ Kevin Cole presents a new music mix that will have you experiencing uncontainable excitement and joy. Songs from Lightships, Gemma Ray, and Evans The Death contribute to this overwhelming rapture. 1. Neighbors - When I Said 2. Roaming Herds of Buffalo - All Of Them 3. The White Buffalo - The Pilot 4. Evans The Death - Telling Lies 5. Battleme – Touch 6. Lightships - Sweetness In Her Spark 7. Gemma Ray – Runaway 8. Julia Holter - Four Gardens 9. Doe Paoro - Born Whole 10. Emily Wells - Piece Of It

Music That Matters, Vol. 302 - Can't Say No To Friday

KEXP — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Join Midday Show host Cheryl Waters as she gets you ready for the weekend in the latest installment of our Music That Matters podcast, featuring new music from The Wedding Present, Joseph Arthur, and Summer Camp. 1. Caged Animals - Lips That Turn the Light to Fire 2. Kishi Bashi - Bright Whites 3. When Saints Go Machine - Pinned 4. The Wedding Present - You Jane 5. Wild Nothing - Nowhere 6. Jennifer Castle - Way of the Crow 7. Legendary Oaks - Mirror Vision 8. Joseph Arthur - You're Not The Only One 9. The 2 Bears - Get Together 10. Hypatia Lake - Suicide 11. St. Paul de Vence - Pink Wine 12. The Rosebuds – Get Up Get Out 13. Summer Camp - I Want You 14. The Torn ACLs - Can't Say No To Friday 15. White Arrows - Get Gone

Music That Matters, Vol. 301 - Music Springs Eternal

KEXP — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Morning Show host John Richards presents your soundtrack for heading into the happy, warm season of Spring with incredible music from Daughter, Deep Sea Arcade, and M. Ward. 1. Harriet - I Slept With All Your Mothers 2. Deep Sea Arcade - Girls 3. Breton - Edward the Confessor 4. Gold & Youth - Time to Kill 5. Trust - Bulbform 6. Yppah - R. Mullen 7. Daughter - Home 8. Lower Dens - Propagation 9. M. Ward - Primitive Girl 10. Yukon Blonde - Stairway

Music That Matters, Vol. 300 - DJ Tim's Spring Break

KEXP — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0700

DJ Tim presents our latest Music That Matters podcast full of his Spring favorites, with some hints of the Summer season too. Awesome new tracks from School of Seven Bells, THEEsatisfaction, and of Montreal will definitely get you ready for the warmer season. 1. Beach House - Myth 2. Ramona Falls - Spore 3. Beach Fossils - Shallow 4. School of Seven Bells - The Night 5. THEEsatisfaction - QueenS 6. Chromatics - Kill For Love 7. Teen Daze - Brooklyn Sunburn 8. The Drums - I Can't Save Your Life 9. Poliça - Fist, Teeth, Money 10. Psychic Ills - Mind Daze 11. Suckers - Turn On The Sunshine 12. of Montreal - Ye, Renew The Plaintiff

Music That Matters, Vol. 299 - Your Poncho Is Giving Me Flashbacks

KEXP — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Raunchy madness from The Afternoon Show's legendary DJ Kevin Cole - this collection boasts some of the best moments of now and a host of hot rockin' sounds, including new music from Choir of Young Believers, La Sera, and Poor Moon. 1. La Sera - Break My Heart 2. Young Prisms - Dead Flowers 3. Eux Autres - Ring Out 4. Deep Sea Diver - You Go Running 5. Dirty Three - That Was Was 6. Choir of Young Believers - Sedated 7. David's Lyre - Heartbeat 8. Shimmering Stars - I'm Gonna Try 9. Poor Moon - People in Her Mind 10. Lushlife - Magnolia 11. Mux Mool - Brothers 12. Georgia Anne Muldrow - Kali Yuga 13. Bondi Blaster - Boliguay Express (feat. Gabriel Navia) 14. The Grizzled Mighty - Wallflower 15. Keaton Collective - Fallin Asleep

Music That Matters, Vol. 298 - Hellbound Heart

KEXP — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Midday Show host Cheryl Waters presents some of her favorite new songs straight from the heart on our latest Music That Matters podcast, including new music from Beach House, The Magnetic Fields, Black Mountain, and Iceland's Reykjavik! 1. Still Corners - Into The Trees 2. The New Division - True Lies 3. Disappears - Replicate 4. Reykjavik! - Hellbound Heart 5. The Magnetic Fields - Andrew in Drag 6. Alpine - Hands 7. Beach House - Myth 8. Pond - Mystery 9. Black Mountain - Mary Lou 10. Husky - The Woods 11. Yppah - Film Burn (feat. Anomie Belle) 12. Ramona Falls - Spore 13. Dinosaur Feathers - Young Bucks

Music That Matters, Vol. 297 - Where in the World Is the Music That Matters Podcast?

KEXP — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Morning Show host John Richards takes us to many exotic locations in the latest installment of our Music That Matters podcast, traveling from the KEXP headquarters in Seattle to New York City, Portland, Montreal, Glasgow, Cleveland, and more, featuring music from The Men, Beat Connection, and A Place to Bury Strangers. 1. A Place to Bury Strangers - So Far Away 2. The Men - Open Your Heart 3. Absolute Monarchs - Attack 4. Plants and Animals - Lightshow 5. Pomegranates - Pass Away 6. White Rabbits - Heavy Metal 7. Three Blind Wolves - Captain of a Ship 8. Cloud Nothings - Stay Useless 9. Damien Jurado - Working Titles (Live at KEXP) 10. Lost Lander - Afraid of Summer 11. Beat Connection - Think/Feel (feat. Chelsey Scheffe) 12. Escort - Dancer (Live at KEXP)

Music That Matters, Vol. 296 - Late Winter Soul Food

KEXP — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Spring blooms might be just around the corner, but you'll still need some savory soul and shimmy to get you through those last dark dregs of winter. On this week's podcast, Swingin' Doors' Marji Makers goes down to Funkytown to bring back some sizzling soul jams from Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings, Alabama Shakes, Charles Bradley and more! Tracklist: 1. Diplomats of Solid Sound - Get Out Of My Way (So I Can Get Back To My Life) 2. Charles Bradley - The World (Is Going Up In Flames) 3. Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings - Longer & Stronger 4. Naomi Shelton & The Gospel Queens - Lift My Burdens 5. Menahan Street Band - Montego Sunset 6. Quantic & Alice Russell - Look Around The Corner (feat. Combo Barbaro) 7. James Hunter - Tell Her 8. Fitz & the Tantrums - Winds of Change 9. Aloe Blacc - Good Things 10. Jesse Dee - Yet To Come 11. Alabama Shakes - Hold On 12. Jamie Lidell - Another Day 13. Candice Monique & The Optics - For All Time 14. Kylie Auldist - Still Into You

Music That Matters, Vol. 295 - Howl of the Lonely Crowd

KEXP — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0800

Midday Show host Cheryl Waters brings you another howling good time in the latest installment of our Music That Matters podcast, featuring new music from Poliça, Andrew Bird, Father John Misty, and a collaboration with Mike McCready of Pearl Jam and Star Anna. 1. Pontiak - Royal Colors 2. The Black Box Revelation - High on a Wire 3. Poliça - Amongster 4. Cloud Nothings - Wasted Days 5. Andrew Bird - Eyeoneye 6. Posse - Sarah 7. Chuck Prophet - Play That Song Again 8. Comet Gain - Clang of the Concrete Swans 9. My Best Fiend - Higher Palms 10. You Won't - Who Knew 11. Laura Gibson - La Grande 12. Mike McCready & Star Anna - Keep On 13. Father John Misty - Hollywood Forever Cemetery 14. Cardinal - Kal

Music That Matters, Vol. 294 - The Windmills of Your Mind

KEXP — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0800

Fuzzy, freaky, folky, and just a little bit funky, too – on this podcast, DJ Kevin Cole fuses the styles of ambitious orchestral pop from Canon Blue, ethereal ambiance of Arborea, the sonic blast of Seattle's Lux and Detective Agency, and the rootsy folk and rock of Bryan John Appleby and Chuck Prophet. 1. Canon Blue - Indian Summer 2. Arborea - A Little Time 3. Young Magic - You With Air 4. Lux - The Window 5. Detective Agency - You and Me 6. Sonic Avenues - Always Looking For Something 7. Jacuzzi Boys - Cool Vapors 8. Terry Malts - Nauseous 9. Bryan John Appleby - The Rider. The Horse. The Land. 10. Chuck Prophet - Castro Halloween

Music That Matters, Vol. 293 - John's Awesome Mix Tape

KEXP — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0800

Morning Show host John Richards highlights some of the best 2012 has to offer thus far, featuring new music from Grimes, Keep Shelly in Athens, The Lumineers, and Luscious Jackson. 1. The Lumineers - Ho Hey 2. Yellow Ostrich - Marathon Runner 3. Hanni El Khatib - Come Alive 4. You Won't - Ten Years Old 5. Grimes - Oblivion 6. CHLLNGR - Change 7. Keep Shelly in Athens - Campus Martius 8. Field Music - (I Keep Thinking About) A New Thing 9. Zoos of Berlin - Haven't Eyes 10. Luscious Jackson - Are You Ready? 11. White Rabbits - Heavy Metal

Music That Matters, Vol. 292 - Let's Just Listen To The Music Together

KEXP — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0800

DJ Mel Trejo brings you some of her most recent musical favorites, including the latest from Small Black, Lushlife, Mux Mool, and Matthew Dear (with help from The Drums’ frontman Jonny Pierce). 1. Mux Mool - Palace Chalice 2. Small Black - Moon Killer 3. Lushlife - She's a Buddhist, I'm a Cubist 4. Matthew Dear - In the Middle (I Met You There) 5. Way Yes - Important 6. CHLLNGR - Well, Good 7. Scuba - Adrenalin 8. J. Pinder - Dream Killers 9. Sonnymoon - Magician 10. Shlohmo - wen uuu

Music That Matters, Vol. 291 - Music I'm Friggin' Diggin'

KEXP — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0800

Join host Troy Nelson on our latest Music That Matters podcast as he takes you on a wild journey through his recent favorites, from the soothing sounds of Porcelain Raft to the "fist in the air" rock of Brooklyn's The Men and everything else in-between, including local favorites The Torn ACLs and Flexions. 1. Canyons - See Blind Through 2. Porcelain Raft - Put Me To Sleep 3. Flexions - Seething Mass 4. Brief Candles - Sink or Swim 5. The Pack a.d. - Haunt You 6. The Men - Open Your Heart 7. Fol Chen - So Good 8. The Asteroids Galaxy Tour - Cloak & Dagger 9. The Torn ACLs - Can't Say No to Friday 10. The Adverts - One Chord Wonders 11. Pony Time - Gary Numan 12. The Hoot Hoots - Mr. Ghost 13. The First Times - The Pen and the Tin

Music That Matters, Vol. 290 - The Last Ear Bender

KEXP — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0800

DJ Kevin Cole puts together a blistering collection of brooder-folk, freak-funk and hard charging party-punk in his latest installment of our Music That Matters podcast, featuring new music from Elliott BROOD and Sleigh Bells. 1. Jonathan Wilson - Can We Really Party Today? 2. Elliott BROOD - Hold You 3. The Jet Age - Sometimes 4. Tennis - My Better Self 5. Posse - Trout Lip 6. Sleigh Bells - Comeback Kid 7. Mugison - Áfall 8. Barry Adamson - Black Holes in my Brain 9. Crooked Fingers - Bad Blood 10. Craig Finn - Terrified Eyes 11. Pert Near Sandstone - All Night Long 12. Gabriel Teodros - Mind Power 13. Cascadia '10 - Pharaohs of Elysium

Music That Matters, Vol. 289 - Under Your Spell

KEXP — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0800

2012 is already shaping up to be an incredible year of music. Under the spell of the new Shearwater, Bear in Heaven, First Aid Kit and more, Cheryl Waters presents some killer new tunes and some gems from late last year. 1. First Aid Kit - The Lion's Roar 2. Reptar - Blastoff 3. Doomtree - Bangarang 4. Shearwater - Breaking the Yearlings 5. Bear in Heaven - The Reflection of You 6. Disco Inferno - Second Language 7. A Lull - Weapons For War 8. Brief Candles - The Sentiment 9. The Duke Spirit - Everybody’s Under Your Spell 10. Odonis Odonis - Hollandaze 11. Tomten - Anyone's Guess

Music That Matters, Vol. 288 - Snowmageddon 2012

KEXP — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0800

Join Morning Show host John Richards on his latest podcast documenting the last days of Seattle before the snow hit and featuring new music from Dodos, Guided By Voices, and The Duke Spirit. Tracklist: 1. Porcelain Raft - Drifting In and Out 2. Eleventhfloorrecords - My Ultimate Friend 3. Lushlife - Teenage Dream 4. Canyons - Blue Snakes 5. Tom Vek - Ain't Dubbin' My Goodbyes 6. Dodos - So Cold 7. Kithkin - Ampersand 8. Hanni El Khatib - Come Alive 9. Guided By Voices - Doughnut for a Snowman 10. The Duke Spirit - Procession

Music That Matters, Vol. 287 - In Case You Missed 'Em

KEXP — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0800

Because one top ten list wasn't enough, DJ Miss Ashley takes another look at some of her favorite songs of last year. On this podcast, you will hear music by Seattle duo Blue Sky Black Death, San Francisco rockers Thee Oh Sees, ambient-synth artist Tycho, and more! Sit back, relax and enjoy! Tracklist: 1. Mark McGuire - The Marfa Lights 2. Blue Sky Black Death - Sleeping Children Are Still Flying 3. Soft Metals - Psychic Driving 4. Little Dragon - Ritual Union 5. James Pants - Clouds Over The Pacific 6. Bibio - Excuses 7. Pure X - Easy 8. Thee Oh Sees - If I Stay Too Long 9. Mogwai - Rano Pano 10. Tycho - Adrift

Music That Matters, Vol. 286 - Crank

KEXP — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0800

Afternoon Show host Kevin Cole injects you with a jolt of new music, including tracks from Thee Oh Sees, Captain Planet, and Seattle's own The Young Evils and Macklemore. 1. Thee Oh Sees - Contraption/Soul Desert 2. The Walkabouts - Soul Thief 3. Hospitality - Betty Wang 4. Seapony - I Saw You 5. Sea Lions - A Cloud 6. The Young Evils - When Sally Walked in the Rain 7. Macklemore x Ryan Lewis - Make The Money 8. Captain Planet - Get You Some 9. Sleepover - Peacebuds 10. The Walls - Heat Haze

Music That Matters, Vol. 285 – Bliss Release

KEXP — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Join Cheryl Waters as she highlights an amazing year of incredible releases. Here's a smattering of blissful tunes from this year (and one from last year) to harken in 2012. Cheers to more fabulous music ahead. Happy New Year! 1. M83 - Wait 2. The Barr Brothers - Beggar in the Morning 3. Damien Jurado - Nothing Is The News 4. Sharon Van Etten - Serpents 5. Western Haunts - Pharaoh 6. Black Whales - Elephant #2 7. Pinback - True North 8. Cloud Control - Meditation Song #2 (Why, Oh Why) 9. Trailer Trash Tracys - You Wish You Were Red 10. Women - Locust Valley 11. The Drums - I Can’t Save Your Life 12. JC Brooks & The Uptown Sound - Everything Will Be Fine 13. Choir of Young Believers - Patricia's Thirst

Music That Matters, Vol. 284 - John & Sharlese's Year-End Podcast

KEXP — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Morning Show host John Richards is joined by DJ Sharlese for an end of the year podcast in which they play music, swear, talk about other planets, fashion, life, cucumber vodka and Sharlese's love of The Black Keys. Tracklist: 1. SULK - Wishes 2. Dive - Sometimes 3. USF - Like a Small Rain 4. Neon Indian - Polish Girl 5. Canyons - My Rescue 6. Young Dreams - Young Dreams 7. Tennis - Origins 8. Blouse - Videotape 9. Thieving Irons - So Long 10. Guided By Voices - The Unsinkable Fats Domino 11. The Field - Then It's White

Music That Matters, Vol. 283 - The Perfect Prescription

KEXP — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0800

PhDJ Shani is back with a new Music That Matters podcast! Dosage: 1 to 2 listens with beverage of choice. No negative interactions with alcohol. Directions: 1st set: dance and flail around. 2nd set: contemplate nostalgic emo things. 3rd set: get comfortable and doze off feeling content. Please consult a doctor if you have any conditions related to being unadventurous. Tracklist: 1. Rustie - Flash Back 2. John Maus - Keep Pushing On 3. Oneohtrix Point Never - Sleep Dealer 4. Laurel Halo - Constant Index 5. Sepalcure - See Me Feel Me 6. Keep Shelly in Athens - Cremona Memories 7. Grimes - Vanessa 8. Patten - Blush Mosaic 9. Amen Dunes - Baba Yaga 10. Gauntlet Hair - Showing 11. Real Estate - Green Aisles 12. Active Child - You Are All I See 13. Tim Hecker - Hatred of Music I 14. Noveller - Alone Star 15. Braids - Lammicken 16. Welder - Be My Light 17. Blue Light Curtain - Night Falls In

Music That Matters, Vol. 282 - Kevin's 2011 Highlights

KEXP — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Afternoon Show host Kevin Cole gathers some of his favorite songs featured in KEXP podcasts throughout the year, featuring Of Monsters and Men, Shabazz Palaces, Wild Flag, Jesse Sykes & the Sweet Hereafter, and many others. Tracklist: 1. Of Monsters And Men - Little Talks (live) 2. Wild Flag - Romance 3. Shabazz Palaces - Swerve... The Reeping Of All That Is 4. Cornershop - The 911 Curry (feat. Bubbley Kaur) 5. The New Division - Opium 6. Youth Lagoon - Cannons 7. Snorri Helgason - Mockingbird 8. Jesse Sykes & the Sweet Hereafter - Your Own Kind 9. Other Lives - As I Lay My Head Down 10. Blind Pilot - Half Moon 11. Seapony - Dreaming 12. The Ladybug Transistor - Fallen and Falling 13. Eleventh Dream Day - Satellite

Music That Matters, Vol. 281 - Satisfaction

KEXP — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Midday Show host Cheryl Waters serves up a healthy portion of great new music that's guaranteed to satisfy. Enjoy new songs by Allen Stone, Wavves, High Highs, and more! 1. High Highs - Horses 2. TW Walsh - Capital Gains 3. Scott H. Biram - Open Road 4. Treefight For Sunlight - They Never Did Know 5. Allen Stone - Satisfaction 6. Malajube - Radiologie 7. Wavves - Poor Lenore 8. Surfer Blood - I'm Not Ready 9. Pallers - Come Rain, Come Shine 10. Keep Shelly In Athens - Our Own Dream 11. The New Division - True Lies 12. Forest Fire - Future Shadows 13. Apparat Organ Quartet - Cargo Frakt

Music That Matters, Vol. 280 - John's Chaotic Podcast

KEXP — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Welcome to our most chaotic Music That Matters podcast yet! Join Morning Show host John Richards as he recovers from vacation and tries to push buttons and program music. It's your winter new music soundtrack, featuring tracks from Washed Out, Imperial Teen, and Hey Marseilles. 1. Weekend - Hazel 2. S.C.U.M - Amber Hands 3. Soft Moon - Total Decay 4. Washed Out - Call It Off 5. Phenomenal Hand Clap Band - Following 6. Alabama Shakes - Hold On 7. We Are Augustines - Headlong Into the Abyss 8. Constant Lovers - Medicine 9. Los Campesinos! - By Your Hand 10. Imperial Teen - Runaway 11. Hey Marseilles - Elegy

Music That Matters, Vol. 279 - Something To Believe In

KEXP — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Street Sounds host Larry Mizell, Jr. showcases the latest hip-hop samplings in this Music That Matters podcast, featuring Avatar Young Blaze, Danny Brown, and local artists Dyme Def and OC Notes. 1. Willie Evans, Jr. - Fisbawdup 2. Malice & Mario Sweet - Speed Of Light 3. Dyme Def - Dizzy Izzy 4. Avatar Young Blaze - UK Grime 5. OC Notes - Ho Hum 6. Proh Mic - Turn It Over 7. Gazmo & Bruce Leroy - Stuupid 8. Roach Gigz - Drugs (RMX) 9. Nacho Picasso - Marvel 10. Danny Brown - Die Like A Rockstar 11. Katie Kate - Bodyout Princess 12. Spoek Mathambo - Put Some Red On It (Shabazz Palaces RMX) 13. TiRon & Ayomari - If I Had You 14. Todd Sykes - Something To Believe In

Music That Matters, Vol. 278 - True Love Is the Land of a Thousand Dances

KEXP — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0800

DJ Kevin Cole presents an epic musical rumination on the nature of reality and true love, featuring songs from Youth Lagoon, JD McPherson, and Katie Kate. 1. JD McPherson - North Side Gal 2. JC Brooks & The Uptown Sound - I Got High 3. Scott H. Biram - Victory Song 4. Lydia Loveless - More Like Them 5. Youth Lagoon - Cannons 6. Hong Kong in the 60s - Diaryland 7. Beta Hector - Jupiter Mission 8. Katie Kate - Constellation 9. Class Actress - Love Me Like You Used To 10. Emika - 3 Hours 11. The Pica Beats - Palms Will Smoke In Cold Air 12. Jupe Jupe - Headlong to Ground 13. Total Control - One More Tonight

Music That Matters, Vol. 277 - Swingin' Doors Spotlight

KEXP — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Swingin' Doors host Don Slack highlights some of his current favorites, including tracks from Nick Lowe, Shelby Lynne, and an exclusive recording from Knut Bell & the Blue Collars live on KEXP: 1. Knut Bell & the Blue Collars – Down on Ballard Avenue (Live on KEXP) 2. West Valley Highway – You Can Stay 3. Lucky Lawrence & the Souvenirs – Today’s the Day 4. Shelby Lynne – I’ll Hold Your Head 5. Paul Burch – Rave On 6. Nick Lowe – Checkout Time 7. Connie Smith – Long Line of Heartaches 8. Lydia Loveless – Bad Way to Go 9. Nikki Lane – Look Away 10. Scott H. Biram – Broke Ass 11. Danny Barnes - Poison

Music That Matters, Vol. 276 - Bedroom Eyes

KEXP — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0700

In the latest Music That Matters podcast, Cheryl Waters collects the newest songs giving her bedroom eyes. Gathered here are the most deliciously wicked tracks from her current playlist, featuring Dum Dum Girls, Cass McCombs, Ladytron, and much more. 1. Cass McCombs - The Same Thing 2. Tinariwen - Tenere Taqqim Tossan 3. Cymbals Eat Guitars - Definite Darkness 4. Ladytron - White Elephant 5. DJ Raff - Latino and Proud 6. Cataldo - My Heart Is Calling 7. Blood Orange - Sutphin Boulevard 8. Dum Dum Girls - Bedroom Eyes 9. Ursula 1000 - Disko-Tech (feat. Ms. G) 10. John Maus - Quantum Leap 11. Little Gold - Mike Swan 12. Fitz & The Tantrums - Breakin' The Chains Of Love (from Live At KEXP Volume Seven)

Music That Matters, Vol. 275 - The Programming Ninja Returns

KEXP — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0700

This is the second Music That Matters podcast from Mel Trejo, KEXP Programming Maven and host of the Weekend Overnight on Sunday mornings from 2AM-6AM. While she spins a variety mix every week, her ears are drawn towards electronic and beat-driven tunes. Enjoy the latest sounds from Trentemøller, Star Slinger, Phantogram and more. 1. Hudson Mohawke - Thank You 2. Gold Panda - Marriage (Star Slinger Remix) 3. Star Slinger - Dumbin’ 4. Mount Kimbie - Carbonated 5. Africa Hitech - Light the Way 6. Braille - Breakup 7. Alias - Lady Lambin’ 8. Trentemøller – Tide (Modeselektor's Last Remix Ever) 9. The Golden Filter - Shake 10. Mexicans With Guns - Restart (feat. Sasha Perera) 11. CHLLNGR - Dark Darkness 12. Gun Selectah - Popping Wheelies 13. Bibio - Artists’ Valley 14. Phantogram - Don’t Move

Music That Matters, Vol. 274 - CMJ 2011 Special Edition

KEXP — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0700

DJ Shannon and John Norris, founder of Noisevox and formerly of MTV News, bring you their top picks for CMJ in NYC including Twin Sister, Exitmusic, GIVERS and Braids. Tracklist: 1. GIVERS - Meantime 2. Weekend - Hazel 3. Exitmusic - The Modern Age 4. Sea of Bees - Marmalade 5. Braids - Peach Wedding 6. Zambri - On Call 7. Twin Sister - Daniel 8. Psychic Ills - Mind Daze 9. Unknown Mortal Orchestra - Ffunny Ffriends 10. The Pack a.d. - Pieces 11. Casiokids - Det Haster!

Music That Matters, Vol. 273 - Iceland Airwaves 2011 Preview

KEXP — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0700

DJ Kevin Cole and Online Content Manager Jim Beckmann preview some of the best recent Icelandic music including bands performing the 2011 Iceland Airwaves festival and KEXP's first international broadcast from the KEX Hostel in Reykjavík. 1. Mammút - Endir 2. Other Lives - As I Lay My Head Down 3. Apparat Organ Quartet - 123 Forever 4. GusGus - Arabian Horse 5. Caged Animals - Teflon Heart 6. FM Belfast - Vertigo 7. Of Monsters And Men - Little Talks (Live) 8. Retro Stefson - Kimba 9. Snorri Helgason - Mockingbird 10. Sin Fang - Fall Down Slowly 11. Lay Low - Brostinn Strengur 12. John Grant - Marz 13. Samaris - Hljóma Þú 14. For A Minor Reflection - Flóð 15. Miri - Grafandi Andra, Draugandi Anda 16. Hjaltalín - Suitcase Man

Music That Matters, Vol. 272 - You Are All I See

KEXP — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Everywhere she turns, all Cheryl Waters sees and hears is incredible new music. It’s been a stellar year for new releases. Here’s a new sampling of aural gems from the great wide yonder. Tracklist: 1. Active Child - Holding On 2. Laura Marling - The Beast 3. Sharon Van Etten - One Day (from Live at KEXP Volume Seven) 4. Dum Dum Girls - Coming Down 5. Caveman - Old Friend 6. Nurses - So Sweet 7. Big Troubles - Sad Girls 8. The Drums - What You Were 9. Tammar - The Last Line 10. Kopecky Family Band - Animal 11. Blind Pilot - Half Moon 12. Loney Dear - My Heart

Music That Matters, Vol. 271 - John's Got the Beat

KEXP — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0700

See the people walking down the street. Fall in line just watching all their feet. They don't know where they wanna go. But they're walking in time. They got the beat. They got the beat. Yeah. They got the beat. Tracklist: 1. CHLLNGR - Dark Darkness 2. Serengeti - PMDD 3. SebastiAn - Love in Motion 4. Psychobuildings - Paradise 5. Icebird - Going and Going and Going 6. Beta Hector - Jupiter Mission 7. Elite Gymnastics - Omamori 8. Active Child - Playing House (feat. How To Dress Well) 9. Milagres - Here to Stay 10. Robbers on High Street - Hey Unbelievers! 11. San Cisco - Golden Revolver 12. The Fascination Movement - New Light

Music That Matters, Vol. 270 – Spotlight on Decibel Festival 2011

KEXP — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0700

DJ Alex shines a spotlight on select artists performing at the 8th annual Decibel Festival, Seattle's premier electronic music and arts event. Running from September 28th to October 2nd, this year's Decibel Festival is the biggest and brightest yet, featuring 30 unique showcases and over 100 acts from all over the world! Tune in to get a taste of this year's diverse and stacked roster, and check out www.dbfestival.com for more information! 1. Shigeto - Escape From the Incubator 2. TOKiMONSTA - Bright Shadows 3. Bonobo - We Could Forever 4. Jon McMillion - Climbing Out 5. Baths - Hall (Asura Remix) 6. Matthewdavid - Cucumber-Lime 7. Comma - Ken Griffey Jr. 8. Machinedrum - Sacred Frequency 9. Salva - Wake Ups 10. Star Slinger - Baby Mama 11. 214 - Found Out About You 12. Martyn - Masks 13. Ill Cosby - Céu Ritmo 14. Depressed Buttons - Ow! 15. Hanssen - Airplaning 16. Amon Tobin - Lost & Found 17. Oval - Ah! 18. Mountains - A Thousand Square 19. The Miracles Club - A New Love

Music That Matters, Vol. 269 - Last Days Of Summer

KEXP — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Summer is coming to an end, and Kevin Cole has a mix of music for you to enjoy in those last late hours of sunshine, featuring tracks from Macklemore x Ryan Lewis, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Thee Oh Sees, and more! 1. The Jim Jones Review – Elemental 2. Thee Oh Sees - Pleasure Blimps 3. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Same Mistake 4. Macklemore x Ryan Lewis - Can't Hold Us 5. The Physics - Coronas on Madrona 6. Jose Conde - Matapalo Matamusa 7. Strong Killings - New Mexican Frontier 8. Nodzzz - Fear of Advice

Music That Matters, Vol. 268 - Tame the Sun

KEXP — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0700

We've finally gotten a few weeks of lovely, sunny summer weather here in Seattle, but regardless of what's going on outside, there has been wave after wave of fantastic new music flooding in. Here is a just a sampling of all the great new stuff Midday Show host Cheryl Waters has discovered. Enjoy. 1. White Sea - Mountaineer 2. Anomie Belle - How Can I Be Sure 3. Sharon Van Etten - One Day 4. Rob Crow - Sophistructure 5. Wayfinders - Daybreak 6. Pepper Rabbit - Rose Mary Stretch 7. Kopecky Family Band - Casualty 8. Nurses - Fever Dreams 9. CANT - Answer 10. VHS or Beta - Breaking Bones 11. The Drums - Money 12. Blood Orange Paradise - The Other End 13. Virgin Islands - Buried In The Sand 14. Wooden Shjips - Lazy Bones 15. Male Bonding - Tame The Sun 16. Seun Anikulapo Kuti & Egypt 80 - African Soldier

Music That Matters, Vol. 267 – 2011 Hit Celebration

KEXP — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0700

We're passed the halfway mark in the year 2011 and what does that mean to you? A podcast party full of hits hosted by DJ Sharlese and Trent Moorman (Fresh Espresso, Metal Chocolates and Mad Rad). Put on your party hat and toot your party horn because it's a 2011 celebration! COME ON!!! 1. Part-Time - I Wanna Take You Out 2. Jens Lekman - An Argument With Myself 3. FRIENDS - Friend Crush 4. Katie Kate - Totebag 5. Blouse - Firestarter 6. DON'T TALK TO THE COPS! - Girls Buy Me Drinks 7. Great Spiders - Get Out of Love 8. Mode Moderne - Real Goths

Music That Matters, Vol. 266 – You Must Chill

KEXP — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0700

A Lloyd Dobbler guide to chill-out tunes. Join KEXP’s Morning Show host John Richards for a podcast of chill proportions. Chill with the latest music from veteran rockers Wilco, indie favs Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, New Zealanders Cut Off Your Hands, and up-and-comers The Stepkids, along with an array of other epic new songs in the chill sector. We promise nothing here is processed or sold. 1. Wilco - I Might 2. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Maniac 3. Cut Off Your Hands - You Should Do Better 4. Beat Connection - Balearic Trunk Rhythm 5. The New Division - Opium 6. Trailer Trash Tracys - Dies in 55 7. High Places - Year Off 8. Is Tropical - South Pacific 9. Twin Sister - Bad Street 10. Chad Valley - Now That I’m Real (How Does It Feel?) 11. Caveman - Thankful 12. The Stepkids - Shadows on Behalf

Music That Matters, Vol. 265 - Bumbershoot 2011 Preview

KEXP — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0700

DJ Kevin Cole previews some of the many highlights from this year's Bumbershoot Music and Arts Festival including rare live performances from Kristin Hersh, Fitz & the Tantrums, and Sharon Van Etten. 1. Vetiver - Wonder Why 2. Ravenna Woods - Headless Men 3. The Kills - Heart Is A Beating Drum 4. My Goodness - Blackout Baby 5. Fitz & The Tantrums - Breaking The Chains Of Love (from "Live at KEXP Volume 7") 6. Dennis Coffey - 7th Galaxy 7. Charles Bradley - The World (Is Going Up In Flames) 8. Shabazz Palaces - Swerve... The Reeping Of All That Is... 9. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - My Oh My 10. Mad Rad - The Youth Die Young 11. Kristin Hersh - Rat Girl (excerpt) + Gazebo Tree (Live at KEXP) 12. Sharon Van Etten - One Day (from "Live at KEXP Volume 7") 13. Vusi Mahlasela - Nakupenda Africa (featuring Angelique Kidjo) 14. Little Dragon - Ritual Union 15. School Of Seven Bells - Windstorm 16. Thee Oh Sees - Pleasure Blimps 17. Craft Spells - Party Talk

Music That Matters, Vol. 264 - Cheer Up

KEXP — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Cheryl Waters presents a podcast full of so many great songs, she's bursting with joy and singing along at top volume (except for the Glitch Mob song, which has her shakin’ and shimmyin’). Cheer up with this mix of Washed Out, Fruit Bats, Grand Hallway, Real Estate, and many others! 1. Jesse Sykes & the Sweet Hereafter - Your Own Kind 2. Washed Out - Eyes Be Closed 3. Grieves - On The Rocks 4. Grand Hallway - Father's Clothes 5. Loch Lomond - Blue Lead Fences 6. The War On Drugs - Come To The City 7. Damon & Naomi - Walking Backwards 8. Male Bonding - Bone 9. Glitch Mob - We Can Make The World Stop 10. Fruit Bats - Tangie & Ray 11. Mister Heavenly - Pineapple Girl 12. Real Estate - It's Real 13. Big Troubles - Misery

Music That Matters, Vol. 263 - It's a Detox

KEXP — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

This is the sort of podcast you get when you give up coffee -- A moody, angst-y, tired, and headache-y collection of songs from artists such as Beirut, Wu LYF, We Were Promised Jetpacks, and more as mixed by Morning Show host John Richards as he muddles through withdrawal on his first day without coffee in 20 years. 1. AM & Shawn Lee - Dark Into Light 2. Zola Jesus - Vessel 3. Apparat - Black Water 4. Seven Saturdays - Au Revoir (Memoryhouse Remix) 5. Milagres - Glowing Mouth 6. Pure X - Easy 7. We Were Promised Jetpacks -Act On Impulse 8. Wu LYF - Dirt 9. Fool’s Gold -Street Clothes 10. Beirut - East Harlem 11. Unknown Mortal Orchestra - How Can U Luv Me? 12. Iceage - White Rune 13. The Ettes - My Heart 14. Le Butcherettes - New York 15. Pickwick - Hacienda Motel

Music That Matters, Vol. 262 - Pleasuring the Divine

KEXP — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

DJ Kevin Cole appeals to your higher senses with new music from Jesse Sykes and the Sweet Hereafter, Wild Flag, Blue Scholars, and Arborea. 1. Wild Flag - Romance 2. Of Monsters And Men - Little Talks 3. Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter - Pleasuring The Divine 4. Team Me - Dear Sister 5. Blue Scholars - Marion Sunshine 6. Da Cruz - Boom Boom Boom 7. Baths - Somerset 8. Alias - Talk in Technicolor 9. Eleanor Friedberger - Roosevelt Island 10. Washed Out - Amor Fati 11. Summer Babes - Broken Heart 12. Slam Dunk - Bearcub 13. Arborea - Song For Obol

Music That Matters, Vol. 261 - Metal That Matters Vol. 2: New Metal From Oregon

KEXP — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Thanks to the rising profile of bands such as Red Fang and YOB, Oregon's rich metal scene is now receiving the broader attention it deserves. KEXP Seek & Destroy host Hannah Levin has curated a sampling of some of the lesser-know Portland and Eugene acts that are on the rise, from the doom-driven beauty of Norska to the pop-tinged stoner rock of White Orange. Tracklist: 1. Sanava - The Illusion Crawls 2. Nether Regions - Into The Breach/Spanish Werewolves 3. Norska - They Come At Night 4. Lord Dying - Greed Is Your Horse 5. Wizard Rifle - Tears Won't Soften Steel 6. White Orange - Where 7. Red Fang - Malverde

Music That Matters, Vol. 260 - More Than You Can Feel

KEXP — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Music is a beautiful gift, bringing endless amounts of joy to our lives on a daily basis. There is new music to discover and enjoy almost every single day, and the albums and songs we already know and love are always there for us to listen to or rediscover any time we want. Sometimes words seem inadequate to describe how wonderful that is. In her latest podcast, Cheryl Waters helps you discover that in music there is always so much more than you can feel. 1. Shabazz Palaces - An echo from the hosts that profess infinitum 2. Da Cruz - Boom Boom Boom 3. The Rosebuds - Woods 4. Gold Leaves - The Ornament 5. Frazey Ford - Firecracker 6. Ravenna Woods- Graves 7. Nat Baldwin - A Little Lost 8. City Center - Teardrop Children 9. Bodies of Water - Open Rhythms 10. WU LYF - Dirt 11. JEFF The Brotherhood - Mellow Out 12. Vandervelde - More Than You Can Feel 13. Shelby Earl - 22 (You've Got Me Undone) 14. Orchestra Poly-Rhythmo – Pardon

Music That Matters, Vol. 259 - Hot, Sick and Tired

KEXP — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Jaunt along with Morning Show host John Richards on his latest musical exploration. Recorded in a booth that was about 100 degrees and on a day when he was wacked out with illness, this week's podcast is both international and electronic, tropical and twisted, and possibly bubonic to boot. 1. Big Spider's Back - Secret Chief 2. Austra - Spellwork 3. Gardens & Villa - Black Hills 4. Boris - Attention Please 5. City Center - Obvious 6. Dreissk - Beholden 7. California Wives - Tokyo 8. Chad Valley - Fast Challenges 9. Selebrities - Can't Make Up My Mind 10. Yacht - Dystopia 11. Death Set - Slap Slap Slap Pound Up Down Snap 12. Ceremony - Not Tonight 13. Cuckoo Chaos - Jesus Flag

Music That Matters, Vol. 258 - Big Gay Podcast 2011

KEXP — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

June is National LGBT Pride Month, and DJ El Toro invites you to celebrate with the 3rd annual Big Gay Podcast. You want to talk about diversity? Here's 75 minutes of fresh sounds by queer performers, ranging from conscious Seattle hip-hop and wig-flippin' garage rock to 8-bit electronica and neoclassical chamber music. 1. Hercules & Love Affair - Painted Eyes 2. Jessica 6 - Prisoner of Love 3. MEN - Off Our Backs 4. Big Freedia - Almost Famous 5. Noddy - Grind! 6. THEESatisfaction - Pause 7. Psychic Friend - Once A Servant 8. Hunx and His Punx - Lovers Lane 9. Kid Congo and the Pink Monkey Birds - Goldin Browne 10. Torche - U.F.O. 11. Early Day Miners - Hold Me Down 12. John Grant - Jesus Hates Faggots 13. Light Asylum - Skull Fuct 14. Unicorn Kid - Dreamcatcher 15. Diamond Rings - You & Me 16. Owen Pallett - A Man with No Ankles 17. Holcombe Waller - Risk of Change 18. Baby Dee - Yapapipi 19. Stephin Merritt - Forever and a Day

Music That Matters, Vol. 257 - It's A Beautiful Thing

KEXP — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

These are beautiful things: Puppies, sunsets, life, and DJ Kevin Cole's latest podcast, which features new music from Woods, Vetiver, Joseph Arthur, and more! 1. Vetiver - Wonder Why 2. The Ladybug Transistor - Fallen and Falling 3. Woods - Any Other Day 4. The Devil Whale - Magic Numbers 5. The Loose Salute - It's A Beautiful Thing 6. Joseph Arthur - Gypsy Faded 7. Ikebe Shakedown - Kumani Walk 8. Ocote Soul Sounds - Pathways 9. Loga Ramin Torkian - Az Pardeh (Through The Veil) 10. No Surrender - Give It Up

Music That Matters, Vol. 256 - Trust In Your Spirit

KEXP — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

DJ Alex is back with a hot batch of fresh, underground, cutting-edge beats for your listening pleasure! Whether it's next-level hip-hop, party-starting house jams, heart-tugging dubstep tunes, or cosmic synth-pop anthems, this expansive podcast is bound to get you moving and grooving. Turn up the volume, let the sounds flood your senses, find your inner rhythm, and trust in your spirit. 1. The Physics - These Moments 2. Valentin Stip - Anytime Will Do 3. Baths - Seaside Town 4. Africa Hitech - Light the Way 5. Shabazz Palaces - Swerve... The Reeping Of All That is Worthwhile (Noir Not Withstanding) 6. Samiyam - Escape 7. MED - This Is Your Life (f. Blu) 8. Young Montana? - Bad.day 9. Kid Smpl - Morning 10. Buck UK - Separate 11. Dauwd - Could It Be 12. Ear Pwr - Mountain Home 13. Ford & Lopatin - Joey Rogers 14. Purity Ring - Ungirthed 15. Toddla T - Take It Back (Dillon Francis Remix) 16. Wiley - Numbers In Action 17. Dubbel Dutch - Fem Pressure 18. Cosmic Revenge - Memories (Beat Connection Remix) 19. RL Grime - Die 4 Me

Music That Matters, Vol. 255 - All Music. No Filler.

KEXP — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

In this latest podcast, John Richards plays all music with little interruption. Hear some of John’s recent favorites as heard on the Morning Show, including the latest from Washed Out, John Maus, up and comer EMA, and much more. 1. Washed Out - Eyes Be Closed 2. Echo Tongues - Aniborne 3. Dag för Dag - I Am the Assassin 4. John Maus - Believer 5. EMA - The Grey Ship 6. Motopony - Wait for Me 7. No Surrender - Silver Hall 8. Holy Ghost! - Do It Again 9. Love Inks - Blackeye 10. Ganglians - Jungle 11. Generationals - Ten-Twenty-Ten 12. Gold-Bears - Record Store

Music That Matters, Vol. 254 - Out Through The In Door

KEXP — Fri, 27 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

You won't know which door is which after checking out Kevin Cole's latest mix featuring new Ravenna Woods, Marissa Nadler, David Bazan, and Bill Callahan. 1. Ravenna Woods - Headless Men 2. Howe Gelb & A Band Of Gypsies - Uneven Light Of Day 3. David Kilgour & The Heavy Eights - Diamond Mine 4. Marissa Nadler - Baby, I Will Leave You In The Morning 5. Bill Callahan - Drover 6. David Bazan - People 7. Tokimonsta - Day Job 8. Kid Smpl - Morning (Archie Pelago Remix) 9. Sports - Prizefighter 10. Holy Ghost! - Hold On

Music That Matters, Vol. 253 - ¡Manos Arriba!

KEXP — Wed, 18 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

In celebration of KEXP's new Latin music show "El Sonido," DJ Chilly once again curates an all Latin mixtape podcast, featuring lots of dance tracks with some hip-hop, reggae, indie-folk, dream pop and classic cumbia mixed in for good measure. 1. Mexican Institute of Sound - Carnaval 2. Quantic & His Combo Barbaro - Un Canto A Mi Tierra (J-Boogie Remix) 3. Rosendo y Su Banda - Me Voy Pa'La Costa 4. DJ Afro - Rata 5. Mr. Pauer - Cumbión Del Sur 6. Los Rakas - Ta Lista 7. Tarik feat. DJ Krazy - La Guial De La Foto 8. Systema Solar - Sin Oficio 9. DJ Dus - K Le Pasa 10. Zuzuka Poderosa - Entra e Sai (Sonora Remix) 11. Petrona Martinez - Sepiterna (Thornato Remix) 12. Algodón Egipcio - El Dia Previo 13. Fernando Milagros - Av. Perú 14. Fidel - Emocionado 15. Uproot Andy - El Puchi Lockoff 16. Mexicans With Guns - Dame Lo 17. Bomba Estéreo - La Boquilla (Dixone Remix) 18. Atropolis - Asi Asi Asi (feat. Noelia Fernandez) 19. José Larralde - Quimey Neuquen (Chancha Via Circuito Remix)

Music That Matters, Vol. 252 - Hands In The Sky

KEXP — Fri, 13 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

The happy songs on this latest podcast, presented by Cheryl Waters, range from dreamy to jaunty to driving, and they'll make you wanna tilt your face towards the sun, throw your hands in the sky and sing, and maybe dance a little too. Enjoy new songs from Handsome Furs, Black Lips, The Antlers and more. 1. Handsome Furs - What About Us 2. The Wilderness of Manitoba - Summer Fires 3. Chris Bathgate - Poor Eliza 4. Elliott Brood - Northern Air 5. The Donkeys - I Like The Way You Walk 6. The Wooden Birds - Two Matchsticks 7. Eef Barzelay - Shaker Star 8. Here We Go Magic - Hands in the Sky 9. The Antlers - Every Night My Teeth Are Falling Out 10. My Morning Jacket - Holding On To Black Metal 11. The Globes - A Stitch Couldn't Save The World 12. Black Lips - Modern Art 13. Bibio - Take Off Your Shirt 14. Orchestra Poly-Rhythmo - Von Vo Nono

Music That Matters, Vol. 251 - Wait for It

KEXP — Fri, 06 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

All good things come to those who wait. If good things mean talking. Welcome to your spring/summer podcast jam with no interruptions presented by the Morning Show's John Richards. 1. Blue Sky Black Death - Our Hearts Of Ruin 2. New Division - Bucharest 3. Rainbow Arabia - Without You (alternative version) 4. Apparat - Ash/Black Veil 5. Moby - Sevastopol 6. Milagres - Glowing Mouth 7. The One AM Radio - Sunlight 8. Pulseprogramming - First They Fire 9. Asobi Sexsu - Perfectly Crystal 10. MNDR - Cut Me Out 11. The Kills - DNA

Music That Matters, Vol. 250 - Guess I'm Strange

KEXP — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700

DJ Alex’s sonic odyssey to discover the freshest in electronic and hip-hop beats has led him from his own backyard of Seattle to exotic locations all over the world, including layovers in California, Toronto, the UK, and even Russia! From bombarding to blissful, his latest podcast will be right at home on your trusty pair of headphones, blasting in your car with the windows down, or causing a ruckus on the most adventurous of dancefloors. Here’s to beats and being strange. 1. Wagon Christ - Introfunktion 2. Don't Talk to the Cops! - Guess I'm Strange 3. Co. fee - Destroy & Rebuild 4. Fly Moon Royalty - Higher 5. Hard Mix - Memories 6. Okay Colour - Golden Child 7. Groundislava - New Flesh 8. Gold Panda - Marriage (Baths Remix) 9. The Good Sin x 10.4 Rog - All For You 10. Stateless - Miles To Go 11. d'Eon - Tongues 12. Koreless - 4AD 13. Pixelord - Kiwi Dream 14. Ill Cosby - Gold 15. Jacques Greene - Another Girl 16. Jed and Lucia - Helium 17. Matthewdavid - Like You Mean It 18. James Pants - Dreamboat 19. Sister Crayon - Here We Never Die 20. Shlohmo - Places 21. Blue Sky Black Death - Sleeping Children Are Still Flying

Music That Matters, Vol. 249 - Hey Ho, Let’s Go

KEXP — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700

DJ Kevin Cole keeps it short, sweet and rockin' with new music from The Cute Lepers, Beach Fossils, My Goodness and more! 1. Charles Leo Gebhardt IV - Teach My Heart 2. The Cute Lepers - Noisy Song 3. Beach Fossils - What A Pleasure 4. Craft Spells - Party Talk 5. Crystal Stilts - Shake the Shackles 6. Moon Duo - Mazes 7. My Goodness - Blackout Baby 8. The Kills - DNA 9. Yarn Owl - Seashell Wind Chime

Music That Matters, Vol. 248 - Behold a Marvel in the Darkness

KEXP — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Great music can get you through so much. Good days, dark days and the roller-coaster of day in between. Thank you to all the hard-working musicians who brighten our days and get us through the tougher ones. Cheryl Waters presents a sampling of those wonderful artists and their music, including lots of local talent, as usual. 1. Thunderball - Enter the Brahmin 2. Charles Bradley - The World (Is Going Up in Flames) 3. Eef Barzelay - Shaker Star (Terri Tarantula cover) 4. Typhoon - Claws, Pt. 1 5. Deerhoof - Behold A Marvel In The Darkness 6. Yuni In Taxco - Neutral Currents 7. Air Waves - Knockout 8. Parts & Labor - Rest 9. Japandroids - Heavenward Grand Prix 10. The Megaphonic Thrift - Candy Sin 11. Capsula - A Night In The Ocean 12. Hello Echo - The Coming Days 13. Viva Voce - Analog Woodland Song

Music That Matters, Vol. 247 - This Is What Happens at the End of a Long Dark Seattle Fall and Winter

KEXP — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700

The moodiest of the moody is collected here in the latest podcast by Morning Show host John Richards. From classical to folk, from dark Twin Peaks inspired spooky to the local musicians who brave the dark elements recording songs, this one should be listened to before summer finally takes over. 1. Yuna - Someone Out of Town (Live on KEXP) 2. Joshua Morrison - September 3. Legendary Oaks - One Inch Plantation 4. Dirty Beaches - Lord Knows Best 5. Balmorhea - Bowspirit 6. Pale Sketcher - The Rainy Season 7. Austra - The Beat and the Pulse 8. Oberhofer - Away FRM U 9. Mazes - Most Days 10. Buffalo Tom - Guilty Girls 11. Yuck - Georgia 12. Soft Circle - First Time

Music That Matters, Vol. 246 - The Future

KEXP — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700

DJ Tim plays some of his favorite tunes of thus year with a heavy focus on our great Pacific Northwest scene and some awesome National stuff too. If this is a preview of what's to come in music in 2011, then it's gonna a be pretty amazing year! 1. Loch Lomond - Blue Lead Fences 2. The Curious Mystery - Cool Kids in Tha Valley 3. Toro Y Moi - Go With You 4. Starfucker - Astoria 5. La Serra - Hold 6. Webelos - If You Choose to Stay 7. Craft Spells - After The Moment 8. Nite Jewel - It Goes Through Your Head (DaM FunK's Club Dub) 9. Noddy - Clear As A Bell 10. Fergus & Geronimo - Where The Walls Are Made Of Grass 11. Witch Gardens - Lifeguard 12. Karl Blau - Celebrate By Singing 13. Dirty Beaches - Lord Knows Best 14. Sister Crayon - I'm Still the Same Person

Music That Matters, Vol. 245 - March Madness

KEXP — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0700

DJ Kevin Cole slam dunks his current faves on yo' ass with new music from Low, Eleventh Dream Day, Middle Brother, Capsula and many others. 1. Acrylics - Molly's Vertigo 2. BOAT - Forever In Armitron 3. Middle Brother - Someday 4. Campfire OK - Hard Times 5. Brown Recluse - Impressions of a City Morning 6. Paris Suit Yourself - Sometimes 7. Rainbow Arabia - Sequenced 8. The Deer Tracks - Ram Ram 9. Low - Try to Sleep 10. Capsula - Hit 'n' Miss 11. Those Darlins - Be Your Bro 12. Eleventh Dream Day - Satellite 13. Julianna Barwick - The Magic Place

Music That Matters, Vol. 244 - We Have Everything

KEXP — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Did springing ahead leave you feeling discombobulated? Find your footing with Cheryl Waters' latest podcast, featuring a grounding mix of atmospheric and rocking tunes from the likes of The Joy Formidable, The Lonely Forest, Okkervil River, The Mountain Goats, and Paper Cuts. 1. The Joy Formidable - Whirring 2. The Lonely Forest - Coyote 3. When Saints Go Machine - Fail Forever 4. Lord Huron - The Stranger 5. Kelli Schaefer - Ghost of the Beast 6. Wye Oak - Civilian 7. Papercuts - Do What You Will 8. The Mountain Goats - Birth of Serpents 9. The Dodos - Black Night 10. The Rural Alberta Advantage - Stamp 11. Okkervil River - Wake and Be Fine 12. AgesandAges - No Nostalgia 13. John Vanderslice - Convict Lake 14. Davila 666 - Obsesionao 15. Young Galaxy - We Have Everything 16. Frightened Rabbit - Be Less Rude (Live on KEXP)

Music That Matters, Vol. 243 - Ramp Up

KEXP — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0800

John Richards presents an abbreviated version of the Morning Show that starts chill and ends with distortion and feedback, making it the perfect soundtrack to anything 53 minutes long. 1. Washed Out - Feel It All Over 2. Teeel - Dark Passenger 3. Com Truise - Sundriped 4. USF - Branss 5. Ancient Astronauts - Impossible 6. Tommy Guerrero - March of the Madness 7. Afro Soul-Tet - Soul Rockin' 8. The Raveonettes - Forget That You’re Young 9. Starfucker - Bury Us Alive 10. Grouplove - Colours 11. Polite Sleeper - West Side High 12. Ringo Deathstarr - So High 13. Soft Moon - Circles 14. Disappears - Halo 15. Modern Athletics - Wooden Shoe

Music That Matters, Vol. 242 - Excuses, Reasons and Drama

KEXP — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Here's the latest in DJ Shani Thunder's ongoing quest to find ear-tickling musical delights to share. Enjoy an hour of primal beats, sexy post-punk, lo-fi Elvis, sludgy psych, Danish electro-pop, spooky vocals, ambient heartbreak, and whatever other noise-scapes you want! Well, that's not true, you can't actually change the podcast. But here's hoping you have fun." 1. Autre Ne Veut - Drama Cum Drama 2. Solar Bears - Dolls 3. Blank Dogs - Longlights 4. Banjo or Freakout - Go Ahead 5. Laurel Halo - Metal Confection 6. Cheveu - Charlie Sheen 7. When Saints Go Machine - Pick Up Your Tears and Run 8. Bonjay - Creepin 9. Bibio - Excuses 10. Chrisma - Black Silk Stocking 11. Palesketcher - Seventh Heaven 12. Chimes and Bells - Reasons 13. Dirty Beaches - True Blue 14. J.C. Satan - Your Place 15. Pure Horsehair - Fire Next Time 16. Hype Williams - Rescue Dawn

Music That Matters, Vol. 241 - The Loneliest Number

KEXP — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800

One is the loneliest number, which is why Kevin Cole included eleven of today's hottest jams in this rockin' edition of KEXP's MTM podcast. Featuring songs from Macklemore, Bright Eyes, Drive By Truckers, and the Sea and Cake. 1. Yuck - The Wall 2. Lifeguards - Paradise Is Not So Bad 3. The Dirtbombs - Cosmic Cars 4. Macklemore - My Oh My 5. Los Chicharrons - Kounandi 6. Toro Y Moi - New Beat 7. Bright Eyes - Shell Games 8. Drive-By Truckers - Everybody Needs Love 9. The Sea and Cake - Skies 10. Smith Westerns – Weekend 11. Wild Nothing - Golden Haze

Music That Matters, Vol. 240 - Till the Sunshine

KEXP — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Cheryl Waters presents some sunny music to perk you up and hold you over till the sunshine comes, featuring new songs by The Twilight Singers, Wire, DeVotchKa, Joshua Morrison and more! 1. J. Tillman - Diamondback 2. Joshua Morrison - Kill Devil Hills 3. Sharon Van Etten - One Day 4. The Twilight Singers - On the Corner 5. DeVotchKa - 100 Other Lovers 6. Joseph Giant - Till The Sunshine 7. Hollerado - Fake Drugs 8. Fernando - World From the Inside 9. Here We Go Magic - Collector 10. Agesandages - No Nostalgia 11. Wire - Clay 12. The Very Best Ft. Mo Laudi - Angonde (Remix) 13. Disappears - Halo 14. No Age - Fever Dreaming 15. Lake - Roger Miller

Music That Matters, Vol. 239 - Space Is The Place

KEXP — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Deep in the void between celestial bodies, DJ Sharlese takes you on a musical trip through outer space. Featuring Chromatics, Tobacco, Helladope and brand new Fresh Espresso, this mix of songs will blast you straight to planet KEXP. 1. The Apples in Stereo - Floating In Space 2. Suzanne Kraft - Femme Cosmic 3. Tobacco - Mexican Icecream 4. Nite Jewel - Artificial Intelligence 5. Helladope feat. THEESatisfaction, Mikey Nice and Jarv Dee - Cosmic Voyage 6. Dam-Funk - Galactic Fun 7. OC Notes - Space Train 8. Fresh Espresso - Green Windows 9. Silk Flowers - Flash of Light 10. Chromatics - Circled Sun

Music That Matters, Vol. 238 - The Starlight Collection

KEXP — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Steve Wynn, Stereolab, and Brian Eno all contribute to this dazzling collection that’s sure to be a stunning treat as DJ Kevin Cole elegantly mixes these flowing songs that will now forever beat as one. 1. Steve Wynn & The Miracle 3 - Resolution 2. Sails - I'm Only Bleeding 3. Ceremony - Stars Fall 4. Sleepover - Peace Buds 5. Stereolab - Silver Sands 6. Le Futur Pompiste - Communication 7. Eux Autres - You're Alight 8. Mermaids - Holiday 9. Made in Heights - All the Places 10. Kotchy - Getaway 11. Pretty Lights - Hot Likes Dimes 12. Brian Eno - 2 Forms Of Anger 13. Blank Dogs - Goes By

Music That Matters, Vol. 237 - Spring Released

KEXP — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0800

We celebrate the impending end of Winter and the start of Spring. Okay, maybe we're getting ahead of ourselves, but the latest podcast presented by Morning Show host John Richards is a moody exotic preview of some of the best records coming out in 2011 with Chad Valley, The Cave Singers, Yellow Ostrich, Tapes 'N Tapes and more. 1. A Sunny Day in Glasgow - Drink Drank Drunk 2. Chad Valley - Up & Down 3. Steve Mason - Boys Outside (Keep Shelly in Athens Remix) 4. The New Division - Starfield 5. Voxhaul Broadcast - Leaving on the 5th 6. Tapes 'N Tapes - Badaboom 7. Pains of Being Pure at Heart - Heart in Your Heartbreak 8. Yellow Ostrich - Whale 9. Violens - The Dawn of Your Happiness Is Rising 10. The Cave Singers - Swim Club 11. The Lighthouse and the Whaler - Under Mountain, Under Ground 12. The Veils - Bloom

Music That Matters, Vol. 236 - Roadhouse Radio

KEXP — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Greg Vandy presents the crème de le crème of today's prolific indie-roots scene. From faux country crooners to pickers of the new trad, this mix includes Greg's favorite rootsy people doing their best songs of the past few years. It's mostly talk free and sweet like molasses. Enjoy! 1. Phosphorescent - It's Hard To Be Humble (When You’re From Alabama) 2. These United States - Honor Among Thieves 3. Shawn David McMillen - No Time Left In This Place 4. Megafaun - Volunteers 5. Deep Dark Woods - They Won't Last Long 6. The Dutchess & The Duke - Living This Life 7. Roadside Graves - Jail 8. Mavis Staples - You're Not Alone 9. Justin Townes Earle - Working For The MTA 10. Cotton Jones - Blood Red Sentimental Blues 11. Sam Quinn - Mardi Gras 12. Frazey Ford - Firecracker 13. Michael Hurley - The Early Bird Gets The Worm 14. Black Twig Pickers - Dead Man's Piece 15. Frank Fairfield - To The Sweet Sunny South 16. Cahalen Morrison & Eli West - Lost Lovin' Gal 17. Jack Rose - Lick Mountain Ramble

Music That Matters, Vol. 235 - Sleep Forever

KEXP — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0800

This time of year, with such dark and cold days, who couldn't sleep Forever? But, who can sleep with all the great music coming out? Here’s another collection of songs Cheryl Waters is loving right now, including four amazing Northwest bands and a couple of Canadians for good measure. Enjoy. 1. The Radio Dept. - David 2. Sports - To Catch a Thief 3. John Grant - Marz 4. Dolorean - Thinskinned 5. The Tallest Man On Earth - Like The Wheel 6. Sun Airway - Oh, Naoko 7. Active Child - I'm In Your Church At Night 8. The Hundred In the Hands - Pigeon 9. PS I Love You - Facelove 10. The Greenhornes - Saying Goodbye 11. Solvents - We Were Guests Here 12. Crocodiles - Sleep Forever 13. Wesafari - Matchbox

Music That Matters, Vol. 234 - Que Viva

KEXP — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0800

DJ Chilly curates KEXP’s first all Latin mixtape podcast. "Que Viva" features some of the best in Latin flavors from (mostly) 2010. You'll recognize some KEXP favorites and hopefully dig some of Chilly's new discoveries as well. 1. Sonora – Memoria 2. Rita Indiana – Los Poderes (Kingdom Remix) 3. Frikstailers – Cumbianchamuyo 4. ChocQuibTown – De Donde Vengo Yo 5. Ana Tijoux – 1977 6. Los Rakas – Abrazame (Uproot Andy Remix) 7. Chico Mann – Mentirosos 8. Joan Soriano - María Elena 9. Grupo Fantasma – Montañozo 10. Davila 666 – Callejón 11. Tremor – Espina 12. Toy Selectah – Half Colombian Half Mexican 13. Cuarto Poder – Solo Tu Tienes La Llave 14. Poirier feat. Boogat – Que Viva 15. Banana Clipz – Coupe Cumbia 16. Uproot Andy/Geko Jones – Manuelita Remix 17. Novalima – Libertà 18. Very Be Careful – La Alergia 19. Madera Limpia - Perro Que Ladra

Music That Matters, Vol. 233 - Party Like It's 2010

KEXP — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0800

DJ Rachel Ratner shares some of her recent favorites of the year. So spike yer egg nog and slurp em down! 1. Bass Drum of Death - Heart Attack Kid 2. Home Blitz - Nightime Feel 3. Jail - Always Wrong 4. Guantanamo Baywatch - Massage My Taj Mahal 5. R. Stevie Moore - Bad Posture 6. The Trashies - Penultimate Betrayal Blazer 7. Mujeres - Frantic 8. La Sera - Never Come Around 9. Idle Times - Do You Hear Those Bells 10. So Cow - Limboat 11. Beauty Feast - Things to Do 12. Hausu - The Haze 13. Grave Babies - Deathwish 14. Prince Rama - Lightening Fossil 15. Circle Pit - Shallow Grave 16. Reading Rainbow - Wasting Time 17. Ovens - Lame Song #224

Music That Matters, Vol. 232 - The Best of 2010

KEXP — Fri, 24 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Kevin Cole features some of the best of 2010 including the Head and the Heart, Caribou, Mad Rad, Victor Shade, and Breathe Owl Breathe. 1. The Love Language - Heart To Tell 2. The Young Evils - Get Over It 3. The Secret History - My Life with the Living Dead 4. The Drums - Let's Go Surfing 5. The High Dials - Teenage Love Made Me Insane 6. Mad Rad - The Machine 7. Caribou - Odessa 8. Keith Canisius - First Tambourine Love 9. Woods - Suffering Season 10. Avi Buffalo - What's In It For? 11. Fences - Hands 12. The Head And The Heart - Sounds Like Hallelujah 13. Dessa - Children's Work 14. Victor Shade - Boots 15. Breathe Owl Breathe - Own Stunts

Music That Matters, Vol. 231 - Los Ambient Pop Rocks

KEXP — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Enjoy the latest and greatest in electronic and rock as played on The Morning Show. It's a smooth start, soft middle, and fizzy finish. From Houses to The Radio Dept. and Small Black to PUJOL. End of the year Ambient Pop Rocks from John Richards and the Morning Show to you. 1. Houses - Soak It Up 2. Lower Dens - I Get Nervous 3. Keep Shelly in Athens - Running Out of You 4. Woodsman - Insects 5. Selebrities - When I Look At You 6. Small Black - Photojournalist 7. The Radio Dept. - The New Improved Hypocrisy 8. El Ten Eleven - Falling 9. Los Augustines - Book of James 10. Wild Wild Geese - As the Crow Flies 11. Pujol - Black Rabbit

Music That Matters, Vol. 230 - Spanning Time with DJ Shannon

KEXP — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Celebrate life and music with DJ Shannon as she shares her fave top albums of 2010, best demos and live at KEXP tracks. Make your Total Life Forever with new music from Foals, Tame Impala, Pond, Violens, Rewards and Kuroma. We're spanning time! Make the most of it. 1. Foals - This Orient 2. Mad Rad - The Machine 3. Yeasayer - O.N.E. (Live on KEXP) 4. Violens - Acid Reign 5. Kuroma - Running People 6. Rewards - I Used To 7. Tame Impala - Solitude Is Bliss 8. Pond - Annie Orangetree 9. Wolf People - One By One From Dorney Reach 10. Clinic - Evelyn (Live on KEXP) 11. Augustines - Book of James 12. Dog Is Dead - Young 13. Menomena - Five Little Rooms 14. Alessi's Ark - The Horse (Live on KEXP) 15. The Head and the Heart - Lost in My Mind 16. The Radio Dept. - The New Improved Hypocrisy (Live on KEXP) 17. Channa Masala - When It Comes Easy 18. Braids - Lemonade

Music That Matters, Vol. 229 - Kevin Cole, International Man of Daring

KEXP — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Like a Buster Keaton of today or a Tom Cruise of tomorrow, Afternoon Show host Kevin Cole does his own stunts on this week's collection of musical daring do, with the ferocious Stag, the death defying High Dials, the ominous Octopus Project, and many more marvels of the modern age. 1. Stag - These Times 2. The High Dials - Teenage Love Made Me Insane 3. Cloud Nothings - Can't Stay Awake 4. Sufjan Stevens - Heirloom 5. Breathe Owl Breathe - Own Stunts 6. Phil Wilson - Three Days 7. Jonquil - Fighting Smiles 8. Eternal Summers - Pogo 9. Frankie Rose And The Outs - Don't Tred 10. The Intelligence - Sailor Itch 11. Best Coast - Crazy For You 12. The Corin Tucker Band - Doubt 13. The Octopus Project - Korakrit 14. Truckasauras - Show These People Who's Springsteen (Yes We Can) 15. Sub Swara - Speak My Language

Music That Matters, Vol. 228 - Scared and Lonely, Sittin' in the Bathtub

KEXP — Fri, 26 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Hey, what do you know. once again, it's Cheryl Waters' turn to play ya some of her favorite songs. enjoy. 1. The Tallest Man on Earth - The Dreamer 2. Junip - Always 3. Weekend - Youth Haunts 4. Mad Rad - The Youth Die Young 5. Kelly Stoltz - I Remember, You Were Wild 6. Hollerado - Americanarama 7. Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band - Leaving Trails 8. The Vaselines - Sex with an X 9. Brad - Without Regret 10. Versus - Into Blue 11. Bottomless Pit - 38 Souls 12. Daniel G. Harmann and The Trouble Starts - Solidarity 13. The War on Drugs - Comin' Through 14. Grinderman - Heathen Child

Music That Matters, Vol. 227 - Troy's 5 Year Anniversary Podcast

KEXP — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Celebrating 5 years on the air at KEXP, DJ Troy Nelson takes you through some his favorite artists of 2010. Says Troy, "It has been the best 5 years in my life. I am always thankful to be a part of this amazing station, and look forward to the next 5 years and beyond!" As the current year comes to a close, you may find it hard to come up with your own top 10 list of best albums of the year, but here are some of Troy's favorites, and, who knows, they may become some of your favorites too. Check out brand new music from Kentucky, New York, Minneapolis, Canada, Denver, San Francisco, and of course, Seattle, with artists including Wooden Wand, Small Black, Happy Birthday, The Fresh & Onlys, Blood Red Dancers, and more! Track list: 1. The Fresh & Onlys - Until the End of Time 2. Small Black - Search Party 3. Happy Birthday - Girls FM 4. Butts - Wiggle Drip 5. Young Rival - Modern Life 6. Tax & Leisure Corp. - Monkey Chemicals 7. Blood Red Dancers - Banks of Blood 8. Mad Rad - The Machine 9. Head Like a Kite - Robot Makes Love With the Swingset, 1976 10. Pomegranates - Prouncer 11. Wooden Wand - Sleepwalking After Midnight 12. Hearts In Space - Different Colors 13. Gospel Gossip - Ponds 14. John Wesley Coleman - Come On Cops

Music That Matters, Vol. 226 - A Programming Ninja in Broad Daylight

KEXP — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Meet Mel Trejo. For years, she has worked quietly and stealthily behind the scenes for the KEXP Programming department. Recently, Mel has been added to the DJ roster and more often than not, she can be heard spinning music on the KEXP airwaves from 2am-6am early Sunday mornings. In this Music That Matters podcast, Mel emerges from the shadows and nocturnal airwaves to share some of her recent favorites. 1. Two Fingers - Fools 2. Bear in Heaven - You Do You 3. Suuns - Sweet Nothing 4. Baths - Pop Song 5. James Pants - Clouds Over the Pacific 6. Tennis - Marathon 7. Toro Y Moi - Leave Everywhere 8. Blank Dogs - Northern Islands 9. Duck Sauce - Barbra Streisand 10. The Books - I Didn't Know That 11. Starfucker - Julius 12. Tamaryn - Love Fade 13. Summer Babes - Crack Habit 14. Four Tet - Love Cry

Music That Matters, Vol. 225 - Metal That Matters II

KEXP — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Looking back on the first year of Seek & Destroy, KEXP's metal and hard rock specialty show, Hannah Levin, the program's producer and co-host, reviews tracks by artists she was most fond of in 2010 and the ones to watch in 2011. Most of it is new music by Seattle artists, but also includes older tracks from Portland's Red Fang and a live-in studio performance by Tennessee's Coliseum. Seek & Destroy airs every Saturday night/Sunday morning from midnight till 2 a.m. 1. Black Breath - Spin On The Cross 2. Coliseum - Blind In One Eye (Live on KEXP) 3. Red Fang - Good To Die 4. The Sword - Lawless Lands 5. AFCGT - Two-Legged Dog 6. The Anunnaki - Sarcofage 7. The Absolute Monarchs - Should Have Known 8. Narrows - Recurring 9. Mico de Noche - Dirty Unicorns 10. Smooth Sailing - Sunday Morning Margarita

Music That Matters, Vol. 224 - Quitcherbitchin'

KEXP — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Once again, here's a boatload of awesome new music, presented by Midday Show host Cheryl Waters, guaranteed to put a big 'ol smile on yer puss. 1. Salem - Frost 2. Fistful Of Mercy - Fistful Of Mercy 3. Sharon Van Etten - A Crime 4. Junip - In Every Direction 5. Maserati - We Got The System To Fight The System 6. Les Savy Fav - Let's Get Out Of Here 7. The Corin Tucker Band - Handed Love 8. Three Mile Pilot - Still Alive 9. Black Whales - Rattle Your Bones 10. Wolf People - Tiny Circle 11. Menomena - Taos 12. Eels - Spectacular Girl

Music That Matters, Vol. 223 - I Heart Washington State

KEXP — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Coffee, the Puget Sound and Twilight aren't the only things that make you love Washington State, there's a bunch of music too! DJ Sharlese and Trent Moorman (of Head Like A Kite, Fresh Espresso, and Mad Rad) have put together nine songs about the state they love and added a bit of commentary to boot. They heart the Evergreen State and after you listen to this podcast, you will too. 1. Macklemore - The Town (from "Live at KEXP Volume Six") 2. Death Cab for Cutie - 405 3. Sleater Kinney - Dig Me Out 4. Boat - Prince of Tacoma 5. Mad Rad - Party Mountain 6. The Microphones - Anacortes Has a Secret Love 7. Blue Scholars - The Ave 8. Bishop Allen - Bellingham 9. The Lonely Forest - Live There

Music That Matters, Vol. 222 - Dogwalkers of the New Age Unite

KEXP — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0700

DJ Kevin Cole brings you a mix of perfect power pop from Seattle, Argentinean electocumbia, South African freakbeats, and some rambunctious rock. 1. The Drums - Let's Go Surfing 2. Sisters - Sky 3. Keith Canisius - First Tambourine Love 4. Astral - Narcissus 5. Pomegranates - Skull Cakin' 6. Breathe Owl Breathe - Dogwalkers of the New Age 7. Adam Haworth Stephens - Praises In Your Name 8. The Posies - The Glitter Prize 9. The Little Penguins - A Hundred Days of Snow 10. Seapony - Dreaming 11. Salem - King Night 12. Marnie Stern - For Ash 13. Frikstailers - Cumbiachamuyo 14. Spoek Mathambo - Gunboat 15. Tropics - Soft Vision

Music That Matters, Vol. 221 - Iceland Music Express

KEXP — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0700

DJ Kevin Cole and Online Content Coordinator Jim Beckmann present a diverse mix of artists performing the Iceland Airwaves Festival this year, including two Seattle bands. 1. Bang Gang - I Know You Sleep 2. Kimono - Tomorrow 3. Yuni in Taxco - King Of Borneo 4. Who Knew - Made Believe 5. FM Belfast - Synthia 6. Bloodgroup - My Arms 7. Amiina - Over and Again 8. Jónas Sigurðsson og Ritvélar framtíðarinnar - Hamingjan er hér 9. Mammút - Svefnsýkt 10. Massy Ferguson - Long Time No See 11. Seabear - Fire Dies Down 12. Rökkurró - Sólin Mun Skína 13. Ólafur Arnalds - Þú ert sólin (You Are the Sun) 14. Stafrænn Hákon - Sanitas 15. Sin Fang - Melt Down The Knives

Music That Matters, Vol. 220 - DJ Michele Myers' Dance Party #2

KEXP — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0700

DJ Michele Myers hosts her second dance party podcast, mixing beats, rock, soul and hip-hop to bump up the volume KEXP-style. 1. Blockhead - The Art of Walking 2. Jake One with Brother Ali - The Truth 3. Fresh Espresso - Laserbeams 4. Lindstrom and Christobelle - Lovesick 5. The Heavy - Coleen (feat. The Dap-Kings Horns) 6. Jamie Lidell - The Ring 7. Raphael Saadiq - 100 Yard Dash (Live at KEXP) 8. Victor Shade - Circus Hounds 9. Ana Tijoux - La Nueva Condena 10. Orgone - It's Time Tonight 11. !!! - Heart of Hearts

Music That Matters, Vol. 219 - Autumn Audio

KEXP — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0700

DJ Miss Ashley brings an assortment of some of her favorite songs of the year 2010! From funky fresh and pretty vibes to nitty gritty rock n' roll, this mix includes artists from Seattle to Australia! 1. Michael Leonhart and Avramina 7 - The Story of Echo Lake 2. Nite Jewel - Am I Real? 3. Kung Foo Grip - When the Lights Go Out 4. Satellite 4 - Ricky's Revenge 5. Glass Candy - Geto Boys 6. Pisces - Sam 7. Neon Wilderness - Off of My Mind 8. Super Wild Horses - Degrassi 9. Alex Bleeker - These Days 10. Mount Carmel - Livin Like I Wanna 11. White Hinterland - Icarus

Music That Matters, Vol. 218 - The New 80's

KEXP — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Morning Show host John Richards presents a free-flowing mix of electronic and acoustic songs from artists who for the most part were born in the decade they are influenced by. 1. Wildbirds & Peacedrums - Bleed Like There Was No Other Flood 2. Matthew Dear - Slowdance 3. Buddy Ross - Merry Man 4. Memory Tapes - Bicycle 5. Clubfeet - Edge of Extremes 6. Summer Camp - Round the Moon 7. Kisses - People Can Do the Most Amazing Things 8. Cass McCombs - Dreams Come True Girl 9. Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. - Nothing But Our Love 10. Noddy - By Hook or By Crook

Music That Matters, Vol. 217 - Spotlight on Decibel Festival 2010

KEXP — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0700

DJ Alex shines a spotlight on select artists performing at this year's 7th annual Decibel Festival, Seattle's premier electronic music and arts event! Running from September 22nd to September 26th, this year's Decibel Festival is the biggest and brightest yet, featuring 25+ diverse showcases, over 100 acts from all over the world, and an astounding number of live NW debuts! Tune in to get a taste of this year's diverse and stacked roster, and check out www.dbfestival.com for more information! 01. Mount Kimbie - Before I Move Off 02. Alex B - You and I Both Know 03. Gold Panda - Quitter's Raga 04. Flying Lotus - Computer Face/Pure Being 05. Oneohtrix Point Never - Zones Without People 06. Shlohmo - Glue Stick 07. Scuba - So You Think You're Special 08. Ill Cosby - Chrome Plated Laser Blasters 09. 214 - Tork Shuffle 10. Lorn - Glass and Silver 11. Carl Craig and Mortiz Von Oswald - Interlude 12. Starkey - Pleasure Points 13. Sepalcure - Every Day Of My Life 14. Splatinum - Want It 15. Ikonika - They Are Losing The War 16. FaltyDL - My Friends Will Always Say... 17. Mux Mool - Enceladus 18. Pezzner - Chapter_Two 19. Trus'me - Put It On Me 20. Lusine - Two Dots (Reverse Engineered) 21. Emancipator - Safe in the Steep Cliffs

Music That Matters, Vol. 216 - Das Super Popwelt

KEXP — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0700

DJ Kevin Cole is your tour guide through an eclectic mix of music from candy-coated pop from Australia and Spain, to apocalyptic Americana from Seattle. It's das super popwelt! 1. The Walkmen - Angela Surf City 2. Nathan Wade and the Dark Pioneers - Lake of Fire 3. The First Times - Black Ties 4. Sarah Blasko - Hold On My Heart 5. Restless People - Practical Magic 6. Ra Ra Riot - Boy 7. Polock - High On Life 8. The Wave Pictures - I Love You Like A Madman 9. Brad Laner - Throat 10. Candy Claws - Silent Time of Earth 11. Blue Sky Black Death - Threads of Gold 12. Eilen Jewell - Fist City 13. Alejandro Escovedo - The Bed Is Getting Crowded

Music That Matters, Vol. 215 - Bumbershoot 2010 Sneak Preview

KEXP — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Cheryl Waters presents the annual sneak preview of the Bumbershoot Music and Arts Festival, happening on Labor Day weekend, and celebrating its 40th anniversary. Listen to a small sampling of this year's Bumbershoot lineup with a heavy emphasis on local artists. See you there. 1. Neko Case - People Got a Lotta Nerve 2. Hey Marseilles - From a Terrace 3. Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes - Home 4. Ra Ra Riot - Boy 5. Surfer Blood - Floating Vibes 6. Japandroids - Heart Sweats 7. Laura Veirs - Cast a Hook in Me 8. The Clientele - Harvest Time 9. The Raveonettes - Aly, Walk With Me 10. Grynch - Chemisty (f. One Be Lo) 11. The Thermals - Now We Can See 12. Visqueen - Ward 13. Cute Lepers - Smart Accessories 14. JEFF the Brotherhood - Heavy Days 15. The Maldives - Goodbye

Music That Matters, Vol. 214 - Genre Bending Mood Music

KEXP — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0700

From classical to pop, dark synth pop to emotional acoustic in-studios from the Capitol Block Party to a NYC connection 3000 miles away, the latest podcast from John Richards brings it all together and somehow all songs on their own make up the whole of the podcast. 1. Olafur Arnalds - Tunglia 2. Max Richter - Infra 5 3. Emanciapator - Greenland 4. Sea of Cortez - The Shores 5. Beat Connection - In the Water 6. Lonely Forest - Live There 7. Villagers - Home 8. Villagers - Home (Live on KEXP) 9. Chief - Night and Day 10. Neon Indian - Sleep Paralysist (Live on KEXP) 11. Fiveng - Give Me a Taste 12. Soft Moon - Breathe the Fire 13. Crash City Saints - Out from the Storm 14. Thieving Irons - Wave's Gonna Break 15. The Young Evils - A Just Built Beaming Light

Music That Matters, Vol. 213 - All That Fire

KEXP — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Join DJ Chilly for another installment of his hip-hop mixtape podcast series, featuring some of his favorites from the last year or so: national, international, and tons of Two-Oh Sickness. 1. Jern Eye – Get Down 2. Mash Hall – Hella Hella/Can You Stand The Reign 3. Dark Time Sunshine – All Aboard 4. Choklate – The Tea (WD4D's Spicy Chai Remix) 5. Jack Splash – Welcome To The Dance 6. The Physics – Coronas On Madrona 7. Los Rakas – Miel 8. Vitamin D – Let Go 9. Guilty Simpson – New Heights 10. Bean One – Pump Up The Volume 11. Murs and 9th Wonder – Cigarettes And Liquor 12. Freeway and Jake One – Never Gonna Change 13. Head Like A Kite – Director's Cut (w/Tilson) 14. El-P – Driving Down The Block (El-P Remix Redux) 15. State Of The Artist – Us (w/GMK) 16. BK-One with Benzilla – Mega (w/Haiku D'Etat) 17. Ana Tijoux – Partir De Cero 18. Eliot Lipp – Baby Tank 19. Shafiq Husayn – Lil Girl 20. Sonny Bonoho – Judge Brown 21. D. Black – Yesterday (w/Marissa) 22. J. Pinder – All That Fire 23. Shabazz Palaces – A Mess, The Booth… 24. THEESatisfaction – Do You Have The Time (Live @ KEXP from CHBP) 25. Alex B. – Hot Chop

Music That Matters, Vol. 212 - Kurt Vonnegut's Favorite Podcast

KEXP — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Our latest podcast from DJ Kevin Cole captures a place, or a moment, where all the different kinds of truths fit together and where there are many different ways to be absolutely right. 1. The Thermals - I Don't Believe You 2. Wavves - King of the Beach 3. Wild Nothing - Summer Holiday 4. Capstan Shafts - Quiet Wars 5. Superchunk - Digging for Something 6. Ribbons - Total Loss 7. Coasting - Snoozefest 8. Faded Paper Figures - Small Talk 9. Dan Mangan - Road Regrets 10. Dan Sartain - Anything I Say 11. The Prids - Break 12. Western Roots - Rockers Galore 13. Cloud Cult - Unexplainable Stories 14. Zola Jesus - I Can't Stand

Music That Matters, Vol. 211 - No Water

KEXP — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Cheryl Waters presents some really good songs for a good friend who is digging up the plumbing in his back yard. Good times. Enjoy. 1. The Books - Beautiful People 2. The Mynabirds - Numbers Don't Lie 3. The Radio Dept. - Heaven's On Fire 4. The Love Language - Heart To Tell 5. Earl Greyhound - Ghost and the Witness 6. Menomena - TAOS 7. !!! - AM/FM 8. Gabriel Mintz - Western Days 9. Plants and Animals - Tom Cruz 10. Ruby Suns - Cranberry 11. Archie Bronson Outfit - Shark's Tooth 12. Jaguar Love - I Started a Fire 13. The Goodnight Loving - Doesn't Shake Me 14. These United States - The Great Rivers 15. Black Mountain - Old Fangs 16. Balkan Beat Box - War Again

Music That Matters, Vol. 210 - Vibin'

KEXP — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Street Sounds' Larry Mizell Jr. presents a set of hiphop ranging from the 206 to nashville, DC, pittsburgh and back again; the vibe is all about trying to block out the stress that life/family/government/yourself cause. Hopefully it'll help you do the same! Enjoy. 1. Yuk - Yuk the World 2. Starlito - Renaissance Gangsta 3. XO - I Got Doe 4. J.Pinder - Tougher feat. Luck One x Sax G Whiz x Spaceman 5. Sol - Not the One 6. JFK - Baby Mamma Drama 7. Eighty4 Fly - Free Fallin' feat. Grynch x J.Pinder 8. Xperience - Coco Jones 9. Yu - Close 10. Specs One - Vibin' 11. THEESatisfaction - Reagan 12. Husalah - You Never Know 13. Wiz Khalifa - Never Been bed music by Victor Shade; instrumentals courtesy MTK

Music That Matters, Vol. 209 - Night Swimming

KEXP — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0700

The latest Music That Matters podcast from John Richards is your soundtrack to a warm evening swim and or drinking late in the warm air with new songs from Unkle, Steve Mason, Damien Jurado, Gauntlet Hair and more! 1. Unkle - The Answer 2. Steve Mason - Lost and Found 3. Hundred in the Hands - Ghosts 4. William Fitzsimmons - So This Is Goodbye (Pink Ganter Remix) 5. Health - USA Boys 6. Gauntlet Hair - I Was Thinking... 7. The Most Serene Republic - Photocall 8. Small Black - Despicable Dogs 9. Ten Bears - Braces 10. The Fall - Bury 11. Joy Formidable - The Greatest Light is the Greatest Shade 12. Damien Jurado - Cloudy Shoes

Music That Matters, Vol. 208 - SMMRJMZ

KEXP — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0700

DJ Alex is back with a new summertime mix to keep you cool during this sweltering heat! Packed with future beats, breezy chillwave, smooth hip-hop, kinetic electro-pop, seductive dubstep, and infectious house rhythms, SMMRJMZ brings the sonic heat to keep you feeling fresh during these sweaty summer days. 1. Keep Shelly In Athens - Cremona Memories 2. Shlohmo - Tomato Smash 3. Matthew Dear - I Can't Feel 4. Noddy - By Hook Or By Crook 5. Gold Panda - You 6. Baths - Plea 7. Andreya Triana - A Town Called Obsolete (Mount Kimbie Remix) 8. State of the Artist - Peyote Kids (f. THEESatisfaction) 9. Onra - The One (f. T3 of Slum Village) 10. The Samps - Peppergood 11. James Pants - 1988 12. Motor City Drum Ensemble - Raw Cuts #2 13. Dyme Def - Timeless 14. Moresounds - Day n Days 15. Regina - Saanko jaada yoksi? (Ghosts On Tape Remix) 16. PotatoFinger - The Annedoti 17. Policy - Speed of Life 18. Elite Gymnastics - Is This On Me? 19. Late - Bittersweet

Music That Matters, Vol. 207 - Who Stole the Electric Car?

KEXP — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0700

A self-centered average guy steals a prototype electric car in a crazy attempt to win back his environmentalist girlfriend. His road trip playlist? New music from Janelle Monae, Pernice Brothers, Orgone, and Math and Physics Club. DJ Kevin Cole is behind the wheel on this eco-friendly summer podcast! 1. Janelle Monae - Tightrope 2. Beach Fossils - Vacation 3. Unnatural Helpers - Vox Humana 4. Pernice Brothers - Jacquline Susann 5. State of the Artist - Hey Hey 6. Orgone - Lookout 7. Fol Chen - In Ruins 8. Solex Vs. Cristina Martinez + Jon Spencer - Galaxy Man 9. Explone - Michigan 10. Good Luck Dark Star - Map of the Sun 11. Neverever - Teardrop Tattoo 12. Math and Physics Club - Love or Loneliness 13. The Beauties - Hearts Are Down 14. The Head And The Heart - Sounds Like Hallelujah

Music That Matters, Vol. 206 - Bliss

KEXP — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Summer is finally here and, in honor of that giant glowing orb in the sky, Cheryl Waters presents a new crop of songs that is guaranteed to put a sunny smile on yer face. 1. Junip - Rope and Summit 2. Tame Impala - Solitude Is Bliss 3. Shake Some Action - How Does It Feel? 4. Yuni in Taxco - King of Borneo 5. Blind Pilot - One Red Thread (LIVE on KEXP) 6. Pearly Gate Music - Big Escape 7. The Poison Control Center - Being Gone 8. Let's Wrestle - We Are The Men 9. Phosphorescent - The Mermaid Parade 10. Blitzen Trapper - Heaven and Earth 11. Unbunny - Winning Streak 12. Ravenna Woods - In the World 13. The Oh Sees - I Was Denied 14. Wolf Parade - What Did My Lover Say? (It Always Had To Go This Way) 15. Dr. Dog - Shadow People

Music That Matters, Vol. 205 - The Big Gay Podcast 2010

KEXP — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0700

As Jimmy Somerville once sang, "there's more to love than boy meets girl"-- and there's more to the queer musical universe than the usual suspects. June is Gay Pride Month and to celebrate DJ El Toro returns with the latest edition of the Big Gay Podcast, featuring nineteen varied selections from an assortment of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender musicians -- plus a couple topical tunes from the folks who love them. Viva diversity! 1. Goldfrapp - Alive 2. Shunda K feat. Cindy Wonderful - Here I Am To Save the World 3. The Redwood Plan - How the Game Is Played 4. The Soft Pack - Down on Loving 5. Owen Pallett - Lewis Takes Action 6. The Shondes - My Dear One 7. Parenthetical Girls - Evelyn McHale 8. Ozomatli - Gay Vatos in Love (Live on KEXP) 9. Ships - Up and Down 10. Logan Lynn - Feed Me to the Wolves 11. Hidden Cameras - Underage (Holy Fuck remix) 12. Mary Gauthier - Sideshow 13. The Endtables - Process of Elimination (unedited version) 14. John Grant with Midlake - Sigourney Weaver 15. Baby Dee - Lilacs 16. Stephenhero - I Will Sleep 17. Matmos and So Percussion - Treasure 18. Andy Bell feat. Perry Farrell - Honey If You Love Him 19. Morel - Shoegazer Disco (Linus Loves mix)

Music That Matters, Vol. 204 - John's Upbeat Summer Podcast

KEXP — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0700

John Richards presents an upbeat summer mix, perfect for your jog, bike ride or road trip, with tons of new music, energy and emotion. 1. Aloe Blacc - I Need A Dollar (How To Make It In America) 2. Lindstrøm and Christabelle - Lovesick 3. Baths - Maximalist 4. Yawn - David 5. BLK JKS - Iietys 6. Suckers - A Mind I Knew 7. Hooray For Earth - Surrounded By Your Friends 8. Foals - The Orient 9. Ceremony - Never Make You Cry 10. Tobacco - Fresh Hex 11. School of Seven Bells - Windstorm 12. Pains of Being Pure at Heart - Say No To Love

Music That Matters, Vol. 203 - Dragon!

KEXP — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0700

It's 2010 and you're super up on your knowledge of dungeons, but what about dragons? In this Music that Matters Podcast, DJ Sharlese takes you on an epic listening journey of dragon knowledge complete with a victorious track listing! Bring your sword, knight outfit, and blow-up castle to jump on 'cause you’re going on an adventure! 1. Karl Blau - Before Telling Dragons 2. Blitzen Trapper - Dragon's Song 3. Clues - Remembered Severed Head 4. 764-Hero - Dragon 5. Sunset Rubdown - Dragon's Lair 6. Blackalicious - Cliff Hanger 7. Of Montreal - Faberge Falls for Shuggie 8. James Pants - Dragonslayer 9. The Keeper - Sharpen The Axes 10. Partman Parthorse - At The Mall 11. Black Daisy - The Dragon 12. Onry Ozzborn - It's True (featuring Cape Cowen of Dark Time Sunshine, Awol One produced by Ecid)

Music That Matters, Vol. 202 - Flash Forward Now!

KEXP — Fri, 28 May 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Discover your place in the world with this musical walkabout presented by Kevin Cole, featuring Scottish pop from Teenage Fanclub, Chilean rap from Ana Tijoux, Australian anxiety rocker from Eddy Current Suppression Ring, new old school funk from Brooklynites Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, plus much more! 1. The Secret History - My Life with the Living Dead (The World That Never Was, Le Grand Magistery) 2. The Lodger - Have A Little Faith In People (Flashbacks, Slumberland) 3. Club 8 - Western Hospitality (The People's Record, Labrador) 4. The Redwood Plan - How The Game Is Played (Racing Towards the Heartbreak, Fish the Cat) 5. Male Bonding - Year's Not Long (Nothing Hurts, Sub Pop) 6. Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings - (I Learned the Hard Way, Daptone) 7. Ana Tijoux - 1977 (1977, Nacional) 8. Head Like A Kite - Let's Start It All Again (featuring Asya Smoosh) (Dreams Suspend Night, self-released) 9. Woods - Blood Dries Darker (At Echo Lake, Woodsist) 10. Teenage Fanclub - Baby Lee (Shadows, Merge) 11. Lali Puna - Remember (Our Inventions, Morr) 12. Annuals - Sweet Sister (Sweet Sister, Lefse Records) 13. Eddy Current Suppression Ring - Second Guessing (Rush to Relax, Goner) 14. Wooden Shjips - Loose Lips (Vol. 2, Sick Thirst Records) 15. Disappears - Magics (Lux, Kranky)

Music That Matters, Vol. 201 - DJ Michele Myers' Dance Party

KEXP — Fri, 21 May 2010 00:00:00 -0700

High-energy DJ Michele Myers brings you non-stop dance trax so turn down the lights, roll back the rugs and get ready to sweat! 1. Justice - Genesis 2. Amanda Blank - DJ 3. Moby - I Love To Move In Here 4. Gnarls Barkley - Crazy 5. My Robot Friend - Waiting (feat. Alison Moyet) 6. Santigold - L.E.S. Artistes 7. Gift of Gab - Dreamin 8. Major Lazer - Can't Stop Now (feat. Jovi Rockwell and Mr. Vegas) 9. Galactic - Heart of Steel (feat. Irma Thomas) 10. Alice Russell - Hurry On Now (Emika Remix) 11. Crystal Castles - Crimewave 12. Girl Talk - Summer Smoke 13. Thunderheist - The Party After

Music That Matters, Vol. 200 - Sasquatch Road Trip 2010

KEXP — Fri, 14 May 2010 00:00:00 -0700

1. Band of Horses - Ode to LRC (LIVE at KEXP) 2. Broken Social Scene - World Sick 3. Dinosaur Feathers - I Ni Sogoma 4. Midlake - Acts of Man 5. Freelance Whales - Generator _ First Floor 6. The Tallest Man on Earth - King of Spain 7. Local Natives - Sun Hands 8. Passion Pit - The Reeling 9. Fresh Espresso - Lazerbeams 10. Quasi - Repulsion 11. Japandroids - Young Hearts Spark Fire 12. Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeros - Home 13. The Temper Trap - Sweet Disposition 14. Miike Snow - Animal 15. Caribou - Odessa 16. Phantogram - When I'm Small 17. Avi Buffalo - What's In It For? 18. The Lonely Forest - We Sing In Time 19. Drive By Truckers - This Fucking Job

Music That Matters, Vol. 199 - John Richards' Untitled Podcast No. 553

KEXP — Fri, 07 May 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Music That Matters, Vol. 199 - John Richards' Untitled Podcast No. 553 The latest podcast from John Richards arrives just in time for these happy spring days. Motivating and emotional, this podcast is chock full of new, insanely catchy songs that John is currently excited about and featuring on the Morning Show. 1. Neon Indian - Sleep Paralasyst (single, Green Label Sound) 2. The Ruby Suns - Closet Astrologer (Fight Softly, Sub Pop) 3. Dark Time Sunshine - Run (Believeyoume, Fake Four Inc.) 4. Voyager One - 1,000 Miles, 1,000 Deaths (Geography EP, self-released) 5. Fang Island - Life Coach (Fang Island, Sargent House) 6. The Absolute Monarchs -Sharp (Absolute Monarchs EP, self-released) 7. Double Dagger - Imitation is the Most Boring Form of Flattery (Masks EP, Thrill Jockey) 8. The Secret History - Johnny Anorok (The World That Never Was, Le Grand Magistery) 9. The Lights - Puerto Escondido (Failed Graves, Wantage USA) 10. The Tallest Man on Earth - Burden of Tomorrow (The Wild Hunt, Dead Oceans) 11. Seabear - Fire Dies Down (We Built a Fire, Morr Music) 12. Sambassadeur - Days (European, Labrador)

Music That Matters, Vol. 198 - Watching As She Reels

KEXP — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0700

DJ Shani is back with her latest podcast. Enjoy 19 of her new favorite songs spanning lo-fi, garage, minimal wave/synth, post-punk, psychedelic, electronic, pop, ambient, and noise! 1. Rafael Anton Irisarri - Watching As She Reels- Hopes and Dreams 7"- (Immune) 2. The Method Actors - She (This Is Still It, Acute) 3. Wet Dog - Lower Leg (Frauhaus, Angular) 4. Wounded Lion - Degobah System (Wounded Lion, In The Red) 5. Amen Dunes - No Shot (Dia, Locust) 6. Here We Go Magic - Collector (Pigeons, Secretly Canadian) 7. M Bryo - Show Me Your Hands (V/A: From Minimal Wave With Love, Minimal Wave) 8. Growing - Short Circuit (Pumps, Vice) 9. Caribou - Jamelia (Swim, Merge) 10. Secret Cities - Pink Graffiti (Pink Graffiti, Western Vinyl) 11. Gary Wilson - Electric Endicott (Electric Endicott, self-released) 12. Sonny and the Sunsets - Planet of Women (Tomorrow Is Alright, Soft Abuse) 13. Él-G - Tim et Henri (Tout Ploie, S-S) 14. Grouper - Hold the Way (Grouper/Roy Montgomery Split 12", Yellow Electric/Root Strata) 15. Under Byen - Konstant (Alt Er Tabt, Paper Bag) 16. Wolf People - Interlude: Circle/Viking/Colours (Tidings, Jagjaguwar) 17. Inlets - In Which I, Robert (Inter Arbiter, twosyllable) 18. Zola Jesus - The Night (Stridilum EP, Sacred Bones) 19. Wehrwolve - Caveden (Interstellar Spaceports Lost)

Music That Matters, Vol. 197 - 14 Songs To Self-Esteem

KEXP — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0700

When the ME guys begin to bully the girls, DJ Kevin Cole turns to the music of Black Tambourine, The Hold Steady, and Citizen Cope to give the girls an ego boost and teach the boys respect. 1. Black Tambourine - We Can't Be Friends (Complete Recordings, Slumberland) 2. The Electric Pop Group - Out Of Sight (Seconds, Matinee Records) 3. World Atlas - The Winter Stories (World Atlas EP, Magic Marker) 4. The Hold Steady - Hurricane J (Heaven Is Whenever, Vagrant Records) 5. Overnight Lows - So Well Read (City Of Rotten Eyes, Goner Records) 6. Dinosaur Feathers - I Ni Sogoma, (Fantasy Memorial, self-released) 7. Tunng, Hustle (...And Then We Saw Land, Thrill Jockey) 8. Future Islands - Tin Man (In The Evening Air, Thrill Jockey) 9. Javelin - Vibrationz (No Mas, Luaka Bop) 10. Nortec Collective Presents: Clorofila - Discoteca Nacional (Corridos Urbanos, Nacional Records) 11. Kings Go Forth - I Don't Love You No More (The Outsiders Are Back, Luaka Bop) 12. Citizen Cope - Off the Ground (The Rainwater LP, Rainwater Records) 13. Georgia Anne Muldrow - Simple Advice (Kings Ballad, Ubiquity) 14. The Natural Yogurt Band - Space Echo (Away With Melancholy, Now-Again Records)

Music That Matters, Vol. 196 - Sunny Days Ahead

KEXP — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Sunny days are ahead both in the sky and on the airwaves, and Cheryl Waters is loving all the new music in 2010. Here is a great sampling of sunshine for you. 1. Beach House - 10 Mile Stereo (LIVE on KEXP) 2. Miike Snow - Billie Holiday 3. LoneLady - Intuition 4. Blunt Mechanic - Thrown Out At Third 5. Final Spins - Down the Road 6. Roky Erickson with Okkervil River - Goodbye Sweet Dreams 7. Painted Hills - Everybody 8. Bonnie 'Prince' Billy and The Cairo Gang - Troublesome Houses 9. CocoRosie - Lemondade 10. Avi Buffalo - What's In It For? 11. Warpaint - Krimson 12. The Besnard Lakes - Glass Printer 13. Victor Shade - Autograffiti

Music That Matters, Vol. 195 - John's Fantastic Podcast

KEXP — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Here's how Morning Show host John Richards described this week's mix: It rocked and then it went all electronica and then all live in-studio and then it did this acoustic thing at the end. It was fantastic. It was my fantastic podcast. 1. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Beat the Devi's Tattoo 2. Dum Dum Girls - Jail La La 3. Love Is All - Bigger Bolder 4. Moon Duo - Motorcycle I Love You 5. Ceremony - Someday 6. Keepaway - Yellow Wings 7. Tanlines - Real Live (Live on KEXP) 8. Cults - Go Outside 9. Jason Collett - Love Is A Dirty Word 10. Dinosaur Feathers - I Ni Sogoma 11. Damien Jurado - Arkansas 12. Motopony - Wait For Me (Live on KEXP) 13. Jay Reatard - Pull Down The Shades

Music That Matters, Vol. 194 - Kicking It Out at SXSW 2010

KEXP — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0700

DJ Shannon kicks out her Best of SXSW bands, featuring "I've-been-blown-away" live tracks from new faves The Crayon Fields, Capsula and Choir of Young Believers. She also stirs up some Surfer Blood, Warpaint and Local Natives into the best new band mix. Keep Austin Weird! 1. The Crayon Fields - All the Pleasures of the World (Live on KEXP) 2. Local Natives - Sun Hands 3. Oh No Ono - Internet Warrior 4. Warpaint - Elephants 5. Choir of Young Believers - Action/Reaction (Live on KEXP) 6. Pepper Rabbit - None Shall Sleep 7. Fanfarlo - Luna (Live on KEXP) 8. Surfer Blood - Twin Peaks 9. Laurel Collective - Fax of Death 10. Princeton - Calypso Gold 11. Real Estate - Fake Blues 12. Summer Cats - Lonely Planet 13. A Sunny Day in Glasgow - Nitetime Rainbows 14. Everything Everything - Tin (the Manhole) (demo) 15. The Middle East - Blood (Live on KEXP) 16. The Kissaway Trail - SDP 17. JEFF the Brotherhood - Heavy Days (Live on KEXP) 18. Plants & Animals - The Mama Papa 19. Capsula - Kicking It Out (Live on KEXP) 20. Ozomatli - Nadas Por Free (Live on KEXP)

Music That Matters, Vol. 193 - I Got My Mind Made Up

KEXP — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0700

DJ Alex unveils his latest exploratory mix of transportive sounds, including everything from futuristic bass-heavy beats and tranquil sleepy-time lullabies to breezy cinematic pop and crafty turntable wizardry! Roll the windows down, turn the volume up, and enjoy. 01. Shlohmo - Hot Boxing the Cockpit 02. Free the Robots - Orion's Belt Buckle 03. Potatofinger - Usurper 04. Ill Cosby - Hold On Dub 05. Golden Ages - Everything Will Be Alright 06. Cults - Go Outside 07. Many Mansions - Sparkly Portal 08. jj - Let Go 09. MillionYoung - Soft Denial 10. Take - Soul Particles 11. Mash Hall - Hi Fivin' My Cousin 12. HEALTH - In Heat (Javelin Remix) 13. Dem Hunger - Horse Stomach 14. Gonjasufi - Ancestors 15. BeanOne - If 6 Was 9 16. Kings Go Forth - Don't Take My Shadow 17. Rob Swift - Spartacuts 18. Oh No Ono - Eleanor Speaks (Caribou Remix) 19. The Seven Fields of Aphelion - Grown 20. Macklemore x Ryan Lewis - The End

Music That Matters, Vol. 192 - Spring Fever

KEXP — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Turn that Spring Fever into a Spring Fling with KEXP's newest Music that Matters Podcast. DJ Rachel Ratner has compiled a mix of some of her favorite new music, including The Lights, White Fence, Whalebones, Unnatural Helpers, Nerve City and more! 1. White Fence - Mr. Adams 2. The Lights - New New 3. Christmas - Winter 4. Puberty - Parties 5. Whalebones - Love is a Desert 6. Shannon and the Clams - You Can Come Over 7. Unnatural Helpers - Sunshine Pretty Girls 8. Eel Eater - Garden Gnome 9. Grave Babies - Eating Babies 10. Stephanie - Love for Sale 11. Smith Westerns - Girl in Love 12. Thousands - Everything Turned Upsidedown 13. Medication - Don't Die 14. Thunder Buffalo - This is my life 15. Nerve City - I am alive 16. Meercaz - future news 17. Spencey Dude and the Doodles - If this Feeling Ends

Music That Matters, Vol. 191 - Hymns For The Misguided

KEXP — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0800

From the High Places of his Mansion of Los Feliz, DJ Kevin Cole teams up with a Spy from Cairo to kick some ass on Cinco De Mayo. Dessa, Rocky Votolato, Toro Y Moi, and The Souljazz Orchestra join this ragtag group of misfits, ready to bring it on! 1. Miles Kurosky - An Apple For An Apple 2. Gospel Gossip - Sippy Cup 3. Golden Triangle - Cinco De Mayo 4. Dessa - Children's Work 5. Field Music - Each Time Is A New Time 6. Toro Y Moi - Blessa 7. High Places - On Giving Up 8. The Spy From Cairo - Sufi Disco 9. Rocky Votolato - Red River 10. Eels - Mansions of Los Feliz 11. Hurricane Lanterns - For Loren 12. Sambassadeur - I Can Try 13. The Souljazz Orchestra - Agbara

Music That Matters, Vol. 190 - Careful With That Hat

KEXP — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Cheryl Waters shares some music she likes this week. What more could you want? 1. Broken Social Scene - World Sick 2. Clem Snide - Denise 3. Dead String Brothers - Sao Paolo 4. The Tallest Man on Earth - King of Spain 5. silOHs - Western Haunts 6. Yukon Blonde - Streets 7. Owen Pallet - Lewis Takes Action 8. Lightspeed Champion - Marlene 9. Sunset - Fishtown 10. Happy Birthday - Girls FM 11. Malachai - Snowflake 12. Citay - Careful With That Hat 13. Caribou - Odessa 14. The Very Best - Warm Heart of Africa (feat. Ezra Koenig)

Music That Matters, Vol. 189 - Don Slack's New Jams

KEXP — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0800

While he's the host of KEXP's twang show Swingin' Doors, Don loves all kinds of music. Here are some of his favorite new songs. 1. Title Tracks - Steady Love 2. Jay Reatard - Pull Down the Shades 3. Past Lives - Paralyzer 4. Moon Duo - Stumbling 22nd St. 5. Quasi - Laissez Les Bons Temps Rouler 6. Drive-By Truckers - This Fucking Job 7. Deadstring Brothers - Houston 8. Hurricane Lanterns - Besides Those Things 9. Quakers on Probation - Marysville 10. Choc Quib Town - De Donde Vengo Yo 11. Freeway and Jake One - Microphone Killa 12. Helladope - Shine On

Music That Matters, Vol. 188 - John Be Drinkin'

KEXP — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0800

John Be Drinkin': the new podcast of brand new music The Morning Show is excited about. While John actually is sober, he doesn't appear to be in this mix of brand new jams from all over the world and crammed together into one confusing and crazed podcast. 1. MillionYoung - Hammock 2. ent - No Tone 3. Washed Out - New Theory 4. Reporter - Lab Test 5. Jookabox - Phantom Don't Go 6. Bear Hands - What a Drag 7. Frightened Rabbit - Swim Until You Can't See Land 8. Fences - Sadie 9. Title Tracks - Every Little Bit Hurts 10. Fitz and The Tantrums - Winds of Change (LIVE on KEXP) 11. Gigi - No, My Heart Will Go On 12. My Robot Friend - Misfits Fight Song

Music That Matters, Vol. 187 - Safety First Is Not the Daredevil Way!

KEXP — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Grab your helmet and goggles as Kevin Cole drops new music on your head including Shabazz Palaces, Scout Niblet, Citay, and Eastern Grip. 1. The Magic Kids - Hey Boy 2. Spoon - Written In Reverse 3. Eastern Grip - Everyday We Walked A Little Farther 4. The Depreciation Guild - Dream About Me 5. Class Actress - Let Me Take You Out 6. Terri Tarantula - The Daredevil Way 7. Shabazz Palaces - 32 Leaves... 8. The Whitefield Brothers - The Gift 9. The New Law - Showdown (Fanu Remix) feat. Lokeye & Michael Harris) 10. Yeasayer - Ambling Alp 11. Citay - Dream Get Together 12. Scout Niblett - Just Do It 13. The Besnard Lakes - Like the Ocean, Like Innocent, Pt 1: The Ocean 14. The Besnard Lakes - Like the Ocean, Like Innocent, Pt 2: The Innocent

Music That Matters, Vol. 186 - None Shall Sleep

KEXP — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Cheryl Waters presents the latest Music That Matters podcast: "There is so much great new music coming out right now it's hard to get any sleep. So much music. So little time. Here is an eclectic sampling of some great new stuff, along with a few gems from the past couple of years. Enjoy. And, sweet dreams." 1. Midlake - Acts of Man 2. Eels - Mansions of Los Feliz 3. J. Tillman - Steel On Steel 4. Spoon - Written In Reverse 5. Young Galaxy - Swing Your Heartache 6. Nacao Zumbi - Carimbo 7. Soulico - El Nur (LIVE on KEXP) 8. Asobi Seksu - Thursday 9. Bloodgroup - My Arms 10. Pepper Rabbit - None Shall Sleep 11. JEFF the Brotherhood - Heavy Days 12. The Soft Pack - Answer To Yourself 13. Noddy - Dig a Hole

Music That Matters, Vol. 185 - John on Vacation!

KEXP — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Morning Show host John Richards gets all international on you in his latest effort to supply both new music and geography in one long entertaining and informative podcast, which hops the music hubs of the world: Paris, Mali, Sweden, Iceland, Seattle, Athens, Portland, New York, DC, LA and, of course, Tacoma. 1. Motopony - Seer 2. Chris Joss - Re-Volt 3. Bassekou Kouyate and Ngoni ba - Musow 4. El Perro Del Mar - Gotta Get Smart 5. Ólöf Arnalds - Klara 6. Hoquiam - On The Beach 1987 7. Shout Out Louds - Walls 8. Twin Tigers - Red Fox Run 9. Quasi - Repulsion 10. Thieving Irons - Ashes On The Riverbank 11. Bluebrain - Royal Blue 12. Kids and Animals - Dirty City 13. One Am Radio - An Old Photo of Your New Lover

Music That Matters, Vol. 184 - Exotic on the Speaker

KEXP — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0800

DJ Kevin Cole brings plenty of twists and turns to this alluring musical mix. 1. Retribution Gospel Choir - Hide It Away 2. Manooghi Hi - Kismet 3. Soulico - Exotic on the Speaker 4. Negghead - Know The Score 5. Gelka - Soon 6. The Fucking Eagles - (You Better Watch Your) Happy Home 7. Heavy Trash - Bedevilment 8. Chuck Prophet - American Man 9. Elliott Smith - Cecilia/Amanda 10. David Bazan - Bless This Mess 11. Twin Tigers - Everyday 12. Matias Aguayo - Rollerskate 13. 2562 - Lost 14. The Animals At Night - We Are Lights On The Way Out

Music That Matters, Vol. 183 - Cold Medicine

KEXP — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0800

KEXP DJ Rachel Ratner presents a smattering of her favorite tracks right now, many of them from San Fransisco's exploding lo-fi 60s influenced garage rock scene. Let's party. 1. Christmas Island - I Don't Care 2. Deep sht - hector 3. Jacuzzi Boys - Planet of the Dreamers 4. Hobocop - Good News 5. Le Sang Song - Gingerella 6. Grass Widow - To Where 7. Explode into Colors - Paper (hot sax version) 8. Greg Ashley - Corporation Station Agent (Apple Pie and Genocide) 9. The Fresh and Onlys - Endless Love 10. Ty Segall - Can't Talk 11. The Mantles - Don't Lie 12. The Spits - Flag 13. Woven Bones - Janie 14. Wet Paint - It is Therapeutic 15. Wounded Lion - Friendly?

Music That Matters, Vol. 182 - Wave Backwards to...

KEXP — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Cheryl Waters presents the latest Music That Matters podcast: "Before we turn the page to a new year and get too far into 2010, I want to take a moment to look back at some gems from 2008 and 2009 (and one each from 2007 and 2003). I feel so grateful to be surrounded by such great music and be a part of a community of music lovers at KEXP. I hope you enjoy these songs from the last decade. This is already shaping up to be another incredible year in music. I look forward to discovering another decade of awesome sounds with you." 1. The Cute Lepers - Smart Accessories 2. Shake Some Action - Get It Together 3. The Purrs - Stay Here With Me 4. Japanese Motors - Better Trends 5. Metric - Combat Baby 6. Hallelujah The Hills - Allied Lions 7. Bob Mould - I'm Sorry, Baby, But You Can't Stand In My Light Anymore 8. Polvo - Beggar's Bowl 9. Ramona Falls - I Say Fever 10. Stars - The Ghost of Genova Heights 11. Apostle of Hustle - Soul Unwind 12. Port O'Brien - I Woke Up Today 13. Of Montreal - An Eluardian Instance 14. Curumin - Compacto

Music That Matters, Vol. 181 - The Good, The New and The Epic

KEXP — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0800

John Richards mixes some of his favorites of 2010 along with exclusive songs from late 2009 that include some longer epic tracks mixed with some upbeat rockers. 1. Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeros - Home 2. Freelance Whales - Generator^Second Floor 3. Phoenix - Love Like A Sunset (Animal Collective Remix) 4. Animal Collective - What Would I Want? Sky 5. CFCF - Monolith 6. Gui Boratto - No Turning Back (Wighnomy's Likkalize Love Rekksmi) 7. Islands - Shining 8. Kunk - No Way 9. Sleigh Bells - Crown on the Ground 10. Bang Bang Eche - Fist Full of Dollars (Live on KEXP) 11. Head Like a Kite - Director's Cut 12. Dylan In The Movies - Josephine If You Only Knew

Music That Matters, Vol. 180 - Lucid Dream or Real Life

KEXP — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0800

DJ Kevin Cole brings you a mix of current faves that'll have you asking "is this a dream or real life?" Current faves from Dave Rawlings Machine, Spain, Library Science and live performances from DeVotchKa and the Moondoggies. 1. Best Coast - When I'm With You 2. Vivian Girls - I Can't Stay (Live at KEXP Volume Five) 3. Pants Yell! - Cold Hands 4. Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings - I Got A Thing On My Mind 5. Think About Life - Set You On Fire 6. Library Science - The Race 7. The Moondoggies - Save My Soul/Changing (Live at KEXP Volume Five) 8. Spain - I'm Still Free 9. Dave Rawlings Machine - Bells Of Harlem 10. DeVotchKa - How It Ends (Live at KEXP Volume Five) 11. Keith Canisius - Lucidity 12. Ernest Gonzales - Self Awakening (Faunts Remix)

Music That Matters, Vol. 179 - Keep The Home Fires Burning

KEXP — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Swingin' Doors host Don Slack spotlights Seattle's vibrant roots-music scene. 1. The Moondoggies - Side of the Road (from GIVE Seattle 2009) 2. Zach Harjo - Broken Halos 3. Star Anna and the Laughing Dogs - Through The Winter 4. Mark Pickerel and His Praying Hands - Let Me Down Easy 5. Zoe Muth and the Lost High Rollers - Wasting My Time 6. The Maldives - Tequila Sunday 7. Sera Cahoone - Love's Gonna Live Here (LIVE at KEXP) 8. Knut Bell - Skagit Days 9. The Raggedy Anns - Prospector Joe 10. Lindsay Fuller and the Cheap Dates - Not To Be 11. Pufferfish - Little King 12. Danny Barnes - Pizza Box 13. Cosmic Panther Land Band - Panther Land Reprise

Music That Matters, Vol. 178 - Let Go of the Fear

KEXP — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Cheryl Waters presents a new mix of her current favorites, featuring a healthy dose of NW artists and enough beats, rock and grooves to take your mind off what ails ya. 1. Javelin - TWYCE 2. BK-One with Benzilla - The True and Living (ft. Raekwon and I Self Devine) 3. People Under the Stairs - Trippin' at the Disco 4. Betsy Olson - Waitin' 5. Fungi Girls - Dystopic Vision 6. Willowz - Destruction 7. Pufferfish - Wrecking Ball 8. Friday Mile - Lives of Strangers 9. The Crayon Fields - Mirrorball 10. Feral Children - On a Frozen Beach 11. Stripmall Architecture - We Wear Strings (LIVE on KEXP) 12. Beach House - Norway 13. Karl Blau - Dark Sedan 14. Maps - Let Go of the Fear 15. Elba - Wide Awake

Music That Matters, Vol. 177 - Mood Music For Winter

KEXP — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Morning Show host John Richards puts together his soundtrack to the dark days of winter with the best of this and next year in this moody mixed upbeat set. 1. BlakRoc - What You Do To Me 2. The Slew - It's All Over 3. HEALTH - Die Slowly 4. Los Campesinos! - There Are Listed Buildings 5. Rubik - Goji Berries (Live on KEXP) 6. The Union Line - Pearls 7. Wild Yaks - River May Come 8. Universal Studios Florida - Haze Coasting 9. Desolation Wilderness - San Francisco 2am 10. Animal Collective - What Would I Want? Sky 11. Moby - Mistake (Jeremy Wheatley English French Vox Mix Up) 12. Antibalas (feat. Mayra Vega) - Che Che Cole Makossa 13. King Coya - Villa Donde

Music That Matters, Vol. 176 - Surfer Blood on Virgin Islands

KEXP — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

In this breakthrough podcast, idealist DJ Kevin Cole and his kung fu fighting band of bands go ballistic on your ears! Includes Mexican Chili Taco Fiesta, The Bats, Laura Veirs and Gospel Gossip. 1. Surfer Blood - Floating Vibes 2. The Bats - Steppin Out 3. BOAT - We Want It! We Want It! 4. Laura Veirs - Sleeper In The Valley 5. Systems Officer - Pacer 6. The Ghost Is Dancing - Battles On 7. Macklemore - The Town 8. You Say Party! We Say Die! - Laura Palmer's Prom 9. Frank Turner - The Road 10. Gospel Gossip - Pre-Med (Just In Case) 11. Espers - Another Moon Song 12. Virgin Islands - The Age Of Anxiety 13. Mexican Chili Taco Fiesta - Tamales Oaxaquenos

Music That Matters, Vol. 175 - Pitch A Fit

KEXP — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

The days are getting shorter and darker and colder in Seattle. Brrrr. It's dark when you wake up and dark when you leave work. But even on the darkest and dreariest of days, you have a reason to be happy: because KEXP is here for you to listen to all day long. In this podcast, Cheryl Waters offers just a sampling of the beautiful and the bright and sunny tunes that she's singing and dancing along with right now. 1. Rodrigo and Gabriela - Hanuman 2. The Scotland Yard Gospel Choir - Sixteen Is Too Young 3. The Clientele - Harvest Time 4. Grand Archives - Oslo Novelist 5. Califone - Funeral Singers 6. The Maldives - Goodbye 7. Jason Lytle - Ghost of My Old Dog 8. Maserati - Monoliths 9. Vitalic - Poison Lips 10. Sin Fang Bous - Catch The Light 11. Little Pieces - One Million Feet Below 12. Port O'Brien - Leap Year 13. We All Have Hooks For Hands - Made Up Of Tiny Lights 14. Who Knew - Made Believe 15. Slender Means - Pitch a Fit

Music That Matters, Vol. 174 - Rachel Ratner's Cartographic Study of Musical Incest

KEXP — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Ever hear of 6-degrees of Kevin Bacon? Join DJ Rachel Ratner as she explores the interconnectedness of the Northwest's music scene. 1. The Shackles - Way Before We Got Orphan Blues 2. The Charming Snakes - Love Life 3. Coconut Coolouts - Tireshredding 4. Lamborghiniz - Take Them Drawls Off 5. The Lights - Nervous Breakdown 6. Love Tan - This Land is No Good 7. Factums - When 8. Intelligence - Astrology 9. Popular Shapes - Elevator Friends 10. Charles Leo Gebhardt IV - Look Out, Look In 11. Unnatural Helpers - Out of Touch 12. Double Fudge - Check Me Out for Yourself Take You For a Ride 13. Idle Times - Track 2 14. White Nights - Lights Out pt. 2 15. The Trashies - Science Suks 16. Spurm - Motivation 17. Partman Parthorse - Significant Bummer 18. Butts - Alcohol 19. K.H.V. - Crushin' Out! 20. The Hands - Arrows 21. The Hacks - Tiny Bones 22. Fee Fi Fo Fum - At the Funhouse 23. The Dutchess AND THE Duke - Scorpio 24. The Pulses - Future Home 25. Scraps Apollo - Scraps 26. Bird Language - Hard Not to Behave 27. Electric Blanket - Catch My Sister on Fire 28. Swimmers - Hot Pocket 29. consignment - Always Tired 30. Meth Teeth - Unemployment Forever

Music That Matters, Vol. 173 - A Little Less Homesick

KEXP — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

This "creepy yet exciting" Music That Matters podcast was recorded in a hidden basement in Brooklyn by John Richards and features the very best in the new music being played on the Morning Show with a ton of Seattle bands in the mix... making John feel a little less homesick. 1. Big Spider's Back - Perfect Machine 2. Islands - Vapour 3. The Mary Onettes - Dare 4. The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart - Higher Than The Stars 5. Drummer - Feel Good Together 6. Lou Barlow - Sharing 7. Fitz & The Tantrums - Breakin' The Chains Of Love 8. King Khan & BBQ Show - Invisible Girl 9. No Age - You're A Target 10. Nirvana - Scoff (live at the Pine Street Theatre, Portland) 11. BLK JKS - Lakeside 12. Lusine- Two Dots 13. Head Like A Kite - Thrones Of Glory 14. ZAZA - Sooner Or Later

Music That Matters, Vol. 172 - More Noise With Less Noise

KEXP — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

DJ Kevin Cole brings the noise. Warning: after listening to this podcast, you'll be running down the street in your underwear. 1. For A Minor Reflection - Converge ( live from Iceland Airwaves) 2. Strawberry Whiplash - Picture Perfect 3. The Tripwires - Look At It This Way 4. The Hold Steady - Both Crosses (from Live at KEXP Volume 5) 5. Grand Archives - Silver Among The Gold 6. Wax Tailor - Dragon Chasers 7. Brother Ali - The Travelers 8. Helladope - Just Do You Know 9. Andrew Bird - Oh No (Live at KEXP Volume 5) 10. A Sunny Day In Glasgow - Shy 11. FM Belfast - Underwear (live from Iceland Airwaves) 12. Forro In The Dark - Perro Loco

Music That Matters, Vol. 171 - Exploding Head

KEXP — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Cheryl Waters presents her latest collection of songs, some a little newer and some a little older, but all so good they'll make your noggin burst! 1. The Dutchess And The Duke - Hands 2. Le Loup - Beach Town 3. The Bottle Rockets - Kid Next Door 4. Thao With The Get Down Stay Down - Know Better Learn Faster 5. Fool's Gold - Surprise Hotel 6. The Raveonettes - Breaking Into Cars 7. The Juan McLean - One Day 8. Magic Wands - Black Magic 9. The Temper Trap - Sweet Disposition 10. The Asteroid No. 4 - Let It Go 11. Downpilot - Chelsea Turnaround 12. Rain Machine - Give Blood 13. Deastro - Greens, Grays, And Nordics 14. A Place To Bury Strangers - In Your Heart 15. {plus/minus] - Snowblind

Music That Matters, Vol. 170 - Survive With Style

KEXP — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Street Sounds host Larry Mizell Jr. brings a podcast of bangin' hip-hop from all over the map, figuratively and literally, with a healthy dose of hometown love. 1. Khingz - Bladed Poems 2. Fresh Espresso - Laserbeams 3. The Jacka - Won't Be Right 4. Fatal Lucciauno - Black Hearted 5. Diamond District - Who I Be 6. Helladope - Shine On 7. Tay Sean - Robin Hood 8. Shabazz Palaces - Sparkles 9. Champagne Champagne Magnetic Blackness (feat. THEESatisfaction) 10. THEESatisfaction - PTSD 11. The Physics - Radio Head (feat. THEESatisfaction) 12. Yirim Seck - Check 13. Rob Roy - Fur In My Cap 14. Mad Rad - Crack The Blunt (FILE JERKS Remix) 15. Symmetry and Ryan Lewis - Fireflies 16. Macklemore - The Town

Music That Matters, Vol. 169 - Whacked Out and Venting

KEXP — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

A delirious John Richards presents a collection of songs recorded smack in the middle of the 2009 Fall Membership Drive, but even while whacked out and venting, he still manages to pull out great new tune after another. 1. Middle East - Blood 2. Volcano Choir - Island, IS 3. Port Royal - The Photoshopped Prince 4. ArpLine - Cap (demo) 5. A Sunny Day in Glasgow - Failure 6. The Heavy - How Do You Like Me Now 7. Turbo Fruits - Want Some Mo 8. Visqueen - Hand Me Down 9. Sissy Wish - Float 10. Pretty Good Dance Moves - Leave Me Alone 11. Port O'Brien - My Will Is Good 12. Mason Jennings - City of Ghosts 13. The Blakes - So Easy 14. Pixie Carnation - When Did The Lights Go Out 15. Mum - If I Were A Fish

Music That Matters, Vol. 168 - Locals and Beyond, A Fall Mix

KEXP — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Join new overnight host DJ Tim as he brings you his current mix of local faves, nationals and beyond. All of the songs collected in this fall playlist remind him of his favorite time of year. So grab a warm sweater, get ready to watch the leaves fall, and enjoy. 1. Shenandoah Davis - Proof 2. Flexions - Fated Occupations 3. Miike Snow - Song For No One 4. Throw Me the Statue - Pistols 5. Le Loup - Forgive Me 6. Bird Announced Land - Sweet Dreams 7. Thee Satisfaction - Waltz 8. Black Whales - Diamond Divide 9. The Crayon Fields - All the Pleasures of the World 10. Slow Skate - Until your Satisfied

Music That Matters, Vol. 167 - Discover the Recipes You Are Using and Abandon Them

KEXP — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Step into the musical kitchen with Afternoon Show DJ Kevin Cole! He's serving up nothing but great new music, with heaping spoonfuls of dreamy electronica, energetic power-pop, and foot-tappin' country tinged rock... Dig in! 1. Visqueen - Ward 2. The Fucking Eagles - Gentlemen's Blues 3. M. Bison - Maybe 4. Lusine - Twilight 5. Atlas Sound - Quick Canal 6. YACHT - Psychic City (Voodoo City) 7. Speech Debelle - Spinnin' 8. D. Black - Yah Have Mercy 9. Mason Jennings - The Field 10. The Maldives - Blood Relations 11. The Foghorns - Old Bachelors in Cleveland 12. Still Life Still - Pastel Girls

Music That Matters, Vol. 166 - Spotlight on Decibel Festival 2009

KEXP — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700

DJ Alex shines a spotlight on select artists performing at this year's 6th annual Decibel Festival, Seattle's premier electronic music and arts event. Running from September 24-27, Decibel Festival will feature over 100 acts from 10 different countries, 30 of which will be making their live NW debut! Tune in to get a taste of this year's diverse and stacked roster, and check out www.dbfestival.com for more information! 1. Nosaj Thing - Lords 2. Nalepa - Flatlands (Nosaj Thing Remix) 3. Michna - Bumper Car Masters 4. Take - Northbound 5. [a]pendics.shuffle - Saw Saw Soup (Robag Wruhme Remix) 6. Mike Slott - Knock Knock 7. Sub Swara - Hi Fidelity (Shambhala Riddim) 8. Tim Exile - There's Nothing Left Of Me But Her And This 9. The Gaslamp Killer - Baiafro 10. Daedelus - I Took Two 11. Pezzner - Chapter_Two 12. Lusine - Gravity 13. Tycho - The Daydream 14. Benoit Pioulard - Hesperus 15. Mountains - Map Table 16. Christopher Willits - The Greatest Rain

Music That Matters, Vol. 165 - Wicked Blood

KEXP — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Cheryl Waters presents another collection of music that is wickedly good. 1. Sea Wolf - Wicked Blood 2. Blitzen Trapper - Black River Killer 3. Soft Black - The Earth Is Black 4. These United States - I Want You To Keep Everything 5. So Many Dynamos - New Bones 6. Shout Out Out Out Out - Bad Choices 7. Passion Pit - The Reeling 8. Metric - Gold Guns Girls 9. Bon Iver - Blood Bank 10. Nurses - Man At Arms 11. Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band - Who's Asking 12. Loney Dear - Airport Surroundings 13. Local Natives - Sun Hands 14. The Lonely Forest - We Sing In Time 15. Fruit Bats - The Ruminant Band 16. Cory Chisel and the Wandering Sons - Born Again

Music That Matters, Vol. 164 - Modern Metal Worth Mining

KEXP — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Heavy metal has always been a resilient genre with a fiercely devoted fan base, but in the last several years, an impressive strain of punk informed, independent metal artists have emerged, forging elements of classic hard rock to the brash spirit of underground and post-punk artists. What follows is a survey of some of the best newer artists operating in this genre, along with one deliciously noisy history lesson from one of its early frontrunners, the late, great Karp. 1. Children - Advanced Mind Control 2. Akimbo - Great White Bull 3. Red Fang - Prehistoric Dog 4. Black Elk - Stab 5. Big Business - I Got It On The Internet 6. Karp - Forget The Minions 7. Helms Alee - New Roll 8. The Sword - Frost Giant's Daughter 9. Mico de Noche - Magic Tomorrow 10. These Arms Are Snakes - Woolen Heirs

Music That Matters, Vol. 163 - A Lesson In Geography

KEXP — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Morning Show host John Richards brings you this podcast just in time for geography class -- 15 songs, 8 locations (NYC, Seattle, Scotland, Spain, Tacoma, LA, New Zealand, Hell). 1. Delorean - Deli 2. ArpLine - Fold Up Like A Piece Of Paper 3. The Redwood Plan - Push 4. The Ettes - No Home 5. Talbot Tagora - Mixed Signals Through Miles Of Pilgrimage 6. Dave Bazan - Bless This Mess 7. The Twilight Sad - Reflection Of Television 8. The Nightgowns - Animal Sound 9. The Clean - In The Dreamlife You Need A Rubber Soul 10. Falcatross - Momentum 11. Xylos - In The Bedroom 12. Pablo - Morning 13. Pela - Augustine (from Live at KEXP Volume Five) 14. Grand Hallway - Raindrops 15. Dead Man's Bones - My Body's A Zombie For You

Music That Matters, Vol. 162 - Affiliated Aerodynamic Radio Hunting

KEXP — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Afternoon Show DJ Kevin Cole has hunted down some of his favorite songs right now, perfect for soaring through the last days of summer. 1. Langhorne Slim - Say Yes 2. Young Fresh Fellows - Lamp Industries 3. The Bottle Rockets - Way It Used To Be 4. Naomi Shelton and The Gospel Queens - I'll Take The Long Road 5. Gregory Alan Isakov - Light Year 6. Wye Oak - Siamese 7. Fruit Bats - My Unusual Friend 8. The Redwood Plan - Movers, Shakers, Makers 9. Plastiscines - Barcelona 10. Capsula - Found and Lost 11. Ocote Soul Sounds - Pan 12. Louis La Roche - Me and Her 13. Bibio - S'Vive 14. The Soundcarriers - Glide

Music That Matters, Vol. 161 - Bumbershoot 2009 Sneak Preview

KEXP — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Kevin Cole presents the annual sneak preview of the Bumbershoot Music and Arts Festival, happening on Labor Day weekend, Sept 5-7. Listen to some of KEXP's favorite bands playing the festival at large and at our exclusive Music Lounge, which you can sign up for at www.kexp.org. 1. Hey Marseilles - From A Terrace (from Live at KEXP Volume Five) 2. Hotels - Kite Fight 3. Matt and Kim - Daylight 4. Natalie Portman's Shaved Head - Me + Yr Daughter 5. Akron/Family - Set 'Em Free 6. Common Market - Escaping Arkham 7. Gang Gang Dance - House Jam 8. Metric - Gun Gold Girls 9. The Whore Moans - Holy Fucking Moment (from Live at KEXP Volume Five) 10. Vivian Girls - All The Time 11. Michael Franti and Spearhead - Yell Fire 12. Sera Cahoone - Only As The Day Is Long 13. The Helio Sequence - Can't Say No 14. Point Juncture, WA - Melon Bird 15. Telekinesis! - Great Lakes

Music That Matters, Vol. 160 - Beats Ablaze

KEXP — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700

DJ Alex burns through 20 tracks that have recently made him go, "Damn! That's fresh!" Packed with new local cuts, funky psychedelic jams, breezy tropical sounds, and intense rhythmic excursions, "Beats Ablaze" is sure to soothe sunburns and melt minds. Enjoy! 1. Leyode - Elizabeth Chateau 2. Nosaj Thing - Coat of Arms 3. Grynch - Chemistry (f. One Be Lo) 4. Machine Drum - Let It (f. Melo-X) 5. Toro Y Moi - Blessa 6. Bibio - Jealous of Roses 7. Big Spider's Back - Warped 8. Yppah - Bobbie Joe Wilson 9. Clark - Growls Garden 10. Bike For Three! - Nightdriving 11. Sleepy Eyes of Death - Crushed By Stars (Truckasauras Remake) 12. The Gaslamp Killer - Anything Worse 13. Pictureplane - Goth Star 14. Black Mold - Finally Someone Invented A Teleporter! 15. Memory Cassette - Surfin (Sail A Whale Version) 16. Netherfriends - Nunya 17. City Center - Bleed Blood 18. Universal Studios Florida - Old Spooky and Moss Hut 19. Shad - I Heard You Had A Voice Like An Angel / Psalm 137 20. Mochipet - Roll Credits

Music That Matters, Vol. 159 - Lust for Life: Thoughts of PJ

KEXP — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700

This week's podcast was recorded while thinking of much loved KEXP volunteer, member, listener and friend PJ Welsh, who was struggling to hold onto life as she battled organ failure. A consummate music lover, PJ shared her enthusiasm and generosity with so many around her. She inspired me with her passion for so many things, music and otherwise, and with her lust for life. 1. The Cinematic Orchestra - To Build a Home 2. Star Anna and the Laughing Dogs - Through the Winter 3. Dear Tick - Easy 4. The Features - Lions 5. The Boy Least Likely To - Saddle Up 6. Final Spins - Let Me Fall 7. Earlimart - Song For 8. Caribou - Melody Day 9. Hey Marseilles - Rio 10. Eels - Fresh Blood 11. Jeremy Enigk - In a Look 12. Hypatia Lake - The General's Gleaming Edge 13. Viva Voce - Devotion 14. The Low Frequency In Stereo - Texas Fox 15. Minus The Bear - Knights 16. Bomba Estereo - Fuego

Music That Matters, Vol. 158 - Temperate Times

KEXP — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Breeze your way through DJ Shannon's warm seasonal mix and explore her latest international jams from The Temper Trap, Post War Years, The Silent Years, The Twilight Sad, Mew and Sad Day for Puppets, among others. Boost your mood immediately with feel good tunes. 1. The Temper Trap - Sweet Disposition 2. Post War Years - Whole World on Its Head 3. Plugs - All Them Witches 4. Chew Lips - Salt Air 5. Mad Rad - Sexy Bicycle 6. Fresh Espresso - Girls and Fast Cars 7. Engineers - Sometimes I Realise 8. Trailer Trash Tracys - Strangling Good Guys 9. The Twilight Sad - I Became A Prostitute 10. Mew - RepeaterBeater 11. Grizzly Bear - Cheerleader 12. Sad Day for Puppets - Little Light 13. The Silent Years - Taking Drugs At The Amusement Park 14. Alessi's Ark - Magic Weather

Music That Matters, Vol. 157 - Morning Show Podcast

KEXP — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700

John Richards presents a selection of his favorite songs from the Morning Show, including White Rabbits, The Fiery Furnaces, Generationals, Stellastarr*, Pela, Deerhunter, and Foreign Born. 1. Phantogram - When I'm Small 2. Deerhunter - Rainmaker Cassette Exchange 3. White Rabbits - Rudie Fails 4. Foreign Born - Vacationing People 5. La Strada - Sun Song 6. Generationals - Angry Charlie 7. The Nightgowns - Animal 8. Pela - Augustine (Live on KEXP) 9. The Fiery Furnaces - The End Is Near 10. Electric Tickle Machine - Part of Me 11. The Ettes - No Home 12. Ear Pwr - Epic Suitcase 13. Rubik - No Escape 14. Stellastarr* - Freak Out 15. Tosca - Joe Si Ha

Music That Matters, Vol. 156 - Northwest Festival Preview

KEXP — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Sunshine, drum circles and water parks aren't the only things that the summer months have to offer, there's also music festivals! DJ Sharlese gives you a preview of three summer festivals she's excited to attend: The Capitol Hill Block Party, What The Heck Fest, and PDX Pop Now! Yay for Summer! 1. Japandroids - Young Hearts Spark Fire 2. The Maldives - By The Wind Sailor (Live @ KEXP) 3. Mika Miko - Beat The Rush 4. They Live - Meth Heads 5. Cryptacize - Mythomania 6. Grouper - Heavy Water/I'd Rather Be Sleeping 7. The Vibrarians - The Woods 8. Arrington de Dionyso - Kedalaman Air 9. Benoit Poulard - Idyll 10. At Dusk - For a Reason 11. Magic Johnson - Las Malas 12. Dykeritz - Chasing the Wheel Away 13. Ethan Rose and Laura Gibson - Sun

Music That Matters, Vol. 155 - Bubblegum

KEXP — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Kevin Cole presents 14 songs to chew out a rhythm to on your bubblegum. 1. Dreamdate - 8 Sleeves 2. Liechtenstein - All At Once 3. Major Lazer - Hold The Line 4. Starfucker - Biggie Smalls 5. Fresh Espresso - Big Or Small 6. The Nightgowns - Narwhal Aerobics 7. Rancid - Let The Dominoes Fall 8. The Omens – Pray For You 9. Thunderheist - Bubblegum 10. Dirty Projectors - Stillness Is The Move 11. Star Lake Drownings - Where It All Began 12. Mochipet - Spring (Featuring Daedelus) 13. Zizek / Zonora Point - Huachita Rita 14. The Grouch and Eligh - All In

Music That Matters, Vol. 154 - Big Gay Podcast 2009

KEXP — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700

40 years after the Stonewall riots, the musical landscape of the queer community is more diverse than ever. For the 2009 edition of the "Big Gay Podcast," DJ El Toro rustled up tracks by 15 openly gay and lesbian artists or bands with prominent LGBT members, from Seattle and around the globe. From moody instrumentals and histrionic electronics, to tongue-in-cheek punk rock and a double-dose of lesbian hip hop, there's something for everyone on this special Pride podcast. 1. Grizzly Bear - He Hit Me (And It Felt Like A Kiss) 2. Thalia Zedek Band - We Don't Go 3. Flare - 4F 4. Final Fantasy - The Butcher 5. Lovers - How The Story Ends 6. Erik Blood - To Leave America 7. Yo! Majesty - Kryptonite Pussy 8. Team Gina - Butch/Femme 9. Khan of Finland - Who Never Rests 10. Circlesquare - Ten To One 11. The Redwood Plan - Expiration 12. Bob Mould - Argos 13. Tara Jane O'Neil - Pearl In Sand 14. Abe Vigoda - Heart 15. Hunx and His Punx - You Don't Like Rock N Roll

Music That Matters, Vol. 153 - Heart Sweats

KEXP — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Cheryl Waters brings you a collection of upbeat songs so good they'll give your heart a workout! 1. Wake the President - Professor 2. Black Moth Super Rainbow - Born On a Day the Sun Didn't Rise 3. Nicodemus - Sun Children 4. Cut Copy - Feel the Love 5. Japandroids - Heart Sweats 6. Kelley Stoltz - Your Reverie 7. The Builders and the Butchers - Barcelona 8. These United States - The Business 9. Hatcham Social - So So Happy Making 10. Strange Boys - This Girl Taught Me a Dance 11. King Khan and the Shrines - Land of the Freak 12. Ladyfinger (ne) - Work Party 13. Erik Blood - Home and Walk

Music That Matters, Vol. 152 - Songs for a Summer Evening

KEXP — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Quilty 3000 shares a selection of music perfect for a summer evening, to take you from sunset to dusk. 1. Dave Alvin and The Guilty Women - Nani and Jimi 2. Dex Romweber Duo - Pictures of You 3. Final Spins - Another Sunny Day 4. The Old Haunts - Volatile 5. Great Northern - Houses 6. Richard Swift - Lady Luck 7. Starlight Mints - Zoomba 8. Fleet Foxes - Mykonos 9. Green Pajamas - Any Way The Wind Blow 10. The Wooden Birds - False Alarm 11. Calexico - Two Silver Trees 12. Telekinesis - I Saw Lightning

Music That Matters, Vol. 151 - Summer Songs

KEXP — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700

John Richards searches for the perfect summer song as he plays a number of his recent favorites from the Morning Show. 1. Miike Snow - Animal 2. Arch Cupcake - Rubix Dude 3. Iran - Buddy 4. Wussy - Muscle Cars 5. Phoenix - Listamania 6. Escape Act - Cabin Fever 7. Threatmantics - Big Man 8. Bell X1 - The Ribs of a Broken Umbrealla 9. Erik Blood - To Leave America 10. Akron/ Family - The River 11. O + S - We Do What We Want To 12. Bill Callahan - All thoughts are Prey to Some Beast 13. Faunts - Alarmed/ Lights 14. Fever Ray - If I had a Heart 15. Alaska in Winter - The Homeless and the Hummingbirds 16. We Were Promised Jetpacks - Ships With Holes Will Sink

Music That Matters, Vol. 150 - No Fun: DJ Shani's Summertime Podcast!

KEXP — Fri, 29 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Explore DJ Shani's favorite new songs on her latest podcast. Travel to France, Poland, England, Germany, Portugal, and the US of A! Listen to some electronic beats, experimental landscapes, lo-fi garage rock, lazy summertime pop, and more. You'll find your favorite new songs for driving on a sunny summer's day, walking home on a warm summer's night, or lounging on the porch with a mint julep... or make that the beach... mmmm. 1. Sonny and The Sunsets - Strange Love 2. Dreamdate - 8 Sleeves 3. Dirty Projectors - Stillness is the Move 4. Vampire Hands - No Fun 5. Chain and The Gang - I See Progress 6. Moderat - Rusty Nails 7. Gala Drop - Crystal 8. Papercuts - Once We Walked in the Sunlight 9. Bibio - Carosello Ellitico 10. Night Control - Good Looks 11. Thee Oh Sees - Meat Step Lively 12. Cheveu - Like A Deer in the Headlights 13. Neon Indian - 6669 (I Don't Know If You Know) 14. Tammar - Weddle On 15. Speck Mountain - Angela 16. Jacaczek - Rytm to Niesmiertelnosc II

Music That Matters, Vol. 149 - The Gift That Keeps On Giving

KEXP — Fri, 22 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Kevin Cole does what your closest friend would do: he shares fifteen amazing songs with you including new music from John Vanderslice, Jeremy Enigk, and Superchunk. 1. BrakesBrakesBrakes - Ancient Mysteries 2. I Was A King - Norman Bleik 3. Fanfarlo - The Walls Are Coming Down 4. John Vanderslice - Too Much Time 5. Jeremy Enigk - Life's Too Short 6. Erik Blood - Broken Glass 7. Red Collar - The Astronaut 8. Common Market - Escaping Arkham 9. Bill Callahan - All Beasts Are Prey To Some Beast 10. Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band - Nikorette 11. An Horse - Postcards 12. Superchunk - Misfits and Mistakes 13. Pomegranates - Beachcomber 14. Au Revoir Simone - All Or Nothing 15. Potatofinger - Mocking The Mizer

Music That Matters, Vol. 148 - Slow and Pretty

KEXP — Fri, 15 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700

You've been waiting for it for nearly 150 podcasts: DJ Riz presents his first ever podcast featuring the kind of sonically beautiful mix you come to expect from his shows. It's like catching Riz on the radio late at night, but now you can take it on the go! 1. Bruno Colais - Fantastic Garden 2. My Brightest Diamond - My Golden Star (Alias mix) 3. Isan - Trois Gymnopedies 4. Nels Cline - Prayer Whee 5. Gutevolk - Planetarium 6. Helios - Halving The Compass 7. Voyager One - Beautiful Wreckage (Disinterested Mix) 8. Last Days - This Is Not An Ending 9. Lotus Plaza - Antoine 10. Do Make Say Think - Frediricia 11. Yasushi Yoshida - Picture Of Three Life 12. The Books - 8 Frame 13. Beach House - Apple Orchard 14. Port Royal - Flares Pt. 3 (Televise mix) 15. Gui Boratto - Godet

Music That Matters, Vol. 147 - From the Mess to the Masses

KEXP — Fri, 08 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Yowza! Cheryl Waters picks up the pace as she gathers her favorite songs that have come out recently, including a bunch of locals acts like Telekinesis and The Ironclads, blistering tracks from Elliott Brood and Chuck Prophet, and upbeat tunes from BrakesBrakesBrakes, The Thermals, Obits, and more! 1. Neko Case - People Got a Lotta Nerve 2. The Ironclads - Step to the Sea 3. Navigator vs. Navigator - Old Time Radio 4. White Rabbits - Percussion Gun 5. Phoenix - Lisztomania 6. Man Plus - 911 7. Elliott Brood - Fingers and Tongues 8. BrakesBrakesBrakes - Crush On You 9. Telekinesis - Great Lakes 10. Harlem Shakes - Sunlight 11. The Thermals - Now We Can See 12. Cymbals Eat Guitars - Cold Spring 13. Dan Deacon - Paddling Ghost 14. Obits - Pine On 15. Handsome Furs - I'm Confused 16. Parts and Labor - Nowheres Nigh 17. Buraka Som Sistema - Sound of Kuduro feat. DJ Znobia, M.I.A., Puto Prata 18. Chuck Prophet - A Woman's Voice (LIVE ON KEXP)

Music That Matters, Vol. 146 - Spring Fever

KEXP — Mon, 04 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700

You know the feeling. It's kinda still crappy out. But also summer's on the horizon. You want to party. You're craving BBQs and flip flops and hammocks and outdoor beverages. But it's too soon. You have to wait a bit longer. And it's driving you crazy. Fear not, KEXP DJ Rachel brings you some of her new favorite reissues, demos, new releases, and more to tide you over until summer starts for reals! Idle Times! Death! Chain and the Gang! The Lights! Let's get the party started... almost... 1. Pearly Gate Music - Gossimer Hair 2. The Intelligence - Debt and ESP 3. Colossal Yes - A Ballad Is The Air That You Breathe 4. Coconut Coolouts - Nerd Holocaust 5. The Lights - Famous Gunshots 6. Lamborginiz - Chunky Babies 7. Idle Times - Million Miles Away 8. Death - Freakin Out 9. Chain and the Gang - Interview w/ Chain and the Gang 10. They Live - Dro Bots 11. Religious Girls - Delora 12. Red Red Meat - Gauze 13. Triumph of Lethargy Skinned Alive to Death - Charlie Black 14. One Million Teeth - Silver Tongue 15. R. Stevie Moore - A clever combo 16. Herr Jazz - Hey Merlin, Thanks for the Free Coffee 17. Dan Melchior - Citadel

Music That Matters, Vol. 145 - The Big Apple and the Emerald City

KEXP — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700

John Richards collects some of the best new music from the cities where he spends his time, New York and Seattle, and redefines what is "local" to KEXP. 1. Baby Dayliner - You Push, I'll Go 2. Say Hi - Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh 3. Suckers - Beach Queen 4. The Fascination Movement - Just Pretend 5. Freshkills - Revelations (Nick Zinner Remix) 6. Born Anchors - In Disguise 7. Phosphorescent - Wolves (Live on KEXP) 8. BEADS - Evil 9. Iran - Buddy 10. Dyme Def - 11. Telepathe - So Fine 12. Elks - Collide 13. Matt and Kim - Daylight 14. Panda and Angel - The End Is Not So 15. Wild Yaks - River May Come

Music That Matters, Vol. 144 - Make Me Feel Brand New

KEXP — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700

DJ Alex is back with another adventurous mix exposing the latest in neck-breaking underground hip-hop, atmospheric electronic soundscapes, and moody psychedelic rock! With the flowers starting to bloom and the gorgeous Seattle summer looming on the horizon, it's a perfect time to give "Make Me Feel Brand New" a listen and feel refreshed, renewed, and reborn. 1. Exile - Frequency Modulation 2. Bullion - Long Promised 3. Foscil and Specs One - Trees 4. Zion I - Antenna 5. Sol - Road Is Rough 6. Keelay and Zaire - Alright With Me (feat. Dminor and Phonte) 7. Harmonic 313 - Falling Away 8. Yppah - Gumball Machine Weekend 9. Praveen and Benoit - To Scale (Landau Orchestra Remix) 10. Bell Orchestre - Elephants 11. Tammar - Emily's Army 12. Peasant - Exposure13. Sapient - Ellege (Inst.) 14. DM Stith - Pity Dance 15. Nite Club - Eff$ 16. MachineDrum - Late Night Operation (feat. Theophilus London) 17. Kid Sister - Get Fresh 18. Fresh Espresso - Gigantic 19. Big Spider's Back - Mind Grapes 20. Faunts - Feel.Love.Thinking.Of (Faunts Flto Mws Mix) 21. CFCF - You Hear Colours

Music That Matters, Vol. 143 - The Best Podcast Ever!

KEXP — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Kevin Cole presents "The Best Podcast Ever!" with new music from Grizzly Bear, Cursive, Akron/Family, Zion I and more! 1. Akron/Family - Set 'Em Free 2. Cloud Cult - Ghost Inside Our House 3. Zion I - Caged Bird Part 1 (feat. Brother Ali) 4. Bishop Allen - Oklahoma 5. Gun Outfit - Troubles Like Mine 6. Hotels - Kite Fight 7. Grizzly Bear - Cheerleader 8. Cursive From the Hips 9. El Ten Eleven - Jumping Frenchmen of Maine 10. The Beautiful Confusion - December Morning 11. The Love Language - Providence 12. Faded Paper Figures - North by North 13. Booka Shade - Charlotte

Music That Matters, Vol. 142 - 2009, A Memoir Thus Far

KEXP — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700

DJ Troy Nelson collects his favorite releases of Q1 09. 1. The Tallest Man on Earth - I Won't be Found 2. Deer Tick - Ashamed 3. Bosque Brown - So Loud 4. Black Lips - Short Fuse 5. Abe Vigoda - Don't Lie 6. Sholi - Tourniquet 7. Erik Blood - To Leave America 8. Trentalange - Ultimate Machine 9. Jogger - Nice Tights 10. Cotton Jones - Gotta Cheer Up 11. El Goodo - Aren't You Grand 12. Shawn Lee - Jigsaw (featuring Nicole Willis) 13. Gui Boratto - Take My Breath Away 14. DJ Signify - Low Tide 15. Dan Deacon - Snookered

Music That Matters, Vol. 141 - Untie Me

KEXP — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Cheryl Waters presents an unfettered mix of new songs that will set you free from the workday world, including the latest from Andrew Bird, Army Navy, Clem Snide, and many others. 1. Andrew Bird - Anonanimal 2. Bon Iver - Blood Bank 3. Vetiver - Everyday 4. Clem Snide - Me No 5. Beirut - The Akara 6. Loveland - Give Me Grace 7. Army Navy - Saints 8. Malajube - Ursuline 9. Ezra Furman and The Harpoons - We Should Fight 10. Peter Bjorn and John - Nothing To Worry About 11. The Love Language - Lalita 12. Obits - Pine On 13. North Twin - Clear As Day 14. N.A.S.A. - The People Tree (feat. David Byrne, Chali 2na, Gift of Gab and Z-Trip)

Music That Matters, Vol. 140 - SXSW: High Expectations

KEXP — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0700

DJ Shannon is off on another new music adventure to Austin for SXSW. She's seeking out the best new bands, as well as her long-time fave Blur guitarist Graham Coxon (exclusive track) from his new solo album. 1. Slow Club - Let's Fall Back in Love 2. Graham Coxon - Sorrow's Army 3. We Were Promised Jetpacks - Ships With Holes Will Sink 4. Peggy Sue - Alice in the Kitchen 5. Come On Gang! - Wheels 6. Shilpa Ray and Her Happy Hookers - Filthy and Free 7. Pete and the Pirates - Bright Lights 8. DANANANANAYKROYD - Pink Sabbath 9. Screaming Tea Party - I'd Rather Be Stuck On The Stair Rail 10. The Transpersonals - Twenty Twelve 11. Late of the Pier - Space and The Woods 12. Friends Electric – Hours 13. We Have Band - Hear It in the Cans 14. Bell - New Bridge

Music That Matters, Vol. 139 - Shake Well After Using

KEXP — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0700

John Richards presents another collection of the latest and greatest from the Morning Show in this Music That Matters podcast, flush with human relationships, bodies of water, the beach, and bonding through good hygiene. Check out new music from Andrew Bird, Harlem Shakes, Balmorhea, and more. 1. Harlem Shakes - Strictly Game 2. See Me River - Ed Jackson 3. Surf City - Dickshakers Union 4. Japandroids - Young Heart Sparks Fire 5. O+S - We Do What We Want To 6. Peter Broderick - And It's Alright 7. The Walkmen - Donde Esta la Playa 8. Balmorhea - Remembrance 9. Andrew Bird - Fitz and Dizzyspells 10. BLK JKS - Lakeside 11. Miike Snow - Burial (Dj Mehdi Remix) 12. Iran - Buddy 13. The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - Stay Alive

Music That Matters, Vol. 138 - Cabin Fever

KEXP — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Saturday afternoon host Quilty 3000 brings you a collection of songs guaranteed to chase away winter. Enjoy new local music, upcoming releases, and some current favorites while counting down the days till the Spring Equinox. 1. The Thermals - Now We Can See 2. Gunbunny - Hidden 3. The Pica Beats - Poor Old Ra 4. Say Hi - November Was White December Was Grey 5. Damian Jurado - Gillian Was A Horse 6. Robyn Hitchcock - I'm Falling 7. Mazes - I Have Laid In the Darkness 8. Bob Mould - The Silence Between Us 9. Nada Surf - See These Bones 10. New Ruins - Lake 11. I'm Not Jim - Uncomplicated 12. Horse Feathers - Curs in the Weeds 13. N.A.S.A. - Spacious Thoughts 14. RH+ - Curb

Music That Matters, Vol. 137 - Make a Blank Valuable by Putting It in an Exquisite Frame

KEXP — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0800

KEXP afternoon show host Kevin Cole shares some of his current faves from around the world. Hear exotic pop from Iceland, bubblegum pop from Scotland, Afro-Latin rhythms from Peru, and new music from Seattle's The Redwood Plan and Hotels. No exquisite frame necessary! 1. Bubblegum Lemonade - A Billion Heartbeats 2. Asobi Seksu - Layers 3. Hotels - Kite Fight 4. The Redwood Plan - Something To Prove 5. Pretty and Nice - Stop/Start 6. Novalima - Coba Guarango 7. Sin Fang Bous - Melt Down The Knives 8. The Hermit Crabs - I Don’t Know How 9. Eleni Mandell - It Wasn’t The Time (It Was the Color) 10. Robyn Hitchcock - Up To Our Nex 11. Tommy Keene - Tomorrow’s Gone Tonight 12. Kinky - Fuego En La Fabrica 13. Late of the Pier - Space and the Woods 14. Branden Daniel and Everybody Gets Laid - Lua

Music That Matters, Vol. 136 - Something About A Piano

KEXP — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0800

DJ El Toro thinks the folks at Steinway and Sons slipped something in his drink. He entered the KEXP production studios with no greater intention than to compile some of his favorite new tunes. But when his podcast was finished, there seemed to be a lot of pianos - some grand, some not so - and even a Casiotone in the mix. Then again, at least one ukulele pops up, too, so perhaps he's paranoid. But if you find yourself feeling compelled to play "Chopsticks" after listening, please notify the proper authorities at once. 1. Hauschka - Tagtraum 2. Eleni Mandell - Personal 3. Circlesquare - Dancers 4. Psapp - Fickle Ghost 5. Azita - How Will You 6. The Bad Plus - Fém 7. Dent May and His Magnificent Ukulele - Meet Me in the Garden 8. Vetiver - Another Reason to Go 9. Free Blood - Royal Family 10. Kurt Vile - Freeway 11. Spook the Horse - Jackrabbit 12. Ursula 1000 - I.C.O.M.E. 13. Telefon Tel Aviv - Helen of Troy 14. Sleepy Eyes of Death - Pulse from Breath 15. Seeland - Colour Dream 16. Casiotone for the Painfully Alone - Lesley Gore on the T.A.M.I. Show 17. Ran Blake - You Are My Sunshine

Music That Matters, Vol. 135 - Local Variety Dance Party Mix

KEXP — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Audioasis Producer Sharlese and her assistant Reese have a lot in common, including a shared appreciation for cupcakes and pounding the pavement in search of new and exciting bands from the Northwest. Indulge your sweet tooth in some of their favorite Northwest finds of the beginning of 2009. 1. Fresh Espresso - Show Me How You Do 2. The Beats, Man - Freedomtown 3. Photosynthesis - 9th Street 4. KHV (Katharine Hepburn's Voice) - Crushin' Out 5. Weekend - Tait Toi Sois Belle 6. Grynch - It's Go Time 7. TacocaT - Volcano 8. Dyme Def - 3 Bad Brothaaas (remix) 9. The Last Slice of Butter - Family 10. D. Black - On The Go 11. CMYK - Last Dance

Music That Matters, Vol. 134 - Your Style Won't Survive You

KEXP — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Join DJ Alex for a funky fresh mix of kinetic new tunes that will leave you shaking your booty, tickling your brain, and bobbing your head to the sounds of the underground. 1. Balmorhea - Settler 2. Koushik - Welcome 3. Flying Lotus - Camel (Nosaj Thing Remix) 4. Osborne - Hydragilm Exit 5. Destruments - The Get Down 6. Calmer - Past Is Present 7. KILN - Marigold Bunker 8. New Villager - Rich Doors 9. Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Can't Hear My Eyes 10. Tussle - Elephants Meandering (Sal Principato and Dennis Young Remix) 11. Roots Manuva - Let the Spirit (Hot Chip Remix) 12. Zion I - DJ DJ 13. Buraka Som Sistema - D...D...D...D...Jay 14. Home Video - I Can Make You Feel It 15. KiD CuDi - Day 'n' Nite (Jori Hulkkonen Remix) 16. Grampall Jookabox - Let's Go Mad Together 17. The Bran Flakes - What It's All About 18. Charles Trees - Memories 19. CYNE - Fall Through Atlantis 20. Aether - Anywhere 21. Hudson Mohawke - Star Crackout 22. Hauschka - Freibad 23. Dyme Def - Fresh In My Kicks 24. Circle Research - This Is A Recording 25. Black Milk - Give the Drummer Sum 26. Eliot Lipp - Sentinel 27. Benoît Pioulard - Ragged Tint 28. Marie Siouxx - Love Song 29. Daedelus - C'Est Super 30. Surkin - Chrome Knight (f. Chromeo) 31. Lemonade - Big Weekend (Delorean Remix)

Music That Matters, Vol. 133 - That's What She Said

KEXP — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0800

2009 is off to a great start, what with sunny days in Seattle, the startings of change in D.C., "Lost" starting up again... and some great music too! On her 4th podcast, DJ Shani presents new songs that are getting her revved up for another kickass year of music. 1. The Week That Was - It's All Gone Quiet 2. Minotaur Shock - This Plane is Going To Fall 3. Wet Hair - Saturn 4. Wizzard Sleeve - Pterodactyl Meltdown 5. That Ghost - Open Windows 6. Yussuf Jerusalem - Greetings From Novi Sad 7. Palms - Monte Alban 8. Telepathe - The Devil's Trident 9. Grouper - Heavy Water/I'd Rather Be Sleeping 10. Cold Cave - The Trees Grew Emotions and Died 11. Fennesz - Saffron Revolution 12. Suzy Mangion - Many Happy Returns 13. Ulaan Khol - Untitled III 14. Donovan Quinn and The 13th Month - Dark Motel 15. Fire on Fire - Assanine Race 16. Zu - Erinys 17. Meneguar - Let Us Decide 18. Hunx and His Punx - Gimmie Gimmie Back Your Love

Music That Matters, Vol. 132 - Second Sonic Reducer Punkcast

KEXP — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Welcome to the Music that Matters Punkcast. Join Sonic Reducer co-host Nick Turner for a tasting of 2008's best loud, fast, abrasive and generally disconcerting sounds. Fresh misanthropic tendencies, served with a side of lo-fi weirdness. Cocktail attire suggested. 1. Sex Vid - Footsteps 2. Mayyors -?? 3. Mutators - Forever 4. Kim Phuc - Wormwood Star 5. Snake Apartment - Pigs is Pigs 6. AFCGT - Lost 7. Lords of Light - Just a Taste 8. Pig Heart Transplant - untitled 9. Running for Cover - Tunnels 10. Failures - Crowning Achievement 11. Cult Ritual - Guiltless/Electric Depression 12. Men's Interest - untitled 13. Mentally Challenged - False False Memories 14. Mind Eraser - Unconscious

Music That Matters, Vol. 131 - Gotta Get Through To Ya

KEXP — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Kick back and enjoy another great collection of songs gathered by Midday Show host Cheryl Waters as she offers a variety of musical gems for your appraisal. 1. The Dears - Disclaimer 2. Blitzen Trapper - Furr 3. Her Space Holiday - Just Another Day 4. Deer Tick - These Old Shoes 5. Hush Arbors - Follow Closely 6. Final Fantasy - This Lamb Sells Condos 7. Point Juncture, WA - Melon Bird 8. Pablo - Hey Luci 9. Apples In Stereo - 7 Stars 10. Davila 666 - Basura 11. John Vanderslice - White Dove 12. Deerhunter - Nothing Ever Happened 13. All The Saints - Regal Regalia 14. Broken Social Scene Presents Kevin Drew - Frightening Lives

Music That Matters, Vol. 130 - We Live On In Our Song

KEXP — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Afternoon Show host Kevin Cole looks back at some of the best, and perhaps overlooked, songs of 2008. 1. Bon Iver - Skinny Love 2. Joshua Morrison - Home 3. Grand Archives - Torn Blue Foam Couch 4. Air France - Collapsing at Your Doorstep 5. Say Hi - Northwestern Girls 6. Dears - Disclaimer 7. Cloud Cult - The Ghost inside Our House 8. Hazelwood Motel - Break Myself In Two 9. Elliott Brood - Write It All Down For You 10. Mochipet - Sharp Drest 11. Extra Golden - Obama (live at KEXP) 12. The Acorn - The Flood Pt 1 13. Frightened Rabbit - I Feel Better 14. Bang Bang Eche - 4 to the Floor

Music That Matters, Vol. 129 - DJ Shannon's 2008 Favourite Things

KEXP — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Many of DJ Shannon's past podcast songs are on her top albums of 2008. Let's review another awesome year for music with live Helio Sequence, The Last Shadow Puppets, Of Montreal, plus her #1 album faves Foals. 1. Foals - Balloons 2. MGMT - Time to Pretend 3. The Last Shadow Puppets - Standing Next to Me (Live) 4. Frightened Rabbit - Old Old Fashioned 5. Mason Proper - Lock and Key 6. The Helio Sequence - Can't Say No 7. Wild Beasts - Brave Buldging Bouyant Clairvoyants 8. Of Montreal - An Eluardian Instance (Live on KEXP) 9. Fleet Foxes - Oliver James (from "Live at KEXP Volume Four") 10. Lykke Li - I'm Good I'm Gone 11. Chairlift - Evident Utensil 12. Hercules and Love Affair - Hercules Theme 13. South - Better Things 14. British Sea Power - Waving Flags

Music That Matters, Vol. 128 - You Can't Say Baby Butt Pants

KEXP — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0800

John Richards takes a break from making year-end Top 10 lists to gather some of his favorite songs of 2008 that might have been off the radar and not on a lot of critics' lists. And, as he looks ahead to the future, could it be "Baby Butt Pants" topping next year's lists? That's Arlie's prediction anyway. 1. Secret Machines - Now You're Gone 2. Talkdemonic - Duality Of Deathening 3. School of Seven Bells - Face To Face on High Places 4. David Byrne and Brian Eno - Strange Overtones 5. Quiet Village - Keep On Rolling 6. Flying Lotus - Camel 7. Fannypack - The Theme from Frank 8. The Very Sexuals - Carla 9. The Moondoggies - Changing 10. AC Berkheimer - For He's Not There 11. Autodrone - Strike A Match 12. Love Is All - Wishing Well 13. Longwave - No Direction 14. James Yorkston - When the Haar Rolls In

Music That Matters, Vol. 127 - NW Series #5: South Puget Sound

KEXP — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0800

DJ Sharlese continues her series of regional Northwest bands, this time focusing on the variety of sounds coming from the south of Puget Sound. In this volume, you'll hear a selection of bands and artists mainly from Tacoma, WA, but also from Auburn and Olympia. 1. Paris Spleen - Tamby 2. People Under The Sun - Weird Liars In Love 3. Friskey - Hershey Kiss 4. Wallpaper - Shag Carpet 5. Makeup Monsters - Calamine 6. The Elephants - Humans Extinct 7. David Wolf - Nocnitsa feat. Jesse Hill of The Next Door Neighbors 8. Clemm Rishad - Sky 9. Kusikia - Heart 10. The Drug Purse - Upside Down Girl 11. Umber Sleeping - The Sky Show 12. Don’t Tell Sophie - Look No Cavities 13. The Fucking Eagles - Out Of This World 14. Can-U - Don’t Walk Away 15. Lozen - So Long

Music That Matters, Vol. 126 - From Stardust to Sentience

KEXP — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0800

On his latest podcast, Afternoon Show host Kevin Cole ascends to transcendence with High Places, enters the majestic School of Seven Bells, and spools out the heavenly Weird Tapes. Fourteen songs -- all soaringly good! 1. The Lucksmiths - Good Light 2. Gang Gang Dance - House Jam 3. Fort Knox Five - Sao Funky 4. I Led 3 Lives - House of Ahmet 5. High Places - From Stardust to Sentience 6. School of Seven Bells - Iamundernodisguise 7. Weird Tapes - The Heavens 8. Marianne Dissard - Le Lendemain 9. Butcher The Bar - Sex Szene 10. Larkin Grimm - Ride That Cyclone 11. caUSE co-MOTION! - Which Way Is Up? 12. Private Dancer - She's A Company Man 13. Parts and Labor - Nowheres Nigh 14. The Tough Alliance - Neo Violence

Music That Matters, Vol. 125 - The Truth

KEXP — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Yo, it’s definitely time for you to add another hip-hop mixtape to your collection. KEXP’s DJ Chilly collects some of his favorite tracks from 2008 for this uninterrupted mix: 80 minutes of hip-hop’s finest MCs, DJs and producers. There’s a wide range of flavors here from the West, East, Midwest, and right here in the 206. 1. Jake One – The Truth (feat. Freeway and Brother Ali) 2. Atmosphere – Shoulda Known 3. Presto – Conquer Mentally (Large Pro Remix) (feat. Sadat X, O.C. and Large Professor) 4. EMC – Leak It Out 5. Madlib – Blindfold Test #10 (feat. J-Rocc) 6. The Mighty Underdogs – War Walk (feat. Chali 2na, Raashan Ahmad, Tash, and Zumbi) 7. DJ Muggs and Planet Asia – Pain Language 8. RZA as Bobby Digital – U Can’t Stop Me Now (feat. Inspectah Deck) 9. Factor – Lonely City (feat. Moka Only) 10. Common Market – Trouble Is 11. Grip Grand – Showtime (That’s Entertainment) 12. The Cool Kids – Black Mags 13. Champagne Champagne – Soda and Pop Rocks 14. Azeem – Latin Revenge 15. People Under The Stairs – Up Yo Spine 16. J-Live – The Upgrade (feat. Oddisee and Posdanous) 17. Lyrics Born – I Like It, I Love It 18. The High Decibels – Eye Of The Storm 19. Large Pro – Hot: Sizzling, Scorching, Torching, Blazing 20. Brooklyn Academy – Black Out (feat. Jean Grae) 21. GZA – Alphabets 22. The Gigantics – The Explanation (feat. Aesop Rock, Reason, Eligh) 23. Bash Bros. – Rock The Spot (Allstar Remix) (feat. Sean Price, Rakaa, Reef, Verbal Kent, Motion Man, Chali 2na and Big Pooh)

Music That Matters, Vol. 124 - Aloha and Mahalo

KEXP — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Midday Show host Cheryl Waters recorded this latest podcast just three days before leaving for a week's vacation. Two nights before, some dear friends asked if she wanted to go to Kauai with them. Of course, she said "Heck yeah!" and bought a plane ticket that night and was as excited by her spontaneity as she was about going to Hawaii. Before jetting away, though, she wanted to share a bundle of great music with you to enjoy. Aloha and Mahalo! 1. Stars - The Night Starts Here 2. She Keeps Bees - Gimmie 3. See Me River - Wake Up Are You Wasted 4. Blind Pilot - Go On, Say It 5. The Henry Clay People - Rock and Roll Has Lost Its Teeth 6. Constantines - Our Age 7. Au - rr vs. d 8. The Mae Shi - Run To Your Grave 9. Tobacco - Hairy Candy 10. Larytta - Bauch Amp 11. Ursula 1000 - Electrik Boogie (Fort Knox Five Remix) 12. Junior Senior - Can I Get Get Get 13. King Khan and the Shrines - Outta Harm's Way 14. DJ Bitman - Ejale!

Music That Matters, Vol. 123 - Fall Flu Shot Mix Tape

KEXP — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0800

DJ Rachel gives you an anti-viral shot in the arm of new, unreleased, and up-and-coming artists in this Fall Flu Shot Mix Tape, which will keep you company during these cold almost-winter nights. Put on your favorite slippers, grab a cup of hot tea, take a few shots of your preferred cough syrup, sit back and enjoy the ride! 1. Leo Gebhardt IV - Unfaithful 2. Lady Dottie and the Diamonds - I Ain't Mad At Ya 3. Marni Stern - Transformer 4. David Byrne and Brian Eno - Strange Overtones 5. Nobunny - I Know I Know 6. Raggedy Anns - Prospector Joe 7. Golden Triangle - Prize Fighter 8. So Cow - So Cow vs. The Future 9. Mika Miko - Capricorinations 10. Mad Rad - My Product 11. Frustration - We Have Some 12. Black Orphan - Video Kids 13. Wavves - Wavves 14. Gang Gang Dance - Princes

Music That Matters, Vol. 122 - The Only Road I've Ever Been Down

KEXP — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Morning Show host John Richards presents your soundtrack for walking the streets and getting where you need to go. Remember the video for "Bitter Sweet Symphony"? Same deal, but more bad ass. 1. Bound Stems - Taking Tips From the Gallery Gang 2. Bang Bang Eche - 4 To the Floor 3. One Day as a Lion - Wild International 4. Ten Kens - Bear Fight 5. Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson - Woodfriend 6. All the Saints - Sheffield 7. Cold War Kids - I've Seen Enough 8. Man Plus - A Ghost Is A Ghost Is A Ghost (remix) 9. Passion Pit - I've Got Your Number 10. The King Left - The Storm In A Teacup 11. The Mugs - Could It Be 12. Rodriguez - Crucify Your Mind 13. Horse Feathers - Rude To Rile

Music That Matters, Vol. 121 - Art On My Sleeve

KEXP — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700

When DJ El Toro was in high school, he had a quote taped inside his composition book that read, "Sometimes we get bored. So we dye our hair." And boy did he: Orange, magenta, forest green. (That last one was an accident. Damn chlorinated pools.) This podcast celebrates the joys of an ever-evolving, polychromatic aesthetic, via a set of inspired, arty tunes - plus a couple of foot-stompers and booty-shakers. Colorful? Yes. Hair-raising? You be the judge. 1. The Week That Was - Learn To Learn 2. Simon Bookist - Carbon 3. Lake - Blue Ocean Blue 4. Mercury Rev - People Are So Unpredictable 5. The Dead Science - Throne (The Jump Off) 6. School of Seven Bells - Half-Asleep 7. Yo Majesty! - Booty Klap 8. Koushik - Be With 9. Ponytail - Late For School 10. Dungen - Det Tar Tid 11. Arthur Russell - Close My Eyes 12. O'Death - Mountain Shifts 13. Parenthetical Girls - Song for Ellie Greenwich 14. The Vivian Girls - All The Time

Music That Matters, Vol. 120 - Names Only a Mother Could Love

KEXP — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Not only do you get some pretty awesome catchy songs, selected by DJ Shannon, but think about how excited you’ll get reciting the song “Brave Bulging Buoyant Clairvoyant” and saying the band “Bryan Scary and the Shredding Tears” to your friends. Even your mom will smile. 1. Wild Beasts - Brave Bulging Buoyant Clairvoyant 2. Bryan Scary and the Shredding Tears - The Imitation of the Sky 3. The XYZ Affair - Evening Life 4. The Black Ghosts - Repetition Kills Me 5. Chairlift - Bruises 6. Telepathe - Chrome's On It 7. Florence and the Machine - Kiss with a Fist 8. Hello Saferide - Anna 9. Last Shadow Puppets - Standing Next to Me (acoustic) 10. The Vanguard - The Antidote's Retreat 11. The Sugars - Black Friday

Music That Matters, Vol. 119 - Benevolent of the Dandy

KEXP — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Odes to adolescence, Cracker Jack boxes, and drumming mannequins -- you'll find it all in Kevin Cole's mix of 16 awesome new songs, from the deep groove of Thievery Corporation to the pop-punk of All Girl Summer Fun Band! 1. The Moondoggies - Changing 2. Bound Stems - Happens To Us All Otherwise 3. Crooked Fingers - Your Control 4. Stars - 14 Forever 5. Mercury Rev - Butterfly's Wings 6. Starfucker - Holly 7. Populous with Short Stories - Man Overboard 8. Thievery Corporation - Radio Retaliation 9. Jake One - The Truth 10. Subswara - TKM 11. Ani DiFranco - Alla This 12. Steve Wynn - Manhattan Fault Line 13. Stuporhero - Cyclops 14. All Girl Summer Fun Band - Something New 15. Minisnap - Leave It To You 16. The Spinto Band - Summer Grof

Music That Matters, Vol. 118 - Raise You From the Dead

KEXP — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Midday host Cheryl Waters presents a mix of songs that will lift your soul and help you forget the dark days ahead. 1. Rodriguez - Cold Fact 2. David Vandervelde - Hit the Road 3. Neil Halstead - Queen Bee 4. Karl Blau - Mockingbird Diet 5. Human Highway - The Sound 6. Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson - My Good Luck 7. The Broken West - Auctioneer 8. Natalie Portman's Shaved Head - Me + Yr Daughter 9. Lyrics Born - I Like It, I Love It 10. Pop Levi - Dita Dimone 11. The Herbaliser - On Your Knees (feat. Jessica Darling) 12. Ulrich Schnauss - Stars 13. Voyager One - The Future Is Obsolete 14. New Faces - Ms. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang 15. These United States - Honor Among Thieves 16. Shane Tutmarc and the Traveling Mercies - Hey Lazarus!

Music That Matters, Vol. 117 - A Bunch of Badass Songs

KEXP — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Morning Show host John Richards presents a bunch of badass songs for this week's Music That Matters podcast. What more do you want? 1. Yeasayer - 2080 (from "Live AT KEXP Volume Four") 2. XX Teens - How To Reduce The Chances of Being a Terror Victim 3. The Airborne Toxic Event - Sometime Around Midnight 4. Air France - Collapsing at Your Doorstep 5. Alaska in Winter - Close Your Eyes-Dance Party in the Balkans 6. Takka Takka - Silence 7. Hazelwood Motel - Erased 8. Dr. Dog - The Old Days 9. Glasvegas - Flowers and Football (demo) 10. The War on Drugs - Taking The Farm 11. The Gaslight Anthem - The '59 Sound 12. Elliott Brood - Write It All Down For You 13. King Khan and the Shrines - Land of the Freak 14. The Last Shadow Puppets - My Mistakes Were Made for You (recorded live at Avatar Studios) 15. XX Teens - Darlin'

Music That Matters, Vol. 116 - Spotlight on Decibel Festival 2008

KEXP — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0700

DJ Alex shines a spotlight on select artists performing at this year's 5th annual Decibel Festival, Seattle's premier electronic music event! Running from September 25th to September 28th, Decibel Festival will feature over 120 acts from 12 different countries, organized within 25 showcases across 11 different venues. Tune in to get a taste of this year's diverse and stacked roster, and check out www.dbfestival.com for more information! 01. Balún - A Surprise 02. Nalepa - Monday (The Glitch Mob Remix) 03. Jahcoozi - Gameboy 04. KiloWatts - Snakewinds 05. Lusine - Still Frame (Lusine Remix) 06. Jeremy Ellis - I Believe 07. Helios - The Obeisant Vine 08. Eluvium - Requiem on Frankfort Ave. 09. Tycho - The Daydream 10. The Sight Below - A Fractured Smile 11. The Bug - Insane (f. Warrior Queen) 12. Truckasauras - Ain't No Danbo (When He's Gone) 13. Barbara Morgenstern - The Operator 14. Dave Pezzner - Other Lover 15. Flying Lotus - Parisian Goldfish 16. Supermayer - The Art of Letting Go

Music That Matters, Vol. 115 - DJ Shani's Local Picks

KEXP — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Music That Matters, Vol. 115 - DJ Shani's Local Picks DJ Shani presents her current favorite Seattle bands in her 3rd Music That Matters Podcast. Check it out to hear new or unreleased tracks from bands like Panda and Angel, Truckasauras, Past Lives, AFCGT, The Curious Mystery, and more! 1. Love Tan - Ring Ring 2. Past Lives - Reverse The Curse 3. Portable Morla - Ode To A Willow 4. Mars Accelerator - Slow Science (When You're Right, You're Right) 5. The Curious Mystery - Outta California 6. Flexions - Ex-boss 7. Arbitron - Purge 8. The Limbs - Five Four 9. The Dead Science - Make Mine Marvel 10. Sokai Stilhed - Raw 11. Unlearn - Still Life With Actress 12. Panda and Angel - Make It Easier 13. Diminished Men - A Housewive's Dram 14. The Sea Donkeys - Lost At Sea 15. AFCGT - 2 Legged Dog 16. Truckasauras - Angels Sound Like Bottle Rockets 17. Daguerreotypes - Telegram to Tegucigalpa 18. The Luna Moth - Ghost Lilies Of The Whale Time

Music That Matters, Vol. 114 - Let's Ride

KEXP — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Buckle up for "Let's Ride," DJ Alex's latest mix of adventurous new sounds, highlighting the best of progressive beats, moody grooves, and psychedelic jams! 1. Buff1 - I Know the Secret 2. Koushik - Lying in the Sun 3. Andy Combs and the Moth - Let's Ride 4. Head Like A Kite - Daydream Vacation (Boom Bip's Homecoming Remix) 5. Azeda Booth - In Red 6. Matters and Dunaway - Memorial 7. Champagne Champagne - Cover Girls 8. Alias - I Heart Drum Machines 9. C-Rayz Walz and Kosha Dillz - I Love Jews 10. Circle Research - Nothing Can Save You 11. Stereo Image - Exposure 12. The Chap - Ethnic Instrument 13. Icy Demons - Miami Ice 14. Poni Hoax - Antibodies 15. Tussle - Rainbow Claw 16. Ponytail - Beg Waves 17. High Places - Head Spins (Extended Version) 18. John Matthias - Evermore 19. Prolyphic and Reanimator - Two Track Mind 20. Common Market - Tobacco Road

Music That Matters, Vol. 113 - NW Series #4: Portland

KEXP — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700

DJ Sharlese continues her series of regional Northwest bands, this time focusing on the variety of sounds coming out of Stumptown. In this volume, you'll hear a selection of her favorite bands performing at Musicfest NW on September 3rd - 6th. 1. The Shaky Hands - World’s Gone Mad 2. The Helio Sequence - Keep Your Eyes Ahead 3. The Whips and The Whales - I Thought I Walked 4. Horse Feathers - Albina 5. The Joggers - Golden Wage 6. Spoon - You Got Yr. Cherry Bomb 7. Starfucker - German Love 8. Atole - Satyricow (Copy Remix) 9. Lackthereof - Choir Practice 10. Animal Farm - Move It 11. Rachel Taylor Brown - Stagg Field 12. Blitzen Trapper - Crushing The Wheat 13. Boy Eats Drum Machine - The Crack In The Sea 14. Southern Belle - Sunnyside 15. Swim Swam Swum - Not In Your Way 16. White Fang - My Invisiable Hands 17. Dykeritz - The Apple Is Blue 18. We’re From Japan! - Extraneous Zoo Animal

Music That Matters, Vol. 112 - Meet Me at the Audioasis

KEXP — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Hannah Levin has been hosting KEXP’s long-running local music show, Audioasis, for a little over a year and a half now, and one of the most enjoyable parts of her job is the thrill of our weekly in-studio performances. Every Saturday evening between 6 and 9 p.m., KEXP invites two local bands to stop by and play a few songs. We’ve been fortunate enough to capture some stellar performances, so Hannah figured it was high time to cull the archives and pull out some of her favorites. 1. Rocky Votolato - Tinfoil Hats (Live @ KEXP) 2. New Faces - Cracks (Live @ KEXP) 3. Champagne Champagne - Cover Girl (Live @ KEXP) 4. The Intelligence - Dating Cops (Live @ KEXP) 5. J. Tillman - Seven States Across (Live @ KEXP) 6. Team Gina - Stars (Live @ KEXP) 7. Schoolyard Heroes - Dude, Where’s My Skin? (Live @ KEXP) 8. Calvin Johnson - Pine Shaped Boy (Live @ KEXP) 9. The Duchess and the Duke - Mary (Live @ KEXP) 10. Past Lives - Strange Symmetry (Live @ KEXP)

Music That Matters, Vol. 110 - Sufferin' Succotash

KEXP — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700

You'll need nine lives to fully enjoy the latest Music That Matters podcast, presented by Midday Show host Cheryl Waters, who brings you more new songs than a little yellow bird's got feathers. 1. Conor Oberst - Danny Callahan 2. Okkervil River - Lost Coastlines 3. The Dutchess and the Duke - Reservoir Park 4. The Doll Test - Fall Away 5. Firewater - Electric City 6. Silver Jews - Suffering Jukebox 7. Eef Barzelay - Lose Big 8. Jim White - Crash Into the Sun 9. Tea For Julie - Snow Globe 10. First Communion Afterparty - 2CB 11. Black Nite Crash - Losing Kind 12. Freshkills - My House 13. Team Robespierre - 88th Precinct 14. Pete and The Pirates - I'll Love

Music That Matters, Vol. 109 - Seattlecentric Summer Jazz

KEXP — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Jazz Theatre host John Gilbreath presents cool jazz for a cool Seattle summer with new and established releases by Northwest artists and labels. 1. Matt Jorgensen +451 - Everything in Its Right Place 2. Byron Vannoy - Valid Alibi 3. Tiptons Sax Q'tet - Number Six 4. Pax Wallace - With Malice Toward None 5. Big Bad Groove Society - Duke's Jungle 6. Ben Thomas - Triskaidekaphobia 7. Bishop/Johnson/Mandyck/Teuber - Walk Spirit, Talk Spirit 8. Paul Rucker - History of an Apology 9. Mandyck/Marriott/Keplinger - Amiga 10. Stinkhorn - Tunguska 11. Richard Cole - A Shade of Joe 12. Matt Jorgensen - No Quarter 13. Larry Fuller - Groove Yard

Music That Matters, Vol. 108 - A Full Tank of Gas and Half a Pack of Cigarettes

KEXP — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0700

John's got an hour worth of songs, a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark, he's wearing sunglasses -- get ready for your next installment of the Music That Matters podcast featuring the very best of the Morning Show. 1. Clinic - The Witch 2. Violens - Violent Sensation Descends 3. Styrofoam - After Sunset 4. Man Plus - A Ghost Is a Ghost Is a Ghost 5. El Ten Eleven - Every Direction Is North 6. Kunk - We're Not Who You think We Are 7. Ladytron - Ghosts 8. Kaiser Cartel - Oh No 9. Shawn Smith - Ring That Bell 10. Head Like a Kite - No Ordinary Caveman 11. Annuals - Sore 12. The Low Lows - Sparrows 13. The Blows - Two Minutes 14. Bad Dudes - Heterosaucer 15. Chicha Libre - Popcorn Andino

Music That Matters, Vol. 107 - Sonic Reducer Punkcast

KEXP — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Welcome to the Music that Matters Punkcast. I'm Mr. West co-host of Sonic Reducer, KEXP's weekly punk show. I am joined by friend of the show DJ Jeremy and faithful intern Stephie. We are going to bring you the newest and best in punk, hardcore, and other weirdness, from here in Seattle and across the world. We'll do our best to let you know what we'll be playing, but if you're anything like me you want to check out the playlist before you listen. 1. Jay Reatard - All Wasted 2. Eddy Current Suppression Ring - We'll Be Turned On 3. Crash Normal - Heavy Listening 4. Lamborghiniz - BOOM!! Get them drawls off! 5. Juanita Y Los Feos - Tu Secta Es Guay 6. Mayyors - (Side A off debut 7") 7. The Wicked Awesomes! - Fighting the Wolf Spirit 8. Wizzard Sleeve - Alabama's Doomed 9. Fag Cop - Automatic Kansas 10. The Wax Museums - I eat Vomit 11. Live Fast Die - Pissing on the Mainframe 12. Walls - Tread On Me/Punch Out 13. Iron Lung - Politics of Science 14. Sex Vid - Exorcism 15. Genghis Tron - City on a Hill 16. Said Radio - Roses 17. Government Warning - Government Warning 18. 100 Flowers - Reject Yourself 19. Harpoon Guns - 15 20. Le Face - Salvador Dali 21. Frances Harold and the Holograms - Two Faggots, One Cunt Thanks so much for listening to this special MTM podcast, The Sonic Reducer Edition. To listen to tons more punk check out our little show on 9-midnight every Saturday night where Brian Foss, Nick Turner and I, Mr. West, will bludgeon you with punk AND hardcore. Thanks so much to Jeremy and Stephie -- they have done as much if not more to put this podcast together; it wouldn't have been 1/3 as good without them. Thanks to Jim, Rachel, Reese and all the bands who could and could not be on the podcast.

Music That Matters, Vol. 106 - Bumbershoot Sneak Preview!

KEXP — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Bumbershoot Music and Arts Festival takes places in Seattle on Labor Day weekend, Aug 30th - Sept 1st. Check out some of the bands playing, learn how you and a friend can win hotel, airfare and VIP passes, and have some fun along the way! Featuring music from !!!, Dan Deacon, Throw Me the Statue, Neko Case, Kinski, and more! 1. Superchunk - Misfits and Mistakes 2. !!! - All My Heroes Are Weirdos 3. Del Tha Funky Homosapien - Bubble Pop 4. Dan Deacon - Okie Dokie 5. Throw Me the Statue - Lolita 6. Nada Surf - See These Bones 7. New Faces - Impulse 8. Howlin Rain - Dancers at the End of Time 9. Neko Case - Needle Has Landed 10. PWRFL Power - Coffee Girl Song 11. Mark Pickerel and His Praying Hands - Cody's Dream 12. Star Anna - Restless Water (Live @ KEXP) 13. The Hands - I Don't Want to Turn You On 14. Kinski - Punching Goodbye Out Front 15. Black Eyes and Neckties - Broken Teeth

Music That Matters, Vol. 105 - Comedy Edition, Vol. 1

KEXP — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0700

On KEXP's first Music That Matters Comedy Edition podcast, DJ Troy Nelson and KEXP blogger Corbett Cummins tag team a set of hardcore funny. Rock out with stand-up material from David Cross, Patton Oswalt and Jim Gaffigan and laugh your ass off with music from Brian Posehn, Hard 'N Phirm and the Asylum Street Spankers. 1. Eugene Mirman - Movie, Deep-Fried Stuffed Cheeseburger, What Kind of Animal?, Red Tide, Abortion 2. Todd Barry - Chipotle, Trader Joes 3. Michael Ian Black - Married With Children 4. Patton Oswalt - On Small Towns and Coolness 5. Steven Wright - Camera 6. David Cross - Women Please Rinse Off Your Vagina and Anus 7. Jim Gaffigan - Hoooot Pocket 8. Mike Birbiglia - The Guitar Guy at the Party 9. Cars Can Be Blue - Hey Hippie 10. Black Daisy - Bearing Down on Me 11. Brian Posehn - Metal by Numbers 12. “Awesome” - American Boyfriend 13. Hard ‘N Phirm - Moose Lodge 14. David Cope - Round House Kick 15. Name Asylum Street Spankers - The Scrotum Song

Music That Matters, Vol. 104 - Please Enjoy

KEXP — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700

The beat is correct on this summery mix of futurismo Brazilian breaks, Argentinean nectar, afro-beat inspired jazz, sharp drest hip-hop, and plenty of new Seattle sounds (good!). Please enjoy this set by Kevin Cole for your happy consideration. 1. The Cute Lepers - It's Summertime Baby 2. Telekinesis! - All of a Sudden 3. Jesse Sykes - In the Summertime 4. Fleet Foxes - White Winter Hymnal 5. Kassin+2 - Tranquilo 6. Cloud Cult - Ghost Inside Our House 7. NOMO - Three Shades 8. Natalia Clavier - Dormida 9. Mochipet - Sharp Drest 10. The Cool Kids - Bassment Party 11. James Pants - Crystal Lite

Music That Matters, Vol. 103 - What The Heck

KEXP — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700

DJ Sharlese hosts the latest in her series of podcasts focusing on NW artists. This time, she features bands scheduled to play What The Heck Fest 2008, a 3-day festival taking place in Anacortes, WA, on July 18-20. 1. Little Wings - Boom 2. Lake - Oh The Places 3. Love Tan - Nothing Belongs to You 4. Lucky Dragons - Wooden Cave Loop 5. Mirah and Spectratone International - Gestation of the Sacred Beetle (Live @ KEXP) 6. Karl Blau - Bird Song 7. The Gift Machine - Back to the Source 8. Dear Nora - Solo Wanderer 9. Calvin Johnson - Good and Crazy (Live @ KEXP) 10. Photosynthesis - Shadows and Sparks 11. Coconut Coolouts - (Please Don’t Break Me Out Of) Party Jail 12. The Moondoggies - Side of the Road 13. D+ - Double Crossed 14. The Blow - Come On Petunia 15. Mt. Eerie - A Sentimental Song 16. TacocaT - Leotard 17. Your Heart Breaks (ft. Kimya Dawson) - Torrey Pines

Music That Matters, Vol. 102 - The Better Things

KEXP — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700

DJ Shannon brings you music with sun, water, magic, teenagers, days, blooms, balloons and clocks. A springy summer mix. Relax, sit back and enjoy the better things in music. 1. South - Better Things 2. Chairlift - Evident Utensil 3. The LK - Stop Being Perfect 4. Magic Wands - Teenage Love 5. People of Water - Pink Conch 6. Sunny Day Sets Fire - Teenagers Talking 7. Peggy Sue and The Pirates - Television 8. We Were Promised Jetpacks - Moving Clocks Run Slow 9. Foals - Balloons 10. The Voom Blooms - Lucille 11. Matt Costa - Mr. Pitiful 12. Violens - Already Over 13. Days - Downhill 14. The Crimea - The 48A Waiting Steps 15. Pela - Good Foot on a Bad Doorstep

Music That Matters, Vol. 101 - DJ Shani's Thundercast

KEXP — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Join DJ Shani on her second KEXP podcast where she plays her favorite tunes of the past few months from bands that she's totally excited about and hopes you will be too. At the end, we think you'll all agree that there's really nothing better than a box of records, especially when it's raining all the time outside (yeah, Seattle, we're talking to you... it's JUNE, didn't you know?!) 1. Guinea Worms - Box Of Records 2. Bonnie Prince Billy - Lie Down In The Light 3. The Black Swans - Shake 4. Mattress - Mirror 5. The Child Readers - Young Worlds - Try To Hear! 6. Catatonic Youth - Control My Gun 7. Indian Jewelry - Temporary Famine Ship 8. Cheveu - Dog 9. Experimental Aircraft - Upper East Side 10. Nothing People - In The City 11. Blank Dogs - Crystal Ladies 12. Lucky Dragons - Givers 13. Nat Baldwin - Lake Erie 14. Corespondents - In The Face Of Those Who Want Us Hurt

Music That Matters, Vol. 100 - One Hundred Years of Podcasting

KEXP — Fri, 30 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Back in 1908, KEXP had a vision... it was a new century, the first passenger flight was flown, explorers were just reaching the North Pole, and William Howard Taft became the twenty-seventh President of the United States, and there was KEXP podcasting... what? it's "Volume" 100 and not "year" 100? -- oh, well, only 98 more years to go! 1. Power Douglas - Pangea 2. A Place to Bury Strangers - Missing You 3. No Age - Eraser 4. The Bell - On and On 5. Factory Floor - Bi-Polar 6. Sunset - Man's Heart Complaint 7. We Were Promised Jetpacks - Quiet Little Voices 8. Ting Tings - Great DJ 9. Lykke Li - Little Bit 10. Carter Tanton (of Tulsa) - Mass (recorded LIVE on KEXP) 11. The Real Tuesday Weld - Love at the Death Hotel (from Esopus #10) 12. Palodine - Woman of Cain 13. Nick Cave - Dig, Lazarus, Dig!

Music That Matters, Vol. 99 - Slipping Under the Radar

KEXP — Fri, 23 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700

DJ Alex, KEXP's newest and youngest DJ, takes you on an eclectic ride around the world and under the radar, exposing independent artists currently roaming the underground. Tune in and indulge in a mix that's guaranteed to add a strut to your step and make your brain itch a little. 1. Metaform - Urban Velvet 2. Ruckus Roboticus - Here We Go 3. Louis La Roché - On the Floor 4. Tobias Fröberg - Slipping Under the Radar 5. diskJokke - Staying In 6. Spoon - Don't You Evah (Matthew Dear Mix) 7. Quiet Village - Circus of Horror 8. Blue Sky Black Death - A Private Death 9. Dosh - Hit and Pearle 10. Eliot Lipp - See What It's About 11. Karl Blau - Lake King's Daughter 12. Subtle - Exiting Arm 13. Artemis Jackson - Asps and Adders 14. The Wet Secrets - Secret March 15. Rafter - Love Time Now Please 16. Kutiman - Music Is Ruling My World 17. Charlie Why! - In The Sun 18. Carrie - 1981 19. Panda and Angel - The End Is Not So 20. Milosh - Then It Happened

Music That Matters, Vol. 98 - It's-Almost-Summer-So-Sit-Tight Mixtape!

KEXP — Fri, 16 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Hey! DJ Rachel just made you your very own Spring mixtape! She knows how excited you are for summer and she put together some songs to get you though the rainy, flower-blooming, allergy-filled days of Spring. Summer's almost here, I swear. Sit tight and enjoy some rarities, previously unreleased tracks, demos, covers, noise, and more! 1. Thomas Function - Snake on the Grass 2. Man Party - Dance Monkey 3. Catatonic Youth - I've Had It 4. The Dutchess and the Duke - Reservoir Park (7" version) 5. Carrots - Beverly 6. Bow + Arrow - We Bricklayers 7. J. Tillman - Steel on Steel 8. Katharine Hepburn's Voice - Jerry Death 9. The Kills - U.R.A. Fever 10. Eddie Current Supression Ring - Get Up Morning 11. T.V. Cohran - Roadbirds 12. Your Heart Breaks - God Speed John Glen (Live @ KEXP) 13. Thee Oh Sees - The Coconut 14. Strap Straps - Kill for Jesus 15. Fuck Buttons - Bright Tomorrow 16. Pyramids - Fuzzy Grave 17. Liars - Army of Me (courtesy of Stereogum)

Music That Matters, Vol. 97 - All Things Sasquatch!

KEXP — Fri, 09 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700

You say "Sass-quatch," I say "Sauce-squatch" -- whatever your preference, the three-day festival is sure to rock your socks off with a stellar assortment of bands including Ghostland Observatory, Beirut, Fleet Foxes, Blue Scholars, and so much more. Download this podcast, hosted by Cheryl Waters, for the lowdown on all things Sasquatch and get one hell of a mixtape to listen to as you make the trek out to the Gorge. 1. Flight of the Conchords - Business Time 2. Dead Confederate - The Rat 3. Yeasayer - Sunrise 4. Ghostland Observatory - Heavy Heart 5. Pela - Tenement Teeth 6. White Rabbits - Kid On My Shoulders 7. Fleet Foxes - White Winter Hymnal (LIVE on KEXP) 8. Grand Archives - Torn Blue Foam Couch 9. Beirut - A Sunday Smile 10. Joshua Morrison - Home 11. Sera Cahoone - Only As The Day Is Long 12. Okkervil River - Our Life Is Not a Movie Or Maybe 13. Throw Me The Statue - About To Walk 14. Cold War Kids - Tell Me In the Morning 15. Thao With the Get Down Stay Down - Bag of Hammers 16. Rogue Wave - Lake Michigan 17. Say Hi - Northwestern Girls 18. The Morning Benders - Waiting for a War 19. The Blakes - Lintwalk 20. Blue Scholars - Joe Metro 21. Jamie Lidell - Hurricane

Music That Matters, Vol. 96 - Don't Know Much About History

KEXP — Fri, 02 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Rock out and learn stuff at the same time. Kevin Cole presents songs about an early 20th century farmer's rebellion, the Swiss-Algerian explorer and writer Isabelle Eberhardt, and the skin disease Alopecia. Plus, someone still loves Boris Yeltsin. Get schooled by this Music That Matters podcast. 1. The Little Ones - Forgive Yourself 2. Frightened Rabbit - I Feel Better 3. DJ Dolores - Danger Global Warming 4. Testbild! - Labyrinthine 5. Metaform - PCH 6. Why? - Fatalist Palmistry 7. Nortec Collective - Mama Loves Nortec 8. Common Market - Black Patch War 9. You Me and Iowa - Tommy Hall 10. Someone Still Loves You, Boris Yeltsin - Boring Fountain 11. Destroyer - Foam Hands

Music That Matters, Vol. 95 - Freaks and Geeks

KEXP — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700

This one is for all the nerds, misfits, introverts, and folks who simply march to the beat of their own drummer. For MTM 95, DJ El Toro parsed through recent music by some of his favorite oddballs, plus some newer acts that skew left-of-center. Dig into this mix of avant garde disco, orchestral pop, smart aleck hip-hop, and distinctive singing, and let your freak and/or geek flag fly proudly. 1. Hercules & Love Affair – Hercules Theme 2. Final Fantasy – Hey Dad 3. LD & The New Criticism – What You Will 4. Cadence Weapon – New Face of Fashion 5. Shy Child – Drop The Phone 6. Thalia Zedek Band – circa the end 7. Head Like A Kite – Before We Go To Bed 8. M83 – Graveyard Girl 9. Baby Dee – Fresh Out of Candles 10. James Pants – We're Through 11. PWRFL POWER – It's Okay 12. Bon Iver – For Emma 13. Russian Circles – Harper Lewis

Music That Matters, Vol. 94 - Cats of All Kinds

KEXP — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700

The Republic Tigers, Plants and Animals, Sea Wolf, Le Loup, The Dodos, and other beasties inhabit Cheryl Waters' menagerie of news songs in this Music That Matters podcast. 1. Jose Gonzalez - Down the Line 2. Le Loup - A Celebration (LIVE @ KEXP) 3. The Republic Tigers - Buildings and Mountains 4. Plants and Animals - Bye Bye Bye 5. Ladytron - Black Cat 6. The Heavy - Coleen 7. Kassin +2 - Samba Machine 8. Man Plus - My Kind of People 9. Sea Wolf - The Cold, the Dark and the Silence 10. Jim Noir - Don't You Worry 11. Jason Anderson - The Post Office 12. The Dodos - Fools 13. The Helio Sequence - Can't Say No 14. Bauhaus - Too Much Twenty First Century

Music That Matters, Vol. 93 - Bubblin' In The Cut

KEXP — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700

For this installment of KEXP’s Music That Matters podcast series, DJ Chilly collects some of his recent favorites in hip-hop, dub, drum and bass, and other beats. It's delivered in a full-on mixtape style for repeated neck crackability 1. Boreta - Bubblin' In The Cut 2. Big Quarters - Sign Of The Time 3. Living Legends - The Gathering 4. Ghislain Poirier - No More Blood (feat. Face-T) 5. Mnolo - Guerra Futbol 6. The Lions - Cumbia Del Leon 7. One Be Lo - Rebirth 8. Kublakai - All Else Fails 9. Akrobatik - Put Ya Stamp On It (feat. Talib Kweli) 10. Othello - Rot 11. Dub Fanatic - Steak And Fries 12. Rustie - Jagz The Smack 13. DJ Mayonnaise - Quiet On The Set 14. Boys Noize - Let’s Buy Happiness (Proxy Remix) 15. DJ Kentaro - Trust 16. PG-13 And Wake - Lyrical Soda Paper 17. Substantial - Resurrection Of The House Party 18. Del The Funky Homosapien - Bubble Pop 19. The Physics - Bran New Thang 20. Cex - Bolton Hill

Music That Matters, Vol. 92 - Music That's Been Greatly Lately

KEXP — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700

DJ Troy Nelson takes you through another podcast, this time spinning mostly brand new music that he is currently excited about. There's nothing like hearing brand new music, especially from brand new artists that take you by complete surprise! From up-and-comers to unknowns waiting to be discovered to a Bowie/Queen cover that doesn't suck -- it's all here in this Music That Matters podcast. 1. Tea Cozies - Pretty Pages 2. The Jet Age - Maybe Love's a Transmission 3. Evangelicals - Skeleton Man 4. Xiu Xiu - Under Pressure (feat. Michael Gira) 5. The Epochs - Opposite Sides 6. Bronze Fawn - Lumber 7. Grynch - The Youngest in Charge 8. Glass Candy - Lovin' Machine 9. The Ettes - You Can't Do That to Me 10. Lumerians - Orgon Grinder

Music That Matters, Vol. 91 - It Is Quite Possible (After All)

KEXP — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700

We're not really sure what this podcast is about. It is quite possible that this is more than just a random collection of really new songs thrown together by Kevin Cole... or maybe not. Either way, these songs are amazing. It is music that matters... after all. 1. New Faces - My Alarm 2. Born Ruffians - Hummingbird 3. The Ruby Suns - Tane Mahuta 4. The Lions - Jungle Struttin' 5. Thao with the Get Down Stay Down - Beat (Health, Life, Fire) 6. She and Him - Why Do You Let Me Stay Here? 7. Bubblegum Lemonade - Ten Years Younger 8. Manhattan Love Suicides - Heat and Panic 9. Joseph Arthur - Morning Cup 10. Headlights - Get Your Head Around It 11. Devotchka - Transliterator

Music That Matters, Vol. 90 - The Best of Texas (SXSW 2008)

KEXP — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700

DJ Shannon rocks Austin, the "Music Capitol of the world," looking for the next big thing. Listen to some of the best upcoming bands of 2008. 1. Lykke Li - I'm Good, I'm Gone 2. Esser - I Love You 3. Mason Proper - Bonemen 4. The Shout Out Louds - You Are Dreaming 5. The Ting Tings - Great DJ 6. These New Puritans - Infinity(Live @ KEXP) 7. Dodos - Fools 8. Lightspeed Champion - Dry Lips 9. Jeremy Warmsley - Take Care 10. OX.EAGLE.LION.MAN - Fatherhood 11. Health - Triceratops 12. White Denim - Let's Talk About It

Music That Matters, Vol. 89 - Happy Hour: Live In The Roadhouse

KEXP — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Though often described as a dusty dive, the Roadhouse actually has a state-of-the-art performance studio in the back room (usually the spot for post-show poker games) where over the years, many guests have recorded live in-studio performances. This podcast collects some of the best sessions, including live performances from Greg's special "Origins Of The American Traditional Song" the "Woody Guthrie and The Columbia River Project" show. You'll also hear live performances from Eilen Jewell, Jesse Sykes, The Crooked Jades, and American music icons like Billy Joe Shaver, Doug Kershaw, and Charlie Musselwhite. Drink up! 1. Eilen Jewell - Rich Man's World (12/5/07) 2. Crooked Jades - Old Cow Died (10/4/06) 3. Doug Kershaw - Louisiana Man (1/16/08) 4. Shane Tutmarc - Hard Traveling (9/26/07) 5. Barton Carroll - John Henry (11/21/07) 6. Levi Fuller - Frankie and Johnny (11/21/07) 7. Sam Watts - In the Pines (11/21/07) 8. Cephas and Wiggins - Seattle Rainy Day Blues (8/9/06) 9. Charlie Musselwhite - Christo Redemptor (7/19/06) 10. Billy Joe Shaver - To Be Loved By A Woman (10/3/07) 11. Jesse Sykes - Fuckery (4/17/02)

Music That Matters, Vol. 88 - You're Killing Me, Sugar

KEXP — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Cheryl Waters presents another sweet, sweet podcast filled with songs by some of her recent favorites artists. 1. Richard Hawley - Serious (LIVE @ KEXP) 2. Bon Iver - Skinny Love 3. Citay - Little Kingdom 4. No Kids - The Beaches All Closed 5. Cassettes Won't Listen - Large Radio 6. Evangelicals - Midnight Vignette 7. White Williams - New Violence 8. What Made Milwaukee Famous - Resistance St. 9. Lightspeed Champion - Dry Lips 10. Black Eyes and Neckties - Broken Teeth 11. The Hands - Best 12. The Coup - My Favorite Mutiny (w/ Black Thought and Talib Kweli)

Music That Matters, Vol. 87 - Not Your Father's Jazz

KEXP — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800

John Gilbreath, host of KEXP's Jazz Theater, leads you down some exciting hallways of adventurous new jazz from Seattle and around the world. 1. Tim Berne - The Mallomar Maneuvre 2. Grand Pianoramax - The Showdown 3. Stinkhorn - Tunguska 4. Tim Berne - Mikromaus 5. Cuong Vu - Accelerated Thoughts 6. David Torn - Rest and Unrest 7. Rudresh Mahanthappa - Telugu 8. Vijay Iyer and Mike Ladd - Plastic Bag 9. Amir ElSaffar - Flood 10. Roscoe Mitchell - Song for My Sister 11. Matt Jorgensen +451 - Sweetpea 12. Neil Welch - Madness in Motion

Music That Matters, Vol. 86 - The Meaning of 86

KEXP — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800

John in the Morning discovers the secret meaning of the number 86 along with some fun facts from the Urban Dictionary while playing new stuff from These New Puritans, Ghostland Observatory, Sons and Daughters, The Ravonettes, Grand Archives and more! 1. These New Puritans - Elvis 2. The Raveonettes - Aly, Walk With Me 3. Sons and Daughters - Gilt Complex 4. Grand Archives - Torn Blue Foam Coach 5. Yoav - Yeah, The End 6. Hey Hey My My - Merryland 7. King of Prussia - Misadventures Of The Campaign Kids 8. The Sugarettes - Ready Steady 9. The Scotland Yard Gospel Choir - Aspidistra 10. The Crimea - All Conquering 11. We Barbarians - Yesmen and Bumsuckers 12. Emily Jane White - Hole In The Middle 13. Stars - Take Me To The Riot 14. Ghostland Observatory - Heavy Heart 15. Whalebones - Blood Bank

Music That Matters, Vol. 85 - Hip-Hop As We Know It

KEXP — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800

DJ Sharlese and Ra Scion of Common Market bring you a bit of the NW hip-hop scene. 1. D. Black (feat. Dyme Def) - Welcome to the Life 2. Kingzmen - Fly Den a Mufucka 3. Footprints - No Ordinary 4. Grynch- That’s Hip-Hop 5. Fatal Lucciauno - Focus 6. SK - Dolla Dolla 7. GMK - Over My Shoulder 8. Fatal Lucciauno - Q.U.E.E.N. 9. Joe King - 40 Bar Dash 10. D. Black - Fuckin With Me

Music That Matters, Vol. 84 - Erect Rock, Twist the Spine

KEXP — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Kevin Cole presents a killer mix of blistering rock, cinematic pop, electro punk, and old-school soul. 1. British Sea Power - Waving Flags 2. The Heavenly States - Lost in the Light 3. Georgie James - Need Your Needs 4. Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings - Let Them Knock (Live at KEXP) 5. The Budos Band - Scorpion 6. Cassettes Won't Listen - Paper Float 7. Tyler Ramsey - A Long Dream 8. Band of Horses - No One's Gonna Love You 9. Daniel G. Harmann - Beer From A Bottle 10. The Owls - The Way On 11. Dengue Fever - Mr. Orange 12. The Shackeltons - Get Out 13. We Are Wolves - Fight and Kiss

Music That Matters, Vol. 83 - NW Series #3: Bellingham

KEXP — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800

DJ Sharlese hosts the third in a series of podcasts that profile bands from specific areas around the Northwest. This Music That Matters podcast features bands from the current scene in Bellingham, WA. 1. Yes, Oh Yes - Being Stupid Is The New Hunting & Gathering 2. Karate Kitchen - Fernando 3. The Braille Tapes - Question: Have You Ever Seen A Douche Bag? Answer: No 4. Go Slowpoke - Kiss Now, Drunk Later 5. I Love You Avalanche - Pleiades 6. Asthmaboy - EraseHer 7. Jonathan McIntyre - The Path Home Rarely Changes 8. Yogoman Burning Band - Chaka Chaka 9. The Russians - Arab Lover 10. Counselor - Check Makeout 11. Black Eyes and Neckties - Tide Of Bones 12. Cicadas - Can’t Stop Steve Holland (Coma Rad: Part Three) 13. The Wastelanders - Sets Me Burning

Music That Matters, Vol. 82 - Geography, Jellyfish and Survival

KEXP — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800

John in the Morning brings you the best of the Morning Show -- including Bob Mould, The Helio Sequence, and Chris Walla -- and explains what to do when a Jellyfish stings you or you get hit with a bag of hammers. 1. Bob Mould - Return to Dust 2. Band of Horses - No One's Gonna Love You 3. Tulsa - Breath Thin 4. Say Hi - Northwestern Girls 5. Pomegranates - The Children's Progress 6. The Helio Sequence - Keep Your Eyes Ahead 7. Muscles - Sweaty 8. Velella Velella - Alex Boom Selector 9. Blockhead - Duke of Hazzard 10. Blue Scholars - Butter and Guns (Loyalty) 11. Joshua Morrison - Commerce Street 12. The Shackletons - The Ship 13. Thao with The Get Down Stay Down - Bag of Hammers 14. Flight of The Conchords - Business Time 15. Chris Walla - Sing Again

Music That Matters, Vol. 81 - What'choo Lookin' At?

KEXP — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800

For her latest installment of the Music That Matters podcast, Cheryl Waters presents a collection of recent songs that will make you stop and stare -- either that or your name's Willis! 1. The Cinematic Orchestra - To Build a Home (LIVE on KEXP Sept 2007) 2. Nada Surf - See These Bones 3. The Mary Onettes - Void 4. The Heavenly States - The Race 5. MGMT - Kids 6. Pinback - From Nothing To Nowhere 7. Bottomless Pit - Dead Man's Blues 8. The Go - Yer Stoned Italian Cowboy 9. The Acorn - Flood pt. 1 10. Joshua Morrison - Home 11. Arthur & Yu - The Ghost of Old Bull Lee 12. Dept. of Energy - Houses With Holes 13. Bettye LaVette - I Still Want To Be Your Baby (Take Me Like I Am) 14. Dirty on Purpose - Monument 15. Apostle of Hustle - National Anthem of Nowhere

Music That Matters, Vol. 80 - Portland Rocks

KEXP — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Lisa Wood, one of the hosts of KEXP's Audioasis, moved to Portland a year ago and is discovering a new batch of Northwest bands. She brings you this Music That Matters podcast, dedicated to Portland bands that she thinks you need to hear. 1. Red Fang - Prehistoric Dog 2. Swim Swam Swum - Is Life 3. Kleveland - Flat Tax 4. Boy Eats Drum Machine - From an Oregon Shore 5. Black Elk - Toss You to the Wolves 6. My Life in Black and White - Sink or Swim 7. 31 Knots - Man Become Me 8. Throwback Suburbia - Lonely With You 9. The Ones - Yeah, You Make It 10. Caves - Get on With It 11. The Crash Engine - So it Goes 12. Jeremy Wilson - Love Ain't No Good

Music That Matters, Vol. 79 - Meet DJ Shani!

KEXP — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800

On her very first podcast, New KEXP DJ Shani Jayant shares some of her favorite tunes discovered in the past few months! 1. Phosphorescent - A Picture of Our Torn Up Praise 2. Le Loup - Planes Like Vultures 3. Miracle Fortress - Poetaster 4. Ed Askew - Little Eyes 5. Health - Perfect Skin 6. Atlas Sound - Recent Bedroom 7. Studio - No Comply 8. The Somnambulants - Eyes on the Road 9. John Maus - Do Your Best 10. Begushkin - Nightly Things 11. Pink Reason - Dead End 12. Tectonic Plates - The Mender 13. Sapat - Dark Silver 14. Ariel Pink - Underground 15. No Age - Loosen This Job 16. Julianna Barwick - Dancing with Friends 17. Red Martian - Donkey Back Ride

Music That Matters, Vol. 78 - The Year Before The Year 2008

KEXP — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800

Kevin Cole presents a mix of recent indie-folk, rock, hip-hop, and electronica from the year 2007, featuring tracks from Wire, Kristin Hersh, Cancer Rising, Bonnie Prince Billy, Les Savy Fav, and more! 1. Bonnie Prince Billy - I'm Loving The Street 2. Fire On Fire - Hangman 3. Wire - Desert Diving 4. Kristin Hersh - Slippershell 5. Les Savy Fav - The Year Before the Year 2000 6. Cut Off Your Hands - Tell Me About 7. Vampire Hands - Paradise Knife Fights 8. Buck 65 - Way Back When 9. Cancer Rising - Wait A Minute 10. The Octopus Project - Mmaj