Kexp Presents Music That Matters

DJ Kevin Cole brings you a mix of some of his current faves—songs that gets his heart pounding and hopefully yours too.  The sweet sounds of love, friendship, and accepting big life changes with music from Israel Nash, The Love Language, Tancred, and more. Press play, turn the volume way up, and feel your heart pound. 1. The Love Language - New Amsterdam 2. oso oso - gb/ol h/nf 3. Linda Guilala - Mucho Mejor 4. Israel Nash - Rolling On 5. Wild Pink - Jewels Drossed in the Runoff 6. ParisAlexa - LV 7. Dan Mangan - Troubled Mind 8. Restorations - The Red Door 9. Tancred - Hot Star 10. Among Authors - LureSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Put your sunglasses on, go outside, and enjoy this summery mix from Cheryl Waters featuring new tunes from Bob Moses, Jim James, Durand Jones and the Indications, and Petal. 286548 1. Nosaj Thing - How We Do (feat. Kazu Makino) 2. Sufjan Stevens - All of Me Wants All of You (Helado Negro Remix) 3. Bob Moses - Heaven Only Knows 4. Stef Chura - Degrees 5. Dude York - Moon 6. Death Bells - Echoes 7. The Autumn Stones - Mandatory Love 8. Jim James - Throwback 9. Durand Jones and the Indications - Smile 10. Sheer Mag - Need To Feel Your Love 11. Alice Bag - Turn It Up 12. King Tuff - Raindrop Blue 13. Snuff Redux - Country 14. Petal - Better Than YouSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

(286548)The 2018 Runcast series kicks off with a mix featuring runner-motivating tunes from Simian Mobile Disco, Belly, and Casper Skulls. As Dale Carnegie once said, "remember, today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday." So who knows who or what's gaining on you...RUN!    1. Hammock - Everything and Nothing 2. Mien - Earth Moon 3. Beth Orton - 1973 4. Simian Mobile Disco - Caught in a Wave 5. Wye Oak - The Louder I Call, The Faster It Runs 6. Bambara - José Tries to Leave 7. Casper Skulls - Primeval 8. Fontaines DC - Chequeless Reckless 9. Holy Esque - I Am the Truth 10. Big Deal - Say Yes 11. Baio - The Names 12. Austra - Change the Paradigm 13. Young Fathers - In My View  14. Dom - Gud Tymes 15. Ride - Charm Assault 16. Eleanor Friedberger - In Between Stars  17. Haley Heynderickx - Oom Sha La La 18. Belly - Shiny One 19. Geowulf - HideawaySupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Celebrate Pride with this year's Big Gay Podcast, which is bigger and gayer than ever. Hosted by DJ Riz, Larry Rose, and DJ Tim, this threesome bring you an eclectic mix by, for, and about the LGBTQ community with songs from Donormaal, Rostam, Jenn Champion, Shamir, Erik Blood, serpentwithfeet, and more.1. Jenn Champion - O.M.G. (I'm All Over It)2. Lushloss - Sisters3. serpentwithfeet - cherubim4. Rostam - Gwan (Live on KEXP)5. JusMoni - Characters6. DoNormaal - Next Week (prod. HansmJustin)7. SSION - Inherit8. Hanssen - Subduction (Continental Version)9. Shamir - Room10. Ezra Furman - Love You So Bad11. BOYTOY - Static Age12. Erik Blood - The Future Was Here13. Desi Valentine - Love Is LoveSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Abbie of the Overnight has packed together some of her musical discoveries from her month long tour of Europe ranging from ambient techno, Glaswegian post-punk, and frenetic art-pop. Dig deeper into the music that matters with a gorgeously dark in-studio from Chelsea Wolfe alongside chats from Daniel Avery, Jon Hopkins, and Tomberlin.   1. Artificial Pleasure - Wound Up Tight 2. Boy Azooga - Loner Boogie 3. The Goon Sax - She Knows 4. Dizzy Fae - Johnny Bravo 5. Suzi Wu - Taken Care Of 6. Golden Diskó Ship - Pacific Trash Vortex  7. Tiny Deaths - Always  8. George FitzGerald (featuring Lil Silva) - Roll Back 9. Jon Hopkins - Everything Connected 10. Charlotte de Witte - Brussels 11. Daniel Avery - Shadow Mountain 12. The Ninth Wave - Swallow Me 13. Lubulwa - Marie 14. Chelsea Wolfe - 16 Psyche (Live on KEXP) 15. Mastersystem - Teething 16. Our Girl - I Really Like It 17. Tomberlin - Self-HelpSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A summit of beauty and love, DJ Kevin Cole weaves together a new music mix featuring Jenn Champion, Pearl Jam, Horse Feathers, Tancred and more that burn like a silver flame   1. Jenn Champion - Time To Regulate 2. Horse Feathers - Born In Love 3. Barrie - Tal Uno 4. Pearl Jam - Can't Deny Me 5. Lithics - Specs 6. Tancred - Reviews 7. HYOWLP - Afterglow 8. Tunng - Flatland 9. Collections of Colonies of Bees - Ruins 10. Gobbinjr - november 163  11. Fatoumata Diawara - Negue NegueSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Pacific Northwest icons, Australian upstarts, Swedish mood-setters, and Philadelphia's finest pack Cheryl Waters' latest mix with lots to love, including new songs from Exitmusic, Olden Yolk, and Cary Brothers.   1. Neko Case - Hell-On 2. Damien Jurado - Allocate 3. Arthur Buck - Are You Electrified 4. Cary Brothers - Crush 5. Hop Along - How Simple 6. Shamir - The Things You Loved 7. Olden Yolk - Cut To the Quick 8. HYWAYS - Go 9. American Wrestlers - Ignoramus 10. Okkervil River - Pulled Up The Ribbon 11. The Amazing - Rewind 12. Exitmusic - I'll Never Know 13. HALEY - Bratt 14. Girl Ray - The Way We Came Back 15. Soft Science - Undone 16. Hatchie - SleepSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Holy Esque! It's John Richards' latest podcast! This time it's full of geysers that will make you blushh with two h's featuring new tracks from Protomartyr, Holy Esque, Mourn, Mitski, and Blushh.     1. Big Ups - Imaginary Dog Walker 2. Holy Esque - I Am The Truth 3. Protomartyr - Wheel of Fortune 4. Lost Under Heaven - Bunny's Blues 5. Late Bloomers - Heaven  6. Ex-Vöid - Boyfriend 7. Mitski - Geyser 8. Mourn - Fun At The Geysers 9. The Beths - Future Me Hates Me 10. Blushh - Do I Look Tired? 11. Active Bird Community - Spend The Night 12. Wild Pink - Lake Erie 13. Ruler - Not Your FriendSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

DJ Morgan guides you through a musical journey of the sessions that KEXP captured at the 2017 Trans Musicales Festival in Rennes, France, including tracks from Cosmic Project, Eight Rounds Rapid, and Husky Loops. 1. Gloria - Beam Me Up 2. Midnight Revolution - Miracle 3. Flamingods - Rhama 4. Superorganism - Reflections on the Screen 5. Altin Gun - Şad Olup Gülmedim + Cemalım 6. Husky Loops - Tempo 7. Eight Rounds Rapid - Bully Boy 8. One Sentence. Supervisor - Onomatopoeia ft. Bahur Ghazi 9. Swedish Death Candy - Broken Engrams 10. Lakuta - Go Running 11. Tample - Love Keeps Us Alive 12. Cosmic Project - HGB 13. La Groupe Obscur - PiȼedelulaSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Don Slack features his favorite new Swingin' Doors releases with new tunes from Neko Case, John Prine, and Sarah Shook & The Disarmers. 1. John Prine – Knockin' On Your Screen Door 2. Phil Cook – Steam Powered Blues 3. Dave Alvin & Jimmie Dale Gilmore – Buddy Brown's Blues 4. HYWAYS – The Line 5. Kelly Willis – Only You 6. Neko Case – Bad Luck 7. Joshua Hedley – Mr. Jukebox 8. Trampled By Turtles – Kelly's Bar 9. Western Centuries – Own Private Honky Tonk 10 Sarah Shook & The Disarmers – New Ways to Fail 11. Nick Lowe – Tokyo Bay 12. Courtney Marie Andrews – Two Cold Nights in BuffaloSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

DJ Kevin Cole shows up big time with a hard hitting mix of current faves including new Courtney Barnett, Natalie Prass, illuminati hotties, power pop from Philly band Hurry, and psychedic funk rock from Hungarian band The Qualitons, and more awesomeness to blow your mind.   1. illuminati hotties - Paying Off The Happiness 2. Tancred - Reviews 3. Courtney Barnett - Need a Little Time 4. Horse Feathers - Born In Love 5. The Qualitons -  All We Can Do  6. Moaning - Tired 7. Natalie Prass - Sisters 8. Eleanor Friedberger - Make Me a Song 9. Sango - Speak  10. Imarhan - Ehad Wa Dagh 11. Hurry - Read Between The Lines 12. E - Untie Me 13. Mind Spiders - Never Like ThatSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

After immersing herself in Australian music during a trip Down Under last year, Cheryl Waters returned to the Northern Hemisphere to bring you a mix of Aussie music from KEXP faves like Courtney Barnett, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard and emerging new acts like G Flip, TV Haze, and Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever.    1. Camp Cope -  The Opener 2. Jen Cloher & The Endless Sea - Fear Is Like a Forest 3. Courtney Barnett - Nameless, Faceless 4. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - The Fourth Colour 5. Orb – You Are Right 6. Montero - Performer 7. Pascal Babare - Native Birds 8. GUM – The Underdog 9. G Flip - About You 10. Hachiku - Moon Face 11. Alex Lahey -  Perth Traumatic Stress Disorder 12. TV Haze -  Bobby and Sally 13. Bloods – Feelings 14. Middle Kids - Mistake 15. Hockey Dad - I Wanna Be Everybody 16. Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever - MainlandSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Get caught up with new music and intense gratitude with the No, Thank You! NO, THANK YOU! Music That Matters Podcast featuring John Richards as John "In the Morning" Richards. May the Blackwater Holylight be with you.     1. Damien Jurado - Over Rainbows and Rainer 2. Breckin - The Story Bridge 3. Hilary Woods - Inhaler 4. Lost Under Heaven - The Breath of Light 5. Exitmusic - Iowa 6. Now, Now - AZ 7. Air Waves - Morro Bay 8. Sam Evian - Health Machine 9. No Thank You - Cubic Zirconia 10. Chatham Rise - Hummingbird 11. Mien - Earth Moon 12. Blackwater Holylight - Sunrise 13. Weller - Point of Personal PrivilegeSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

From psychedelic punch to synth symphonies, Troy Nelson rounds up some fantastic tunes from all across the musical universe to form a killer mix featuring new tunes from ShitKid, Ed Schraeder's Music Beat, and Lena Raine. 1. Ed Schrader's Music Beat - Dunce 2. Black Moth Super Rainbow - Baby's In the Void 3. Falon Sierra - Try Me 4. Middle Kids - Mistake 5. Ought - Disaffectation 6. The Black Tones - The Key of Black (They Want Us Dead) 7. Starchild & The New Romantic - Language 8. ShitKid - All My Fears 9. Holy - Night On Earth 10. Spice Boys - Spice City Boys 11. Bat Fangs - Bad Astrology 12. Lena Raine - ResurrectionsSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

DJ Evie leads takes you into new musical frontiers from all around the galaxy featuring new tunes from Wye Oak, Keep Shelly In Athens, and Anna Burch.    1. Nabihah Iqbal - Zone 1 to 6000 2. Spirit Award - Heavy Fog  3. Trudy and the Romance - Is There A Place I Can Go  4. Dresage - Center 5. Amen Dunes - Believe 6. Dusted - Dead Eyes 7. Fascinator - Dead of the Night  8. Keep Shelly In Athens - Denial  9. Superorganism - Reflections on a Screen 10. Emmit Fenn - Lost in Space 11. Anna Burch - Asking 4 A Friend  12. Wye Oak - I Know It's RealSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week's episode is a stunning selection from DJ Kevin Cole featuring the coolest new shoegaze, dream pop, down tempo electronica, and hip-hop from secret sonic vortexes all over the globe. 1. GUM - The Blue Marble 2. Garden City Movement - Before I Fall  3. Jorge Elbrecht - Here Lies 4. Jason McCue - When He Drinks 5. Dungen & Woods - Loop 6. Linda Guilala - Primavera Negra 7. Mint Field - Ojos En El Carro  8. Kung Foo Grip - Don't Go Missing 9. Parisalexa - Gardens feat. Mista DC 10. Tracey Thorn - Sister 11. Erik Blood - The Future Was Here (feat. Palaceer Lazaro & Stas THEE Boss)Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Cheryl Waters' latest mix weaves a fabric of new tunes from artists including Franz Ferdinand, Soccer Mommy, and Jeff Rosenstock into a dazzling set of sounds.   1. Calexico - Voices in the Field 2. The Moondoggies - Easy Coming 3. Dungen & Woods - Turn Around 4. Jupiter & Okwess - Pondjo Pondjo 5. Jeff Rosenstock - All This Useless Energy 6. Soccer Mommy - Your Dog 7. Speedy Ortiz - Lucky 88 8. The Prids - Lie Here 9. Salad Boys - Blown Up 10. Black Nite Crash - The Things We Do 11. Franz Ferdinand - Always Ascending 12. The Rural Alberta Advantage - White Lights 13. Screaming Females - I'll Make You Sorry 14. Unknown Mortal Orchestra - American GuiltSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

John Richards' latest podcast is not just any kind of Music That Matters podcast, it's the dapper derpiest Music That Matters imbedded with a secret message at the end.   1. The Amazing - Pull 2. Belly - Shiny One 3. Wye Oak - The Louder I Call, The Faster It Runs 4. Eleanor Friedberger - In Between Stars 5. Simian Mobile Disco - Caught In A Wave 6. Moby - Mere Anarchy 7. Dessa - 5 out of 6 8. Fontaines DC - Chequeless Reckless 9. Bambara - Jose Tries To Leave 10. Frigs - Solid State 11. Sloan - The Day Will Be Mine 12. Shakey Graves - Kids These Days 13. The True Loves - The Dapper DerpSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The latest mixtape from El Sonido's DJ Chilly is a collection of some of his favorite modern Latin tracks from the last year featuring a variety of genres from a dozen different countries. Sigue los pasos por el mundo.   1. Ghetto Kumbé - Waré Warrior 2. Macha Kiddo – Monster 3. DJ Neo - Guacharaca Indu 4. The Chamanas - No Valió La Pena 5. Los Blenders - Ya No Te Quiero 6. Futuro Terror – Precipicio 7. Kill Amigo – Bronto 8. AJ Dávila – Beautiful 9. La Vida Boheme – Lejos 10. Ságan – Todo 11. Javier Arce – Onces 12. Diana Gameros – Despierta 13. Samba de Coco Raízes de Arcoverde – Andrelina 14. Atropolis - Lamento Cumbiambero 15. Santé Les Amis - Como Animales 16. Fármacos – Belleza 17. Florian Droids – Bien 18. Juana Molina – Cosoco 19. Rubio - Hacia el Fondo 20. DJ Jigüe Y El Menor - Sigue Los PasosSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

There's something familiar in Cheryl Waters' latest mix with sounds from artists both emerging and established, including new tracks from Hibou, The Hold Steady, Bat Fangs, Django Django, and Laura Veirs, among others. 1. Loma – Black Willow 2. Laura Veirs – Everybody Needs you 3. Crater – Brood 4. HIBOU – Junipero Love 5. Brownout – Supernaut 6. OCS – On And On Corridor 7. Field Music – Count It Up 8. Django Django – In Your Beat 9. Curtis Harding – Go As You Are 10. No Age – Drippy 11. Moaning – The Same 12. Bat Fangs – Turn It Up 13. The Hold Steady – Entitlement Crew 14. Kyle Craft – Heartbreak Junky  Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.