Kexp Presents Music That Matters

Join John Richards as he takes advantage of KEXP's policy of loving everybody from everywhere with songs from countries like Sweden, Australia, Scotland, Israel, and England as well as cuts from Brooklyn, Philly, Grand Rapids, and – of course – Seattle! 1. LVL Up - Pain2. Middle Kids - Edge of Town3. Paws - N/A4. Heaters - Centennial5. Beach Slang - Punks in a Disco Bar6. Math and Physics Club - Coastal California, 19857. Kutiman - Jaffa Beach8. MIYNT - After the Gold Rush9. Weaves - Tick10. Evans the Death - Hey! Buddy11. The Hotelier - Piano PlayerSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Like a nomadic hunter-gatherer, DJ Kevin Cole travels the sonic sphere in search of the greatest new music. In this podcast he shares his latest favorites, including new tracks from Júníus Meyvant, The Jayhawks, Kutiman, The Coral, and more. 1. Júníus Meyvant – Beat Silent Need 2. Stephen Steinbrink – Impossible Hand 3. The Jayhawks – Quiet Corners & Empty Spaces 4. Kutiman – She's a Revolution (feat. Adam Scheflan and Karolina) 5. Hanssen – We Went Too Far Forward 6. Kweku Collins – The Outsiders 7. Let's Eat Grandma – Deep Six Textbook 8. Maria Usbeck – Llámame 9. Twin River – Settle Down 10. Martha – Goldman's Detective Agency 11. Sam Vicari – Contact High12. The Coral – Chasing The Tail of a Dream 13. Black Mountain – Mothers of the Sun   Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Music from Pinegrove, Pinemen, and a group that was formerly known as Pinecones (now Arbor Labor Union) feature in  a Cheryl Waters-curated Music That Matters podcast with an inadvertent pine theme. 1. Tomo Nakayama – Miss Misery 2. Blackberry Hill – Werewolf 3. Hot Hot Heat – Kid Who Stays in the Picture 4. Pinemen – That Certain Flavor 5. The Strokes – OBLIVIUS 6. LUH – Beneath the Concrete 7. Gun Outfit – Legends of My Own 8. Pinegrove – Aphasia 9. Grant-Lee Phillips – Rolling Pin 10. Wild Powwers – Sad Bath 11. Arbor Labor Union – Mr. Birdsong 12. Eagulls – Lemontrees 13. Nothing – Vertigo Flowers 14. Strange Faces – Been Waitin'Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Larry Rose brings you a fun, genre-hopping mix that is the perfect soundtrack for enjoying warm summer days or heading out on your latest Pokemon Go adventure. 1. Unknown Mortal Orchestra – First World Problem 2. Alice Bag – He's So Sorry3. Blood Orange – Augustine4. The Amazing – Ambulance5. Crocodiles – Telepathic Lover6. Jay Arner – Personal Line7. VATS – Drag8. NAVVI – Simpatico9. Boxed In – Jist10. Jay Som – Rush11. Sweet As Knives – Who We Knew12. Tycho – Division13. Djustin – StarsSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

John Richards brings together some of his favorite tracks from around the world that he's been banging' on the Morning Show this summer all while Beth Orton performs in the studio down the hall. 1. Psychic Ills - I Don't Mind 2. Ghosts I've Met - Songbirds 3. Faye - Ancient Bones 4. Ages and Ages - They Want More 5. Belgian Fog - One Night Man 6. Crater - Ladder Song 7. Beth Orton - 1973 8. Angelic Milk - Rebel Black 9. Mercury Girls - All That Heaven Allows 10. Dinosaur Jr. - Tiny 11. Sleigh Bells - Rule Number One 12. The Julie Ruin - I'm Done 13. Charly Bliss - Ruby 14. King Khan - Children of the World"Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

DJ Kevin Cole drops a vibey, life-affirming new music mix taking you from outer spaces to the chamber of plastic thrills. Includes new tracks from Holy Fuck, Deerhoof, Jessy Lanza, and Delorean.   1. Outer Spaces - Words 2. Amber Arcades - Turning Light 3. Holy Fuck - Neon Dad 4. Delorean - Limbo 5. Mitski - Happy 6. Still Parade - Chamber 7. Lisa Prank - Take It All 8. Male Gaze - Ranessa 9. Deerhoof - Plastic Thrills 10. Quantic Presenta Flowering inferno - A Life Worth Living (feat. U-Roy, Alice Russell) 11. Sotomayor - Cielo 12. Ladyhawke - The River 13. Jessy Lanza - V V Violence 14. Weval - Square People 15. Badbadnotgood - Confessions, Pt. II (feat. Colin Stetson)Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Cheryl Waters presents a mix of new songs that she's loving right now and hopes you will too!   1. Carter Tanton feat. Sharon Van Etten - twentynine Palms 2. Twin Peaks - Walk To The One You Love  3. The Ghost Ease - Gemini Rise 4. Speedy Ortiz - Death Note 5. Thee Oh Sees - Plastic Plant 6. Aesop Rock - Rings 7. David Bazan - Both Hands 8. Erik Blood - Quiet 9. Goodbye Heart - Lives on Lives 10. Eagulls - Blume 11. Moderat - Reminder 12. Woods - Sun City Creeps 13. The Last Shadow Puppets - Aviation 14. PJ Harvey - The WheelSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

From PWR BTTM to Patti Labelle, music by “out” artists and our allies powers KEXP's DJ El Toro through happiness, hopelessness, and hardship … and always steers me back towards love.    1. The Julie Ruin - I Decide 2. Lisa Prank - Starting Again 3. Alex Anwandter - Siempre Es Viernes En Mi Corazón 4. Boyfriends - Groovy 5. The Spook School - David Bowie Songs 6. Adult Mom - Survival 7. Thalia Zedek Band - All I Need 8. Hit Bargain - Song for Fainting 9. Tacocat - Men Explain Things to Me 10. Julien Baker - Everybody Does 11. Erik Blood - Hold For Laughs 12. John Grant - Voodoo Doll 13. SassyBlack - Comicon 14. Seth Bogart - Sunday Boy 15. SUMAC - Rigid Man 16. Dreamcrusher - Codeine EyesSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Morning Show host John Richards presents a summer mix of new music from around the globe featuring Seattle's NAVVI, Ireland's Pleasure Beach, London's Big Deal and Norway's Death by Unga Bunga.   1. Mitski - Your Best American Girl 2. NAVVI - Close 3. Fear Of Men - Sane 4. The Kills - Heart Of A Dog 5. Local Natives - Past Lives 6. The Blessed Isles - Caroline 7. Pleasure Beach - Magic Mountain 8. 50 Foot Wave - God's Not A Dick 9. Big Deal - Avalanche 10. Ten Commandos - Staring Down the Dust 11. Islands - Back Into It 12. Death By Unga Bunga - Best Friends 13. Fruit Bats - Humbug Mountain SongSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Afternoon Show host Kevin Cole celebrates KEXP's Amplifiers with this exclusive new music mix.   1. The Blessed Isles - Like I Am Dreaming 2. The So So Glos - Going Out Swingin' 3. Mountains and Rainbows - See How They Run 4. Aesop Rock - Blood Sandwich 5. Tourist - To Have You Back 6. Eagulls - Euphoria 7. Islands - The Joke 8. A Giant Dog - Sleep When Dead 9. The Posies - Unlikely Places 10. Beach Skulls - Meet Me at the Beach House 11. Twin Peaks - Cold Lips 12. Kevin Morby - DorothySupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Swingin' Doors host Don Slack presents the latest Music That Matters podcast    featuring new songs from The So So Glos, Waco Brothers, Kristin Kontrol and    more.   1. Acapulco Lips - Awkward Waltz 2. Tacocat - I Love Seattle 3. Summer Cannibals - Full Of It 4. PUP - If This Tour Doesn't Kill You, I Will 5. The So So Glos - Dancing Industry 6. Diarrhea Planet - Life Pass 7. White Lung - Below 8. Nothing - ACD 9. Greys - Blown Out 10. Zig Zags - They Came For Us 11. Waco Brothers - DIYBYOB 12. Parker Millsap - Hands Up 13. Hayes Carll - Good While It Lasted 14. Robbie Fulks - Fare Thee Well, Carolina Gals 15. Kristin Kontrol - Show MeSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Whether you're attending in person or in spirit, Midday Show host Cheryl Waters presents the perfect soundtrack for your trip to Sasquatch! Music Festival this year.   1. Sufjan Stevens - Should Have Known Better 2. Julia Holter - Feel You 3. Briana Marela - Surrender 4. Unknown Mortal Orchestra - Multi-Love 5. Mac DeMarco - Blue Boy 6. M. Ward - Girl from Conejo Valley 7. The Twilight Sad - There's a Girl In the Corner 8. Frightened Rabbit - Get Out 9. Wolf Alice - Moaning Lisa Smile 10. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Gamma Knife 11. La Luz - You Disappear 12. Hibou - Dissolve 13. Titus Andronicus - Fired Up 14. Alabama Shakes - Don't Wanna Fight 15. Lord Huron - Fool For Love 16. Speedy Ortiz - Raising The Skate 17. Fauna Shade - No Nostalgia 18. Telekinesis - In a Future World 19. Childbirth - Nasty Grrls  Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Morning Show host John Richards presents the 6th installment of KEXP's Runner Powered Podcast.   1. LUH - I&I 2. onDeadWaves - Blue Inside 3. Hammock - Everything and Nothing 4. School of Seven Bells - Ablaze 5. Fly Moon Royalty - Grown Man 6. Cullen Omori - Cinnamon 7. Minor Victories - Folk Arp 8. The Big Pink - Hightimes 9. Big Deal - Say Yes 10. You Won't - Ya Ya Ya 11. Caveman - Never Going Back 12. Versing - Early SpringSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Afternoon Show host Kevin Cole proves that the world is a beautiful musical place with a diverse set of new sounds that span the globe, including music from Seattle, San Francisco, Atlanta, Australia, Sweden, Scotland, Niger, and Connecticut's The World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die.   1. The Sun Days - Don't Need To Be Them 2. PAWS - No Grace 3. The Coathangers - Make It Right 4. Bombino - Akhar Zaman (This Moment) 5. The World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die - Even More Forever 6. Kris Orlowski - Enough 7. Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever - Wither With You 8. Womps - Plasticine 9. Draze - The Hood Ain't The Same 10. Terrace Martin - Turkey Taco 11. VHS - Wheelchair 12. Culture Abuse - Turn It OffSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Variety Mix host DJ Shannon brings you songs from the bands she's championing on her show, including The Crookes, Sticky Fingers, Man of Moon, Oh Malô and more.   1. The Crookes - I Wanna Waste My Time on You 2. Sticky Fingers - Outcast At Last 3. Balthazar - Then What 4. Telegram - Follow 5. The Intelligence Service - Can't Believe 6. Man of Moon - Sign 7. Frightened Rabbit - Get Out 8. Foreignfox - Monsoon 9. Three Blind Wolves - Stay Calm Ali 10. Mt. Doubt - Afterglow 11. Minor Victories - A Hundred Ropes 12. Her - Five Minutes 13. Lionlimb - Turnstile 14. Oh Pep! - Doctor Doctor 15. ings - Afterthought 16. The Away Days - Less Is More 17. Oh Malô - Miss You 18. Desert Mountain Tribe - Feel the LightSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Midday show host Cheryl Waters presents a new mix of great music, featuring songs from Kyle Craft, Fauna Shade and more.   1. Kyle Craft - Pentecost 2. Woods - Sun City Creeps 3. Prism Tats - Pacifist Masochist 4. DMA's - Timeless 5. DRÆMHOUSE - Lucky 6. Conner Youngblood - Diamonds 7. Kevin Morby - I Have Been to the Mountain 8. Pure X - Thousand Year Old Child 9. Fauna Shade - No Nostalgia 10. Eleanor Friedberger - He Didn't Mention His Mother 11. Sunflower Bean - I Was Home 12. Grant-Lee Phillips - Rolling Pin 13. Rogue Wave - California BrideSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Morning Show host John Richards presents a podcast of happy, upbeat music to bring in the Spring. This podcast features great new music from Manatee Commune, Prince Rama, Yuck and more.   1. Manatee Commune - Clay feat. Marina Price 2. Eleanor Friedberger - False Alphabet City 3. Little Scream - Love as a Weapon 4. Oberhofer - Sun Halo 5. Painted Zeros - Pretty Rig 6. Twin River - Antony 7. Islands - Charm Offensive 8. The Kills - Doing It To Death 9. Prince Rama - Now Is The Time of Emotion 10. Wild Powwers - Party Song 11. Yuck - Cannonball 12. Greys - No StarSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Afternoon Show host Kevin Cole drops 10 new musical treasures from the Nordic hinterlands to the Pacific Northwest including new Finnish rap, Icelandic chill, cinematic Seattle electronica and a healthy blast of rock from Bob Mould.   1. Bob Mould - The End of Things 2. Muncie Girls - Balloon 3. Big Ups - National Parks 4. Júníus Meyvant - Gold Laces 5. Vök - Waiting 6. Farao - TIAF 7. Agent Fresco - Wait for Me 8. View - Lace (feat. LCMDF) 9. IG88 - Wayside (feat. JPM) 10. Africaine 808 - The AwakeningSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week Variety Mix host DJ El Toro compiles sixteen of his favorite new songs, a mix of the melancholy, moody, and melodramatic—plus a couple eleventh-hour barnstormers to make you tap your toes. The legendary chef Julia Child, who praised iceberg lettuce in her essential 1989 book The Way to Cook, inspired the title of this podcast.   1. Boyfriends - I Thought We Had Plans 2. Seth Bogart - Plastic 3. Gazebos - Boys I Like 4. Erik Blood - Quiet 5. Julianna Barwick – Nebula 6. Cat's Eyes - Chameleon Queen 7. Eskimeaux - Power 8. Unloved - When A Woman Is Around 9. Exploded View - No More Parties in the Attic 10. Essaie Pas - Lights Out 11. Matthew Bourne - Daniziel 12. Benedeck - Coolin' 13. Odd Nosdam - Burrow 14. DoNormaal - Dime 15. Zora Jones - Psilocybin 16. Holy Ghost! - Crime CutzSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Midday Show host Cheryl Waters presents another blissful set of tunes to delight your senses.   1. Daughter - New Ways 2. M83 - Do It, Try It 3. George Clanton - Bleed 4. STRFKR - Never Ever 5. Frightened Rabbit - Get Out 6. onDeadWaves - California 7. The Jayhawks - Quiet Corners & Empty Spaces 8. Fruit Bats - From A Soon To Be Ghost Town 9. Ringo Deathstarr - Stare At The Sun 10. Dude York - Love Is 11. Jacuzzi Boys - Happy Damage 12. Male Gaze - The Shining Path 13. Trust - Capitol 14. PONZA - MotherlandSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.