Kexp Presents Music That Matters

Afternoon Show host Kevin Cole drops nothing but 100% cruelty free bonafide jams. No imitation, factory produced beats. Never.      1. Salad Boys - No Taste Bomber  2. Cold Beat - Am I Dust  3. Danny Newcomb & The Sugar Makers - Known World  4. Palehound - Molly  5. Shopping - Wind Up  6. Dungen - Flickor Och Pojkar  7. Other Lives - Beat Primal  8. Promised Land Sound - She Takes Me There  9. Low - What Part of Me  10. Lymbyc Systym - Generated Bodies  11. DJ Beeso - (-.-)Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Midday Show host Cheryl Waters loves Fall and her reward is more great music, including a song called Halloween and beaucoup bands from Seattle.   1. The Weather Station - Shy Women 2. Sóley - Halloween 3. Youth Lagoon - The Knower 4. Israel Nash - LA Lately 5. Hamilton Leithauser & Paul Maroon - My Reward 6. Seapony - A Place We Can Go 7. Pony Time - Time Tells Me 8. The West - Out of Sync 9. Tijuana Panthers - Set Forth 10. The Dead Weather - I Feel Love (Every Million Miles) 11. Joseph Giant - Avenue Who 12. Your Friend - Tame One 13. White Lung - Face Down 14. Diane Coffee - Mayflower 15. GO!ZILLA - PollutionSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Afternoon Show host Kevin Cole drops more hits than Sadaharu Oh on this miracle mix of new music.    1. Hibou - Dissolve 2. Tamaryn - Sugar Fix 3. John Grant - Disappointing 4. Ever So Android - Moment 5. Wild Ones - Dim The Lights 6. Thunderbitch - Eastside Party 7. The Atom Age - It's A Mess 8. Worriers - Parts 9. The School - Every Day 10. Gospel Machine - Just Call Me 11. Slime - My CompanySupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Autumn calls for fuzzy sweaters and fuzzy music. Listen to Midday Veil, Blank Realm and more with fuzzy songs, feedback drenched guitars and lo-fi indie rock on this latest mix that emotes the dark days of the season.   1. Pony Boy - When Tomorrow Never Comes 2. Midday Veil - Babel 3. Ms. John Soda - Hero Whales 4. Helen - Motorcycle 5. Dead Leaf Echo - Lemonheart 6. Lou Barlow - Redeemed 7. Fernando - Save Me 8. Infinity Girl - Dirty Sun 9. Blank Realm - Palace of Love 10. Alex G - Bug 11. Julia Holter - Feel You 12. Diane Coffee - Spring Breathes 13. Girls Names - A Hunger ArtistSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

DJ Alex shines a spotlight on 12 artists performing at this year's 12th annual Decibel Festival, Seattle's premier electronic music and arts event, happening all over the city from September 23rd to September 27th! As with years past, tune in to get a taste of this year's massive, diverse international roster and check out dbfestival.com for more information.   1. Dylan Stark - Ashen 2. Natasha Kmeto - I Thought You Had A Boyfriend 3. Dan Deacon - Learning To Relax 4. Bonobo - Return To Air 5. IG88 - Wayside (feat. JPM) 6. Bob Moses - Too Much Is Never Enough 7. Pezzner - Protection 8. Dauwd - Jupiter George 9. The Black Madonna - Stay 10. Briana Marela - Surrender 11. Tim Hecker - Virginal II 12. Kid Smpl - Input/VeinSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Wo' Pop host Darek Mazzone presents new Polish music to make you fat and happy, inspired by the OFF Festival in Katowice, Poland, and featuring nu-folk, electro-acoustic improvisation, cranking garage and gritty urban hip hop, and so much more!    1. Sutari - Kupalnocka  2. Galus - Theearth  3. Kristen - The Secret Map  4. Małe Miasta - Już prawie tańczę  5. Pr08l3m - Heat  6. Tania O. - Na wystawie  7. Rebeka - Breath  8. HV/NOON - Nadważkość  9. OSTR & Hades - Psychologia Tłumu  10. Kortez - Zostań  11. We Draw A - Reflect  12. Daniel Spaleniak - Full Package of CigarettesSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Midday Show host Cheryl Waters recently discovered a slew of great bands that she loves -- Coals, Maszer, Plastic Pinks and more. Enjoy these discoveries along with a heavy helping of fantastic local bands.   1. Coals - Weightless 2. New Order - Restless 3. Gwenno - Patriarchaeth 4. MASZER - Fata Mirage 5. Silver Torches - Woman In Rust 6. Sarah Bethe Nelson - Start Somewhere 7. EYELIDS - Seagulls Into Submission 8. Spires - Parallel Lines 9. Kingdom of the Holy Sun - Getting Higher 10. Eleventh Dream Day - Vanishing Point 11. Menace Beach - Tennis Court 12. Father John Misty - Bored In The USA 13. St. Kilda - September 14. Small Feet - All And Everyone 15. Plastic Pinks - Livin' On The Coast 16. Sun Breaks - Turnstile 17. Radioactivity - Battered 18. Titus Andronicus - Fired UpSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Variety Mix host Troy Nelson takes you on a musical escapade showcasing new music that deserves to be heard, featuring new songs from Small Black, Wand, Georgia and more!   1. Sharkmuffin - Mondays 2. Beach Baby - No Mind No Money 3. Small Black - Boys Life 4. Daughn Gibson - Shatter You Through 5. Wand - Stolen Footsteps 6. Youth Lagoon - The Knower 7. Georgia - Move Systems 8. Jacuzzi Boys - Happy Damage 9. Soft Sleep - Unravel 10. Lightouts - More Than Ever 11. Ghost Pains - Arboretum 12. Natasha Kmeto - Come and SaySupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Afternoon Show host Kevin Cole lays down a mix of some of his current faves spanning genres and the globe. Including tracks from The Mynabirds, Wimps, Pinkshinyultrablast and Destroyer!   1. Strange Wilds - Pronoia 2. Wimps - Take It As It Comes 3. Veruca Salt - Laughing In The Sugar Bowl 4. Long Dark Moon - Mythologies 5. Gibraltar - Snakes! 6. Pinkshinyultrablast - Kiddy Pool Dreams 7. Destroyer - Dream Lover 8. Klunks - All You People 9. Shabazz Palaces - Forerunner Foray 10. Cyril Hahn - Inferno (feat. Say Lou Lou) 11. The Mynabirds - Wildfire 12. Oscar - Grow Up 13. The Foghorns - Ain't I a Man 14. Duke Evers - Seaside (Memories)Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Midday show host Cheryl Waters brings you a new mix stacked with Pacific Northwest artists and more.   1. Chris Staples - Cheap Shades 2. Pete Quirk - Desert Eagle 3. Shana Cleveland & The Sandcastles - Holy Rollers 4. Sharon Van Etten - Just Like Blood 5. Widowspeak - All Yours 6. Ultimate Painting - (I've Got) The Sanctioned Blues 7. DRÆMHOUSE - Woundlicker 8. Wishyunu - Photoplay 9. Girls Names - Reticence 10. Froth - Turn It Off 11. Twerps - Simple Feelings 12. Western Haunts - People In Decline 13. The Minus 5 - Hold Down The Fort 14. Kid Wave - Wonderlust 15. Avers - The Only One 16. Black Ferns - She Said  Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Brian Foss, host of Sonic Reducer (KEXP's Saturday night punk show), plays some of his current favorites plus a few older cuts. Featuring mostly Pacific Northwest bands.   1. Radioactivity - Battered 2. The Dumps - Turd World 3. Steal Shit Do Drugs - Money Spent 4. Sick Sad World - Alone All The Time 5. Mommy Long Legs - Horrorscope 6. The No-Talents - I Ain't No Wife 7. Sex Crime - Hurry Up! 8. Sir Coyler & His Asthmatic Band - Rose City's Burnin' 9. Wimps - Take It As It Comes 10. The Fabulous Downey Brothers - Eat Dirt 11. Sweet Madness - Monica's Had A Change 12. Childbirth - Nasty Girls 13. Nervosas - Moral Panic 14. Ubu Roi - Spy 15. Bad Tats - Weekend Noise Devices 16. The Snubs - Busboy (I'd Rather Be A) 17. Downtown - Gonna PukeSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Variety Mix host Mel is back to curate the most recent Music That Matters weekly podcast. This particular mix leans heavy on guitars with the latest feedback drenched songs from the legendary Swervedriver, San Francisco's Thee Oh Sees, and Fuzz, which is one of Ty Segall's many projects. You'll also hear new songs channeling older sounds from Destroyer and Diane Coffee, as well as a whole lot more.    1. Thee Oh Sees - Withered Hand 2. MOURN - Gertrudis, Get Through This! 3. Flyying Colours - Like You Said 4. Swervedriver - Winter Depths 5. Fuzz - Pollinate 6. Alice Glass - STILLBIRTH 7. Menace Beach - Super Transporterreum 8. Mike Krol - This Is the News 9. JEFF The Brotherhood - A Dog 10. Happyness - Great Minds Think Alike, All Brains Taste the Same 11. The Foetals - Fine 12. Drinks - Laying Down Rock 13. Diane Coffee - Mayflower 14. Destroyer - Dream LoverSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Afternoon Show host Kevin Cole lays down fifteen of his current faves including new music from The Heavenly States, EZTV, The Space Merchants, Ezra Furman, and OCnotes. Perfect soundtrack for driving the backstreets or interstellar escapades.   1. The Cairo Gang - Be What You Are 2. EZTV - Bury Your Heart 3. Radioactivity - I Know 4. Jaill - Getaway 5. The Heavenly States - The Specialist 6. The Space Merchants - Mainline the Sun 7. Acid Tongue - Lately 8. OCnotes - Hum Drum Killas 9. Gossamer - Print 10. Prom Queen - Black Magic 11. Hippo Campus - Suicide Saturday 12. Ezra Furman - Restless Year 13. Rocky Votolato - The Hereafter 14. Ivan & Alyosha - Bury Me Deep 15. Miami Horror - Real SlowSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Greg Vandy explores that summer feeling on this two-hour mix and nod to Barna Howard's new album, plus 18 other road trip worthy songs from up-and-comers like Banditos, Leyla McCalla, The Deslondes, Benjamin Booker, Saun & Starr, Steve Gunn, and Spirit Family Reunion, to name a few.   1. Benjamin Booker - Happy Homes 2. Delta Routine - Gone Again 3. Banditos - Still Sober (After All These Beers) 4. The Abigails - Twenty Nine 5. The Growlers - Living in a Memory 6. Jake Xerxes Fussell - Let Me Lose 7. Steve Gunn - Wildwood 8. William Tyler - We Can't Go Home Again 9. Los Colognes - They Got it On 10. Jeremy Pinnell - The Way Country Sounds 11. The Deslondes - Heavenly Home 12. Big Harp - Everybody Pays 13. Sean Rowe - The Game 14. Barna Howard - Quite a Feelin' 15. Leyla McCalla - Heart of Gold 16. Spirit Family Reunion - It Does Not Bother Me 17. Quiet Life - Housebroken Man 18. Pete Molinari - Winds of Change 19. Saun & Starr - Gonna Make TimeSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudi

Join Midday Show host Cheryl Waters for a summer podcast full of sparkling songs from London, Brooklyn, California and, as always, the Pacific Northwest.   1. Desert Sound Colony - Riverbed 2. Happyness - Naked Patients 3. The Eagle Rock Gospel Singers - Little Light 4. AM & Shawn Lee - Persuasion 5. Unknown Mortal Orchestra - Multi-Love 6. Gengahr - She's A Witch 7. Grooms - Something Wild 8. Telekinesis - In a Future World 9. Hibou - Dissolve 10. WATERS - Stupid Games 11. Laura Marling - False Hope 12. TORRES - Sprinter 13. Creepoid - Baptism 14. Hunters - Narcissist 15. Richard Thompson - All Buttoned Up 16. Crocodiles - Crybaby DemonSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Morning show host John Richards presents a new mix that weaves its way from loud shoegazerish psych-rock through brooding blues rock to grimy hip hop with some '90s-steeped stops along the way, featuring new songs from Flyying Colours, Du Blonde, Kate Tempest and more.   1. Magic Potion - Booored 2. T. Hardy Morris - My Me 3. Flyying Colours - Like You Said 4. Communions - Forget it's a Dream 5. Pinkshinyultrablast - Holy Forest 6. Pfarmers - Work for Me 7. Mates of State - Staring Contest 8. Speedy Ortiz - The Graduates 9. Joanna Gruesome - There is No Function Stacy 10. angelic milk - IDK How 11. Du Blonde - Black Flag 12. Kate Tempest - Lonely DazeSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

With more amazing music than ever to choose from, the 7th Annual Big Gay Podcast includes more than 90 minutes of songs by, for, and about the LGBTQ community, from a sinuous electronic groove inspired by Paris Is Burning to a deep cut from ‘70s glitter rocker Smokey. We're also thrilled to include new tunes from iconic artists Jimmy Somerville and Marc Almond, local fare from Dust Moth, Gaytheist and Brandi Carlilie, plus sixteen other selections to rock your 2015 Pride festivities.   1. Tyson Meade - Flying Through Our Skins 2. bottoms - die/rot 3. Marc Almond - Zipped Black Leather Jacket 4. Holly Miranda - Mark My Words 5. Gaytheist - Invisible Mind Crusher (Anxiety Attack) 6. Arthur's Landing - Lost In Thought (Bob Blank Mix) 7. Ed Askew - Gertrude Stein 8. Róisín Murphy - Gone Fishing 9. THEESatisfaction - Nature's Candy 10. Gary Burton - Remembering Tano 11. Villagers - Courage 12. Baby Dee - I Am a Stick 13. Brandi Carlile - I Belong to You 14. Dust Moth - Casual Friends 15. Torche - Annihilation Affa

Afternoon Show host Kevin Cole shines a light on some of the best new music from around the world, including songs from Iceland's  Júníus Meyvant and Vök, Sweden's Tallest Man on Earth, Santiago, Chile's The Holydrug Couple, Seattle's The Flavr Blue, and many more hot jams that'll take you up, up, and away.    1. Júníus Meyvant - Hailslide 2. The Tallest Man On Earth - Darkness of the Dream 3. Father John Misty - Chateau Lobby #4 (In C for Two Virgins) 4. Trails and Ways - Mtn Tune 5. Hippo Campus - Sophie So 6. Tycho - Awake 7. Vök - If I Was 8. The Flavr Blue - Feathers 9. The Holydrug Couple - Light or Night 10. Jacco Gardner - Find Yourself 11. No Joy - Hollywood Teeth 12. Desperate Journalist - Cristina 13. Icky Blossoms - Phantasmagoria 14. Warm Soda - Cryin For A Love 15. Solvents - Reeling Out 16. American Wrestlers - The Rest of You 17. Happyness - A Whole New ShapeSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Summer is here with warm weather, the occasional summer breeze and non-stop great music on KEXP. Check out the latest Music That Matters mix from Midday Show host, Cheryl Waters.   1. The Drums - I Can't Pretend 2. Lady Lamb - Billions of Eyes 3. Roaming Herds of Buffalo - Cereal Prize 4. Alabama Shakes - Don't Wanna Fight 5. Boxed In - All Your Love Is Gone 6. Andy Shauf - You're Out Wasting 7. Banditos - The Breeze 8. Young Guv - Kelly, I'm Not a Creep 9. Las Robertas - The Feel 10. Rose Windows - Glory, Glory 11. Mac McCaughan - Lost Again 12. Calexico - Falling From the Sky 13. Toro Y Moi - Empty Nesters 14. DMA's - Laced 15. Tijuana Panthers - Sooner or LaterSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dark goth-tinged cold wave meets postpunk on a beach with a beer in your hand.   1. Villagers - Hot Scary Summer 2. The Mountain Goats - Heel Turn 2 3. The Very Best - Makes A King 4. Honeyblood - No Big Deal 5. Waxahatchee - La Loose 6. The Dø - Miracles (Back In Time) 7. Doldrums - HOTFOOT 8. The Soft Moon - Desertion 9. A Place to Bury Strangers - We've Come So Far 10. Thee Oh Sees - Web 11. Nadine Shah - Fool 12. Wildbirds & Peacedrums - Who I WasSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.