Kexp Presents Music That Matters

Don Slack features some of his favorite new songs from smoldering Italo-Disco and fiery roots-rock to incendiary punk.   1. Daughn Gibson - It Wants Everything 2. Chromatics - In Films 3. Heaters - Mean Green 4. Wild Yaks - Paradise 5. Fort Lean - New Hobbies 6. Hop Along - Waitress 7. Sheer Mag - Fan The Flames 8. Banditos - Still Sober (After All These Beers) 9. Whitey Morgan and the 78's - Me and the Whiskey 10. Rhett Miller - My Little Disaster [feat. Black Prairie] 11. Jason Isbell - 24 Frames 12. Titus Andronicus - Dimed Out 13. Downtown Boys - Monstro 14. Strange Wilds - Pronoia 15. God Damn - Vultures 16. Flyying Colours - Running Late 17. Diamond Youth - No ControlSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Gear up for patio weather with Midday Show host Cheryl Waters' new podcast. This synth-rock heavy mix will leave you blissed out and wanting more!   1. Ceo - Mirage 2. The Casket Girls - Chemical Dizzy 3. Marriages - Skin 4. Hot Chip - Huarache Lights 5. Operators - Ecstasy In My House 6. FM Belfast - Holiday 7. TV Girl - Pantyhose 8. American Wrestlers - Kelly 9. Jessie Baylin - Creepers (Young Love) 10. Bobby Bare Jr's Young Criminals' Starvation League - North of Alabama By Mornin' 11. Vaadat Charigim - Ein Li Makom 12. Sarah Bethe Nelson - Start Somewhere 13. Majestico - I Just Want To 14. King Khan & BBQ Show - Illuminations 15. WL - Sugar Pill 16. Yonder - BellwetherSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

DJ Kevin Cole presents a mix of highlight artists performing during this year's Sasquatch! Music Festival. Soundtrack your road trip out to the Gorge, or, if you're unable to attend in person, enjoy this awesome musical companion for your Memorial Day Weekend.   1. Temples - Shelter Song 2. Spoon - Rent I Pay 3. Sharon Van Etten - Taking Chances 4. Sylvan Esso - Coffee 5. Father John Misty - I Love You, Honeybear 6. José González - Leaf Off / The Cave 7. Sleater-Kinney - Surface Envy 8. Angel Olsen - Forgiven/Forgotten 9. Woods - Leaves Like Glass 10. The War On Drugs - Red Eyes 11. THEESatisfaction - EarthEE 12. Vox Mod - Iridescent Asteroid Mists (feat. Palaceer Lazaro) 13. St. Paul & The Broken Bones - Call Me 14. Shakey Graves - Dearly Departed 15. BRONCHO - Class Historian 16. Twin Peaks - I Found A New WaySupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Morning Show host John Richards presents Volume 4 of KEXP's Runner Powered Podcast series. This newest installment is a pure energy boost sure to keep you on track during your next run.   1. Explosions in the Sky - Your Hand in Mine 2. Dan Deacon - Feel the Lightning 3. Eternal Death - Song 4. John Carpenter - Vortex 5. Django Django - Reflections 6. Until the Ribbon Breaks - Spark 7. Chromatics - I Can Never Be Myself When You're Around 8. Zola Jesus - Compass 9. The Go! Team - The Scene Between 10. The Tallest Man on Earth - Sagres 11. Lord Huron - Fool For Love 12. Ivan & Alyosha - All This Wandering Around  13. Crocodiles - Crybaby Demon 14. Kingdom of the Holy Sun - Getting Higher 15. Eternal Summers - Together Or Alone  Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Expansions host DJ Riz presents a new mix of electronic and acoustic sounds by artists from all over the globe.   1. Peter Broderick - More and More (mouth trumpet version) 2. Congo Sanchez - Stand Beside Yourself 3. A Coral Room - IoT 4. Steve Cobby - Why Sleep Through Your Dreams? 5. Melanie De Biasio - The Flow (Hex Remix) 6. Hober Mallow - Take You Away (To the Stars) 7. JD Joslin - Suffer Room 8. Tiganá Santana - Antidoto 9. SassyBlack - WhatDoYouWantFromMeSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

DJ Larry Rose (host of Larry's Lounge) brings you a fun genre hopping mix of memorable songs mostly from debut releases.   1. Mike Pace and the Child Actors - Summer Lawns 2. Snuff Redux - E-Drone 3. Diet Cig - Harvard  4. Boxed In - Mystery 5. Tkay Maidza - U-Huh 6. Shad & DJ T.LO - Fire 7. Fort Romeau - Not A Word 8. Body Language - Really Love 9. Clarence Clarity - Meadow Hopping, Traffic Stopping, Death Splash 10. Misun - Penny 11. Bouquet - Come To Your House 12. Bent Denim - Key Lime PieSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Discover your new favourite bands with this latest mix curated by KEXP's DJ Shannon. Including new songs from The Away Days, Mew, Black Rivers (Jez and Andy from Doves), BC Camplight and more. 1. BC Camplight - You Should've Gone to School 2. Gengahr - She's A Witch 3. Black Rivers - The Ship 4. Mew - Water Slides [radio edit] 5. Kassassin Street - To Be Young 6. Public Service Broadcasting - Go! 7. Absofacto - Dissolve 8. The Away Days - Best Rebellious 9. Hooton Tennis Club - Jasper 10. Charles Howl - Lunacy 11. Foreignfox - Quiet At Home 12. Fatherson - I Like Not Knowing 13. Mt Wolf - RedSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Afternoon Show host Kevin Cole delivers an explosive set of his favorite new music and new bands including The Fireworks, POW! and Pinkshinyultrablast.   1. Pinkshinyultrablast - Holy Forest 2. The Tamborines - Black and Blue 3. The Fireworks - Runaround 4. POW! - Liquid Daydream 5. Doldrums - Loops 6. Eternal Death - Violence 7. Monophonics - Sound Of Sinning 8. Surf City - Spec City 9. Bouquet - Come To Your House 10. William Hall - The Valley 11. Lower Dens - To Die In L.A. 12. Jessica Pratt - Back, Baby  Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Join Midday Show host Cheryl Waters on a musical Ævintýr (Icelandic for adventure) featuring tons of great new songs including many that have yet to be released. Dig in and enjoy!   1. Winnebago - Blinders 2. Other Lives - Reconfiguration 3. Sóley - Ævintýr 4. Sufjan Stevens - Should Have Known Better 5. The Weather - 1983 6. Panda Bear - Boys Latin 7. Ultimate Painting - Central Park Blues 8. Nic Hessler - Expel Me 9. The Helio Sequence - Stoic Resemblance 10. Shabazz Palaces - Ham Sandwich 11. JEFF the Brotherhood - Black Cherry Pie 12. Two Gallants - Incidental 13. Brandi Carlile - Mainstream Kid 14. Waxahatchee - Under a RockSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Join Morning Show host John Richards for a mix that's loud, new and full of rocks.   1. Beech Creeps - Times Be Short 2. Cloakroom - Starchild Skull 3. Male Bonding - A Kick to the Face 4. Darlings - Gardone 5. The Crush - Someone For You 6. Zebra Hunt - Delaware 7. Title Fight - Chlorine 8. Feedtime - Flatiron 9. Grooms - Comb the Feelings Through Your Hair 10. Novella - Land Gone 11. PINS - Too Little Too Late 12. Radical Dads - Slammer 13. Killer Ghost - No Denyin'Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Swingin' Doors host Don Slack brings you new music to get excited about this Spring, from power pop and garage-rock to edgy post-punk, surf, hip hop and more.   1. Alabama Shakes - Don't Wanna Fight 2. Mikal Cronin - Made My Mind Up 3. Weed - Stay in the Summer 4. Speedy Ortiz - Raising The Skate 5. Courtney Barnett - Depreston 6. Diet Cig - Harvard 7. Unlikely Friends - Satellite Station 8. Joanna Gruesome - Last Year 9. Westkust - Swirl 10. Makthaverskan - Witness 11. Swami John Reis & The Blind Shake - Sea Saw 12. Marriages - Skin 13. Rose Windows - Glory, Glory 14. Wand - Self-Hypnosis in 3 Days 15. Obnox - Too Punk Shakur 16. METZ - Acetate 17. THEESatisfaction - EarthEESupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Afternoon Show host Kevin Cole brings you a stellar mix of new sounds spanning the musical spectrum, from raw rockers to fist-pumping anthems, cosmic RnB, jangly indie pop and gentle folk sounds.   1. Zebra Hunt - Half Right 2. Made Violent - Two Tone Hair 3. The Popguns - If You Ever Change Your Mind 4. Allo Darlin' - Bright Eyes 5. You Blew It! - Lanai 6. THEESatisfaction - EarthEE 7. St. Kilda - September 8. Tomo Nakayama - Open Room 9. Ryley Walker - Primrose Green 10. The Districts - Peaches 11. Mike Pace and the Child Actors - Summer Lawns 12. Ex-Cult - Clinical Study 13. Viet Cong - Silhouettes 14. Wormburner - Somewhere Else To Be 15. Chandos - Cobra Points 16. Au.Ra - MorningSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Join Midday Show host Cheryl Waters for a new podcast featuring songs that will stick in your mind and hopefully get you singing along as you while away your days.   1. Father John Misty - I Love You, Honeybear 2. The Amazing - Picture You 3. Yellerkin - Tools 4. Django Django - First Light 5. Matthew E. White - Rock & Roll Is Cold 6. Ultimate Painting - Central Park Blues 7. The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Do The Get Down 8. The Grizzled Mighty - Chantael 9. Cult of Youth - God's Garden 10. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - I'm In Your Mind 11. José González - Leaf Off / The Cave 12. Julia Massey & The Five Finger Discount - Montana Capri 13. Bonnie & The BANG BANG - Every New Love 14. The Sidekicks - Deer 15. Wolf Alice - Moaning Lisa SmileSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Morning Show host John Richards discovers hidden gems in this heavy vibed mix of pop and beats, featuring the swirling eclectic sounds of local Seattle project Eggshells, the urgent rumbling guitars of The Districts and much more.   1. Elisa Ambrogio - Superstitious 2. Eggshells - In the Background 3. Sales - Renee 4. Ghosts I've Met - The Shape of Space 5. Breakfast In Fur - Portrait 6. Dirty Dishes - Guilty 7. Nite Fields - You I Never Knew 8. Twerps - Back To You 9. All We Are - Feel Safe 10. The Districts - 4th and Roebling 11. Snuff Redux - Disintegrate the DaysSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Afternoon show host Kevin Cole folds and sculpts sounds into a stunning musical mix featuring brand new tracks from Courtney Barnett, Pond, JD McPherson and more! Let the good times fold!   1. JD McPherson - Let The Good Times Roll 2. Stag - She + Me 3. Courtney Barnett - Pedestrian At Best 4. Pond - Elvis' Flaming Star 5. The Dø - Sparks 6. Chimurenga Renaissance - HomieZ (feat. Outspoken) 7. Ricked Wicky - Frenzy Of Blame 8. Liam Hayes - Fokus 9. Unlikely Friends - Soft Reputation 10. Bread & Butter - Shoot My Mouth Off 11. Redtenbacher's Funkestra - Baby Fat 12. Doomtree - Gray DuckSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

DJ Sharlese hosts a podcast featuring bands competing in the 2015 Sound Off! competition, the premiere Northwest battle of the bands hosted by the Experience Music Project (EMP) Museum.   1. Bleachbear - Astoria 2. Champagne Babylon - Lost In Eden 3. Nightspace - Insecure 4. Super Soaked - Wannabe 5. Charlie and the Rays - Please 6. Hemlock Lane - Sunnyside 7. Honcho Poncho - The Real Sub-Human 8. Naked Giants - O.A.O 9. One Above Below None - What Can He Do For Yah 10. Emma Lee Toyoda - Trapped 11. Mystery Machines - Get in the Van 12. Righteous Minds - Lift Ya' Head UpSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Midday show host Cheryl Waters presents a sweet collection of songs just in time for the holiday of love. Because who doesn't love great music?   1. Strand of Oaks - Plymouth 2. Zammuto - Great Equator 3. Deerhoof - Paradise Girls 4. Courtney Barnett - Pedestrian At Best 5. Gang of Four - Broken Talk (feat. Alison Mosshart) 6. Chastity Belt - Time to Go Home 7. BC Camplight - You Should've Gone to School 8. Avi Buffalo - Memories of You 9. Duke Garwood - Heavy Love 10. Elvis Perkins - Hogus Pogus 11. Laura Marling - Short Movie 12. Joseph Giant - First And The Last To Know 13. The Mountain Goats - The Legend of Chavo Guerrero 14. Hanni El Khatib - Moonlight 15. Ty Segall - Mother Lemonade 16. Braid - East End Hollows 17. Colleen Green - Pay AttentionSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The title says it all. Join Morning Show host John Richards for an excellent new mix.   1. MICHAELBRAILEY - I Lose Myself 2. Kele - Doubt 3. Is Tropical - Crawl 4. Au.Ra - Pyramid 5. FIANCÉ - Era 6. Ephrata - Where Have You Gone? 7. The Young Evils - Renegades 8. September Girls - Melatonin 9. So Cow - Get Down Off That Thing 10. Dads - Chewing Ghosts 11. Duke Evers - Lions 12. FF - Dusted 13. Menace Beach - Come On Give UpSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Variety mix host Morgan curates a mix of exciting new singles from upcoming releases in the new year. Cool female vocals, warm rock and plenty of amazingly varied Seattle sounds to help the short, dark days feel a little longer. 1. A Place to Bury Strangers - Straight 2. Meatbodies - Mountain 3. Dreamsalon - Soft Stab 4. Melody's Echo Chamber - Shirim 5. Mariachi El Bronx - Wildfires 6. Moon Duo - Animal 7. FF - Dusted 8. Oyama - Old Snow 9. The Drink - Microsleep 10. Mega Bog - Aurora / 99 11. mr. Gnome - Melted Rainbow 12. Beat Connection - Another Go Round 13. Soma Cove - RetrolightSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Afternoon Show host Kevin Cole's  first podcast of 2015 features music to warm you up during the cold days of winter. Exciting up-and-coming artists are brought together for the perfect winter mix of spacey pop gems, hypnotic grooves, grimy hip-hop and more.   1. Flight Facilities - Two Bodies feat. Emma Louise 2. Garden City Movement - Entertainment 3. Bonobo​ - Flashlight 4. Kate Tempest - Lonely Daze 5. Springtime Carnivore - Sun Went Black 6. Roman Flügel - Friendship Song 7. Museum of Love - The Who's Who of Who Cares 8. Melody's Echo Chamber - Shirim 9. Objekt - Ratchet 10. Kiasmos - Looped 11. Navvi - StaySupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.