Kexp Presents Music That Matters

It's winter in Seattle and although the sun is scarce, the music continues to shine at KEXP. Midday Show host Cheryl Waters brings you a new mix with some early 2015 tracks along with a handful of faves from last year. Dig in and enjoy!   1. Low Roar - Easy Way Out 2. Wye Oak - The Tower 3. Dam Gila - Head in the Clouds 4. Dream Police - Pouring Rain 5. Viet Cong - Unconscious Melody 6. The Bamboos - Avenger 7. Small Black - Real People (Ft. Frankie Rose) 8. The Beverleys - Hoodwink 9. Majestico - I Just Want To 10. Flake Music - Spanway Hits 11. Mourn - Dark Issues 12. Sleater‐Kinney - Bury Our Friends 13. Craft Spells - Breaking the Angle Against the Tide 14. EDJ - Lose It All, All The Time 15. Dan Mangan + Blacksmith - Vessel 16. Mariachi El Bronx - WildfiresSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Join Variety Mix host Troy Nelson as he looks back on a remarkable year for music. Awesome sounds from new bands, veteran bands, local bands - you name it. As we welcome 2015, here's a reminder of some great songs we heard in the last year.   1. Smokey Brights - Catacomb 2. Parade Schedule - Weak 3. …And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead - The Doomsday Book 4. Panda Bear - Mr. Noah 5. Stars - This Is the Last Time 6. Ballet School - Heartbeat Overdrive 7. José González - Every Age 8. Planes on Paper - Iron Boat 9. Lowhitey - Zorza 10. Fox and the Law - Hot Water 11. Vaporland - Vaporland 12. The Hoot Hoots - Gone FarSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Audioasis host DJ Sharlese continues the two-part 2014 Pacific Northwest Roundup. Featuring more local sounds from 2014 by Secret School, Shabazz Palaces, Jen Wood and many more!   1. Wimps - Couches 2. Childbirth - I Only Fucked You as a Joke 3. The Murder City Devils - Cruelty Abounds 4. King Dude - Fear is All You Know 5. Neighbors - Hot Jack 6. FF - It's Alright 7. Stickers - Sacajawea 8. Dude York - Dehumanize Yourself and Face to Bloodshed 9. S - Vampires 10. Jen Wood - Fell In Love 11. Tomo Nakayama - Darkest Seasons 12. Manatee Commune - White Smoke feat. Marina Price 13. ODESZA - Say My Name (feat. Zyra) 14. Katie Kate - Rushmore 15. Bruce Leroy - Nutrition 16. Shaprece - Tell Me 17. Shabazz Palaces - #Cake 18. Secret School - Glassy 19. Silent Lambs Project - BlackFist BrokenFrontSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Audioasis host DJ Sharlese dishes up the first in a two-part 2014 Pacific Northwest Round Up! Featuring sounds that came out of the region this year like Vox Mod, Fruit Juice, Low Hums and more!1. Cabana - Wet Brick2. Helms Alee - Pinniped3. Kithkin - Altered Beast4. Low Hums - It's in the Air5. Lusine - Eyes Give In6. Mega Bog - Gone Banana7. Iska Dhaaf - Everybody Knows8. Gibraltar - Satisfied9. Vox Mod - Mind Matter feat. Whitney Lyman10. Fruit Juice - Terra-Fi11. DJAO - Good Morning12. Posse - 2USupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Afternoon Show host Kevin Cole shares some of his favorites of 2014. Relish in the best of the year and hopefully discover something new and awesome!   1. Júníus Meyvant - Color Decay 2. Mac DeMarco - Blue Boy 3. Temples - Shelter Song 4. Ty Segall - Feel 5. Parquet Courts - Black and White 6. BRONCHO - Class Historian 7. Marissa Nadler - Drive 8. Sharon Van Etten - Taking Chances 9. Angel Olsen - Forgiven/Forgotten 10. The Young Evils - Renegades 11. Ex Hex - Don't Wanna Lose 12. Tacocat - Bridge To Hawaii 13. Sugar Stems - We Only Come Out At Night 14. ODESZA - Say My Name (feat. Zyra) 15. Pillar Point - Eyeballs 16. Katie Kate - Rushmore 17. Sturgill Simpson - Turtles All The Way Down 18. Wussy - To the Lightning 19. Perfect Pussy - Interference Fits 20. Caribou - Our Love 21. Jimi Goodwin - Oh! Whiskey 22. Elbow - New York Morning 23. Woods - Leaves Like Glass 24. The War On Drugs - Red EyesSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Join Midday Show host Cheryl Waters as she celebrates a wonderful year in music and offers this gift for the holiday season, featuring new music from Francisco the Man, The Vaselines, Black Whales and more!   1. Francisco the Man - Loaded 2. The Rosebuds - In My Teeth 3. We Were Promised Jetpacks - Safety In Numbers 4. The Vaselines - Inky Lies 5. Will Butler - Take My Side 6. Polvo - The Water Wheel 7. Lyla Foy - Feather Tongue 8. The Twilight Sad - There's a Girl In the Corner 9. Oyama - Siblings 10. Flyying Colours - Not Today 11. Black Whales - Avalon 12. Nikki Lane - Seein' Double 13. Purling Hiss - Forcefield of SolitudeSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Music That Matters, Vol. 437 - Music Mix from Melly   Join Variety Mix host Mel for a new installment of KEXP's weekly Music That Matters podcast. This mix draws inspiration from the brooding and dark Seattle weather, and also gathers some of the songs that Mel couldn't get enough of during 2014. Enjoy tunes from ...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of the Dead, Mogwai, Ty Segall and more.   1. This Will Destroy You - War Prayer 2. Mogwai - Remurdered 3. …And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead - The Doomsday Book 4. Big Deal - Figure it Out 5. Ty Segall - Feel 6. Chad VanGaalen - Where Are You? 7. Wussy - Teenage Wasteland 8. JJ - Dynasti 9. Sylvan Esso - Coffee 10. The Acid - Fame 11. Korallreven - Second Comin' 12. Clark - Winter Linn 13. Young Fathers - LowSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

El Sonido host DJ Chilly compiles a mixtape featuring a variety of rock ‘n' roll en Español favorites from around the globe. Ahora somos nuevos creadores de rocanrol, tranquilos, todo va a estar más o menos bien.   1. AJ Dávila - Salvajes 2. Los Punsetes - Me Gusta Que Me Pegues 3. 60 Tigres - Cáncer de Pulmón 4. Boogarins - Lucifernandis 5. El Mató a un Policía Motorizado - Más o Menos Bien 6. Tunacola - Danky 7. Cineplexx - Te Quiero 8. Bomba Estéreo - Qué Bonito 9. La Vida Bohème - La Vida Mejor 10. François Peglau - Costa Rica (versión Fracaso Band Perú) 11. Molina y Los Cósmicos - En El Camino del Sol 12. Los Waldners - Papalotes 13. La Ola Que Quería Ser Chau - Más Copado 14. Helado Negro - Queriendo 15. Bulldozer - TTT 16. Cuello - Te Vas de Lado Siempre 17. San Pedro el Cortez - Poder Crudo 18. Juana Molina - Eras 19. Elia - Sentir 20. Ceci Bastida - Por La Calle 21. Unochosiete - Del Uno Al NueveSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Afternoon Show host Kevin Cole brings a mix of poppy punk, hypnotic trance,  and narcotic drifter ballads, with new songs from Meatbodies, The Young Evils, the Shivas and more.   1. The Young Evils - It Happens All the Time 2. Meatbodies - Mountain 3. Dream Police - Hypnotized 4. Hookworms - Radio Tokyo 5. HOLLY - Easy Company | Interlude 6. Atoms and Void - The Architect and the Atomizer 7. The Twilight Sad - Last January 8. The Shivas - Stalkin Legs 9. The Blind Shake - Old Lake 10. Restorations - Separate Songs 11. Smokey Brights - If I Can't Change Your Mind 12. Weyes Blood - Land of Broken Dreams 13. Nude Beach - Yesterday 14. The Vaselines - Last Half HourSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Midday Show host Cheryl Waters presents music that will make you want to groove, shake, and shimmy through the cold November weather. Featuring tunes from Greylag, Operators, Twin Peaks, Blooper and more.   1. Greylag - Yours To Shake 2. Alvvays - Next Of Kin  3. Operators - True 4. Wampire - Bad Attitude 5. Naomi Punk - Television Man 6. clipping. - Work Work (Feat. Cocc Pistol Cree) 7. Pond - Waiting Around For Grace 8. Dana Buoy - Preacher 9. Twin Peaks - Flavor 10. Sloan - You Don't Need Excuses To Be Good 11. Foxygen - How Can You Really 12. King Tuff - Eyes of the Muse 13. The Casket Girls - Day to Day 14. Zig Zags - Magic 15. Blooper - Tinted WindowsSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Morning show host John Richards presents a dark, rainy mix of songs for your enjoyment. Featuring new songs from Big Scary, Rose's Pawn Shop, Dean Wareham, Cabana, Eyes & No Eyes and more. 1. Big Scary - Twin Rivers 2. Kevin Morby - The Jester, The Tramp & The Acrobat 3. Elliott BROOD - Jigsaw Heart 4. Rose's Pawn Shop - What Were You Waiting For 5. The Barr Brothers - Even the Darkness Has Arms 6. Dean Wareham - The Dancer Disappears 7. Line & Circle - Wounded Desire 8. Cabana - Blood Fizz 9. Eyes & No Eyes - The Drowned World 10. Bear In Heaven - Autumn 11. Pins - Mad for You 12. Hundred Waters - Cavity 13. Blackbird Blackbird - Love Unlimited 14. High Ends - The Weight 15. Low Hums - 999Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

DJ Kevin Cole and Online Content Manager Jim Beckmann preview the 2014 Iceland Airwaves Music Festival with a diverse mix of tracks from 17 Icelandic artists including FM Belfast, Sóley, Kiasmos, and Low Roar. 1. Prins Póló - Hamstra sjarma 2. FM Belfast - Gold 3. Uni Stefson - Manuel 4. Fufanu - Circus Life 5. Júníus Meyvant - Color Decay 6. Just Another Snake Cult - I Know She Does 7. Kimono - Specters 8. Kiasmos - Dragged 9. Oyama - Old Snow 10. Low Roar - Easy Way Out 11. Börn - Ef 12. Pink Street Boys - Sleazus 13. Kælan Mikla - Mánadans 14. Cell7 - Gal Pon Di Scene 15. Young Karin - Sirens 16. Sóley - Halloween (Live on KEXP) 17. Sin Fang with Seattle Rock Orchestra Quintet - Young Boys (Live on KEXP)Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Comedian, writer, actor and director Mike Birbiglia and his also-multi-talented wife Jen Stein – whose cat is named Mazzy Star – curate and discuss some of their favorite songs and recording artists, including Tegan and Sara, Sharon Van Etten, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah featuring Matt Berninger, The Rentals, and more! Produced by KEXP Variety Mix host Nate Prudhon. 1. Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros - Better Days 2. Bleachers - I Wanna Get Better 3. ELEL - 40 Watt 4. Sharon Van Etten - Every Time the Sun Comes Up 5. Foxygen - How Can You Really 6. Sylvan Esso - Coffee 7. Maps - To the Sky 8. The Rentals - 1000 Seasons 9. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah (feat. Matt Berninger) - Coming Down 10. Tegan and Sara - Back In Your Head (Live on KEXP) 11. The War On Drugs - Red Eyes 12. Conor Oberst - Zigzagging Toward the Light 13. Junip - Your Life, Your Call 14. Real Estate - It's RealSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Summer is gone but the music never stops. Here's another sampling of tunes from Midday Show host Cheryl Waters to usher you into fall. Featuring new songs from Owl John, J Mascis, Pete Molinari, Modern Kin, Ty Segall and more! 1. Ylja - Dúmdara lara 2. Fernando - The Dogs 3. Peter Matthew Bauer - Philadelphia Raga 4. Tom Eddy - Seeing Someone 5. Owl John - Red Hand 6. Allah-Las - Buffalo Nickel 7. The Barr Brothers - Half Crazy 8. Quilt - Saturday Bride 9. Split Single - Last Goodbye 10. Bear In Heaven - Time Between 11. BRONCHO - Class Historian 12. J Mascis - Better Plane 13. Pete Molinari - Hang My Head In Shame (feat. Barrie Cadogan) 14. Modern Kin - Abandon 15. Ty Segall - Feel 16. FF - Caught In A DreamSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Host Larry Rose takes Total Control of GRMLNs on a YACHT full of Bleached Caribou on Acid. Ok, those are just a few of the bands that appear on this new podcast that takes you on a wildly varying musical journey featuring some of Larry's favorite new rock, funk, soul, and electropop jams. 1. Caribou - Our Love 2. Operators - TRUE 3. YACHT - Where Does This Disco? 4. GRMLN - Numb 5. Bleached - For the Feel 6. Julian Casablancas + the Voidz - Where No Eagles Fly 7. Curtis Harding - Keep on Shining 8. Peliroja - Injusticia 9. The Radio Dept. - Death To Fascism 10. Total Control - Flesh War 11. Chet Faker - Gold 12. Populous - Fall (feat. Cuushe) 13. The Acid - FameSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Seattle's Earshot Jazz Festival is respected for its massive and adventurous artistic legacy. Now in its 26th year as Seattle's major annual jazz festival, Earshot is known for presenting creative masters and important emerging artists, and for finding fresh synergies between international artists and Seattle's incredibly fertile music scene. This year's Jazz-That-Matters podcast is hosted by festival organizer John Gilbreath, who is also host of KEXP's long running Jazz Theater program, and zeroes in on a creative cross section of artists appearing all around Seattle this fall. 1. Taylor McFerrin feat. Nai Palm - The Antidote 2. Battle Trance - Palace of Wind I 3. Cuong Vu - Accelerated Thoughts 4. Industrial Revelation - Walking (Without) 5. Frank Catalano - Acknowledgement 6. Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey - Betamax 7. Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba - I Speak Fula 8. Corey Harris - Fulton Blues 9. Johnaye Kendrick - Placebo Effect 10. Tri Minh's Quartet - Minimal Piano DreamsSupport the show: https://www.k

Host Kevin Cole features some of his current favorites on this edition of KEXP's Music That Matters podcast. Why? Purely because he loves them and hopes you will too! Includes new songs from Jen Wood, Goat, The Juan MacLean and more! 1. Jessica Hernandez & The Deltas - Caught Up 2. Ex Hex - Don't Wanna Lose 3. Jen Wood - Fell In Love 4. Flowers - Forget The Fall 5. SW/MM/NG - Some Dreams Come True 6. Tennis - Solar On The Rise 7. ODESZA - Say My Name (feat. Zyra) 8. Shaprece - Her Song 9. Kimekai - Le Loyon 10. Goat - Words 11. Martyn - Empty Mind 12. The Juan Maclean - I've Waited For So Long 13. Xeno & Oaklander - SheenSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

DJ Alex shines a spotlight on 16 artists performing at this year's 11th annual Decibel Festival, Seattle's premier electronic music and arts event, happening all over the city from September 24th to September 28th! 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. Natasha Kmeto - Channel 1 2. Lusine - Arterial 3. DJAO - Tan Jacket 4. Com Truise - Declination (feat. Joel Ford) 5. Son Lux - Lost It To Trying 6. Nick Monaco - Mating Call 7. Groundislava - Feel The Heat 8. FaltyDL - Heart & Soul 9. Arca - Thievery 10. Baths - Ocean Death 11. Millie & Andrea - Temper Tantrum 12. Martyn - Empty Mind 13. Blue Hawaii - Sierra Lift 14. Manatee Commune - White Smoke (feat. Marina Price) 15. Alice Boman - Be Mine 16. Kid Smpl - ProtectSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

KEXP Morning Show host John Richards is Vibing Geography. Featuring similar artists from different locations including Lawrence KC, Vancouver BC, Nashville, Seattle, Brooklyn, Duluth MN, Denver, Halifax Nova Scotia, Long Beach, Sweden and England. 1. Your Friend - Bangs 2. Frazey Ford - Done 3. Pony Boy - The Devil in Me 4. Anna Calvi (feat. David Byrne) - Strange Weather 5. You Me & Apollo - Don't Sleep For Free 6. Trampled by Turtles - Are You Behind the Shining Star? 7. Generationals - Black Lemon 8. Honeymilk - Light Entertainment 9. Hamilton Leithauser - Alexandra 10. Cousins - Phone 11. Makthaverskan - Asleep 12. Archie Bronson Outfit - Two Doves on a Lake 13. Tijuana Panthers - Fired 14. Beat Connection - HesitationSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

KEXP's Variety Mix host Sean invites you to space out and get vulnerable with Late Night Lachrymosity, a mix of sumptuous synth pop, cosmic R&B, cassette-smeared techno, sneering indie pop and a song about teenaged vampires. Dig in! You won't get too sad, we promise. 1. Braids - Victoria 2. CFCF - Strange Forms of Life (North Americans Remix) 3. Keel Her - In My Head 4. Cherry Glazerr - Cry Baby 5. Viet Cong - Unconscious Melody 6. Lust for Youth - Illume 7. Maria Minerva - Runaway 8. D. Tiffany - Tranq Moon 9. Throwing Shade - Sweet Tooth 10. Jessy Lanza - You and Me 11. Moiré - Dali House (Featuring Bones) 12. Fennesz - Static Kings 13. Hundred Waters - Out Alee 14. Oneohtrix Point Never - Music for Steamed Rocks 15. The Courtneys - Lost BoysSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.