Kexp Presents Music That Matters

Afternoon show host Kevin Cole provides your late summer soundtrack to Camp Bliss with new faves from Twin Peaks, Benjamin Booker, Beach Day, Allah-Las, Deep Sea Diver and more! 1. Twin Peaks - I Found A New Way 2. Alvvays - Adult Diversion 3. The Proper Ornaments - Stereolab 4. Beach Day - All My Friends Were Punks 5. Spider Bags - Back With You Again in the World 6. Makthaverskan - Slowly Sinking 7. Lonesome Shack - More Primitive 8. Benjamin Booker - Wicked Waters 9. Viet Cong - Throw It Away 10. Allah-Las - Had It All 11. Deep Sea Diver - One By One 12. Rubblebucket - Carousel Ride 13. Atmosphere - FlickerSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bust out those seersuckers one last time and enjoy a mix of local, national and international artists as Midday Show host Cheryl Waters presents KEXP's annual preview of Bumbershoot, Seattle's longest running music and arts festival, this year featuring expansive roots twists from Valerie June, soul-inflected rock from The Afghan Whigs, slacker-pop from Mac Demarco, party hip hop from Danny Brown, dream surf from La Luz, sample heavy electronica from Mexican Institute of Sound and more! 1. Campfire OK - Wishing You the Best 2. Valerie June - Twisted & Twined 3. KINS - Absblurd 4. The Afghan Whigs - Algiers 5. Hurray for the Riff Raff - Body Electric 6. Cataldo - My Heart Is Calling 7. Mac DeMarco - Blue Boy 8. The Dismemberment Plan - Invisible 9. Dude York - The Lake 10. Mexican Institute of Sound - Especulando 11. Poliça - Chain My Name 12. Danny Brown - Lonely 13. San Fermin - Crueler Kind 14. La Luz - Morning High 15. Iska Dhaaf - Everybody Knows 16. Cumulus - Hey Love 17. Pickwick - Window SillSuppo

KEXP's Morning Show host John Richards presents a new mix featuring tracks from Odonis Odonis, Tom Vek, Young Fathers, Brian Jonesetown Massacre, The GOASTT, King Dude and more. From fuzzed out post-punk to funked up Black Sabbath, there's a noise here for everyone. 1. Cymbals Eat Guitars - Jackson 2. Pink Mountaintops - Ambulance City 3. Odonis Odonis - Are We Friends 4. Tom Vek - Sherman (Animals In the Jungle) 5. Young Fathers - Get Up 6. Wussy - Teenage Wasteland 7. Brian Jonestown Massacre - Vad Hände Med Dem? 8. Kingdom of the Holy Sun - Thirteen Eyes 9. Gentlemen - Late Nacht 10. A Sunny Day in Glasgow - Crushin' 11. Slow Club - Complete Surrender 12. The GOASTT (The Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger) - Too Deep 13. Brownout presents Brown Sabbath - The Wizard 14. King Dude - Cloven Hooves (Of Fear)Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

KEXP's Roadhouse host Greg Vandy brings you a late summer soundtrack that features many of his favorite new songs and artists of 2014, such as Israel Nash, Black Lips, Pete Molinari, The Donkeys, Nikki Lane, Sturgill Simpson, Evening Bell, and Saskatoon teenagers Kacy & Clayton. 1. Black Lips - Drive By Buddy 2. Pete Molinari - Hang My Head In Shame 3. Shovels & Rope - Stono River Blues 4. Daddy Long Legs - Blood from a Stone 5. King Khan & The Shrines - Pray For Lil 6. Hollis Brown - Train Round the Bend 7. The Donkeys - I Heart Alabama 8. Israel Nash - Through the Door 9. Israel Nash - Myer Canyon 10. Denver - A Way Out 11. Sturgill Simpson - Turtles All The Way Down 12. Evening Bell - Dust Storm 13. Wooden Wand - Uneasy Peace 14. Nikki Lane - All Or Nothin' 15. Bill Patton - Worrying 16. Bryan John Appleby - Backseat 17. Yucca Mountain - Isabelle Dinoire 18. The Deep Dark Woods - Charlie's (Is Coming Down) 19. Kacy & Clayton - The Downward Road 20. Barna Howard - It Hurts To KnowSupport th

Afternoon Show Host Kevin Cole brings you the perfect soundtrack for your dream city, including new faves from Pets, The Sugar Stems, Conor Oberst, French Style Furs, and Cold Beat. 1. Prom Body - My Paradise 2. Pets - Dream City 3. Cold Beat - Mirror 4. Sugar Stems - We Only Come Out At Night 5. Conor Oberst - Zigzagging Toward The Light 6. French Style Furs - (World In My) Bloodstream 7. Donovan Blanc - Hungry A Long Time 8. Skygreen Leopards - Selling T-Shirts 9. Garotas Suecas - Bucolismo 10. Got a Girl - Did We Live Too Fast 11. Slow Club - Everything Is New 12. Austra - HabitatSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

So much music, so little time. Midday Show host Cheryl Waters has compiled a collection of summer songs that she loves, listen to find out why Cheryl always plays more than one Spoon song. 1. Luluc - Without A Face 2. Sharon Van Etten - Taking Chances 3. Sleepy Kitty - Don't You Start 4. Liars - Mess on a Mission 5. Chad VanGaalen - Where Are You? 6. Young Fathers - Low 7. Benjamin Booker - Violent Shiver 8. French Style Furs - All The Way Down 9. Spoon - Rent I Pay 10. Spoon - Sister Jack 11. Eels - Mistakes of My Youth 12. Rural Alberta Advantage - Terrified 13. J Mascis - Every Morning 14. Total Control - Flesh War 15. White Fence - Mr. Adams/Who Feels Right?Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

KEXP's Afternoon Show host Kevin Cole deliverers a set of hooky guitar-driven, blissed-out beach pop including new songs from Tennis, La Sera, Bleached, Parquet Courts, and Thee Oh Sees. 1. Tennis - Never Work For Free 2. The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - Masokissed 3. La Sera - Running Wild 4. Honeyblood - Killer Bangs 5. Bleached - For the Feel 6. White Reaper - Cool 7. Parquet Courts - Black and White 8. Beverly - Madora 9. Dead Stars - Wasted 10. Thee Oh Sees - Encrypted Bounce 11. Zig Zags - The FogSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

KEXP's Sean Nelson brings you a new mix featuring artists performing at Seattle's Capitol Hill Block Party this year. Preview CHBP with new songs and favorites from Spoon, Kithkin, Tennis Pro, The War On Drugs and Iska Dhaaf. 1. Spoon - Waiting For the Kid to Come Out 2. Lemolo - Beautiful Night 3. Tennis Pro - Kimberly 4. Iska Dhaaf - All The Kids 5. Angel Olsen - Forgiven/Forgotten 6. Kithkin - Altered Beast 7. Gaytheist - Ock of Rages (Live) 8. The War On Drugs - Red Eyes 9. Dum Dum Girls - Rimbaud Eyes 10. The Julie Ruin - Oh Come OnSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

There is a simple & sure premise at KEXP. To discover and experience great music that brings fulfilment and enjoyment to your life. Join Midday Show host Cheryl Waters for our latest Music That Matters podcast. We hope these tunes hit the spot. 1. Jessica Lea Mayfield - I Wanna Love You 2. The Woodentops - A Pact 3. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Coming Down (feat. Matt Berninger) 4. Wussy - To the Lightning 5. The Growlers - Change in Your Veins 6. Two Cow Garage - The Death of the Self-Preservation Society 7. Glass Animals - Gooey 8. Mas Ysa - Why 9. The Pains of Being Pure At Heart - Simple and Sure 10. Sonic Avenues - Lost & Found 11. Twin Peaks - Baby Blue 12. Parquet Courts - Sunbathing Animal 13. Bob Mould - Hey Mr. Grey 14. PUP - Reservoir 15. PUJOL - CirclesSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

KEXP seems to get gayer every year, and this year's Big Gay Podcast, featuring twenty tracks spanning more than 40 years, is no exception. With everything from vintage queer country to an electronic interpretation of a black metal classic, El Toro's 2014 roundup of songs by, for, and about the LGBT community offers a little something for everyone. 1. K Anderson - 14 Year Old Me 2. Meshell Ndegeocello - Forget My Name 3. HERS - Warm 4. Justus Köhncke - Idee, Prozess, Ergebnis 5. The Soft Pink Truth - Let There Be Ebola Frost 6. Bikini Kill - Thurston Hearts the Who 7. Hervé & Zebra Katz - Tear the House Up 8. Trust - Rescue Mister (Null remix) 9. Aye Nako - For the Inverted 10. Gaytheist - Ock of Rages (Live) 11. Hurray for the Riff Raff - Body Electric 12. Lavender Country - Cryin' These Cocksucking Tears 13. Patrick Cowley - Mockingbird Dream 14. Gem Club - Michael 15. Tyson Meade - Nihilists Need Love Too 16. Bob Mould - The War 17. Tacocat - Hey Girl 18. Tenderfoot - Do It My Love 19. Thalia Zedek Ban

KEXP's Resident Runner and host of the Morning Show, John Richards, returns with Volume 3 of our new Runner Powered Podcast series. It's another high energy hour of KEXP faves and new tracks to keep you moving! 1. Akron/Family - River 2. Cloud Control - Dojo Rising 3. Porcelain Raft - Drifting In and Out 4. Maps - To The Sky 5. My Sad Captains - Goodbye 6. Kite Party - Halflife 7. Surfer Blood - Floating Vibes 8. Los Campesinos! - Me! You! Dancing! 9. Ages and Ages - Light Goes Out 10. The Thermals - St. Rosa and the Swallows 11. Starfucker - Julius 12. Slow Club - Complete Surrender 13. Young Fathers - Get Up 14. The Skull Defekts - The Known Unknown 15. The Faint - Mental Radio 16. Ana Tijoux - Vengo 17. Pretty Lights - Color of My SoulSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

KEXP's Don Slack plays some of his favorite new Swingin' Doors jams for summer. Heavy doses of Northwest and Nashville. Recommended pairings: lawn chairs and margaritas. 1. Nikki Lane - Seein' Double 2. Country Lips - Black Water 3. Rodney Crowell - Frankie Please 4. Rod Melancon - Duck Festival Queen 5. Sturgill Simpson - Turtles All The Way Down 6. Wussy - Teenage Wasteland 7. Bobby Bare Jr's Young Criminals' Starvation League - North of Alabama By Mornin' 8. Lee Bains III & The Glory Fires - The Company Man 9. Zoe Muth - Mama Needs A Margarita 10. Kelly Willis & Bruce Robison - Anywhere But Here 11. The Delines - Colfax Avenue 12. Star Anna - Annie 13. Inly - In The Mornin' 14. Chuck Mead - The Light Of The DaySupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

KEXP's Afternoon Show host Kevin Cole pumps up the volume with a great mix of new music and live rarities in celebration and appreciation of KEXP's Amplifiers Club donors! Turn it up! 1. Sonic Avenues - In Your Head 2. Guided By Voices - Psychotic Crush 3. Thee Oh Sees - Drop 4. Sharon Van Etten - Serpents (KEXP VIP Club Concert at The Triple Door) 5. Kevin Drew - You In Your Were 6. BNLX - Everything Must Go 7. Alt-J - Fitzpleasure (KEXP VIP Club Concert at The Triple Door)) 8. FM Belfast - Everything 9. Da Cruz - Crianças da Revolta 10. Alice Boman - Be Mine 11. Federico Aubele - Somewhere Else (feat. Melody Gardot) 12. Larry Gus - The Eternal and the Ephemeral 13. Kid Smpl - Ja 14. Mudhoney - Touch Me I'm Sick (KEXP Presents Mudhoney On Top Of The Space Needle)Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Join Variety Mix host Melissa Trejo as she takes the helm again for the most recent Music That Matters Podcast. During this go round, Mel weaves in and out of melancholy musical meanderings and twitched out glitchiness to keep you company through a late night of wakefulness. 1. Glitterbug - 1st of July 2. Carmen Villain - Lifeissin (Prins Thomas Remix) 3. Fort Romeau - Stay True 4. Hooray for Earth - Keys 5. Hics - Tangle 6. Milosh - Hold Me 7. Sisyphus - Take Me 8. Jono McCleery - Fire In My Hands 9. Big Scary - Why Hip Hop Sucks In '13 10. Hammock - My Mind Was a Fog… My Heart Became a Bomb 11. Caspian - Hymn For the Greatest Generation 12. Lanterns on the Lake - Green and GoldSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

KEXP's Midday Show host Cheryl Waters presents a new mix featuring 12 tracks that she's been loving lately. Enjoy music from The Fresh & Onlys, Bleeding Rainbow, Cloud Nothings, The Hold Steady and more! What have you been loving lately? 1. The Districts - Funeral Beds 2. The Fresh & Onlys - Animal Of One 3. Cabana - Warmest Night 4. Bleeding Rainbow - Tell Me 5. Big Scary - Belgian Blues 6. Hollow & Akimbo - Fever Dreams 7. Cloud Nothings - I'm Not Part Of Me 8. Iron Chic - Spooky Action at a Distance 9. Black Pistol Fire - Dimestore Heartthrob 10. Black Joe Lewis - My Blood Ain't Runnin' Right 11. Hello Echo - Coffee Cups 12. The Hold Steady - SpinnersSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

KEXP's Afternoon Show host Kevin Cole provides your soundtrack to the 2014 Sasquatch Music Festival. A nearly two-hour music mix of Sasquatch highlights will get you pumped on your road trip to the Gorge and back. And, if you're not able to attend Sasquatch this year, will be the next best thing to being there. 1. Old 97's - Let's Get Drunk & Get It On 2. Dude York - Cannibal 3. La Luz - Sure As Spring 4. Foals - Hummer 5. Bob Mould - I Don't Know You Anymore 6. Phantogram - Don't Move 7. Washed Out - Don't Give Up 8. Pillar Point - Eyeballs 9. Lucius - Turn It Around 10. Kithkin - Ampersand 11. Little Green Cars - The John Wayne 12. Big Scary - Twin Rivers 13. Chet Faker - Gold 14. Cut Copy - Free Your Mind 15. Pink Mountaintops - Ambulance City 16. The Physics - Coronas On Madrona 17. Fly Moon Royalty - The Birthday Song 18. First Aid Kit - Emmylou 19. Damien Jurado - Silver Timothy 20. Elbow - New York Morning 21. Mary Lambert - She Keeps My Warm 22. Phosphorescent - Song for Zula 23. Jonat

KEXP's Expansions host, Masa, has done a radio special on Detroit's Electronic Music Festival for many years and now brings you his very first podcast focused on the festival. It's a 12 track celebration and spotlight on Detroit based and inspired electronic artists performing at the festival this Memorial Day weekend. 1. DJ Godfather - You So Flexible (featuring MC Flipside) 2. DJ 3000 - Yahia (DJ Nasty Remix) 3. Robert Hood - Eleven 4. Esteban Adame - Home Sick 5. Kevin Saunderson Presents Inner City - Bad Girl (7th Star Remix) 6. Stacy Pullen - Any Which Way (Dub Mug Mix) 7. Floorplan - Never Grow Old (Re-Plant) 8. Los Hermanos - Truth About Techno 9. Sean Deason - Beautiful 1 10. Malik Alston - Dance Jazz 11. Stacey Hotwaxx Hale feat Louis Hale - Hale 2 House 12. DJ 3000 - Morning BirdSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

KEXP's Resident Runner and host of the Morning Show, John Richards, presents Volume 2 of our new Runner Powered Podcast series. Hit your second wind with two hours (31 tracks!) of high energy KEXP favorites. 1. Animal Collective - What Would I Want? Sky 2. Small Black (Feat. Aaron Rockers) - Free At Dawn 3. Washed Out - Eyes Be Closed 4. Maps - To The Sky 5. Editors - Smokers Outside the Hospital Doors 6. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Beat the Devil's Tattoo 7. Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros - Home 8. Say Hi - November Was White, December Was Grey 9. Junip - Your Life Your Call 10. Elliott Brood - Write It All Down for You 11. Port O'Brien - I Woke Up Today 12. Cut Copy - Free Your Mind 13. St. Lucia - Elevate 14. Stars - Hold On When You Get Love and Let Go When You Give It 15. Cayucas - Cayucos 16. Robbers on High Street - Hey Unbelievers 17. Little Dragon - Ritual Union 18. People Under the Stairs - Trippin' at the Disco 19. Architecture in Helsinki (Trizzy's Rusty Tin Can Remix) - Heart It Races 20

KEXP's Morning Show host, John Richards, presents the first in a new series of Music That Matters podcasts, it's our Runner Powered Podcast, Volume 1. Enjoy this one hour training podcast, featuring 16 high-energy local and international artists with songs about running and songs that will motivate runners. Download now and allow KEXP's resident runner to amplify your inspiration and soundtrack your next run. Don't miss Volume 2, coming soon and featuring a two hour mix with all new songs! 1. Lord Huron - Time To Run   2. Arcade Fire - Keep the Car Running   3. Augustines - Cruel City 4. Beat Connection - In the Water 5. Yellow Ostrich - Marathon Runner   6. Japandroids - The House That Heaven Built 7. The Moondoggies - Changing (Live on KEXP) 8. The Lonely Forest - I Don't Want To Live There 9. Pickwick - Hacienda Motel 10. Fitz & The Tantrums - Breakin' the Chains of Love 11. Frightened Rabbit - Swim Until You Can't See Land 12. The Helio Sequence - Keep Your Eyes Ahe

Afternoon Show host Kevin Cole soars with this mix of new power pop, hip-hop, glam infused soul, and house featuring Katie Kate, Perfect Pussy, Dum Dum Girls, Hercules & Love Affair and more. 1. The Baseball Project - From Nails To Thumbtacks 2. Cheap Star - Kelly Slayer 3. Dum Dum Girls - Rimbaud Eyes 4. Perfect Pussy - Interference Fits 5. Katie Kate - Rushmore 6. Mac DeMarco - Blue Boy 7. Withered Hand - Fall Apart 8. Beaty Heart - Lekka Freakout 9. Sam Mickens - The Demon Star 10. St. Paul & The Broken Bones - Call Me 11. The Woodentops - Smokin' 12. Bombay Bicycle Club - Feel 13. De Lux - On The Day 14. Hercules & Love Affair - Do You Feel The Same?Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.