Kexp Presents Music That Matters

Morning Show host John Richards shares some of the best music being made in Seattle as well as London, Brooklyn, LA and more.   1. Beach Skulls - Santa Fe 2. Iggy Pop - Break Into Your Heart 3. The Dirty Nil - No Weaknesses 4. SWMRS - Drive North 5. Eagulls - Skipping 6. Flowers - Ego Loss 7. Amber Arcades - Right Now 8. Tangerine - Sunset 9. Naked Giants - Easy Eating 10. Charles Bradley - Change For The World 11. Coast Modern - Hollow Life 12. TEEN - Tokyo 13. Silver Torches - Cal  Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Afternoon Show host Kevin Cole takes you up and down- rocking your world and then helping you chill the fuck out.   1. PJ Harvey - The Wheel 2. Pinkshinyultrablast - The Cherry Pit 3. Bill Ryder-Jones - Satellites 4. M. Ward - Confession 5. Quilt - Roller 6. Samaris - Wanted 2 Say 7. DJ Béeso - (-.-) 8. Lymbyc Systym - Generated Bodies 9. Sóley - I Will Find You 10. Gangly - Fuck with Someone Else 11. Vök - Waterfall 12. Úlfur Eldjárn - Poyekhali!Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

DJ Miss Ashley celebrates Women's History Month, featuring new tracks from some very talented female artists, including Madrid-based, all-female quartet Hinds, sister duo Bleached, local reggae singer and multi-instrumentalist Chava Mirel of Clinton Fearons Boogie Brown Band, and many other leading ladies.   1. Hinds - Castigadas en el Granero 2. Frankie Cosmos - Sinister 3. Bleached - Keep on Keepin' On 4. Thao & the Get Down Stay Down - Nobody Dies 5. Quilt - Roller 6. Eleanor Friedberger - He Didn't Mention His Mother 7. School of Seven Bells - Ablaze 8. Fey Moth - Hold Me Under the Sun 9. SALFUMÁN - Futura Mujer 10. Lucius - Something About You 11. Jessy Lanza - It Means I love You 12. The Internet - Girl (feat. KAYTRANADA) 13. Chava Mirel - Lift Them Up (feat. Naphtali Ebna La-Hakim Rashid) 14. Sara Lugo & Protoje - Really Like You  Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Join Midday Show host Cheryl Waters for a great mix of mostly new music, including selections from Northwest artists along with a strong showing from Australia and New Zealand.   1. Kyson - You 2. Marlon Williams - Dark Child 3. Dr. Dog - Bring My Baby Back 4. Royal Headache - Carolina 5. School of Seven Bells - Open Your Eyes 6. Nadia Reid - Seasons Change 7. The Cave Singers - That's Why 8. Fey Moth - Coasts of Japan 9. Snuff Redux - Stop the Judge 10. Wray - Apacheria 11. Black Lips - Freedom Fries 12. Cullen Omori - Sour Silk 13. Yuck - Hearts In Motion 14. Ty Segall - Emotional Mugger / Leopard Priestess 15. The Thermals - Hey YouSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Join the host of the very first and the 500th Music That Matters podcast for a mix of new music from all over the world including Greece, Sydney, London, NYC, Copenhagen, Seattle and more!    1. ADKOB - Lung Capacity 2. Fews - The Zoo 3. Sulk - Black Infinity (Upside Down) 4. The Callas - It's Sunday I'm Bleeding 5. The Castillians - You & Me 6. The Last Shadow Puppets - Bad Habits 7. Bill Ryder-Jones - Two to Birkenhead 8. Eleanor Friedberger - Sweetest Girl 9. Givers - Bermuda 10. Lust For Youth - Better Looking Brother 11. Club 8 - Skin 12. Pillar Point - Part Time LoveSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Audioasis host DJ Sharlese presents KEXP's Sound Off! podcast. Featuring bands participating in the 2016 Sound Off! competition, the premiere Northwest battle of the bands hosted by the Experience Music Project (EMP) Museum.   1. Copalis - Deep End 2. COSMOS - House Warming 3. Jazzy Tee - Heartless Grl 4. Party Shark - Pick & Choose 1 5. Animal Camera - Diane 6. Crews - One by One 7. Paris Alexa - All You Guys 8. Travis Thompson - No Se Feat. Ryan Caraveo 9. Dre'zy and Too Smoove - I Found That Good 10. Hello, I'm Sorry - Be Okay 11. Paralexis - Freefall 12. Lee - Into the FlamesSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Afternoon Show host Kevin Cole turns to face the strange changes with a music mix for the ages including new Ty Segall, Paul Westerberg, Operators, and local music from Damien Jurado, Crater, Pillar Point and more.   1. Hinds - Garden 2. Hippo Campus - South 3. Nevermen - Mr. Mistake 4. Operators - Cold Light 5. TRAAMS - Succulent Thunder Anthem 6. Ty Segall - Candy Sam 7. Crater - Habits Die 8. Pillar Point - Lafayette 9. Mark McGuire - The Undying Stars 10. Nicola Cruz - Colibria 11. Mr. Silla - Holding On 12. Damien Jurado - Exit 353 13. The Orange Humble Band - If That's What You Want 14. The I Don't Cares - King of America 15. Charlie Hilton - Pony 16. All Them Witches - Talisman 17. Caspian - Arcs of CommandSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Midday Show host Cheryl Waters has her eye on a bunch of great records coming out in early spring. Here's a sneak peek at some songs she knows you will love.   1. M. Ward - Girl From Conejo Valley 2. Hey Marseilles - Eyes on You 3. GEMS - w/o U 4. Lucius - Born Again Teen 5. ANOHNI - 4 Degrees 6. Radiation City - Juicy 7. Damien Jurado - Exit 353 8. Thao & the Get Down Stay Down - Nobody Dies 9. Surf Rock Is Dead - Anymore 10. Talisco - The Keys 11. Nada Surf - Believe You're Mine 12. PWR BTTM - Ugly Cherries 13. Petal - Heaven 14. Bob Mould - Voices In My Head 15. Yeasayer - I Am ChemistrySupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Morning Show host John Richards presents a mix of some his favorite new music, featuring Savages side-project Kite Base, new music from Shearwater, and upcoming music from Belfast duo Ex Magician.   1. TRAAMS - Costner 2. Ex Magician - Job Done 3. Holy Esque - Hexx 4. Beliefs - Leaper 5. Working for a Nuclear Free City - Bottle Rocket 6. Kelley Stoltz - Cut Me, Baby 7. Merchandise (feat. Dum Dum Girls) - Red Sun 8. Shearwater - Quiet Americans 9. Wildhoney - Laura 10. Coldair - Pretty Mind 11. Lust for Youth - Stardom 12. Kite Base - Miracle Waves 13. Tacocat - I Hate the WeekendSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

DJ Larry Rose takes you on a musical adventure that includes infectious electropop, punky angular guitar rock, harmonious guitar pop, fresh electronic grooves, and songs about waves and liquids.   1. Animal Collective - Floridada 2. Small Black - No One Wants It To Happen To You 3. Hibou - Dissolve 4. The Afghan Whigs - The Lottery 5. Kestrels - The Moon Is Shining Our Way 6. Palehound - Molly 7. POW! - Liquid Daydream 8. Shopping - Wind Up 9. Quilt - Eliot St. 10. EZTV - Bury Your Heart 11. Angel Olsen - Forgiven/Forgotten 12. Gui Boratto - Take Control 13. Pale Blue - Distance To The Waves 14. Neon Indian - Slumlord 15. Chants - Gossamer (feat. Mereki)Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Cheryl Waters shares the promise of the new year by starting off 2016 with a mix of great new music 1. Elephant Stone - The Devil's Shelter (feat. Alex Maas) 2. Wray - Hypatia 3. Hibou - When the Season Ends 4. Martin Courtney - Northern Highway 5. Wild Nothing - TV Queen 6. The Cave Singers - That's Why 7. Night Beats - Sunday Mourning 8. Sudakistan - Concrete Djungle 9. Royal Headache - My Own Fantasy 10. The Besnard Lakes - Golden Lion 11. Day Wave - We Try But We Don't Fit In 12. Mavis Gary - Dim the Droog 13. Rob Crow's Gloomy Place - Business Interuptus 14. The Gods Themselves - Tangerines 15. Painted Palms - Refractor 16. The Wytches - DigsawSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

KEXP Variety Mix host Reeves does his first ever Music That Matters podcast, featuring tracks from the end of 2015 and from anticipated releases of 2016.   1. Cymbals Eat Guitars - Aerobed 2. The World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die - I Can Be Afraid of Anything 3. DIIV - Bent (Roi's Song) 4. Protomartyr - Why Does It Shake? 5. Death Index - Dream Machine 6. Death by Unga Bunga - Stare At the Sun 7. Hinds - Chili Town 8. Gun Outfit - Only Ever Over 9. Jono McCleery - This Idea of Us 10. Benjamin Verdoes - Highly Emotional 11. SOFTSPOT - Abalone 12. Chain of Flowers - Death's Got a Hold on Me 13. Born Ruffians - We Made ItSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Midday show host Cheryl Waters presents a sampling of brand new and yet-to-be-released tunes to get you excited.   1. Kevin Morby - Moonshiner 2. Quilt - Eliot St. 3. Lemolo - Hold Light 4. Holy Esque - Hexx 5. Battleme - Shake Shake 6. Maserati - Rehumanizer II 7. Heaters - Kamikaze 8. Beach Slang - Young & Alive 9. Quarto Negro - Orlando 10. Ra Ra Riot - Water 11. Small Black - No One Wants It To Happen To You 12. Youryoungbody - Smuther 13. John Grant - Disappointing 14. Animal Collective - FloridadaSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Swingin' Doors host Don Slack plays a variety of songs from albums to be released in 2016.   1. Charlie Hilton - Pony 2. Beverly - Crooked Cop 3. Eleanor Friedberger - He Didn't Mention His Mother 4. Quilt - Eliot St. 5. Deep Sea Diver - Secrets 6. Sunflower Bean - Wall Watcher 7. Night Beats - Sunday Mourning 8. Battleme - Shake Shake 9. Marlon Williams - Hello Miss Lonesome 10. Mount Moriah - Calvander 11. Freakwater - The Asp And The Albatross 12. Conrad Keely - In Words Of A Not So Famous ManSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

DJ Chilly of El Sonido collects a bunch of his favorite Latin beats from 2015 for this mixtape, featuring all sorts of different styles from around the globe.    1. Buyepongo - Maestros (Captain Planet and Canyon Cody Remix)  2. Novalima - Mi Canto  3. Kiko Villamizar - La Remolacha  4. Nicola Cruz - Colibria  5. Ságan - Oceánico  6. Disco Ruido! - Amorfos (feat. Mercedes Nasta)  7. Astro - Caribean  8. Daniel Haaksman feat. Bulldozer - Sabado (Aero Manyelo Remix)  9. MPeach - Malania  10. Mr. Pauer - Pasión (feat. Dama Vicke)  11. Mariel Mariel - Los Bajos Vibran En Mi Pecho (EsaMiPau! Remix)  12. The Chamanas - Alas de Hierro  13. Dënver - Noche Profunda  14. Clubz - Épocas  15. Sotomayor - Cielo  16. Soniye - CHACHACHA  17. Bombón & Peligrosa - Pachanguear (feat. La Comadre)  18. Boogat - Una Cita  19. Santi Mostaffa - Intratable  20. Vivian Garcia and Armando Perez - Loc@s (Atropolis Remix)  21. Lulacruza - ComandanteSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy

Sonic Reducer host Jenn plays some punk and hardcore songs from the Pacific Northwest and beyond.   1. Downtown Boys - Monstro 2. Lysol - Clean Living 3. Listen Lady - Hey Listen 4. C.C.T.V. - Paranoia 5. Coneheads - 1982 6. Dreamdecay - CEILINVG FAN 7. Pure Disgust - I.D.O.Y.S. 8. G.L.O.S.S. - Outcast Stomp 9. Long Knife - Negative Mental Attitude 10. The Flex - The Flex 11. Bosnia - Hot Date 12. Flesh World - Sturdy Swiss Hiker 13. Behavior - 78Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Morning Show host John Richards presents a new Runner Powered Podcast.   1. Caspian - Sad Heart of Mine 2. Sharon Van Etten - Words 3. Youth Lagoon - The Knower 4. !!! - Sick Ass Moon 5. Other Lives - Reconfiguration 6. Roger Lion - A Dead Man's Song 7. José González - Leaf Off / The Cave 8. Holy Esque - Fade 9. Wolf Alice - Moaning Lisa Smile 10. Jacuzzi Boys - Sun 11. The Dead Weather - I Feel Love (Every Million Miles) 12. Morning Harvey - Smith Street Swap Meet 13. Fernando - Save Me 14. Small Black - No One Wants It To Happen To You 15. Telekinesis - In a Future World 16. Hot Chip - Huarache Lights 17. Django Django - First LightSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Even though the clouds are moving in, it's always beautiful blue skies with all the great music on KEXP!   1. Cloud Cult - No Hell 2. Mercury Rev - The Queen of Swans 3. Natasha Kmeto - Grind (Feat. Tunde Adebimpe) 4. John Grant - Down Here 5. Low - No Comprende 6. Ought - Beautiful Blue Sky 7. Mammút - Blood Burst 8. Tamaryn - Softcore 9. Dilly Dally - The Touch 10. The Rebel Light - Strangers 11. Futurebirds - Deadbeat Hits 12. Sweet Jesus - Getting Over 13. Worriers - They / Them / Theirs 14. Protomartyr - Dope Cloud 15. Fox and The Law - The Trouble with the Gods 16. Fuzz - PollinateSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Afternoon Show host Kevin Cole and Online Content Manager Jim Beckmann preview the 2015 Iceland Airwaves Music Festival with a diverse mix of hip-hop, indie rock, electro pop and punk from 17 Icelandic artists including GusGus, Sóley, Júníus Meyvant and Low Roar.   1. Vök - Waterfall 2. GusGus - Obnoxiously Sexual 3. Hjaltalín - We Will Live For Ages 4. Gangly - Fuck with Someone Else 5. East of My Youth - Only Lover 6. Emmsjé Gauti - Strákarnir 7. Úlfur Úlfur - Tarantúlur 8. Reykjavíkurdætur - Ógeðsleg 9. Low Roar - I'll Keep Coming 10. Fufanu - Will We Last 11. Agent Fresco - Wait for Me 12. Æla - Your Head Is My Ground 13. Sóley - I Will Find You 14. Úlfur Eldjárn - Poyekhali! 15. Axel Flóvent - Dancers 16. Júníus Meyvant - Gold Laces 17. Markús and the Diversion Sessions - Decent TimesSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

DJ El Toro presents nineteen of his favorite new tracks (including a couple of recently unearthed archival gems) for singing, dancing, shredding, and sulking. Lather, rinse, repeat.   1. Mocean Worker - Julius, Irving, Berlin 2. Peaches (feat. Kim Gordon) - Close Up 3. Escort - Animal Nature 4. Tunde Olaniran - Don't Cry 5. Nicole Willis & The Soul Investigators - One in a Million 6. Valley Maker - Take My People Dancing 7. Sam Gleaves - Two Virginia Boys 8. Public Image Ltd - Know Now 9. Shopping - Straight Lines 10. Wax Idols - Lonely You 11. PWR BTTM - Dairy Queen 12. Aye Nako - Killswitch 13. Slim Twig - Slippin' Slidin' 14. Weyes Blood - Cardamom 15. Rose McDowall - Tibet 16. Patrick Cowley - Somebody to Love Tonight 17. Chelsea Wolfe - After the Fall 18. Hillary Bratton - Square Moon 19. Ursula 1000 (feat. Puddles Pity Party) - The Shadow of Your SmileSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.