Kexp Presents Music That Matters

KEXP DJs Cheryl Waters, Kevin Cole and John Richards pick their favorite songs of the decade, from Arcade Fire to Lizzo, Deerhunter to A Tribe Called Quest, and discuss the personal and cultural impact of music in the 2010s. 1. Arcade Fire - Ready to Start2. LCD Soundsystem - You Wanted A Hit3. Sharon Van Etten - Don’t Do It4. The Chemical Brothers - Swoon5. Frightened Rabbit - The Loneliness and the Scream6. Phantogram - When I’m Small7. Deerhunter - Desire Lines8. M83 - Midnight City9. Of Monsters and Men - Little Talks10. Grimes - Genesis11. Alt-J - Fitzpleasure12. Parquet Courts - Stoned and Starving13. Macklemore and Ryan Lewis - Same Love14. The Lumineers - Ho Hey15. Japandroids - The House That Heaven Built16. Courtney Barnett - History Eraser17. Foals - Bad Habit18. Empire of the Sun - Alive19. ODESZA - All We Need20. The War on Drugs - An Ocean In Between the Waves21. King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Cellophane22. Ty Segall - The Hand23. Strand of Oaks - Shut In24. TV On The Radi

In this unique edition of Music That Matters, KEXP’s Atticus focuses on Sweden’s PNKSLM Recordings (Sudakistan, Chemtrails, HOLY). Along with playing some of his favorite releases, he talks with founders Luke Reilly and Johan Alm about the origins and future of the label, what it takes for them to sign a new band, touring in the US vs Europe and more. Get ready for a mix of sweet garage and punk from across the world while gaining insight into the label where it all began.  1. Sudakistan - Two Steps Back2. High Sunn - Those Last Words 3. Sleep Eaters - Valley of Dogs4. MISS WORLD - (U Watch My) Stories (But U Don't Like My Posts)5. Shit Girlfriend - Mummy’s Boy6. Chemtrails - I’ll Never Be7. Spice Boys - Spice City Boys8. HOLY - You shine on me (feat. Boys)9. Beach Skulls - Baby’s A Liar10. Arre! Arre! - I Feel It All11. Mind Rays - Cease / Commence12. ShitKid - Get jealous13. Les Big Byrd - Snö Golem14. Hollow Ship - We Were KingsSupport the show: https://www

KEXP’s Stas THEE Boss, host of Street Sounds, brings you this week’s mix, featuring music from Pink Lotion, Kassa Overall, Akai Solo & Pink Siifu and more: “A carefully crafted experience with astral intentions. I desire freedom in music. Genres are cute but not necessary. Pulling mostly from the Pacific Northwest, I give a healthy dose of what you've truly needed all along.” 1. Figmore - Practice2. Akai Solo & Pink Siifu - Labor Day (feat. KingCarterSlums)3. High Pulp - Not By Chance (feat. JusMoni)4. Kiefer - Be Encouraged5. Kassa Overall - Please Don't Kill Me (feat. Joel Ross & Theo Croker)6. Brown Calculus - UFO Daze7. Pink Lotion - Find Me Two8. Def Dee & Language Arts - Dry Land9. Outlaw1 - Blak Madonna10. Sunni Colón - Technicolor 11. MoRuf - Canal Street (feat. Ikenna)Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Start the New Year with new music as DJ Kevin Cole features current favorites from all over the world including Slovakia, Colombia, Canada, Australia, Germany, Iceland, Senegal, Great Britain, Belgium, Croatia, Mexico, the USA, and the Pacific Northwest. Bringing the world together through the power of music! 1. Sløtface - New Year, new me2. Shopping - Initiative3. SONS - Keep On Going4. Eddy Current Suppression Ring - Our Quiet Whisper5. SAULT - Why Why Why Why Why6. Clairo - Softly7. Ezra Collective - Space Is The Place (Reprise)8. Alps 2 - Arron’s Here9. Katarína Máliková - Vodník10. Jon Hopkins & Kelly Lee Owens - Luminous Spaces11. COMA - Sparkle12. Punčke - Chk Chk13. El Shirota - Más de Una Vez14. BAMBARA - Serafina15. Sin Fang - Smother16. The Waterboys - London Mick17. of Montreal - Polyaneurism18. Charly Bliss - Supermoon19. Lido Pimienta - No Pude20. Yirim Seck - Clicks21. Polyrhythmics - Yeti, Set, GoSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/do

Sonic Reducer host and holiday music collector Brian Foss shares 13 festive tracks - Christmas music for people who don’t like Christmas music. The mix features songs from Mike Krol, Sweet Reaper, Mariya May and Kathleen Edwards. 1. Mike Krol - Won’t Be Alone Tonight2. Rubber Band Gun - I Got Myself A Present3. SAPIN - Christmas Eve4. Jagged Jaw - Pink Xmas Tree5. Sweet Reaper - Holidaze6. Thee Mightees - Christmas Song7. Frankie and the Lake County Collective - I’m So Over Christmas8.Mariya May - Mama’s On The Floor (It’s Christmas)9. Oceans of Mars - Christmas With The Devil10. The Dead End Streets - Climate Change Christmas11. Cutthroat Brothers - Candy Cane12. Kathleen Edwards - It’s Christmastime (Let’s Just Survive)13. Regal - Love Your ChristmassSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Moody, defiant, empowered, and completely original. Every song on Cheryl Waters’ latest musical collage is fit for a Queen. This mix features compelling tracks from Vivian Girls, Seratones, Squid and Orville Peck. 1. Cigarettes After Sex - Heavenly2. Black Nite Crash - Come Easy3. Squid - The Cleaner4. Vivian Girls - Sick5. The Coathangers - Step Back6. Seratones - Gotta Get To Know Ya7. oso oso - charlie8. Sleater-Kinney - Reach Out9. Mega Bog - Diary of a Rose10. Julia Jacklin - Pressure to Party11. Greys - Burning Chrome12. Oh, Rose - 25, Alive13. Katie Ellen - Still Life14. Orville Peck - Queen of the RodeoSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Say "hovvdy" (howdy) to a great set of mellow music favorites from John Richards that would fit right in on any Lite FM...in Hell.  1. Bonnie "Prince" Billy - In Good Faith (feat. Joan Shelley)2. Bonny Light Horseman - Deep In Love3. Futurebirds - Waiting On a Call4. Carter Tanton - Steep Angles On The Back Wheels5. Long Beard - Means to Me6. Sera Cahoone and Tomo Nakayama - Crows7. Hovvdy - So Brite8. somesurprises - High Rise9. The Sunday League - I Liked It When You Weren’t Yourself10. HOLY - Forget About Life11. Lower Dens - Galapagos12. Dan Deacon - Sat By A Tree13. The Districts - Hey JoSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

KEXP Wo’Pop host Darek Mazzone spent time in Amman, Jordan this summer. He dug deep into music from all over the region and selected tracks that best reflect the ever changing nature of this amazing part of the world, including music from Palestine's DAM (دام), Jordan's Yazan Sarayrah (يزن صرايرة), Lebanon's Issam Hajali (عصام حاج علی) and many more. 1. El Khat / القات - Ya Raiyat / يا راعيات2. Autostrad - Ama Aldubul / أم الدبل3. S H I R A N / شيران - Ya Banat Al Yaman (Live)4. Satti / ساتی - Commitment (feat. Natalie Demerjian) / كوميتمنت5. DAM / دام - Prozac / بروزاك6. El Morabba3 / المربع و الفرعي - Ya Zein (feat. El Far3i) / يا زين7. Yazan Sarayrah / يزن صرايرة - Erheb / ارحب8. Sofiane Saidi & Mazalda - Gasbah Trisinti9. TootArd / توت أرض - Musiqa / موزیکا 10. Liraz / لیراز - Zan Bezan / زن بزن 11. Ayloul / أيلول - Ya Rait / يا ريت 12. Issam Hajali / عصام حاج علی - Ana Damir El MotakallimSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy inf

Most of us get stressed out this time of year, right? RIGHT?? Expansions’ own DJ Brit is here to help you chill the bleep out. A very nice hour of ambient and experimental music for you to get a hot stone massage to. 1. Black Lodge Singers - On the Move2. Susumu Yokota - The Future of Ecstasy3. Floating Spectrum - Eruption4. Christopher Tignor - Your Slow Moving Shadow, My Inevitable Night5. Pita - Two Top Five6. Starkey - Simple Hive7. Sleepertrain - Disappear8. Land of Light - Between Two Grains of Water9. Ocean Moon - Cloud Garden10. Papivores - Heard by Stones11. Young Spirit - Beautiful Dancing12. Olan Mill - The Point, The Circle, and The Sphere13. Steve Hauschildt - Subtractive Skies14. Emptyset - Blade15. Violet - Bed of Roses16. Northern Cree - Jealous Fool17. Oiseaux-Tempête - Out of SightSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Midday Show host Cheryl Waters is back with another dynamic mix of her latest favorites in global and local sounds. Encompassing everything from jangle pop to soul, anthemic rock to proto-punk, this is a mix for seekers of all kinds. Among the artists featured are Bon Iver, SAULT, (Sandy) Alex G, Clairo, and Death Valley Girls. 1. Bon Iver - Hey, Ma2. Angel Olsen - Lark3. Marika Hackman - conventional ride4. Wye Oak - Evergreen5. Lower Dens - I Drive6. SAULT - Let Me Go7. Patrick Watson - Dream For Dreaming8. (Sandy) Alex G - Southern Sky9. Jenn Champion - Turn Up The Radio (feat. Victor Le Masne)10. Clairo - Bags11. Dude York - Box12. FEET - Petty Thieving13. Angie McMahon - Keeping Time14. Juliana Hatfield - It’s So Weird15. Mikal Cronin - Show Me16. Fernando Viciconte - I Don’t Know (feat. Luther Russell)17. Death Valley Girls - Dream CleaverSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This is the 'work ding dong scrambled eggs into a conversation' Music That Matters Podcast featuring the best in international and local music, from Angel Olsen and Georgia to SISTERS and Lisa Prank, and hosted by your pal John Richards. 1. Swans - It’s Coming It’s Real2. Angel Olsen - All Mirrors3. Sudan Archives - Confessions4. Moor Mother - After Images5. Georgia - Never Let You Go6. SISTERS - We Can Get Together (feat. Tilson XOXO)7. Great Grandpa - Digger8. Dead Soft - I Believe You9. Pendant - Through a Coil10. Eyesore & the Jinx - Leisure Time11. Lisa Prank - Rodeo12. Mikal Cronin - Shelter13. Cataldo - Ding Dong Scrambled EggsSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

DJ Kevin Cole guides you through some of the best of this year’s Iceland Airwaves Music Festival, one of the world’s premier music discovery festivals showcasing awesome new and emerging Nordic artists alongside forward-thinking international acts across all genres! Indulge yourself to an overdose of sonic inspiration. 1. GDRN - Lætur mig feat. Floni2. JFDR - Taking A Part Of Me3. Vök - Erase You4. Seabear - Waterphone5. Sin Fang - No Summer6. Penelope Isles - Gnarbone7. Svavar Knútur - Janúar8. Just Mustard - Seven9. The Holy - Obi Bate Opiate10. Kælan Mikla - Draumadís11. Snapped Ankles - Three Steps To A Development12. Georgia - Never Let You Go13. SONS - Ricochet14. girl in red - bad idea!15. Mammút - Forever on Your Mind16. Jesse Markin - Jericho17. Æ Mak - We Have It Right Here18. alyona alyona - Булiнг19. Tiny Ruins - Olympic Girls20. Orville Peck - Take You Back (The Iron Hoof Cattle Call)21. Sólstafir - Silfur-Refur22. Gabr&ia

Your overnight goblin, Abbie, takes you on a journey of musical discovery inspired by her visit to SPOT Festival in Aarhus, Denmark this past Spring. Founded in 1994, SPOT began as a local music event and has since grown considerably, hosting early performances from acts like Sigur Rós, The Raveonettes, Junior Senior, múm, and more. Discover an array of emerging artists that bend the genres of minimalist folk, shamstep, post-punk, and techno. 1. Hjalte Ross - Falling2. Tuvaband - Unknown3. Varnrable - Blink of an Eye4. Hôy la - Shame5. Deadpan - Country Walker6. Dark Times - Blazing7. Boundaries - Always A Way8. Beverly Kills - In This Dim Light9. Dawda Jobarteh - Begging Boys10. 47SOUL - Intro to Shamstep (Live on KEXP)11. Special-K - Imposter Syndrome Self Help Song12. Shikoswe - To The Dogs13. Linn Koch-Emmery - Waves14. Alcabean - Tsukuyomi15. Pish - Crime16. Birds Ov Paradise - Plejset17. Courtesy - HeySupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privac

Are you ready for NOW? Seventeen of today’s hottest superstars in one all new power-packed podcast! Move into a new dimension with the year’s biggest songs! NOW you can have all your favorite hits right here, right NOW! Chart-toppers from Cherushii & Maria Minerva, Sui Zhen, Yu Su, Kedr Livanskiy and Blue Hawaii. NOW delivers nothing but the biggest hits you crave! (on CD or cassette) 1. BEA1991 - My Own Heaven 2. XOA - Only One Thing 3. Erika de Casier - Do My Thing 4. Pioneer 11 - I'm Not A Player 5. Sunbeam Sound Machine - Hold Me Back 6. Aries - Juramento Mantarraya 7. Daisies - Just Yesterday 8. Sui Zhen - Perfect Place 9. Patience - The Church 10. Working Men's Club - Bad Blood 11. Charlotte Adigéry - Paténipat 12. Klein Zage - She's Out There (Local Artist Cult Mix) 13. Yu Su - The Ultimate Which Manages The World 14. Elsa Hewitt - Mermaid 15. Kedr Livanskiy - Sky Kisses 16. Blue Hawaii - All That B

In honor of Indigenous Peoples' Day, KEXP DJs Gabriel Teodros, OCnotes, Miss Ashley and Chilly put together a mix featuring music from and inspired by Indigenous artists all around the globe. Encompassing a diversity of voices, soundscapes and histories, the list includes Tanya Tagaq, Strummin Dog, Lido Pimienta, Ampersan and Luzmila Carpio. 1. Supaman - Miracle (feat. Maimouna Youssef)2. Calina Lawrence - ʔəshəliʔ ti txʷəlšucid (Lushootseed Is Alive)3. A Tribe Called Red - The OG (feat. Black Bear)4. DAM - Prozac5. Tufawon - Sagepatch Kid6. Tanya Tagaq - Snowblind7. Sampa the Great - Mwana (feat. Mwanje, Theresa Mutale Tembo, and Sunburnt Soul Choir)8. The GroovaLottos - Just Is…9. Silver Jackson - Glad I Found You10. Strummin Dog - Aberdeen Blues11. Lido Pimienta -  Humano (El Búho Remix)12. Once A Tree - Phoenix13. Afrosideral - Ode Ni Ire (feat. Nickodemus)14. Balam Ajpu - Batz15. Mala Fama - Anónimo (Chimbapura)16. Luzmila Carpio - Tarpuricusum Sarata (Captain Planet Remi

Greg Vandy delivers a diverse mix of super indie roots and rock n’ roll songs for Right Now. Twenty-three mostly new recordings from your soon-to-be favorite bands and space cowboys.  1. Garrett T. Capps - Here Right Now2. The Nude Party - Feels Alright3. Georgia Dish Boys - Put My Records On4. David Nance Group - Poison5. The Weary Times - Hard Times6. David Quinn - Where The Buffalo Roam7. Tim Buchanan - Grinnin'8. Robert Ellis - Topo Chico9. Cordovas - Step Back Red10. Gold Star - Sonny's Blues11. Erin Rae - Putting On Airs12. Will Courtney - Loaded13. Lasers Lasers Birmingham - After Party After Life14. Garrett T. Capps - Brand New Dance15. Kassi Valazza - Mary16. TK & The Holy Know Nothings - Emmanuel17. Tré Burt - What Good18. Cat Clyde - Anymore19. Daniel Norgren - The Day That's Just Begun20. Jake Xerxes Fussell - Jubilee21. The Skiffle Players - Coo Coo Bird22. Daniel Romano - The Long Mirror of Time23. GospelbeacH - The HoarderSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee om

A tour de force of the mostest bestest songs from KEXP's Morning Show, hosted by Mr. John Richards. This may one day be regarded as the definitive podcast of the year 2019. Your move, world.  1. Black Country, New Road - Sunglasses2. IDLES - I Dream Guillotine3. Ceremony - Presaging the End4. Bombay Bicycle Club - Eat, Sleep, Wake (Nothing But You)5. Ride - Clouds of Saint Marie6. Blushh - July7. Marika Hackman - i’m not where you are8. Pernice Brothers - Lullabye9. Empty Country - Ultrasound10. Bethlehem Steel - Empty Room11. Sleep Eaters - Life of Sin12. Cuffed Up - Small Town Kid13. The Shivas - Gloria14. Dirty Rugs - I Got Your MovesSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

KEXP’s El Sonido compiles a mix of recent modern Latin favorites featuring a wide array of genres spanning 14 different countries, including Argentina, Peru, Guatemala, El Salvador, Brazil and beyond. 1. Daymé Arocena - La Rumba Me Llamo Yo (Canyonazo Remix) 2. Francisca Valenzuela - Tómame 3. Las Yumbeñas - El Tíbet 4. Dylan Thomas - Luces Violeta 5. Los Wembler's de Iquitos - Lamento Selvatico 6. Doctor Nativo - Guatemaya 7. Santi Mostaffa - Eva 8. Quebrada Queer - Pra Quem Duvidou 9. Rubens da Selva - Aquiles Rockefeller 10. Dogos - Limítrofes 11. Mujercitas Terror - Oscura Sala De La Visión 12. Los Blenders - ¡Ponte Punk! 13. Débil Estar - Mi Patria Querida (feat. B Nicole & Victor Crooked) 14. Mexican Institute of Sound - Cruzando el Río (feat. Joe Crepúsculo) 15. Uji - El Colapso Suena (feat. Sof Tot) 16. Hidrogenesse - La Carta Exagerada 17. Juan

DJ Mike Ramos – born September 20, on the Virgo/Libra cusp – brings you a diverse mix reflecting on summer highlights and preparing for the approaching fall. Features local and international artists ranging from rising young talents (Deaton Chris Anthony, Dotorado Pro) to household names (Young Thug, Roy Ayers) to Seattle-based favorites (Chastity Belt, AJ Suede). 1. Deaton Chris Anthony - Sonshine (feat. UMI)2. Khruangbin - Four of Five3. Helado Negro - Sabana De Luz4. Dotorado Pro - Say Daddy5. Young Thug - What's The Move (feat. Lil Uzi Vert)6. Jay Som - Anak Ko7. Los Mundos - Sin Vértigo8. Culture Abuse - War Time Dub, Culture City (feat. Lil Ugly Mane)9. Chastity Belt - Ann's Jam10. AJ Suede - Universal Nationality11. Roy Ayers - Virgo VibesSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The fragrance of adventure and poetry endlessly pervades DJ Kevin Cole’s latest music mix featuring new sounds from Vanishing Twin, KOKOKO!, Khruangbin, girl in red, Sleater-Kinney, and more bands to delight and inspire.  1. Penelope Isles - Gnarbone2. Vanishing Twin - Magician's Success3. Sleater-Kinney - The Center Won't Hold4. girl in red - i'll die anyway.5. Hater - Four Tries Down6. Mannequin Pussy - Who You Are7. Preservation Hall Jazz Band - Keep Your Head Up feat. Eme Alfonso8. KOKOKO! - Buka Dansa9. Tei Shi - Red Light10. Khruangbin - Four of Five11. JR JR - Day In, Day Out12. Donny Benét - Konichiwa13. DJ Seinfeld - ElectrianSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.