Kexp Presents Music That Matters

It's literally the MARATHON edition of the Music That Matters Podcast. Hosted by KEXP's John Richards, and infused with music and inspirational messages, this 3-plus hour podcast takes you through every aspect and emotion of running a marathon. We're cheering for you! 1. Explosions in the Sky - Your Hand in Mine2. Lord Huron - Time To Run3. The War on Drugs - Red Eyes4. Animal Collective - What Would I Want? Sky5. Maps - To the Sky6. Washed Out - Eyes Be Closed7. Arcade Fire - Keep the Car Running8. Bombay Bicycle Club - Carry Me9. Porcelain Raft - Big Sur10. On Dead Waves - Blue Inside11. Amen Dunes - Miki Dora12. Junip - Your Life Your Call13. The Rural Alberta Advantage - Terrified14. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Coming Down15. Japandroids - The House That Heaven Built16. Akron/Family - River17. Wye Oak - The Louder I Call, The Faster It Runs18. Yellow Ostrich - Marathon Runner19. Cut Copy - Free Your Mind20. Maribou State - Turnmills21. The Preatures - Is This How You Feel?22. Hammock - Everything and Nothi

Take a cathartic sonic journey through love and loss with DJ Cheryl Waters on her latest mix featuring tracks from Julia Jacklin, Purple Mountains, Ty Segall, and Combo Chimbita. 1. Julia Jacklin - Body2. Camp Saint Helene - Farfisa Song3. Juliper Sky - Heaven4. Hot Chip - Melody of Love5. SAULT - Don’t Waste My Time6. Calexico and Iron & Wine - Follow the Water7. Purple Mountains - Darkness and Cold8. RVG - Alexandra9. Ty Segall - The Arms10. Combo Chimbita - Revelación (Candela)11. Black Belt Eagle Scout - Loss & Relax12. Belau feat. Sophie Barker - Essence13. The Blue Herons feat. Krissy Vanderwoude - The Way You Look At Me14. Courtney Barnett - Everybody Here Hates You15. Gauche - Boom Hazard16. Priests - Good Time Charlie17. Sheer Mag - Hardly To BlameSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

DJ Riz delivers a smooth late-night mix featuring Four Tet, Blood Orange, Quelle Chris, JusMoni and Makaya McCraven. In his words, “In honor of KEXP’s mixtape week, here’s a little contemporary something I put together in my head then on ‘tape. I don’t think there’s an on air ‘selector’ here that hasn’t done dozens of these, made personally for someone they love, cherish, or even hate. This one’s a nocturnal mix.. ‘nocturne’ from wikipedia: “The name nocturne was first applied to pieces in the 18th century, when it indicated an ensemble piece in several movements, normally played for an evening party and then laid aside.” Like Ray Charles sang, “night time is the right time.” I dedicate this to ‘Bill‘ and everyone I’ve had the pleasure of exchanging a mixtape with throughout the years. Keep making em. Keep trading em. Enjoy.” -Riz 1. Kishi Bashi - Violin Tsunami2. Four Tet - Dreamer3. M

Celebrating Black liberation and global solidarity movements, DJ Gabriel Teodros curates this powerful mix featuring stand-out tracks from Salaam Remi & Black Thought, Shafiq Husayn, DAM, Tobe Nwigwe, Klassy & Ruby Ibarra, Georgia Anne Muldrow & Dudley Perkins, Sampa the Great, Jamila Woods and more. 1. S.O.U.L. Purpose - In Flight Movie: Dr. Goodlungs (feat. Zubz, Skyzoo & Pharoahe Monch)2. OCnotes - Radio Nat Turner3. DAM - Hada Yid'ie Sitna4. Salaam Remi - Bad To The Bone (feat. Black Thought & Reek Ruffin)5. Klassy - Power Trip (feat. Ruby Ibarra)6. Tobe Nwigwe - Against The Grain / Shine (feat. Madeline Edwards)7. Jamila Woods - BALDWIN (feat. Nico Segal)8. Shafiq Husayn - My-Story of Love / Starring You9. G&D - Where I'm From10. Suff Daddy - Magic (feat. Ill Camille & J.Lamotta)11. K!MMORTAL - Ice Palaces12. Sampa the Great - Final FormSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Summer festival season is upon us! It's time to gather together with your family, friends, and neighbors, celebrating the sunny weather and all that your community has to offer. With new tracks from Bleached, Mal Blum, Apex Manor, and more, DJ Kevin Cole soundtracks the making of your fondest summer memories - from dancing in the streets to strolling on the beach.  1. Jeanines - Either Way2. Mal Blum - Not My Job3. Lower Dens - Young Republicans4. Night Moves - Recollections5. Bleached - Kiss You Goodbye6. YACHT - (Downtown) Dancing7. Tycho - Easy8. Froth - Laurel9. Guards - Take My Mind10. JOHN - Future Thinker11. Apex Manor - Where My Mind Goes12. WIVES - The 20 Teens13. Black Ferns - This IllusionSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

DJ Cheryl Waters' latest mix is the perfect cosmic soundtrack to stargazing on late summer nights. With energetic new tracks from Broken Social Scene, Moon Duo, Kishi Bashi, and King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, you might even get a glimpse into another world. 1. Broken Social Scene - Can’t Find My Heart2. Youryoungbody - Intentions3. Moon Duo - Stars Are The Light4. Operators - Faithless5. Girl In Red - Dead Girl In The Pool6. Rodrigo y Gabriela - Mettavolution7. Bleached - Hard To Kill8. Craig Finn - Blankets9. Brittany Howard - History Repeats10. Stef Chura - They’ll Never11. Vanishing Twin - KRK (At Home In Strange Places)12. Kishi Bashi - Marigolds13. Fruit Bats - Gold Past Life14. Chris Staples - Holy Moly15. Yeasayer - Let Me Listen In On You16. Wand - Scarecrow17. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - CyboogieSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Overnight DJ Reeves brings a mix of some of the best new guitar riffs from around the world, featuring the rock of Sheer Mag, the metal of Russian Circles, the punk of Otoboke Beaver & the desert rock of Mdou Moctar. Air guitar not required, but highly encouraged. 1. Sheer Mag - Blood From A Stone2. Magic Circle - Departed Souls3. Spirit Adrift - Angel & Abyss4. Russian Circles - Milano 5. Torche - Admission6. Dude York - Falling 7. Drinking Boys and Girls Choir - Song of Sincerity 8. Blxpltn - No English9. Otoboke Beaver - datsu . kikage no onna 10. Amyl and The Sniffers - Starfire 50011. Summer Cannibals - False Anthem12. Mdou Moctor - Asshet AkalSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This one (pardon the pun) runs the gammut from amazing music to jokes about runners. Sing, laugh, run! 1. Sharon Van Etten - Every Time the Sun Comes Up2. Slaughter Beach, Dog - Good Ones3. Cave Singers - Have to Pretend4. Spoon - I Turn My Camera On5. Guards - You Got Me6. Honeyblood - She’s a Nightmare7. Skating Polly - Play House8. Wolf Alice - Moaning Lisa Smile9. Culture Abuse - Goo10. Sad Planets - Just Landed11. Temples - Hot Motion12. Tycho - Division13. Slow Club - Complete Surrender14. Drab Majesty - Ellipsis15. Trust - Capitol16. Wye Oak - The Louder I Call, The Faster It RunsSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

DJ Kevin Cole hits it out of the park with a rockin’ music mix featuring new Sleater-Kinney, Amyl and the Sniffers, Bill Callahan, Sufjan Stevens, and local artist Hezza Fezza sampling the purple one explain his concept of time. Glam slam grand slam. 1. Sleater-Kinney - Hurry on Home2. Abjects - The Storm3. Institute - Dazzle Paint4. Amyl and The Sniffers - Got You5. The Chills - Complex6. PUP - Kids7. J. Robbins - Anodyne8. Trupa Trupa - Remainder9. Bill Callahan - What Comes After Certainty10. Hayden Thorpe - Love Crimes11. Sufjan Stevens - Love Yourself12. Hezza Fezza - Like PrinceSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In celebration of Pride Month, DJs Riz, Brit Hansen, StasTHEEBoss, and Larry Rose curate a mix of LGBTQ artists from across the globe whose work is pushing creative boundaries, including Melanie Charles, Girl In Red, Wizard Apprentice, and Jusmoni. 1. Your Heart Breaks - Somewhere in Between2. The Drums - Loner3. Girl In Red - i wanna be your girlfriend4. Orville Peck - Dead of Night5. Dizzy Fae - Johnny Bravo6. HANDSOME - Late Night Ball Game7. Nappy Nina - Might Not Make It 8. Knife Knights - My Dreams Never Sleep 9. Jusmoni - Nectar10. Melanie Charles - How Glad I Am (Side A) 11. Nia - Best Trick 12. Planningtorock - Beulah Loves Dancing 13. MHYSA - spectrum14. Yuksek & JD Samson - Don't Even Try15. Geryon - Nerves16. Wizard Apprentice - I Am InvisibleSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Put some color into your ears and your life with DJ Cheryl Waters’ mix, featuring vibrant new songs from Just Mustard, Stef Chura, and Charly Bliss. 1. Just Mustard - Frank2. Alex Lahey - Don't Be So Hard On Yourself3. Supercrush - I've Been Around4. Jay Som - Superbike5. Minor Poet - Tropic of Cancer6. Mac DeMarco - On The Square7. Black Pumas - Colors8. Orville Peck - Turn To Hate9. Charly Bliss - Chatroom10. Altin Gün - Süpürgesi Yoncadan11. J. Robbins - Un-Becoming12. Stef Chura - Sweet Sweet Midnight (feat. Will Toledo)13. The Muckers - This Town Will Drag Us Down14. The Murlocs - Manic Candid Episode15. Boundaries - ForgiverSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

John Richards and special guest, KEXP volunteer and marathon expert Ken Tarleton, take you through the DOs of being a runner.  1. Liela Moss - “Wild as Fire”  2. Mitski - “Geyser”  3. Blushing - “The Truth”  4. Calexico and Iron and Wine - “Father Mountain”  5. Black Pumas - “Colors”  6. Shovels and Rope - “The Wire” 7. The Cinematic Orchestra - “A Caged Bird/Imitations of Life”  8. Maps - “Surveil”  9. Strand of Oaks -“Weird Ways”  10. Swervedriver - “Mary Winter”  11.Greys - “These Things Happen”  12. Lust For Youth “Great Concerns”  13. Generationals - “Beggars in the House of Plenty” 14. La Neve - “Maximum Wage”Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Greta Rose has collected 13 tracks that take you on an immersive, sonic adventure ranging from celestial shoegaze to dream-pop and eminent rock. An auspicious compilation climaxing with a trancey number "My Body" - the song and inspiration for the title of this podcast. Dive on in!  1. Tanika Charles - Tell Me Something  2. Reptaliens - Shuggie II  3. Emily Reo- Phosphenes  4. Blushing -Dream Merchants  5. Mega Bog - For the Old World  6. Cate le Bon - Home To You  7. Faye Webster - Right Side of My Neck  8. Mattiel - Je Ne Me Connais Pas  9. The Black Tones - Mama! There's a Spider in My Room  10. Versing - Offering  11. Gemma - Only One  12. Hatchie - Stay with Me  13. Crater - My BodySupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Like the extravagant iridescent plumage of the peacock, DJ Kevin Cole’s latest Music That Matters mixtape comes in many musical colors and includes new songs from Hatchie, Kishi Bashi, Jamila Woods, Chong the Nomad, and Ibibio Sound Machine. Silken Peacock is also the color of my new record room!   1. Better Oblivion Community Center - Little Trouble  2. Crows - Chain of Being  3. Institute - Dazzle Paint  4. Hatchie - Stay With Me 5. Y La Bamba - Lightning Storms 6. Kishi Bashi - F Delano 7. Peter Perrett - I Want Your Dreams 8. The Dip - Sure Don't Miss You 9. Jamila Woods - ZORA 10. Chong The Nomad - Two Colors 11. Tycho - Easy 12. Ibibio Sound Machine - Wanna Come Down 13. Snapped Ankles - Three Steps To A Development 14. Alex Schaaf - Drive On 15. The Dream Syndicate - Put Some Miles On Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

DJ Morgan guides you through a musical journey of the sessions that KEXP captured at the 2018 Trans Musicales Festival in Rennes, France, including tracks from Sink Ya Teeth, Nabihah Iqbal, and WOOZE.  1. The Blind Suns - Personal Way of Love  2. Nabihah Iqbal - Zone 1 to 6000  3. Praa - Do It All Again  4. WOOZE - Hello Can You Go  5. MADMADMAD - GWARN  6. Sink Ya Teeth - Glass  7. Initials Bouvier Bernois - Buenos Aires  8. Nâtah Big Band - Monn  9. Ajate - Kobockle  10. The Psychotic Monks - Isolation  11. Candeleros - La Cumbia Del Chinche  12. The Homesick - Male Bonding  13. Los Orioles - En La Cueva  14. Arp Frique - Brazilian Skies  15. The Naghash Ensemble – Meditation on Greed and PovertySupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Seattle summer is just around the corner and Cheryl Waters is here to bring you the soundtrack to warm days and nights, featuring new tracks from Diane Coffee, Body Type, Tacocat, and MorMor. Ida Wenøe - Another Kind of Love  Laura Gibson - Domestication .Diane Coffee - Not Ready To Go The Chills - Complex  New Age Healers - Hang On  Body Type - Stingray Tacocat - Hologram Calpurnia - Cell Angelic Milk - Black Flamingo Motel 1 Psychedelic Porn Crumpets - Bill's Mandolin Golden Gardens - - Desert Rose Nilüfer Yanya - Baby Blu MorMor - Outside BEAK> - Life Goes On Frikstailers - Brinca   Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

KEXP's John Richards takes you along the full journey of a long run with songs of inspiration and fun including the one song he played 13-straight times while running the NY Marathon. Devon Welsh - I’ll Be Your Ladder Star Slinger - Choose Yourself Stats - Lose It TVAM - Psychic Date IDLES - Colossus The Budos Band - Old Engine Oil Left at London - Revolution Lover OCNotes - Better Days Nilüfer Yanya - In Your Head Piroshka - Everlastingly Yours Chromatics - Time Rider Lost Under Heaven - Bunny’s Blues Black Belt Eagle Scout - Soft Stud Quivers - You’re Not Always On My Mind Citizen Cope - The River Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

DJ Chilly, host of KEXP’s El Sonido, compiles a mix of recent modern Latin favorites featuring a wide array of genres from eleven different countries - from Costa Rica to Spain, the U.S.A. to Colombia and beyond. ¡Buen provecho! 1. Nicola Cruz - Hacia Delante (con Chato) 2. Combo Chimbita – Testigo 3. Los Blenders - Ha Sido 4. Yawners - La Escalera5. Amor Elefante - San Cayetano 6. Bronko Yotte – Mantanga 7. Montoya – Perla 8. Canalón de Timbiquí - Tío Guachupesito 9.Léo Leobons - São Bento pra Ramiro 10. Los Mundos - Subterráneo Mar Jurásico 11. Ave Negra - Mala Nota Compa 12. Y La Bamba – Mujeres13. MULA - Ella Sabe14. Fémina – Plumas 15. Boogarins - Sombra Ou Dúvida 16. Terror-Cactus - La Quebrada 17. Novalima - Ch'usaySupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this ominously numbered episode, DJ Evie returns with a devilishly good set of sparkly songs that shimmer and shine, including new tracks from Kero Kero Bonito, Barrie, and Jamila Woods. 1. MorMor - Outside2. Pure Bathing Culture - Devotion3. Kero Kero Bonito - Swimming4. Peyote Ugly - Home5. Barrie - Clovers6. Kelly Finnigan - I Don't Wanna Wait7. Jamila Woods - Eartha8. Gemma - Miss U9. Y La Bamba - Cuatro Crazy10. Kingdom of the Holy Sun - Over Under Down and OutSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

DJ Troy “La Troix” Nelson picks out his favorite musical flavors in this bubbly mix that washes down like a fancy beverage. Sample new tracks from Weyes Blood, Julia Shapiro, and Diane Coffee in twelve-pack of melodic refreshments. 1. Weyes Blood - Everyday 2. Lowly - Stephen 3. Tender - Handmade Ego 4.  Martha - The Void 5.  Control Top - Covert Contracts 6. New Age Healers - Satellites 7. Diane Coffee - Like a Child Does 8. Goon - Datura 9. Julia Shapiro - Natural 10. Ritual Howls - Alone Together 11. Rina Mushonga - Good Vacation 12. Titus Andronicus - (I Blame) SocietySupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.