Kexp Presents Music That Matters

Need some new music for your springtime adventures? Cheryl Waters has you covered with new tracks from Kevin Morby, Shana Cleveland, and Weyes Blood to bring more light into your musical life. 1. Shana Cleveland - Face of the Sun 2. Emma Lee Toyoda - Planes & Cranes 3. Fruit Bats - Getting in a Van Again 4. Kevin Morby - No Halo 5. Ibibio Sound Machine - Basquiat 6. Maribou State - Kingdom 7. Toro Y Moi - Ordinary Pleasure 8. Nilüfer Yanya - Paradise 9. Steve Mason - Fox on the Rooftop 10. Jai Wolf - Your Way (feat. Day Wave) 11. Mac DeMarco - All of Our Yesterdays 12. King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard - Fishing For Fishies 13. Weyes Blood - Movies 14. Ex:Re - Crushing 15. SASAMI - Morning Comes 16. Flamingods - Marigold 17. Chemtrails - Tedium's JawSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Would you like some good advice? Well, you've come to the right spot! It's the good advice Music That Matters podcast with John Richards, featuring new songs from Damien Jurado, Swervedriver, The Budos Band, and Leggy! 1. Star Slinger - Choose Yourself 2. The Cinematic Orchestra - A Caged Bird/Imitations of Life 3. Citizen Cope - The River 4. Damien Jurado - South 5. Telekinesis - Set a Course 6. Partner - Long and McQuade 7. Cold Cave - Promised Land 8. LEATHERS - Phantom Heart 9. Makthaverskan - Demands 10. Swervedriver - Mary Winter 11. Helms Alee - Interachnid 12. The Budos Band - Old Engine Oil 13. Westkust - Cotton Skies 14. Leggy - Taffy 15. Martin Frawley - End of the BarSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

You've made it this far against the odds and the power is in you.  DJ Kevin Cole provides your next level soundtrack with new music from Fontaines D.C.,  illuminati hotties, Helado Negro, Queen Zee, and more! 1. illuminati hotties - I Wanna Keep Yr Dog 2. Fontaines D.C. - Big 3. Versing - Tethered 4. N0V3L - Natural 5. Drahla - Stimulus for Living 6. Say Sue Me - At The End Of The Road 7. Ten Fé - Won't Happen 8. Holiday Ghosts - Slipstream 9. Sasami - Not The Time 10. Helado Negro - Fantasma vaga 11. Claude Fontaine - Pretending He Was You 12. The Coathangers - Bimbo 13. Filthy Friends - Last Chance County 14. Queen Zee - Lucy FurSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

DJ Alex hosts an intro course on his new weekly specialty show Pacific Notions that airs Sunday mornings 6-9 am PST and spotlights the best in ambient, neo-classical, new age, downtempo, post-rock, and other atmospheric styles. 1. Umber - Harvest 2. Jeff Mercel - No. 2 3. Jane Antonia Cornish - Memory Of Time 4. Eternell & endlesstrains - High Clouds 5. Kyte Mika - Constant Variables 6. Philip Daniel & Shawn Williams - Minor Ventures 7. Marika Takeuchi - Motion 8. Hania Rani - Glass 9. Gretchen Yanover - Into This Dream 10. Stefano Guzzetti - Why Do You Love Me? 11. poemme - at the gates of dawn 12. Seahawks - Eyes of the Moon 13. Matt Calvert - Mute Heart 14. Poppy Ackroyd - Paper 15. WMD - Memory 16. Amparo - Dalslands Honey 17. Bruno Bavota - The man who chased the sea 18. Niklas Paschburg - Fade Away 19. Last Days - PostscriptSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As the Seattle spring starts to emerge, amazing music is coming hard and fast and Cheryl Waters' latest mix helps you pick out some of the highlights of the last few weeks, featuring new tracks from Lady Lamb, Sharon Van Etten, Tacocat, and Better Oblivion Community Center. 1. Sharon Van Etten - Seventeen 2. Lady Lamb - Even in the Tremor 3. Cass McCombs - The Great Pixley Train Robbery 4. The Mountain Goats - Younger 5. Hand Habits - Can't Calm Down 6. Hatchie - Without a Blush 7. Telekinesis - Cut The Quick 8. Bayonne - Drastic Measures 9. Steve Mason - The End 10. Better Oblivion Community Center - Dylan Thomas 11. Tacocat - Grains of Salt 12. Stella Donnelly - Old Man 13. Ex Hex - Tough Enough 14. Queen Zee - Idle Crown 15. Snapped Ankles - RechargableSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Grab your passport and join DJ Larry Rose as he takes an international journey to seek out some of the most infectious earworms from South Korea, Japan, South Africa, Germany, London, Canada, and the US. Included in the mix are great new songs from Chromatics, Yaeji, MorMor, Apparat, Nilüfer Yanya, Nakhane, and more! 1. MorMor - Pass the Hours 2. Men I Trust - Say, Can You Hear 3. Nilüfer Yanya - Tears 4. Yaeji - One More 5. park hye jin - I DON'T CARE 6. Chromatics - Time Rider 7. Nakhane - Interloper 8. Medejin - Not Around 9. Angelo de Augustine - I Could Be Wrong 10. Apparat - Dawan 11. CHAI - FashionistaSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The latest episode of the Music That Matters podcast (starring John Richards as John Richards) isn't a running podcast but that doesn't mean you can't run to to these new songs from Strand of Oaks, Nanami Ozone, and Left At London. 1. Strand of Oaks - Weird Ways 2. Bob Mould - Sunshine Rock 3. Craig Finn - Blankets 4. Rudy Willingham - Pool Party 5. Sir Babygirl - Everyone is a Bad Friend 6. Stats - Lose It 7. TVAM - Psychic Data 8. Nanami Ozone - 3 Mile Drive 9. Nilufer Yanya - In Your Head 10. Sol - The Kids 11. Left at London - Revolution Lover 12. Generationals - Beggars in the House of Plenty 13. Du Blonde - Buddy 14. Bellows - The Tower 15. Piroshka - Everlastingly YoursSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

DJ Don Slack goes through the lineage of American music to present a mix of songs for the moment we're in, including new songs from Ryan Bingham, Hayes Carll, and Adia Victoria. 1. Hayes Carll – Times Like These 2. Ryan Bingham – Jingle and Go 3. Steve Earle & The Dukes – Dublin Blues 4. Our Native Daughters – Mama's Cryin' Long 5. Adia Victoria – Dope Queen Blues 6. Josh Ritter – Old Black Magic 7. Shovels & Rope – The Wire 8. Mekons – Lawrence of California 9. The Delines – Cheer Up Charley  10. Townes Van Zandt – All I Need  11. Orville Peck – Dead of NightSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

DJ Kevin Cole brings you a new music mix to circulate deep within your personal galaxy tapping into the lifeforce of sonic awesomeness with new songs from Ellis May, Pedro the Lion, Ibibio Sound Machine, Please the Trees, and more! 1. Criminal Hygiene - Hardly News 2. Ex Hex - Cosmic Cave 3. Eyelids - It's About To Go Down 4. Pedro The Lion - Quietest Friend 5. Vok - Erase You 6. Pion - Sympacide 7. Ellis May - The Distance 8. Young Scum - Wasting Time 9. Tallies - Eden 10. Business of Dreams - Keep The Blues Away 11. Please The Trees - Mind & Care 12. Heavy Lungs - Jealous 13. Ibibio Sound Machine - Tell Me 14. Harrison - Your GirlSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ahead of the 2019 MoPOP Sound Off! semifinals, Audioasis host Eva Walker showcases the 12 Northwestern Under 21 artists competing in the local music competition. 1. Alex Cade - Woosha 2. Baja Boy - Finally Done 3. Crissy P - My Mind 4. Fuzz Mutt - Quiet End 5. Huey and the inFLOWentials - Stay Tru to it 6. i///u - Don't Need It 7. King Sheim - Grape Soda 8. Niamh - We Are Who We Are 9. Nora Meier - Bluebird 10. Sharmaine - Home 11. Wilsonlikethevolleyball - Thick Iron Fog 12. Zoser - PapertownSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

DJ Miss Ashley brings you some of her current favorites from Jamaica to Zambia, Toronto to Italy, spanning reggae, Latin pop, and hip-hop beats. Let new songs from Jah9, Alex Anwandter, Waahli, and more bring you the right vibes from all over the globe! 1. Jah9 -  Heaven  2. Sampa The Great  - Energy 3. Kelissa - Take You There   4. Terror/Cactus - Voces de Barro 5. Alex Anwandter - Latinoamericana  6. Thundercat - Friend Zone (Ross from Friends Remix)    7. Auntie Flo  - Nobody Said It Would Be Easy  8. Graham Van Pelt - New Friends 9. Teen Daze - Hidden worlds     10. Blood Orange - Orlando    11. Waahli - Caps Fit 12. Paolo Baldini DubFiles meets Mellow Mood - Large Dub    13. Kabaka Pyramid - Reggae MusicSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Follow the insomnia-ridden princess of the KEXP overnight onto the dancefloor to shake out your stresses and excesses while she weaves together her favorite new releases that include a placeholder, a Berlin heroine, and hidden gems from the enchanted land of Vancouver, BC. Plus, hear from Berlin electronic pioneer, Gudrun Gut, Justice McClellan of Mesa Luna, London new jazz artist, Nardeydey, and Maria Minerva about her dance pop collaboration with the late Cherushii.    1. Nardeydey - Freefallin' 2. Otha - I'm On Top  3. Sir Babygirl - Heels 4. TEEN - Only Water 5. Cherushii + Maria Minerva - A Day Without You 6. Escort - Josephine 7. Aaron Childs - Easy 8. N0V3L - To Whom It May Concern 9. FRANKIIE - Dream Reader 10. Mesa Luna - Dispel  11. Zanias - Aletheia 12. Gudrun Gut Lover 13. Liza Anne - Paranoia  14. Hand Habits - placeholderSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sonic Reducer's DJ Jenn highlights a wave of brilliant new punks including Khiis, Lexicon, and Jabber, and pays tribute to Maximum Rocknroll on the day it announced the end of the print run of the essential punk zine. 1. Fatty Cakes and the Puff Pastries - Panic Attack 2. Big Joanie  - Fall Asleep 3. Jabber - Melt 4. Pylon Reenactment Society - Messenger 5. Special Interest - Disco II 6. Gumming - Jumpin Jumpin 7. Khiis - Saboor 8. Hologram - Anesthetized 9. Lexicon - Chained 10. Sick Head - Piss 11. Adderall - ScoldedSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

DJ Atticus returns with another round of music colored with shades of goth, including tracks from The Twilight Sad, Parisalexa, All Them Witches, and plenty of other witches. 1. All Them Witches - Diamond2. Blackwater Holylight - Sunrise3. Klaus Johann Grobe - Discogedanken4. Parisalexa - Hothead5. Jamila Woods - Giovanni6. Molly Burch - Wild7. Faye Webster - Kingston8. Still Corners - The Message9. Caroline Rose - Cry!10. Makeness - Stepping Out of Sync11. The Twilight Sad - VTr12. William Tyler - Fail Safe13. Olden Yolk - Takes One to Know OneSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Start off your year by surrounding yourself with new aural experiences when you dive into Cheryl Waters' latest mix of her current favorites, including new songs from Sloucher, Amanda Palmer, and Big Joanie. 1. Team Dreams - Black Screen2. Matthew Dear - Modafinil Blues3. Wild Pink - There Is A Ledger4. Sloucher - Up & Down5. Briston Maroney - Under My Skin6. John Parish - Sorry For Your Loss7. Amanda Palmer - Drowning In the Sound8. Jesse Sykes & the Sweet Hereafter - Dewayne9. Ghost Pains - Square One10. Crooked Man - Turnaround11. Spendtime Palace - Blackout Control12. Big Joanie - Fall Asleep13. Fontaines D.C. - Too Real14. INHEAVEN - World On Fire15. Mudhoney - Paranoid CoreSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

DJ Kevin Cole brings a colossus mix of some of the best music of 2018, including tracks from artists both new and established that ruled KEXP's airwaves and in-studio sessions all year long. Love yourself and love this mix! It's what's really going on… 1. IDLES - Colossus2. Shame - Concrete3. Pearl Jam - Can't Deny Me4. Black Belt Eagle Scout - Soft Stud5. Jason McCue - When He Drinks6. Tres Leches - What Are You Doing7. Dessa - Fire Drills8. Young Fathers - In My View9. Fontaines D.C. - Chequeless Reckless10. Lithics - Specs11. Hot Snakes - Six Wave Hold-Down12. Kikagaku Moyo - Dripping Sun13. Gaye Su Akyol - Laziko14. Khruangbin - Maria Tambien15. Jenn Champion - Time To Regulate16. Júníus Meyvant - High Alert17. Cumulus - Sing To Me18. The Goon Sax - Make Time 4 Love19. Superorganism - Reflections on the Screen20. Courtney Barnett - Nameless, FacelessSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ahead of his traditional Christmas Day show, Brian Foss, host of Sonic Reducer and KEXP's de facto authority on non-traditional Christmas songs, brings you a mix of newer holiday songs that have tickled his fancy this season, including tracks from BEAK>, Say Sue Me, The Dip, and Sunset Flip. 1) BEAK> - (Merry Xmas) Face The Future 2) Pre Nup - War, On Christmas 3) Gaspard Royant - (C'mon Baby) It's Christmas Time! 4) The Dip - Santa's Got A Sweet Tooth 5) Hans Toupee - Lights Camera Christmas 6) Say Sue Me - Christmas, It's Not A Biggie 7) Make Like Monkeys - Screw Me on Christmas 8) MFC Chicken - Father Christmas 9) Nat Brower - Coal 10) Lacee - Juicy Lip Santa 11) Moogieman - Red Xmas 12) Oneida - Christmas with the Freaks 13) headache24 - The Xmas Tragedy 14) The X-Misses - There's No Christmas in Hell (And That's Why I'm so Sad) 15) Catholic Action - New Year (Christmas Miracle Mix) 16) BLAHA! - It's Christmas Time (and I Have Nothing Left To Lose) 17) Laurence Made Me Cry -   It's Not You, It'

Looking for something to soundtrack your holiday party that isn't holiday music? Troy Nelson's latest collection of certified smash hits will light up any occasion with new songs from Toro Y Moi, El Ten Eleven, and Foxxxy Mulder. 1. Cobra Man - Bad Feeling 2. Death Valley Girls - Disaster (Is What We're After) 3. Middle Kids - Salt Eyes 4. Foxxxy Mulder - Broken Glass 5. Sink Ya Teeth - Petrol Blue  6. Little Dragon - Lover Chanting 7. Chastity - Heaven Hell Anywhere Else 8. Miss World - You Watch My Stories (But You Never Like My Posts) 9. Lala Lala - Water Over Sex 10. Toro Y Moi - Freelance 11.  Roosevelt - Under The Sun 12. El Ten Eleven - You Are EnoughSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Looking for more awesome music in your life? Check out some of the freshest sounds from the Northwest as Audioasis host Eva Walker takes you through a mix highlighting music from Tres Leches, Riot AF, Familiars, and Prom Queen and others.  1. Tres Leches - What Are You Doing 2. Dark Smith - It Gets Worse 3. Pampa - La Escena De La Ventana 4. Bearaxe - Brown Liquor 5. Whitney Monge - Be Mine 6. TxR - Special Ed 7. Ural Thomas & The Pain - Slow Down 8. Imij - Medgar Evers DGC Bill Clinton And Me/I 9. Donormaal - Ego Slave 10. Riot AF - Aeroplane 11. Chris King & the Gutterballs - Stories of Me 12. Electric NoNo - What Happened to Rock 13. Prom Queen - End of the World 14. Suffering Fuckheads - Bar Slut 15. Familiars - SnakeSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

DJ Kevin Cole unleashes an ambitious mix that is all over the map musically and literally with independent label punk, hip-hop, neo-soul, global folk, and electronica from Ireland, Italy, Turkey, France, Germany, and all over the States including Minneapolis, L.A., New York, Austin, and Seattle. Relish new Fontaines D.C., Brother Ali, Gaye Su Akyol, Euringer and more! 1. Cumulus - Sing To Me 2. Fontaines D.C. - Too Real 3. JOHN - Balfron 4. Bee Bee Sea - Sonic Boomerang 5. Brother Ali - Sensitive 6. Georgia Anne Muldrow - Overload 7. Erika Spring - Scars 8. Adrianne Lenker - Symbol 9. Domenique Dumont - La Soley Da La Monde 10. You Said Strange - Brain 11. Gaye Su Akyol - Laziko 12. Euringer - The Medicine Will Not Control Me 13. Chrome Sparks - What's It Gonna Take 14. Roosevelt - Yr Love 15. Kilcid Band - The Good Get Gone 16. Fenster - HBW 17. Blushing - SunshineSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.