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...
Aug 29, 2014•44 min
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. Campf...
Aug 22, 2014•1 hr 9 min
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 ...
Aug 15, 2014•59 min
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 ...
Aug 08, 2014•1 hr 15 min
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...
Aug 01, 2014•45 min
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. E...
Jul 25, 2014•1 hr 3 min
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...
Jul 18, 2014•38 min
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 - R...
Jul 11, 2014•39 min
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-Preserv...
Jul 04, 2014•59 min
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 Tru...
Jun 27, 2014•1 hr 13 min
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 Therm...
Jun 20, 2014•1 hr 10 min
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 Fire...
Jun 13, 2014•52 min
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 - Eve...
Jun 06, 2014•51 min
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 Ha...
May 30, 2014•1 hr 11 min
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 A...
May 23, 2014•52 min
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. Wa...
May 16, 2014•1 hr 45 min
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 Inn...
May 09, 2014•51 min
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 Zer...
May 02, 2014•2 hr 9 min
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. Lo...
Apr 25, 2014•1 hr 6 min
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. Pa...
Apr 18, 2014•54 min
DJ Alex continues his insatiable quest to unveil the freshest new sounds with this genre-hopping + globe-trotting 21-track mix packed with recent favorites. 1. Yppah - Bushmills 2. Ohmega Watts - Cosmo Knotts (feat. Stefan Otto) 3. Turtlez - Dream of Heaven 4. Wave Racer - Streamers 5. Maya Vik - On It (Kapow!) 6. Lockah - If Loving U Is Wrong, I Don't Want To Be Wrong 7. And Vice Versa - Twins 8. CYNE - Avians 9. Jacques Greene - No Excuse 10. Ricky Eat Acid - In my dreams we're almost touching...
Apr 11, 2014•1 hr 20 min
Midday show host Cheryl Waters, curates another collection of great new songs with seven, count ‘em, SEVEN, awesome local gems. Enjoy. 1. Scott H. Biram - Slow & Easy 2. Kithkin - Altered Beast 3. AJ Davila - Salvajes 4. The Coathangers - Follow Me 5. Warm Soda - Young Reckless Hearts 6. The Afghan Whigs - Algiers 7. Goodbye Heart - Just Kids 8. Psychic Rites - Alone At Night 9. Pillar Point - Eyeballs 10. Mythological Horses - Cold Heart 11. Drive-By Truckers - Pauline Hawkins 12. Shake Som...
Apr 04, 2014•1 hr 3 min
Variety Mix host Troy Nelson brings you a set of music that's been great lately in 2014, with new songs from Hospitality, De Lux, Gardens & Villa, Vibragun and more! 1. Painted Palms - Hypnotic 2. Blank Realm - Reach You on the Phone 3. The Soft Hills - How Can I Explain? 4. De Lux - Make Space Visitors Remix (Sal P & Dennis Citizen Kane) 5. Gardens & Villa - Bullet Train 6. Supreme Cuts - Cocktails (feat. Shy Girls) 7. AJ Davila - Salvajes 8. Habibi - Let Me In 9. Hospitality - Goin...
Mar 28, 2014•56 min
Chilly collects some electronic, hip-hop and modern traditional Latin favorites that he's been spinning on El Sonido lately. It's a non-stop mix designed to move your mind, body and soul. Gozandolo, así es que vivo yo. 1. Systema Solar - Yo Voy Ganao 2. Rafi-eL - Suspiro 3. Boogat - Único (feat. Lido Pimienta) 4. La Yegros - Trocitos De Madera 5. Natalia Clavier - Nada (feat. Ticklah) 6. La Mecánica Popular - La Paz Del Freak 7. Lucho Bermudez - Gaita De Las Flores (Afro Kumbé Remix) 8. Ana Tijo...
Mar 21, 2014•1 hr 3 min
Afternoon Show Host Kevin Cole presents 13 unforgettable tracks of the best new music including Supreme Cuts, Wimps, Israel Nash, and Mutual Benefit. 1. Vibragun - Dirty Thing 2. Cheatahs - Leave To Remain 3. Solids - Traces 4. Israel Nash - Rain Plans 5. Samantha Crain - Somewhere All the Time 6. Wimps - Secret Message 7. Vertical Scratchers - These Plains 8. Guided By Voices - Vote For Me Dummy 9. The New Mendicants - Shouting Match 10. Chantal Acda - Arms Up High 11. Mutual Benefit - Golden W...
Mar 14, 2014•52 min
Music That Matters, Vol. 398 - Don't Break Your Promise At KEXP, we never break our promise to bring you the best music possible and, hopefully, to turn you on to some new music that you love. Our latest Music That Matters podcast from Midday Show host Cheryl Waters offers up a sampling of wonderful new tunes, with a heavy dose of local bands. Enjoy. 1. Elbow - New York Morning 2. Ocean Carolina - Don't Break Your Promise 3. Iska Dhaaf - All The Kids 4. I Will Keep Your Ghost - Nothing 5. Thumpe...
Mar 07, 2014•1 hr 3 min
Positive, upbeat and all very new music from Morning Show host John Richards. This podcast is for those who are or did suffer from a miserable winter, be it weather, flu or anything else that has you looking forward to renewal. 1. Kins - Absblurd 2. There Will Be Fireworks - River 3. Patterns - This Haze 4. East India Youth - Heaven, How Long 5. 10:04's - Glasshouse 6. Battleme - Just Weight 7. Ming City Rockers - I Wanna get out of here but I can't take you anywhere 8. Big Ups - Goes Black 9. F...
Feb 28, 2014•1 hr
Swingin' Doors host Don Slack spins his current rootsy faves, with tracks from Robbie Fulks, Drive-By Truckers, Marissa Nadler, Two Cow Garage and more! 1. St. Paul & The Broken Bones – Call Me 2. Hurray For The Riff Raff – Small Town Heroes 3. Eric Brace & Karl Straub - Pike County Rose (feat. Kelly Willis) 4. Scott H. Biram – Never Comin' Home 5. Robbie Fulks – Sometimes The Grass Is Really Greener 6. Jason Eady – Lonesome Down and Out 7. Brandy Clark – Get High 8. Drive-By Truckers – ...
Feb 21, 2014•45 min
Afternoon Show host Kevin Cole compiles an outstanding collection of the best new music, traversing moods from ethereal ambient folk and cosmic global funk, to scorching rock. 1. Marissa Nadler - Drive 2. Arborea - Daughters Of Man 3. Death Vessel - Mercury Dime 4. James Vincent McMorrow - Gold 5. Goat - Goatman 6. Drangar - Bál 7. The Low Frequency In Stereo - Elevated/Desecrated 8. Drowners - Luv, Hold Me Down 9. Blank Realm - Back To The Flood 10. Mind Spiders - Inside You 11. Eagulls - Nerve...
Feb 14, 2014•49 min
Music is the perfect companion. It comes in all shapes and sizes and fits every occasion. Here is a smattering of Midday Show host Cheryl Waters' favorite new songs for your listening pleasure. 1. Black Lips - Boys in the Wood 2. Rare Monk - Splice 3. Gap Dream - Fantastic Sam 4. Dum Dum Girls - Lost Boys and Girls Club 5. Mammút - Salt 6. Public Service Broadcasting - Spitfire 7. Temples - Shelter Song 8. Milagres - Letterbomb 9. Tilbury - Deliverance 10. Ravenna Woods - The Jackals 11. Generat...
Feb 07, 2014•57 min
