Swingin' Doors host Don Slack brings you new music to get excited about this Spring, from power pop and garage-rock to edgy post-punk, surf, hip hop and more. 1. Alabama Shakes - Don't Wanna Fight 2. Mikal Cronin - Made My Mind Up 3. Weed - Stay in the Summer 4. Speedy Ortiz - Raising The Skate 5. Courtney Barnett - Depreston 6. Diet Cig - Harvard 7. Unlikely Friends - Satellite Station 8. Joanna Gruesome - Last Year 9. Westkust - Swirl 10. Makthaverskan - Witness 11. Swami John Reis & The B...
Mar 20, 2015•1 hr
Afternoon Show host Kevin Cole brings you a stellar mix of new sounds spanning the musical spectrum, from raw rockers to fist-pumping anthems, cosmic RnB, jangly indie pop and gentle folk sounds. 1. Zebra Hunt - Half Right 2. Made Violent - Two Tone Hair 3. The Popguns - If You Ever Change Your Mind 4. Allo Darlin' - Bright Eyes 5. You Blew It! - Lanai 6. THEESatisfaction - EarthEE 7. St. Kilda - September 8. Tomo Nakayama - Open Room 9. Ryley Walker - Primrose Green 10. The Districts - Peaches ...
Mar 13, 2015•58 min
Join Midday Show host Cheryl Waters for a new podcast featuring songs that will stick in your mind and hopefully get you singing along as you while away your days. 1. Father John Misty - I Love You, Honeybear 2. The Amazing - Picture You 3. Yellerkin - Tools 4. Django Django - First Light 5. Matthew E. White - Rock & Roll Is Cold 6. Ultimate Painting - Central Park Blues 7. The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Do The Get Down 8. The Grizzled Mighty - Chantael 9. Cult of Youth - God's Garden 10....
Mar 06, 2015•1 hr 6 min
Morning Show host John Richards discovers hidden gems in this heavy vibed mix of pop and beats, featuring the swirling eclectic sounds of local Seattle project Eggshells, the urgent rumbling guitars of The Districts and much more. 1. Elisa Ambrogio - Superstitious 2. Eggshells - In the Background 3. Sales - Renee 4. Ghosts I've Met - The Shape of Space 5. Breakfast In Fur - Portrait 6. Dirty Dishes - Guilty 7. Nite Fields - You I Never Knew 8. Twerps - Back To You 9. All We Are - Feel Safe 10. T...
Feb 27, 2015•44 min
Afternoon show host Kevin Cole folds and sculpts sounds into a stunning musical mix featuring brand new tracks from Courtney Barnett, Pond, JD McPherson and more! Let the good times fold! 1. JD McPherson - Let The Good Times Roll 2. Stag - She + Me 3. Courtney Barnett - Pedestrian At Best 4. Pond - Elvis' Flaming Star 5. The Dø - Sparks 6. Chimurenga Renaissance - HomieZ (feat. Outspoken) 7. Ricked Wicky - Frenzy Of Blame 8. Liam Hayes - Fokus 9. Unlikely Friends - Soft Reputation 10. Bread &...
Feb 20, 2015•42 min
DJ Sharlese hosts a podcast featuring bands competing in the 2015 Sound Off! competition, the premiere Northwest battle of the bands hosted by the Experience Music Project (EMP) Museum. 1. Bleachbear - Astoria 2. Champagne Babylon - Lost In Eden 3. Nightspace - Insecure 4. Super Soaked - Wannabe 5. Charlie and the Rays - Please 6. Hemlock Lane - Sunnyside 7. Honcho Poncho - The Real Sub-Human 8. Naked Giants - O.A.O 9. One Above Below None - What Can He Do For Yah 10. Emma Lee Toyoda - Trapped 1...
Feb 13, 2015•42 min
Midday show host Cheryl Waters presents a sweet collection of songs just in time for the holiday of love. Because who doesn't love great music? 1. Strand of Oaks - Plymouth 2. Zammuto - Great Equator 3. Deerhoof - Paradise Girls 4. Courtney Barnett - Pedestrian At Best 5. Gang of Four - Broken Talk (feat. Alison Mosshart) 6. Chastity Belt - Time to Go Home 7. BC Camplight - You Should've Gone to School 8. Avi Buffalo - Memories of You 9. Duke Garwood - Heavy Love 10. Elvis Perkins - Hogus Pogus ...
Feb 06, 2015•1 hr 6 min
The title says it all. Join Morning Show host John Richards for an excellent new mix. 1. MICHAELBRAILEY - I Lose Myself 2. Kele - Doubt 3. Is Tropical - Crawl 4. Au.Ra - Pyramid 5. FIANCÉ - Era 6. Ephrata - Where Have You Gone? 7. The Young Evils - Renegades 8. September Girls - Melatonin 9. So Cow - Get Down Off That Thing 10. Dads - Chewing Ghosts 11. Duke Evers - Lions 12. FF - Dusted 13. Menace Beach - Come On Give Up Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener ...
Jan 30, 2015•50 min
Variety mix host Morgan curates a mix of exciting new singles from upcoming releases in the new year. Cool female vocals, warm rock and plenty of amazingly varied Seattle sounds to help the short, dark days feel a little longer. 1. A Place to Bury Strangers - Straight 2. Meatbodies - Mountain 3. Dreamsalon - Soft Stab 4. Melody's Echo Chamber - Shirim 5. Mariachi El Bronx - Wildfires 6. Moon Duo - Animal 7. FF - Dusted 8. Oyama - Old Snow 9. The Drink - Microsleep 10. Mega Bog - Aurora / 99 11. ...
Jan 23, 2015•55 min
Afternoon Show host Kevin Cole's first podcast of 2015 features music to warm you up during the cold days of winter. Exciting up-and-coming artists are brought together for the perfect winter mix of spacey pop gems, hypnotic grooves, grimy hip-hop and more. 1. Flight Facilities - Two Bodies feat. Emma Louise 2. Garden City Movement - Entertainment 3. Bonobo - Flashlight 4. Kate Tempest - Lonely Daze 5. Springtime Carnivore - Sun Went Black 6. Roman Flügel - Friendship Song 7. Museum of Love - T...
Jan 16, 2015•55 min
It's winter in Seattle and although the sun is scarce, the music continues to shine at KEXP. Midday Show host Cheryl Waters brings you a new mix with some early 2015 tracks along with a handful of faves from last year. Dig in and enjoy! 1. Low Roar - Easy Way Out 2. Wye Oak - The Tower 3. Dam Gila - Head in the Clouds 4. Dream Police - Pouring Rain 5. Viet Cong - Unconscious Melody 6. The Bamboos - Avenger 7. Small Black - Real People (Ft. Frankie Rose) 8. The Beverleys - Hoodwink 9. Majestico -...
Jan 09, 2015•1 hr 4 min
Join Variety Mix host Troy Nelson as he looks back on a remarkable year for music. Awesome sounds from new bands, veteran bands, local bands - you name it. As we welcome 2015, here's a reminder of some great songs we heard in the last year. 1. Smokey Brights - Catacomb 2. Parade Schedule - Weak 3. …And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead - The Doomsday Book 4. Panda Bear - Mr. Noah 5. Stars - This Is the Last Time 6. Ballet School - Heartbeat Overdrive 7. José González - Every Age 8. Planes on...
Jan 02, 2015•53 min
Audioasis host DJ Sharlese continues the two-part 2014 Pacific Northwest Roundup. Featuring more local sounds from 2014 by Secret School, Shabazz Palaces, Jen Wood and many more! 1. Wimps - Couches 2. Childbirth - I Only Fucked You as a Joke 3. The Murder City Devils - Cruelty Abounds 4. King Dude - Fear is All You Know 5. Neighbors - Hot Jack 6. FF - It's Alright 7. Stickers - Sacajawea 8. Dude York - Dehumanize Yourself and Face to Bloodshed 9. S - Vampires 10. Jen Wood - Fell In Love 11. Tomo...
Dec 29, 2014•1 hr 11 min
Audioasis host DJ Sharlese dishes up the first in a two-part 2014 Pacific Northwest Round Up! Featuring sounds that came out of the region this year like Vox Mod, Fruit Juice, Low Hums and more!1. Cabana - Wet Brick2. Helms Alee - Pinniped3. Kithkin - Altered Beast4. Low Hums - It's in the Air5. Lusine - Eyes Give In6. Mega Bog - Gone Banana7. Iska Dhaaf - Everybody Knows8. Gibraltar - Satisfied9. Vox Mod - Mind Matter feat. Whitney Lyman10. Fruit Juice - Terra-Fi11. DJAO - Good Morning12. Posse...
Dec 26, 2014•58 min
Afternoon Show host Kevin Cole shares some of his favorites of 2014. Relish in the best of the year and hopefully discover something new and awesome! 1. Júníus Meyvant - Color Decay 2. Mac DeMarco - Blue Boy 3. Temples - Shelter Song 4. Ty Segall - Feel 5. Parquet Courts - Black and White 6. BRONCHO - Class Historian 7. Marissa Nadler - Drive 8. Sharon Van Etten - Taking Chances 9. Angel Olsen - Forgiven/Forgotten 10. The Young Evils - Renegades 11. Ex Hex - Don't Wanna Lose 12. Tacocat - Brid...
Dec 19, 2014•1 hr 35 min
Join Midday Show host Cheryl Waters as she celebrates a wonderful year in music and offers this gift for the holiday season, featuring new music from Francisco the Man, The Vaselines, Black Whales and more! 1. Francisco the Man - Loaded 2. The Rosebuds - In My Teeth 3. We Were Promised Jetpacks - Safety In Numbers 4. The Vaselines - Inky Lies 5. Will Butler - Take My Side 6. Polvo - The Water Wheel 7. Lyla Foy - Feather Tongue 8. The Twilight Sad - There's a Girl In the Corner 9. Oyama - Sibling...
Dec 12, 2014•53 min
Music That Matters, Vol. 437 - Music Mix from Melly Join Variety Mix host Mel for a new installment of KEXP's weekly Music That Matters podcast. This mix draws inspiration from the brooding and dark Seattle weather, and also gathers some of the songs that Mel couldn't get enough of during 2014. Enjoy tunes from ...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of the Dead, Mogwai, Ty Segall and more. 1. This Will Destroy You - War Prayer 2. Mogwai - Remurdered 3. …And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead - ...
Dec 05, 2014•58 min
El Sonido host DJ Chilly compiles a mixtape featuring a variety of rock ‘n' roll en Español favorites from around the globe. Ahora somos nuevos creadores de rocanrol, tranquilos, todo va a estar más o menos bien. 1. AJ Dávila - Salvajes 2. Los Punsetes - Me Gusta Que Me Pegues 3. 60 Tigres - Cáncer de Pulmón 4. Boogarins - Lucifernandis 5. El Mató a un Policía Motorizado - Más o Menos Bien 6. Tunacola - Danky 7. Cineplexx - Te Quiero 8. Bomba Estéreo - Qué Bonito 9. La Vida Bohème - La Vida Mejo...
Nov 28, 2014•1 hr 16 min
Afternoon Show host Kevin Cole brings a mix of poppy punk, hypnotic trance, and narcotic drifter ballads, with new songs from Meatbodies, The Young Evils, the Shivas and more. 1. The Young Evils - It Happens All the Time 2. Meatbodies - Mountain 3. Dream Police - Hypnotized 4. Hookworms - Radio Tokyo 5. HOLLY - Easy Company | Interlude 6. Atoms and Void - The Architect and the Atomizer 7. The Twilight Sad - Last January 8. The Shivas - Stalkin Legs 9. The Blind Shake - Old Lake 10. Restorations ...
Nov 21, 2014•57 min
Midday Show host Cheryl Waters presents music that will make you want to groove, shake, and shimmy through the cold November weather. Featuring tunes from Greylag, Operators, Twin Peaks, Blooper and more. 1. Greylag - Yours To Shake 2. Alvvays - Next Of Kin 3. Operators - True 4. Wampire - Bad Attitude 5. Naomi Punk - Television Man 6. clipping. - Work Work (Feat. Cocc Pistol Cree) 7. Pond - Waiting Around For Grace 8. Dana Buoy - Preacher 9. Twin Peaks - Flavor 10. Sloan - You Don't Need Excuse...
Nov 14, 2014•59 min
Morning show host John Richards presents a dark, rainy mix of songs for your enjoyment. Featuring new songs from Big Scary, Rose's Pawn Shop, Dean Wareham, Cabana, Eyes & No Eyes and more. 1. Big Scary - Twin Rivers 2. Kevin Morby - The Jester, The Tramp & The Acrobat 3. Elliott BROOD - Jigsaw Heart 4. Rose's Pawn Shop - What Were You Waiting For 5. The Barr Brothers - Even the Darkness Has Arms 6. Dean Wareham - The Dancer Disappears 7. Line & Circle - Wounded Desire 8. Cabana - Blo...
Nov 07, 2014•56 min
DJ Kevin Cole and Online Content Manager Jim Beckmann preview the 2014 Iceland Airwaves Music Festival with a diverse mix of tracks from 17 Icelandic artists including FM Belfast, Sóley, Kiasmos, and Low Roar. 1. Prins Póló - Hamstra sjarma 2. FM Belfast - Gold 3. Uni Stefson - Manuel 4. Fufanu - Circus Life 5. Júníus Meyvant - Color Decay 6. Just Another Snake Cult - I Know She Does 7. Kimono - Specters 8. Kiasmos - Dragged 9. Oyama - Old Snow 10. Low Roar - Easy Way Out 11. Börn - Ef 12. Pink ...
Oct 31, 2014•1 hr 21 min
Comedian, writer, actor and director Mike Birbiglia and his also-multi-talented wife Jen Stein – whose cat is named Mazzy Star – curate and discuss some of their favorite songs and recording artists, including Tegan and Sara, Sharon Van Etten, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah featuring Matt Berninger, The Rentals, and more! Produced by KEXP Variety Mix host Nate Prudhon. 1. Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros - Better Days 2. Bleachers - I Wanna Get Better 3. ELEL - 40 Watt 4. Sharon Van Etten - Ever...
Oct 24, 2014•1 hr 25 min
Summer is gone but the music never stops. Here's another sampling of tunes from Midday Show host Cheryl Waters to usher you into fall. Featuring new songs from Owl John, J Mascis, Pete Molinari, Modern Kin, Ty Segall and more! 1. Ylja - Dúmdara lara 2. Fernando - The Dogs 3. Peter Matthew Bauer - Philadelphia Raga 4. Tom Eddy - Seeing Someone 5. Owl John - Red Hand 6. Allah-Las - Buffalo Nickel 7. The Barr Brothers - Half Crazy 8. Quilt - Saturday Bride 9. Split Single - Last Goodbye 10. Bear In...
Oct 17, 2014•1 hr 6 min
Host Larry Rose takes Total Control of GRMLNs on a YACHT full of Bleached Caribou on Acid. Ok, those are just a few of the bands that appear on this new podcast that takes you on a wildly varying musical journey featuring some of Larry's favorite new rock, funk, soul, and electropop jams. 1. Caribou - Our Love 2. Operators - TRUE 3. YACHT - Where Does This Disco? 4. GRMLN - Numb 5. Bleached - For the Feel 6. Julian Casablancas + the Voidz - Where No Eagles Fly 7. Curtis Harding - Keep on Shining...
Oct 10, 2014•58 min
Seattle's Earshot Jazz Festival is respected for its massive and adventurous artistic legacy. Now in its 26th year as Seattle's major annual jazz festival, Earshot is known for presenting creative masters and important emerging artists, and for finding fresh synergies between international artists and Seattle's incredibly fertile music scene. This year's Jazz-That-Matters podcast is hosted by festival organizer John Gilbreath, who is also host of KEXP's long running Jazz Theater program, and zer...
Oct 03, 2014•49 min
Host Kevin Cole features some of his current favorites on this edition of KEXP's Music That Matters podcast. Why? Purely because he loves them and hopes you will too! Includes new songs from Jen Wood, Goat, The Juan MacLean and more! 1. Jessica Hernandez & The Deltas - Caught Up 2. Ex Hex - Don't Wanna Lose 3. Jen Wood - Fell In Love 4. Flowers - Forget The Fall 5. SW/MM/NG - Some Dreams Come True 6. Tennis - Solar On The Rise 7. ODESZA - Say My Name (feat. Zyra) 8. Shaprece - Her Song 9. Ki...
Sep 26, 2014•51 min
DJ Alex shines a spotlight on 16 artists performing at this year's 11th annual Decibel Festival, Seattle's premier electronic music and arts event, happening all over the city from September 24th to September 28th! As with years past, tune in to get a taste of this year's massive, diverse international roster and check out dbfestival.com for more information. 1. Natasha Kmeto - Channel 1 2. Lusine - Arterial 3. DJAO - Tan Jacket 4. Com Truise - Declination (feat. Joel Ford) 5. Son Lux - Lost It ...
Sep 19, 2014•1 hr 8 min
KEXP Morning Show host John Richards is Vibing Geography. Featuring similar artists from different locations including Lawrence KC, Vancouver BC, Nashville, Seattle, Brooklyn, Duluth MN, Denver, Halifax Nova Scotia, Long Beach, Sweden and England. 1. Your Friend - Bangs 2. Frazey Ford - Done 3. Pony Boy - The Devil in Me 4. Anna Calvi (feat. David Byrne) - Strange Weather 5. You Me & Apollo - Don't Sleep For Free 6. Trampled by Turtles - Are You Behind the Shining Star? 7. Generationals - Bl...
Sep 12, 2014•56 min
KEXP's Variety Mix host Sean invites you to space out and get vulnerable with Late Night Lachrymosity, a mix of sumptuous synth pop, cosmic R&B, cassette-smeared techno, sneering indie pop and a song about teenaged vampires. Dig in! You won't get too sad, we promise. 1. Braids - Victoria 2. CFCF - Strange Forms of Life (North Americans Remix) 3. Keel Her - In My Head 4. Cherry Glazerr - Cry Baby 5. Viet Cong - Unconscious Melody 6. Lust for Youth - Illume 7. Maria Minerva - Runaway 8. D. Tif...
Sep 05, 2014•1 hr 6 min
