Afternoon Show host Kevin Cole drops nothing but 100% cruelty free bonafide jams. No imitation, factory produced beats. Never. 1. Salad Boys - No Taste Bomber 2. Cold Beat - Am I Dust 3. Danny Newcomb & The Sugar Makers - Known World 4. Palehound - Molly 5. Shopping - Wind Up 6. Dungen - Flickor Och Pojkar 7. Other Lives - Beat Primal 8. Promised Land Sound - She Takes Me There 9. Low - What Part of Me 10. Lymbyc Systym - Generated Bodies 11. DJ Beeso - (-.-) Support the show: https://www.ke...
Oct 16, 2015•43 min
Midday Show host Cheryl Waters loves Fall and her reward is more great music, including a song called Halloween and beaucoup bands from Seattle. 1. The Weather Station - Shy Women 2. Sóley - Halloween 3. Youth Lagoon - The Knower 4. Israel Nash - LA Lately 5. Hamilton Leithauser & Paul Maroon - My Reward 6. Seapony - A Place We Can Go 7. Pony Time - Time Tells Me 8. The West - Out of Sync 9. Tijuana Panthers - Set Forth 10. The Dead Weather - I Feel Love (Every Million Miles) 11. Joseph Gian...
Oct 09, 2015•56 min
Afternoon Show host Kevin Cole drops more hits than Sadaharu Oh on this miracle mix of new music. 1. Hibou - Dissolve 2. Tamaryn - Sugar Fix 3. John Grant - Disappointing 4. Ever So Android - Moment 5. Wild Ones - Dim The Lights 6. Thunderbitch - Eastside Party 7. The Atom Age - It's A Mess 8. Worriers - Parts 9. The School - Every Day 10. Gospel Machine - Just Call Me 11. Slime - My Company Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Oct 03, 2015•41 min
Autumn calls for fuzzy sweaters and fuzzy music. Listen to Midday Veil, Blank Realm and more with fuzzy songs, feedback drenched guitars and lo-fi indie rock on this latest mix that emotes the dark days of the season. 1. Pony Boy - When Tomorrow Never Comes 2. Midday Veil - Babel 3. Ms. John Soda - Hero Whales 4. Helen - Motorcycle 5. Dead Leaf Echo - Lemonheart 6. Lou Barlow - Redeemed 7. Fernando - Save Me 8. Infinity Girl - Dirty Sun 9. Blank Realm - Palace of Love 10. Alex G - Bug 11. Julia ...
Sep 25, 2015•55 min
DJ Alex shines a spotlight on 12 artists performing at this year's 12th annual Decibel Festival, Seattle's premier electronic music and arts event, happening all over the city from September 23rd to September 27th! 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. Dylan Stark - Ashen 2. Natasha Kmeto - I Thought You Had A Boyfriend 3. Dan Deacon - Learning To Relax 4. Bonobo - Return To Air 5. IG8...
Sep 19, 2015•1 hr 4 min
Wo' Pop host Darek Mazzone presents new Polish music to make you fat and happy, inspired by the OFF Festival in Katowice, Poland, and featuring nu-folk, electro-acoustic improvisation, cranking garage and gritty urban hip hop, and so much more! 1. Sutari - Kupalnocka 2. Galus - Theearth 3. Kristen - The Secret Map 4. Małe Miasta - Już prawie tańczę 5. Pr08l3m - Heat 6. Tania O. - Na wystawie 7. Rebeka - Breath 8. HV/NOON - Nadważkość 9. OSTR & Hades - Psychologia Tłumu 10. Kortez - Zostań 11...
Sep 11, 2015•58 min
Midday Show host Cheryl Waters recently discovered a slew of great bands that she loves -- Coals, Maszer, Plastic Pinks and more. Enjoy these discoveries along with a heavy helping of fantastic local bands. 1. Coals - Weightless 2. New Order - Restless 3. Gwenno - Patriarchaeth 4. MASZER - Fata Mirage 5. Silver Torches - Woman In Rust 6. Sarah Bethe Nelson - Start Somewhere 7. EYELIDS - Seagulls Into Submission 8. Spires - Parallel Lines 9. Kingdom of the Holy Sun - Getting Higher 10. Eleventh D...
Sep 04, 2015•1 hr 6 min
Variety Mix host Troy Nelson takes you on a musical escapade showcasing new music that deserves to be heard, featuring new songs from Small Black, Wand, Georgia and more! 1. Sharkmuffin - Mondays 2. Beach Baby - No Mind No Money 3. Small Black - Boys Life 4. Daughn Gibson - Shatter You Through 5. Wand - Stolen Footsteps 6. Youth Lagoon - The Knower 7. Georgia - Move Systems 8. Jacuzzi Boys - Happy Damage 9. Soft Sleep - Unravel 10. Lightouts - More Than Ever 11. Ghost Pains - Arboretum 12. Natas...
Aug 28, 2015•50 min
Afternoon Show host Kevin Cole lays down a mix of some of his current faves spanning genres and the globe. Including tracks from The Mynabirds, Wimps, Pinkshinyultrablast and Destroyer! 1. Strange Wilds - Pronoia 2. Wimps - Take It As It Comes 3. Veruca Salt - Laughing In The Sugar Bowl 4. Long Dark Moon - Mythologies 5. Gibraltar - Snakes! 6. Pinkshinyultrablast - Kiddy Pool Dreams 7. Destroyer - Dream Lover 8. Klunks - All You People 9. Shabazz Palaces - Forerunner Foray 10. Cyril Hahn - Infer...
Aug 21, 2015•54 min
Midday show host Cheryl Waters brings you a new mix stacked with Pacific Northwest artists and more. 1. Chris Staples - Cheap Shades 2. Pete Quirk - Desert Eagle 3. Shana Cleveland & The Sandcastles - Holy Rollers 4. Sharon Van Etten - Just Like Blood 5. Widowspeak - All Yours 6. Ultimate Painting - (I've Got) The Sanctioned Blues 7. DRÆMHOUSE - Woundlicker 8. Wishyunu - Photoplay 9. Girls Names - Reticence 10. Froth - Turn It Off 11. Twerps - Simple Feelings 12. Western Haunts - People In D...
Aug 14, 2015•1 hr 2 min
Brian Foss, host of Sonic Reducer (KEXP's Saturday night punk show), plays some of his current favorites plus a few older cuts. Featuring mostly Pacific Northwest bands. 1. Radioactivity - Battered 2. The Dumps - Turd World 3. Steal Shit Do Drugs - Money Spent 4. Sick Sad World - Alone All The Time 5. Mommy Long Legs - Horrorscope 6. The No-Talents - I Ain't No Wife 7. Sex Crime - Hurry Up! 8. Sir Coyler & His Asthmatic Band - Rose City's Burnin' 9. Wimps - Take It As It Comes 10. The Fabulo...
Aug 07, 2015•43 min
Variety Mix host Mel is back to curate the most recent Music That Matters weekly podcast. This particular mix leans heavy on guitars with the latest feedback drenched songs from the legendary Swervedriver, San Francisco's Thee Oh Sees, and Fuzz, which is one of Ty Segall's many projects. You'll also hear new songs channeling older sounds from Destroyer and Diane Coffee, as well as a whole lot more. 1. Thee Oh Sees - Withered Hand 2. MOURN - Gertrudis, Get Through This! 3. Flyying Colours - Like ...
Jul 31, 2015•45 min
Afternoon Show host Kevin Cole lays down fifteen of his current faves including new music from The Heavenly States, EZTV, The Space Merchants, Ezra Furman, and OCnotes. Perfect soundtrack for driving the backstreets or interstellar escapades. 1. The Cairo Gang - Be What You Are 2. EZTV - Bury Your Heart 3. Radioactivity - I Know 4. Jaill - Getaway 5. The Heavenly States - The Specialist 6. The Space Merchants - Mainline the Sun 7. Acid Tongue - Lately 8. OCnotes - Hum Drum Killas 9. Gossamer - P...
Jul 24, 2015•54 min
Greg Vandy explores that summer feeling on this two-hour mix and nod to Barna Howard's new album, plus 18 other road trip worthy songs from up-and-comers like Banditos, Leyla McCalla, The Deslondes, Benjamin Booker, Saun & Starr, Steve Gunn, and Spirit Family Reunion, to name a few. 1. Benjamin Booker - Happy Homes 2. Delta Routine - Gone Again 3. Banditos - Still Sober (After All These Beers) 4. The Abigails - Twenty Nine 5. The Growlers - Living in a Memory 6. Jake Xerxes Fussell - Let Me ...
Jul 17, 2015•1 hr 21 min
Join Midday Show host Cheryl Waters for a summer podcast full of sparkling songs from London, Brooklyn, California and, as always, the Pacific Northwest. 1. Desert Sound Colony - Riverbed 2. Happyness - Naked Patients 3. The Eagle Rock Gospel Singers - Little Light 4. AM & Shawn Lee - Persuasion 5. Unknown Mortal Orchestra - Multi-Love 6. Gengahr - She's A Witch 7. Grooms - Something Wild 8. Telekinesis - In a Future World 9. Hibou - Dissolve 10. WATERS - Stupid Games 11. Laura Marling - Fal...
Jul 10, 2015•1 hr 5 min
Morning show host John Richards presents a new mix that weaves its way from loud shoegazerish psych-rock through brooding blues rock to grimy hip hop with some '90s-steeped stops along the way, featuring new songs from Flyying Colours, Du Blonde, Kate Tempest and more. 1. Magic Potion - Booored 2. T. Hardy Morris - My Me 3. Flyying Colours - Like You Said 4. Communions - Forget it's a Dream 5. Pinkshinyultrablast - Holy Forest 6. Pfarmers - Work for Me 7. Mates of State - Staring Contest 8. Spee...
Jul 03, 2015•46 min
With more amazing music than ever to choose from, the 7th Annual Big Gay Podcast includes more than 90 minutes of songs by, for, and about the LGBTQ community, from a sinuous electronic groove inspired by Paris Is Burning to a deep cut from ‘70s glitter rocker Smokey. We're also thrilled to include new tunes from iconic artists Jimmy Somerville and Marc Almond, local fare from Dust Moth, Gaytheist and Brandi Carlilie, plus sixteen other selections to rock your 2015 Pride festivities. 1. Tyson Me...
Jun 26, 2015•1 hr 37 min
Afternoon Show host Kevin Cole shines a light on some of the best new music from around the world, including songs from Iceland's Júníus Meyvant and Vök, Sweden's Tallest Man on Earth, Santiago, Chile's The Holydrug Couple, Seattle's The Flavr Blue, and many more hot jams that'll take you up, up, and away. 1. Júníus Meyvant - Hailslide 2. The Tallest Man On Earth - Darkness of the Dream 3. Father John Misty - Chateau Lobby #4 (In C for Two Virgins) 4. Trails and Ways - Mtn Tune 5. Hippo Campus -...
Jun 19, 2015•1 hr 4 min
Summer is here with warm weather, the occasional summer breeze and non-stop great music on KEXP. Check out the latest Music That Matters mix from Midday Show host, Cheryl Waters. 1. The Drums - I Can't Pretend 2. Lady Lamb - Billions of Eyes 3. Roaming Herds of Buffalo - Cereal Prize 4. Alabama Shakes - Don't Wanna Fight 5. Boxed In - All Your Love Is Gone 6. Andy Shauf - You're Out Wasting 7. Banditos - The Breeze 8. Young Guv - Kelly, I'm Not a Creep 9. Las Robertas - The Feel 10. Rose Windows...
Jun 12, 2015•1 hr
Dark goth-tinged cold wave meets postpunk on a beach with a beer in your hand. 1. Villagers - Hot Scary Summer 2. The Mountain Goats - Heel Turn 2 3. The Very Best - Makes A King 4. Honeyblood - No Big Deal 5. Waxahatchee - La Loose 6. The Dø - Miracles (Back In Time) 7. Doldrums - HOTFOOT 8. The Soft Moon - Desertion 9. A Place to Bury Strangers - We've Come So Far 10. Thee Oh Sees - Web 11. Nadine Shah - Fool 12. Wildbirds & Peacedrums - Who I Was Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/don...
Jun 05, 2015•51 min
Don Slack features some of his favorite new songs from smoldering Italo-Disco and fiery roots-rock to incendiary punk. 1. Daughn Gibson - It Wants Everything 2. Chromatics - In Films 3. Heaters - Mean Green 4. Wild Yaks - Paradise 5. Fort Lean - New Hobbies 6. Hop Along - Waitress 7. Sheer Mag - Fan The Flames 8. Banditos - Still Sober (After All These Beers) 9. Whitey Morgan and the 78's - Me and the Whiskey 10. Rhett Miller - My Little Disaster [feat. Black Prairie] 11. Jason Isbell - 24 Frame...
May 29, 2015•1 hr 6 min
Gear up for patio weather with Midday Show host Cheryl Waters' new podcast. This synth-rock heavy mix will leave you blissed out and wanting more! 1. Ceo - Mirage 2. The Casket Girls - Chemical Dizzy 3. Marriages - Skin 4. Hot Chip - Huarache Lights 5. Operators - Ecstasy In My House 6. FM Belfast - Holiday 7. TV Girl - Pantyhose 8. American Wrestlers - Kelly 9. Jessie Baylin - Creepers (Young Love) 10. Bobby Bare Jr's Young Criminals' Starvation League - North of Alabama By Mornin' 11. Vaadat C...
May 22, 2015•1 hr 5 min
DJ Kevin Cole presents a mix of highlight artists performing during this year's Sasquatch! Music Festival. Soundtrack your road trip out to the Gorge, or, if you're unable to attend in person, enjoy this awesome musical companion for your Memorial Day Weekend. 1. Temples - Shelter Song 2. Spoon - Rent I Pay 3. Sharon Van Etten - Taking Chances 4. Sylvan Esso - Coffee 5. Father John Misty - I Love You, Honeybear 6. José González - Leaf Off / The Cave 7. Sleater-Kinney - Surface Envy 8. Angel Olse...
May 15, 2015•1 hr 3 min
Morning Show host John Richards presents Volume 4 of KEXP's Runner Powered Podcast series. This newest installment is a pure energy boost sure to keep you on track during your next run. 1. Explosions in the Sky - Your Hand in Mine 2. Dan Deacon - Feel the Lightning 3. Eternal Death - Song 4. John Carpenter - Vortex 5. Django Django - Reflections 6. Until the Ribbon Breaks - Spark 7. Chromatics - I Can Never Be Myself When You're Around 8. Zola Jesus - Compass 9. The Go! Team - The Scene Between ...
May 08, 2015•1 hr 4 min
Expansions host DJ Riz presents a new mix of electronic and acoustic sounds by artists from all over the globe. 1. Peter Broderick - More and More (mouth trumpet version) 2. Congo Sanchez - Stand Beside Yourself 3. A Coral Room - IoT 4. Steve Cobby - Why Sleep Through Your Dreams? 5. Melanie De Biasio - The Flow (Hex Remix) 6. Hober Mallow - Take You Away (To the Stars) 7. JD Joslin - Suffer Room 8. Tiganá Santana - Antidoto 9. SassyBlack - WhatDoYouWantFromMe Support the show: https://www.kexp....
May 01, 2015•53 min
DJ Larry Rose (host of Larry's Lounge) brings you a fun genre hopping mix of memorable songs mostly from debut releases. 1. Mike Pace and the Child Actors - Summer Lawns 2. Snuff Redux - E-Drone 3. Diet Cig - Harvard 4. Boxed In - Mystery 5. Tkay Maidza - U-Huh 6. Shad & DJ T.LO - Fire 7. Fort Romeau - Not A Word 8. Body Language - Really Love 9. Clarence Clarity - Meadow Hopping, Traffic Stopping, Death Splash 10. Misun - Penny 11. Bouquet - Come To Your House 12. Bent Denim - Key Lime Pie ...
Apr 24, 2015•45 min
Discover your new favourite bands with this latest mix curated by KEXP's DJ Shannon. Including new songs from The Away Days, Mew, Black Rivers (Jez and Andy from Doves), BC Camplight and more. 1. BC Camplight - You Should've Gone to School 2. Gengahr - She's A Witch 3. Black Rivers - The Ship 4. Mew - Water Slides [radio edit] 5. Kassassin Street - To Be Young 6. Public Service Broadcasting - Go! 7. Absofacto - Dissolve 8. The Away Days - Best Rebellious 9. Hooton Tennis Club - Jasper 10. Charle...
Apr 17, 2015•54 min
Afternoon Show host Kevin Cole delivers an explosive set of his favorite new music and new bands including The Fireworks, POW! and Pinkshinyultrablast. 1. Pinkshinyultrablast - Holy Forest 2. The Tamborines - Black and Blue 3. The Fireworks - Runaround 4. POW! - Liquid Daydream 5. Doldrums - Loops 6. Eternal Death - Violence 7. Monophonics - Sound Of Sinning 8. Surf City - Spec City 9. Bouquet - Come To Your House 10. William Hall - The Valley 11. Lower Dens - To Die In L.A. 12. Jessica Pratt - ...
Apr 10, 2015•44 min
Join Midday Show host Cheryl Waters on a musical Ævintýr (Icelandic for adventure) featuring tons of great new songs including many that have yet to be released. Dig in and enjoy! 1. Winnebago - Blinders 2. Other Lives - Reconfiguration 3. Sóley - Ævintýr 4. Sufjan Stevens - Should Have Known Better 5. The Weather - 1983 6. Panda Bear - Boys Latin 7. Ultimate Painting - Central Park Blues 8. Nic Hessler - Expel Me 9. The Helio Sequence - Stoic Resemblance 10. Shabazz Palaces - Ham Sandwich 11. J...
Apr 03, 2015•52 min
Join Morning Show host John Richards for a mix that's loud, new and full of rocks. 1. Beech Creeps - Times Be Short 2. Cloakroom - Starchild Skull 3. Male Bonding - A Kick to the Face 4. Darlings - Gardone 5. The Crush - Someone For You 6. Zebra Hunt - Delaware 7. Title Fight - Chlorine 8. Feedtime - Flatiron 9. Grooms - Comb the Feelings Through Your Hair 10. Novella - Land Gone 11. PINS - Too Little Too Late 12. Radical Dads - Slammer 13. Killer Ghost - No Denyin' Support the show: https://www...
Mar 27, 2015•48 min
