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. J...
Apr 12, 2019•1 hr 11 min
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...
Apr 05, 2019•1 hr 2 min
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...
Mar 29, 2019•46 min
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. G...
Mar 22, 2019•1 hr 29 min
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 -...
Mar 15, 2019•1 hr 6 min
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 - Int...
Mar 08, 2019•47 min
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....
Mar 01, 2019•58 min
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 Ch...
Feb 22, 2019•39 min
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 - ...
Feb 15, 2019•55 min
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 - Papertown S...
Feb 08, 2019•54 min
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. G...
Feb 01, 2019•55 min
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' ...
Jan 25, 2019•1 hr 4 min
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...
Jan 18, 2019•30 min
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 Tyle...
Jan 11, 2019•58 min
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 Pa...
Jan 04, 2019•1 hr 1 min
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. - Chequel...
Dec 28, 2018•1 hr 24 min
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 Christ...
Dec 21, 2018•51 min
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 Watc...
Dec 14, 2018•55 min
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 M...
Dec 07, 2018•1 hr 8 min
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 - Sensitiv...
Nov 30, 2018•1 hr 13 min
Cheryl Waters' latest mix is filled dope, devoted, and dosed songs to soundtrack your consciousness - or, if you listen as you fall asleep, your dreams - with new music from IAN SWEET, Adia Victoria, and Kikagaku Moyo. 1. Ocean Hope - Devotion 2. Maribou State - Kingdom 3. Red Ribbon - Your Car 4. Adia Victoria - Dope Queen Blues 5. Y La Bamba - Mujeres 6. IAN SWEET - Hiding 7. Muncie Girls - Bubble Bath 8. Whitney Ballen - Mountain 9. Art d'Ecco - Never Tell 10. Wild Powwers - Skin 11. Kikagaku...
Nov 23, 2018•1 hr 3 min
It's the "You Can Do Almost Anything to This Podcast" Music That Matters Podcast, featuring the finest in new music from Liela Moss, Tres Leches, Guerilla Toss, and The Twilight Sad, as well as more music from across this golden, shimmering universe we call home. So go ahead and listen, and remember, you CAN do almost anything while listening. Almost. 1. Liela Moss - Wild as Fire 2. Saintseneca - Beast in the Garden 3. Doe - Heated 4. Maribou State - Turnmills 5. Guerilla Toss - Meteorlogical 6....
Nov 16, 2018•55 min
Open your ears and mind as Sunday Soul host OCNotes sets you on the path to a blissed-out autumn with a mix featuring tracks from Blvck Spvde, Sen Morimoto, Lion Babe, and Brett Eclectic. 1. Blvck Spvde - After 2. Brett Eclectic - My Fix Of U 3. 10-4 Roger - They Someplace Else Now 4. Specswizard - The Question 5. Def Dee - Anthem Down 6. StasTHEEboss - Sex Pack 7. Swarvy, Nelson Bandela - No Evils 8. Shabazz Palaces - Self Made Followonaire 9. DoNormaal - Gold Rooster 10. Rude Operator - Gold S...
Nov 09, 2018•53 min
Part two of DJ Kevin Cole's Iceland Airwaves 2018 music festival preview features new pop and rock leaning tracks, from the hardcore sounds of Une Miserè, to the atmospheric post rock of Sólstafir, to the beautiful harmonies of Árstíðir. 1. Teitur Magnússon - Lifsspeki 2. Bagdad Brothers - ég er strákur með kók í gleri flensu 3. Moses Hightower - Snefill 4. Nanook - Aarnuaq 5. Árstíðir - Mute 6. Snorri Helgason - Seluriin 7. Berndsen - Wildfire 8. Sólstafir - Silfur-Refur 9. GlerAkur - Can't You...
Nov 05, 2018•1 hr
DJ Kevin Cole previews the 2018 Iceland Airwaves music festival and the rich Icelandic music scene. Episode one, Ice, features a slew of brilliant atmospheric and chill songs along with a bit of goth-tinged electronica and a smoking hot new Júníus Meyvant track. 1. Júníus Meyvant - High Alert 2. Kælan Mikla - Draumadís 3. Solveig Matthildur - Absolution 4. Hugar - (Waves feat. Arnór Dan) 5. Arnor Dan - Stone By Stone 6. Högni - Komdu Með 7. Högni and Kiasmos - Zebra 8. GYDA - Moonchild 9. Vök - ...
Nov 02, 2018•59 min
DJ Shannon unleashes her favorite songs from the best UK bands right now such as long-time favorites, Frightened Rabbit and Twilight Sad. Also featuring new amazing talents: Idles, Boy Azooga, Avalanche Party and more. That's entertainment! 1. Frightened Rabbit - Old, Old Fashioned (Live on KEXP) 2. The Twilight Sad - Videograms 3. Idles - Love Song 4. Heavy Lungs - Poster Boy 5. Deja Vega - Eyes of Steel 6. Crewel Intentions - Youth In Overload 7. Boy Azooga - Taxi to the Head 8. Avalanche Part...
Oct 26, 2018•59 min
Hazy melodies from legends and upstarts alike flow through Cheryl Waters' latest mix of her favorite songs, featuring new songs from Johnny Marr, J Mascis, Menace Beach, and Boy Azooga. 1. Eggshells - Bone Marrow 2. Chromatics - Blue Girl 3. Film School - Crushin' 4. Johnny Marr - Hi Hello 5. Nothing - Blue Line Baby 6. American Wrestlers - Devils 7. The Midnight Revolution - Goodbye 8. Free Cake For Every Creature - Around You 9. J Mascis - See You At The Movies 10. Boy Azooga - Waitin' 11. Ver...
Oct 19, 2018•1 hr 5 min
John Richards' latest installment in the Runner Powered Podcast series takes songs from Matthew Dear, Spirit Award, and Shakey Graves to inspire you to keep you running (with a special surprise at the end.) 1. Matthew Dear - Bunny's Dream 2. Maribou State - Turnmills 3. Morgan Delt - Some Sunsick Day 4. Saintseneca - Beast in the Garden 5. Foxing - Nearer My God 6. Junip - Your Life, Your Call 7. Advance Base - Dolores & Kimberly 8. Weller - Point of Personal Privilege 9. Owl John - Red Hand...
Oct 12, 2018•1 hr 8 min
With sounds both psychedelic and silver, DJ Hans leads you through the desert and into a musical oasis on this week's episode of Music That Matters, featuring new songs from Kikagaku Moyo, John Grant, and Charles Bradley. 1. Kikagaku Moyo - Dripping Sun 2. Kadhja Bonet - Joy 3. Candi Staton - Revolution of Change 4. Ben Pirani - Dreamin's For Free 5. MUNYA - Hotel Delmano 6. Melody's Echo Chamber - Cross My Heart 7. Mirah - Ordinary Day 8. Tomten - Blue Movie 9. John Grant - Touch and Go 10. Cha...
Oct 05, 2018•1 hr 1 min
On this episode of Music That Matters, Wo' Pop host Darek Mazzone highlights artists on the record label Awesome Tapes From Africa, including Professor Rhythm, Dur-Dur Band, and Awa Poulo. 1. Professor Rhythm - Raditaba (Nozindaba) 2. Hailu Mergia - Tizita 3. Professor Rhythm - Bafana Bafana 4. Nahawa Doumbia - Danaya (à Sidi Konaté Pour Toujours) 5. Jess Sah Bi & Peter One - Our Garden Needs Its Flowers 6. Hailu Mergia & The Walias - Lomi Tera-tera 7. Hailu Mergia - Wegene (Protect-U Re...
Sep 28, 2018•1 hr 43 min
