This is the 'work ding dong scrambled eggs into a conversation' Music That Matters Podcast featuring the best in international and local music, from Angel Olsen and Georgia to SISTERS and Lisa Prank, and hosted by your pal John Richards. 1. Swans - It’s Coming It’s Real 2. Angel Olsen - All Mirrors 3. Sudan Archives - Confessions 4. Moor Mother - After Images 5. Georgia - Never Let You Go 6. SISTERS - We Can Get Together (feat. Tilson XOXO) 7. Great Grandpa - Digger 8. Dead Soft - I Believe You ...
Nov 08, 2019•54 min•Ep. 694
DJ Kevin Cole guides you through some of the best of this year’s Iceland Airwaves Music Festival, one of the world’s premier music discovery festivals showcasing awesome new and emerging Nordic artists alongside forward-thinking international acts across all genres! Indulge yourself to an overdose of sonic inspiration. 1. GDRN - Lætur mig feat. Floni 2. JFDR - Taking A Part Of Me 3. Vök - Erase You 4. Seabear - Waterphone 5. Sin Fang - No Summer 6. Penelope Isles - Gnarbone 7. Svavar Knútur - Ja...
Nov 01, 2019•1 hr 50 min•Ep. 693
Your overnight goblin, Abbie, takes you on a journey of musical discovery inspired by her visit to SPOT Festival in Aarhus, Denmark this past Spring. Founded in 1994, SPOT began as a local music event and has since grown considerably, hosting early performances from acts like Sigur Rós, The Raveonettes, Junior Senior, múm, and more. Discover an array of emerging artists that bend the genres of minimalist folk, shamstep, post-punk, and techno. 1. Hjalte Ross - Falling 2. Tuvaband - Unknown 3. Var...
Oct 25, 2019•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 692
Are you ready for NOW? Seventeen of today’s hottest superstars in one all new power-packed podcast! Move into a new dimension with the year’s biggest songs! NOW you can have all your favorite hits right here, right NOW! Chart-toppers from Cherushii & Maria Minerva, Sui Zhen, Yu Su, Kedr Livanskiy and Blue Hawaii. NOW delivers nothing but the biggest hits you crave! (on CD or cassette) 1. BEA1991 - My Own Heaven 2. XOA - Only One Thing 3. Erika de Casier - Do My Thing 4. Pioneer 11 - I'm Not ...
Oct 18, 2019•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 691
In honor of Indigenous Peoples' Day, KEXP DJs Gabriel Teodros, OCnotes, Miss Ashley and Chilly put together a mix featuring music from and inspired by Indigenous artists all around the globe. Encompassing a diversity of voices, soundscapes and histories, the list includes Tanya Tagaq, Strummin Dog, Lido Pimienta, Ampersan and Luzmila Carpio. 1. Supaman - Miracle (feat. Maimouna Youssef) 2. Calina Lawrence - ʔəshəliʔ ti txʷəlšucid (Lushootseed Is Alive) 3. A Tribe Called Red - The OG (feat. Black...
Oct 11, 2019•1 hr 24 min•Ep. 690
Greg Vandy delivers a diverse mix of super indie roots and rock n’ roll songs for Right Now. Twenty-three mostly new recordings from your soon-to-be favorite bands and space cowboys. 1. Garrett T. Capps - Here Right Now 2. The Nude Party - Feels Alright 3. Georgia Dish Boys - Put My Records On 4. David Nance Group - Poison 5. The Weary Times - Hard Times 6. David Quinn - Where The Buffalo Roam 7. Tim Buchanan - Grinnin' 8. Robert Ellis - Topo Chico 9. Cordovas - Step Back Red 10. Gold Star - Son...
Oct 04, 2019•1 hr 39 min•Ep. 689
A tour de force of the mostest bestest songs from KEXP's Morning Show, hosted by Mr. John Richards. This may one day be regarded as the definitive podcast of the year 2019. Your move, world. 1. Black Country, New Road - Sunglasses 2. IDLES - I Dream Guillotine 3. Ceremony - Presaging the End 4. Bombay Bicycle Club - Eat, Sleep, Wake (Nothing But You) 5. Ride - Clouds of Saint Marie 6. Blushh - July 7. Marika Hackman - i’m not where you are 8. Pernice Brothers - Lullabye 9. Empty Country - Ultras...
Sep 27, 2019•53 min•Ep. 688
KEXP’s El Sonido compiles a mix of recent modern Latin favorites featuring a wide array of genres spanning 14 different countries, including Argentina, Peru, Guatemala, El Salvador, Brazil and beyond. 1. Daymé Arocena - La Rumba Me Llamo Yo (Canyonazo Remix) 2. Francisca Valenzuela - Tómame 3. Las Yumbeñas - El Tíbet 4. Dylan Thomas - Luces Violeta 5. Los Wembler's de Iquitos - Lamento Selvatico 6. Doctor Nativo - Guatemaya 7. Santi Mostaffa - Eva 8. Quebrada Queer - Pra Quem Duvidou 9. Rubens d...
Sep 20, 2019•1 hr 36 min•Ep. 687
DJ Mike Ramos – born September 20, on the Virgo/Libra cusp – brings you a diverse mix reflecting on summer highlights and preparing for the approaching fall. Features local and international artists ranging from rising young talents (Deaton Chris Anthony, Dotorado Pro) to household names (Young Thug, Roy Ayers) to Seattle-based favorites (Chastity Belt, AJ Suede). 1. Deaton Chris Anthony - Sonshine (feat. UMI) 2. Khruangbin - Four of Five 3. Helado Negro - Sabana De Luz 4. Dotorado Pro - Say Dad...
Sep 13, 2019•54 min•Ep. 686
The fragrance of adventure and poetry endlessly pervades DJ Kevin Cole’s latest music mix featuring new sounds from Vanishing Twin, KOKOKO!, Khruangbin, girl in red, Sleater-Kinney, and more bands to delight and inspire. 1. Penelope Isles - Gnarbone 2. Vanishing Twin - Magician's Success 3. Sleater-Kinney - The Center Won't Hold 4. girl in red - i'll die anyway. 5. Hater - Four Tries Down 6. Mannequin Pussy - Who You Are 7. Preservation Hall Jazz Band - Keep Your Head Up feat. Eme Alfonso 8. KOK...
Sep 06, 2019•58 min•Ep. 685
It's literally the MARATHON edition of the Music That Matters Podcast. Hosted by KEXP's John Richards, and infused with music and inspirational messages, this 3-plus hour podcast takes you through every aspect and emotion of running a marathon. We're cheering for you! 1. Explosions in the Sky - Your Hand in Mine 2. Lord Huron - Time To Run 3. The War on Drugs - Red Eyes 4. Animal Collective - What Would I Want? Sky 5. Maps - To the Sky 6. Washed Out - Eyes Be Closed 7. Arcade Fire - Keep the Car...
Aug 30, 2019•3 hr 44 min•Ep. 684
Take a cathartic sonic journey through love and loss with DJ Cheryl Waters on her latest mix featuring tracks from Julia Jacklin, Purple Mountains, Ty Segall, and Combo Chimbita. 1. Julia Jacklin - Body 2. Camp Saint Helene - Farfisa Song 3. Juliper Sky - Heaven 4. Hot Chip - Melody of Love 5. SAULT - Don’t Waste My Time 6. Calexico and Iron & Wine - Follow the Water 7. Purple Mountains - Darkness and Cold 8. RVG - Alexandra 9. Ty Segall - The Arms 10. Combo Chimbita - Revelación (Candela) 1...
Aug 23, 2019•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 683
DJ Riz delivers a smooth late-night mix featuring Four Tet, Blood Orange, Quelle Chris, JusMoni and Makaya McCraven. In his words, “In honor of KEXP’s mixtape week, here’s a little contemporary something I put together in my head then on ‘tape. I don’t think there’s an on air ‘selector’ here that hasn’t done dozens of these, made personally for someone they love, cherish, or even hate. This one’s a nocturnal mix.. ‘nocturne’ from wikipedia: “The name nocturne was first applied to pieces in the 1...
Aug 16, 2019•54 min•Ep. 682
Celebrating Black liberation and global solidarity movements, DJ Gabriel Teodros curates this powerful mix featuring stand-out tracks from Salaam Remi & Black Thought, Shafiq Husayn, DAM, Tobe Nwigwe, Klassy & Ruby Ibarra, Georgia Anne Muldrow & Dudley Perkins, Sampa the Great, Jamila Woods and more. 1. S.O.U.L. Purpose - In Flight Movie: Dr. Goodlungs (feat. Zubz, Skyzoo & Pharoahe Monch) 2. OCnotes - Radio Nat Turner 3. DAM - Hada Yid'ie Sitna 4. Salaam Remi - Bad To The Bone (...
Aug 09, 2019•57 min•Ep. 681
Summer festival season is upon us! It's time to gather together with your family, friends, and neighbors, celebrating the sunny weather and all that your community has to offer. With new tracks from Bleached, Mal Blum, Apex Manor, and more, DJ Kevin Cole soundtracks the making of your fondest summer memories - from dancing in the streets to strolling on the beach. 1. Jeanines - Either Way 2. Mal Blum - Not My Job 3. Lower Dens - Young Republicans 4. Night Moves - Recollections 5. Bleached - Kiss...
Aug 02, 2019•49 min•Ep. 680
DJ Cheryl Waters' latest mix is the perfect cosmic soundtrack to stargazing on late summer nights. With energetic new tracks from Broken Social Scene, Moon Duo, Kishi Bashi, and King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, you might even get a glimpse into another world. 1. Broken Social Scene - Can’t Find My Heart 2. Youryoungbody - Intentions 3. Moon Duo - Stars Are The Light 4. Operators - Faithless 5. Girl In Red - Dead Girl In The Pool 6. Rodrigo y Gabriela - Mettavolution 7. Bleached - Hard To Ki...
Jul 26, 2019•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 679
Overnight DJ Reeves brings a mix of some of the best new guitar riffs from around the world, featuring the rock of Sheer Mag, the metal of Russian Circles, the punk of Otoboke Beaver & the desert rock of Mdou Moctar. Air guitar not required, but highly encouraged. 1. Sheer Mag - Blood From A Stone 2. Magic Circle - Departed Souls 3. Spirit Adrift - Angel & Abyss 4. Russian Circles - Milano 5. Torche - Admission 6. Dude York - Falling 7. Drinking Boys and Girls Choir - Song of Sincerity 8...
Jul 19, 2019•54 min•Ep. 678
This one (pardon the pun) runs the gammut from amazing music to jokes about runners. Sing, laugh, run! 1. Sharon Van Etten - Every Time the Sun Comes Up 2. Slaughter Beach, Dog - Good Ones 3. Cave Singers - Have to Pretend 4. Spoon - I Turn My Camera On 5. Guards - You Got Me 6. Honeyblood - She’s a Nightmare 7. Skating Polly - Play House 8. Wolf Alice - Moaning Lisa Smile 9. Culture Abuse - Goo 10. Sad Planets - Just Landed 11. Temples - Hot Motion 12. Tycho - Division 13. Slow Club - Complete ...
Jul 12, 2019•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 677
DJ Kevin Cole hits it out of the park with a rockin’ music mix featuring new Sleater-Kinney, Amyl and the Sniffers, Bill Callahan, Sufjan Stevens, and local artist Hezza Fezza sampling the purple one explain his concept of time. Glam slam grand slam. 1. Sleater-Kinney - Hurry on Home 2. Abjects - The Storm 3. Institute - Dazzle Paint 4. Amyl and The Sniffers - Got You 5. The Chills - Complex 6. PUP - Kids 7. J. Robbins - Anodyne 8. Trupa Trupa - Remainder 9. Bill Callahan - What Comes After Cert...
Jul 05, 2019•46 min•Ep. 676
In celebration of Pride Month, DJs Riz, Brit Hansen, StasTHEEBoss, and Larry Rose curate a mix of LGBTQ artists from across the globe whose work is pushing creative boundaries, including Melanie Charles, Girl In Red, Wizard Apprentice, and Jusmoni. 1. Your Heart Breaks - Somewhere in Between 2. The Drums - Loner 3. Girl In Red - i wanna be your girlfriend 4. Orville Peck - Dead of Night 5. Dizzy Fae - Johnny Bravo 6. HANDSOME - Late Night Ball Game 7. Nappy Nina - Might Not Make It 8. Knife Knig...
Jun 28, 2019•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 675
Put some color into your ears and your life with DJ Cheryl Waters’ mix, featuring vibrant new songs from Just Mustard, Stef Chura, and Charly Bliss. 1. Just Mustard - Frank 2. Alex Lahey - Don't Be So Hard On Yourself 3. Supercrush - I've Been Around 4. Jay Som - Superbike 5. Minor Poet - Tropic of Cancer 6. Mac DeMarco - On The Square 7. Black Pumas - Colors 8. Orville Peck - Turn To Hate 9. Charly Bliss - Chatroom 10. Altin Gün - Süpürgesi Yoncadan 11. J. Robbins - Un-Becoming 12. Stef Chura -...
Jun 21, 2019•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 674
John Richards and special guest, KEXP volunteer and marathon expert Ken Tarleton, take you through the DOs of being a runner. 1. Liela Moss - “Wild as Fire” 2. Mitski - “Geyser” 3. Blushing - “The Truth” 4. Calexico and Iron and Wine - “Father Mountain” 5. Black Pumas - “Colors” 6. Shovels and Rope - “The Wire” 7. The Cinematic Orchestra - “A Caged Bird/Imitations of Life” 8. Maps - “Surveil” 9. Strand of Oaks -“Weird Ways” 10. Swervedriver - “Mary Winter” 11.Greys - “These Things Happen” 12. Lu...
Jun 14, 2019•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 673
Greta Rose has collected 13 tracks that take you on an immersive, sonic adventure ranging from celestial shoegaze to dream-pop and eminent rock. An auspicious compilation climaxing with a trancey number "My Body" - the song and inspiration for the title of this podcast. Dive on in! 1. Tanika Charles - Tell Me Something 2. Reptaliens - Shuggie II 3. Emily Reo- Phosphenes 4. Blushing -Dream Merchants 5. Mega Bog - For the Old World 6. Cate le Bon - Home To You 7. Faye Webster - Right Side of My Ne...
Jun 07, 2019•52 min•Ep. 672
Like the extravagant iridescent plumage of the peacock, DJ Kevin Cole’s latest Music That Matters mixtape comes in many musical colors and includes new songs from Hatchie, Kishi Bashi, Jamila Woods, Chong the Nomad, and Ibibio Sound Machine. Silken Peacock is also the color of my new record room! 1. Better Oblivion Community Center - Little Trouble 2. Crows - Chain of Being 3. Institute - Dazzle Paint 4. Hatchie - Stay With Me 5. Y La Bamba - Lightning Storms 6. Kishi Bashi - F Delano 7. Peter P...
May 31, 2019•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 671
DJ Morgan guides you through a musical journey of the sessions that KEXP captured at the 2018 Trans Musicales Festival in Rennes, France, including tracks from Sink Ya Teeth, Nabihah Iqbal, and WOOZE. 1. The Blind Suns - Personal Way of Love 2. Nabihah Iqbal - Zone 1 to 6000 3. Praa - Do It All Again 4. WOOZE - Hello Can You Go 5. MADMADMAD - GWARN 6. Sink Ya Teeth - Glass 7. Initials Bouvier Bernois - Buenos Aires 8. Nâtah Big Band - Monn 9. Ajate - Kobockle 10. The Psychotic Monks - Isolation ...
May 24, 2019•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 670
Seattle summer is just around the corner and Cheryl Waters is here to bring you the soundtrack to warm days and nights, featuring new tracks from Diane Coffee, Body Type, Tacocat, and MorMor. Ida Wenøe - Another Kind of Love Laura Gibson - Domestication .Diane Coffee - Not Ready To Go The Chills - Complex New Age Healers - Hang On Body Type - Stingray Tacocat - Hologram Calpurnia - Cell Angelic Milk - Black Flamingo Motel 1 Psychedelic Porn Crumpets - Bill's Mandolin Golden Gardens - - Desert Ro...
May 17, 2019•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 669
KEXP's John Richards takes you along the full journey of a long run with songs of inspiration and fun including the one song he played 13-straight times while running the NY Marathon. Devon Welsh - I’ll Be Your Ladder Star Slinger - Choose Yourself Stats - Lose It TVAM - Psychic Date IDLES - Colossus The Budos Band - Old Engine Oil Left at London - Revolution Lover OCNotes - Better Days Nilüfer Yanya - In Your Head Piroshka - Everlastingly Yours Chromatics - Time Rider Lost Under Heaven - Bunny’...
May 10, 2019•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 668
DJ Chilly, host of KEXP’s El Sonido, compiles a mix of recent modern Latin favorites featuring a wide array of genres from eleven different countries - from Costa Rica to Spain, the U.S.A. to Colombia and beyond. ¡Buen provecho! 1. Nicola Cruz - Hacia Delante (con Chato) 2. Combo Chimbita – Testigo 3. Los Blenders - Ha Sido 4. Yawners - La Escalera 5. Amor Elefante - San Cayetano 6. Bronko Yotte – Mantanga 7. Montoya – Perla 8. Canalón de Timbiquí - Tío Guachupesito 9.Léo Leobons - São Bento pra...
May 03, 2019•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 667
In this ominously numbered episode, DJ Evie returns with a devilishly good set of sparkly songs that shimmer and shine, including new tracks from Kero Kero Bonito, Barrie, and Jamila Woods. 1. MorMor - Outside2. Pure Bathing Culture - Devotion3. Kero Kero Bonito - Swimming4. Peyote Ugly - Home5. Barrie - Clovers6. Kelly Finnigan - I Don't Wanna Wait7. Jamila Woods - Eartha8. Gemma - Miss U9. Y La Bamba - Cuatro Crazy10. Kingdom of the Holy Sun - Over Under Down and Out Support the show: https://...
Apr 26, 2019•40 min
DJ Troy “La Troix” Nelson picks out his favorite musical flavors in this bubbly mix that washes down like a fancy beverage. Sample new tracks from Weyes Blood, Julia Shapiro, and Diane Coffee in twelve-pack of melodic refreshments. 1. Weyes Blood - Everyday 2. Lowly - Stephen 3. Tender - Handmade Ego 4. Martha - The Void 5. Control Top - Covert Contracts 6. New Age Healers - Satellites 7. Diane Coffee - Like a Child Does 8. Goon - Datura 9. Julia Shapiro - Natural 10. Ritual Howls - Alone Togeth...
Apr 19, 2019•50 min
