Kexp Presents Music That Matters

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 Street Boys - Sleazus 13. Kælan Mikla - Mánadans 14. Cell7 - Gal Pon Di Scene 15. Young Karin - Sirens 16. Sóley - Halloween (Live on KEXP) 17. Sin Fang with Seattle Rock Orchestra Quintet - Young Boys (Live on KEXP)Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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 - Every Time the Sun Comes Up 5. Foxygen - How Can You Really 6. Sylvan Esso - Coffee 7. Maps - To the Sky 8. The Rentals - 1000 Seasons 9. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah (feat. Matt Berninger) - Coming Down 10. Tegan and Sara - Back In Your Head (Live on KEXP) 11. The War On Drugs - Red Eyes 12. Conor Oberst - Zigzagging Toward the Light 13. Junip - Your Life, Your Call 14. Real Estate - It's RealSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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 Heaven - Time Between 11. BRONCHO - Class Historian 12. J Mascis - Better Plane 13. Pete Molinari - Hang My Head In Shame (feat. Barrie Cadogan) 14. Modern Kin - Abandon 15. Ty Segall - Feel 16. FF - Caught In A DreamSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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 8. Peliroja - Injusticia 9. The Radio Dept. - Death To Fascism 10. Total Control - Flesh War 11. Chet Faker - Gold 12. Populous - Fall (feat. Cuushe) 13. The Acid - FameSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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 zeroes in on a creative cross section of artists appearing all around Seattle this fall. 1. Taylor McFerrin feat. Nai Palm - The Antidote 2. Battle Trance - Palace of Wind I 3. Cuong Vu - Accelerated Thoughts 4. Industrial Revelation - Walking (Without) 5. Frank Catalano - Acknowledgement 6. Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey - Betamax 7. Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba - I Speak Fula 8. Corey Harris - Fulton Blues 9. Johnaye Kendrick - Placebo Effect 10. Tri Minh's Quartet - Minimal Piano DreamsSupport the show: https://www.k

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. Kimekai - Le Loyon 10. Goat - Words 11. Martyn - Empty Mind 12. The Juan Maclean - I've Waited For So Long 13. Xeno & Oaklander - SheenSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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 To Trying 6. Nick Monaco - Mating Call 7. Groundislava - Feel The Heat 8. FaltyDL - Heart & Soul 9. Arca - Thievery 10. Baths - Ocean Death 11. Millie & Andrea - Temper Tantrum 12. Martyn - Empty Mind 13. Blue Hawaii - Sierra Lift 14. Manatee Commune - White Smoke (feat. Marina Price) 15. Alice Boman - Be Mine 16. Kid Smpl - ProtectSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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 - Black Lemon 8. Honeymilk - Light Entertainment 9. Hamilton Leithauser - Alexandra 10. Cousins - Phone 11. Makthaverskan - Asleep 12. Archie Bronson Outfit - Two Doves on a Lake 13. Tijuana Panthers - Fired 14. Beat Connection - HesitationSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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. Tiffany - Tranq Moon 9. Throwing Shade - Sweet Tooth 10. Jessy Lanza - You and Me 11. Moiré - Dali House (Featuring Bones) 12. Fennesz - Static Kings 13. Hundred Waters - Out Alee 14. Oneohtrix Point Never - Music for Steamed Rocks 15. The Courtneys - Lost BoysSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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 10. Allah-Las - Had It All 11. Deep Sea Diver - One By One 12. Rubblebucket - Carousel Ride 13. Atmosphere - FlickerSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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. Campfire OK - Wishing You the Best 2. Valerie June - Twisted & Twined 3. KINS - Absblurd 4. The Afghan Whigs - Algiers 5. Hurray for the Riff Raff - Body Electric 6. Cataldo - My Heart Is Calling 7. Mac DeMarco - Blue Boy 8. The Dismemberment Plan - Invisible 9. Dude York - The Lake 10. Mexican Institute of Sound - Especulando 11. Poliça - Chain My Name 12. Danny Brown - Lonely 13. San Fermin - Crueler Kind 14. La Luz - Morning High 15. Iska Dhaaf - Everybody Knows 16. Cumulus - Hey Love 17. Pickwick - Window SillSuppo

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 - Vad Hände Med Dem? 8. Kingdom of the Holy Sun - Thirteen Eyes 9. Gentlemen - Late Nacht 10. A Sunny Day in Glasgow - Crushin' 11. Slow Club - Complete Surrender 12. The GOASTT (The Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger) - Too Deep 13. Brownout presents Brown Sabbath - The Wizard 14. King Dude - Cloven Hooves (Of Fear)Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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 - Train Round the Bend 7. The Donkeys - I Heart Alabama 8. Israel Nash - Through the Door 9. Israel Nash - Myer Canyon 10. Denver - A Way Out 11. Sturgill Simpson - Turtles All The Way Down 12. Evening Bell - Dust Storm 13. Wooden Wand - Uneasy Peace 14. Nikki Lane - All Or Nothin' 15. Bill Patton - Worrying 16. Bryan John Appleby - Backseat 17. Yucca Mountain - Isabelle Dinoire 18. The Deep Dark Woods - Charlie's (Is Coming Down) 19. Kacy & Clayton - The Downward Road 20. Barna Howard - It Hurts To KnowSupport th

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. Got a Girl - Did We Live Too Fast 11. Slow Club - Everything Is New 12. Austra - HabitatSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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. Eels - Mistakes of My Youth 12. Rural Alberta Advantage - Terrified 13. J Mascis - Every Morning 14. Total Control - Flesh War 15. White Fence - Mr. Adams/Who Feels Right?Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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 - The FogSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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 - Rimbaud Eyes 10. The Julie Ruin - Oh Come OnSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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-Preservation Society 7. Glass Animals - Gooey 8. Mas Ysa - Why 9. The Pains of Being Pure At Heart - Simple and Sure 10. Sonic Avenues - Lost & Found 11. Twin Peaks - Baby Blue 12. Parquet Courts - Sunbathing Animal 13. Bob Mould - Hey Mr. Grey 14. PUP - Reservoir 15. PUJOL - CirclesSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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 Truth - Let There Be Ebola Frost 6. Bikini Kill - Thurston Hearts the Who 7. Hervé & Zebra Katz - Tear the House Up 8. Trust - Rescue Mister (Null remix) 9. Aye Nako - For the Inverted 10. Gaytheist - Ock of Rages (Live) 11. Hurray for the Riff Raff - Body Electric 12. Lavender Country - Cryin' These Cocksucking Tears 13. Patrick Cowley - Mockingbird Dream 14. Gem Club - Michael 15. Tyson Meade - Nihilists Need Love Too 16. Bob Mould - The War 17. Tacocat - Hey Girl 18. Tenderfoot - Do It My Love 19. Thalia Zedek Ban

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 Thermals - St. Rosa and the Swallows 11. Starfucker - Julius 12. Slow Club - Complete Surrender 13. Young Fathers - Get Up 14. The Skull Defekts - The Known Unknown 15. The Faint - Mental Radio 16. Ana Tijoux - Vengo 17. Pretty Lights - Color of My SoulSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.