Kexp Presents Music That Matters

On this episode, John passes the mic to another KEXP DJ and long-time runner, Kevin Cole. He brings a mix of music to motivate, inspire, and awkwardly pump your fists in the air, featuring tracks from IDLES, Jungle, Ibibio Sound Machine, and The Vega Bodegas.  The Sure Fire Soul Ensemble - Time To Rebuild Penelope Isles - Play It Cool (Alt Mix) Oceanator - Beach Days (Alive Again) Hazel English - Summer Nights Supercrush - Perfect Smile TORRES - Thirstier Francis of Delirium - The Funhouse Confidence Man - Holiday Jungle - Keep Moving Stars - Hold On When You Get Love And Let Go When You Give It Ibibio Sound Machine - Protection From Evil Public Service Broadcasting - Go! Sleigh Bells - Locust Laced The Vega Bodegas - Welcome to Slow Cooker Body Type - Buoyancy IDLES - The New Sensation Camilla Munck - Blessed Be Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Musical notes, inspiring quotes, and songs that make you float from Sneaker Pimps, Automatic, The Reds, Pinks and Purples, and more. S. Carey - Break Me Open Zola Jesus - Lost Automatic - Skyscraper Working Men's Club - Widow HAAi - Baby, We're Ascending First Hate - Commercial Good Looks - Vision Boards The Reds Pinks and Purples - Let's Pretend We're Not In Love Sneaker Pimps - So Far Gone (feat. Simonne Jones) Tempers - Nightwalking Seratones - Pleasure Dylan Moon - Deep Time The Haunted Youth - Shadows Pom Pom Squad - Popular (feat. Matthew Caws of Nada Surf) Rural Alberta Advantage - CANDU Papercuts - Lodger Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

KEXP's John Richards joins you on your journey to run with songs from KEXP favorites like Kevin Morby, Santigold, Warpaint, and more. On this mix, John shares how running helps him maintain both his physical and mental health, with the right music to keep motivated. As author and runner Christopher McDougall says, “We run when we're scared, we run when we're ecstatic, we run away from our problems and run around for a good time.” Kevin Morby - "A Random Act of Kindness" Wild Pink - "Q Degraw" Porridge Radio - "The Rip" Matthew Dear - "Talking Sleep" Dazy & Militarie Gun - "Pressure Cooker" Santigold - "High Priestess" Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs - "Blood in the Snow" Warpaint - "Champion" Sudan Archives - "Selfish Soul" Automatic - "New Beginning" Fontaines DC - "Roman Holiday" Bodega - "Thrown" Yard Act - "The Overload" Working Men's Club - "Circumference" F!res - "Into the Storm" Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On the first episode of this season, John Richards talks about the joys of getting back into races and running with other people, but ultimately, the importance of running for yourself. Runners of all levels will feel welcome with the dynamic mix of high-energy, emotional and propulsive tracks designed to keep you running, featuring artists like Mitski, Toro y Moi and Dehd. Camp Cope - Running with the Hurricane Aeon Station - Fade Nation of Language - The Grey Commute Beach House - Once Twice Melody Hatchie - This Enchanted Mitski - The Only Heartbreaker Lucius - Next To Normal Odesza - The Last Goodbye Ibibio Sound Machine - Electricity Doss - Jumpin' Toro y Moi - Magazine (feat. Salami Rose Joe Louis) Spiritualized - The Mainline Song The Hunt - I Can't Stand Dehd - Bad Love Widowspeak - Everything is Simple Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We believe that everyone who runs should have a great soundtrack. Not one curated by an algorithm, but one that’s hand-picked by a DJ who runs too. The Runcast with John Richards brings you a dynamic mix of music and inspiration to keep you company and motivate you on your run, no matter what your level. Subscribe right here, and enjoy new episodes every two weeks starting June 3, 2022. Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In case you missed the announcement, The Runcast is returning, right here, on June 3rd! Email us at runcast@kexp.org if you have questions, feedback, or guest suggestions for the new season, launching in just ONE WEEK. Today, John stops by for a few reminders before replaying Volume 25 of the Runcast from 2021: In his final Runcast of the year – and KEXP's final episode of The Weekly Mix – John goes freeform to create a very personal Runcast just for you. Listen for advice, motivation, inspiration, and incredible music to power your run. 1. The Antlers - Solstice 2. Big Red Machine - Phoenix (feat. Fleet Foxes & Anaïs Mitchell) 3. Big Red Machine - The Ghost of Cincinnati 4. Public Service Broadcasting - Blue Heaven (feat. Andreya Casablanca) 5. The Shivas - Undone 6. The Parrots - You Work All Day And Then You Die 7. Tycho & Benjamin Gibbard - Only Love 8. Fort Romeau - Control 9. Tycho - Pink & Blue 10. Bad Bad Hats - Walkman 11. Mac McCaughan - Dawn Bends 12. Dummy - Daffodils 13. The Violent Hearts -

In case you missed the announcement, The Runcast is returning, right here, on June 3rd! Email us at runcast@kexp.org if you have questions, feedback, or guest suggestions for the new season, launching in just two weeks. Today, John shares details on the new season before replaying Volume 24 of the Runcast from 2021: This edition of the Runcast is hosted by John Richards and powered by incredible music and quotes from the likes of Confucius, Danny Rojas from Ted Lasso, and Ralph Waldo Emerson. As Emerson said, "Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising which tempt you to believe that your critics are right. To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires courage." 1. Bartees Strange - Going Going 2. Dinosaur Jr - Garden 3. TORRES - Thirstier 4. The Joy Formidable - Chimes 5. Film School - Superperfection 6. Flyying Colours - Big Mess 7. Foxing - Where the Lightning Strikes Twice 8. Songhoy Blues - Worry 9. Ke

Take your running shoes out of storage and start planning your next route because The Runcast is returning, right here, on June 3rd! With three weeks until the new episode, John shares details on this summer's series before replaying Volume 23 of the Runcast from 2021: John reads listeners' stories of hope amidst a pandemic, divorce, and more, showing how the runcast has inspired them, which in turn, inspires him.  1. Mint Julep - A Rising Sun  2. Efterklang - Living Other Lives 3. Piroshka - V.O. 4. José González - Head On 5. Ducks Ltd. - As Big As All Outside 6. Night Beats - New Day 7. Ages and Ages - Light Goes Out 8. Ora the Molecule - Die To Be A Butterfly 9. Mumu Fresh - Work 10. Nation of Language - Across That Fine Line 11. Liars - Big Appetite 12. PRONOUN -  I WANNA DIE BUT I CAN'T (CUZ I GOTTA KEEP LIVING) 13. Split Single - Satellite 14. Shine - Stare Into the Sun 15. Deep Sea Diver - Stop Pretending 16. MAN ON MAN - Stohner Email us at runcast@kexp.org if you have questions, feedback, or gues

What is the Black Constellation? If you know, you'll want to listen to this podcast. If you don't, you'll want to listen, too. "Fresh off the Spaceship" is the newest podcast from KEXP, telling the story of the highly influential yet scarcely documented artist collective. The Black Constellation has included such varied musical acts as Shabazz Palaces, THEESatisfaction, Ya Tseen and Porter Ray. Hosted by KEXP's Larry Mizell Jr. and Martin Douglas, each episode in this 10-part series takes listeners on an audio journey connecting the stars of the Constellation, shedding light on their art and their ethos along the way. New episodes come out every Friday from March 18 - May 27, 2022. Find out more at KEXP.org/fresh-off-the-spaceship. Watch a video version of the trailer and explore more work from the artists of the Constellation on KEXP's Fresh off the Spaceship YouTube playlist. Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today, we bring you an episode of KEXP's Live on KEXP podcast featuring an exclusive session with Japanese Breakfast. There are many negative ways one could sum up 2021 but one shining bright positive title we can give it is "The Year of Michelle Zauner." The Oregon-born artist is probably best known as Japanese Breakfast and released the stellar album Jubilee this June but is also now an acclaimed author with the release of the New York Times bestseller Crying in H Mart in April.  For this episode of Live on KEXP we share a clip of Zauner’s conversation with Cheryl Waters about how writing the book exorcised the pain and trauma so that she could portray the joy felt on Jubilee. Zauner then plays four tracks from Jubilee plus one from her side project with Crying’s Ryan Galloway, BUMPER. Recorded June 21, 2021. Songs performed: Kokomo, IN Tactics Be Sweet Savage Good Boy Ballad O Watch the full Live on KEXP session on YouTube For a new KEXP session delivered to your feed every week, including

Today, we bring you an exclusive interview with Tori Amos, from KEXP's Sound & Vision podcast. Tori Amos talks about her new album, 'Ocean to Ocean,' and how she experiences visual trips of synesthesia when playing and listening to music. She also discusses how the pandemic impacted her mental health, strengthened her connection to nature, and influenced songs on the album. For more stories like these, including recent interviews with The War On Drugs, Damon Albarn, and Wet Leg, check out KEXP's Sound & Vision wherever you listen to podcasts. Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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A message from John Richards about some changes to come on this feed. Stay subscribed for something new coming to this feed in 2022! In the meantime: Listen to previous episodes of The Weekly Mix here on this feed (they’re not going anywhere!) Explore the rest of KEXP's podcasts here.  Listen to your favorite DJson-demand via the KEXP app for iOS and Android or KEXP.ORG. Listen to artist-curated mixes through KEXP's Midnight in a Perfect World series. And of course, you can always listen to live DJ curation on KEXP radio at KEXP.ORG, the KEXP mobile app, or 90.3 FM in Seattle. Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In his final Runcast of the year – and KEXP's final episode of The Weekly Mix – John goes freeform to create a very personal Runcast just for you. Listen for advice, motivation, inspiration, and incredible music to power your run. 1. Antlers - Solstice 2. Big Red Machine - Phoenix 3. Big Red Machine - The Ghost of Cincinnati 4. Public Service Broadcasting - Blue Heaven 5. The Shivas - Undone 6. The Parrots - You Work All Day And Then You Die 7. Tycho & Benjamin Gibbard - Only Love 8. Fort Romeau - Control 9. Tycho - Pink And Blue 10. Bad Bad Hats - Walkman 11. Mac McCaughan - Dawn Bends 12. Dummy - Daffodils 13. The Violent Hearts - Everything and Nothing 14. Lord Huron - Time to Run John Richards is the host of The Morning Show on KEXP, weekdays from 7-10am PT on KEXP.org, the KEXP app or 90.3 FM in Seattle. Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

DJ Kevin Cole curates tracks from some of the best albums of the year so far, songs from highly anticipated upcoming releases, and a few mind-benders from artists playing one of the best music festivals of the year, Iceland Airwaves. You’ll hear Arlo Parks, Ty Segall, Courtney Barnett, Hollis, Wet Leg and more! 1. No-No Boy - The Best God Damn Band in Wyoming 2. Wet Leg - Chaise Longue 3. Nation of Language - This Fractured Mind 4. Durand Jones & The Indications - Witchoo (feat. Aaron Frazer) 5. Arlo Parks - Hurt 6. Little Simz & Cleo Sol - Woman 7. Emma-Jean Thackray - Say Something 8. Ty Segall - Harmonizer 9. Sleigh Bells - Locust Laced 10. The Vega Bodegas - All My Fish Are Dead 11. Squid - Narrator (feat. Martha Skye Murphy) 12. TORRES - Thirstier 13. The Weather Station - Tried To Tell You 14. Mogwai - Ritchie Sacramento 15. Ya Tseen - Knives (feat. Portugal. The Man) 16. Yola - Stand for Myself 17. Courtney Barnett - Rae Street 18. HOLLIS - Less Like 19. Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio - Aces 20. Black Pumas

Summon your inner goth with this episode of The Weekly Mix, in celebration of World Goth Day (((Extended))). Guided by KEXP DJs Sharlese, Kevin, Abbie and Jenn, this mix is a dark and glorious sonic trip around the globe. 1. Beastial Mouths - Industrial Waste (Light Asylum Remix) 2. ХВОРЬ (Ailments) - Аня Носова 3. Szaio - W Naszym Domu 4. Hante. - Insanity 5. PIXEL GRIP - Pursuit  6. Ditta Perdita - Ilegalidad Impuesta 7. Kælan Mikla - Sólstöður 8. Molchat Doma - Удалил Твой Номер / Udalil Tvoy Nomer  9. Hallows - Shallow Waters 10. Margarita Quebrada - Luces  11. Minuit Machine - Basic Needs 12. Arnaud Rebotini - Shiny Black Leather  13. Filmmaker - New Dark Ages 14. The Mall - An Answer 15. Nun - Turning Out 16. Cry Out - Garden Song DJ Sharlese is the host of Mechanical Breakdown, every Monday from 1-2am PT on KEXP.org, the KEXP app or 90.3 FM in Seattle. Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

DJ Miss Ashley provides a sampling of some of her favorite new tunes to fit this hot, late summer vibe. You'll hear the latest from Jamaican artist Jesse Royal, Australian producer Logic1000, and two of Argentina's biggest stars, Nicki Nicole and Dread Mar I...just to name a few! 1. Marcus Gad - Brave New World 2. Alborosie - The System 3. Jesse Royal - High Tide or Low (feat. Samory I) 4. Nicki Nicole & Dread Mar I - Verte 5. Ambar Lucid - The Door 6. Deekapz - Margarida 7. Gilligan Moss - GM from GM :) 8. Duke Hugh - Common Ground (feat. Renato Paris) 9. Logic1000 - Safe In My Arms 10. João Donato, Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad - Forever More 11. Nina Kraviz - Skyscrapers 12. Moorea Masa & the Mood - Will It Be The Same DJ Miss Ashley hosts a Variety Mix every Sunday from 12-3pm PT on KEXP.org, the KEXP app or 90.3 FM in Seattle. Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's the latest edition of the Runcast, hosted by John Richards and powered by incredible music and quotes from the likes of Confucius, Danny Rojas from Ted Lasso, and Ralph Waldo Emerson. As Emerson said, "Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising which tempt you to believe that your critics are right. To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires courage." 1. Bartees Strange - Going Going 2. Dinosaur Jr - Garden 3. TORRES - Thirstier 4. The Joy Formidable - Chimes 5. Film School - Superperfection 6. Flyying Colours - Big Mess 7. Foxing - Where the Lightning Strikes Twice 8. Songhoy Blues - Worry 9. Kele - Between Me and My Maker  10. Yves Tumor - Jackie 11. Binki - Clay Pigeon 12. Lala Lala - DIVER 13. Shamir - Running 14. Wet Leg - Chaise Longue 15. Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio - Cold as Weiss 16. Geowulf - Round and Round John Richards is the host of The Morning Show on KEXP, weekdays from 7-10am PT on KEXP

Brought to you by Greta Rose, who explains, "When I was collecting tracks for this weeks mix and trying to zero in on a theme I kept noticing lyrics tied to love and also prose referencing different celestial bodies in the night sky. The songs came together with the intention of channeling a feeling of joy, expansion and of being in relationship with that which is occurring around us. How we’re all connected and the impact we have on one another. You can think of it like a sonic love letter being transmitted through various artists, perspectives and sounds directly to you. Featured in the mix is music from Japanese Breakfast, Spellling, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, Charlotte Day Wilson featuring BADBADBADNOTGOOD and Angelique Kidjo." 1. Japanese Breakfast - Be Sweet 2. Lucid Express - Wellwave 3. L'Rain - Two Face 4. SPELLLING - Little Deer 5. Matthew E White - Genuine Hesitation 6. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Catching Smoke 7. The Go! Team - Cookie Scene (feat. Indigo Yaj) 8. Anika - Change 9. S

Cheryl Waters invites us to get lost in her latest mix, a sprawling 22 tracks including recent gems from Bachelor, Ambar Lucid, The Marías, Miss Grit and more. Climb in and let each song take you deeper and deeper into a state of musical bliss.  1. Antonioni - Puck 2. Ambar Lucid - Get Lost In The Music 3. Courtney Barnett - Rae Street 4. Bachelor - Anything At All 5. Faye Webster - Cheers 6. Haru Nemuri (春ねむり) - Seventh Heaven 7. The Joy Formidable - Into The Blue 8. Sharon Van Etten & Angel Olsen - Like I Used To 9. serpentwithfeet - Fellowship  10. Oxford Drama - Not My Friend 11. José González - El Invento 12. Lightning Bug - The Right Thing Is Hard To Do 13. Left At London - There Is a Place For You Here 14. Katy Kirby - Peppermint 15. Kylie V - On My Mind 16. Miss Grit - Impostor 17. Dawn Richard - Bussifame 18. Flock of Dimes - Price of Blue 19. Jupiter & Okwess & Ana Tijoux - You Sold Me a Dream 20. TORRES - Don't Go Puttin Wishes In My Head 21. The Marías - Hush 22. Warren Dunes - Talkin About That