Kexp Presents Music That Matters

Midday show host Cheryl Waters, curates another collection of great new songs with seven, count ‘em, SEVEN, awesome local gems. Enjoy. 1. Scott H. Biram - Slow & Easy 2. Kithkin - Altered Beast 3. AJ Davila - Salvajes 4. The Coathangers - Follow Me 5. Warm Soda - Young Reckless Hearts 6. The Afghan Whigs - Algiers 7. Goodbye Heart - Just Kids 8. Psychic Rites - Alone At Night 9. Pillar Point - Eyeballs 10. Mythological Horses - Cold Heart 11. Drive-By Truckers - Pauline Hawkins 12. Shake Some Action - Wait For The Summer 13. Dude York - Cannibal 14. Joanna Gruesome - Secret Surprise 15. Chelsea Wolfe - We Hit a WallSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Variety Mix host Troy Nelson brings you a set of music that's been great lately in 2014, with new songs from Hospitality, De Lux, Gardens & Villa, Vibragun and more! 1. Painted Palms - Hypnotic 2. Blank Realm - Reach You on the Phone 3. The Soft Hills - How Can I Explain? 4. De Lux - Make Space Visitors Remix (Sal P & Dennis Citizen Kane) 5. Gardens & Villa - Bullet Train 6. Supreme Cuts - Cocktails (feat. Shy Girls)  7. AJ Davila - Salvajes 8. Habibi - Let Me In 9. Hospitality - Going Out 10. The Hidden Cameras - Gay Goth Scene 11. Vibragun - Charm BraceletSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Chilly collects some electronic, hip-hop and modern traditional Latin favorites that he's been spinning on El Sonido lately. It's a non-stop mix designed to move your mind, body and soul. Gozandolo, así es que vivo yo. 1. Systema Solar - Yo Voy Ganao 2. Rafi-eL - Suspiro 3. Boogat - Único (feat. Lido Pimienta) 4. La Yegros - Trocitos De Madera 5. Natalia Clavier - Nada (feat. Ticklah) 6. La Mecánica Popular - La Paz Del Freak 7. Lucho Bermudez - Gaita De Las Flores (Afro Kumbé Remix) 8. Ana Tijoux - Somos Sur (feat. Shadia Mansour) 9. Quantic and Nidia Góngora - Muevelo Negro 10. Son Palenque - Calabongo (Thornato Remix) 11. Subsuelo - Una Noche Sin Luna (K. Sabroso Remix) 12. Los Macuanos - Virgencita 13. Chico Trujillo - Así Es Que Vivo Yo (Sigue La Fiesta) 14. Skip&Die - La Cumbia Dictadura 15. Bocafloja - Conquista (feat. Stahhr and Atiyya) 16. BFlecha - B33Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Afternoon Show Host Kevin Cole presents 13 unforgettable tracks of the best new music including Supreme Cuts, Wimps, Israel Nash, and Mutual Benefit. 1. Vibragun - Dirty Thing 2. Cheatahs - Leave To Remain 3. Solids - Traces 4. Israel Nash - Rain Plans 5. Samantha Crain - Somewhere All the Time 6. Wimps - Secret Message 7. Vertical Scratchers - These Plains 8. Guided By Voices - Vote For Me Dummy 9. The New Mendicants - Shouting Match 10. Chantal Acda - Arms Up High 11. Mutual Benefit - Golden Wake 12. Supreme Cuts - Envision (feat. Channy of Poliça) 13. De Lux - Better At Making TimeSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Music That Matters, Vol. 398 - Don't Break Your Promise At KEXP, we never break our promise to bring you the best music possible and, hopefully, to turn you on to some new music that you love. Our latest Music That Matters podcast from Midday Show host Cheryl Waters offers up a sampling of wonderful new tunes, with a heavy dose of local bands. Enjoy. 1. Elbow - New York Morning 2. Ocean Carolina - Don't Break Your Promise 3. Iska Dhaaf - All The Kids 4. I Will Keep Your Ghost - Nothing 5. Thumpers - Unkinder (A Tougher Love) 6. Bombay Bicycle Club - Carry Me 7. Sun Tunnels - Notice Me 8. Ages and Ages - Divisionary (Do The Right Thing) 9. Hibou - Above Us 10. East India Youth - Dripping Down 11. Jupe Jupe - Never Ask Why 12. Crystal Stilts - Future Folklore 13. Vaadat Charigim - Haolam Avad Mizman 14. Deltron 3030 - Pay the PriceSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Positive, upbeat and all very new music from Morning Show host John Richards. This podcast is for those who are or did suffer from a miserable winter, be it weather, flu or anything else that has you looking forward to renewal. 1. Kins - Absblurd 2. There Will Be Fireworks - River 3. Patterns - This Haze 4. East India Youth - Heaven, How Long 5. 10:04's - Glasshouse 6. Battleme - Just Weight 7. Ming City Rockers - I Wanna get out of here but I can't take you anywhere 8. Big Ups - Goes Black 9. FAMY - A Ho A Hand 10. Books on Fate - Myth of Trust 11. Be Forest - Colours 12. CYMBALS - The Natural World 13. Elephant - Elusive YouthSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Swingin' Doors host Don Slack spins his current rootsy faves, with tracks from Robbie Fulks, Drive-By Truckers, Marissa Nadler, Two Cow Garage and more! 1. St. Paul & The Broken Bones – Call Me 2. Hurray For The Riff Raff – Small Town Heroes 3. Eric Brace & Karl Straub - Pike County Rose (feat. Kelly Willis) 4. Scott H. Biram – Never Comin' Home 5. Robbie Fulks – Sometimes The Grass Is Really Greener 6. Jason Eady – Lonesome Down and Out 7. Brandy Clark – Get High 8. Drive-By Truckers – Shit Shots Count 9. Two Cow Garage – Van Gogh 10. Lydia Loveless – Head 11. Marissa Nadler – Firecrackers 12. Angel Olsen – Hi-FiveSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Afternoon Show host Kevin Cole compiles an outstanding collection of the best new music, traversing moods from ethereal ambient folk and cosmic global funk, to scorching rock. 1. Marissa Nadler - Drive 2. Arborea - Daughters Of Man 3. Death Vessel - Mercury Dime 4. James Vincent McMorrow - Gold 5. Goat - Goatman 6. Drangar - Bál 7. The Low Frequency In Stereo - Elevated/Desecrated 8. Drowners - Luv, Hold Me Down 9. Blank Realm - Back To The Flood 10. Mind Spiders - Inside You 11. Eagulls - Nerve Endings 12. Childbirth - Will You Be My Mom? 13. Pontiak - GhostsSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Music is the perfect companion. It comes in all shapes and sizes and fits every occasion. Here is a smattering of Midday Show host Cheryl Waters' favorite new songs for your listening pleasure. 1. Black Lips - Boys in the Wood 2. Rare Monk - Splice 3. Gap Dream - Fantastic Sam 4. Dum Dum Girls - Lost Boys and Girls Club 5. Mammút - Salt 6. Public Service Broadcasting - Spitfire 7. Temples - Shelter Song 8. Milagres - Letterbomb 9. Tilbury - Deliverance 10. Ravenna Woods - The Jackals 11. Generationals - Put a Light on It 12. Blouse - Imperium 13. Angel Olsen - Forgiven/Forgotten 14. Throwing Muses - Sleepwalking-1 15. Quilt - Tired & ButteredSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Morning Show host John Richards brings you what you need with his first podcast of 2014. Featuring new songs from Pixies, Damien Jurado, No Joy, Higgins Waterproof Black Magic Band, Benjamin Verdoes and more! 1. Pixies - Greens & Blues 2. Painted Palms - Too High 3. No Joy - Last Boss 4. Damien Jurado - Silver Timothy 5. A Weekend at the Feelies - Lowly Buzzard 6. PAPA - Cotton Candy 7. Higgins Waterproof Black Magic Band - The Blast, the Bloom 8. Widowspeak - Smoke and Mirrors 9. Hotels - Relentless Practitioners 10. Thee Oh Sees - What You Need 11. Benjamin Verdoes - Unknown FearsSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

DJ Larry Rose, host of Larry's Lounge, satisfies your hunger for new music with a delicious mix of Tacocat, Blood Orange, Triceracorn, and Warm Soda, along with many other tasty new tracks. 1. Warm Soda - Tell Me In A Whisper 2. Detective Agency - My Ride 3. The Blow - From The Future 4. Pillar Point - Eyeballs 5. Cloud Control - Scar 6. Tacocat - Bridge To Hawaii 7. Blood Orange - Chamakay 8. Danny Brown - Lonely 9. ODESZA - My Friends Never Die 10. Gap Dream - Shine Your Love 11. Woods - Leaves Like Glass 12. Painted Palms - Not Really There 13. Triceracorn - Broken Switches 14. Heavenly Beat - Honest 15. Roosevelt - Sea 16. Juana Molina - Bicho AutoSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Midday Show's Cheryl Waters returns with her first podcast of 2014. It's chock full of songs to rock your socks off, shake your booty and make you jump and shout. Enjoy. 1. Alice Russell - Twin Peaks 2. Cloud Control - Dojo Rising 3. The War On Drugs - Red Eyes 4. Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings - Retreat! 5. Night Beats - Outta Mind 6. White Denim - At Night In Dreams 7. Bass Drum of Death - Shattered Me 8. Bottomless Pit - Null Set 9. Blooper - You Won't Miss Me 10. The Dirtbombs - Jump and Shout 11. Shearwater - A Wake For the Minotaur 12. Gerald Collier - Goodbye Cruel World 13. Futurebirds - Tan Lines 14. Free Energy - Girls Want Rock 15. Capsula - Seven Crimes 16. The Notwist - Close To The GlassSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Morning Show's John Richards makes sure no songs in 2013 were missed and looks ahead to new music in 2014. 1. Gambles - Angel 2. Golden Gardens - The Ghost of a Total Stranger 3. Fey Moth - Inside 4. Azure Blue - Time Is On Our Side 5. Big Deal - In Your Car 6. Title Fight - Be a Toy 7. Gerhardts - Cold 8. Places to Hide - Self-Preservation 9. Robert Pollard - Magic Man Hype 10. The Obits - Spun Out 11. XVIII Eyes - Volcano Surfing 12. The KVB - Something InsideSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

These are a few of Greg Vandy's favorite things in The Roadhouse and out. Most of his Top 10 LPs are represented here, but also his favorite songs of the year. It was a great year in music! Download, share, and tune into The Roadhouse on Wednesdays from 6-9pm for what's hot in the new year. 1. Preservation Hall Jazz Band - That's It! 2. Courtney Barnett - Avant Gardener 3. Case Studies - Driving East, and Through Her 4. Parquet Courts - Stoned and Starving 5. La Luz - Morning High 6. Foxygen - No Destruction 7. The Foghorns - Ain't I A Man 8. Banditos - Lone Gone, Anyway 9. The Crow Quill Night Owls - On The Road Again 10. Deer Tick - In Our Time 11. Los Colognes - My Doorway's Open 12. Andrew Combs - Emily 13. Cass McCombs - There Can Be Only One 14. Laura Marling - Master Hunter 15. Phosphorescent - Muchacho's Tune 16. Valerie June - Twisted & Twined 17. Luke Winslow King - Ella Speed 18. Kacy & Clayton - Henry martin 19. The Deep Dark Woods - A Voice Is Calling 20. The Moondoggies - One More Chanc

DJ Kevin Cole lays down some of the Greatest F*cking Songs of 2013 with John Grant, Phosphorescent, Laura Marling, and Julianna Barwick. This is freaking awesome! 1. John Grant - GMF 2. Phosphorescent - Song For Zula 3. Sin Fang - Look At The Light 4. Thee Oh Sees - I Come From The Mountain 5. Mind Spiders - Inside You 6. Parquet Courts - Borrowed Time 7. Lucius - Turn It Around 8. The Dirtbombs - Jump And Shout 9. Cloud Cult - Good Friend 10. Courtney Barnett - History Eraser 11. Foxygen - No Destruction 12. Volcano Choir - Byegone 13. Laura Marling - Where Can I Go? 14. Julianna Barwick - One HalfSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Apricity is an obsolete 17th century term meaning "the warmness of the sun in winter" and Midday Show host Cheryl Waters is here to help you find it. Warm up with new songs by Eleanor Friedberger, The Ocean Blue and Shake Some Action. We don't recommend staring at the sun while you listen, but please do feel free to bask in the apricity. 1. Low - Plastic Cup 2. Mark Pickerel & His Praying Hands - I Study Horses 3. Courtney Barnett - History Eraser 4. Sallie Ford & The Sound Outside - They Told Me 5. Gringo Star - Find a Love 6. Bear Ceuse - Dixie Brothers 7. The Ocean Blue - Sunset - Moonrise 8. Volcano Choir - Byegone 9. Typhoon - Dreams of Cannibalism 10. Wavves - Demon To Lean On 11. Crocodiles - I Like It In The Dark 12. Shake Some Action - The Girl With The Sun In Her Eyes 13. Pomegranates - Heaven 14. Eleanor Friedberger - Stare at the Sun 15. Poliça - Chain My NameSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

John Richards, host of The Morning Show, takes you on a musical vacation. In Geography, where an artist makes music is what makes them make music. Featuring new songs by Best Coast, Los Campesinos!, Black Hollies, Shad and more. 1. Gang of Youths - Evangelists 2. Minor Alps - Far From the Roses 3. Los Campesinos! - What Death Leaves Behind 4. Tennis - Mean Streets 5. Best Coast - I Wanna Know 6. Cate Le Bon - I Can't Help You 7. Cub Sport - Paradise 8. The Black Hollies - When It's Time To Come Down 9. Reputante - Deep Set Eyes 10. Shad - Fam JamSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

DJ Shannon brings you her latest faves to cure your loneliness. Sit back and forget your daily troubles with Jagwar Ma, The Crookes, Gentlemen and Cut Copy to name a few. 1. Jagwar Ma - That Loneliness 2. Gentlemen - Children of the Setting Sun 3. The Crookes - Bear's Blood 4. Holograms - Flesh and Bone 5. Augustines - Cruel City 6. Iska Dhaaf - All the Kids 7. The Preatures - Is This How You Feel? 8. Cut Copy - Free Your Mind 9. St. Lucia - Elevate 10. Is Bliss - Desire 11. Dark Bells - Wildflower 12. These New Puritans - V (Island Song)Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A mind-expanding mix featuring some of DJ Kevin Cole's current favorite tracks including afro-beat grooves from Seattle and Icelandic alongside post-apocalyptic-disco and experimental-space-rock. 1. Cumulus - Hey Love 2. Barrence Whitfield and the Savages - The Corner Man 3. Frankie Rose - Question/Reason 4. Widowspeak - Brass Bed 5. Samúel Jón Samúelsson Big Band - Ethiópían 6. Polyrhythmics - Libra Stripes 7. Cock & Swan - Animal Totem 8. Lazer Kitty - Dino Wipeout 9. The Octopus Project - Whitby 10. Factory Floor - Breathe InSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Midday Show host Cheryl Waters presents the latest Music That Matters podcast featuring a mix of new songs from Mono Town, Pixies, Summer Aviation and more! 1. Grizzly Bear - Listen and Wait 2. The Besnard Lakes - People of the Sticks 3. Holograms - Meditations 4. Mono Town - Jackie O 5.  Ásgeir - King and Cross 6. The Mary Onettes - Can't Stop The Aching 7. The Head and the Heart - Shake 8. Mikal Cronin - Change 9.  Songs: Ohia - Farewell Transmission 10. Pixies - Indie Cindy 11. Smith Westerns - Varsity 12. Summer Aviation - ThrustSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.