The Runcast with John Richards

DJ Morgan presents a collection of artists KEXP recently discovered at the 38th annual Trans Musicales Music Festival in Rennes, France and a couple of other recent gems. 1. Trad.Attack! - Must Madu2. Moon Gogo International - Candy Store3. Chouette - Snake Hunting4. Fai Baba - Can't Get Over You5. Grand Parc - Unchestra6. Octave Noire - Un Nouveau Monde7. Blow - You Killed Me On The Moon8. Le Sera - Queens9. Chemtrails - Aeons10. Weeknites - Carry ItSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Chilly of KEXP's El Sonido compiles a mixtape with a handful of some of his favorite Latin beats of 2016. 1. La Yegros - Chicha Roja2. Thornato - Chapinero3. Olmeca - Hasta Que Te Encontre (feat. Maya Fernandez)4. Bocafloja - Sankofa (feat. Sekou)5. El Guincho - Comix (feat Mala Rodriguez)6. Fyahbwoy -Tanto Por Ti7. Chico Mann & Captain Planet - Como Me Miras8. Alex Anwandter - Siempre Es Viernes En Mi Corazón9. Algodón Egipcio - La Estrella Irregular10. Helado Negro - Lengua Larga11. Jesse Baez - Un Par De Cosas12. Mateo Kingman - Sendero Del Monte13. Quitapenas - Guayabo (Yukicito Remix)14. El Bles - IALSSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

For her final mix of 2016, Cheryl Waters dives into a colorful spectrum of hip-hop, rock, and roots music from the Pacific Northwest and beyond, featuring new tracks from Pond, SISTERS, and Springtime Carnivore. 1. Hiss Golden Messenger – Biloxi2. DRAEMHOUSE – Hard Times For Good Days3. Headwaves – Bare Hands4. The Away Days – Best Rebellious5. Aan – All You Have To Say6. SISTERS – Trails7. Secretary – Words8. Springtime Carnivore – Double Infinity9. Pavo Pavo – Ran Ran Run10. Chimurenga Renaissance – The B.A.D. Is So Good11. Fujiya & Miyagi – Extended Dance Mix12. Kate Tempest – Ketamine For Breakfast13. Pond – Sweep Me Off My FeetSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today's podcast description is sung to the tune of the Monday Night Football theme. “John John John Johnnnnn. John John John John Johhhnnn. John…john…john…Johnnnnnn. JohnJohnJohnJohnJohn.” 1. The Cinematic Orchestra – To Believe (featuring Moses Sumney) 2. Lushlife – The League of Frightened Men 3. Little Children – (We Used to Feel) Higher 4. Sad 13 – <2 5. Kindling – Blinding Wave 6. Menace Beach – Maybe We'll Drown 7. Kristen Hersh – Soma Gone Slapstick 8. Doubles – Plant 9. Desperate Journalist – Hollow 10. Austra – Utopia 11. STRFKR – Open Your EyesSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

DJ Kevin Cole unleashes a torrent of tracks for a changing world including the latest from Kate Tempest, Moby, Anomie Bell, and A Tribe Called Red. 1. Moby & The Void Pacific Choir – Hey! Hey!2. Midnight Faces – Heavenly Bodies3. Kate Tempest – Don't Fall In 4. A Tribe Called Red – Virus (feat. Saul Williams & Black Bear)5. Anomie Belle – Unwind6. Kishi Bashi – Can't Let Go, Juno7. Bellows – Dark Heart8. How To Dress Well – Salt Song9. Terry Malts – Seen Everything10. Flyying Colours – Long Holiday11. Ablebody – Backseat Heart12. Hotels – Linnette13. Sonny Knight and The Lakers – It Had To Change14. Robyn Hitchcock & Emma Swift – Life Is ChangeSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Songs of psychedelic love and enrapturing courtship color the spectrum of Cheryl Waters' latest mix, including new tracks from Cherry Glazerr, Cloud Nothings, and El Perro Del Mar. 1. PWR BTTM – New Hampshire2. Weyes Blood – Used To Be3. Bad Bad Hats – Say Nothing4. Japanese Breakfast – Everybody Wants to Love You5. Cherry Glazerr – Told You I'd Be With the Guys6. TZECHAR – Bot7. Goat – Psychedelic Lover8. El Perro Del Mar – Kokoro9. Conner Youngblood – Diamonds10. Avers - Vampire11. The Pooches – Another Evening, Another Town12. Ty Segall - Orange Color Queen13. Wovenhand – Come Brave14. Tres Leches – Get Off (My Back)15. Cloud Nothings – Modern ActSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Don Slack elevates your mind with a variety of new songs from roots-rock and alt-country to garage-rock, punk, hip hop and soul. 1. Alejandro Escovedo - Heartbeat Smile2. Lydia Loveless - Same To You3. Drive-By Truckers - Ramon Casiano4. Luke Bell - All Blue5. Courtney Marie Andrews - Table For One6. Bread & Butter - Desperation7. Swampmeat - Brand New Cadillac8. Jacuzzi Boys - Lucky Blade9. Sad13 - Hype10. Jeff Rosenstock - Wave Goodnight to Me11. The Men - Crime12. Tay Sean - Higher Vibrations13. NxWorries - LivvinSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The kids! The dog! The boss! John in the Morning Music Matters Podcast take me away! Indulge yourself in the soothing luxury of John Richards, now with aloe vera! 1. How to Dress Well – Lost Youth/Lost You2. Haley Bonar – Your Mom is Right3. Roses – Dreamlover4. Moses Sumney – Lonely World5. Shana Falana – Cool Kids6. Wolf People – Ninth Night7. The Wytches – C-Side8. Jeff the Brotherhood – Punishment9. American Wrestlers – Amazing Grace10. Trails and Ways – Get Loud11. Sisters – BuckSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Senior Video Producer Jim Beckmann joins DJ Kevin Cole to preview some of the great Icelandic bands playing Iceland Airwaves 2016, featuring psych rock, hip hop, indie pop and more, from bands like Sin Fang, Singapore Sling, WESEN, SUÐ and JFDR. 1. Ljóðfæri - Intro 2. Andy Svarthol - Ofbirta 3. Sin Fang - Candyland (feat. Jónsi)4. Singapore Sling - Let it Roll, Let it Rise5. Dream Wife - Hey Heartbreaker6. SUÐ - Plastgea7. Kött Grá pjé & Nolem - Aheybaró8. WESEN - Beachboys 9. Puffin Island - Stúlka 10. Prins Póló - Dúllur 11. Par-Ðar - Don't Know Who I Am12. Moji & The Midnight Sons - Keep My Memory 13. JFDR - White Sun (live) 14. Vaginaboys - Stjörnur (prod. kef LAVÍK)15. Gangly - Holy Grounds 16. aYia - Water Plant 17. Skelkur í Bringu - Eyðimerkursvín (live)Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

After 10 amazing years at KEXP, DJ El Toro is moving to Tucson, AZ next month. In his final “Music That Matters” podcast, you'll hear some of his favorite new songs, with special emphasis on punk and no wave veterans (Jah Wobble, Alice Bag, James Chance) who continue to innovate and instigate in the 21st century. It's not really goodbye, merely au revoir. 1. Lambchop – The Hustle2. The April Seven – Platform Shoes3. Jah Wobble's Invaders of the Heart – Cosmic Blueprint4. Tay Sean – Um Tryin' (feat. Jusmoni)5. Lilac – Secrets6. Rob Townsend – U Can Be My Lover7. Ultimate Painting – Song for Brian Jones8. Dungen – Jakten Genom Skogen9. Toy – I'm Still Believing10. Alice Bag – No Means No11. James Chance and the Contortions – Melt Yourself Down12. Pylon – Volume (live)13. King Dude – Holy Christos14. Dust Moth – Corrections15. Marissa Nadler – The Best You Ever Had16. Little Annie – Dear JohnSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Cheryl Waters ushers in autumn with a mix of her latest acoustic, electric, and psychedelic fall favorites including new music from Temples, Cass McCombs, and Moby & The Void Pacific Choir. 1. SYML – Leave Like That (feat. Jenn Champion)2. Cass McCombs – Opposite House3. Van William – Revolution (feat. First Aid Kit)4. Moby & the Void Pacific Choir – The Light Is Clear In My Eyes5. Steve Mason – Planet Sizes6. Temples – Certainty7. Wild Beasts – Big Cat8. Xenia Rubinos – Mexican Chef9. Sin Fang – Lost Girls10. Kingdom of the Holy Sun – Flown Away11. Good Morning TV – Ordinary People12. Rollling Blackouts Coastal Fever – Wide Eyes13. The Green Pajamas – When Juliet Smiles14. EZTV – High Flying Faith15. Dead Gaze – Running All AroundSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Greg Vandy reaffirms the inherent greatness and depth of American music with 15 tracks from today's song makers of cosmic Americana, psych pickers, hill country blues, low-down soul, folk ramblin', and plain hard country, proving that this generation often looks back to go forward. 1. Daniel Norgen - Howling Around My Happy Home2. Promised Land Sound - Push and Pull (All The Time)3. Steve Gunn - Wildwood4. Kevin Morby - Water5. Ryley Walker - Roundabout6. Luke Winslow-King - I'm Glad Trouble Don't Last Always7. Banditos - Fun All Night8. Daniel Norgren - Black Vultures9. Barna Howard - Then and There10. Kacy & Clayton - Springtime Of The Year11. Courtney Marie Andrews - Irene12. Jeremy Pinnell - Rodeo13. The Easy Leaves - Fresno14. The Deslondes - Low Down Soul15. Birger Olsen - The Lights Just BuzzSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

John Richards presents a mix of music that, to quote the man himself, "feels like riding next to Ricardo Montalbán in his 1975 Chrysler Cordoba... I have no idea what that means, but these songs are excellent." 1. Morgan Delt - Some Sunsick Day2. Delorean - Epic3. Bellows - Orange Juice4. Goat - Try My Robe5. COMBAT! - Olive Skin6. Communions - Don't Hold Anything Back7. Eros and the Eschaton - The Way I Feel 2Nite8. Midnight Faces - Blue Haze9. Sun Club - Worm City10. Twin River - Knife11. Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings - I'm Still HereSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

DJ Kevin Cole provides a motivating mix to get you started now on achieving greatness. Featuring new music from Local Natives, Trentemøller, The Wedding Present, Anomie Bell, Manatee Commune and more. 1. Gringo Star – Get Closer2. Death By Unga Bunga – Fight!3. LVL UP – Hidden Driver4. The Wedding Present – Bear5. Manatee Commune – Be Still (feat. Marina Price)6. beGun – Yoko7. Anomie Belle – Unwind 8. Ever So Android – Pretty Teeth9. Odonis Odonis – Nervous10. Trentemøller – Never Fade11. Flock Of Dimes – Minor Justice12. Local Natives – Dark DaysSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this enchanting mix of artists from Seattle to Scotland, Cheryl Waters shares some of her current faves and tracks from her most anticipated records of the fall, including American Wrestlers, The Tallest Man on Earth, and Honeyblood. 1. Adia Victoria - Sea of Sand2. Fly Moon Royalty - Find You3. Hotels - Green Apples4. Anomie Belle - Lovers5. FKL - Elliott 6. The Tallest Man on Earth - Rivers 7. Chris Staples - Golden Age8. American Football - I've Been So Lost For So Long9. Sam Coomes - Bugger Me10. Allah-Las - Could Be You11. John K. Samson - Postdoc Blues12. Gordi - Wanting 13. American Wrestlers - Give Up14. Adult Books - Casual Wrecks15. Honeyblood - Ready for the Magic 16. Thee Oh Sees - Toe Cutter - Thumb Buster (live)Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

John Richards leads you through a mix of the top songs currently being rocked on the Morning Show. With new music like this coming out, 2016 ain't all bad. 1. Tom Brosseau - You Can't Stop2. Hamilton Leithauser & Rostam - A 1000 Times3. Geowulf - Saltwater4. Smokey Brights - In Demand5. Luxury Death - Radiator Face6. Decker - The Holy Ghost7. Pixies - Um Chagga Lagga8. Naked Giants - Ya Ya9. Kestrels - No Alternative10. Purling Hiss - Fever11. Restorations - SeaSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In an episode of Music that Matters that doubles as a showcase for some of the region's most notable rock, electronic, and hip-hop outfits, Audioasis host Sharlese highlights thirteen of the Pacific Northwestern acts playing this year's edition of Bumbershoot, a music and arts festival that takes place on the Seattle Center campus (also the location of KEXP's New Home.) 1. Deep Sea Diver – Secrets2. Chastity Belt – Joke3. Lisa Prank – Why Can't We Just Dance4. DoNormaal – Blacklifemother5. Fly Moon Royalty – Grown Man6. Radiation City – Come and Go7. Manatee Commune – What We've Got ft. Flint Eastwood8. The Flavr Blue – Feathers9. Erik Blood – Chase the Clouds10. Lemolo – White Flag11. Snuff Redux – How Could It Be?12. So Pitted – No Nuke Country13. Dude York – Love IsSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

From epic soundscapes to future R&B to classic power pop, DJ Kevin Cole brings the best to you on his latest Music That Matters mix. 1. Haley Bonar – Called You Queen 2. Petite League – French New York 3. Yeesh – Limbo District 4. Hockey Dad – So Tired 5. Field Mouse – The Order of Things 6. Blood Orange – Best To You 7. Sin Fang – Candyland (Feat. Jónsi) 8. Camp Cope – Done 9. Russian Circles – Mota 10. Explone – Born at the Wrong Time 11. Connections – Month 2 Month 12. Wild Beasts – DreamlinerSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

You never need to wait to hear great music when you can always find it at KEXP. Cheryl Waters shares a mix of her recent favorites, including new tracks from Angel Olsen, My Bubba, and Camp Cope. 1. My Bubba - Charm2. Annabelle Lord-Patey - Oxytocin, Serotonin & Me3. Eskimeaux - Year of the Rabbit4. Angel Olsen - Shut Up Kiss Me5. Cymbals Eat Guitars - Wish6. Camp Cope - Flesh & Electricity7. Laura Gibson - The Cause8. Preoccupations - Degraded9. Jagwar Ma - O B 110. Flyying Colours - It's Tomorrow Now11. Deerhoof - Learning To Apologize Effectively12. Mommy Long Legs - Haunted Housewives13. 50FootWave - Bath White14. The Minus 5 - Blue Rickenbacker15. Drive-By Truckers - Surrender Under ProtestSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

DJ Atticus takes you on a journey through love - a series of emotions caused by serotonin and anxiety - featuring thirteen first-hand stories of love and heartbreak from Still Corners, Whitney, The Faint, Xenia Rubinos, and more. 1. Still Corners - Lost Boys2. Golden Gardens - Extrasolar Heartbeat3. Preoccupations - Anxiety4. Fujiya & Miyagi - Serotonin Rushes5. Klaus Johann Grobe - Geschichten aus erster Hand 6. Strange Relations - Ceremonies7. Yumi Zouma - Keep It Close to Me 8. Samaris - Wanted 2 Say9. Whitney - No Woman10. Tobacco - Gods in Heat11. The Faint - Young & Realistic12. Xenia Rubinos - Don't Wanna Be 13. Sløtface - Sponge StateSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Join John Richards as he takes advantage of KEXP's policy of loving everybody from everywhere with songs from countries like Sweden, Australia, Scotland, Israel, and England as well as cuts from Brooklyn, Philly, Grand Rapids, and – of course – Seattle! 1. LVL Up - Pain2. Middle Kids - Edge of Town3. Paws - N/A4. Heaters - Centennial5. Beach Slang - Punks in a Disco Bar6. Math and Physics Club - Coastal California, 19857. Kutiman - Jaffa Beach8. MIYNT - After the Gold Rush9. Weaves - Tick10. Evans the Death - Hey! Buddy11. The Hotelier - Piano PlayerSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Like a nomadic hunter-gatherer, DJ Kevin Cole travels the sonic sphere in search of the greatest new music. In this podcast he shares his latest favorites, including new tracks from Júníus Meyvant, The Jayhawks, Kutiman, The Coral, and more. 1. Júníus Meyvant – Beat Silent Need 2. Stephen Steinbrink – Impossible Hand 3. The Jayhawks – Quiet Corners & Empty Spaces 4. Kutiman – She's a Revolution (feat. Adam Scheflan and Karolina) 5. Hanssen – We Went Too Far Forward 6. Kweku Collins – The Outsiders 7. Let's Eat Grandma – Deep Six Textbook 8. Maria Usbeck – Llámame 9. Twin River – Settle Down 10. Martha – Goldman's Detective Agency 11. Sam Vicari – Contact High12. The Coral – Chasing The Tail of a Dream 13. Black Mountain – Mothers of the Sun Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Music from Pinegrove, Pinemen, and a group that was formerly known as Pinecones (now Arbor Labor Union) feature in a Cheryl Waters-curated Music That Matters podcast with an inadvertent pine theme. 1. Tomo Nakayama – Miss Misery 2. Blackberry Hill – Werewolf 3. Hot Hot Heat – Kid Who Stays in the Picture 4. Pinemen – That Certain Flavor 5. The Strokes – OBLIVIUS 6. LUH – Beneath the Concrete 7. Gun Outfit – Legends of My Own 8. Pinegrove – Aphasia 9. Grant-Lee Phillips – Rolling Pin 10. Wild Powwers – Sad Bath 11. Arbor Labor Union – Mr. Birdsong 12. Eagulls – Lemontrees 13. Nothing – Vertigo Flowers 14. Strange Faces – Been Waitin'Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Larry Rose brings you a fun, genre-hopping mix that is the perfect soundtrack for enjoying warm summer days or heading out on your latest Pokemon Go adventure. 1. Unknown Mortal Orchestra – First World Problem 2. Alice Bag – He's So Sorry3. Blood Orange – Augustine4. The Amazing – Ambulance5. Crocodiles – Telepathic Lover6. Jay Arner – Personal Line7. VATS – Drag8. NAVVI – Simpatico9. Boxed In – Jist10. Jay Som – Rush11. Sweet As Knives – Who We Knew12. Tycho – Division13. Djustin – StarsSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

John Richards brings together some of his favorite tracks from around the world that he's been banging' on the Morning Show this summer all while Beth Orton performs in the studio down the hall. 1. Psychic Ills - I Don't Mind 2. Ghosts I've Met - Songbirds 3. Faye - Ancient Bones 4. Ages and Ages - They Want More 5. Belgian Fog - One Night Man 6. Crater - Ladder Song 7. Beth Orton - 1973 8. Angelic Milk - Rebel Black 9. Mercury Girls - All That Heaven Allows 10. Dinosaur Jr. - Tiny 11. Sleigh Bells - Rule Number One 12. The Julie Ruin - I'm Done 13. Charly Bliss - Ruby 14. King Khan - Children of the World"Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

DJ Kevin Cole drops a vibey, life-affirming new music mix taking you from outer spaces to the chamber of plastic thrills. Includes new tracks from Holy Fuck, Deerhoof, Jessy Lanza, and Delorean. 1. Outer Spaces - Words 2. Amber Arcades - Turning Light 3. Holy Fuck - Neon Dad 4. Delorean - Limbo 5. Mitski - Happy 6. Still Parade - Chamber 7. Lisa Prank - Take It All 8. Male Gaze - Ranessa 9. Deerhoof - Plastic Thrills 10. Quantic Presenta Flowering inferno - A Life Worth Living (feat. U-Roy, Alice Russell) 11. Sotomayor - Cielo 12. Ladyhawke - The River 13. Jessy Lanza - V V Violence 14. Weval - Square People 15. Badbadnotgood - Confessions, Pt. II (feat. Colin Stetson)Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Cheryl Waters presents a mix of new songs that she's loving right now and hopes you will too! 1. Carter Tanton feat. Sharon Van Etten - twentynine Palms 2. Twin Peaks - Walk To The One You Love 3. The Ghost Ease - Gemini Rise 4. Speedy Ortiz - Death Note 5. Thee Oh Sees - Plastic Plant 6. Aesop Rock - Rings 7. David Bazan - Both Hands 8. Erik Blood - Quiet 9. Goodbye Heart - Lives on Lives 10. Eagulls - Blume 11. Moderat - Reminder 12. Woods - Sun City Creeps 13. The Last Shadow Puppets - Aviation 14. PJ Harvey - The WheelSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

From PWR BTTM to Patti Labelle, music by “out” artists and our allies powers KEXP's DJ El Toro through happiness, hopelessness, and hardship … and always steers me back towards love. 1. The Julie Ruin - I Decide 2. Lisa Prank - Starting Again 3. Alex Anwandter - Siempre Es Viernes En Mi Corazón 4. Boyfriends - Groovy 5. The Spook School - David Bowie Songs 6. Adult Mom - Survival 7. Thalia Zedek Band - All I Need 8. Hit Bargain - Song for Fainting 9. Tacocat - Men Explain Things to Me 10. Julien Baker - Everybody Does 11. Erik Blood - Hold For Laughs 12. John Grant - Voodoo Doll 13. SassyBlack - Comicon 14. Seth Bogart - Sunday Boy 15. SUMAC - Rigid Man 16. Dreamcrusher - Codeine EyesSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Morning Show host John Richards presents a summer mix of new music from around the globe featuring Seattle's NAVVI, Ireland's Pleasure Beach, London's Big Deal and Norway's Death by Unga Bunga. 1. Mitski - Your Best American Girl 2. NAVVI - Close 3. Fear Of Men - Sane 4. The Kills - Heart Of A Dog 5. Local Natives - Past Lives 6. The Blessed Isles - Caroline 7. Pleasure Beach - Magic Mountain 8. 50 Foot Wave - God's Not A Dick 9. Big Deal - Avalanche 10. Ten Commandos - Staring Down the Dust 11. Islands - Back Into It 12. Death By Unga Bunga - Best Friends 13. Fruit Bats - Humbug Mountain SongSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Afternoon Show host Kevin Cole celebrates KEXP's Amplifiers with this exclusive new music mix. 1. The Blessed Isles - Like I Am Dreaming 2. The So So Glos - Going Out Swingin' 3. Mountains and Rainbows - See How They Run 4. Aesop Rock - Blood Sandwich 5. Tourist - To Have You Back 6. Eagulls - Euphoria 7. Islands - The Joke 8. A Giant Dog - Sleep When Dead 9. The Posies - Unlikely Places 10. Beach Skulls - Meet Me at the Beach House 11. Twin Peaks - Cold Lips 12. Kevin Morby - DorothySupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Swingin' Doors host Don Slack presents the latest Music That Matters podcast featuring new songs from The So So Glos, Waco Brothers, Kristin Kontrol and more. 1. Acapulco Lips - Awkward Waltz 2. Tacocat - I Love Seattle 3. Summer Cannibals - Full Of It 4. PUP - If This Tour Doesn't Kill You, I Will 5. The So So Glos - Dancing Industry 6. Diarrhea Planet - Life Pass 7. White Lung - Below 8. Nothing - ACD 9. Greys - Blown Out 10. Zig Zags - They Came For Us 11. Waco Brothers - DIYBYOB 12. Parker Millsap - Hands Up 13. Hayes Carll - Good While It Lasted 14. Robbie Fulks - Fare Thee Well, Carolina Gals 15. Kristin Kontrol - Show MeSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Whether you're attending in person or in spirit, Midday Show host Cheryl Waters presents the perfect soundtrack for your trip to Sasquatch! Music Festival this year. 1. Sufjan Stevens - Should Have Known Better 2. Julia Holter - Feel You 3. Briana Marela - Surrender 4. Unknown Mortal Orchestra - Multi-Love 5. Mac DeMarco - Blue Boy 6. M. Ward - Girl from Conejo Valley 7. The Twilight Sad - There's a Girl In the Corner 8. Frightened Rabbit - Get Out 9. Wolf Alice - Moaning Lisa Smile 10. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Gamma Knife 11. La Luz - You Disappear 12. Hibou - Dissolve 13. Titus Andronicus - Fired Up 14. Alabama Shakes - Don't Wanna Fight 15. Lord Huron - Fool For Love 16. Speedy Ortiz - Raising The Skate 17. Fauna Shade - No Nostalgia 18. Telekinesis - In a Future World 19. Childbirth - Nasty Grrls Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Morning Show host John Richards presents the 6th installment of KEXP's Runner Powered Podcast. 1. LUH - I&I 2. onDeadWaves - Blue Inside 3. Hammock - Everything and Nothing 4. School of Seven Bells - Ablaze 5. Fly Moon Royalty - Grown Man 6. Cullen Omori - Cinnamon 7. Minor Victories - Folk Arp 8. The Big Pink - Hightimes 9. Big Deal - Say Yes 10. You Won't - Ya Ya Ya 11. Caveman - Never Going Back 12. Versing - Early SpringSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Afternoon Show host Kevin Cole proves that the world is a beautiful musical place with a diverse set of new sounds that span the globe, including music from Seattle, San Francisco, Atlanta, Australia, Sweden, Scotland, Niger, and Connecticut's The World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die. 1. The Sun Days - Don't Need To Be Them 2. PAWS - No Grace 3. The Coathangers - Make It Right 4. Bombino - Akhar Zaman (This Moment) 5. The World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die - Even More Forever 6. Kris Orlowski - Enough 7. Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever - Wither With You 8. Womps - Plasticine 9. Draze - The Hood Ain't The Same 10. Terrace Martin - Turkey Taco 11. VHS - Wheelchair 12. Culture Abuse - Turn It OffSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Variety Mix host DJ Shannon brings you songs from the bands she's championing on her show, including The Crookes, Sticky Fingers, Man of Moon, Oh Malô and more. 1. The Crookes - I Wanna Waste My Time on You 2. Sticky Fingers - Outcast At Last 3. Balthazar - Then What 4. Telegram - Follow 5. The Intelligence Service - Can't Believe 6. Man of Moon - Sign 7. Frightened Rabbit - Get Out 8. Foreignfox - Monsoon 9. Three Blind Wolves - Stay Calm Ali 10. Mt. Doubt - Afterglow 11. Minor Victories - A Hundred Ropes 12. Her - Five Minutes 13. Lionlimb - Turnstile 14. Oh Pep! - Doctor Doctor 15. ings - Afterthought 16. The Away Days - Less Is More 17. Oh Malô - Miss You 18. Desert Mountain Tribe - Feel the LightSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Midday show host Cheryl Waters presents a new mix of great music, featuring songs from Kyle Craft, Fauna Shade and more. 1. Kyle Craft - Pentecost 2. Woods - Sun City Creeps 3. Prism Tats - Pacifist Masochist 4. DMA's - Timeless 5. DRÆMHOUSE - Lucky 6. Conner Youngblood - Diamonds 7. Kevin Morby - I Have Been to the Mountain 8. Pure X - Thousand Year Old Child 9. Fauna Shade - No Nostalgia 10. Eleanor Friedberger - He Didn't Mention His Mother 11. Sunflower Bean - I Was Home 12. Grant-Lee Phillips - Rolling Pin 13. Rogue Wave - California BrideSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Morning Show host John Richards presents a podcast of happy, upbeat music to bring in the Spring. This podcast features great new music from Manatee Commune, Prince Rama, Yuck and more. 1. Manatee Commune - Clay feat. Marina Price 2. Eleanor Friedberger - False Alphabet City 3. Little Scream - Love as a Weapon 4. Oberhofer - Sun Halo 5. Painted Zeros - Pretty Rig 6. Twin River - Antony 7. Islands - Charm Offensive 8. The Kills - Doing It To Death 9. Prince Rama - Now Is The Time of Emotion 10. Wild Powwers - Party Song 11. Yuck - Cannonball 12. Greys - No StarSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Afternoon Show host Kevin Cole drops 10 new musical treasures from the Nordic hinterlands to the Pacific Northwest including new Finnish rap, Icelandic chill, cinematic Seattle electronica and a healthy blast of rock from Bob Mould. 1. Bob Mould - The End of Things 2. Muncie Girls - Balloon 3. Big Ups - National Parks 4. Júníus Meyvant - Gold Laces 5. Vök - Waiting 6. Farao - TIAF 7. Agent Fresco - Wait for Me 8. View - Lace (feat. LCMDF) 9. IG88 - Wayside (feat. JPM) 10. Africaine 808 - The AwakeningSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week Variety Mix host DJ El Toro compiles sixteen of his favorite new songs, a mix of the melancholy, moody, and melodramatic—plus a couple eleventh-hour barnstormers to make you tap your toes. The legendary chef Julia Child, who praised iceberg lettuce in her essential 1989 book The Way to Cook, inspired the title of this podcast. 1. Boyfriends - I Thought We Had Plans 2. Seth Bogart - Plastic 3. Gazebos - Boys I Like 4. Erik Blood - Quiet 5. Julianna Barwick – Nebula 6. Cat's Eyes - Chameleon Queen 7. Eskimeaux - Power 8. Unloved - When A Woman Is Around 9. Exploded View - No More Parties in the Attic 10. Essaie Pas - Lights Out 11. Matthew Bourne - Daniziel 12. Benedeck - Coolin' 13. Odd Nosdam - Burrow 14. DoNormaal - Dime 15. Zora Jones - Psilocybin 16. Holy Ghost! - Crime CutzSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Midday Show host Cheryl Waters presents another blissful set of tunes to delight your senses. 1. Daughter - New Ways 2. M83 - Do It, Try It 3. George Clanton - Bleed 4. STRFKR - Never Ever 5. Frightened Rabbit - Get Out 6. onDeadWaves - California 7. The Jayhawks - Quiet Corners & Empty Spaces 8. Fruit Bats - From A Soon To Be Ghost Town 9. Ringo Deathstarr - Stare At The Sun 10. Dude York - Love Is 11. Jacuzzi Boys - Happy Damage 12. Male Gaze - The Shining Path 13. Trust - Capitol 14. PONZA - MotherlandSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Morning Show host John Richards shares some of the best music being made in Seattle as well as London, Brooklyn, LA and more. 1. Beach Skulls - Santa Fe 2. Iggy Pop - Break Into Your Heart 3. The Dirty Nil - No Weaknesses 4. SWMRS - Drive North 5. Eagulls - Skipping 6. Flowers - Ego Loss 7. Amber Arcades - Right Now 8. Tangerine - Sunset 9. Naked Giants - Easy Eating 10. Charles Bradley - Change For The World 11. Coast Modern - Hollow Life 12. TEEN - Tokyo 13. Silver Torches - Cal Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Afternoon Show host Kevin Cole takes you up and down- rocking your world and then helping you chill the fuck out. 1. PJ Harvey - The Wheel 2. Pinkshinyultrablast - The Cherry Pit 3. Bill Ryder-Jones - Satellites 4. M. Ward - Confession 5. Quilt - Roller 6. Samaris - Wanted 2 Say 7. DJ Béeso - (-.-) 8. Lymbyc Systym - Generated Bodies 9. Sóley - I Will Find You 10. Gangly - Fuck with Someone Else 11. Vök - Waterfall 12. Úlfur Eldjárn - Poyekhali!Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

DJ Miss Ashley celebrates Women's History Month, featuring new tracks from some very talented female artists, including Madrid-based, all-female quartet Hinds, sister duo Bleached, local reggae singer and multi-instrumentalist Chava Mirel of Clinton Fearons Boogie Brown Band, and many other leading ladies. 1. Hinds - Castigadas en el Granero 2. Frankie Cosmos - Sinister 3. Bleached - Keep on Keepin' On 4. Thao & the Get Down Stay Down - Nobody Dies 5. Quilt - Roller 6. Eleanor Friedberger - He Didn't Mention His Mother 7. School of Seven Bells - Ablaze 8. Fey Moth - Hold Me Under the Sun 9. SALFUMÁN - Futura Mujer 10. Lucius - Something About You 11. Jessy Lanza - It Means I love You 12. The Internet - Girl (feat. KAYTRANADA) 13. Chava Mirel - Lift Them Up (feat. Naphtali Ebna La-Hakim Rashid) 14. Sara Lugo & Protoje - Really Like You Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Join Midday Show host Cheryl Waters for a great mix of mostly new music, including selections from Northwest artists along with a strong showing from Australia and New Zealand. 1. Kyson - You 2. Marlon Williams - Dark Child 3. Dr. Dog - Bring My Baby Back 4. Royal Headache - Carolina 5. School of Seven Bells - Open Your Eyes 6. Nadia Reid - Seasons Change 7. The Cave Singers - That's Why 8. Fey Moth - Coasts of Japan 9. Snuff Redux - Stop the Judge 10. Wray - Apacheria 11. Black Lips - Freedom Fries 12. Cullen Omori - Sour Silk 13. Yuck - Hearts In Motion 14. Ty Segall - Emotional Mugger / Leopard Priestess 15. The Thermals - Hey YouSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Join the host of the very first and the 500th Music That Matters podcast for a mix of new music from all over the world including Greece, Sydney, London, NYC, Copenhagen, Seattle and more! 1. ADKOB - Lung Capacity 2. Fews - The Zoo 3. Sulk - Black Infinity (Upside Down) 4. The Callas - It's Sunday I'm Bleeding 5. The Castillians - You & Me 6. The Last Shadow Puppets - Bad Habits 7. Bill Ryder-Jones - Two to Birkenhead 8. Eleanor Friedberger - Sweetest Girl 9. Givers - Bermuda 10. Lust For Youth - Better Looking Brother 11. Club 8 - Skin 12. Pillar Point - Part Time LoveSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Audioasis host DJ Sharlese presents KEXP's Sound Off! podcast. Featuring bands participating in the 2016 Sound Off! competition, the premiere Northwest battle of the bands hosted by the Experience Music Project (EMP) Museum. 1. Copalis - Deep End 2. COSMOS - House Warming 3. Jazzy Tee - Heartless Grl 4. Party Shark - Pick & Choose 1 5. Animal Camera - Diane 6. Crews - One by One 7. Paris Alexa - All You Guys 8. Travis Thompson - No Se Feat. Ryan Caraveo 9. Dre'zy and Too Smoove - I Found That Good 10. Hello, I'm Sorry - Be Okay 11. Paralexis - Freefall 12. Lee - Into the FlamesSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Afternoon Show host Kevin Cole turns to face the strange changes with a music mix for the ages including new Ty Segall, Paul Westerberg, Operators, and local music from Damien Jurado, Crater, Pillar Point and more. 1. Hinds - Garden 2. Hippo Campus - South 3. Nevermen - Mr. Mistake 4. Operators - Cold Light 5. TRAAMS - Succulent Thunder Anthem 6. Ty Segall - Candy Sam 7. Crater - Habits Die 8. Pillar Point - Lafayette 9. Mark McGuire - The Undying Stars 10. Nicola Cruz - Colibria 11. Mr. Silla - Holding On 12. Damien Jurado - Exit 353 13. The Orange Humble Band - If That's What You Want 14. The I Don't Cares - King of America 15. Charlie Hilton - Pony 16. All Them Witches - Talisman 17. Caspian - Arcs of CommandSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Midday Show host Cheryl Waters has her eye on a bunch of great records coming out in early spring. Here's a sneak peek at some songs she knows you will love. 1. M. Ward - Girl From Conejo Valley 2. Hey Marseilles - Eyes on You 3. GEMS - w/o U 4. Lucius - Born Again Teen 5. ANOHNI - 4 Degrees 6. Radiation City - Juicy 7. Damien Jurado - Exit 353 8. Thao & the Get Down Stay Down - Nobody Dies 9. Surf Rock Is Dead - Anymore 10. Talisco - The Keys 11. Nada Surf - Believe You're Mine 12. PWR BTTM - Ugly Cherries 13. Petal - Heaven 14. Bob Mould - Voices In My Head 15. Yeasayer - I Am ChemistrySupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Morning Show host John Richards presents a mix of some his favorite new music, featuring Savages side-project Kite Base, new music from Shearwater, and upcoming music from Belfast duo Ex Magician. 1. TRAAMS - Costner 2. Ex Magician - Job Done 3. Holy Esque - Hexx 4. Beliefs - Leaper 5. Working for a Nuclear Free City - Bottle Rocket 6. Kelley Stoltz - Cut Me, Baby 7. Merchandise (feat. Dum Dum Girls) - Red Sun 8. Shearwater - Quiet Americans 9. Wildhoney - Laura 10. Coldair - Pretty Mind 11. Lust for Youth - Stardom 12. Kite Base - Miracle Waves 13. Tacocat - I Hate the WeekendSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

DJ Larry Rose takes you on a musical adventure that includes infectious electropop, punky angular guitar rock, harmonious guitar pop, fresh electronic grooves, and songs about waves and liquids. 1. Animal Collective - Floridada 2. Small Black - No One Wants It To Happen To You 3. Hibou - Dissolve 4. The Afghan Whigs - The Lottery 5. Kestrels - The Moon Is Shining Our Way 6. Palehound - Molly 7. POW! - Liquid Daydream 8. Shopping - Wind Up 9. Quilt - Eliot St. 10. EZTV - Bury Your Heart 11. Angel Olsen - Forgiven/Forgotten 12. Gui Boratto - Take Control 13. Pale Blue - Distance To The Waves 14. Neon Indian - Slumlord 15. Chants - Gossamer (feat. Mereki)Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.