KEXP Presents Music That Matters

You've made it this far against the odds and the power is in you. DJ Kevin Cole provides your next level soundtrack with new music from Fontaines D.C., illuminati hotties, Helado Negro, Queen Zee, and more! 1. illuminati hotties - I Wanna Keep Yr Dog 2. Fontaines D.C. - Big 3. Versing - Tethered 4. N0V3L - Natural 5. Drahla - Stimulus for Living 6. Say Sue Me - At The End Of The Road 7. Ten Fé - Won't Happen 8. Holiday Ghosts - Slipstream 9. Sasami - Not The Time 10. Helado Negro - Fantasma...

DJ Alex hosts an intro course on his new weekly specialty show Pacific Notions that airs Sunday mornings 6-9 am PST and spotlights the best in ambient, neo-classical, new age, downtempo, post-rock, and other atmospheric styles. 1. Umber - Harvest 2. Jeff Mercel - No. 2 3. Jane Antonia Cornish - Memory Of Time 4. Eternell & endlesstrains - High Clouds 5. Kyte Mika - Constant Variables 6. Philip Daniel & Shawn Williams - Minor Ventures 7. Marika Takeuchi - Motion 8. Hania Rani - Glass 9....

As the Seattle spring starts to emerge, amazing music is coming hard and fast and Cheryl Waters' latest mix helps you pick out some of the highlights of the last few weeks, featuring new tracks from Lady Lamb, Sharon Van Etten, Tacocat, and Better Oblivion Community Center. 1. Sharon Van Etten - Seventeen 2. Lady Lamb - Even in the Tremor 3. Cass McCombs - The Great Pixley Train Robbery 4. The Mountain Goats - Younger 5. Hand Habits - Can't Calm Down 6. Hatchie - Without a Blush 7....

Grab your passport and join DJ Larry Rose as he takes an international journey to seek out some of the most infectious earworms from South Korea, Japan, South Africa, Germany, London, Canada, and the US. Included in the mix are great new songs from Chromatics, Yaeji, MorMor, Apparat, Nilüfer Yanya, Nakhane, and more! 1. MorMor - Pass the Hours 2. Men I Trust - Say, Can You Hear 3. Nilüfer Yanya - Tears 4. Yaeji - One More 5. park hye jin - I DON'T CARE 6. Chromatics - Time Rider 7. Nakhane -...

The latest episode of the Music That Matters podcast (starring John Richards as John Richards) isn't a running podcast but that doesn't mean you can't run to to these new songs from Strand of Oaks, Nanami Ozone, and Left At London. 1. Strand of Oaks - Weird Ways 2. Bob Mould - Sunshine Rock 3. Craig Finn - Blankets 4. Rudy Willingham - Pool Party 5. Sir Babygirl - Everyone is a Bad Friend 6. Stats - Lose It 7. TVAM - Psychic Data 8. Nanami Ozone - 3 Mile Drive 9. Nilufer Yanya - In Your Head...

DJ Don Slack goes through the lineage of American music to present a mix of songs for the moment we're in, including new songs from Ryan Bingham, Hayes Carll, and Adia Victoria. 1. Hayes Carll – Times Like These 2. Ryan Bingham – Jingle and Go 3. Steve Earle & The Dukes – Dublin Blues 4. Our Native Daughters – Mama's Cryin' Long 5. Adia Victoria – Dope Queen Blues 6. Josh Ritter – Old Black Magic 7. Shovels & Rope – The Wire 8. Mekons – Lawrence of California 9. The Delines – Cheer Up...

DJ Kevin Cole brings you a new music mix to circulate deep within your personal galaxy tapping into the lifeforce of sonic awesomeness with new songs from Ellis May, Pedro the Lion, Ibibio Sound Machine, Please the Trees, and more! 1. Criminal Hygiene - Hardly News 2. Ex Hex - Cosmic Cave 3. Eyelids - It's About To Go Down 4. Pedro The Lion - Quietest Friend 5. Vok - Erase You 6. Pion - Sympacide 7. Ellis May - The Distance 8. Young Scum - Wasting Time 9. Tallies - Eden 10. Business of...

Ahead of the 2019 MoPOP Sound Off! semifinals, Audioasis host Eva Walker showcases the 12 Northwestern Under 21 artists competing in the local music competition. 1. Alex Cade - Woosha 2. Baja Boy - Finally Done 3. Crissy P - My Mind 4. Fuzz Mutt - Quiet End 5. Huey and the inFLOWentials - Stay Tru to it 6. i///u - Don't Need It 7. King Sheim - Grape Soda 8. Niamh - We Are Who We Are 9. Nora Meier - Bluebird 10. Sharmaine - Home 11. Wilsonlikethevolleyball - Thick Iron Fog 12. Zoser -...

DJ Miss Ashley brings you some of her current favorites from Jamaica to Zambia, Toronto to Italy, spanning reggae, Latin pop, and hip-hop beats. Let new songs from Jah9, Alex Anwandter, Waahli, and more bring you the right vibes from all over the globe! 1. Jah9 - Heaven 2. Sampa The Great - Energy 3. Kelissa - Take You There 4. Terror/Cactus - Voces de Barro 5. Alex Anwandter - Latinoamericana 6. Thundercat - Friend Zone (Ross from Friends Remix) 7. Auntie Flo - Nobody Said It Would Be Easy...

Follow the insomnia-ridden princess of the KEXP overnight onto the dancefloor to shake out your stresses and excesses while she weaves together her favorite new releases that include a placeholder, a Berlin heroine, and hidden gems from the enchanted land of Vancouver, BC. Plus, hear from Berlin electronic pioneer, Gudrun Gut, Justice McClellan of Mesa Luna, London new jazz artist, Nardeydey, and Maria Minerva about her dance pop collaboration with the late Cherushii. 1. Nardeydey -...

DJ Atticus returns with another round of music colored with shades of goth, including tracks from The Twilight Sad, Parisalexa, All Them Witches, and plenty of other witches. 1. All Them Witches - Diamond2. Blackwater Holylight - Sunrise3. Klaus Johann Grobe - Discogedanken4. Parisalexa - Hothead5. Jamila Woods - Giovanni6. Molly Burch - Wild7. Faye Webster - Kingston8. Still Corners - The Message9. Caroline Rose - Cry!10. Makeness - Stepping Out of Sync11. The Twilight Sad - VTr12. William...

Start off your year by surrounding yourself with new aural experiences when you dive into Cheryl Waters' latest mix of her current favorites, including new songs from Sloucher, Amanda Palmer, and Big Joanie. 1. Team Dreams - Black Screen2. Matthew Dear - Modafinil Blues3. Wild Pink - There Is A Ledger4. Sloucher - Up & Down5. Briston Maroney - Under My Skin6. John Parish - Sorry For Your Loss7. Amanda Palmer - Drowning In the Sound8. Jesse Sykes & the Sweet Hereafter - Dewayne9. Ghost Pains...

DJ Kevin Cole brings a colossus mix of some of the best music of 2018, including tracks from artists both new and established that ruled KEXP's airwaves and in-studio sessions all year long. Love yourself and love this mix! It's what's really going on… 1. IDLES - Colossus2. Shame - Concrete3. Pearl Jam - Can't Deny Me4. Black Belt Eagle Scout - Soft Stud5. Jason McCue - When He Drinks6. Tres Leches - What Are You Doing7. Dessa - Fire Drills8. Young Fathers - In My View9. Fontaines D.C. -...

Ahead of his traditional Christmas Day show, Brian Foss, host of Sonic Reducer and KEXP's de facto authority on non-traditional Christmas songs, brings you a mix of newer holiday songs that have tickled his fancy this season, including tracks from BEAK>, Say Sue Me, The Dip, and Sunset Flip. 1) BEAK> - (Merry Xmas) Face The Future 2) Pre Nup - War, On Christmas 3) Gaspard Royant - (C'mon Baby) It's Christmas Time! 4) The Dip - Santa's Got A Sweet Tooth 5) Hans Toupee - Lights Camera...

Looking for something to soundtrack your holiday party that isn't holiday music? Troy Nelson's latest collection of certified smash hits will light up any occasion with new songs from Toro Y Moi, El Ten Eleven, and Foxxxy Mulder. 1. Cobra Man - Bad Feeling 2. Death Valley Girls - Disaster (Is What We're After) 3. Middle Kids - Salt Eyes 4. Foxxxy Mulder - Broken Glass 5. Sink Ya Teeth - Petrol Blue 6. Little Dragon - Lover Chanting 7. Chastity - Heaven Hell Anywhere Else 8. Miss World - You...

Looking for more awesome music in your life? Check out some of the freshest sounds from the Northwest as Audioasis host Eva Walker takes you through a mix highlighting music from Tres Leches, Riot AF, Familiars, and Prom Queen and others. 1. Tres Leches - What Are You Doing 2. Dark Smith - It Gets Worse 3. Pampa - La Escena De La Ventana 4. Bearaxe - Brown Liquor 5. Whitney Monge - Be Mine 6. TxR - Special Ed 7. Ural Thomas & The Pain - Slow Down 8. Imij - Medgar Evers DGC Bill Clinton And...

DJ Kevin Cole unleashes an ambitious mix that is all over the map musically and literally with independent label punk, hip-hop, neo-soul, global folk, and electronica from Ireland, Italy, Turkey, France, Germany, and all over the States including Minneapolis, L.A., New York, Austin, and Seattle. Relish new Fontaines D.C., Brother Ali, Gaye Su Akyol, Euringer and more! 1. Cumulus - Sing To Me 2. Fontaines D.C. - Too Real 3. JOHN - Balfron 4. Bee Bee Sea - Sonic Boomerang 5. Brother Ali -...

Cheryl Waters' latest mix is filled dope, devoted, and dosed songs to soundtrack your consciousness - or, if you listen as you fall asleep, your dreams - with new music from IAN SWEET, Adia Victoria, and Kikagaku Moyo. 1. Ocean Hope - Devotion 2. Maribou State - Kingdom 3. Red Ribbon - Your Car 4. Adia Victoria - Dope Queen Blues 5. Y La Bamba - Mujeres 6. IAN SWEET - Hiding 7. Muncie Girls - Bubble Bath 8. Whitney Ballen - Mountain 9. Art d'Ecco - Never Tell 10. Wild Powwers - Skin 11....

It's the "You Can Do Almost Anything to This Podcast" Music That Matters Podcast, featuring the finest in new music from Liela Moss, Tres Leches, Guerilla Toss, and The Twilight Sad, as well as more music from across this golden, shimmering universe we call home. So go ahead and listen, and remember, you CAN do almost anything while listening. Almost. 1. Liela Moss - Wild as Fire 2. Saintseneca - Beast in the Garden 3. Doe - Heated 4. Maribou State - Turnmills 5. Guerilla Toss -...

Open your ears and mind as Sunday Soul host OCNotes sets you on the path to a blissed-out autumn with a mix featuring tracks from Blvck Spvde, Sen Morimoto, Lion Babe, and Brett Eclectic. 1. Blvck Spvde - After 2. Brett Eclectic - My Fix Of U 3. 10-4 Roger - They Someplace Else Now 4. Specswizard - The Question 5. Def Dee - Anthem Down 6. StasTHEEboss - Sex Pack 7. Swarvy, Nelson Bandela - No Evils 8. Shabazz Palaces - Self Made Followonaire 9. DoNormaal - Gold Rooster 10. Rude Operator -...