KEXP Music That MattersMusic That Matters, Vol. 118 - Raise You From the Dead
Midday host Cheryl Waters presents a mix of songs that will lift your soul and help you forget the dark days ahead. 1. Rodriguez - Cold Fact
2. David Vandervelde - Hit the Road
3. Neil Halstead - Queen Bee
4. Karl Blau - Mockingbird Diet
5. Human Highway - The Sound
6. Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson - My Good Luck
7. The Broken West - Auctioneer
8. Natalie Portman's Shaved Head - Me + Yr Daughter
9. Lyrics Born - I Like It, I Love It
10. Pop Levi - Dita Dimone
11. The Herbaliser - On Your Knees (feat. Jessica Darling)
12. Ulrich Schnauss - Stars
13. Voyager One - The Future Is Obsolete
14. New Faces - Ms. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
15. These United States - Honor Among Thieves
16. Shane Tutmarc and the Traveling Mercies - Hey Lazarus!
Music That Matters, Vol. 117 - A Bunch of Badass Songs
Morning Show host John Richards presents a bunch of badass songs for this week's Music That Matters podcast. What more do you want? 1. Yeasayer - 2080 (from "Live AT KEXP Volume Four") 2. XX Teens - How To Reduce The Chances of Being a Terror Victim
3. The Airborne Toxic Event - Sometime Around Midnight
4. Air France - Collapsing at Your Doorstep
5. Alaska in Winter - Close Your Eyes-Dance Party in the Balkans
6. Takka Takka - Silence
7. Hazelwood Motel - Erased
8. Dr. Dog - The Old Days
9. Glasvegas - Flowers and Football (demo)
10. The War on Drugs - Taking The Farm
11. The Gaslight Anthem - The '59 Sound
12. Elliott Brood - Write It All Down For You
13. King Khan and the Shrines - Land of the Freak
14. The Last Shadow Puppets - My Mistakes Were Made for You (recorded live at Avatar Studios)
15. XX Teens - Darlin'
Music That Matters, Vol. 116 - Spotlight on Decibel Festival 2008
DJ Alex shines a spotlight on select artists performing at this year's 5th annual Decibel Festival, Seattle's premier electronic music event! Running from September 25th to September 28th, Decibel Festival will feature over 120 acts from 12 different countries, organized within 25 showcases across 11 different venues. Tune in to get a taste of this year's diverse and stacked roster, and check out www.dbfestival.com for more information! 01. Balún - A Surprise
02. Nalepa - Monday (The Glitch Mob Remix)
03. Jahcoozi - Gameboy
04. KiloWatts - Snakewinds
05. Lusine - Still Frame (Lusine Remix)
06. Jeremy Ellis - I Believe
07. Helios - The Obeisant Vine
08. Eluvium - Requiem on Frankfort Ave.
09. Tycho - The Daydream
10. The Sight Below - A Fractured Smile
11. The Bug - Insane (f. Warrior Queen)
12. Truckasauras - Ain't No Danbo (When He's Gone)
13. Barbara Morgenstern - The Operator
14. Dave Pezzner - Other Lover
15. Flying Lotus - Parisian Goldfish
16. Supermayer - The Art of Letting Go
Music That Matters, Vol. 115 - DJ Shani's Local Picks
Music That Matters, Vol. 115 - DJ Shani's Local Picks DJ Shani presents her current favorite Seattle bands in her 3rd Music That Matters Podcast.
Check it out to hear new or unreleased tracks from bands like Panda and Angel, Truckasauras, Past Lives, AFCGT, The Curious Mystery, and more! 1. Love Tan - Ring Ring
2. Past Lives - Reverse The Curse
3. Portable Morla - Ode To A Willow
4. Mars Accelerator - Slow Science (When You're Right, You're Right)
5. The Curious Mystery - Outta California
6. Flexions - Ex-boss
7. Arbitron - Purge
8. The Limbs - Five Four
9. The Dead Science - Make Mine Marvel
10. Sokai Stilhed - Raw
11. Unlearn - Still Life With Actress
12. Panda and Angel - Make It Easier
13. Diminished Men - A Housewive's Dram
14. The Sea Donkeys - Lost At Sea
15. AFCGT - 2 Legged Dog
16. Truckasauras - Angels Sound Like Bottle Rockets
17. Daguerreotypes - Telegram to Tegucigalpa
18. The Luna Moth - Ghost Lilies Of The Whale Time
Music That Matters, Vol. 114 - Let's Ride
Buckle up for "Let's Ride," DJ Alex's latest mix of adventurous new sounds, highlighting the best of progressive beats, moody grooves, and psychedelic jams! 1. Buff1 - I Know the Secret
2. Koushik - Lying in the Sun
3. Andy Combs and the Moth - Let's Ride
4. Head Like A Kite - Daydream Vacation (Boom Bip's Homecoming Remix)
5. Azeda Booth - In Red
6. Matters and Dunaway - Memorial
7. Champagne Champagne - Cover Girls
8. Alias - I Heart Drum Machines
9. C-Rayz Walz and Kosha Dillz - I Love Jews
10. Circle Research - Nothing Can Save You
11. Stereo Image - Exposure
12. The Chap - Ethnic Instrument
13. Icy Demons - Miami Ice
14. Poni Hoax - Antibodies
15. Tussle - Rainbow Claw
16. Ponytail - Beg Waves
17. High Places - Head Spins (Extended Version)
18. John Matthias - Evermore
19. Prolyphic and Reanimator - Two Track Mind
20. Common Market - Tobacco Road
Music That Matters, Vol. 113 - NW Series #4: Portland
DJ Sharlese continues her series of regional Northwest bands, this time focusing on the variety of sounds coming out of Stumptown. In this volume, you'll hear a selection of her favorite bands performing at Musicfest NW on September 3rd - 6th. 1. The Shaky Hands - World’s Gone Mad
2. The Helio Sequence - Keep Your Eyes Ahead
3. The Whips and The Whales - I Thought I Walked
4. Horse Feathers - Albina
5. The Joggers - Golden Wage
6. Spoon - You Got Yr. Cherry Bomb
7. Starfucker - German Love
8. Atole - Satyricow (Copy Remix)
9. Lackthereof - Choir Practice
10. Animal Farm - Move It
11. Rachel Taylor Brown - Stagg Field
12. Blitzen Trapper - Crushing The Wheat
13. Boy Eats Drum Machine - The Crack In The Sea
14. Southern Belle - Sunnyside
15. Swim Swam Swum - Not In Your Way
16. White Fang - My Invisiable Hands
17. Dykeritz - The Apple Is Blue
18. We’re From Japan! - Extraneous Zoo Animal
Music That Matters, Vol. 112 - Meet Me at the Audioasis
Hannah Levin has been hosting KEXP’s long-running local music show, Audioasis, for a little over a year and a half now, and one of the most enjoyable parts of her job is the thrill of our weekly in-studio performances. Every Saturday evening between 6 and 9 p.m., KEXP invites two local bands to stop by and play a few songs. We’ve been fortunate enough to capture some stellar performances, so Hannah figured it was high time to cull the archives and pull out some of her favorites. 1. Rocky Votolato - Tinfoil Hats (Live @ KEXP) 2. New Faces - Cracks (Live @ KEXP) 3. Champagne Champagne - Cover Girl (Live @ KEXP) 4. The Intelligence - Dating Cops (Live @ KEXP) 5. J. Tillman - Seven States Across (Live @ KEXP) 6. Team Gina - Stars (Live @ KEXP) 7. Schoolyard Heroes - Dude, Where’s My Skin? (Live @ KEXP)
8. Calvin Johnson - Pine Shaped Boy (Live @ KEXP) 9. The Duchess and the Duke - Mary (Live @ KEXP) 10. Past Lives - Strange Symmetry (Live @ KEXP)
Music That Matters, Vol. 111 - KEXP Bumbershoot Music Lounge Podcast
Kevin Cole presents highlights from KEXP's live broadcast from the Music Lounge during the 2007 Bumbershoot Music and Arts Festival. This year, on the secret stage in the heart of the festival grounds, we have another great lineup with bands like !!!, Sons and Daughters, Thao with the Get Down Stay Down, and the Old 97's. On this podcast, you'll hear some of those bands and a few others performing at Bumbershoot this year. 1. Fleet Foxes - Oliver James (live on KEXP)
2. Andrew Bird - Plasticities (live on KEXP)
3. Band of Horses - Ode To LRC (Live on KEXP)
4. The Walkmen - Postcards From Tiny Islands
5. The Weakerthans - Tournament of Hearts
6. Art Brut - Emily Kane (live on KEXP)
7. Iceage Cobra - Weapon of Mass Seduction (live on KEXP)
8. Sons and Daughters - Split Lips
9. The Gourds - I'm Troubled (live on KEXP)
10. Bert Jansch - Trouble In Mind (live on KEXP)
11. Thao with the Get Down Stay Down - Swimming Pools
12. Mocean Worker - Shake Ya Boogie (live on KEXP)
Music That Matters, Vol. 110 - Sufferin' Succotash
You'll need nine lives to fully enjoy the latest Music That Matters podcast, presented by Midday Show host Cheryl Waters, who brings you more new songs than a little yellow bird's got feathers. 1. Conor Oberst - Danny Callahan 2. Okkervil River - Lost Coastlines 3. The Dutchess and the Duke - Reservoir Park 4. The Doll Test - Fall Away 5. Firewater - Electric City 6. Silver Jews - Suffering Jukebox 7. Eef Barzelay - Lose Big
8. Jim White - Crash Into the Sun 9. Tea For Julie - Snow Globe 10. First Communion Afterparty - 2CB 11. Black Nite Crash - Losing Kind 12. Freshkills - My House 13. Team Robespierre - 88th Precinct 14. Pete and The Pirates - I'll Love
Music That Matters, Vol. 109 - Seattlecentric Summer Jazz
Jazz Theatre host John Gilbreath presents cool jazz for a cool Seattle summer with new and established releases by Northwest artists and labels. 1. Matt Jorgensen +451 - Everything in Its Right Place 2. Byron Vannoy - Valid Alibi 3. Tiptons Sax Q'tet - Number Six 4. Pax Wallace - With Malice Toward None 5. Big Bad Groove Society - Duke's Jungle 6. Ben Thomas - Triskaidekaphobia 7. Bishop/Johnson/Mandyck/Teuber - Walk Spirit, Talk Spirit 8. Paul Rucker - History of an Apology 9. Mandyck/Marriott/Keplinger - Amiga
10. Stinkhorn - Tunguska
11. Richard Cole - A Shade of Joe
12. Matt Jorgensen - No Quarter
13. Larry Fuller - Groove Yard
Music That Matters, Vol. 108 - A Full Tank of Gas and Half a Pack of Cigarettes
John's got an hour worth of songs, a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark, he's wearing sunglasses -- get ready for your next installment of the Music That Matters podcast featuring the very best of the Morning Show. 1. Clinic - The Witch
2. Violens - Violent Sensation Descends
3. Styrofoam - After Sunset
4. Man Plus - A Ghost Is a Ghost Is a Ghost
5. El Ten Eleven - Every Direction Is North
6. Kunk - We're Not Who You think We Are
7. Ladytron - Ghosts
8. Kaiser Cartel - Oh No
9. Shawn Smith - Ring That Bell
10. Head Like a Kite - No Ordinary Caveman
11. Annuals - Sore
12. The Low Lows - Sparrows
13. The Blows - Two Minutes
14. Bad Dudes - Heterosaucer
15. Chicha Libre - Popcorn Andino
Music That Matters, Vol. 107 - Sonic Reducer Punkcast
Welcome to the Music that Matters Punkcast. I'm Mr. West co-host of Sonic Reducer, KEXP's weekly punk show. I am joined by friend of the show DJ Jeremy and faithful intern Stephie. We are going to bring you the newest and best in punk, hardcore, and other weirdness, from here in Seattle and across the world. We'll do our best to let you know what we'll be playing, but if you're anything like me you want to check out the playlist before you listen. 1. Jay Reatard - All Wasted
2. Eddy Current Suppression Ring - We'll Be Turned On
3. Crash Normal - Heavy Listening
4. Lamborghiniz - BOOM!! Get them drawls off!
5. Juanita Y Los Feos - Tu Secta Es Guay
6. Mayyors - (Side A off debut 7")
7. The Wicked Awesomes! - Fighting the Wolf Spirit
8. Wizzard Sleeve - Alabama's Doomed
9. Fag Cop - Automatic Kansas
10. The Wax Museums - I eat Vomit
11. Live Fast Die - Pissing on the Mainframe
12. Walls - Tread On Me/Punch Out
13. Iron Lung - Politics of Science
14. Sex Vid - Exorcism
15. Genghis Tron - City on a Hill
16. Said Radio - Roses
17. Government Warning - Government Warning
18. 100 Flowers - Reject Yourself
19. Harpoon Guns - 15
20. Le Face - Salvador Dali
21. Frances Harold and the Holograms - Two Faggots, One Cunt Thanks so much for listening to this special MTM podcast, The Sonic Reducer Edition. To listen to tons more punk check out our little show on 9-midnight every Saturday night where Brian Foss, Nick Turner and I, Mr. West, will bludgeon you with punk AND hardcore. Thanks so much to Jeremy and Stephie -- they have done as much if not more to put this podcast together; it wouldn't have been 1/3 as good without them. Thanks to Jim, Rachel, Reese and all the bands who could and could not be on the podcast.
Music That Matters, Vol. 106 - Bumbershoot Sneak Preview!
Bumbershoot Music and Arts Festival takes places in Seattle on Labor Day weekend, Aug 30th - Sept 1st. Check out some of the bands playing, learn how you and a friend can win hotel, airfare and VIP passes, and have some fun along the way! Featuring music from !!!, Dan Deacon, Throw Me the Statue, Neko Case, Kinski, and more! 1. Superchunk - Misfits and Mistakes
2. !!! - All My Heroes Are Weirdos
3. Del Tha Funky Homosapien - Bubble Pop
4. Dan Deacon - Okie Dokie
5. Throw Me the Statue - Lolita
6. Nada Surf - See These Bones
7. New Faces - Impulse
8. Howlin Rain - Dancers at the End of Time
9. Neko Case - Needle Has Landed
10. PWRFL Power - Coffee Girl Song
11. Mark Pickerel and His Praying Hands - Cody's Dream
12. Star Anna - Restless Water (Live @ KEXP)
13. The Hands - I Don't Want to Turn You On
14. Kinski - Punching Goodbye Out Front
15. Black Eyes and Neckties - Broken Teeth
Music That Matters, Vol. 105 - Comedy Edition, Vol. 1
On KEXP's first Music That Matters Comedy Edition podcast, DJ Troy Nelson and KEXP blogger Corbett Cummins tag team a set of hardcore funny. Rock out with stand-up material from David Cross, Patton Oswalt and Jim Gaffigan and laugh your ass off with music from Brian Posehn, Hard 'N Phirm and the Asylum Street Spankers. 1. Eugene Mirman - Movie, Deep-Fried Stuffed Cheeseburger, What Kind of Animal?, Red Tide, Abortion
2. Todd Barry - Chipotle, Trader Joes
3. Michael Ian Black - Married With Children
4. Patton Oswalt - On Small Towns and Coolness
5. Steven Wright - Camera
6. David Cross - Women Please Rinse Off Your Vagina and Anus
7. Jim Gaffigan - Hoooot Pocket
8. Mike Birbiglia - The Guitar Guy at the Party
9. Cars Can Be Blue - Hey Hippie
10. Black Daisy - Bearing Down on Me
11. Brian Posehn - Metal by Numbers 12. “Awesome” - American Boyfriend
13. Hard ‘N Phirm - Moose Lodge
14. David Cope - Round House Kick
15. Name Asylum Street Spankers - The Scrotum Song
Music That Matters, Vol. 104 - Please Enjoy
The beat is correct on this summery mix of futurismo Brazilian breaks, Argentinean nectar, afro-beat inspired jazz, sharp drest hip-hop, and plenty of new Seattle sounds (good!). Please enjoy this set by Kevin Cole for your happy consideration. 1. The Cute Lepers - It's Summertime Baby
2. Telekinesis! - All of a Sudden
3. Jesse Sykes - In the Summertime
4. Fleet Foxes - White Winter Hymnal
5. Kassin+2 - Tranquilo
6. Cloud Cult - Ghost Inside Our House
7. NOMO - Three Shades
8. Natalia Clavier - Dormida
9. Mochipet - Sharp Drest
10. The Cool Kids - Bassment Party
11. James Pants - Crystal Lite
Music That Matters, Vol. 103 - What The Heck
DJ Sharlese hosts the latest in her series of podcasts focusing on NW artists. This time, she features bands scheduled to play What The Heck Fest 2008, a 3-day festival taking place in Anacortes, WA, on July 18-20. 1. Little Wings - Boom 2. Lake - Oh The Places 3. Love Tan - Nothing Belongs to You 4. Lucky Dragons - Wooden Cave Loop 5. Mirah and Spectratone International - Gestation of the Sacred Beetle (Live @ KEXP) 6. Karl Blau - Bird Song 7. The Gift Machine - Back to the Source 8. Dear Nora - Solo Wanderer 9. Calvin Johnson - Good and Crazy (Live @ KEXP) 10. Photosynthesis - Shadows and Sparks 11. Coconut Coolouts - (Please Don’t Break Me Out Of) Party Jail 12. The Moondoggies - Side of the Road 13. D+ - Double Crossed 14. The Blow - Come On Petunia 15. Mt. Eerie - A Sentimental Song 16. TacocaT - Leotard 17. Your Heart Breaks (ft. Kimya Dawson) - Torrey Pines
Music That Matters, Vol. 102 - The Better Things
DJ Shannon brings you music with sun, water, magic, teenagers, days, blooms, balloons and clocks. A springy summer mix. Relax, sit back and enjoy the better things in music. 1. South - Better Things
2. Chairlift - Evident Utensil
3. The LK - Stop Being Perfect 4. Magic Wands - Teenage Love
5. People of Water - Pink Conch
6. Sunny Day Sets Fire - Teenagers Talking 7. Peggy Sue and The Pirates - Television
8. We Were Promised Jetpacks - Moving Clocks Run Slow
9. Foals - Balloons
10. The Voom Blooms - Lucille
11. Matt Costa - Mr. Pitiful
12. Violens - Already Over 13. Days - Downhill 14. The Crimea - The 48A Waiting Steps 15. Pela - Good Foot on a Bad Doorstep
Music That Matters, Vol. 101 - DJ Shani's Thundercast
Join DJ Shani on her second KEXP podcast where she plays her favorite tunes of the past few months from bands that she's totally excited about and hopes you will be too. At the end, we think you'll all agree that there's really nothing better than a box of records, especially when it's raining all the time outside (yeah, Seattle, we're talking to you... it's JUNE, didn't you know?!) 1. Guinea Worms - Box Of Records
2. Bonnie Prince Billy - Lie Down In The Light
3. The Black Swans - Shake
4. Mattress - Mirror
5. The Child Readers - Young Worlds - Try To Hear!
6. Catatonic Youth - Control My Gun
7. Indian Jewelry - Temporary Famine Ship 8. Cheveu - Dog
9. Experimental Aircraft - Upper East Side
10. Nothing People - In The City
11. Blank Dogs - Crystal Ladies
12. Lucky Dragons - Givers
13. Nat Baldwin - Lake Erie
14. Corespondents - In The Face Of Those Who Want Us Hurt
Music That Matters, Vol. 100 - One Hundred Years of Podcasting
Back in 1908, KEXP had a vision... it was a new century, the first passenger flight was flown, explorers were just reaching the North Pole, and William Howard Taft became the twenty-seventh President of the United States, and there was KEXP podcasting... what? it's "Volume" 100 and not "year" 100? -- oh, well, only 98 more years to go! 1. Power Douglas - Pangea
2. A Place to Bury Strangers - Missing You
3. No Age - Eraser
4. The Bell - On and On
5. Factory Floor - Bi-Polar
6. Sunset - Man's Heart Complaint
7. We Were Promised Jetpacks - Quiet Little Voices
8. Ting Tings - Great DJ
9. Lykke Li - Little Bit
10. Carter Tanton (of Tulsa) - Mass (recorded LIVE on KEXP)
11. The Real Tuesday Weld - Love at the Death Hotel (from Esopus #10)
12. Palodine - Woman of Cain
13. Nick Cave - Dig, Lazarus, Dig!
Music That Matters, Vol. 99 - Slipping Under the Radar
DJ Alex, KEXP's newest and youngest DJ, takes you on an eclectic ride around the world and under the radar, exposing independent artists currently roaming the underground. Tune in and indulge in a mix that's guaranteed to add a strut to your step and make your brain itch a little. 1. Metaform - Urban Velvet
2. Ruckus Roboticus - Here We Go
3. Louis La Roché - On the Floor
4. Tobias Fröberg - Slipping Under the Radar
5. diskJokke - Staying In
6. Spoon - Don't You Evah (Matthew Dear Mix)
7. Quiet Village - Circus of Horror
8. Blue Sky Black Death - A Private Death
9. Dosh - Hit and Pearle
10. Eliot Lipp - See What It's About
11. Karl Blau - Lake King's Daughter
12. Subtle - Exiting Arm
13. Artemis Jackson - Asps and Adders
14. The Wet Secrets - Secret March
15. Rafter - Love Time Now Please
16. Kutiman - Music Is Ruling My World
17. Charlie Why! - In The Sun
18. Carrie - 1981
19. Panda and Angel - The End Is Not So
20. Milosh - Then It Happened
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