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Music That Matters, Vol. 118 - Raise You From the Dead

Tue, 10/07/2008 - 03:21
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 Voyager One - The Future Is Obsolete 14.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

Tue, 10/07/2008 - 03:21
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

Tue, 10/07/2008 - 03:21
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

Tue, 10/07/2008 - 03:21
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

Tue, 10/07/2008 - 03:21
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

Tue, 10/07/2008 - 03:21
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

Tue, 10/07/2008 - 03:21
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

Tue, 10/07/2008 - 03:21
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

Tue, 10/07/2008 - 03:21
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

Tue, 10/07/2008 - 03:21
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

Tue, 10/07/2008 - 03:21
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

Tue, 10/07/2008 - 03:21
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!

Tue, 10/07/2008 - 03:21
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

Tue, 10/07/2008 - 03:21
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

Tue, 10/07/2008 - 03:21
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

Tue, 10/07/2008 - 03:21
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

Tue, 10/07/2008 - 03:21
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

Tue, 10/07/2008 - 03:21
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

Tue, 10/07/2008 - 03:21
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

Tue, 10/07/2008 - 03:21
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